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1. Auric Goldfinger - Train Driver.
2. vrsadz - HGV technician
3. Ben90 - Arborist
4. fatwomble - Contracts Manager, Construction.
5. grr666 - multi trade builder/property developer/landlord.
6. SONICtheONE - PSV Technician.
7. ursus262 - Regulatory Auditor and Compliance Officer (Medical Devices)
8. LGM - Industrial Valve Technician.
9. king@rthur - Rope access/ NDT
10. Slider - Civil Servant - Agricultural Advisor
11. Llanigraham - Railway signalman of the old school type, pulling manual steel levers and ringing bells. (and a dinosaur according to a member here)
12. djswivel - IT Support Analyst (employed )/ Photographer (self-employed)/ PC repairs and maintenance (self-employed) / General electronic repairs & advice (self-employed)
13.Harvey1978 - PSV Technician.
14.LeePatrick01 - shoveller of ****, knocker inner of posts, hammerer of nails and screwer inner of screws.
15. V6TDI - Adult Social Care, Duty Worker
16. Seboni121 CNC programmer , gardener , support worker ( mental health)
17. mikejay Support worker
18. JoshH Charge hand of a team at a cement works
19. RichC - 44 tonne wagon ******
20. Robshaw - Software Sales.
21. BJB540 - IT Consultant - SAP HR/Payroll Config
22. Glynn- Aircraft Technician Mechnical (Royal Air Farce) keeping old timmy tristar flying!
23. Vrs84 - Retail Manager
24 twasme - communications facilitator
25. Blackline Stu - RAF Aircraft Technician Mechanical. Working on a bag of bolts called Tornado but soon to be on Typhoons (or the F35 lightning if my application is successful)
26. Aspman - Information Security Officer
27. Littleade - one time BT engineer, now driver of a laptop and a desk.
28. fordfan - trainee teaboy
29. ChrisRs - Part time Teacher of Physical Education, Geography and History
30. Bian - Telecoms Engineer (Self Employed)
31. vrsohyes - Undergraduate Physics Student.
32. Deadmau5 - multi skilled engineer
33. Daz716- Highways Agency Traffic Officer
34. Mdk1 - Sales driver for Maidstone Audi, delivering new and pre owned Audi's all over the Country.
35. Lady Vienna - NHS Admin soon to be Student Midwife
36. Biodieselgangan - Self employed photon and electron transmission engineer. Landlord.Part time motorcycle spanner monkey .
37. D15VRS - HGV Driver - running time out day after day so busy
38. Matt1chelski - Lollypop lady
39. James I - Sales manager for a UV printing ink company. Flexo, Offset, Waterless and Dry Offset.
40. philmots - HGV driver, in the 38mph supermarket club though, no rush here! :-)
41 AndersNordh - Consultant Project Manager, IT Infrastructure
42 Bilbo Baggins- Pharmacist and NHS Manager
43 devonutopia - Chartered accountant by day, self employed detailing superhero by night, ahem.
44. Ashley600- Master tiler/ multi still builder.
45 Arsey -Airline pilot
46. Jane_10 - Qualified mechanic, now care worker
47. United 11 - Taxi driver (self employed)
48. Gallego1968 - Have my own plumbing & Heating company
49. Seanwinf - aerospace welder (Meggitt)
50.Theezenutz - Garage Equipment Engineer / Master Tea Maker / Destroyer of Worlds
51. Mdon - Police Officer.
52. Paul007 - Town Planner until recently (because Dave and Nick have destroyed Local Government).
53. Naths vRS - I.T Co-Ordinator for an Engineering firm.
54. Lee @ Preston Motors - Arthur Daley impersonator. Sorry Sales Manager for large vehicle retail group
55. Tam71 - Bus Driver.
56 VWD - Former GPO/POT engineer.Then self emloyed telecomms eng and Rail signal tech.Now retired
57. BossFox - Part Time Office Bod.
58. jerbear - Head Greenkeeper@Golf Course. Cutter of grass, filler of divots, repairer of pitchmarks.
