kebab king
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Have a word Casper, he is a W.A.M.
Work Avoidence Manager.
Work Avoidence Manager.
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so that brekkie cost yo a few bob then:RpS_scared:
you mean knowing youv got some good ££££££££££££ coming in, im glad to get home and couldnt give a toss how much ive put on:RpS_wink::RpS_lol:
Seek medical attention Andy no one your age should like graft, i fcuking hate it would chuck it in tomorrow if i could and leave it for the young uns
Just think of the weekend, all that extra govey work you can cram in :RpS_thumbup:im gutted its friday night, roll on monday morning............
personally had enough, now 52 plastering/in building trade since i was 16
Rigs know what your saying mate but its the same in all the building game surely i maintain if ya look after your body it will look after you an keep positive in my eyes its a mental thing its the same as any other job
Apparently speedskim will add 10 years to your life
You need help mate i fcuking hate plastering **** trade surrounded by bosy ***** **** prices and idiot site agentsI love a good days graft when it all looks good at the end. Just got a render on the other day and it starts to rain and just doesn't stop for hours. Started at nine finished at half four without a break, soaking wet but a fecking great smile across my face because the job looked good, well IMO anyway.
Even get a kick out of a good days screeding.
I,m 55 and been doing since 15 in 1972. Tennis elbow, stress and generally slowed down. My work is private only and I charge for 4 of us but the other 3 do it while I watch and dictate. Moan like hell always have and wish I could get back on the tools and do it all myself like I used to.
Me and my ten a penny could do in a day what takes my other two all day to do. Done right with no complaints on time and on budget. I would be on £1200 a week if I could go back to my former glory and although I would do a full 8 hrs it would be well paced out and self disciplined.
Moaned like hell and hated the job whilst doing it but always proud of what I had done when it was finished. After 40 years I still look at every job I have done if I am driving past. My oldest rendered wall goes back to 1973 and it is still there mixed by hand by a 64 year old who could mix the whole gables gobbo in one go with a shovel faster than a belle mixer could.
Plastering, well I don,t want reminding, it did my head in. Went to sign on in the early 90's and had to sit next to a pier i browned and skimmed. Blebs was still showing. it was done in january, freezing and skimming would,t go off. 6 months on that hell hole as a 19-20 year old.
But it is a trade we should be proud of doing. Highly skilled but plasterers are very under rated, under paid over an average 12 months bearing in mind no work in winter and it makes you old before your time. How anyone can expect to reach 66 in this game I don't know. Although I was trained by a bloke who retired at 65 when I was 17. He had done day work all his life. Albert bailey rip. Had his mate keel over over on me at 47, brown bread and I was 17 and the following year the foreman had a heart attack at 63.
Good luck to you all lads, hope you do well and reach retirement.
350 quid a day is arite money gibbsoI just think the trade has been destroyed by bad prices dot and dab everywhere i starting a job Monday 2.25 m2 skimming they stop 10 percent retention and 1 percent admin fee to do your money the big flats are worth 740 and they are big gonna be hard to do one in two days in this weather
There is two of us balloons350 quid a day is arite money gibbso
He one coats I'm sure he said he got 45m out of 2 bags lolI only lay down with a small amount anyway bit like bod does