santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
That will bring about $75 at the recycle yard.
Running Bear's May 2024 Coffee Shop
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Presumably you got paid?
Smudge That is one of those statements I do not know I like or what.
The company I worked for did exactly the same. Guys coming in with no idea, telling everyone how to do their job. The 'good workers' moved on elsewhere. I was one that told my Boss "Colour me gone."
The company closed down most of its depots shortly after.
The idea is that it keeps everyone who drives for a living to a certain standard of professionalism, the reality is, that it doesn't, you sit in a classroom and are told (again) everything you already know and can do in your sleep. But we have to sit through this, if we don't, we lose our license to drive anything bigger than a car.
To demonstrate how barmy it all is, on the last one I did 5 years ago, included a module on "roping, sheeting and fastening a load", wonderful, but I seriously think the 30-odd passengers that traveled with me would object to having a tarpaulin thrown over them and then use ratchet straps to secure them to their seats, yes, I was on a module for truck drivers, not PCV's (Passenger Carrying Vehicles), but it didn't matter, I attended the module and that still counted towards the 5 modules I had to do that year.
On a side note, the instructor on that module was more than annoyed with me when I kept pointing out inconsistencies with his presentation on various items such as the position of various straps and chains to secure loads as well as the wrong type of tarpaulins to protect a load, yes I really did know more than him, 12 years military service in the Transport Corp moving everything from rifle ammunition to tanks and missiles will do that to a man.
You'll just have to ask your boss get you better charters.
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Boris
Beach Bum
If it's anything like HO insurance in Jersey damage due to Tornado is not covered... We ran into that last Spring when we actually had multiple tornados pass through within blocks of my house.That's clever!
I love it!
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
OK, furniture chaos is figured out.
Sis #1 called her minister, and he said, heck yeah, they always have underprivileged people, folks fresh out of work release, etc who need home furnishings. We just have to get the stuff to the church. They'll store it until it's needed in the community.
Sis #2 has a boyfriend with a decent truck. It will take four or five trips, but we can get'r done. Transfer on Thurs evening.
Then turn in apt keys on Friday
Once I got back home from the getting Mom ensconced in her new digs, I suggested good and gooey pizza. Wife didn't argue.
Sis #1 called her minister, and he said, heck yeah, they always have underprivileged people, folks fresh out of work release, etc who need home furnishings. We just have to get the stuff to the church. They'll store it until it's needed in the community.
Sis #2 has a boyfriend with a decent truck. It will take four or five trips, but we can get'r done. Transfer on Thurs evening.
Then turn in apt keys on Friday
Once I got back home from the getting Mom ensconced in her new digs, I suggested good and gooey pizza. Wife didn't argue.
Boris
Beach Bum
How about trying a Rescue Mission? We had one come out when we moved the MIL out of her house.
migalyto
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McLeod
Forest Lurker
Good Evening
I was working on my river crossing and bridge today.
The good thing about not knowing what you're doing, is that it's hard to know if you screwed-up, or not.
I've added sand to some plateaus on the left side, experimented with colour on the river, and began to paint the bridge. The bridge is primered grey:
To be seen if I can get more done tomorrow. But, I believe the wife has a new list.
Sherrel - I really do hope that chemo works out for you!! All the best to ya!
Have a wonderful evening!!
Willie - That happens to my wife's phone. - Those two buttons on the left side. Try pushing them each back and forth repeatedly/aggressively, many times. That's what the phone people did to my wife's phone. Now I do it too. Seems to fix it.
moermusic - I thought 18c was a normal summer day in Alberta. Anything above 20 is a scorcher. 28c is one of those days from hell.
Willie - Does that mean stealing a fellas bathtub is going to start being a 'thing'!
I was working on my river crossing and bridge today.
The good thing about not knowing what you're doing, is that it's hard to know if you screwed-up, or not.
I've added sand to some plateaus on the left side, experimented with colour on the river, and began to paint the bridge. The bridge is primered grey:
To be seen if I can get more done tomorrow. But, I believe the wife has a new list.
Sherrel - I really do hope that chemo works out for you!! All the best to ya!
Have a wonderful evening!!
Smudge617
Well-Known Member
Morning all.
