Back from Barton and the paving is done. No one knicked any of my stuff and all is well. So far.
Just so you get the feel of the place I shall describe the front gardens of the houses just near where I parked the van.
An C reg caravan with moss around the windows, a divan bed, a sofa, large plastic toys to sit in with wheels, along a house or two were, a square yard of building sand, timber planking, fridge, monitor screen, set of stacked garden chairs, giant panda and a teas made.
on the generation game conveyor belt tonight we have….. …………..didnt he do well!
I have been installing artworks made with this community in their new park.
Snippets of conversations and comments while I'm working there, thus:
Is that cement?…..
me – yeh….
my dad used to do that.
My dads gone out to get me some bullets….
me– for what?……….
real bullets…..
me– yeh to go in what?…………
This. (its a plastic toy rifle)
Our dog cant walk got a bad foot.
me– Why's that then?
My brother took it over to the park for fighting (not the one I'm working in) and it came back with a bad foot. It can hardly walk.
The council spend all this money on this and they never put a fence round it.
me– Why do you need a fence?
Its full of shog dite (word change you get it though). Covered in it. They should keep the dogs out.
me– I dont think its the dogs fault, the dog owners should put it in one those three red bins.
This is the best one.
can I borrow that (Pointing to a 2m length of 3×1).
me– why?
So I can build my bedroom.
me– No I using it to get this paving level.
can I borrow that (pointing to a spirit level).
me– why
so I can put a shelf up in my bedroom.
me– no I'm using it to get this paving level.
can I borrow that (pointing to a pair of mullgrips.
me– why.
I want to build some screws.
me– no
can I borrow that (pointing to a metal clip for joining two harris fence panels together)
me– why
Cos I want to mend my grandmothers house.
We were both laughing at this point.
The, can I borrow that game. I expect I may be playing again when I install the rest of the stuff in a week or two.
