UK 2015 Summer

[STEED]

76ºF here today, wow that's above what they said.

[VirtualVikingX]

What's this F you guys are on about?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by VirtualVikingX

What's this F you guys are on about?

Fahrenheit...temperature scale:

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Fahrenheit

[VirtualVikingX]

Thanks, Jim. Just a bit of metric-irony-jokeon on my part.

Anyway, it's around 10 - 15 centigrade here.

[BossMark]

Originally Posted by STEED

Latest reports it starts Tuesday and set for the rest of the week getting hotter and hotter, the north is in for the heatwave as well.

Bloody typical I'm off to sunny Spain on Thursday

[STEED]

Summer has landed it hot and getting hotter. Neighbor is out worshiping the sun working on is golden bronze look.


MELT DOWN ALERT!
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...946601#rlabs=2

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Summer has landed it hot and getting hotter. Neighbor is out worshiping the sun working on is golden bronze look.


MELT DOWN ALERT!
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...946601#rlabs=2

Not much sun worshipping going to happen here...the paving company arrive early Monday morning to make the rear garden maintenance free and my neighbour who has already snaffled my decking is now in the process of doing likewise with the patio area so mrs buna is now sitting in the conservatory looking at a virtual building site.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Not much sun worshipping going to happen here...the paving company arrive early Monday morning to make the rear garden maintenance free and my neighbour who has already snaffled my decking is now in the process of doing likewise with the patio area so mrs buna is now sitting in the conservatory looking at a virtual building site.

Typical builders drop their stuff make a mess and call for a tea break while they stand around scratching their arses then off down the pub and that's the last your see of them until you get on the phone.

92ºF is on the cards for Wednesday Thursday and maybe 95ºF Friday and the news gets better hotter and longer heatwave!

[Jimbuna]

At the price the work is costing I doubt very much they'll even get away with a five minute tea break

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

At the price the work is costing I doubt very much they'll even get away with a five minute tea break

Get cracking that whip on Wednesday make them sweat while you stand there with a ice cool beer.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Get cracking that whip on Wednesday make them sweat while you stand there with a ice cool beer.

Appeared on site at 9am, asked for three cups of coffee all with milk and two sugars.

9.15 am wife says the boss would like a word with me.

Boss (by a long stretch of the imagination) "We wouldn't be able to dig up that cherry tree, it will need the services of a tree surgeon, the access from your property to our van where the materials will be offloaded is four properties away and by my reckoning the salesman has underestimated the surface area by twelve square metres."

My reply "The estimate and plan clearly states the problems you have mentioned have been vectored into the price as agreed by your company and myself."

Boss "I'll need to contact the office and have a senior manager come around."

My reply "No problem but tell them that when they arrive I'd like to be consulted in person and if they're not here within the hour you can cancel the job and tip the wife £10 for the coffees."

Fifteen minutes later the senior manager arrived, listened to his worker then said "Don't worry, the job is fine and all the issues are for us to overcome."

Didn't stop the buggas finishing early at 2pm though

[STEED]

The Heat here has just increased soon I will be speaking Spanish as you lot up north will later.

Jim when they come back don't forget to tell them to make up for the lost three hours or give them six of the best with your cricket bat.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

The Heat here has just increased soon I will be speaking Spanish as you lot up north will later.

Jim when they come back don't forget to tell them to make up for the lost three hours or give them six of the best with your cricket bat.

Ha....tree surgeon hasn't long been gone and it looks like it is going to be a £250 drop in the paving companies profits

[Aktungbby]

Appeared on site at 9am, asked for three cups of coffee all with milk and two sugars.

9.15 am wife says the boss would like a word with me.

Is that customary for a contract laborer to ask for there? It would be impolite here; although the bathroom and a glass of ice water are always available by me. My own lawn in the drought has gone to dust and my patio, a hasty & shoddy install by an inept home seller when I bought 25 years ago, has come up for a refit. Might go with brick and wood chips in the back and fake grass in the front-as a few neighbors already have...At least the state of CA is passing legislation prohibiting fines against home owners who let their lawn go during the drought in violation of local city/municipal ordinances. I save the water for the raised veggie boxes. It'll be in the high 90's to 100's all week here. AC on at noon.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Ha....tree surgeon hasn't long been gone and it looks like it is going to be a £250 drop in the paving companies profits

That will upset the share holders at the next AGM.