Tea?

[classic33]

It makes a great story looking back on it..
Most of the work was grant work for old housing stock,
I got told by the boss that best to look for something else so......
the other job was a bit of a change in working practices, concrete oil rigs..
left the house at 6am, bus at 6.35, ferry across to work site then at 5pm ferry back, bus then pub at 6pm..pub until 10pm then home, rinse and repeat.
We did 'slips' which were constant concrete pours and for a set amount of days it was 12 hour shifts and you suffered financially if you missed a day as each day the bonus payment rose, I could earn £270-£300 a week in the mid 70s...
so you could imagine the travelling time added to the 12 hr shift....
I lasted 10 month..
Mrs M regrets not meeting me a year earlier....

I did the other day

An almost believable story, and one that could have flown round the hospital in no time.
Renovation work? Never lasts really long that type of work.
Did you ever think about sleeping at the place where the pouring was taking place. Save some travelling time.
A fair bit back in those days. But were the long hours worth it. Along with the travelling to and from the job.
I did 99-96 hour weeks in '87. Cycled there and back. Surprised I never met myself coming the other way at least once.
She'd have been after yer spending money. You having no real time to spend it, leaving it laying around, either in a bank account or under yer mattress.

You did what the other day!

 

[Bobby Mhor]

G'day
Excitement is growing
Will I get socks?
Oh, already have

 

[classic33]

G'day
Excitement is growing
Will I get socks?
Oh, already have

Owdo
You have yer outfit ready, sleigh and reindeer checked...
Maybe an orange to put in one of them.
Yer not wearing them already!

 

[Bobby Mhor]

An almost believable story, and one that could have flown round the hospital in no time.
Renovation work? Never lasts really long that type of work.
Did you ever think about sleeping at the place where the pouring was taking place. Save some travelling time.
A fair bit back in those days. But were the long hours worth it. Along with the travelling to and from the job.
I did 99-96 hour weeks in '87. Cycled there and back. Surprised I never met myself coming the other way at least once.
She'd have been after yer spending money. You having no real time to spend it, leaving it laying around, either in a bank account or under yer mattress.

You did what the other day!

I did have some unofficial nights in the camp...
have to say the canteen food was superb and my pal was in charge of one of the on-rig food huts..
I haven't had a scrambled egg roll since then as no one can top them...
I read that as under my mistress(not wearing my Gregory's)

Lets say it was an experience..
one thing out of it, I got registered as a steel fixer in their national register, I was only doing my labrador but just gave them a hand in their 'fixing'..
If the person who took over from you never showed, you had to cover that but you did get time to grab some naps.. not much fun lying on skyclimbers. Only happened once.
I could have go on the road as I had an offer to work at Kishorn as a timekeeper (cushy number0 but nah, thought I'm glad as I may not have met the future Mrs M. Kishorn never really lasted long and would had to move on or go back to the fading North Ayrshire holiday resort that was my home in those day..
Had gone down for the day in July 1971 and stayed almost six years

I cycled there not long before I moved here, eerily empty.

 

[classic33]

I did have some unofficial nights in the camp...
have to say the canteen food was superb and my pal was in charge of one of the on-rig food huts..
I haven't had a scrambled egg roll since then as no one can top them...
I read that as under my mistress(not wearing my Gregory's)

Lets say it was an experience..
one thing out of it, I got registered as a steel fixer in their national register, I was only doing my labrador but just gave them a hand in their 'fixing'..
If the person who took over from you never showed, you had to cover that but you did get time to grab some naps.. not much fun lying on skyclimbers. Only happened once.
I could have go on the road as I had an offer to work at Kishorn as a timekeeper (cushy number0 but nah, thought I'm glad as I may not have met the future Mrs M. Kishorn never really lasted long and would had to move on or go back to the fading North Ayrshire holiday resort that was my home in those day..
Had gone down for the day in July 1971 and stayed almost six years

I cycled there not long before I moved here, eerily empty.

There were official nights in camp?
Normally is in those sort of places. They can't afford to upset anyone with access to a crane or other lifting equipment.
Can ye not slip back in and snaffle another one, or two...
No doubt whilst you were thinking of how you'd fit that hospital story into yer biography.
Take it you never went back to that holiday camp.
Time flies when yer having fun. T'weren't anything they put in yer tea(coffee) was it?

The ghost of times past not hanging around.

What would it have taken to get you back?
You took yer dog...
Tired enough you'd sleep anywhere.
Did being on their register affect how much you were paid.
Don't think you'd have managed to survive as a timekeeper, too much sitting around.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

There were official nights in camp?
Normally is in those sort of places. They can't afford to upset anyone with access to a crane or other lifting equipment.
Can ye not slip back in and snaffle another one, or two...
No doubt whilst you were thinking of how you'd fit that hospital story into yer biography.
Take it you never went back to that holiday camp.
Time flies when yer having fun. T'weren't anything they put in yer tea(coffee) was it?

The ghost of times past not hanging around.

What would it have taken to get you back?
You took yer dog...
Tired enough you'd sleep anywhere.
Did being on their register affect how much you were paid.
Don't think you'd have managed to survive as a timekeeper, too much sitting around.

Dossed on Donegal bloke who was in our gang...
More an excuse to booze...

Biography?
Mrs M wouldn't allow that...
I have more skeletons than a cemetery
The irony was they just asked your name DOB and address and moved without asking experience.

