Stupid amount of Hours worked Outside At this time
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of year. Went to work yesterday at 0800 and finished this morning at 0530 
All outside although sanctuary was taken now and again in the back of our Unimog which as a diesel heater and Tee making facility(gas burner).
It really was bloody freezing during the night with a god know what wind chill factory at 12mtres up in the air up an Electricty Pole working.
Anyone other Phers do stupid hours like this in stupid conditions ? still thawing out now
BB
All outside although sanctuary was taken now and again in the back of our Unimog which as a diesel heater and Tee making facility(gas burner). It really was bloody freezing during the night with a god know what wind chill factory at 12mtres up in the air up an Electricty Pole working.
Anyone other Phers do stupid hours like this in stupid conditions ? still thawing out now
BB
alfaman said:
in the back of our Unimog which as a diesel heater and Tee making facility(gas burner).
Are there many of these available to buy in the UK ? - they would make a great trans-Africa safari / camping vehicle
We get ours from here www.ibbetts.co.uk/ thats the twin of one of our 2 in the picture top left.
BB
gopher said:
Tea making facility(gas burner).
Usefull I suppose if you're near a Golf Course and find you don't have any, the burner is to melt the plastic prior to pouring it in the mould, right?
I dont understand what you mean 
Im a griffith owner anyhow not a Chimaera owner Some pics of my work steeds, LR Defender not present
BB
>> Edited by Ballistic Banana on Friday 25th November 17:05
I know exactly how some of these guys feel, You go out on site occasionally and have to retreat to your air conditioned/heated car after a quarter of an hour 
. You can tell it’s bad when you ring the contractors engineers and they have all retreated back to the office (just about the only time any one picks up the phone). Even the hardened open top sports car fanatics are considering turning on the heating before permafrost sets in and their internal organs are cryogenically frozen?
Are you all having fun re-enacting your rally fantasies on the iced roads?
. You can tell it’s bad when you ring the contractors engineers and they have all retreated back to the office (just about the only time any one picks up the phone). Even the hardened open top sports car fanatics are considering turning on the heating before permafrost sets in and their internal organs are cryogenically frozen? Are you all having fun re-enacting your rally fantasies on the iced roads?
I had a mad, stupid idea on Thursday night. After work and at home, I contemplated changing the Griffs battery, in the dark, with a torch in the freezing cold, with a t-shirt on. - Seriously.
I thought it would be a test of my 'manliness'.
After 3 seconds of consideration, I sank back into my settee and opened a tin of Carlsberg Export.
manliness, being a lazy drunk seemed the better option, by far.
I thought it would be a test of my 'manliness'.
After 3 seconds of consideration, I sank back into my settee and opened a tin of Carlsberg Export.
manliness, being a lazy drunk seemed the better option, by far. When i used to build extentions there would be times when i would use large Lighting to beat the early nights 'drawing in' in winter,i sometimes used to forget what time it was and still be working at 10pm....you could watch the frost starting to form.
When i was Bricklaying i used to grab a hod and help the hoddies load out bricks while the muck was being knocked up to help keep me warm.
I found at night it always seemed colder,probably because it was
When i was Bricklaying i used to grab a hod and help the hoddies load out bricks while the muck was being knocked up to help keep me warm.
I found at night it always seemed colder,probably because it was
speedy_thrills said:
I know exactly how some of these guys feel, You go out on site occasionally and have to retreat to your air conditioned/heated car after a quarter of an hour
Are you all having fun re-enacting your rally fantasies on the iced roads?
No becuase that would be irresponsible!
(Ok, maybe just a little - guilty as charged....)
>> Edited by polus on Saturday 26th November 10:48
polus said:
Are you all having fun re-enacting your rally fantasies on the iced roads?
No becuase that would be irresponsible!
(Ok, maybe just a little - guilty as charged....)
i did a rally with my motor club last night in bristol on the country roads. i was expecting it to be cancelled cos when i woke up on friday morning there was a considerable amount of snow on the roads. but luckily the weathe during the day was good enough to (just) allow it to be safe to run the rally.
at the beginning of the rally (about 7pm) the roads were ok. wet and muddy in some places (just by the nature of the roads that we were using) but not too low in grip. by the last stage (about 10-11pm) you could visibly see the roads getting colder and frostier and grip levels were droppping dramatically and quickly.
there were three casualties from the event:
firstly one competitor ran over some rocks in the road and punched 2 dirty great holes in the sidewall of one of his tyres and made a bad slow puncture in another. so he had to limp home on a space-saver tyre!
secondly one competitor misjudged a sharp 90degree right and caused some major cosmetic damage on his front left with impact into a stone wall. this was fairly dramatic for me as i had just let him pass so i was quite close behind him and had the best view of it you could expect.
thirdly (and most importantly!!) somewhere between the setting off of the first stage and stopping for a break at the first time control my thermos flask shattered internally thus negating its "keep stuff hot" properties. i was not very impressed as i had only bought it 2 hours earlier and i REALLY wanted a nice hot cup of tea, preferably without bits of glass in it!
anyway, moral of the story:
it gets cold and slippy very quickly at night! and buy an impact resistant thermos flask!
chris
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