The Construction Thread

[chillywilly2]

I have talked several times on this site how I like to hire men past 40. They usually turn out to be a better workforce for me. Very low turnout in that age range when I hired back in May.

You just like older men

 

[Wings]

You just like older men

That is besides the point.

 

[chillywilly2]

That is besides the point.

are you wearing panties today?

 

[Wings]

are you wearing panties today?

No, they are not on the PPE list.

 

[chillywilly2]

No, they are not on the PPE list.

For some reason I find that hard to believe...I thought that list covered everything

 

[rosco rathbone]

Had some of my guys misjudge the force of 30 tons of concrete as not shore up a mold as well as they should have yesterday.

All that concrete made its home all over the yard. Shoveled it into a mud truck for 3 hours last night. That was fun. In the way getting a root canal done on the wrong tooth was fun.

That happened to a fly by night company I was working for once, building an illegal unpermitted crane pad on Newtown Creek off the East River. Whole truck load of concrete went into the river. Then we had to play dumb when the Army Corps of Engineers guys came snooping around asking wtf was going on here.

 

[Wings]

Just had to go searching for a tremmy (spelling?) otherwise known as an elephant trunk. When I called my contact at the concrete supply place he asked me how long I needed it, I told him 6 feet and then he wanted to know how wide I wanted it 8 or 12 inches.

I told him I need it for work, not a dating website. We both laughed and now it's all inappropriate. This business is tough for a chick.

 

[Wings]

That happened to a fly by night company I was working for once, building an illegal unpermitted crane pad on Newtown Creek off the East River. Whole truck load of concrete went into the river. Then we had to play dumb when the Army Corps of Engineers guys came snooping around asking wtf was going on here.

Whoops!!!

 

[thør]

Just had to go searching for a tremmy (spelling?) otherwise known as an elephant trunk. When I called my contact at the concrete supply place he asked me how long I needed it, I told him 6 feet and then he wanted to know how wide I wanted it 8 or 12 inches.

I told him I need it for work, not a dating website. We both laughed and now it's all inappropriate. This business is tough for a chick.

tremie

You pouring underwater?

 

[Wings]

tremie

You pouring underwater?

I'm not wearing these flippers for nothing, buster.

 

[chillywilly2]

Just had to go searching for a tremmy (spelling?) otherwise known as an elephant trunk. When I called my contact at the concrete supply place he asked me how long I needed it, I told him 6 feet and then he wanted to know how wide I wanted it 8 or 12 inches.

I told him I need it for work, not a dating website. We both laughed and now it's all inappropriate. This business is tough for a chick.

Just remember...you started it.



I had a woman project manager ask me when we were going to start putting up steel...I replied back that erection was to start next Monday...she sent back a Ha Ha..women in construction..yeah right

 

[chillywilly2]

tremie

You pouring underwater?

we use them for high walls to limit segregation

 

[Wings]

Just remember...you started it.



I had a woman project manager ask me when we were going to start putting up steel...I replied back that erection was to start next Monday...she sent back a Ha Ha..women in construction..yeah right

I have a dirtier mind than almost any man in this place. I just get away with laughing about things. Because. Boobs.

 

[chillywilly2]

I have a dirtier mind than almost any man in this place. I just get away with laughing about things. Because. Boobs.

I'm kinda hoping she does too...for the same reason

 

[thør]

we use them for high walls to limit segregation

Normally, I just see a longer hose on the delivery end of the pumper.

 

[Wings]

The only things we use currently are a pouring rig and a bucket. We don't often do anything small enough to warrant an elephant trunk.

 

[chillywilly2]

Normally, I just see a longer hose on the delivery end of the pumper.

I'm thinking back before pumps were used all that much...bucket on a crane into the hopper and trunk

 

[thør]

I'm thinking back before pumps were used all that much...bucket on a crane into the hopper and trunk

Still a lot of that in the world, without the tremie.

 

[piccicatopolka]

We're in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Wasilla. They might be smaller like my San Francisco store. I'm at one of the bigger ones.

 

[thør]

We're in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Wasilla. They might be smaller like my San Francisco store. I'm at one of the bigger ones.

Orange or blue?

I don't normally buy at Wasilla because I don't want to pay their sales tax.

 

[thør]

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/580218_10151185754563221_645206724_n.jpg

 

[piccicatopolka]

Shhh... blue

 

[thør]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbfsjfZ6HM1rygnxoo1_500.jpg

 

[rosco rathbone]

I reckon we'll be seeing a lot of demand for these in Manhattan:

http://www.modernsteel.com/Uploads/Issues/January_2010/012010_Jan10_Dunnage_Web.pdf

Because everyone is going to want a big ass emergency generator now.

 

[Saint Peter]

You seem to have power and be doing alright.

Work should be stacking up soon.