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Bernie2
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When I was an apprentice the boss would come and inspect you, making a remark if you were not properly and tidily dressed to work in peoples houses. The old guys told us of times they where sent home to get a collar and tie on.
On site we usually wore what ever cheap clothes we could get hold of in the Summer. Mostly ex- army and navy store stuff. I often looked like a left over from the 8th Army in North Africa. I must admit the exmilitary stuff then was real good heavy quality stuff as many of the lads had been in the forces because of the call up and war. The call up had just stopped when I was of age so I suppose there was loads of military stuff to be sold off and it was very cheap. Now the same sort of stuff costs a fortune.
I also liked boiler suites but found them very hot in Summer.
It was funny at times, if you hung your jacket up anywhere, you could usually bet somebody would fill the pockets with scrap lead so that when you unhooked it you nearly fell through the floor. The other trick if working in a store, was to put the security tags somewhere in your jacket so that when you went out the alarms rang like mad.
I like the modern trousers with all the pockets but found they tended to pull down if you put to much in the pockets. I did not really like being loaded down with tools hanging out the pockets, they where a nuisance in restricted places and in danger of smashing things by accident if you turned around too quick in a house and a screwdriver or something flew out the pocket.
I suppose the rain was one of the worst problems if on sites. Those cheap wet suites seemed to make you wetter inside through sweat than the rain did
But who wants to pay a couple of hundred for Gor Tex to get it ruined in a day or two?
What do you reckon is good cheap rain wear for the Plumber? Okay! a wet suite on some jobs may be best. I have been on sites where the pipework was so leaky you probably would have been best with one.
When I was an apprentice the boss would come and inspect you, making a remark if you were not properly and tidily dressed to work in peoples houses. The old guys told us of times they where sent home to get a collar and tie on.
On site we usually wore what ever cheap clothes we could get hold of in the Summer. Mostly ex- army and navy store stuff. I often looked like a left over from the 8th Army in North Africa. I must admit the exmilitary stuff then was real good heavy quality stuff as many of the lads had been in the forces because of the call up and war. The call up had just stopped when I was of age so I suppose there was loads of military stuff to be sold off and it was very cheap. Now the same sort of stuff costs a fortune.
I also liked boiler suites but found them very hot in Summer.
It was funny at times, if you hung your jacket up anywhere, you could usually bet somebody would fill the pockets with scrap lead so that when you unhooked it you nearly fell through the floor. The other trick if working in a store, was to put the security tags somewhere in your jacket so that when you went out the alarms rang like mad.
I like the modern trousers with all the pockets but found they tended to pull down if you put to much in the pockets. I did not really like being loaded down with tools hanging out the pockets, they where a nuisance in restricted places and in danger of smashing things by accident if you turned around too quick in a house and a screwdriver or something flew out the pocket.
I suppose the rain was one of the worst problems if on sites. Those cheap wet suites seemed to make you wetter inside through sweat than the rain did
But who wants to pay a couple of hundred for Gor Tex to get it ruined in a day or two?
What do you reckon is good cheap rain wear for the Plumber? Okay! a wet suite on some jobs may be best. I have been on sites where the pipework was so leaky you probably would have been best with one.
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