Workday with a Difference

This week's workday was a bit different as we didn't get much in the way of actual work done. Some unkind people may say that is not all that different to most workdays. Sometimes it is useful to stand back and see what you are doing and decide on the future direction.

Stephen and Jim spent much of the day comparing paint samples to various parts of 547. When David arrived he had a few more suggestions. By the end of the day Stephen had a list of the various colours needed to paint 547 inside and out.

David had escaped from the pressure of being the father of the bride during the last week before the wedding and visited the site for a little while. His main purpose (excuse?) was to deliver our new fire extinguisher. Using the gas torch to remove paint in 547 made many of us a little uneasy. Open flame and century old timber do not make a safe combination. Stephen has been very careful though and we have had nothing worse than slight scorching so far but now we are prepared. David provided a detailed training session which consisted of pull the pin and point the rubbery thing at the fire.

Paul arrived later in the day, he was still recovering from a big night out in town. The heritage buses were giving rides around the city so that naturally was where Paul had been. Going on the time he answered my email he is keeping the same hours as our treasurer. As Safety Officer he was very pleased to hear the extinguisher was delivered.

Our generator has given us a bit of trouble lately. Alan had serviced it a while ago but it still ran rough and smoked so much you would think it had an Alco motor not a Briggs and Stratton. That's a diesel- fan joke, apologies to anyone else. Mario had told us there was a filter behind a cover plate which gets clogged. Everyone gave Alan a hand to load the generator into his ute so he could take it home and check it out.

At that stage those left on site decided to partake of a coffee and call it a day.