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    hernia operation

    so yesterday , took one step to many and walked off a scaffold handboard and trowel also involved, cuts/bruises on knees ,back, shoulder, oh how i laughed as the shaking/blood/soreness kicked in. after all these years plastering, being carefull aware of dangers etc plastering can still get...
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    family fall outs

    sooooo, youngest brother 46, has now fell out with me and another brother, says he does not want to speak to either of us again, on the phone to me last night shouting and swearing, just held the phone at arms length and just let him carry on, did not shout/swear back at all, now...
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    some good tunes to chill out with

    1. king crimson, the court of the crimson king, 2. bob dylan, boots of spanish leather, 3. gratefull dead, touch of grey, 4.cat stevens, mathew and son, 5. neil young, harvest moon, 6. tobi legend, time will pass you...
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    magdalen college oxford

    magdalen college oxford have cancelled there annual st georges day dinner in favour of observing ramadan, honestly its getting worse
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    how funerals have changed

    funerals used to be very solemn religous affairs , but not now, been to 4 funerals this past 18 months, and not one hymn/prayer/ etc etc was mentioned, instead rock,blues,pop music played, and somebody speaks for 10 minutes, and thats it, everybody out, last funeral i was at in january...
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    price of a pint where you are

    in carlisle the 2 spoons pubs still keeping there prices low, 2.89 pint of real ale, but other pubs averaging 5.50/6.00 a pint, can see it being 7.50+ a pint by end of year
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    retired at 39

    on a job, got talking to customer today asked him what he did for a living, tells me he is retired, he is 39 had a buisness selling bottles of gas to gypsies/homeowners/caravan owners/etc etc etc had an offer from a national firm 4 years ago for his buisness, a very good offer, not a...
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    i know a plasterer

    i know a plasterer who for many many years has been dominated by his wife, he can not make a decision, he has no confidence, a real feeling of guilt if he does not do what she says, no matter what he suggests or ideas she says no and no and no, she is also in charge of any money...
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    unusual tips

    never refuse anything, so in no particular order over the years, some of the more unusual tips , actual snakeskin , bible, binoculars, brand new dust sheets, cat food, sack of potatoes and carrots, home made curry, numerous cakes, box chocolates, 17 tins fray bentos steak and...
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    where is jessica

    where is jessica these days , kind of miss her threats /er her ideas/ threats of violence towards essexandy etc etc, miss the lass really, she was a good one, hopefully she turns up now and again ,
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    help on stopping drinking

    so, honestly ,truly, sincerely, i drink approx 4 bottles of wine a week , and occasionaly approx every 4/5 weeks or so i have a few pints of real ale on a saturday afternoon, but i have decided to pack in drinking alltogether, health reasons, crohns disease/coughing/no immune system etc etc...
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    barn conversion holiday lets

    so , in grassington yorkshire for the week, this is where they film all creatures great and small, very nice place good pubs /real ale/shops for mrs.hector, staying in a fantastic self catering /barn conversion , an awful lot of work has gone into it judging by the photos they have , and then...
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    wedding anniversary

    so, on may 22nd 1982 i got married to mrs.hector, now coming up to 40 years anniversary next month, 40 years of good times/arguements/ fall outs/ travelled all over europe/ sadly no family,......just us two.....but what do i get mrs. hector for our 40th anniversary, fell out with me...
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    tapit , and tapit tape

    tapit, serious question how are sales going with your tape, any comments good/bad/helpfull from customers, how many sold monthly, have you tried the tech colleges/diy sheds etc, just a general update
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    with hindsight , what would you change, but still in plastering

    1.move down to devon/cornwall. 2.stay single, as much as i think the world of mrs. hector. 3.learn how to ride a motorbike, and get a triumph motorbike 4.learn a foreign language and play a guitar 5. see bob dylan/neil young/clapton in concert 6. visit jim morrissons grave in paris 7.visit...
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    charachters you have met over the years1

