5 minutes of fame

[gardenplot]

Well done wayne well happy for you

[Nicos]

Well done Wayne- fame at last!

[lainey lou]

Well done cleverpants!

[Hans Mum]

congrats youre on a roll now MOM & name in print well done

[Winged one]

Congrats HW - would love to see a copy of it (OH is a Civ Eng, but moved away from structural when he decided he didn't like sprayed concrete tunnels halfway through his PhD - so he's now doing traffic!! Doesn't send anyone to sleep but guarantees an argument over every dinner party table.....)

[Flummery]

My 5 mins is still paying! About 15 years ago I had a couple of children's hymns published (yes, I'll happily pass you the sick bucket!) Every couple of years I get a royalties cheque for between £40 and £55 depending on sales. They've obviously been in different collections over the years. I used to say I wasn't giving up the day job, but hey, I have! Buys a few seeds though eh?

[lainey lou]

Which Hymns are the Flum? Any we might have heard of?

[Flummery]

No I shouldn't think so. They are ones kids use during class assemblies and the like. You can still have me autograph though!

[HeyWayne]

C'mon, sing us a song ma!

[HeyWayne]

Just in case anyone's interested, it was published today.

If anyon'es struggling to sleep, feel free to read it:



We make, amongst other things, the little metal bits that are cast into the concrete to allow lifting & fixing. Glamourous eh?

[HeyWayne]

Oh My!! what a small world!!

I missed this post first time round, too busy gabbling I guess - anyway, in the 80's I used to work in the Print Trade as a Production Controller, one of the titles we did the origination on was...........Construction News - it was originated and printed in Cornwall

Well done you!

They still charge for colour seperation on press releases you know!! Even in the digital world. Scandalous!

Want me to send a hard copy of CN so you can reminisce? I've got some back copies.

[jeannine]

Hey you, congratulations, I've always thought you've got the gift of the gab!!!

[beefy]

Just in case anyone's interested, it was published today.

If anyon'es struggling to sleep, feel free to read it:



We make, amongst other things, the little metal bits that are cast into the concrete to allow lifting & fixing. Glamourous eh?

May not be glamorous HW but as a driver who quite regularly had precast slabs weighing 5 tons or more swinging up to 100 feet overhead I can get the importance of the work you do .Well done and keep it up.

[Steve(spt)]

Construction News

I will look out for it on "Have I got news for you" , the bit when they feature a popular publication

[SueA]

Interesting read Wayne, don't put yourself down, & it was very well written! It surprises me that safety isn't at the top of the agenda in all building even though it's supposed to be. O.H. has supplied clips & brackets to places such as hospitals where they don't require 'British Standard' equipment & don't fit sprinkler systems etc. where you would think these things matter. As Beefy says your work's very important when you've got a massive concrete block hovering over your head!