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Post by Paul Barker on Aug 12, 2014 7:44:13 GMT
A gas man who works with two different kinds of valve. Fab! Thanks for sharing those photos, Paul. It helped me to build my own dyslexic brain map for boiler fault finding to have studied and learned valve era electronics. I learned this hobby mostly from Terman, and a little from RDH4. When I was working nights I read and read profusely. With boiler fault finding, I don't usually touch the manual (because it is written by someone with a mind wired different to mine. No book writen by a brilliant dyslexic will ever get into print.) I open it up and watch and listen to it, and start testing things as I go along. Can take an hour to study some boilers before the genuin fault leaps out at me. Most onboard diagnostics start you in the right direction. They get the idea of the area of the problem, but they usually blame the wrong component. It's a joak in the industry that all boiler diagnostic flow charts end with the statement "change pcb". On the whole that is the wrong end game for the truth, it's just the best a non dyslexic skilled person can come up with. Lord it's hard to be humble when you are surrounded by so many people with flawed minds who can do nothing practical but write a spanking good essay!  |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 12, 2014 7:50:03 GMT
Lord it's hard to be humble when you are surrounded by so many people with flawed minds who can do nothing practical but write a spanking good essay! I find men without tools or the knowledge to use them a little pathetic. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 12, 2014 8:26:31 GMT
Once I get into it I usually enjoy using my tools.
When things work even better !
Helped getting a big Stanley wheely multiple case jobbie so I (nearly) always have my tools in the one place
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Post by Dave on Aug 12, 2014 8:35:10 GMT
Lord it's hard to be humble when you are surrounded by so many people with flawed minds who can do nothing practical but write a spanking good essay! That's a bit harsh Martin, I'd call such a person one who knows his or her limits. Surely someone who owns the tools but not the knowledge to use them is being less than honest about his/her own abilities. |
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Post by danielquinn on Aug 12, 2014 8:42:00 GMT
Excellant and cheap . turntable support .
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Post by MartinT on Aug 12, 2014 8:43:25 GMT
In retrospect, you're right Dave. However, it does amaze me when I come across the odd bloke who has no idea how to wire a plug or change the batteries in a remote. I tried to teach my son to be practical, but there is a whole generation of young people who can barely unpack and get a Playstation going, let alone check their tyre pressures or coolant level.
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Post by Paul Barker on Aug 12, 2014 8:44:08 GMT
I find men without tools or the knowledge to use them a little pathetic. That's a bit harsh Martin, I'd call such a person one who knows his or her limits. Surely someone who owns the tools but not the knowledge to use them is being less than honest about his/her own abilities. Very good point. but I have never understood a man who doesn't bother to find out how to do practical stuff. All my life I have had their wives ringing me up to bleed a rad etc. you know unpaid. you get these leaches in life who rather than learn how to help themselves call on someone who has done that for themselves. But what really anoys me about soft handed leaches is the way when you see them in the school playground and ask them a question about accounts they say "let me give you one of my cards!" So it's alright for you to fix their toilet when you pick your son up from a party but if you want to know about VAT it will be £100 an hour. If you are born with a brain two arms and two legs you should be able to do certain things for yourself. |
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Post by Dave on Aug 12, 2014 8:52:22 GMT
I hear you Paul but there are people who shouldn't be allowed within a hundred metres of certain tools, like a good friend of mine who ended up in hospital after he managed to electrocute himself attempting to fit a cooker hood. The gulf between the perception of his abilities and his actual ability would span the Atlantic Ocean  |
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Post by Paul Barker on Aug 12, 2014 9:28:50 GMT
you are right. It's like that when they mess with gas, or pressure.
Dangerous person is the one who knows almost enough.
the damage done to a house if it all goes wrong with an unvented hot water cylinder is just as catastrophic as a gas explosion. When water flashes over to steam it expands 1500 to 1600 times it's original volume. It is as effective a bomb as any and will reduce your house to a pile of rubble just as easily as a gas explosion would.
But the amount of pressurised domestic hot water systems installed by people without the G3 ticket to do it safely is a greater number than those done right. It is scary. the reason you need the training is so that you learn the reasons for the various safety steps which need to be taken and cheacked as working on an anual service. To understand the mechanisms of failure and the consequences.
Life is not always spoil sports trying to keep certain jobs into a club of people specially trained. If you don't get the training you don't get the correct understanding and can't form the correct attitude to the job.
that's why I leave accounting to my accountant.
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Post by Paul Barker on Aug 12, 2014 9:34:22 GMT
I just had a fear I might be off topic, but then I saw I was talking on my own blog!
In my threads anyone can take it in any direction aslong as their post follows the direction the discussion is taking. I like it to be a natural conversation.
If I do this on anyone elses thread I will not be offended if you put me in my place. Happens to me a lot! I am very thick skinned, and I don't take offense, despight the fact people may imagine I do. that is all in their imagination. Mostly they project there own feelings into what they are reading, which I wrote with no great emotion attached. the internet has made way for very ignorant people to decide fo other people what they are feeling with nothing more than the writen word to go on.
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Post by Paul Barker on Aug 20, 2014 19:50:09 GMT
That was for the folk with their dogs in their profile picture. She is Called Roxy, born late May, coming on lovely. Her audio experience is limited to chewing the speaker cable if nobody is looking. turn your back and she finds something to rag. Tell her "OFF!" and butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. Back turned and it's revert to nature! |
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 21, 2014 12:42:26 GMT
Typical puppy 50% sheer wonderfullness 50% total PITA Best of luck ! A Nylabone or a Kong can be very useful to keep a pup's attention Kong with little treats or food inside so they have to work at it |
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Post by Paul Barker on Aug 23, 2014 21:53:02 GMT
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 24, 2014 11:13:43 GMT
My stick ! No my stick ! etc Looks like there is some elder dog parenting going on which is good to see |
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Post by Paul Barker on Aug 24, 2014 11:26:54 GMT
Yes the man standing is a friend from the gym. The English is his bitch, she has a very good temperament but as thick as two short planks.
My son goes and gives her excercise a few times a week when the owner is on a long shift at work.
Roxy is much smaller and lighter and less experienced but she can already outwit Zoe. English Bull Terriers are lovely dogs but not the sharpest tool on the box. Staffies have superior intelligence.
It's interesting to see the nature of the breed coming out. My son said when he walked her across fields the other day there was a field with bullocks in and she "proper squared up to them"!
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 24, 2014 15:53:32 GMT
So interesting to see the way different dogs of different or the same breed react and interact
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Post by Paul Barker on Aug 24, 2014 16:11:41 GMT
Yes it is isn't it?
What is your dog, sorry for my ignorance? Some form of terrier?
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 24, 2014 16:17:26 GMT
Currently 5 with 2 visitors
Mini Dachs Log hair
Short leg Jack Russell
Jack Russell / Staffie (we estimate)
Jack Russell / Chihuahua x2
visiting
Pug/Cavalier
Cavlaier / Poodle / Spawn of Satan
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Post by Paul Barker on Aug 24, 2014 16:24:22 GMT
Wow, lots of needle sharp teeth there! They need a skilled owner.
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 24, 2014 16:29:18 GMT
A pretty balanced pack with the exception of Satan's own dog.
Nice enough character but so much noise and energy reminding me of the tall one from The Inbetweeners - without the brains.
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