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whisky-dave writes: On Monday, 14 January 2019 14:45:44 UTC, charles wrote: In article , whisky-dave wrote: On Sunday, 13 January 2019 11:05:28 UTC, dennis@home wrote: On 13/01/2019 09:42, charles wrote: In article , Steve Walker wrote: On 12/01/2019 07:44, Brian Gaff wrote: Bit of a cheesey reply then. I hated those forms when you started a job. There was an extremely high temptation to misinterpret things. Qualifications always made me laugh as I have no formal ones at all, and they often simply could not understand why I could do the job better than their chinless graduate with a million 'ologies' to their name. I tended to put common sense A in the University of life. Brian My dad was disappointed that he could not join the IEEE because of lack of qualifications - he was on a number of (and chairing some) BSI committees at the time! why would he want to join an American institution? I was a member of the IEEE once, they have pretty mags and it was free. I did look at joining the IEE but I felt insulted that they wanted me to answer two questions on their exam papers when they usually wanted more. So they were saying I knew more than their usual applicants but not enough. There wasn't any real advantage of joining anyway. it's the IET now it change in 2006. Yes, you now only have to be interested in Electricity to join, We get free badges and other free stuff to hand out to the students. There's various ways of becoming some sort of memeber I was asked and then they put me off by mentioning a membership fee. I used to be a member of the Institute of Physics, but it did nothing for me. I used the letters after my name precisely once (actually in a Building Regs consultation response for Part P). One year, the IoP accused me of not paying towards the end of the year. I checked and I had, but I couldn't be bothered to follow it up, and it seemed like a convenient way to stop the pointless annual payment. In my industry in the UK, professional membership carries no status at all. Status is all about your achievements and reputation, just as it should be. It's those without either who tend to string the letters after their names. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:16:05 +0000, charles wrote:
In article , Bob Eager wrote: On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:43:01 +0000, charles wrote: In article , whisky-dave wrote: On Sunday, 13 January 2019 11:05:28 UTC, dennis@home wrote: On 13/01/2019 09:42, charles wrote: In article , Steve Walker wrote: On 12/01/2019 07:44, Brian Gaff wrote: Bit of a cheesey reply then. I hated those forms when you started a job. There was an extremely high temptation to misinterpret things. Qualifications always made me laugh as I have no formal ones at all, and they often simply could not understand why I could do the job better than their chinless graduate with a million 'ologies' to their name. I tended to put common sense A in the University of life. Brian My dad was disappointed that he could not join the IEEE because of lack of qualifications - he was on a number of (and chairing some) BSI committees at the time! why would he want to join an American institution? I was a member of the IEEE once, they have pretty mags and it was free. I did look at joining the IEE but I felt insulted that they wanted me to answer two questions on their exam papers when they usually wanted more. So they were saying I knew more than their usual applicants but not enough. There wasn't any real advantage of joining anyway. it's the IET now it change in 2006. Yes, you now only have to be interested in Electricity to join, Eh? Do you know what IET stands for? yes, I'm a Member - and I got my 50 year badge some years ago. Then I don't understand your comment! -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 14/01/2019 14:45, Bob Eager wrote:
Strangely, my CEng isn't with them, but with the BCS (they have good coffee too). So there _was_ a benefit to the BCS then... shame I almost never go to London. I dumped my membership. Never used it. And as my degree is Biology I could get CEng. Apparently what I learned over 3 years 40 years ago matters more than the 40 years since. Andy |
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:00:38 +0000, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 14/01/2019 14:45, Bob Eager wrote: Strangely, my CEng isn't with them, but with the BCS (they have good coffee too). So there _was_ a benefit to the BCS then... shame I almost never go to London. I dumped my membership. Never used it. And as my degree is Biology I could get CEng. Apparently what I learned over 3 years 40 years ago matters more than the 40 years since. I go fairly frequently. In fact, I'm going on Thursday! And I'm Chair of the Kent branch of BCS... -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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"Bob Eager" wrote in message ... On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:00:38 +0000, Vir Campestris wrote: On 14/01/2019 14:45, Bob Eager wrote: Strangely, my CEng isn't with them, but with the BCS (they have good coffee too). So there _was_ a benefit to the BCS then... shame I almost never go to London. I dumped my membership. Never used it. And as my degree is Biology I could get CEng. Apparently what I learned over 3 years 40 years ago matters more than the 40 years since. I go fairly frequently. In fact, I'm going on Thursday! And I'm Chair of the Kent branch of BCS... How does it feel when the morbidly obese sit on you ? |
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You seemto get through am awful lot of apprentices.