    1. Harold brickies lab, ex scots guards , bath night was him and his 2 labradoors in same bath, went to pieces but a good lab, left 40,000 quid in 1979, a fortune then. 2. Bobby levin, plasterers lab, polish ,seen his family shot in 2nd world war, top bloke, hard worker 3. bobby alpen ...
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    house prices in london

    so how does any young couple get on the housing ladder, how does any working class person afford these prices and mortgages, just looking at houses and cost in london, and to be honest what they were selling for and the prices being asked , and the houses themselves, honestly i just...
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    oldest plasterer in u.k. has died

    gordon reardon in carlisle has died and his wife a few days later both from covid virus, he was 87 years old and still plastering at 86 years old , a good man highly regarded and respected in the plastering community here,.........also did a lot of cornice work over the years and travelled to...
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    pimlico plumbers london

    pimlico plumbers in london , now require all its workforce to have vaccine innoculation, no jab no work they are saying only a matter of time before same rule is applied to building sites, anybody heard of this plumbing firm i can see a situation where plasterers/joiners/brickies/sparkies etc...
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    have you changed your views on brexit

    well i voted to remain in europe, and to say i was shocked by the referendum result would be an understatement, i have not changed my views, i would still vote remain in europe,.......
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    bellway builders woolich london

    have been fined 600,000 quid for building on a bat colony, biggest fine i have heard of, anybody heard of bellway, can they claim on public liability insurance, that is one big hit to take
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    edinburgh woolen mills, debs, arcadia group

    let nobody be in any doubt now that this is a full blown recession, and will be the worst ever, thousands of people to lose there jobs thousands of people cutting back on spending thousands of people will not be going ahead with that extension next year/home improvements and so on never mind...
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    some tunes on a tuesday afternoon

    1.darlin beach boys 2.light my fire ,the doors 3.stairway to heaven, led zeppelin 4.father and son, cat stevens 5.on the road again, canned heat 6.as tears go by, the rolling stones 7.photograph, ringo starr 8.run away from you , tami lynn 9.like a rolling stone , bob dylan 10.tears in heaven...
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    sleep apnia

    so, just been diagnosed with this little gem yesterday,.......anybody any experience/advice about it , i have to stop drinking alcohol, no more red wine/real ale/whisky, i have to lose weight ,currently 16stone 6lb i have to sleep every night wired up to a cpap machine, while wearing a mask...
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    on holiday in york

    got out of bed this morning, and stubbed my little toe on chair, aaaaarrrrgggghhhhhhhhhh the pain, been with me all day, and still with me
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    virus, change of mind yet

    new clusters of virus in germany, 2nd wave german goverment fears,....parts of australia in lockdown,...new cases appearing in countries world wide,.......goverments worldwide and who , fear second wave is here now, .....only a matter of time before it lands here, and lockdown is...
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    Bill Gates my hero

    Bill Gates seems to get a bad press off our resident trolls,conspiracy theorists ,wackos,etc on this forum,......well i like the bloke,top class a real gent ,so hopefully this will help , 1.his net worth is reportedly 102 billion dollars, 2.since 1994 the gates foundation has given 45.5 billion...
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    Rember your first wage packet

    I started in july 1976, with john laing, my first week as a 16 year old apprentice consisted of , sweeping up/scraping floors, renewing clean buckets of water,washing handboards and trowels,flattening angle beads,helping lab mix plaster no mixers then,wash buckets out ,repeat repeat ...
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    travis perkins just the start

    dreadful news today from travis, 2,500 jobs to go ,....165 branches to close,..........this is just the start buisnesses up and down the country in all areas, clothing/furniture/jewellers etc will use this virus as an excuse to get rid of staff close branches,sadly going to get much worse,
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    songs to cheer us up

    please,make a note of these songs,go to you tube and play them with your loved ones,and i mean play them and think,so here goes 1.frank willson do i love you in deed i do 2.tammi lynn im gonna ru away from you 3.darlin beach boys 4.ghost in my house r. dean taylor 5.light my fire the doors...
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    social distancing on sites

    an electrician in the guardian says,he is working on a large site in london,claims social distancing rules are not being enforced at all,people spitting/blowing there nose/clearing there throat,....describes it as disgusting,very worried and concerned that he fetches something home to his...
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    wheres jessica and tappit

    any guesses both very quiet, jess maybe doing homebaking bread,cakes,,fishing at essex andys lake,,,,,joined some commune now goes by the name of swampy and is tied to a tree tappit,....well always struck me as an inventor chappie got potential,..maybe invented totally new handboard,..farmer yep...
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    would you get married again be honest

    been married 38 years,....think the world of mrs.hector,...usual ups and downs, but got through it,....travelled to places i never thought i would visit, good lifestyle etc etc ,..........but being honest if i had my time over again i would definately not get married,...a bachelor life for...
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    giving up booze

