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[scotty12 2,286]

18 hours ago, Goly said:

Most lads love nights, everything is better on nights, less traffic, no gaffers about, job & knock, but my body just doesn't agree with it. I'd love nights if I could kip on them lol, and whoever said you don't need kip is a lying c**t. I don't sleep the best when I'm on days but nights just throws your whole body out of sync. I've been on the railway over 20 years, started at 18, it's all I really know, I had a year out and went scaffolding with a mate but that's it. I've always been a grafter mate, if anyone knows about working on the track they will know it can involve serious donkey work.

Soft c**t 

[Goly 1,048]

8 minutes ago, scotty12 said:

Soft c**t 

You'll sleep more in a day than I do in a week Rodney! 

[Stavross 16,048]

Busy old day today, started off with with rerouting the back side roof water through the shed to go into the front because it’s blocked under the floor and I can’t think of another way without cutting the floor in the stables, I just hope one will take all the water, it’s a big shed

then second pour of concrete before taking what was left to my mates to do his chicken shed

[scotty12 2,286]

4 hours ago, Goly said:

You'll sleep more in a day than I do in a week Rodney! 

Clearly no working hard enough like me and your work mates we sleep likes babies after a graft Zzzzz. No wonder they call you Kit Kat on the rails 

[Goly 1,048]

18 minutes ago, scotty12 said:

Clearly no working hard enough like me and your work mates we sleep likes babies after a graft Zzzzz. No wonder they call you Kit Kat on the rails 

It must take some graft queuing up for the Rock & Roll this time of year. 

You'd be hibernating for a year trying to keep up with me on the shovel of keying hammer.

Edited Wednesday at 17:54 by Goly

[scotty12 2,286]

16 minutes ago, Goly said:

It must take some graft queuing up for the Rock & Roll this time of year. 

You'd be hibernating for a year trying to keep up with me on the shovel of keying hammer.

One shift the day wee man myself that would end you your just a wee boy in a man's world and don't forget it Kit Kat 

[Goly 1,048]

16 minutes ago, scotty12 said:

One shift the day wee man myself that would end you your just a wee boy in a man's world and don't forget it Kit Kat 

Cracking job, the fencers really appreciate those cups of teas you made them.

Edited Wednesday at 18:26 by Goly

[dai dogs 1,560]

Rising damp problem only a small job but took me most of the day 

[mackem 27,242]

4 hours ago, Stavross said:

Busy old day today, started off with with rerouting the back side roof water through the shed to go into the front because it’s blocked under the floor and I can’t think of another way without cutting the floor in the stables, I just hope one will take all the water, it’s a big shed

then second pour of concrete before taking what was left to my mates to do his chicken shed

Your very adaptable Stav,how did you learn to multitask after a mechanics background?

[scotty12 2,286]

1 hour ago, Goly said:

Cracking job, the fencers really appreciate those cups of teas you made them.

Real grafters don't drink tea or coffee that's a scientific fact. No breaks or lunch when you work with me Kit Kat job done and up the road 

Edited Wednesday at 19:37 by scotty12

[Goly 1,048]

10 minutes ago, scotty12 said:

Real grafters don't drink tea or coffee that's a scientific fact. No breaks or lunch when you work with me Kit Kat job done and up the road 

So, after all the deductions for shoddy workmanship and all that, how much do you end up paying them to put up their fence? 

[Stavross 16,048]

38 minutes ago, mackem said:

Your very adaptable Stav,how did you learn to multitask after a mechanics background?

YouTube mostly ( lol ) not strictly true, I’ve always worked with loads of different people in the building trades even when I was a mechanic so you just pick things up and I think I just blag it a lot, some jobs I’ll just have a go until I get it right 

[FLATTOP 4,534]

On 04/02/2025 at 18:32, Goly said:

Yeah, steady money and a mortgage to pay and a family to provide for. I actually took a pay cut to secure this job I took in the summer as I am guaranteed to never work away from home again. I wrongly assumed the amount of night shifts wouldn't effect me but they're no good. 

No mate, far from comfortable, I spunked my life savings on a witch and so when I me our lass and was ready to settle I had feck all savings and had to get 95% mortgage at 30 odd year old, you live and you learn. Lol

Your on the wrong side of the railway, maintenance, I’ve been on both maintenance and operations, if I told you what I took home annually as a Mobile Operations Manager you would question yourself as to what on earth am I doing all this graft for in shit weather and on nights, make it your mission to look at the vacancies everyday and become a Mom you won’t look back as soon as I got a job in ops I was respected more, I tripled my wages and if your smart you can even grab a kip as long as you respond immediately on nights.

if you worked down here and requested to come off nights unless you had a valid medical reason they would just laugh at you and tell you to get on with it.

You know as well as I do and Bakerboy another long time rail worker it comes with the territory the railway is nights when everyone’s tucked up in bed.

[Goly 1,048]

12 minutes ago, FLATTOP said:

Your on the wrong side of the railway, maintenance, I’ve been on both maintenance and operations, if I told you what I took home annually as a Mobile Operations Manager you would question yourself as to what on earth am I doing all this graft for in shit weather and on nights, make it your mission to look at the vacancies everyday and become a Mom you won’t look back as soon as I got a job in ops I was respected more, I tripled my wages and if your smart you can even grab a kip as long as you respond immediately on nights.

if you worked down here and requested to come off nights unless you had a valid medical reason they would just laugh at you and tell you to get on with it.

You know as well as I do and Bakerboy another long time rail worker it comes with the territory the railway is nights when everyone’s tucked up in bed.

Mate I tuck a pay cut to get on board with NWR. I was off track for ten years doing track civils, I'd just had enough of working away and when I saw this local job I took it. The graft, the weather, they don't bother me, I just detest night shifts, I'd rather do a 9 hour day shift than a night shift that's half the time. Lol

There's different avenues I could try and take, SSOW planning, lift planning, etc, but it's dropping on a job when they become available. As I said, in our department there's patrollers that just do days, Mon-Thur and a Sunday when they're rostered that weekend. I'm going to have a word with the section manager and see if I can stick on days. Night shifts are bad for your health as they are, only getting 2-3 hours kip a day is even worse. Lol

[saluki bouy 733]

Got the front side cleared of moss today take tomorrow on the back and then Monday for the treatment and soffits fascia’s and windows