Eeerr, should have said 1980s anyway. I know who the other guy is who you were getting hassled by (and which name he's currently posting under) - surely not the same as Dirty, who actually posts interesting stuff? Suspect Dirty works for same firm though from his description. Can email if you want to know who I am, though if you're suitably informed you should be able to guess from my email address, I'm not exactly unknown amongst the older generation of diggers.
I'm pretty certain regular (good) wages, PAYE, really good pension scheme etc, being paid for doing this on a bank holiday etc counts as employment so why the '...'? You're not really still believing all the c**p<edit as this would make it very clear who is being discussed> and of course they're insured, no company in their right mind would lay themselves open to being sued! I certainly wouldn't have worked for them without that. As for health and safety, how many archaeology units have got an ISO in that (independent annual inspection and requirement to document everything in between, pain in the arse but worth doing). In 31 years digging around the circuit it's the best of the 25+ outfits I've worked for by miles, could be why the regular workforce keep coming back when there's work on even if they've got work elsewhere
I'm pretty certain regular (good) wages, PAYE, really good pension scheme etc, being paid for doing this on a bank holiday etc counts as employment so why the '...'? You're not really still believing all the c**p<edit as this would make it very clear who is being discussed> and of course they're insured, no company in their right mind would lay themselves open to being sued! I certainly wouldn't have worked for them without that. As for health and safety, how many archaeology units have got an ISO in that (independent annual inspection and requirement to document everything in between, pain in the arse but worth doing). In 31 years digging around the circuit it's the best of the 25+ outfits I've worked for by miles, could be why the regular workforce keep coming back when there's work on even if they've got work elsewhere