I think that the chap is builder and he has "a headache" and can't come into work but feels a day int eh sun will do him some good. He has a builder's radio (I think). I wonder if he picked up the spare battery pack.
I can't remember the last time I sat in a deck chair. My Dad made a pair of these at a Woodwork evening class when I was a youngster, we had them for a long time after he'd passed on, until the acnvas finally cried enough in fact.
Bill Phillips: I have never thought they were very comfortable