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Does anyone else long for the olden days ?

When you could go to work in a cut down overcoat,with the spanners slung on to your home made frog,when as a chargehand you were In Charge of the gang and the way the scaffold was constructed,when you got any lip from the gang a slap was the order of the day,when if the site manager started giving advice you handed him your spanner and told him to erect it or Feck off and let you do your job,when you told your supervisor what gear you required and when and gave him a bollocking if was not on site,when scaffolders did the scaffolding,the drivers did the driving and the labourers did what they were told
No harness,no high vis. no hardhat,no sh*t from any one, when the boys that could do it rose to the top like cream,and the wankers were sent off home when men were men and women did as they were told when you could have a fag anytime and anywhere you choose,when you could have a walk-out or down tools when the management came on too strong,when you could air your opinion on anything or anybody
when you could call at the pub have 3/4 pints and drive home legally so long as you could walk a streight line and stand on one leg,not have to wear seat belts,be able to drive at any speed on a motorway only need an MOT if your car was over 10 years old

Successive governments have really put us in our places,and looked after our welfare wether we wanted it or not I have seen a lot of change in this country in the past 50 years and its all been downhill, there has been major constitutional changes made and many of or "freedoms" abolished or eroded
I dont remember anyone asking my opinion (by Referendums) but then politicians have always treated the British public with contempt

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Rigger said:
Does anyone else long for the olden days ?

When you could go to work in a cut down overcoat,with the spanners slung on to your home made frog,when as a chargehand you were In Charge of the gang and the way the scaffold was constructed,when you got any lip from the gang a slap was the order of the day,when if the site manager started giving advice you handed him your spanner and told him to erect it or Feck off and let you do your job,when you told your supervisor what gear you required and when and gave him a bollocking if was not on site,when scaffolders did the scaffolding,the drivers did the driving and the labourers did what they were told
No harness,no high vis. no hardhat,no sh*t from any one, when the boys that could do it rose to the top like cream,and the wankers were sent off home when men were men and women did as they were told when you could have a fag anytime and anywhere you choose,when you could have a walk-out or down tools when the management came on too strong,when you could air your opinion on anything or anybody
when you could call at the pub have 3/4 pints and drive home legally so long as you could walk a streight line and stand on one leg,not have to wear seat belts,be able to drive at any speed on a motorway only need an MOT if your car was over 10 years old

Successive governments have really put us in our places,and looked after our welfare wether we wanted it or not I have seen a lot of change in this country in the past 50 years and its all been downhill, there has been major constitutional changes made and many of or "freedoms" abolished or eroded
I dont remember anyone asking my opinion (by Referendums) but then politicians have always treated the British public with contempt

End of Rant :mad:
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Good post mate. Not so sure about the 3-4 pints and drive home bit though!
 
scaffold game was like that when i first started , i remember the drink drivin bit when i was a kid with me dad ,
 
Happy day's rigger, maybe you should pop over for a grouse.:D
 
Oh! Campbeltown Loch, Ah wish ye were whisky!Campbeltown Loch, Och Aye!Campbeltown Loch, I wish ye were whisky!Ah wid drink ye dry.Now Campbeltown Loch is a beautiful place,But the price of the whisky is grim.How nice it would be if the whisky was freeAnd the Loch was filled up to the brim.I'd buy a yacht with the money I've gotAnd I'd anchor it out in the bay.If I wanted a nip I'd go in for a dipI'd be swimmin' by night and by day.We'd have a gathering of the clansThey'd come from near and farI can see them grin as they're wading inAnd shouting "Slàinte mhòr!".But what if the boat should overturnAnd drowned in the Loch was I?You'd hear me shout, you'd hear me call out"What a wonderful way to die !"But what's this I see, ochone for meIt's a vision to make your blood freeze.It's the police afloat in a dirty big boatAnd they're shouting: "Time, gentlemen, please!"
 
Well done rigger, most of the guy's I ever worked with couldn't point to Campbeltown on the map let alone recite that song. Truth be told I'm not sure I could have done it either. Mull of Kintyre was more my era.:D
 
Still like that in places in Cornwall!!

I know a firm that gives out running vests instead of t shirts for when they get pulled. :eek:

Ragscaff
 
Rigger said:
Warning this post is not Politicaly Correct,if you offend easily please leave at once

Does anyone else long for the olden days ?

