Hammer
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Nearly every single company we deal with is in Bridgend.
So you have to deal with the Welsh accent and people that are writing suicide notes whilst you talk to them, ignorant cunts 
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by Matty G
Theres a woman that works here that lives 2 miles up a country road from work. She is the closest person to the office, majority of people travel 10+ miles to get here.
Yet if it snows she is the only one that doesn't turn in! Fucking piss take just cos she is a fat lazy bitch that cant be arsed to walk.
I'd make a formal complaint about it tbh.
I got in on two wheels, so everyone else excusses are just plain lame.
As i said yesterday,
The snow doesn't stop people.
Peoples attitudes stop people.
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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I'm a postman, and they wouldn't let us out walking yesterday, health and safety decided it was too dangerous.
If anyone slipped over they could of sued with the state of this country, compensation culture etc...etc...
So it meant we delivered double the amount of mail today which was shit.
But yes, it does annoy me that there's a bit of snow and suddenly no-one can get to work without a snowmobile or superhuman efforts
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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It's not all one sided though?
VXR - your obviously a competant rider though, I agree, people who live 2 miles away and are lazy should GTF and get in.
Some people are soo scared they don't WANT to ride a bike to work etc etc.
TBH it's the idiots around me that worry me about driving in this weather, not driving itself.
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AndyKent
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I tried to drive to work this morning - problem was all the silly fuckers who decide you need to drive at 5mph in first gear then dump the car when the wheels start spinning. Roads were pretty much completely blocked so I turned round and went home.
Luckily I do a correspondance degree course so kept myself busy today working on something useful, but did at least try to get to work.
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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People I work with come from all over.
I made it 6 miles. Another guy made it 30+ miles. And some others couldnt make it driving 7/8 miles.
Go figure.
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AndyKent
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You started up at Leica now Nath? Do you still have to go to Switzerland or you done that now?
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Yeah mate, started last month. Just completed my 4th week.
I'm off to Switzerland on 22nd for 2 weeks, then again in June for another course.
Learning how to service the Total Stations.
They've started me off on tribrachs (if that makes any sense to you, I'm guessing you're a bit clued up) 
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AndyKent
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Never heard of a tribach or whatever you call it 
We've got a dumpy level and a few laser distos, occassionally hire total stations and looking into GPS gear, but its mega bucks 
Did you say its calibration and servicing you're doing?
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Tribrach is what the total station sits on. With the little spirit level bubble. It clamps it in place when attached to the tripod.
I'll be doing the whole lot. Starts with a service, then calibration comes after. Some of the total stations have 60+ different tests that need doing to make sure they are 100% bang on.
Which level do you have? I've being doing alot of those recently.
GPS is super accurate though, sometimes worth the bucks.
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AndyKent
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Oh right, we just have a regular tripod with a bubble in the level.
GPS we were quoted on was about £25k or something silly, we don't do nearly enough work to cover the cost really
Think our two levels are an na820 and na700, though the 700 is totally battered. Some fool dropped it down a steel staircase a couple of weeks back - hasn't been used since, though the person who dropped it says its fine 
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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I've just had 17 NA720's to calibrate and service from the MOD
Can do them blindfolded now.
The amount of times we get levels in and the customer says all it needs is a 'service', then you open them up and they are smashed to bits 'Na I didn't drop it mate'
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AndyKent
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I can believe that
Once saw a contractor smash a level over with the arm of a JCB. Guy just hopped out, pressed the pieces back together, stood the tripod up again and carried on digging
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Those things are highly sensitive too!
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
It's not all one sided though?
VXR - your obviously a competant rider though, I agree, people who live 2 miles away and are lazy should GTF and get in.
Some people are soo scared they don't WANT to ride a bike to work etc etc.
TBH it's the idiots around me that worry me about driving in this weather, not driving itself.
Competant, nahhh
Mad, yeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh baby muhaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha
Postie dude, so you can't walk on ice..
but lets give your bag double the weight, screwing over your back?
Health and safety sucks ass so bad. Don't worry, our company is supposed to be like a top 10 or something in H+S. Does my nut in sometimes.
Official training on how to use a fold open an A frame stepladder anyone? can't use it till your trained.
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Originally posted by VXR
Official training on how to use a fold open an A frame stepladder anyone? can't use it till your trained.
My old place was like that. I had to be signed off on how to use a bloody stapler
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