59 Wet Kipper - Laboratory Data Analyst
60 Aveleydave - Fixer of choo choos on the c2c line.
61 Tempra007 - Hospitality Lecturer, external IV and part-time football coach (under 16)
62 dann2707 - Dirty, good for nothing, tax dodging Student (Final year Uni studying Automotive Engineering)
63 Kit - Legal Genealogist, I find people and give them money.
64. Lady E: Things with microphones and turning stuff pink occasionally
65. davidf - Lawyer
66. Cheeze - High Performance and Super Computer Systems.
67. Taylor93 - Electronics Technician Apprentice .
68. Lady E: Being in two places at once..........and doing the work of two people
69. Mikey vrs - Vehicle examiner/mechanic for the MOD.
70. tomwarner - Undergraduate Computer Science student
71. JerryT - Customer Stocks and Quality Assurance manager for a pipeline company
72. matt@theforce - IT Support Engineer, Unix & Microsoft platforms
73. CrazyDunc - Software Engineer (mainly Aerospace Stuff)
74. Flying Pig - Police helicopter crewman......see what I did there ;-)
75. Sparkly - Export Sales Manager, Commercial Flooring, Latin America/Carribbean/Europe
76. Kiddy1 - Credit Controller - mortgages and a BSc in Sports Management
77. Binzie - National Citizenship Service Manager
78. Hotbaws - Adult Entertainment Industry.
79. Whitep - Director of a EMI Shielding & Environmental Sealing Company
80. thesquiff - Lead Software Engineer
81. FUBAR - Nothing - as of 4 hours ago, new horizons and all that, my next career awaits me somewhere!
82. GrahamVRS - Cabin Crew Line Trainer
83. DGW - Retired RAF pilot - Now CEO Home Affairs
84. Hotrod - Software Engineer
85. RichardatWakefield - Gaining new supporters for Europe's largest wildlife Conservation charity
86. Agricultural Engineer (more commonly known as **** kicker)
87. Fin69. Qualified Crime Scene Investigator & Counter Fraud Specialist Investigator. Currently a pensioner!
88. Johnno92 - RAF Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic (I also get to wave at Tornados with mini lightsabers when it's dark..)
89. Goblin - Student (Final year Music)
90. Pol - Senior client co-ordination - artwork and graphics adaptation91. Parisbun - Procurement / Contracts Specialist - Oil & Gas
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Have you ever heard of operation paperclip and operation sunshine? The americans took all the best nazi scientist and chemists after the war. Wernher von Braun went to work for nasa.
I've just been watching Oliver stones - The untold history of the united states, defiantly worth a watch. He say's that it was the Russians that did the bulk of the damage to the Germans losing 27 millions people along the way , we just showed up and took the credit for it. After that the Americans wanted us to break up our empire within 50 years us, the Russians, the Germans were a shadow of our former selves, but the Americans came out of it very strongly and are now the superpower.
Correct about the Russians in WW2, for every 100 German soldiers who died in the war the Russians killed 90.
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No its not the dealers that are fitting parts that are not fit for purpose under the sale of good act. It should not have corroded in under 3 years.
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Typical Skoda I couldn't give a damn atitude.
Seems like it :( I think companies are short sighted with issues like this , by the time I tell the folk on here, my work colleagues , the guys in the pub, my extended family, my mates on the fishing forums I'm on .... you get the picture It will have cost them far more in lost business than replacing my condenser
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This was today's response, notice they even get the month wrong !
"Thank you for your email received on 4 October 2013 regarding your ŠKODA Octavia Scout, I was sorry to learn that you are unhappy with the final outcome.
However, I can confirm that we have carried out a full investigation on the issue before making our decision and it will not change. I appreciate this is not the outcome you where hoping for and I apologise for the disappointment caused." -
They did ask where I had bought it from though silver. I have been exchanging phone calls / e-mails with Skoda over the last week but they are not budging. Their last correspondence stated that I should not expect such a complex part not to fail. A condenser complex really :think:
They also keep banging on about how good their warranty is but because the car has done more than 60K it does not apply.
My argument is that the fact the condenser has failed due to corrosion has no connection to the mileage or where I bought the car from.
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Are you dealing with them via email / written communication?
This sort of negotiation needs to be done over the phone. Be firm but fair. You aren't happy with their response and insist they take another look.
Both e-mail and on the phone. I was firm fair and polite but no joy. One of the reasons was that I'd bought the car from an Independent garage and not a Skoda dealer. I really think that is irrelevant though.
