SWMBO (or I should have known better)

Up and at em early thismorning, 'before you go' sayeth she, 'can you set up the mixmaster?' OK, no problems.
We don't have a mixmaster but we do have a Kenwood Chef which I (wrongfully) assumed was what she meant.
SWMBO is outside for about 1/2 an hour feeding horses then bursts in, 'where is it' .......I dutifully point at the kitchen bench, 'how can I concrete the path with that?'.
Oh woe am I, I should have realised that she meant set up the concrete mixer.
Why am I so stupid as not to realise that this was what she meant :o

When she finishes can she come and do my paths?

geez ian if shes gunna do the concreting - you'd do better than argue with some sheila that can hump 40kg bags of concrete into a mixer!!!

Us blokes are all the same - we don't listen, we don't understand - we are only males. :confused:

No I haven't thrown in the towell, just learnt survival skills. :D

IAIN - DONKEY TAMER. Eh mate, would you care to share a few of your secrets with us mere mortals. :D

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40kg bags of concrete

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Not any more. Try and buy a 40kg bag of cement. They only come in 20kg bags here now because of OH&S. :rolleyes: Too small to stick a shovel in. Pain in the earse.

Same ere. Notice the price is not half either. :mad:

Like petrol....

The price is not set in concrete...........................


I know I know poor attempt at humor

Doncha mean a pour attempt at humour? Nyuck nyuck.... Oh, sorry, that was yesterday. :o

Oh my God!!! I cant spall????

Isn't this how it all started???? :) :) :) ;)

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Originally Posted by silentC

Too small to stick a shovel in. Pain in the earse.

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Well it would be wouldnt it. :D :D

Ive been buying them 20kg bags for about 3 years.
Makes it easier on the labourer, just tip the whole freekin lot into the mixer.
No dud mixes, or rainbow coloured mud.

I think I pay about $6 per bag?

Al :)

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Originally Posted by silentC

Not any more. Try and buy a 40kg bag of cement. They only come in 20kg bags here now because of OH&S. :rolleyes: Too small to stick a shovel in. Pain in the earse.

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We can still get 40kg in QLD (at least in Warwick). Went to buy some for concreting garden shed slab and all I could get was 40kg bags. The rapid set stuff comes in 20kgs or 10kg now and buying 2 10's is cheaper than a 20kg bag sometimes:confused:

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Originally Posted by Wood Butcher

We can still get 40kg in QLD (at least in Warwick). Went to buy some for concreting garden shed slab and all I could get was 40kg bags.

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In Bundaberg i still buy it by the 40 kg bag. you can get 20 kg bags but they are about $8.80 when a 40 kg one is about 11.80.

if they were half the price of a 40 kg bag i would get them all the time, easier on the back , and like Al, i use half a bag per mix

The married mans mantra:

Happy Wife, Happy Life ;)

I dont see what the problem is.......my Mum had an old Kenwood mixer that I reckon could handle a few loads of cement.

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Originally Posted by bennylaird

Oh my God!!! I cant spall????

Isn't this how it all started???? :) :) :) ;)

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Good God man get a grip on yourself......youre not spalling, its just a very bad case of dandruff!!

They make 20kg cement bags? :confused: :eek: Never, ever seen them up here.

Mick (with the crook back from lifting heavy stuff, including 40kg bags :rolleyes: )

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Originally Posted by kiwigeo

I dont see what the problem is.......my Mum had an old Kenwood mixer that I reckon could handle a few loads of cement.

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I'll get her to try for a 40kg load in the Kenwood, may just work :D :D :D
Which frees up the mixer for pancakes :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Iain

Up and at em early thismorning, 'before you go' sayeth she, 'can you set up the mixmaster?' OK, no problems.
We don't have a mixmaster but we do have a Kenwood Chef which I (wrongfully) assumed was what she meant.
SWMBO is outside for about 1/2 an hour feeding horses then bursts in, 'where is it' .......I dutifully point at the kitchen bench, 'how can I concrete the path with that?'.
Oh woe am I, I should have realised that she meant set up the concrete mixer.
Why am I so stupid as not to realise that this was what she meant :o

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Ian, perhaps this explains the scones that are as hard as concrete!:D

I just ordered a bag of 'cement' at about $55 for the 25kg.

Well, it is good for about 1800 degrees...

I wish the bags were 25kg when I was working in a hardware shop. Dragging them from the back to the front wasn't exactly enjoyable.

I kinda wondered what some people driving Jags and Mercs were thinking about when buying concrete though...

Way to go Rosemary :p :p :p

I always KNEW you were the BRAINS of the outfit :p :p