All,
After reading the “I think I breathed something bad” thread and reading Luka’s post, “Dood your dead” , Something I’ve heard plumber’s often say came to mind. What are the three CRITICAL things a plumber has to know?
1. payday is on Friday
2. $hit don’t run up hill.
3. Above all, DON’T BITE YOUR FINGERNAILS
Mark
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4. Cold is on the right.
Dave,
Can't argue with that.
Gotta have some green glasses so the turds look like pickles.
Kearn,
I've heard it said, "Watch out for Lincoln logs and land mines"
Wheres the donuts.
Wheres the check.
Wheres the door.
Quittin' Time
The plumber I know says the three things are....
- sh!t flows downhill
- paydays Friday
- the boss is an a$$ hole
Doug
Luka,
I'll go along with that.
Whats not to agree with ?
It's the same three things needed to be known by every working man... Framers, electricians, trim guys, painters, carpet layers, roofers, counter workers at Krispy Kreme, even computer technicians.
; )
Quittin' Time
Luka,
Gotta draw the line there dude. Some bosses are jerks yes. But I don't believe for a minute that most are. That's just hokey. REmember many if not most of the pros on this forum are bosses and I don't think you would honestly think that that automatically makes them a jerk. However if you really do hold that view then it makes you guilty of the same bigotry and stereotyping that you resent with others and have often said so. As I said I don't think you really believe that but it comes across that way.
Mark
HUH ???
Bosses ? Jerks ?
Huh ???
Quittin' Time
Don't forget plumbers are allowed to hack, cut, remove, destroy any piece of framing they see fit in order to install their lines.
At least that's how our plumbers operate
Ya but it's all the archy's fault for putting a 2x4 plumbers wall in the plans.
I think the main problem at least in remodeling is that the contractor and his subs do not get together to come up with an effective plan often enough
I think a lot of problems could be avoided if, once the plan for a remodel was done. All pertinent subs and the GC came together to look at the plans, each sub could give his 2 cents as to what he needs where, and any special prep work before he showed up. Then when the plumber or HVAC guy showed up it would be less likely a stud was in the way etc.
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Oh ya, communication is where it's at for sure. But how often do you see that happen.
Sometimes I marvel at how things get built.
and all work is under the tail light warranty umbrella package...
Have gun will travel
no soap pass the radio?????
take your choice: listen to pms or npr. what's it going to be?
well at home here p.m.s. is a staple .####little socialist radio (n.p.r.) will be a relief. alittle "fresh air" and the morning news. yep that will do it.. keep the soap on hand tho.....
bear
now that I'm doing all this plumbing here I finally understand what "no soap radio means"..heard that as a teen but now I'm a member.....cept when WFUV is runnin' RPN...then you can keep the soap and my fingers are covered in flux and blisters...maybe I should wear gloves when I wipe the solder clean....ahhhhh let it run down the pipes....cant hurt anything can it? Looks like a Decooning of pipe work
Be a peace pipe being passd in a tipi ( those are lodge poles?.....oops...wrong plumbing gig)
Namaste
your pal andy"As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is." http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
just keep a rag handy give it a swipe w/ the rag 3 seconds after the sweat.... b
Edited 3/9/2003 12:00:42 PM ET by the bear
communications
Is that like when I told a plumber, "do NOT cut this diagonal brace out of this wall"
and the first thing he cut when he pluggin the sawsall was________
you guessed it!
That's OK, I took a sledgehammer to his bill.
His ears were clean next time i talked.
Excellence is its own reward!
Cag,
With some of them that seems to be the way it is. On a serious note the inspectors in my area refuse to do a framing inspection until all the mechanicals are in. Many a good framing job has been ruined by someone cutting something they shouldn't.
Mark
My plumbers great!
His line is " One mans sh!t, is another mans bread and butter"
Jay,
"MY plumber's great."
So is mine but it sure took a while to find him, his predecessor was a butcher from the word go. Guy before that did nice work but took forever. To his credit he was in his early 70's and worked by himself, but I think his biggest failing was trying to work out of the back of an open pickup. Just couldn't carry enough tools or material to be efficient. Nice guy though.
Mark
I think we are forgetting Plumber clothing fashions..Pants with out belt loops so ya can see their crack...T shirts that allow plumbers to wipe there on hands on the Ts with a colorful slogan such as" gass, grass or a## no one rides for free."
Darkworks: We support the US military "We kick your #### and take your gas"
I've been doing plumbing for twenty six years and now do just service. Most of my work would not be necessary if it was done right the first time.
Yesterday I couldn't even spell plumber, today I are one.
i've told my wife time and time again that if i had to doit again i'd spend 5 years with a master plumber. there gold' in dem dare pipes.....bear
My three rules of plumbing are --
1] No matter how hard you tighten the pipes, when you turn on the water main, they will leak.
2] No matter how hard you try to loosen the pipes, the will be rusted solid.
3] The clog is always one foot further than the length of your snake.
~Peter
Why do weathermen always lie about the weather?