SuperThread LXX - Honouring James Graham's Unbreakable Melon

[Bazal]

So...sick...of....essays....

 

[Red Bear]

Wasn't BM planning on being a lawyer (albeit one who'd just skip assignments he didn't want to do).

 

[T.S Quint]

Looks like I might be doing an electrical apprenticeship when I move to Melbourne. Imagine me coming to your house as an electrician. Funny stuff. But a friend of a friend is looking at taking on an apprentice and everyone knows tradies a) get paid and b) get the ladies.

Whenever I thought of doing a trade I always felt plumbers and sparkies had it best. And it's a choose between dealing with the smell that plumbers have to deal with and running the risk of blowing yourself up as an electrician. Electricians are sexier.

Not all plumbers deal with shit.
Some work on new installations only.

Also, being an electrician is not f**king easy. Be prepared to be crawling through tiny roofs in incredibly high temperatures...some of it is incredibly tedious work that will bore you to tears...you'll come home covered in dirt, dust, whatever, especially if you are on an industrial job. And expect some shithouse pay for the duration of your apprenticeship. It won't be easy living on a wage like that for 4 years, especially since you're going to be living away from your parents and renting.

Blowing yourself up is the least of your worries.

 

[Twizzle]

BM thinks that the sewerage pipes come complete with shit already in them.

 

[umina panther]

If I had my time again I'd be a sparky. I picked the hardest possible trade and I don't earn what they do.

 

[Bazal]

I wish I'd done a trade. More money, would never have bothered with one degree let alone two, more interesting than the majority of my work, tonnes of work in Canberra as opposed to now where I'm in a very small niche......sigh

 

[umina panther]

I have no idea what a painter does at TAFE for 3 years. 2 weeks would cover everything

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I have no idea what a painter does at TAFE for 3 years. 2 weeks would cover everything

Literally.

 

[Red Bear]

Cricket going really badly

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I have no idea what a painter does at TAFE for 3 years. 2 weeks would cover everything

Up AND down strokes, how to use the rolly thing, paint thinner and its mixability with orange juice, how to wear white clothes...

 

[Didgi]

It's definitely not acting ability, based on-

I think we're talking about different things.

Never mind.

 

[thorson1987]

If I had my time again I'd be a sparky. I picked the hardest possible trade and I don't earn what they do.

I wish I'd done a trade. More money, would never have bothered with one degree let alone two, more interesting than the majority of my work, tonnes of work in Canberra as opposed to now where I'm in a very small niche......sigh

Wish I had done a trade when I was younger aswell. Probably carpentry or plumber.

Instead I took a job that paid twice as much as an apprentice, with easier work.

And now I get paid good money to be out on the road without people looking over my shoulder.

My only issue is when the RMS decide to blitz the f**k out of us after an accident like Tuesday's.

 

[Bazal]

I could be a truckie too. I like my own company and not being pestered every few minutes, and I have a strange kind of attraction to long road trips. That said I do kinda like a relatively structured work week, which is impossible in that kind of work.

Basically, I think I need a new job soon....lol

 

[Bazal]

Also I am procrastinating the everloving shit out of this essay....it's only due in about 18 hours, that's heaps of time right?

 

[BunniesMan]

Wasn't BM planning on being a lawyer (albeit one who'd just skip assignments he didn't want to do).

A little studying up on employment prospects tells me that working hard in a trade is financially more secure than going to uni for years, copping a huge hecs debt (which is much worse under this government because the merkins want to increase the cost of degrees as well as adding interest to hecs debt). All that and the average graduate has less job security (in the field relevant to their degree) than most tradies do.

Not all plumbers deal with shit.
Some work on new installations only.

Also, being an electrician is not f**king easy. Be prepared to be crawling through tiny roofs in incredibly high temperatures...some of it is incredibly tedious work that will bore you to tears...you'll come home covered in dirt, dust, whatever, especially if you are on an industrial job. And expect some shithouse pay for the duration of your apprenticeship. It won't be easy living on a wage like that for 4 years, especially since you're going to be living away from your parents and renting.

Blowing yourself up is the least of your worries.

I don't expect it to be easy. As for the pay, I'm well aware of apprentices getting ordinary wages but it's still more than you get while you're at uni, as well as the big plus of not getting hecs debt. I've got very cheap rent sorted as well as some support from my parents. Living on apprentice money won't be a problem.

Wish I had done a trade when I was younger aswell. Probably carpentry or plumber.

Instead I took a job that paid twice as much as an apprentice, with easier work.

And now I get paid good money to be out on the road without people looking over my shoulder.

My only issue is when the RMS decide to blitz the f**k out of us after an accident like Tuesday's.

Love how the RMS makes sure they look busy AFTER accidents.

Also I am procrastinating the everloving shit out of this essay....it's only due in about 18 hours, that's heaps of time right?

What's the word limit? Probably about 12 hours more than truly necessary.

 

[Bazal]

1500. It's tiny. It's just reading the 40 page paper and finding the references that's shit.

 

[Red Bear]

1500. It's tiny. It's just reading the 40 page paper and finding the references that's shit.

I have three reports, 1500-2000 words tomorrow. One is basically done, one the research is basically done. One I have the methods and some of the results.

Got till 11:55 tomorrow to get em in.

 

[Bazal]

I only have til 5pm. But I start work at midday. So midday.

It's not a hard essay like I said....just a lot of muck raking, it's getting really tedious.

 

[Red Bear]

I only have til 5pm. But I start work at midday. So midday.

It's not a hard essay like I said....just a lot of muck raking, it's getting really tedious.

The researching/reference finding is the most difficult part of any thing that gets handed in by far

 

[Bazal]

Absolutely. Plus it's a first year unit...so the essay itself is dumbed right down. Which I'm struggling with. I legit lost marks in a previous unit for being "too technical and complex".

Figure I do it drunk, that should get me to a first year level