big bags

[flat boy skim]

my old boss told me the bags of plaster used to be 50 kg is this right?

 

[skimmin2day]

Yes.Hundred weight bags

 

[merlin]

yes , bloody heavy ;D

 

[hollybank]

Yes spent many a time wrestling with one trying to get it over my shoulder as a skinny 16yr old ;D

 

[PhilPlaster]

Yep been told this by old farts. They laugh when you grunt picking up a mere 25kg!

 

[merlin]

i use to cut em in half,lol couldnt pick a full one up for 6 months ;D

 

[McPlaster]

I them were the days , tin bath and shovel!!!!!!!!

 

[flat boy skim]

saying that i remember when plasterboard came paird up with paper tape at each end lol

 

[hollybank]

I them were the days , tin bath and shovel!!!!!!!!

Always there was a hole in the tin bath

 

[PhilPlaster]

eee by eck as like!

 

[wilber]

Went on a manual handling course and the guy was saying there going to reduce the weight down to 20 kg for bagged materials....

 

[skimmin2day]

about time too.im not as fit as i used to be.
lol ffs

 

[flat boy skim]

i bet b g don't reduce there prices

 

[PhilPlaster]

Hit the nail on the head there mate.

 

[hollybank]

i bet b g don't reduce there prices

They didn t when they dropped from 1cwt to half cwt all them years ago.

 

[skimmin2day]

Theyll claim its costing them x£££ millions in re packaging and prob charge us more for less.

 

[hollybank]

They will probably sell it in asda/tesco next you can put it in a shopping trolley as you do your weekly shop if the bags get any smaller.

 

[flat boy skim]

They will probably sell it in asda/tesco next you can put it in a shopping trolley as you do your weekly shop if the bags get any smaller.

lol ;D

 

[kebab king]

Hope they do drop the sizes, i may be able to handle a 2 bag hit then.

 

[nelly]

saying that i remember when plasterboard came paird up with paper tape at each end lol

kinell I forgot about that.

And mixing skimming with a wooden stick too

 

[iain_flanagan]

a good pld bit of roofing lath and im sure they use to make the board beads extra sharp so they cut ya hand to f***, and hand balling them bags of the back of the delivery truck

 

[Ex BG Quality Manager]

At X pence to make, no they won't drop the price (X being less than 10p!!)

 

[flat boy skim]

is that all it costs them mate 10p :-[

 

[Ex BG Quality Manager]

Less!!

 

[flat boy skim]

9p