Thread: This year's awards 2014

Originally Posted by .RC.

I am failing to see what you are trying to point out?????

I was just wondering if sitting down watching some tradies work was regarded as "working hard".

Dean

In my opinion for what it is I think best use of google should go to CBA I am not sure what he knows or thinks that google dosent tell him.

Originally Posted by pipeclay

In my opinion for what it is I think best use of google should go to CBA I am not sure what he knows or thinks that google dosent tell him.

I for one appreciate cba's contributions to this forum. A lot of us don't have formal training in machining and a lot of our information comes from the internet (often on this forum). It is one of the great strengths of this forum that it welcomes all levels of expertise and you often get opinions from people with a lot of personal practical experience but also from those who through the internet have been able to piece together some ideas on how certain problems can be approached (right or wrong). I for one hope he continues to voice his thoughts however they are obtained. If you disagree you are also welcome to comment with your own thoughts but it is always possible to say things nicely. Forums like this require the participating members to be able voice their opinions without fear of someone attacking them either overtly or via snide negative comments. Maybe our New Years resolution should be that if we can't say something nicely we probably should not say anything.

I totally agree,my comments were very nice,I probably could of been more abrupt or terse.

Also I don't have favourites all are in the firing line.

Originally Posted by Oldneweng

I was just wondering if sitting down watching some tradies work was regarded as "working hard".

Dean

You simply don't understand the sterling work ethic of our magnificent wharfies. I've aspired all my life to their high work ethic, but have always fallen *just* short.

PDW

Originally Posted by PDW

You simply don't understand the sterling work ethic of our magnificent wharfies. I've aspired all my life to their high work ethic, but have always fallen *just* short.

PDW

Damn, I was getting a nibble there and now he has been chased away...

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Dean, I worded that post deliberately that way, fully knowing how it would be read..... I was not actually trolling, but just thought I would get a humorous response which would add a bit more humour to the forum...

I detected the irony in the post Richard and had a quiet giggle.
In fact it was my first giggle of 2015.
Keep it up and have a great year.

Phil

Ok, getting back to wharfies, what sort of apprenticeship do you have to do to become a wharfie? I think I've mastered the sitting around and talking part of the job... Is there a TAFE course?

Ray

PS.. Who else remember the Painters and Dockers?

Putty nose what???? lol
Who could forget 'em Ray.

Phil

I have met many energetic and skilled tradesmen, so don't get me wrong. Its just that they are always on someone else's job. I, on the other hand, have a talent for hiring the other kind. And paying in cash, in advance.

And its not just me: A new house going up two doors down has taken 13 months so far. The builder confided that he was going bust. No wonder, as when he's not there his boys do nothing. Its like they want to punish him for being too nice a bloke.

The house next door took 27 months, three builders. All of which makes me so very optimistic about our project.

Originally Posted by Greg Q

I have met many energetic and skilled tradesmen, so don't get me wrong. Its just that they are always on someone else's job. I, on the other hand, have a talent for hiring the other kind. And paying in cash, in advance.

And its not just me: A new house going up two doors down has taken 13 months so far. The builder confided that he was going bust. No wonder, as when he's not there his boys do nothing. Its like they want to punish him for being too nice a bloke.

The house next door took 27 months, three builders. All of which makes me so very optimistic about our project.

Greg, you succinctly summarise why I do my own building work.

If I want a slow, sloppy and inefficient job done at vast expense, I don't have to pay someone else to do that. After many years in the APS I can manage that myself.

More serious note, friend of mine got a quote of $6000 to replace a garage roof. Ooookay - the roof was 6000 x 4800, 3 degree pitch skillion only 2.4m off a flat surface.

I did it for a slab and a good lunch at a Japanese restaurant.... materials cost was bugger-all.

PDW
PDW

Originally Posted by Steamwhisperer

Putty nose what???? lol Who could forget 'em Ray. Phil

I used to live and work in Port Melbourne in the 70's, and I remember the day the police divers went looking for "Ferret Nelson" in the water at No 13 South Wharf, they sent the divers in and pulled out 4 cars before they found Nelson's car ... One of the other cars had a body in the boot as well.... ( I thought one of the bodies was Nelson, but a bit of googling tells me they never found the body? )

When accused of being a criminal gang the, Painters and Dockers union secretary, exclaimed, "utter nonsense, at least 25% of the membership had never done jail time."

Ray

Originally Posted by pipeclay

In my opinion for what it is I think best use of google should go to CBA I am not sure what he knows or thinks that google dosent tell him.

Pipeclay, knowledge can be gained by reading as well as by experience. There is always some form of payment to be made to acquire knowledge. In reading the cost is the time to read about someone else's experience. In gaining the experience first hand the cost can be anywhere from wasted time and money to dismemberment and death. Common sense would say that reading is the fastest and most cost effective way to acquire the knowledge. Hope you still have all your fingers .

I have spent most of my life installing high tech machines all around the world, so had my share of hands on learning. But I still enjoy learning new things, both by doing and by reading. Castigating someone for acquiring knowledge is very closed-minded. If all were thinking that way, we would still use stone tools. You may not have noticed, but the internet is more and more taking on and enhancing the role that books once had.

Originally Posted by RayG

PS.. Who else remember the Painters and Dockers?

I think I Do...werent they the ones who ran the country.... ?