how the trade has fallen

[Guest111]

A friend of ours was telling us the other day how well her grandaughter is doing since she met her new boyfriend,I really had to bite my tongue when she came out with the following statement." he's a lovelly chap,fully quallified electrician,fully quallified plumber and he's just done his gas certificate and he only started out 2 years ago".I was dying to tell her what I thought but managed some how to bite my tongue.
How the hell can anyone be a fully qualified electrician OR plumber in 2 years let alone both!

 

[trev]

P.S I don't expect the senior members to understand this

How dare you!

 

[Jm1980]

Haha, those RKO things are getting more and more crazy every day!

The other one ive had was a guy who was convinced id broke the rules because id put the banjo of a BW gland on the inside of an enclosure as it was 'no longer in contact with the main gland body'................although he did relent when i showed him numerous pictures of banjo's inside an enclosure from the IEE's own guidance notes.

 

[trev]

So you have the "main body of the gland" with it's threaded bit that sticks into the enclosure. Then you have the banjo and a nut.
How the hell is the banjo not in contact with the body of the gland

 

[tazz]

Hahaha, this really did make me laugh.

Whoever this end of a bell is definitley deserves an 'RKO outta nowhere'

P.S I don't expect the senior members to understand this

Truth is we don`t....C&G minimum 2 years...OND/ONC 2 years/4years HNC?HND 2years/4years.
NVQnot accepted in our criteria

 

[richy3333]

That degree will command no respect at all from the UK legal profession.

But if you move to Samoa you'd be quids in!

 

[tazz]

Move anywhere out of the UK we would be quids in

 

[Jm1980]

So you have the "main body of the gland" with it's threaded bit that sticks into the enclosure. Then you have the banjo and a nut.
How the hell is the banjo not in contact with the body of the gland

I did try explaing this concept to him but he was adamant i was wrong saying that if the nut came loose then the banjo continuity would suffer. I pointed out this would be the case whether the banjo was outside or inside but it was only when guidance note 8 came out of my van that he backed down.

 

[Guest55]

Hahaha, this really did make me laugh.

Whoever this end of a bell is definitley deserves an 'RKO outta nowhere'

P.S I don't expect the senior members to understand this

so there you are , been wondering when i'd bump into you following my return to the forum.

you'll be pleased to hear i've saved up all the abuse you should have got while i've been away ;-D

 

[Slowhand]

I did try explaing this concept to him but he was adamant i was wrong saying that if the nut came loose then the banjo continuity would suffer. I pointed out this would be the case whether the banjo was outside or inside but it was only when guidance note 8 came out of my van that he backed down.

Another rule that applies 95% of the time is " Although the customer has a far superior knowledge of electrical installation and associated science the only reason You are doing the job is because You Can and He Can't! "

 

[markc123]

so there you are , been wondering when i'd bump into you following my return to the forum.

you'll be pleased to hear i've saved up all the abuse you should have got while i've been away ;-D

Haha, I've only just come back, i've not been on in ages either.

If we've both come back at the same time, theirs obviously some sort of 6th sense .... are we related ?

 

[Guest55]

in the same way a chimp is related to a scientist with an IQ of 200.........

;-)

 

[Farmelectrics]

youve got to be in the right frame of mind to visit the forumn ha ha sometimes i enjoy talking electrical other times it does my heed in lol

 

[Marvo]

.... are we related ?

**tears** :biggrin5:

I was wondering that as well....:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Richard Burns]

in the same way a chimp is related to a scientist with an IQ of 200.........

;-)

But I do not think of you as a chimp, but as you seem to think so, then I would go along with this for you!:49:

 

[rapparee]

You can get a law degree from the University of Samoa in a year, so its possible,

I actually have a degree in law and politics, if i had to do the whole uni thing again i would probably do electrical engineering