the wheat from the chaff

The Hobo said:
glad u can take a joke not like some touchy c**ts on here /if they dont like building trade banter they shoudnt be on here
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Exactly mate you had to have thick skin back in the day the shite I endured as a young lad off my dad and his team would of put most young uns in therapy or counselling! And that was me own dad the cnt rip the t**t!
 
Nath80 said:
And still earn more a day than you ever did :coffe:
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the wheat from the chaff
 
So @The Hobo are you not actually qualified?
When you said "time served" I assumed you meant having done an apprenticeship.
I started in 81 with D Leggett, but after about eight months I was with my old man.
I've run cornice in situ, fitted cast cornice and ceiling roses but definitely wouldn't consider myself a fibrehand.
Personally I don't think you need to know anything about it to be a plasterer. Many full-time fibre guys wouldn't have a scooby doing float and set. I know this as they've told me themselves.
 
essexandy said:
So @The Hobo are you not actually qualified?
When you said "time served" I assumed you meant having done an apprenticeship.
I started in 81 with D Leggett, but after about eight months I was with my old man.
I've run cornice in situ, fitted cast cornice and ceiling roses but definitely wouldn't consider myself a fibrehand.
Personally I don't think you need to know anything about it to be a plasterer. Many full-time fibre guys wouldn't have a scooby doing float and set. I know this as they've told me themselves.
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essexandy said:
So @The Hobo are you not actually qualified?
When you said "time served" I assumed you meant having done an apprenticeship.
I started in 81 with D Leggett, but after about eight months I was with my old man.
I've run cornice in situ, fitted cast cornice and ceiling roses but definitely wouldn't consider myself a fibrehand.
Personally I don't think you need to know anything about it to be a plasterer. Many full-time fibre guys wouldn't have a scooby doing float and set. I know this as they've told me themselves.
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you dissapoint me andy course im time served with old guys that new their stuff when i started there was no bagged backing coats no angle beads no tile adhesives no 8x4 boards it was all lime work fibrous came in later in life when i met a fibrous plaster who i did a lotof work with by the way its a totaly seperate trade to ours he learned me his craft and learned him mine
 
The Hobo said:
y ea i can remember going home in tears not wanting to go in again but my old man said i will kick your ass if u dont
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There's a level of cruelty to it, but if you can take it you just get use to it.
It's a man's world or was, some people just don't know how to find their feet in situations like that.
 
The Hobo said:
you dissapoint me andy course im time served with old guys that new their stuff when i started there was no bagged backing coats no angle beads no tile adhesives no 8x4 boards it was all lime work fibrous came in later in life when i met a fibrous plaster who i did a lotof work with by the way its a totaly seperate trade to ours he learned me his craft and learned him mine
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There's definitely a difference, the company I served my time with did mostly solid work.
My tradesman was the go to guy for fibrous work so I got a bit more experience over what we were doing in college.
On jobs that required a lot of fibrous work, it was subbed out to a specialist fibrous firm, their lads wouldn't do much solid work. They'd be out of their depth doing float and set on a measure.
 
Complete said:
Some of us appreciate the craft
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Your mis-interpitating what I'm saying.its plastering why do I care if I can't run a cornice? Couldn't give a monkeys.i can s@c,lime,float n set,skim and dry line.couldnt careless if somebody can do abit of fibrous and I can't its not something I worry about tbh my bank balance tells me I'm doing ok.im time served level 3 city n guilds qualified and it means f**k all
 
paulf said:
There's definitely a difference, the company I served my time with did mostly solid work.
My tradesman was the go to guy for fibrous work so I got a bit more experience over what we were doing in college.
On jobs that required a lot of fibrous work, it was subbed out to a specialist fibrous firm, their lads wouldn't do much solid work. They'd be out of their depth doing float and set on a measure.
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thats what im saying he wanted to know about my trade and i wanted to know his and it worked till he went to f**k with the drink and women problems then he lost driving licence you know the rest
 
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The Hobo said:
thats what im saying he wanted to know about my trade and i wanted to know his and it worked tell he went f**k with the drink and women problems then he lost driving licence you know the rest
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Regardless of how we all got here it's been good to me and probably you too.
I mean that financially, I left school with two O grades, so to get an apprenticeship was great.
This was in eighties so I felt very lucky, not long after I finished my time I decided to try something different a regular job, I lasted a month being a general dogsbody and quit.
 
Cockney1 said:
I’m wondering if it’s time for me to join in this dick swinging contest yet??

Fully qualified, apprenticeship time served and 3rd Generation Spread.

I’ll just leave that there. :maraca:
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Did you ever get to have your dad, grandad and yourself working on the same jobs?
 
paulf said:
Regardless of how we all got here it's been good to me and probably you too.
I mean that financially, I left school with two O grades, so to get an apprenticeship was great.
This was in eighties so I felt very lucky, not long after I finished my time I decided to try something different a regular job, I lasted a month being a general dogsbody and quit.
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know what your saying paul i take my trade very seriously and still look forward to going out to work after all these years in it
 
Spudknit said:
Your mis-interpitating what I'm saying.its plastering why do I care if I can't run a cornice? Couldn't give a monkeys.i can s@c,lime,float n set,skim and dry line.couldnt careless if somebody can do abit of fibrous and I can't its not something I worry about tbh my bank balance tells me I'm doing ok.im time served level 3 city n guilds qualified and it means f**k all
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Mate I'm not missing what you're saying, it's clear. I said some of us appreciate the craft. I'm not implying that you have to too.
I'm not putting anyone who can't do fibrous down either. I haven't done any myself for years
 
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