Summer fun in the pool
During the summer holidays as a kid, my parents used to send me packing to stay with some family friends. They were a well-off couple and had a couple of kids, so as an only child, I had some company and non-imaginary friends to have some fun with.

We spent most of our days (even in the pissing rain) in their pool, it was pretty big and was salt water – which was quite a novelty. In the evenings, we’d gather around the homemade pizza oven (I’m no builder, but even at that age I could tell it’s construction was quite shoddy).

I was young so my memory isn’t full proof, but I think Al, the father, used to manage property or something along those lines and was a real go-getter with a bit of spare cash knocking about. So they even took us all to Florida one year.
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 14:53, 5 replies)

how very dare you
The arches of the oven itself are fine ... it's the rest of the brickwork that's shocking
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 14:57, closed)

Mortar the point
A pizza oven builder should no these things. You sound like a right fucking amateur!
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 15:02, closed)

I am an amateur.
Not that there's owt wrong with being a bricklayer.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 15:04, closed)

Thars
Neet wrong their lad
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 15:10, closed)

did the creepy uncle
keep a record of anything embarrassing you ever said whilst there?
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Wed 20 Aug 2014, 11:48, closed)