Friday 13th

[born2trot]

Got to listen to those gut feelings

 

It never lets you down ...your head does

[jaime bray]

I purposely kept today clear in my diary as i had a bad feeling about it for some reason.

So had a nice quiet rest day drinking tea and keeping my log stove stoked well up.

 

Posted at 11.28 pm. You got 32 minutes left yet. The day could still bight you on the backside yet. Haha:sneaky2:

Got to site,set up job, all vans blocked in, and a nightmare reverse up a tight gully. Realised I had forgotten petrol, drained all machines as and when into saw in use at that time. Awaited gf to bring combo can from yard, she didn't realise was almost empty. I turned and said haha that's Friday 13th for you. Managed to scrape through with just enough for blower at end of job.

Completely forgot about It thereafter and had very productive end to the week.serviced everything ready for next week. Proper job be that my lover!

Edited February 13, 2015 by jaime bray

[Mull]

It's been a great day, my only niece gave birth to a baby girl in the early hours of the morning. I'm Right chuffed.

 

 

Nice! Hope they're both doin well. Congrats, that's as good as it gets.

[Mortimer Firewood]

It never lets you down ...your head does

 

[eggsarascal]

Nice! Hope they're both doin well. Congrats, that's as good as it gets.

 

Cheers Mull. Both are doing just fine.

[Billhook]

Bloke in the village was interested to see how I fell trees so I asked him up to an old quarry to watch me fell a medium size (18") but fairly tall Ash that had just died. Asked him to stand a safe distance and it is always good to have someone about in case of Friday 13th.....

The tree was amongst others and there was a small chance of it being hung up but as it had a considerable lean and the top branches were rotten and I had the teleporter to make sure it fell the right way (and give me a safetycab refuge) I felt sure it was going to be a quick and easy demonstration.

The cut went well and the tree went in the right direction, but unfortunately some of the rotten branches still had a hold on life and it became hung up between two trees.

Never mind, I thought, just apply a little down force on the boom from the eight ton machine. This had no other effect than to lift the front wheels off the ground and cause much mirth from my companion.

Decided the only option was to cut through the hinge using the teleporter as protection, so that I could knock the tree off its trunk with the boom.

This I did successfully but it now speared itself into the soft ground with the whole weight of the tree bearing down on it.

Much faffing about and shunting of teleporter eventually managed to put a chain around the tree and the teleporter was just strong enough to lift the tree and back slowly until it fell as originally planned.

My companion amused but not very impressed while I thanked the good Lord for teleporters.

[Daniël Bos]

I don't believe in superstitions,

I think they bring bad luck.

[aitch]

I'm not superstitious and had a great day yesterday. I did leave it till 14th to post though in case something happened!

[Justjames1961]

Friday 13th was a good day in my house.. My missus passed her driving test first time aged 42....:001_smile:

[chainsawdom]

Friday a bloke on the site where I was working was operating a brand new 8ton zero tail swing kommatsu and tracked stait back into a steel post bending the complete sliding door and smashing both top and bottom window the machine has 42 hrs on the clock.