Might be amusing...

The Building Inspector Is Coming

"This Cutting Edge film joins the inspectors as they
investigate anonymous tip-offs, uncover dangerous
building practices and enforce the law against
reluctant homeowners and dodgy builders, even
presiding over demolitions if the rules and
regulations are persistently ignored. "

Next Episode: Thu 28 May, 9PM on Channel 4

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/t...es-1/episode-1

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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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Might be amusing...


Not really, but it gives you the chance to post and check your newsreader
You should be testing in alt.test not on here.

Eh?

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On Sun, 24 May 2009 21:56:33 UTC, "SantaUK" wrote:

Eh?

Don't worry...it's Clive, the resident (unpleasant) troll.

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Clive wrote:
"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
...
Might be amusing...


Not really, but it gives you the chance to post and check your
newsreader You should be testing in alt.test not on here.

A but grumpy tonight Clive. What's the matter, that great big yellow thing
in the sky a bit hot for you today?


Cash

Clive coughed up some electrons that declared:


"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
...
Might be amusing...


Not really, but it gives you the chance to post and check your newsreader
You should be testing in alt.test not on here.

Oh FFS Clive,

**** off and stick you head in a ****ing industrial mincer will you, you sad
todgerless half breed.

Andrew Gabriel coughed up some electrons that declared:

Might be amusing...

The Building Inspector Is Coming

"This Cutting Edge film joins the inspectors as they
investigate anonymous tip-offs, uncover dangerous
building practices and enforce the law against
reluctant homeowners and dodgy builders, even
presiding over demolitions if the rules and
regulations are persistently ignored. "

Next Episode: Thu 28 May, 9PM on Channel 4


http://www.channel4.com/programmes/t...es-1/episode-1


Should be good.

Will Hugo be starring? :_

In article ,
Clive wrote:

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
...
Might be amusing...


Not really, but it gives you the chance to post and check your newsreader
You should be testing in alt.test not on here.

uk.d-i-y is a fairly broad church and mentioning TV progs which might be
of interest to those who DIY is hardly off topic. Such a post to alt.test
probably would be, though.

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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Might be amusing...

The Building Inspector Is Coming

"This Cutting Edge film joins the inspectors as they
investigate anonymous tip-offs, uncover dangerous
building practices and enforce the law against
reluctant homeowners and dodgy builders, even
presiding over demolitions if the rules and
regulations are persistently ignored. "

Next Episode: Thu 28 May, 9PM on Channel 4

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/t...es-1/episode-1

Yes, thanks for that Andrew,I'll bookmark it, I don't often watch CH4 so
I would have missed it.

Cheers

Don

Tim S wrote:
Clive coughed up some electrons that declared:


"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
...
Might be amusing...


Not really, but it gives you the chance to post and check your
newsreader You should be testing in alt.test not on here.

Oh FFS Clive,

**** off and stick you head in a ****ing industrial mincer will you,
you sad todgerless half breed.

Stop being nice to him :-)


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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Andrew
Gabriel) saying something like:

The Building Inspector Is Coming

"This Cutting Edge film joins the inspectors as they
investigate anonymous tip-offs, uncover dangerous
building practices and enforce the law against
reluctant homeowners and dodgy builders, even
presiding over demolitions if the rules and
regulations are persistently ignored. "

"Particularly contentious jobs are passed on to Mark Harding, nicknamed
The Sheriff. He tried to join the police force, but failed the entrance
test, and now he approaches each case 'in the manner of a criminal
investigation'."


Eh? He failed getting in to the cops? Now, oh what a surprise, he acts
like a self-appointed copper. I wonder who nicknamed him "The Sheriff"?
Perhaps himself, mmm? Perhaps the fellows who have to work with him.

I'll have a look at that to see if he throws his weight about very much.

On 24 May 2009 21:07:02 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

Might be amusing...

The Building Inspector Is Coming

"This Cutting Edge film joins the inspectors as they

Somebody using an angle grinder? But what an over abused term, what's
cutting edge about yet another "fly on the wall" docudrama?

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Andrew
Gabriel) saying something like:

Next Episode: Thu 28 May, 9PM on Channel 4

I've seen plenty of builders in Trannies, but never seen a Tranny in a
builder.

"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Andrew
Gabriel) saying something like:

Next Episode: Thu 28 May, 9PM on Channel 4

I've seen plenty of builders in Trannies, but never seen a Tranny in a
builder.

I will now have to watch it on CH 4 Catch Up.

Adam

In article ,
Grimly Curmudgeon writes:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Andrew
Gabriel) saying something like:

Next Episode: Thu 28 May, 9PM on Channel 4

I've seen plenty of builders in Trannies, but never seen a Tranny in a
builder.

Yes, stepping between those upstairs joists with no floor on
them yet, in open toed high heels is a most bizzare sight.

Still watching it on C4+1.

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In article ,
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Andrew
Gabriel) saying something like:

Next Episode: Thu 28 May, 9PM on Channel 4

I've seen plenty of builders in Trannies, but never seen a Tranny in a
builder.

