30th June 2014, 08:35 AM
Sikelgaita Wrote:I presume the competent PO told you to dig into the uncertain soils so as to better understand them?
Part of the job of a good supervisor is to let trusted diggers just follow their noses, sometimes with spectacular results? In one extreme case for a fortnight, but the resulting ditch (which elsewhere had been massively under-excavated) was well worth the wait :face-approve:
I (and other people I've talked to) have noticed a distinct decline over the last decade or so in the ability of diggers to find proper edges etc, presumably because they're not allowed to have a play and learn how to it properly themselves any more - you can give them a few pointers but at the end of the day it's one of those skills you have to acquire by experience :face-thinks: