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By *an4fun OP Man
over a year ago
london |
Yes it's a thing. I witnessed it on my walk this morning.
Requirements:
4 guys
2 shovels
2 holes
2 guys stationed at each hole. One digs the other stands very close to him, leaning on the barrier, protecting the public, and watches his colleague dig while regaling him with how he "banged that bird who works in Tesco's last night". A cup of tea in the watcher's free hand is optional.
I want to be a digger watcher when I grow up. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They’re called banksmen, they look out for cables and the such like, cause the digger operator can’t see everything and he needs to be guided. Hope this helps X |
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By *an4fun OP Man
over a year ago
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"They’re called banksmen, they look out for cables and the such like, cause the digger operator can’t see everything and he needs to be guided. Hope this helps X"
Thanks it does help. I prefer the term digger watcher though. It has a better ring to it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"They’re called banksmen, they look out for cables and the such like, cause the digger operator can’t see everything and he needs to be guided. Hope this helps X"
Fucking hell city jeans knows his shit so kudos sir.
When based in the U.K. we never did much site work but onetime (at band camp) on a new Sainsburys build there was a bloke called nips and being young and dumb I had to ask him why everyone called him nips.
So nips took off his top and I’d say 80% of his upper body looked melted but his nips were perfect because he had indeed cut into a high voltage cable.
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By *an4fun OP Man
over a year ago
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"They’re called banksmen, they look out for cables and the such like, cause the digger operator can’t see everything and he needs to be guided. Hope this helps X
Fucking hell city jeans knows his shit so kudos sir.
When based in the U.K. we never did much site work but onetime (at band camp) on a new Sainsburys build there was a bloke called nips and being young and dumb I had to ask him why everyone called him nips.
So nips took off his top and I’d say 80% of his upper body looked melted but his nips were perfect because he had indeed cut into a high voltage cable.
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Sounds like nips' digger watcher wasn't watching |
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The digger watchers round here tend to be one or two random old men. They gravitate towards any sort of work being done, then stand for ages watching while discussing how they wouldn't have done it like that in their day. |
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By *an4fun OP Man
over a year ago
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"The digger watchers round here tend to be one or two random old men. They gravitate towards any sort of work being done, then stand for ages watching while discussing how they wouldn't have done it like that in their day."
Seasoned digger watchers by the sound of it. Top of their game |
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By *an4fun OP Man
over a year ago
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"In Russia, the digger watchers are watched by digger watcher watchers, keeping an eye on the dangerous intellectuals."
Russian digger watchers will need to stick to the script, banging the Tesco girl, or they will be matched off to the gulags if they stray into intellectual banter |
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