05/03/2024
Sad news from the FB world today - the one and only Haig - John Haig - has checked out today.
The Haig was the totes legend who taught this silly young bloke a bunch of stuff - including the Wharfie's Hitch to get three stacks of form-ply off the truck quicker so we could drink schooners of ###X at the Regatta Hotel on a Friday arvo ......
My strongest Haig memory - I woke up on Sept 11th 2001, kissed my ex wife a silent hello - we were living in a bondwood caravan in a tin shed in our back yard whilst our old Colonial Cottage in Birkbeck St Albion was being rebuilt, I got on my old XL 250 - pushed it down the road so I didn't wake up HRH and rode from home to St Lucia on deserted roads - Coro Drive was like a ghost town....
So I got to work early - first time ever, it was a 3 tower crane job for Baulderstones - Two Liebherr 185's and a gorgeous rebuilt Favco 750... Haig, Jodie and Burkey on one Liebherr, Mr Sheen, D Ballinger and me on the other 185 and Bushy, Ed and ? on the 750....
So 0600am - give or take - I'm sitting on the curb at the gate, for once in a lifetime - I'm first on site - which has never happened before ..... Haig walks over and looks like he's seen a ghost !
I greet John good morning with my usual happy nature - he says straight AF - you don't know what's happened over night ???
Nah mate, I went to bed early, t'was cold in the shed, got a bit of Action with the bride and then it was a snooze fest.
Haigy chucked me the Courier Mail - And f**k me - That's when I found out about the WTC buildings in NYC.
For those of us who love our Favco's, that was a stinky day !!!!
Haigy - thanks for being you !
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