Learnt anything interesting at work recently?

[bigbadwolf]

Right ladies and gentleman today I've seen something awesome! Our head engineer has just returned from Tokyo and was lucky enough to be exposed to a stunning new method of demolition. It's called the Kajima technique and utilises hydraulic jacks to lower the building and is proven to allow the materials to be recycled up to 99 percent instead of landfill.

The usual.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1qgx95SFds

The Kajima technique.

Awesome isn't it.

[Moos]

The downside presumably being that it takes much longer and is therefore much more expensive? Or did I conclude incorrectly?

[HonaloochieB]

I'm pleased about the recycing and everything BBW, but the Kajima method lacks spectacle.

[bigbadwolf]

I haven't got all the facts moos but in todays construction and heavy engineering, especially demo is the enviromental impact and what we can do to reduce it. It's also alot safer than using explosives or using large machines.

[Brendan]

All the work that the government is planning to do to refurnish schools is now going to be procured on an individual contract basis because they were too useless to set up a proper framework agreement.

That and the coffee machine on the second floor is now fixed, apparently.

[????]

I spent 25 mins yesterday watching the massive demoltion going on at London Bridge...the highlight of my working(?) day...month...year

[Strawbs]

Sweet. F. A.. Our whole workplace is on hold til redundancies are finished so no one is really doing much work to be honest so little chance of learning anything new..

On a personal note I have learnt that I interview quite well...

[Brendan]

The coffee machine on the second floor is broken again.

[SteveT]

Fred Dibnah was my all time fave demolition man.

Unassuming and interesting too.

There is a shortage of such characters.

[karter]

Wolfman, what's the point of lowering the building, and then what?

[woofmarkthedog]

I learnt how to tell a customer who was having a beautiful hand made kitchen delivered today that "The company has gone into administration 12 hours ago" with out making her cry.........

Ah bless her ...wait till she see the bill though...

W**F

[Mikecg]

What you actually deal with customers?.

[jaybee82]

I learnt how to peel a banana with no hands. Its been a very quiet week...

[LegalEagle-ish]

I learned that the Home Office's multilple criminal prosecution of my client for refusing to co-operate with his removal to a country he has fled from in fear of his life, may be illegal which means that his deportation for these 'criminal' convictions may also be invalid as he has no other criminal convictions so should not be facing deportation.

Exciting stuff which is outside my area of law, but has been passed to top notch public lawyer.

I learn something everyday - which is why I love my job (especially as it's part-time now too)!

[PeckhamRose]

???? what demolition at London Bridge?

Where abouts and of what? Making way for the Shard of Glass?

[Brendan]

They are starting to build the Shard of Glass next month.

Meanwhile construction on the world?s tallest super tower, in Dubai has been halted because of financing issues.

2 More things I learnt today.

And the coffee machine on the second floor is up and running again.

[PeckhamRose]

Oh thank God!

[Ted Max]

I learnt that Americans will take conference calls at stupid times. Often in their jim-jams whilst eating their Golden Grahams, rather than be seen to be unavailable.

And, loosely related to the coffee machine updates, there was a sign at my old office that used to say: "The taps downstairs are drinking water"

[woofmarkthedog]

Mikecg Wrote:

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> What you actually deal with customers?.

Scary eh...Grrrr....and I run the company..........

I do however live a very "compartmentalized" life I'll have you know .......you know.......you know !

*climbs out of one box & ................into another*

[Mikecg]

Tourette Syndrome Kitchens Ltd.

[bigbadwolf]

SteveT Wrote:

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> Fred Dibnah was my all time fave demolition man.

>

> Unassuming and interesting too.

>

> There is a shortage of such characters.

Fred was certainly a character but he was also a nut case! Have you seen the footage of our favourite Steeplejack knocking down the chimmney stacks of the Bury mills. He'd just start an enormous fire to undermine the foundations while pissed on Guinness and then run for his life when the whole thing came crashing down in a direction he was never sure about. Rather like the attitude Keith Floyd took to his cooking.

[woofmarkthedog]

Yes I agree with Foxy..................Wholeheartedly .....yes inndeedee............

* big.....................grin*

[Keef]

On Monday I learnt that my new job, which I gave up a very secure job for, was not what I thought it was, and that I'm not working within my speci@l!sm (not exclusively anyway). After initially wondering what I'd done, I've learnt it's a lot of fun, and I can still rip the absolute p!ss with my hours! :)

[HonaloochieB]

Ted Max Wrote:

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> I learnt that Americans will take conference calls

> at stupid times. Often in their jim-jams whilst

> eating their Golden Grahams, rather than be seen

> to be unavailable.

>

Apostrophe TM, apostrophe and ellipsis and you've an innuendo worthy of Norton himself.

[dukesdenver]

I learnt a new 'stan - Tatarstan.

Official website

According to Wikipedia the unofficial Tatarstan motto is 'Buld?rab?z!' ('We can!').

I wonder if Obama has ever been there?