Storm threat: Thu 8th Dec

[RobArb]

Bet that took you all mornin to sort that pot plant out, could've given the wall a jetwash too:001_rolleyes:

 

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[slasherscot]

had a call out.........could u crown reduction my 3 30ft ash trees.theyre flapping about in the wind......eeer no ill come back when its calmer

[Stephen Blair]

Bet that took you all mornin to sort that pot plant out, could've given the wall a jetwash too:001_rolleyes:

 

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that wall is bigger than it looks, its because the Iveco is there and throws the scale out, here is a close up Rob:biggrin:

[Al Cormack]

Your pressure washer is a bit too powerful Steve

 

[Stephen Blair]

rumbled!!!!!!lol

[luftwaffe]

I also take on your point about being over cautious:thumbup1: but you can't allow for idiots

 

when my son was at a village based secondry school (covers a big area) due to heavy rain some parts were flooded - so the headmaster closed the school in the middle of a storm, relying on kids to have mobile phones to contact parents to pickup - no buses, so all the kids with no m/phones were put at real risk of exposure (most didn't have coats) and were told to stand outside the school in the heavy rain, some started walking 3 miles home soaked - for no reason.

 

But thats life isn't it?, dealing with weather etc, kids these day are so mollycodelled that they can't-aren't expected to think their way out of out of situations,

 

I remember only too well when i was in school the things i had to do just to get to school, cycle down farm tracks, up the other side(pushing), back down the other side, over a footbridge, through the wood, all because it was a short cut for me, and i thought nothing of it, it was normal, i wasn,t the only one either.

 

I don't recognize kids now, they are more akin to teddy bears, strapped up in mummy's 4x4 just like they are having a ride in alton towers,

 

 

no wonder when kids leave school now that they are don/t know their a*** from their elbow, its not their fault its the society we live in.

 

Lufwaffe...... hankering back to better times.

[Stephen Blair]

well going by your post at least you are not bitter about your to and from school hardship:001_rolleyes:

 

The clue is in the name, ' kids ' that is what they are, it is up to adults to look after them.

If a mum, dad or caregiver collects their kids from school does this mean they are mauliecoddling them? or is it because they care?

 

I would walk home most days from about the age of 8 i think, if it was wet my mum would do her best to try and collect me, she knew my route and i will tell you, there is no better feeling than half way home wet and cold to see your mum or dad come and get you. I never turned into a spoilt brat the next day.

I have a mate who never walked to and from school, ever. we all thought he was going to be a spoilt bratt, why!! because its the nonesense we heard from adults.

He has a good job, works 6-7 days a week, has a wife and 3 kids and is 1 of the toughest outdoor guys i know when it comes to nasty weather and crap situations.

[RobArb]

that wall is bigger than it looks, its because the Iveco is there and throws the scale out, here is a close up Rob:biggrin:

 

That must be some iveco then:biggrin:

 

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[County4x4]

I'm very much on the mark there mate, through out the 12 month period, every 6 weeks they have a week off, not to mention a short working day, would you like to pay people 35k working for you on those terms?

 

They must be different sorts of teachers that I know then. Yes, the school might close for a week or more on a regular basis, but all those teachers I know spend most of the weeks "holiday" marking assignments, doing lesson plans and a whole heap of other performance measuring paperwork and reports that the gummint insist on. They all work at least one day of every weekend too, and as for short hours, all those I know are at work soon after seven, and they always have work to bring home with them at night too.

 

Apart from all that - I wouldn't wish some of the kids they have to deal with on anyone. Surely if teaching was such a fantastic job - then we'd all be doing it!

[p-hardy]

had a call out.........could u crown reduction my 3 30ft ash trees.theyre flapping about in the wind......eeer no ill come back when its calmer

 

andy will be fair gutted you said no to that job!