    so,get through approx. 4 bottles of red wine, and 5/6 pints of real every week,..............i have crohns disease,....seen my consultant today,....and i have to cut back to 1 bottle a week,.....gonna miss my wine/real ale,.........anybody any tips/advice/,..anybody teetotal,.....also have to...
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    1968 wages

    local history site reporting ,.......during renovations to a ex council house ,......builder has found wages 15.00 quid a week, ...... and 2.00 quid a week bonus,......written by 2 plasterers,....on some plasterboard,.........also yanks fighting in vietnam,.........how times have changed
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    crohns disease

    diagnosed with crohns 6 years ago aged 53,.....6 operations,.....endoscopy/mr scan,.....inject myself every friday with methotextrate ,......very powerful drug....no cure for crohns,....blood samples every 2 weeks at doctors,.....worn out/fatigue/extreme tiredness....semi retired now, just doing...
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    andyg opinions

    personally it is definate wind up job ,and it is a complete success,...every response on this forum is another feather in the cap for andyg, as he sits back with a glass of wine laughing at us,....well done andyg,....arguably the best wind up ever on this forum,........personally i think he is...
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    owls/sheff wed

    owls how are you,...carlisle play sheff wed fa cup let me know if you are coming through all the best hector
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    found some money/karma

    so last week i was returning some books to the library ,and in front of me on the desk was a wallet full of cash and credit cards etc, i handed it in,.....it was reclaimed within 15 minutes no thank you letter/bottle of malt whiskey nothing,.....30 minutes later i witnessed and was involved in...
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    football bets 2016/2017

    well i have a few bets on the following teams in a series of trebles/accumulators,........burnley to be relegated 6/5,... sheff wed to be promoted 9/2,... sheff utd to win league one 6/1,....morecambe to be relegated 100/30,.......tranmere to win national league 7/1,..... hibs to win...
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    unknowingly being secretly filmed

    in all seriousness for an 8 day period i have been skimming a house,.....customer has done all joinery/plasterboarding/bricklaying etc etc,.....a good job , all materials supplied ,no carpets down ,a good job that you can get stuck into,.......but when he came to pay me after 8 days ,he told me...
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    neighbours and family jobs

    so , 9 weeks ago a neighbour knocked on my door and asked me to do a small skimming job , at very short notice, so me being me I did it went out of my way etc because he was a neighbour, now 9 weeks further on I have just being paid,...... approx. 10 years ago I did some work for a relation who...
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    arrest update, be careful

    so, back in January I posted a thread titled got arrested today, this is what happened next,..... 2 weeks ago I finally heard from the police and I was charged with common assault,.... in court this morning 10.00am, got a fine of 185.00 including court costs of 75.00, pleaded guilty, the court...
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    haunted house

    so , got a nice job to do in new year a very old house and I will have the place to myself as they are going to America, so customer showing me round etc then she says oh I had better tell you if you hear a door slam or feel somebody go by me ignore her its jean,... so says I whos jean , a...
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    new years resoloutions

    well in no particular order heres mine,.... make some money this year, retire soon as possible, be nicer to customers but difficult as the older I get I get more cynical/realistic/and tell customers what I think,a new van is needed, must remember not to talk to firemen,teachers,engineers through...
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    cant find my glasses

    so , approx. 3 weeks ago after to many pints of real ale , I put my reading glasses down somewhere in the house along with my wallet which has got 55.00 quid in, and can I find them,,,,,, no I can not, I have looked everywhere no idea at all no recollection at all, I have looked in places round...
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    shoulder problems

    been working with a joiner today who is going into hexham hospital next week for operation on his shoulder, he has been told at best he will be unable to work for 3 months, and worst scenario 12 months, so be careful out there everybody, and the worst thing is he is right handed but its the left...
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    late payers but a freind

    so, we all have our horror stories of not being paid off builders/customers etc, but at time of writing I have now being waiting for 8 weeks for 200.00 quid, problem is I know the lad well in fact we both started on the same day at john laings in 1976, this is not the first time I have had to...
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    early retirement

    so, been skimming out a bungalow, asked the customer what he did for a living , he said he was retired, he is 48 years old, and just to rub it in he has been retired since he was 41, nearly fell off me scaffold totally gutted I was but genuinely pleased for him, had a good business selling...
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    remember your first wage packet

    in july 1976 I received my first ever wage packet from john laing,i was 16 years old and just starting a 3 year apprenticeship, it was 18.00 quid, of which I gave my mam 8.00 quid, so leaving me with 10.00 quid for the week but of course in those days I could buy 4, yes 4 pints for a quid, can...
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