yay, genuine new person, we haven't had one of those for a while :D

:-)
Nick
(or as my better half calls me, Victor!)

hi and welcome, how did you find us ? (it's not often we see new members)

A new person :|

Welcome, Nicktor.

Tea?

Thanks, don't mind if I do.
nice place you have here.
Though it's very extensive.
Seems to cover pretty much everything interesting, much over my head (the construction industry is about 20-30 years behind, say, the automotive in my experience.

<makes hudsville a nice cup of builder's tea>

Bout a pint of milk in it and 19 sugars?

It's not as busy as it used to be, round here. A combination of no natural source of new users and the rise of the social networks and stuff means we have a kinda slow puncture.

But yeah, it's a nice diverse place. Just post about anything you're interested in and ignore the rest. And never mention RAID. Or vans.

You make a fine cuppa.
Hope you'll all excuse my manners - never sure if I should dunk my rich tea biscuits but I'll do my best not to make any gaffs. 

Last time I saw RAID and van in the same sentence was when we were commissioning a school in Hackney.  Don't know if the caught the blighters.

Seems more pleasant here than FB etc.

I'll have a look around  - thanks for the warm welcome...and the tea.

Or cracked balls?

We can't even mention that we can't mention that :|

Dunking is always the right thing.

Hey - cool. Please stick around, we mostly just talk shit!

Coffee? Never been a tea fan. Apart from when I went to China. I liked the stuff they made there. With big leaves and stuff in pots/jars/whatever they had to hand.

/You/ mostly just talk shit.
(actually, you don't, but /they/ do!)

LOL.  Actually, love a coffee too.  Best I had was ... well, picture says it all...

it's as fine as talc, and leaves a silt in the bottom of the mug, but tastes better than anything I've tasted since 

Only thing is I can't fit this coffee grinder in my house! :-/

Isn't there a whole rigmarole around how you make and serve it?

>>I am an engineer in the construction industry

What kind? Civil, mechanical, madeup?

No idea how it was made. People were carrying around flasks full of watery leafy concoctions. Serving was just pouring it into a mug. Not many people were there with seemed to enjoy the tea. Maybe it's becuase I don't drink it much back here.

I should get a job where I have to invent stories for a living (politician? Daily Mail journalist?) so I can tell people I'm in the fabrication industry.

That's tea at its most fundamental.

Did they have any white tea? It's one of those things I've heard about but haven't tried yet.