[simpits-tech] Re: [digital-flight e_group] shop update....

[Roy Coates]

On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, Gene Buckle wrote:

> > They must be british builders.
> >
> I don't think so.  They're sober. :)

Err... drinking Tea ?



> Stand some distance from someone.  Stretch out your arm and make a
> pinching motion with your fingers lined up with their head and yell, "I
> pinch your head!".  It looses much in the translation. :)

How very silly.



> > If the floor is level - nothing should roll :-)
> >
> Boo.  Hiss.

Har! ;^)



> Nope, they get paid in stages.  Last third doesn't get paid until the
> building passes final inspection.  What they don't get is that I'm far
> pickier than any building inspector they've ever met. *Evil Grin*

damned right too!  And your inspection could take a while...


> One of the hammering minions screwed up a metal panel so a replacement
> must be ordered.  They tell me that the building will be done by
> Tuesday.  In other news, the "Monkeys fly out of Gene's ass" watch has
> begun.

what an unpleasant image that conjures up...


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Roy Coates.
Dept of Engineering.
Liverpool University.
E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 794 4862
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