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deep, crisp, even, cold, wet, and dangerous
I have been on a roof for five and half frozen hours today, high on a
hill above a grim northern city. Despite having lots of good quality gear on I gradually got chilled, and for the last two hours I was very uncomfortable. The wind blew relentlessly from the north all day long. When I got to the job this morning I found that someone had fixed an 85 cm solid dish onto a 2 inch steel aerial mast. The dish was a metre and a half above the top wall bracket. The installer had evidently found that he was one U bolt nut short, so astonishingly he had simply overtightened the other nut. Unsurprisingly this unorthodox fixing method for such a heavy windload had failed, allowing the dish to plummet. There were lots of other bad things about the installation, and I ended up replacing the whole thing including the aerials. Access onto the flat roof was very difficult and it was necessary to use a ladder up there, all nicely tied in place of course. By the time I finished I was so cold and damp and miserable I was having some difficulty maintaining my usual happy-go-luck air. I turned the van heater and the Beethoven to max, and finished early. Fair enough, I've had my moan. Thank you for listening. Bill |
wrote in message oups.com... I have been on a roof for five and half frozen hours today, high on a hill above a grim northern city. Despite having lots of good quality gear on I gradually got chilled, and for the last two hours I was very uncomfortable. The wind blew relentlessly from the north all day long. When I got to the job this morning I found that someone had fixed an 85 cm solid dish onto a 2 inch steel aerial mast. The dish was a metre and a half above the top wall bracket. The installer had evidently found that he was one U bolt nut short, so astonishingly he had simply overtightened the other nut. Unsurprisingly this unorthodox fixing method for such a heavy windload had failed, allowing the dish to plummet. There were lots of other bad things about the installation, and I ended up replacing the whole thing including the aerials. Access onto the flat roof was very difficult and it was necessary to use a ladder up there, all nicely tied in place of course. By the time I finished I was so cold and damp and miserable I was having some difficulty maintaining my usual happy-go-luck air. I turned the van heater and the Beethoven to max, and finished early. Fair enough, I've had my moan. Thank you for listening. Bill Should be glad you weren't at Emley - even the canteen closed at midday! -- Woody harrogate2 at ntlworld dot com |
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oups.com: Fair enough, I've had my moan. Thank you for listening. Bill Who's listening.... ? ;-) mike |
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" wrote I turned the van heater and the Beethoven to max, and finished early. I assume that Van Heater is one of the lesser known composers? -- Alan |
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Bill wrote
| high on a hill above a grim northern city. Yodeleyodeleyyodeleyhehey Any sign of a lonely goatherd while you were up there? Owain |
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Any sign of a lonely goatherd while you were up there?
There was a few frozzen sparrers and a ****ed off pigeon, but otherwise I was alone. Bill |
Yodeleyodeleyyodeleyhehey
Now I know why them fellers sound a bit castrato. Their knackers have frozen off. . . Bill |
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Alan wrote:
In message .com, " wrote I turned the van heater and the Beethoven to max, and finished early. I assume that Van Heater is one of the lesser known composers? Na, it is a lesser known middle name... Ludwig Van Heater Beethoven -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:34:19 +0000, John Rumm
wrote: Na, it is a lesser known middle name... Ludwig Van Heater Beethoven Don't forget Camper Van Beethoven (real band) www.campervanbeethoven.com -- Shevek iTunesRegistry.com: 1,750 tracks, 2.793 diversity http://www.itunesregistry.com/report...?showuser=2011 Get DigiGuide - a downloadable desktop PC TV and Radio Guide http://getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=31493 Get Firefox! http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=8681&t=1 |
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:36:37 +0000, Shevek wrote:
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:34:19 +0000, John Rumm wrote: Na, it is a lesser known middle name... Ludwig Van Heater Beethoven Don't forget Camper Van Beethoven (real band) www.campervanbeethoven.com Or the Dutch hire company: Truck Van Rental -Arthur |
"Arthur" wrote in message ... On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:36:37 +0000, Shevek wrote: On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:34:19 +0000, John Rumm wrote: Na, it is a lesser known middle name... Ludwig Van Heater Beethoven Don't forget Camper Van Beethoven (real band) www.campervanbeethoven.com Or the Dutch hire company: Truck Van Rental How about a spokesman from one of the motoring organisations, Laurie Van Carr? -Arthur |
Don't forget Camper Van Beethoven (real band)
www.campervanbeethoven.com Or the Dutch hire company: Truck Van Rental -Arthur Don't you mean Kenning Van Hire? :-) |
In message , John
Rumm writes Alan wrote: In message .com, " wrote I turned the van heater and the Beethoven to max, and finished early. I assume that Van Heater is one of the lesser known composers? Na, it is a lesser known middle name... Ludwig Van Heater Beethoven And that other great musician, Randy Van Warmer. -- Ian. |
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