Does it only take 6 months to become a sparky these days? Or do they all die / leave before the end of the training? |
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wrote in message ... You seemto get through am awful lot of apprentices. Does it only take 6 months to become a sparky these days? Or do they all die / leave before the end of the training? They run home to mummy when he tries to castrate them when they are actually silly enough to tell him to suck their dick and mummy buys them a flash new car to stop them cowering under the bed screaming their snowflake little hearts out. |
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On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 01:31:45 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
"Bob Eager" wrote in message ... On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:00:38 +0000, Vir Campestris wrote: On 14/01/2019 14:45, Bob Eager wrote: Strangely, my CEng isn't with them, but with the BCS (they have good coffee too). So there _was_ a benefit to the BCS then... shame I almost never go to London. I dumped my membership. Never used it. And as my degree is Biology I could get CEng. Apparently what I learned over 3 years 40 years ago matters more than the 40 years since. I go fairly frequently. In fact, I'm going on Thursday! And I'm Chair of the Kent branch of BCS... How does it feel when the morbidly obese sit on you ? Why do you want to sit on him ? |
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On 14/01/2019 11:38, wrote:
On Sunday, 13 January 2019 11:11:52 UTC, ARW wrote: "Mummy mummy can I get pregnant?" "Of course not Susan you are only seven" "Okay Mr Khan, I'd like another free kebab please." Not coloured, not Muslim and not called Khan. harry will be offended. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-46827035 -- Adam |
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On 15/01/2019 19:13, ARW wrote:
I have only worked with one of the three 1st year apprentices as you need to be 18 for a lot of the work I do. But he was good at putting his hands in his pockets when I worked with him. Pocket billiards? -- F |
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On 15/01/2019 20:07, ARW wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-46827035 I predict a grim future for that nonce in jail... -- Email does not work |
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writes On 15/01/2019 19:13, ARW wrote: I have only worked with one of the three 1st year apprentices as you need to be 18 for a lot of the work I do. But he was good at putting his hands in his pockets when I worked with him. Pocket billiards? One hand working... good for electrical safety.... I had an interesting experience as an electrical engineering apprentice.... final test bay for switchgear supplied to the Admiralty. 10kV insulation flash testing. Thick rubber mats and electrically isolated work station. Test probe probably had 1/2" of bakelite insulation. Touching the test equipment with one hand perfectly safe..... unfortunately my elbow was resting on the crock clip connecting the other side of the supply... -- Tim Lamb |
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On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 20:39:39 UTC, F wrote:
On 15/01/2019 19:13, ARW wrote: I have only worked with one of the three 1st year apprentices as you need to be 18 for a lot of the work I do. But he was good at putting his hands in his pockets when I worked with him. Pocket billiards? Or extra safety when working with high voltages. Or any sort of 'working'. ;-) |
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On 15/01/2019 23:02, Tim Watts wrote:
On 15/01/2019 20:07, ARW wrote: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-46827035 I predict a grim future for that nonce in jail... They are kept away from other prisoners. At the prisons I have worked at they have their own wing (not the female prisons). -- Adam |
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On 16/01/2019 14:27, whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 20:39:39 UTC, F wrote: On 15/01/2019 19:13, ARW wrote: I have only worked with one of the three 1st year apprentices as you need to be 18 for a lot of the work I do. But he was good at putting his hands in his pockets when I worked with him. Pocket billiards? Or extra safety when working with high voltages. Or any sort of 'working'. ;-) Carrying 600x600x20mm cardboard boxes to the skip one at a time........ -- Adam |
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:45:41 +0000, ARW wrote:
On 16/01/2019 14:27, whisky-dave wrote: On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 20:39:39 UTC, F wrote: On 15/01/2019 19:13, ARW wrote: I have only worked with one of the three 1st year apprentices as you need to be 18 for a lot of the work I do. But he was good at putting his hands in his pockets when I worked with him. Pocket billiards? Or extra safety when working with high voltages. Or any sort of 'working'. ;-) Carrying 600x600x20mm cardboard boxes to the skip one at a time........ Stuffed crust pizza? -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 16/01/2019 18:49, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:45:41 +0000, ARW wrote: On 16/01/2019 14:27, whisky-dave wrote: On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 20:39:39 UTC, F wrote: On 15/01/2019 19:13, ARW wrote: I have only worked with one of the three 1st year apprentices as you need to be 18 for a lot of the work I do. But he was good at putting his hands in his pockets when I worked with him. Pocket billiards? Or extra safety when working with high voltages. Or any sort of 'working'. ;-) Carrying 600x600x20mm cardboard boxes to the skip one at a time........ Stuffed crust pizza? TMH introduced me to the hot dog stuffed crust pizza:-) These were boxes from LED lighting panels we had fitted. -- Adam |
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On 16/01/2019 19:14, ARW wrote:
TMH introduced me to the hot dog stuffed crust pizza:-) Shocking! Why waste a hot dog and a pizza by mixing them? -- F |
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