I've got a mate who's a builder. And also a tranny. Looks as a builder
should - but ****e as a tranny. But won't be told. Each to their own.
I really should stay in more.

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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
news
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Andrew
Gabriel) saying something like:

The Building Inspector Is Coming

"This Cutting Edge film joins the inspectors as they
investigate anonymous tip-offs, uncover dangerous
building practices and enforce the law against
reluctant homeowners and dodgy builders, even
presiding over demolitions if the rules and
regulations are persistently ignored. "

"Particularly contentious jobs are passed on to Mark Harding, nicknamed
The Sheriff. He tried to join the police force, but failed the entrance
test, and now he approaches each case 'in the manner of a criminal
investigation'."


Eh? He failed getting in to the cops? Now, oh what a surprise, he acts
like a self-appointed copper. I wonder who nicknamed him "The Sheriff"?
Perhaps himself, mmm? Perhaps the fellows who have to work with him.

I'll have a look at that to see if he throws his weight about very much.

So after watching it, why do you think The Sheriff failed the police exam?

Adam

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "ARWadsworth"
saying something like:

So after watching it, why do you think The Sheriff failed the police exam?

I'm sure he set his sights too high - he would have been a shoo-in for
British Transport Police.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05..._photographer/

"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "ARWadsworth"
saying something like:

So after watching it, why do you think The Sheriff failed the police exam?

I'm sure he set his sights too high - he would have been a shoo-in for
British Transport Police.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05..._photographer/

The transport police are a joke.

August 1990. I was ****ed up with some friends in Sheffield and we
"discovered" we were on the wrong platform in Sheffield Railway Station to
catch the train home. We were all arrested for jumping onto the line and
climbing onto the platform opposite.

The officer took all 6 names and addresses. When the summons arrived he had
lost 2 of the names and addresses. The two of us that did not appear in
court paid the other fours £75 fines.

I suspect that The Sheriff was not a big enough **** to join to police. He
was a nosey sod but he was fair just like every BCO that I have met.

Adam

Harry wrote:

On 24 May 2009 21:07:02 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

Might be amusing...

The Building Inspector Is Coming

"This Cutting Edge film joins the inspectors as they

Somebody using an angle grinder? But what an over abused term, what's
cutting edge about yet another "fly on the wall" docudrama?

Note the capitalisation.

http://www.channel4.com/culture/micr.../cutting_edge/

In article ,
Steve Firth wrote:
Note the capitalisation.

http://www.channel4.com/culture/micr.../cutting_edge/

Nowt wrong there - they're titles of episodes.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Steve Firth wrote:
Note the capitalisation.

http://www.channel4.com/culture/micr.../cutting_edge/

Nowt wrong there - they're titles of episodes.

Yes that's what I was indicating. Whining about it being "cutting edge"
when in fact it is a documentary series named "Cutting Edge" seems lame
and pointless.

It's a bit like whining that the TV display for Panorama remained 16:9
rather than being a 360 degree panorama.

On Sun, 24 May 2009 23:25:01 +0100, a certain chimpanzee, Tim S
randomly hit a keyboard and produced:

Andrew Gabriel coughed up some electrons that declared:

The Building Inspector Is Coming

Will Hugo be starring? :_

Yes. I was that transvestite.

Seriously, I watched the first half and groaned. Obviously the
producers wet their pants when they found George the cross-dresser and
his wife, and filled as much of the show with them as they could get
away with. The 'enforcement officer' was a bit of a joke too. We have
a guy in our place, Ken, who we stick on dangerous buildings and
demolitions, as he loves it and, more importantly, is useless at
anything else. I suspect he's their Ken.

The second half was a bit better, with real BCOs looking at real work.
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Hugo Nebula coughed up some electrons that declared:

On Sun, 24 May 2009 23:25:01 +0100, a certain chimpanzee, Tim S
randomly hit a keyboard and produced:

Andrew Gabriel coughed up some electrons that declared:

The Building Inspector Is Coming

Will Hugo be starring? :_

Yes. I was that transvestite.

Hehe

Seriously, I watched the first half and groaned. Obviously the
producers wet their pants when they found George the cross-dresser and
his wife, and filled as much of the show with them as they could get
away with. The 'enforcement officer' was a bit of a joke too. We have
a guy in our place, Ken, who we stick on dangerous buildings and
demolitions, as he loves it and, more importantly, is useless at
anything else. I suspect he's their Ken.


Hope "Ken" is also too useless to read uk.d-i-y

The second half was a bit better, with real BCOs looking at real work.

You should be happy you're not in my area. My poor BCO keeps getting calls
evertime I uncover something.

Last time I did at least get two calls to coincide:

a) The 1 foot deep strip foundation that had butchered to buggery along 1m
of length. Now fixed with lots of concrete and resin anchors tieing new to
old.

b) The fireplace lintle that was hanging on 1cm brick (and slipping, with
telltale cracks above) due an orginially very short lintle plus a previous
numpty hacking off half the brickwork under it.

Sales of 50mm angle iron are doing well...

I'm not even going to show him the floor upstairs... At least I'm happy
about 600 Screwtites and random 4x2 will fix that ;-)

Cheers

Tim