I’m a carpenter too .
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Work....who likes it.
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idahoblues
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We’re the same age and I’m a carpenter. Today is one of those I’d rather not be here. It’s not going to get above-3c today, it’s snowing and I’m hungover
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Come over, we’re going to start framing a new house in the new year, then it’ll be full on winterI’m a carpenter too .
blumoonrisen
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Same here, same age too and I've totally had enough of it. I have trouble with motivation and often dread doing jobs. I've started turning loads down.I’m a carpenter too .
Tuearts right boot
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I started out as a commis chef at the Piccadilly hotel at 16, did the college thing but got sick and tired of 6.00 am starts and 2 am finishes and getting on the last 263 ( or was it 264 ) from Piccadilly to Sale with all the piss heads, druggies, prostitutes etc so moved on to industrial catering dealing with the boards of big firms, Shell, ICI etc, decent hours and decent wages. At the Picc anything over the standard 40 hrs was time and 1/16 th, then time and 1/8 th then time 1/4 and so on and so forth. To get a strait double time meant we had to work something like 90 hrs.chefs work a myriad of jobs not all are restaraunt and hotels, did that for 15 years before I landed this job, which is more split between cooking and managing.
Plenty cooks/chefs get to mid 40s and decide the 90hr 6-7 day weeks are a mugs game and leave or move to better hrs
Mr Blue Moon
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I hope for your sake that you’re not KarenI’m a carpenter too .
Too fatI hope for your sake that you’re not Karen
Cheers but think -1 today was cold enough for me . That’s another thing , I don’t half feel the cold nowadays, especially my hands . We are working on 2 new build houses in Bowdon , 1 is basically finished and the other we are still 1st fixing. I had to go in the warm finished house today to a couple of minor jobs . I strung it out for half a day didn’t want to go in the freezing cold 2nd house .Come over, we’re going to start framing a new house in the new year, then it’ll be full on winter
idahoblues
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-20c is about our limit, I’ve been on crews back in the day that wanted to work colder but I normally just let the crew decide. A strong wind will definitely get me leaving. Rain is what I really hate, way rather work when it’s snowingCheers but think -1 today was cold enough for me . That’s another thing , I don’t half feel the cold nowadays, especially my hands . We are working on 2 new build houses in Bowdon , 1 is basically finished and the other we are still 1st fixing. I had to go in the warm finished house today to a couple of minor jobs . I strung it out for half a day didn’t want to go in the freezing cold 2nd house .
Barcon
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Can't work in the rain. Your tools will get destroyed. That's why we call them beer clouds and not rain clouds.-20c is about our limit, I’ve been on crews back in the day that wanted to work colder but I normally just let the crew decide. A strong wind will definitely get me leaving. Rain is what I really hate, way rather work when it’s snowing
Tuearts right boot
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How does rain destroy a hammer ?Can't work in the rain. Your tools will get destroyed. That's why we call them beer clouds and not rain clouds.