Howmanheyman 38702 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 On 06/06/2017 at 14:33, wykikitoon said: Im after a window cleaner. Contacted one bloke today. £15 FUCKING QUID he wanted! 8 windows to wash. £15 BASTARD QUID?!!? Expand My last house was 5 bedrooms and we paid £6. Are your potential window cleaners females dressed in bikinis while they wash your windows or something? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 24916 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 On 09/06/2017 at 09:10, Howmanheyman said: My last house was 5 bedrooms and we paid £6. Are your potential window cleaners females dressed in bikinis while they wash your windows or something? Expand Now there's a business idea. And monkeys fist in a mankini for the ladieeees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 38702 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 On 09/06/2017 at 09:15, Renton said: Now there's a business idea. And monkeys fist in a mankini for the ladieeees. Expand When they knock on the door for their money you put the £15 in their bra's, or in the 32" waist crotch area in the mankini scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 47067 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 *starts recruitment drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 547 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I pay £4.60, he's tall, dark and dishy and in the summer he wears only a pair of shorts and a smile. I win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4485 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Any IT bods out there work with SpecFlow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 34898 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 That's a big fuck off fire in London. How did it spread so fast? I'd be amazed if everyone got out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 34898 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Well witnesses now confirming that not everyone got out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Residents talking about gasworks. Visits from the fire brigade last weekend to say gas leak under control and not to leave apartments if there was a fire. Bangs that sounded like gunshots and no communal alarm system. Anyone asleep without batteries in their alarm had no chance. Think heads will roll here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 24282 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 14/06/2017 at 06:12, ewerk said: That's a big fuck off fire in London. How did it spread so fast? I'd be amazed if everyone got out. Expand Just heard someone on Radio4 who said when the refurb was done National Gird said the gas needed replacing. Awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 24282 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 14/06/2017 at 07:42, Happy Face said: Residents talking about gasworks. Visits from the fire brigade last weekend to say gas leak under control and not to leave apartments if there was a fire. Bangs that sounded like gunshots and no communal alarm system. Anyone asleep without batteries in their alarm had no chance. Think heads will roll here. Expand Aye, someone said thank god people ignored fire specialists advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 47067 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I've seen a few reports blaming the rapid spread on a recent external render. However it happened, it's horrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4911 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Refurbing high rise blocks is a big part of my job. Heads will definitely roll. from what I've heard it was a gas issue with poor fire stopping throughout the building meaning it spread fast, the fact the facade burnt is shocking as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 24282 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 14/06/2017 at 08:05, Monkeys Fist said: I've seen a few reports blaming the rapid spread on a recent external render. However it happened, it's horrific. Expand Surly if it was the cladding it wouldnt have spread so quiickly internally? It's looking like a gas issue for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 6679 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Surely if this is an incompetence issue it won't just be heads rolling, it'll be criminal negligence. Horrific news, I can't think of a much worse scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-mays-chief-staff-sat-10620357 Tories month goes from bad to worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 5747 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 14/06/2017 at 09:52, Happy Face said: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-mays-chief-staff-sat-10620357 Tories month goes from bad to worse Expand Does that explain the decision to postpone the announcement on the Tory/DUP deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4911 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 14/06/2017 at 09:35, Rayvin said: Surely if this is an incompetence issue it won't just be heads rolling, it'll be criminal negligence. Horrific news, I can't think of a much worse scenario. Expand Depends on the actual cause, HSE sentencing can now include jail time in certain cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ayatollah Hermione 15429 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) They're a lovely bunch. Though, I''m sure this all falls on the side of laziness rather than ill-intent i.e. it involved too much paperwork and arseache on a Friday at half 2 to get corrective action taken. Edited June 14, 2017 by Ayatollah Hermione Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 20162 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 This aluminium cladding that apparently rapidly spread the fire....the local council, the trust who are the landlords and the local fire brigade will have all known about it. Just to say that the RN tried building ships decks out of a lightweight aluminium alloy but stopped immediately after the Falklands War when it was found to burn intensely and very quickly after taking enemy Exocets. HMS Coventry suffered hugely after it came under attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 38322 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 On 14/06/2017 at 16:01, PaddockLad said: This aluminium cladding that apparently rapidly spread the fire....the local council, the trust who are the landlords and the local fire brigade will have all known about it. Just to say that the RN tried building ships decks out of a lightweight aluminium alloy but stopped immediately after the Falklands War when it was found to burn intensely and very quickly after taking enemy Exocets. HMS Coventry suffered hugely after it came under attack. Expand That's exactly what I thought of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4911 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 That kind of cladding is usually a sandwich with 0.5m aluminium on either side of some "insulation". The insulation is usually fireproofed but depending on where you source it (China) it can be made from really combustible stuff too. All the highrises I have worked on have a similar stay put policy in place but they are useless when the fire isn't contained inside a certain compartmented area of the building, and since it spread up the outside in this case it breached all the compartmention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 8088 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Claims that the death toll is likely to be 100+. Lots of chatter that various Tories are also implicated in ignoring fire recommendations on high rise flats and obviously having a hand in the massive fire service cuts Events like this shouldn't be politicised for point scoring but when a ruling party is clearly at blame then fingers need to be pointed. Can you imagine a Corbyn lead party ignoring those types of recommendations to save cash? Edited June 14, 2017 by Kid Dynamite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 20162 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Unreal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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