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Make the most of what you've got
« on: 12 March 2008, 17:49:03 »

Well after yet another downpour, i got to work this morning to find half the unit under water, a reoccuring problem i thought had been solved, but obviously not. A few minutes later i was having a chat with the guy in the unit next door so i brought the subject up and had a good old whinge about it. Ten minutes after that 2 Ambulances and a police car turned up, the poor guy i had been whinging to had collapsed to the floor stone cold dead after suffering a heart attack.

Puts my bit of water into perspective :-/
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Re: Make the most of what you've got
« Reply #1 on: 12 March 2008, 17:54:59 »
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Well after yet another downpour, i got to work this morning to find half the unit under water, a reoccuring problem i thought had been solved, but obviously not. A few minutes later i was having a chat with the guy in the unit next door so i brought the subject up and had a good old whinge about it. Ten minutes after that 2 Ambulances and a police car turned up, the poor guy i had been whinging to had collapsed to the floor stone cold dead after suffering a heart attack.

Puts my bit of water into perspective :-/

I ain't talkin too you ever again ::)
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Re: Make the most of what you've got
« Reply #2 on: 12 March 2008, 17:55:35 »
That comes under the heading "Not Good"

I always say that is the way I want to go .. damned quick .. but it's hell for the family and/or others involved.

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« Reply #3 on: 12 March 2008, 18:04:32 »
Reminds me of a guy I met at Le Mans once. Bought a few spare grandstand tickets off him, actually. He went off to take someone for a spin in his car a few minutes later, had a fast head-on collision and was killed.

Kept looking at the empty seat in the grandstand thinking I was probably one of the last people he spoke to. Not a nice feeling, poor bloke.

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Re: Make the most of what you've got
« Reply #4 on: 12 March 2008, 18:08:49 »
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That comes under the heading "Not Good"

I always say that is the way I want to go .. damned quick .. but it's hell for the family and/or others involved.

:(

Theres another 3 guys work in that unit, an hour and a half wating for the undertaker to come while your mates lying on a dirty factory floor can't have been much fun. Not surprisingly they shut up shop at lunch time
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Re: Make the most of what you've got
« Reply #5 on: 12 March 2008, 18:52:01 »
All this explains why the gates were closed at 16-00 when I called in on my way back from Telford. Sorry to here about the dead guy but who is going to sort out the water problem !!!!, is that being insensitive  :-/ :-/ :-/. See you next trip  :y :y.
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« Reply #6 on: 12 March 2008, 18:57:45 »
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All this explains why the gates were closed at 16-00 when I called in on my way back from Telford. Sorry to here about the dead guy but who is going to sort out the water problem !!!!, is that being insensitive  :-/ :-/ :-/. See you next trip  :y :y.
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You must have just missed me then :-/
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Re: Make the most of what you've got
« Reply #7 on: 12 March 2008, 19:07:53 »
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Well after yet another downpour, i got to work this morning to find half the unit under water, a reoccuring problem i thought had been solved, but obviously not. A few minutes later i was having a chat with the guy in the unit next door so i brought the subject up and had a good old whinge about it. Ten minutes after that 2 Ambulances and a police car turned up, the poor guy i had been whinging to had collapsed to the floor stone cold dead after suffering a heart attack.

Puts my bit of water into perspective :-/

jesus! :o poor bloke.

btw are you at the unit the weekend doug?
i'll come down and get them bits if that's ok :y


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Re: Make the most of what you've got
« Reply #8 on: 12 March 2008, 19:13:17 »
Not a nice circumstance

Mine is horrid, I repaired the gears on a bike belonging to someone living near me (years ago) and a few weeks later he was killed by a lorry on a roundabout
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« Reply #9 on: 12 March 2008, 19:28:22 »
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Well after yet another downpour, i got to work this morning to find half the unit under water, a reoccuring problem i thought had been solved, but obviously not. A few minutes later i was having a chat with the guy in the unit next door so i brought the subject up and had a good old whinge about it. Ten minutes after that 2 Ambulances and a police car turned up, the poor guy i had been whinging to had collapsed to the floor stone cold dead after suffering a heart attack.

Puts my bit of water into perspective :-/

I ain't talkin too you ever again ::)
Yeah, he's cursed.  I gave him grief about his car not running, went to leave and my crank sensor was dead!

Best wishes to all Timbuk, including your dad!
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Re: Make the most of what you've got
« Reply #10 on: 12 March 2008, 20:08:48 »
No problem, will pop in next time i'm in the area, hope your father is better.
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Well after yet another downpour, i got to work this morning to find half the unit under water, a reoccuring problem i thought had been solved, but obviously not. A few minutes later i was having a chat with the guy in the unit next door so i brought the subject up and had a good old whinge about it. Ten minutes after that 2 Ambulances and a police car turned up, the poor guy i had been whinging to had collapsed to the floor stone cold dead after suffering a heart attack.

Puts my bit of water into perspective :-/

I ain't talkin too you ever again ::)

How come you just rang me then ;D
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« Reply #12 on: 12 March 2008, 22:20:21 »
Yet another delivery to B&Q @ Scunny today, saw a notice 7 pics of a fatal accident there. One of thier drivers was coupling up to a trailer, he put his red airline on & the whole lot started rolling. He'forgotten to put the unit handrake on & when the red line released the trailer brakes the weight of the combined load set it off. He jumped down, ran round the cab to get in & engage the handbrake, did'nt make it & the cab pinned him to the warehouse wall,  sadly killing him. He was just a working family man. When the whole lot started rolling he should've simply disconnected the red line which would cut the air to the trailer brakes & stopped the whole thing instantly, but in the heat of the moment????
      Makes you think does'nt it? :(
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Re: Make the most of what you've got
« Reply #13 on: 12 March 2008, 22:27:18 »
Some sad stories, I don’t think you can take life, or indeed, you health for granted, make the most of it while you can, you never ever know what is around the corner. I remember, well, a moment when my GP said ‘life can be sh1t sometimes’  :(
I am lucky, I am still around, just not the person, physically that I was, but sometimes you have to fight back. :)

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Well after yet another downpour, i got to work this morning to find half the unit under water, a reoccuring problem i thought had been solved, but obviously not. A few minutes later i was having a chat with the guy in the unit next door so i brought the subject up and had a good old whinge about it. Ten minutes after that 2 Ambulances and a police car turned up, the poor guy i had been whinging to had collapsed to the floor stone cold dead after suffering a heart attack.

Puts my bit of water into perspective :-/

I ain't talkin too you ever again ::)

How come you just rang me then ;D

Me rang you? eh!
you tell more lies than a cheap watch!!!

Timbuk Timex ;D
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