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Old 09-02-2018, 12:38 PM   #1
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We're on a business theme. I am feeling a little up right now myself.

I've got an interview lined up with the owner of this shop that does this:

https://player.vimeo.com/video/24486...rtrait=0&rel=0

I would be the dyno guy. I hope it pans out.
I wish you best of luck SG, hope you get the position mate!
The vid was a pleasure to watch, very awesome lol!

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Old 12-02-2018, 03:10 PM   #2
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I wish you best of luck SG, hope you get the position mate!
The vid was a pleasure to watch, very awesome lol!

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Passed the telephone interview today and lined up 2 in person interviews at the shop next week.

That makes me feel good.
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Old 12-02-2018, 07:46 PM   #3
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Passed the telephone interview today and lined up 2 in person interviews at the shop next week.

That makes me feel good.
Fingers crossed SG, hopefully they realise your the best man for the position & they give it to you asap!

We here at AFF are with you SG, good luck!!!

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Old 14-02-2018, 08:52 PM   #4
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Fingers crossed SG, hopefully they realise your the best man for the position & they give it to you asap!

We here at AFF are with you SG, good luck!!!

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Thank you again.

Made it past the 2nd interview and 1 more to go. If it turns out well, then time frames will come into the discussion as he needs to stand up a new building next to the current shop to house the dynos.

We'll see.
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Thanks Mate.

From what I understand he needs to build a new building for the dyno facility. So, if things pan out, I would pursue contract work between now and then. If there is anything I can do at the shop between now and then in the evening and or weekends, I would make myself available.
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Old 09-02-2018, 01:19 PM   #6
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Continuing the work theme, 12:00pm Friday, on my way home
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Old 09-02-2018, 02:16 PM   #7
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Finishing early has a flow on effect, Its enabled me to swing through the brushless car wash so the utes look’n schmick, was able to hit Bunnings to pick up a few things for this weekends projects and grabbed a sausage in bread while I was there, the best $2.50 you’ll ever spend, then a $1 frozen coke from HJ’s and the icing on the cake, tonight’s pizza night and you know what they say, pizza is like sex, even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good..
and it was all done by 1:00pm
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Old 09-02-2018, 10:53 PM   #8
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i feel good

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Old 10-02-2018, 01:48 AM   #9
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tonight’s pizza night and you know what they say, pizza is like sex, even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good..
How was your pizza?
Not sure I'd agree that bad pizza is still good pizza though.
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How was your pizza?

Went with fish n chips from Kingfisher Blue in Mt Waverley, multiple winner and current ‘Australia’s best’ f’n’c shop.. it’s never bad!
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One week from now exactly I will finally be free of a project that has taken 2 years and we have finally got sign off to go live next week. I feel they should buy me a case of beer
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Old 09-02-2018, 11:06 PM   #12
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One week from now exactly I will finally be free of a project that has taken 2 years and we have finally got sign off to go live next week. I feel they should buy me a case of beer
project cliffs??

2 years is a hard slog
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One week from now exactly I will finally be free of a project that has taken 2 years and we have finally got sign off to go live next week. I feel they should buy me a case of beer
Thats the whole reason i stay away from project work. Yeah if you come under you get treated like a king, but if it runs over because the person who made the quote and sealed the deal did not see the access issues or account for things that are not in your control and it runs over, it always falls back on the person running the job not the person who didnt quote accordingly. Do and charge is mad. If a job screws me around then theres no loss in that. Dealing directly with clients means thanks comes to me not through an email to the office. I changed an intercom today which isnt difficult at all, and my client was extatic that it worked. That reaction was what made my day, but to be honest, if a new intercom didnt work, i didnt do my job properly.
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Thats the whole reason i stay away from project work. Yeah if you come under you get treated like a king, but if it runs over because the person who made the quote and sealed the deal did not see the access issues or account for things that are not in your control and it runs over, it always falls back on the person running the job not the person who didnt quote accordingly. Do and charge is mad. If a job screws me around then theres no loss in that. Dealing directly with clients means thanks comes to me not through an email to the office. I changed an intercom today which isnt difficult at all, and my client was extatic that it worked. That reaction was what made my day, but to be honest, if a new intercom didnt work, i didnt do my job properly.
Being a sole contractor I have to take the good with the bad.
I sometimes mess up on quotes but always honour them and usually pick up more work because of it.
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Being a sole contractor I have to take the good with the bad.
I sometimes mess up on quotes but always honour them and usually pick up more work because of it.
One thing my company does with new clients is to either quote really tight or even at a minor loss to create repeat business. You recoupe it in the long term, but only if its a client who you know will be looking for a contract, not the obvious1 off jobs. Purely because of the competition in the market we have to stay competitive because its as simple as a phone call to another electrical mob to get another quote. Its not a specialist industry.
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Friday makes me feel good.
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same heres..
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I just don't work on anyone's car except my own. Keeps problems to the minimum.
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I just don't work on anyone's car except my own. Keeps problems to the minimum.
i gave up working on cars and have a camry in my life

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They got Camrys on the fleet at work for all reps about 3 years back.
The reps have nicknamed them 50 shades of beige.
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They got Camrys on the fleet at work for all reps about 3 years back.
The reps have nicknamed them 50 shades of beige.
i prefer the solid white in manual select shift

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I saw a black v8 ute with a chrome sports bar on the road today. The sound made me smile, you don't hear many v8 utes anymore and I suspect the number is going to keep decreasing.
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Yeah for context all it was is a 2003 to 2012 server migration which is already obsolete. A whole lot of bull**** in other words but it is finally happening
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Speaking of pizza, a few weeks back I discovered a new joint - Large pizza, 1.25 coke and garlic bread delivered for $17.50, and the pizza was very good!

I felt good that day
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Watched an awesome game of hockey today. My team won, which made it even better.
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Had some family around, so I cooked 2 charcoal chickens (rotisserie), a 2.5kg pork roast, and roast potatoes in 2 Weber kettles. Everything came out perfect - juicy & tender meat, and nice crunchy, smoky potatoes.

But then I ate too much & didn't feel so good....
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My dinner date went well. Even if it doesn't work out, the Chinese food was good.
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I've had my Escort for 22 years today, it was my first car. It's also 22 years since I got my first speeding ticket lol.
Heading for a drive up the coast doing 'cool laps' of all the marina's and cafe strips along the way then I'll head home and watch Love The Beast... again...
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.....It's also 22 years since I got my first speeding ticket lol....
Just made me feel good when I realised it's 23 years since my last speeding ticket (which ironically, was in an XF).
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I hope I never get a speeding ticket.
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