29th June 2015, 01:57 PM
Dinosaur Wrote:[weird, only the first 2 paras come up when trying 'reply with quote', so...]
...had forgotten the trowel thing, an absolute essential, although hitting the ground with the pointy end is fairer unless you reside somewhere with soils free of annoying pebbles and other hard bits?
...oh, and the ability to always catch the handle end when trowel-flipping?
...and doing the ripping-the-arse-out-of-your-trousers-when-your-trowel-catches-climbing-through-a-fence-in-a-comic-manner should also be compulsory skill
Have pretty much mastered all three, but its been a long haul!
re the 'only two para's thing- it's probably due to the intense force of my angry typing embedding it so deeply that it was impossible to take out (a bit like my trowel-spearing :face-approve
.I never perfected the trowel-twizzling skill- bit flashy for my catholic tastes, but I have now reached advanced level trouser-ripping as I now rip-the-arse out of my trousers whenever attempting to get out of a trench.
