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Never had any say Panda

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  1. 1 gig on adsl? Or adsl2? Big difference. I only have adsl 1 but so far tonight I have downloaded 1.5gig for an iPhone update and 600meg of videos in about 2.5 hours.
  2. Could also recommend some costies and estimators if required :-P
  3. Could recommend some structures draftees to help you?
  4. Fark.. that would piss me off. I hate twisted seat belts in car seats.
  5. I download most things.. and watch none of it jet. Just don't have the time. Occasionally I get the urge to catch up on a TV show until 2am in the morning. Then I suffer for a week. And Kimbo, can't tell you the exact problem. But basically my blood got thick and had very little of the good vitamins and stuff in it. Spent two months of thinners full time. But when I collapsed the first time, my active heart rate was around 53BPM. Because my ticker physically couldn't pump my blood. That strain resulted in stuff getting a bit damaged in the left side of my chest and the advice that I don't partake in golf or anything too strenuous really.
  6. At Cruise For Charity I noticed heaps of people use tape over the mounts. The blokes I know who use them.snowboarding use tethers.
  7. Go back a couple months. My blood was farked. Wasn't thinning at all. That f*cked the muscles.
  8. All good now fellas. On couch rest. Watching Jurassic Park. Apparently the muscles on the left side of my chest are faked. So.. gonna practice one armed golf swing.
  9. Went golfing.. Against doctors orders. But I figured I've been great for a while. First shot was bad. Second shot got me on the green. Putting let me down. Second hole, driver to green in one shot. 5 putted. But I figured I hadn't swung a club in 3 months (or there abouts). Anyway. 4th hole.. couldn't lift my left arm. Chest pains. Down he goes. Back to hospital. Trying to think of my story when I see the doctor and he says 'I told you not to play golf' For f*ck sake body.. get your sh*t together.
  10. I've got a gopro hero 2. Used the suxtion mount at the drags, multiple recordings of roads, loaned it to mates to go snowboarding and surfing.. It's never let go once.
  11. There is an auto sleep thing in the fitbit app.. otherwise stop whacking off to the movie as it might put it into aleep mode
  12. Sitting here talking about careers. Giving out advice. Go in for a shower.. pick up tooth brush. Pump dettol antibacterial hand soap onto tooth brush. Put in mouth. Yuck.
  13. f*ck me.. can I be a PM in Adelaide? That does piss me off. PM should be living in the site office. Maybe it's just a different background thing as my study wasn't town planning. But I also like to know the client isn't paying for marble and getting speckled concrete. I can understand jet being involved with the builder at his point of involvement the builder will have possession of site. But if something makes it past the builder to the PM and he picks up a f*ck up on an inspection it should be fire and brimstone on the builder to get it right, which generally results in those particular emotions being filtered down. Just in my role.. I know things happen on sites and sh*t always costs more. But if a builder tells me there is gonna be cost overrun he better show me why and then give a damn good follow up of what he did to try to stop it being a problem before it was one.
  14. Be the change then fluff. People masquerading as PM's need to be shot. I do suppose though that different states/companies etc give different names to the positions. IE: what I am calling a PM sometimes gets referred to as a Clients Rep (someone the client puts on to ensure things go smooth). No offence to builders, but most of the ones I know who are pretty switched on, go blank when you start talking head pressures for fire safety systems, storm water containment and lux levels required 1.5m off the ground assessed in 4 directions for CCTV cameras to operate at night. I don't think Adelaide is backwards. I think they are just giving different names and roles to positions.
  15. Sweet.. gotta admit I don't often see the builder as the PM. Maybe the construction manager come that time. But a true PM sees a job from concept to completion. Builders come in around 80-90% through detailed design. Oversee the end of the design which gives them familiarity with the job, then build the thing. Basically appearing like they take over but the PM or client rep is still running around in the background (this is what I do). Someone has to keep the builder honest. Shadowing is brilliant. That's great. If you are happy with your decision (obviously not made overnight) stick with it. To put it this way: builder knows he's gotta put a copper pipe on the wall and that he'll be delayed by 3 days if the pipe order doesn't turn up. Project Manager knows why that pipe goes on that wall, which hydraulic service it is for, what pressure it contains, how it interacts with every other pipe on the f*cking site. Real project managers need to understand basic electrical, hydraulics, access and mobility standards, access and egress requirements and we'll everything else going on the site so he knows that his client isn't being ripped off or paying for something 6 times the size it needs to be.
  16. Personally without starting a building trade I think you are going about it the wrong way. Starting as a junior project manager in a cadet/student position would seem the logical first step for me. Gives you the chance to shadow someone and start networking with all the different fields early (that networking will be more important than however hard you work in your career). Builder/site foreman is too small and without a trade, or years under your belt. Of course this depends on the size of the site...... you need to always remember that a good project manager doesn't just oversee construction. We are on the books within a week after the money people get a tingle in their pants. I don't want to be a bastard and say this.. but a degree doesn't mean jack sh*t. 90% of the jobs you are talking about is attitude, 8% is bullsh*t and 2% is knowledge. Not saying you can't throw down with the blokes but it's not about throwing down all the time. I always remember one bloke I worked under who said that what we did was like acting. We played the role that best suited the situation to ensure the play had the outcome we wanted.
  17. Like a bachelor's degree? Just Googled it. Wow. Didn't even know that existed. Actually looking at the careers listed on the website. Explains a bunch of people I have worked with over the years. Always wondered what degrees those people might have. Don't be a quantity surveyor fluff. Just don't.
  18. Borrowed a car with no heater. Started work at 5am. It was -1. Worst drive to f*cking work ever!
  19. I was actually chatting to someone so this is second hand information. BUt apparently the Human body function is suited to a maximum speed of 12km/h. Eyes, perception, brain, response is functioning at it's absolute best at speed up to 12km/h. Over that.. You be f*cked
  20. I reckon it's fair to say I've done 50 or 60 if you include generic refreshers for big site inductions. Water off a ducks back really.. Retaining wall was good. Got to meet my neighbour. When he stopped laughing and came to check I was okay. Wall was 1.2m high. Add 1.9m of me on top of that and it's a long way down.
  21. Awesome sig is awesome. WPMO? Injury prone lately. Fell off a retaining wall yesterday. Splitting wood for fire today, axe deflected and used my ankle to stop. Safety pluggers weren't safe.
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