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Date Posted: 16:20:57 06/09/08 Mon
Author: Michael
Subject: Re: Rolling Cobbo
In reply to: grasshopper 's message, "Rolling Cobbo" on 14:47:53 06/09/08 Mon

Just in time to build a stadium or two for 2012

>So today at EthniKcity, after being there since
>mid-December, I finally did something I have never
>done before - as in, after six and a half months I
>have started learning...Yes. This IS a monumentous day.
>
>And what did I learn today? Nothing. What I Started to
>learn was the deceptively simple-looking art of
>Rolling Cobbo.
>
>For those of you not versed in local builder slang,
>you can substitute the word Mortar for Cobbo. If you
>come from further north in this fair country of ours
>you may call it Muck, or whatever.
>
>Now, what this involves is taking a smaller lump off
>the bigger lump with your trowel, rolling it into a
>sausage shape (very sinuous snake-like action called
>for here, although there are other methods - I haven't
>got the hang of them yet though), scooping said lump
>up with said trowel (which requires a sudden swift
>motion, unsettling after you have been practising
>those graceful sinuous rolls of the wrist), then
>depositing your lump back onto your Spot (spare bit of
>wood placed upon two breeze blocks) in a nice long
>even line (this seems to require a sudden 90-degree
>turn of the trowel followed by a swift and even
>backwards motion - unfortunately I am only getting a
>slightly longer sausage at the minute): - essentially
>the longer your line the more bricks you will cover
>with it when you are working, this in turn means you
>will not have to stop laying bricks to roll more cobbo
>as much, which at the end of the week will equate to
>one important thing; More Money.
>
>I tell you, my hand was Killing me. My palm, down from
>where the little finger is; apparently this meant I
>was gripping the trowel to tightly, I don't know
>(obviously). Another worrying part of my body that
>ached was my elbow - the same one that is hurting now
>from to much typing already for it (Tennis Elbow).
>Although I didn't mention this to anyone on site...
>
>Overall? Not a bad day. I am looking forward to more
>rolling-related hijinks tomorrow, and who knows
>hopefully being allowed near an actual brick!

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