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Kemble Airfield day - Annual Transport Steam & Diesel Extravaganza
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John Stickland
Hi all.
Thank you for your contribution to the gauge thing, David, certainly raised a smile, and an eyebrow!
I still like Bill's interpretation though. Somebody in those far off days two thousand years ago must have done some measuring, how does four foot eight and a half convert to cubitts (Not sure about the spelling). Bet he would have enjoyed the job a lot more if Bill's version had been adopted.
Still trying to get my head around Chinese ice cream. They must import the ingredients, make the stuff and then ship it on. Don't see how the economics of that works! Wonder how the Aus government manages to police the standard of hygene maintained during manufacture and if not policed how do they get an import lisence?
Ah well, life's full of little mysteries.
Have fun.
Sticky.
Nov. 30, 2009 
 
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Anthony Eccles
Hi John, re your post about your visit to the then Fry,s factory, we often had courses there on mobile scaffold erection, as I was a site manager for a local dry-lining firm in Bristol and as such we had to inspect mobile scaffold prior to use each day. This required refresher courses each year with the certificate to prove it, one of the perks was that it was a late start, nine am, and early finish, about three pm, but as well as that we got a voucher to enable us to use the factory shop and stock up on choccies, I used to recieve orders from all the family prior to going and end up coming out with a couple of carrier bags at the end of the day.
Dec. 1, 2009  (Edited Dec. 1, 2009)
 
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Ken Eynon
Hi All, very interesting discussion. David is just too well read, probably because he has known me since 1948.  The Chinese will make anything if there is money to be made.  The ice-creams sold in Aust are made for a local company called 'Peters' not that will mean much to you people  On Anth's latest reply don't like the look of that word 'Erection' standing out on the second line and ripe for picking by Bill. 
Dec. 2, 2009 
 
Aha.. Ken, you`re getting to know my wierd sense of humour ! .. I wouldn`t dream of of touching Tony`s erection .. scaffolding or otherwise ..Ha Ha. I know we went to school together, but there are limits you know! ..ha ha.
 
Not much exitement going on in my litle village, I`ve been pre-occupied over the last few days with talking to a young, (now 60 years young), girl I used to have a relationship with in my long haired youth. Makes you realise that life is a slow process, and that shocks are always round the corner for us (when we least expect them).
 
Anyone remember Gordon Williams (1955 intake)?. He emailed me about the book I was intending to write about the Old School and its` part in shaping my life. I ahev sent an invitation and a few web links, so he may be joing us on here. 
 
I`m going to have a quick look at Steves new message, see what he`s been up to lately .. back soon.
 
 
Dec. 2, 2009 
 
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John Stickland
Hi Anth.
My advice is to ignore the schoolboy quips about your erection, I was with you all the way until their interjection. OOps! do you think they might misinterpret this word also? Anyhow, did the training end with portable scaffolding or did it include 'flying carpets' and cherry pickers also? Sounds like it was fun, but if not at least there were some benefits in the choccy dept.
Have fun.
Sticky. 
Dec. 2, 2009 
 
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Anthony Eccles
Oh, we had to do the lot John, although all we did at Frys was the mobile scaffold, another perk at Frys was that tea/coffee breaks were all laid on as was lunch so all in it was a nice break.
  Cherry pickers and mobile platforms were done at the firms yard, not that I enjoyed that at all.
We were also responsible for checking all safety kit including harness and running gear, thats one of the reasons that I wanted to get out of the building trade as it seems that the employers were putting more onto the supervision staff and as soon as something went wrong they had someone to blame or take responsibilty, its almost impossible to stop guys taking risks and as soon as you turned your back something was bound to be going on to save time or money.
Dec. 3, 2009 
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