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

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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

In article .com,
writes
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


Can't have been that cold otherwise you digits wouldn't have thawed out
by now

Hope you charged 'em well)
--
Tony Sayer

" wrote in
oups.com:

Fair enough, I've had my moan. Thank you for listening.

Bill

Who's listening.... ?

;-)

mike

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?
--
Alan

wrote:
I have been on a roof for five and half frozen hours today, high on a
hill above a grim northern city.

snip

I would really like to be listening in to the conversation, should you
find yourself having a little chat with the previous
rigger/cowboy.......................
Dave

Bill wrote
| high on a hill above a grim northern city.

Yodeleyodeleyyodeleyhehey

Any sign of a lonely goatherd while you were up there?

Owain

wrote:

high on a hill above a grim northern city.

Why to I get the urge to sing " Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo"?

--
James...
www.jameshart.co.uk

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