Halfway through the spring break holidays and I have to into work for the day, sit in a classroom, and be taught how to do my job (after 20 odd years) by someone who doesn't even do my job just so the government can give me a little plastic card (that I have never been asked for) which says that I know how to do my job.
Aren't government pencil pushers wonderful.
Halfway through the spring break holidays and I have to into work for the day, sit in a classroom, and be taught how to do my job (after 20 odd years) by someone who doesn't even do my job just so the government can give me a little plastic card (that I have never been asked for) which says that I know how to do my job.
Aren't government pencil pushers wonderful.
traiNscale
Well-Known Member
What up peeps!
- Airport ZRH up and running atm not much traffic
- cloudy sky
- around 17 celcius i guess
- 10 am (CEST)
Pic for today:
- Airport ZRH up and running atm not much traffic
- cloudy sky
- around 17 celcius i guess
- 10 am (CEST)
Pic for today:
Smudge617
Well-Known Member
Morning, again.
Well, went to work, sat for an hour and was told that the company running the class hadn't turned up and no one was answering their phones so we could find out what was happening, so now I'm home again, what a %^%%%^Y&*pile of
The only upside was that one of my colleagues had made sausage rolls for everyone, so I've brought some home for lunch.
Well, went to work, sat for an hour and was told that the company running the class hadn't turned up and no one was answering their phones so we could find out what was happening, so now I'm home again, what a %^%%%^Y&*pile of
The only upside was that one of my colleagues had made sausage rolls for everyone, so I've brought some home for lunch.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Morning, again.
Well, went to work, sat for an hour and was told that the company running the class hadn't turned up and no one was answering their phones so we could find out what was happening, so now I'm home again, what a %^%%%^Y&*pile of
The only upside was that one of my colleagues had made sausage rolls for everyone, so I've brought some home for lunch.
Presumably you got paid?
NorthBrit
Well-Known Member
Smudge That is one of those statements I do not know I like or what.
The company I worked for did exactly the same. Guys coming in with no idea, telling everyone how to do their job. The 'good workers' moved on elsewhere. I was one that told my Boss "Colour me gone."
The company closed down most of its depots shortly after.
jmupton2000
John M Upton
Know the feeling, my industry is now bloated with middle managers (a.k.a. Line Managers) who are on half the salary of the people they manage and have never done the job those they are responsible for actually do. Dont get me wrong, they are all a nice bunch of guys, but seeing them try and tell people who have been in the job ten, twenty, thirty or more years how to do the job is a tad embarrassing.
Meanwhile, I was sent out by the good lady wife for some shopping and I wound up buying a Cadillac...
Meanwhile, I was sent out by the good lady wife for some shopping and I wound up buying a Cadillac...
Smudge617
Well-Known Member
We have to do a CPC or Driver Certificate of Professional Competence every 5 years as mandated by the Government (AKA the EU in Brussels) which we are no longer a member of, but drivers who travel abroad are required to have it to meet the EU legal requirement.
The idea is that it keeps everyone who drives for a living to a certain standard of professionalism, the reality is, that it doesn't, you sit in a classroom and are told (again) everything you already know and can do in your sleep. But we have to sit through this, if we don't, we lose our license to drive anything bigger than a car.
To demonstrate how barmy it all is, on the last one I did 5 years ago, included a module on "roping, sheeting and fastening a load", wonderful, but I seriously think the 30-odd passengers that traveled with me would object to having a tarpaulin thrown over them and then use ratchet straps to secure them to their seats, yes, I was on a module for truck drivers, not PCV's (Passenger Carrying Vehicles), but it didn't matter, I attended the module and that still counted towards the 5 modules I had to do that year.
On a side note, the instructor on that module was more than annoyed with me when I kept pointing out inconsistencies with his presentation on various items such as the position of various straps and chains to secure loads as well as the wrong type of tarpaulins to protect a load, yes I really did know more than him, 12 years military service in the Transport Corp moving everything from rifle ammunition to tanks and missiles will do that to a man.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
You need to find a different kind of passenger. There are definitely types that like some kinky stuff, and would probably pay for a bus ride like that. I just saw a write up on an upcoming Nudist cruise. I'm sure the bondage types probably have their own excursions.
You'll just have to ask your boss get you better charters.
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