28Jan 2022 by Bucky

Work Report: 27/01/22 (aka ‘THE BACKROOM STUFF’)

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(Our scene opens in a stuffy office filled with Stuff. Minions are at their desks, yawning, rummaging in their pockets for half-eaten bacon sandwiches and practising their bored faces. Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineer Chris Buckland is delivering a lecture to the dozing masses. One Minion is attempting to record Buckie's thoughts (both of them) for the edification of the Internet browsing masses. Now, read on....) "Another fine day at Strawberry draws to a close and this maybe the most boring work report to date. But stay with me; it will stay boring to the end. Today was filled with paperwork, paperwork, a bit of train and more paperwork. As readers of this fine site already know, we are all about Doing Things Right and over the past few weeks we…
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10Dec 2020 by Bucky
Workday 10th December 2020

Workday 10th December 2020

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Good evening all. We bring Nearly-Christmas tidings from Strawberry Hill, written by Buckie, our Senior Spanner Monkey, Depot Lunatic and Tea Disposal System. We would like to apologise in advance for the crimes about to be committed against the English Language. "Well here we are again at rather warm and cosy Strawberry Bill. (Yes, the B is correct. That's what fitters at Wimbo used to call Strawberry. Why? I don't know. The explanation is lost in the mists of time. The same is true at Staines. The sidings were referred to as 'Staines in the Pants' and the Waterloo and City as 'The Drain'. I digress! Today was the day we started on the heating fault, from now on to be known as "The £$%^&$ bleeding £$%$%£$ pain in the £$£%$%$ ass heating…
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