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13th October 2005, 06:08 PM
To go with your hover barrow, how about a non-stick shovel to help in more sodden conditions.
Anybody got any thoughts on environmental sampling. Latest guidance I'm reading says 40 litre samples are best practice - surely there must be a better way?
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13th October 2005, 08:29 PM
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And finally, a context sheet that automatically corrects spelling, grammar and punctuation according to the rules of Fowler's Modern English Usage (I sneer at your Eats Shoots and Leaves!). It should also automatically correct non-standard terminology, remove facetious or rude comments, repel dirt, be waterproof and render legible the hand-writing of all staff by transforming the script into best copperplate. 
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Eggbasket
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Oh come now. Reading fatuous and wacky comments on context sheets are the only entertainment us poor shmos who have to data imput the bloomin things actually get.
(Mind you I'm with you on the legible handwriting bit)
What I'd like is the special archaeological tricorder that Jean Luc Picard had in a episode of Star Trek TNG once that scanned, planned and dated a site for him in about 3 seconds flat. That, combined with a transporter beam to lift all the nice finds out with no effort at all is my idea of archy heaven.
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14th October 2005, 08:52 AM
I remember that tricorder. There was a Federation Archaeology Council as well. Jean-Luc Picard was giving them a speech just as he and the rest of the crew were kidnapped by Q.
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14th October 2005, 09:32 AM
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to mention that episode of Star Trek...
On large rural sites supervisors should definitely have access to quad bikes, or possibly horses. Save wear and tear on the joints...
You can always tell a Brummie... but you can't tell him much
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14th October 2005, 10:34 AM
Hmm, actually a great device for site would be something that silences all Buffy, Star Trek, football and soap opera discussions in the site hut thus making tea break a more civilised place. I am not sure how it would work, but it might either administer a sharp electric shock to the offender, thus affording some amusement to the others in the hut as the offender jumps at the sudden shock, or it could encase the offender in a soundproof membrane for the duration of the tea break. The membrane would be programmed to disintegrate upon the words "right, back to work" being spoken by someone outside the bubble.
Cheers,
Eggbasket
Cheers,
Eggbasket
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14th October 2005, 10:57 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by eggbasket
Hmm, actually a great device for site would be something that silences all Buffy, Star Trek, football and soap opera discussions in the site hut thus making tea break a more civilised place.
I think the device you're looking for is called a "Sub-space Dampening Field".
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14th October 2005, 11:31 AM
I can't remember the last site hut i visited that could be described a civilised place
. Unless the level of mud trampling through made it akin to a health spa....
How about creating a worm hole to shovel the through spoil (surely easier to sort out than the hover barrow and no moving parts to wear out). On a more serious note, surely the whole spoil shifting issue is actually something that does need attention (health and safety and all that).
