Roland's Slab Laying Lesson (AKA Puma Program Ofice Community Day at PARC Essex)
This year's community project was to help finish a path.
Arrival was 0830 (well....except for Sean and Roland). First thing first - a bit of standing around and then quite soon after, a tea break
Soon after this was second tea break with breakfast - thank you Paul!!
Things were going well, Kieran danced whilst Mark pointed at stuff. Angela made a cracking job on the garden front and for reasons unknown to me, Twiggy mooned us all.
If Twiggy was not mooning us, he was doing his favourite hobby of puns. This is a piece of classic Twiggy:
The LL6 team then went 'tilt testing' in the GCP:
The first slab was layed - it was agreed (a rare thing amongst FMC employees) that it was a little low!!
Tea break 2 was taken and the Roland of the Drew arrived (apparently he went to see a man about stacking cars).
Roland was a one man slab laying machine. He had a 'system' - a long heavy piece of timber. Slab laying paced improved - not quite to the pace 'that a man can walk at' but not far off. The rain started and by lunch we were wet. Thanks to Angela for lunch - and happy birthday.
Kieran had recently attended a health and safety course.
Mark 'finessed' whilst Ian refused to spin Angela and Roland laid the last slabs.
There was a major pile up of various vehicles, but no injuries:
All finished and a team photo (less Twiggy, who was wet and Darren, who was in theory, on vacation)
Full pics here
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- Posted by thestowe on 28/09/2007.
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