19th October 2011, 07:42 PM
Get your tool kit sorted - borrowing stuff is OK at first but quickly gets old. Plenty of 6-inch nails and string, a few 6H pencils and an eraser, a line-level and a couple of 5m hand tapes are your mainstays, other things are useful but not always essential (although Sharpies are always going missing!). A knife is a handy thing to have around though.
I second 'watch out for the drinking', especially if you're on an away dig.
I second 'watch out for the drinking', especially if you're on an away dig.