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The news is reporting that the Unite Convener and an Employee at Grangemouth has resigned from his job at Grangemouth..
That is the day before his Disciplinary Hearing.
Spoke to a guy who works there this morning, he told me the guy had quit, and was starting with ACAS at £100k a year. That might just be rumours though.
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I have heard good reports on the Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons . I have no room to store the wheels and can't be arsed changing every 6 months. I know all seasons are a compromise.
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Got the response from Skoda this morning, Pretty poor response, nothing at all. I tried to argue the case with them but all I got was what I guess is a stock answer.
"Sorry you did not get the result you were looking for"
Still think a part is not fit for purpose if it fails due to corrosion in under 3 years. Not a good reflection on Skoda !
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Then I'd be looking for at least an 80% goodwill gesture, if not 100% if it has a full Skoda service history?
Is this your first Skoda? If not historical loyalty helps too...
No I had a Fabia Estate previously. Skoda sad they would get back to me within 48 hours. It was a Skoda approved garage who told me it was corroded.
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Thanks for all the replies guys
The car although under 3 years old has exceeded the 60K for the warranty. I have contacted Skoda this morning. Parts should not really have to be replaced in under 3 years due to corrosion.
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I have the part number 1K0 920 411 T so getting the correct part should not be a problem.
Thanks for the advice on getting the system emptied and refilled.
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I have been quoted circa £600 to change the condenser on my 2010 2.0 TDIi Scout, I can buy a new condenser on the net for about £120, is it a difficult job to change it out myself ?
Thanks in advance for any replies
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Never in a month of Sundays! They are just carrying out maintenance, they rely too much on nuclear.
Depends which paper you read , no guarantee it will be allowed to restart,
http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/japan-faces-non-nuclear-future-as-last-plant-shuts-1-3094853
They still plan to import gas from Canada
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/24/leaders-to-discuss-japan-importing-canada-gas-reports/
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Interesting on the 'Fracking' and the plant opening in Norway.
https://www5.wsws.org/development/en/articles/2013/10/21/gran-o21.html
Then there is the Company with the First Fracking Licence all ready to go, & that may Produce Commercially the first Gas from Fracking in the UK, right there in the area.
http://dartenergyscotland.co.uk/setting-the-record-straight.html
Funnily the UK mainstream Media & local politicians & even the Scottish and UK Governments do not appear to put
2 and 2 together and get 4.
They like to just keep it simple, because either they are simple, or they think we are.
Its not a Fracking licence George
“fracking”: fracking does not form part of this planning application, there is no plan to frack the coals at Airth.
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Japan are going to decommission their last Nuclear reactor and import cheap Shale Gas from Canada.
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That's my thinking.
Pilots may not be the best people to judge whether an aircraft is serviceable, especially maritime aircraft or those used in a maritime environment. By the time they are able to sense anything is wrong through negative feedback from airframe, stick, engine, instruments the problem is probably already well developed. I'd trust frequent servicing, the opinion and a stricter sign-off procedure on the part of the engineer officer maintainers.
Its up to the oil companies to pay decent charter rates so that the hire companies have an adequate fleet size to enable them to do the required flying and the extra maintenance/stand-down time on maritime aircraft of this age or simply pay the hirers to run the aircraft for shorter life spans - everyone knows how maintenance costs on older kit goes sky high.
Main problem here is an economic/commercial one, monopsony - the oil industry is the only buyer of the service, so they have the whip hand in any contract price negoiations. I suspect that any organisation that tried to buck the oil companies wouldn't get their contract renewed or any future repeat business world-wide. The oil companies, like any big organisation dealing with small-fry, just bully. Another case demonstrating the need for regulated markets ? - in this case to counteract the detrimental effect caused by the contracting parties being of greatly differing sizes.
Nick
Nick
No disrespect mate but you have no idea of what you are talking about "the oil industry" does not negotiate with Helicopter operators, individual companies do. Its actually a tight oligopoly with only 3 companies providing the service. Trust me oil companies pay top dollar charter rates. Actually Stu's point re maintenance is not valid either there have been far more Tornado crashes than Super Puma's.
Like I said lets wait until the case of the accident is proven before we start speculating on the cause.
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/aircraft_by_type/tornado.htm
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Sorry, don't give a stuff about Rooney.
