RichardH

Is that your company car??

It's hard to find a good tradesman Lee, I've been looking for a good bricklayer for ages

Can't you put an inner tube in??

welcome

It's longish but worth the read. Accident report This is an accident report that was printed in the newsletter of the British equivalent of the Workers' Compensation Board. This is the bricklayer's report . . . a true story. Dear Sir, I am writing in response to your request for additional information in section 3 of the accident report form. I put 'Poor planning' as the cause of my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust the following details will be sufficient. I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I found I had some bricks left over which, when weighed later were found to be slightly in excess of 500 lbs. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley, which was attached to the side of the building at the sixth floor. Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the bricks. You will note in section 11 of the accident report form that my weight is 135lbs. Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel, which was now proceeding downward at an equally impressive speed. This explains the fractured skull; minor abrasions and the broken collarbone, as listed in Section 3 of the accident report form. Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping, until the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley. Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of the excruciating pain I was now beginning to experience. At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight of the bricks, that barrel weighed approximately 50 lbs. I refer you again to my weight. As you might imagine, I began a rapid descent down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and severe lacerations of my legs and lower body. Here my luck began to change slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and, fortunately, only three vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the rope and I lay there watching the empty barrel begin its journey back onto me. This explains the two broken legs.

Stunning pics

just sent the bloke a paypal payment so should get them within the week, I'll pop over when they are on Dave

well, wont bother trying to sell mine yet then.

If you look at my avatar, pretty much where you can see, I'm gonna take the Vstrom off and it will cover most of that area between the black plastic thing at the bottom and the first kink:D

I thought I would put them in the bathroom

just had an email £10+p&p for 2, they're quite big A4 long, not a bad price

well what do you say to that?? more sad than anything.

jst made and ordered these for the Strom

yahhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooo thank God that's gone

/t3616-weather-widget /t3617-weather-widget-poll?highlight=weather+widget wow, cool, hadn't seen that page

Saw the poll after posting Dave. Maybe we could loose most poster or summut to make room for a longer list, or seriously do we all need to know what the weather is doing in leicester

WTF have you done, its doing my blikin head in!!!

Trev, lurvely bike

44litre roll top dry bags £8, today, just got 3 BARGAIN!!!!

yeh but you only pay tax on what you buy and you only use what you use, so those that are panic buying wont buy for a while and will still use the same amount

I dont get the more money for gov bit(no I'm not a fan), the problem is people with half a tank filling up, so now they have a full tank, they wont need anymore till May.

that's a real cracker mate now where's this pic of you girlfriend

Well, we all have bad days, you've apologized,job done, move on