When you could go to work in a cut down overcoat,with the spanners slung on to your home made frog,when as a chargehand you were In Charge of the gang and the way the scaffold was constructed,when you got any lip from the gang a slap was the order of the day,when if the site manager started giving advice you handed him your spanner and told him to erect it or Feck off and let you do your job,when you told your supervisor what gear you required and when and gave him a bollocking if was not on site,when scaffolders did the scaffolding,the drivers did the driving and the labourers did what they were told
No harness,no high vis. no hardhat,no sh*t from any one, when the boys that could do it rose to the top like cream,and the wankers were sent off home when men were men and women did as they were told when you could have a fag anytime and anywhere you choose,when you could have a walk-out or down tools when the management came on too strong,when you could air your opinion on anything or anybody
when you could call at the pub have 3/4 pints and drive home legally so long as you could walk a streight line and stand on one leg,not have to wear seat belts,be able to drive at any speed on a motorway only need an MOT if your car was over 10 years old

Successive governments have really put us in our places,and looked after our welfare wether we wanted it or not I have seen a lot of change in this country in the past 50 years and its all been downhill, there has been major constitutional changes made and many of or "freedoms" abolished or eroded
I dont remember anyone asking my opinion (by Referendums) but then politicians have always treated the British public with contempt

End of Rant :mad:
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Class post mate, its like Redvikings pics , the one with the Scaff with a top hat on. Priceless.
 
AOM its a small world to be sure

I have dived many times from a little village that is called Southend that is to the South of Cambletown we filled our air cylinders curtessy of the fire station in Campbletown.Met Paul Mc Cartny a couple of times in local pubs there. He owned a large Farm/estate just out side Cambletown and was a frequent visitor to the area I have even visited the Spring Bank Distillery for the tour and sampling afterwards who knows you may be drinking the whisky I pissed in a few years back:eek:
 
not sure about giving the lab a smack ive worked with some big lumps over the years
 
I always found the big lumps easier,was the little fast feckers that were my problem :D and they would hit you with anything they could find given a chance

PS I am a big lump myself :D
 
Rigger said:
AOM its a small world to be sure

I have dived many times from a little village that is called Southend that is to the South of Cambletown we filled our air cylinders curtessy of the fire station in Campbletown.Met Paul Mc Cartny a couple of times in local pubs there. He owned a large Farm/estate just out side Cambletown and was a frequent visitor to the area I have even visited the Spring Bank Distillery for the tour and sampling afterwards who knows you may be drinking the whisky I pissed in a few years back:eek:
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Southend is my favourite place on earth. I'm a regular visitor there at Dunaverty to bash a golf ball round the place with the good old boy's of the toon who call themselves the heidbangers average age 75, and I still canny win a game. Paul is still a regular visitor but rarely see him after Linda, good guy, bought our kilts when we played in the pipe band. Can't believe you took the tour of spring bank, they are now travelling from all over the world to get married in front of the two big vats, we go in to scaffold it to help with the cleaning, it's a mad world.

I take it you are a diver, there is plenty good dives sites round here, I would love to go down but never had the bottle, did it once abroad and shot out the water like an exercette missile.

You can take our country, our lives and freedom but don't piss in our whisky.:D
 
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"I take it you are a diver, there is plenty good dives sites round here, I would love to go down but never had the bottle, did it once abroad and shot out the water like an exercette missile."

aom
Its not bottle you need but some decent training,Google BSAC, (British Sub-Aqua Club) and find your local club, sign up for membership and become part of a great gang of lads and lassies that are the best divers in the world bar non.

We dive a lot of wrecks around Sanda,the Mull when the tides are right and have even gone across to Rathlin to say hello to the paddies
 
I did diving in Marmaris a few year ago, was brilliant, was going to carry on with it back in the UK, However, you know what its like, gets put on the back burner like so many other projects:sad:
 
Paddy What is going on today :nuts:

I have been going to Marmaris at least once a year for the past twelve years many years I go May and then again in Sept Being looking on the net this morning to book for sept this year

The diving out of marmaris is not up to much,but it gets you wet and if you like looking at fish you may enjoy it.Most of the dive centres are P.A.D.I (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) accredited an american based dive organisation that charges for each part of your training as you go along.It can be very expensive if you aim to be an advanced diver or as they term it dive master. With BSAC you join and pay your annual membership, the training is free and is carried within the club and at local swimming pools,reservoirs,rivers,and the sea nearest your home location
 
Rigger mate.

I was in Marmaris in May, when i went diving i went with the European dive centre based in Ichmelar, they were good, i would of been very wary of going on one of the local Turkish dive courses, especially being a novice.

I dont know if the European dive centre is still there, never looked this year.

£20.00 a few year ago in Marmaris my youngest lad ( Scaffolder 24) spent £ 20.00 for a Intro to diving, 2 dives 5m then 10m lunch included and picked up and dropped off at our hotel:eek:
 
Paddy cheapest way to arrange any diving trip in Marmaris is get down to the landing jetty next to the statue of Atta Turk in the centre of town between 8.30am and 9.30am There will be 15/20 dive boats all touting for trade the average price you will pay here is £10 with a bit of "haggling".The best price I ever got was £5 just as the boat was about to leave its moorings

A dive in the morning lunch and another dive in the afternoon is the standard trip If you have non divers going along for the ride only pay a couple of pound at the most and try to haggle a free ride
 
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