Concrete ? . . . . .

[Phil Perry]

My mate Clive got a job with a concrete batching company in Burwood ( Melbourne ) in the early 1970s.

 

He wasn't that good at the work and he tried really hard to get it right for more than three years but, accidents will happen, and one day he slipped and fell into a deep wet batch.

 

Now, . . .well,. . . I guess you could say that he's, . . .er,. . . really SET in his ways.

 

 

[metalman]

that was pretty bad mate,,,,I smiled ,but,,,,,

 

 

[spacesailor]

Not the body in the "bridge pylon" over the Yarra river is it

 

spacesailor

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Not the body in the "bridge pylon" over the Yarra river is itspacesailor

Dunno Space. . . . . was his name Clive too ? ? ? ? ?

 

 

[spacesailor]

Was told this by crew on a cruise boat who pointed to a round bridge support column and said "a worker fell in while pouring concrete & was left in there".

 

spacesailor

 

 

[PA.]

Was told this by crew on a cruise boat who pointed to a round bridge support column and said "a worker fell in while pouring concrete & was left in there".spacesailor

A rock solid worker. Never missed a day from the work site. His wife still collects his pay every week.

Reminds me of a story my dad told me.

 

This man every fortnight would take his pay home and give it unopened to his wife who would then give him some money to spend. This went well for many years until one day he was sick so his wife went in to collect his pay only to find out he was paid weekly.

 

 

[bexrbetter]

Now, . . .well,. . . I guess you could say that he's, . . .er,. . . really SET in his ways.

Obviously his contract with the company was binding.

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Was told this by crew on a cruise boat who pointed to a round bridge support column and said "a worker fell in while pouring concrete & was left in there".spacesailor

There is a persistent story about a worker left behind a concrete form in a tunnel under the Snowy Mountains.

 

 

[facthunter]

That would be true. Bulldozers went over the edge and all sorts of things happened there. If you slipped during a pour there's nothing can be done. Nev

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

...something for future archaeologists to dig up.

 

 

[facthunter]

Concrete evidence of what happened. Nev

 

 

[planedriver]

Concrete evidence of what happened. Nev

To be stiff at his age, he'd now be very proud.

 

 

[metalman]

i wonder if it would be the same as Pompei, fill a void in the rock only to find it's a bloke ,kinda creepy really,