Funnier was two weeks before I met Mrs M,
I'd gone to a construction job fair in Glasgow, filled in the form..
by the following, three phone calls and five job offers by letter..
I had ended up being a legit concrete finisher..
apparently massive shortage in Germany..
Four of the blokes I had gone up with then headed across and got ripped off by agents as was very common at that game...
then I ended up almost forty years in the council..
if only, if only, if only..
at 12 i could have been a ten pound pom..
guess I'm not the adventurous type, eh?

another beer, Bob?
Don't mind if do

 

[classic33]

Dossed on Donegal bloke who was in our gang...
More an excuse to booze...

Biography?
Mrs M wouldn't allow that...
I have more skeletons than a cemetery
The irony was they just asked your name DOB and address and moved without asking experience.

Funnier was two weeks before I met Mrs M,
I'd gone to a construction job fair in Glasgow, filled in the form..
by the following, three phone calls and five job offers by letter..
I had ended up being a legit concrete finisher..
apparently massive shortage in Germany..
Four of the blokes I had gone up with then headed across and got ripped off by agents as was very common at that game...
then I ended up almost forty years in the council..
if only, if only, if only..
at 12 i could have been a ten pound pom..
guess I'm not the adventurous type, eh?

another beer, Bob?
Don't mind if do

Didn't go by the name of Dan by any chance. Standing at the bar, calling for a pint...

Who hasn't got skeletons in their closet.
What size graveyard, bigger than a back garden of a house you moved from?
Could be blackmail material, people paying you not to publish it.
How long did you carry on being a legit concrete finisher?
Forty years with the council, you make it sound like a prison sentence. Can't have been that bad, if you stuck it that long
Did you have £10 when you were 12!
Maybe you weren't old enough at 12 to go...

Not too many, shops are closed on Monday.

 

[classic33]

Owdo, and welcome to a wet and windy Christmas Eve.
Wet and windy here at least.

I think the bet placed earlier this year is going to pay off. Unless the temperature takes a big dip in the next 36 hours.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Happy Xmas Eve
Lost a day yesterday so trying to make up for it....
Enjoy the day (bubbles and beer allowed)
even those who don't (you know who you are) buy some Nosecco...

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Owdo, and welcome to a wet and windy Christmas Eve.
Wet and windy here at least.

I think the bet placed earlier this year is going to pay off. Unless the temperature takes a big dip in the next 36 hours.

Didn't go by the name of Dan by any chance. Standing at the bar, calling for a pint...

Who hasn't got skeletons in their closet.
What size graveyard, bigger than a back garden of a house you moved from?
Could be blackmail material, people paying you not to publish it.
How long did you carry on being a legit concrete finisher?
Forty years with the council, you make it sound like a prison sentence. Can't have been that bad, if you stuck it that long
Did you have £10 when you were 12!
Maybe you weren't old enough at 12 to go...

Not too many, shops are closed on Monday.

Ho ho ho (almost)
My town of birth once had the title of the biggest graveyard in Europe..
I'm heading ENE though..

hopefully in a long time away....

My cousin was supplying the £10...
life may have been very different....
a good reason for not going and I know it was well appreciated.

My last job before heading back to what could be called home was as a drain layer and sometime brickie....
I got offered 6 weeks work or to give them a price..
I got over 20 weeks so scored....

Bob's terribly busy, must dash

 

[classic33]

Happy Xmas Eve
Lost a day yesterday so trying to make up for it....
Enjoy the day (bubbles and beer allowed)
even those who don't (you know who you are) buy some Nosecco...

The same to thee and thine.
Have you checked under the sofa?
I'll try, the wind ain't helping though, you having yer beer whilst having a bath!

 

[classic33]

Ho ho ho (almost)
My town of birth once had the title of the biggest graveyard in Europe..
I'm heading ENE though..

hopefully in a long time away....

My cousin was supplying the £10...
life may have been very different....
a good reason for not going and I know it was well appreciated.

My last job before heading back to what could be called home was as a drain layer and sometime brickie....
I got offered 6 weeks work or to give them a price..
I got over 20 weeks so scored....

Bob's terribly busy, must dash

Almost...
One claim to fame not to shout about really.
Your travel plans not affected by the volcanic eruptions then.

You'd miss out on the royalties!

Could you have travelled at the age of 12, on yer own?
Wasn't hinting at anything, we're he?
You'd be sunburnt by now and liking cheap lager.

Yer like missen workwise, allsorts done.
At your price or theirs.
Nearly half a year! Weren't the cold half were it?

Here there and everywhere?

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Merry Xmas and happy holidays to all

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Almost...
One claim to fame not to shout about really.
Your travel plans not affected by the volcanic eruptions then.

You'd miss out on the royalties!

Could you have travelled at the age of 12, on yer own?
Wasn't hinting at anything, we're he?
You'd be sunburnt by now and liking cheap lager.

Yer like missen workwise, allsorts done.
At your price or theirs.
Nearly half a year! Weren't the cold half were it?

Here there and everywhere?

The only Iceland I'll be in the one 10 mins away..

I was going with my cousin and her family...
I like the cheap lager bit..
I hate summer heat, I wouldn't have done well out there..

Enjoy the day..
I'll try

 

[classic33]

Merry Xmas and happy holidays to all

The same to thee and thine

Nollaig Shona Duit