[robertphil]

cheers for the advice/tips lads/   yet again the forum comes up trumps . me and my main lad will be doing it next week , an early job , and good price too 

Direct the traffic round your ladder with the arrow on the paper, held up by the big hand.

thats not as crazy as it sounds. i was thinkin that if we blocked the street one of my workers  could hold up a big bit of card saying "5 minutes"  then a minute later hold one up saying "4 minutes" etc etc      this might stop drivers getting angry on me