Brad The Bike Boy: 3 Weeks since the last entry?

Saturday, January 17, 2009

3 Weeks since the last entry?

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I really can't believe it's been 3 weeks since I last posted. Makes me wonder what I've been doing. Oh yeah, now I remember. Stressing out over all the stuff I have to do. Some idiot rather close to management decided a couple of weeks ago that he'd be ready for work by Monday 19th and booked in a job for then. Goose.

The new office and clean room are finished, and I put the first coat of paint on the floors this evening. Second coat goes on tomorrow and then come Monday we can move everything in. So I'm a little behind schedule, but the schedule keeps filling itself with stuff I hadn't even known to consider.

Sensational pucrhase of the week award for the last week would go to the Maktek cut off saw. The cheap badge of Makita, it'll do more work before the end of January than the following five years I expect. But I have always wanted a cut off saw. I've been cutting down some long span shelving into work benches and the like, and it's starting to look good layed out sort of where it will all be. Sort of.

I'll put up another photo when the mess has been sorted somewhat - It's still disorganisation central.
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