Taking military action is something we cannot afford in these tough times of austerity, in addition, I would like to know what everybody else is going to do:
America, the UN, and more importantly, what's Syria doing about this as it's really their responsibility.
The UK cannot solve the world problems, but Cameron and Clegg cannot see that, and are blinded by their own neolithic incompetence.
Nuff said.
Agree totally, last thing the Syrian people need is us or the yanks bombing them.
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I don't know, but no smoke without fire (Sorry) :-
Helicopter-crash-workers-told-to-put-big-boy-pants-on-after-expressing-safety-fears
Remember, the Puma was designed, over forty years ago, as a land-based troop carrier/utility helicopter - maritime design is a whole other ball game. Salt gets everywhere and the buffet and stress on airframe and transmission from high frequency, low level sea transits will be greater than that on land journeys .For these reasons they should have been written-off and replaced years ago i.e. well short of their normal land-based service life.
And the RAF ones, which have been confined to land-ops only and which probably had lower use and a higher standard of maintenance during their lives, have been the subject of a recent upgrade:-
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/britain-prepares-to-modernize-its-puma-helicopters-03784/
Commercialism. Say no more.
Nick
Absolutely not commercialism Nick , no company can afford to compromise on safety if they get it wrong they are out of business.The oil companies do not own the helicopters they charter them the same way travel companies do. The flights to the platforms are not low level and as they have been operating since the 70's people are well aware of corrosion issues. I am pretty certain that no incidents in the North Sea have been caused by corrosion.
If cost was an issue they would stick the guys on boats and basket transfer them up to the platforms, Trust me there would be an outcry from the workers if that were to happen on a regular basis.
The majority of the pilots flying these aircraft are ex Airforce or Navy, do you honestly believe they would be flying choppers they believed were unsafe or not properly maintained ?
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As reported by the national news we only hear about the crashes, but what's the background to this - eg has there been an ongoing issue of less serious failures and maintenance issues ?
No the Super Pumas in their different variants are used worldwide, around 900 or so I believe, there are no on going issues. Lets wait and see what the air investigators say before we start pointing fingers.
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A tragic accident, my condolences to the families. However you are still more likely to be killed in a road accident than in a helicopter going to the platform.
There have been less than 100 helicopter fatalities in the last 30 years (one is still to much) In the same period there have been close to 100,000 deaths on our roads.
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Lots of people in the Oil & Gas industry, technology, manufacturing, and investments and going to make money from Fracking,,
in there early and get a career out of it.
nothing wrong with jobs and employments if it is not at the risk of the general publics health, well being and future safety.
so it might be OK to listen to Experts but if we need to ask what your involvement might be, not aimed at anyone but generally those that will be working in the industry.
So please excuse the likes of me if i ask & question if your have interest and self gain, and if you have children and families that you feel have nothing to
worry about with Fracking in the UK, then carry on preaching the advantages and the no need for concerns..
Anyone in Scotland that knows about Shale Oil and the History around Edinburgh and all that has gone before might understand why the Licences might not be taken up in Scotland.
george
George
Feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to get you an answer. I do work in the industry but have no vested interest in Hydraulic Fracturing in the UK.
I also live and have family in Scotland, natural gas is the most Eco friendly fuel we have at the moment, none of the renewable sources of energy are viable at the moment. All we are doing is subsidising German and Dutch companies.
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Bring it on, there will be a lot of sites in the north west and to honest it is a useable resource so why not use it, when they start with the gas they should also re open all the coal mines that are moth balled and full of coal too.
Agree totally James, its either try to exploit this resource or buy it from the Russians. Or we could go Nuclear but ask the folk from Chernoybl or Fukishma how safe that is.
It will also bring jobs to the area so it does have its benefits.
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I do not believe it
I had to phone my insurance company about the renewal on my wife's car lat week. So they saw I was calling from abroad, they asked me if I worked away. I innocently told them I was on a 28/28 rotation in Africa. they then cancelled the policies on all 3 of my cars
so I arrive home yesterday night and I can not drive, i need to spend Monday tryoig to get specialist insurance.
My cars are parked in the drive or garage when i'm away and I have a wife and 2 grown kids in the house. Surely only driving 6 months of the year should be less risk ???