What has made you Angry Today???????

[10G]

Not angry but a little disappointed. I did a Vic High country trip over last weekend. As soon as I left the black top I stopped to air down, even though it was a dirt road I thought it will be a much more comfy ride at 25psi. Upon doing so I heard then saw three Vic Pol dirt bikers coming up the black top and turned onto the road where I was at. They saw me and stopped. I though beautie! I can flash my Engineers badge and paperwork at them. The copper gets off the bike and comments on the scoop. I said to him the entire car is engineered and i can show him the paperwork. He declined and just took my details, had a short chat about the track conditions of where we are going and then took off. WTF! No questions about lift or anything else?! I even said to him it has a 4inch lift and he didn't care.... Haha!
Maybe i just gave him the right attitude? I was totally expecting a rude and arrogant person as soon as the helmet came off.

Yeah the cops had a thing on over the long weekend up around that area looking for unregistered and unroadworthy & unlicensed bikes & cars. I'm finally finding a use for Facebook. I follow DELWP and Parks Vic and others and it was all mentioned by them, it's pretty useful actually. I follow DELWP Gippsland and you can ask them directly questions about tracks etc, pretty handy.

[4bye4]

This from a site where some of my equipment is used;

Good afternoon Tony,

Following up on the supposedly visit here at (site name), I do apologise as I wasn’t aware of the centre regulation regarding contractors coming in after hours. I have raised this with the centre management and fortunately we are able to persuade them into allowing us, just this once, to not have a security guard whilst on site. The only condition is that all contractors who will access the centre must be (company name) inducted. I am aware that only James is inducted so we will need you to be inducted as well.

It will be an online induction which I can assist you by getting one of our colleagues in the head office to send you the induction link.

As soon as we secure the induction, we can then set the site visit on Friday 16/06/17 at 2230. I will make sure to be on site that night so we can get at the bottom of this together.

To which my response was;

Good morning Paolo.
I have reluctantly completed the induction as demanded by (company name). Hopefully I will now be allowed to enter the premises and observe the operation of the buffer. I am now inducted to (company name) sites for a period of two years which is ridiculous as I will only be making the one visit in all probability. I am a massive supporter of safety in the work place, but in this instance we will be observing only, no work will be carried out and no tools will be used and therefore no permits will be required. Considering we, the owner and staff of Specialised Mechanical Services, are initiating this visit to assist the client at no charge to either the client or the contractor I see this overofficiousness as ridiculous and obstructive. At the end of the day however as I am now inducted can we please proceed at 2230 this coming Friday 16/06/2017.

I should add that my existing accreditations already allow me access to most mine sites in WA, some ADF sites and Rail and transport sites and workshops. not good enough for an inspection after hours as this place though.
End of rant

[Clunk]

This from a site where some of my equipment is used;


To which my response was;

I should add that my existing accreditations already allow me access to most mine sites in WA, some ADF sites and Rail and transport sites and workshops. not good enough for an inspection after hours as this place though.
End of rant

Sounds like a fair request by them to me

[PeeBee]

Sounds like a fair request by them to me

I am a massive supporter of safety in the work place, but in this instance we will be observing only, no work will be carried out and no tools will be used and therefore no permits will be required.

I agree Clunk. Visitors to every site need to be aware of operations and risks that are typically unique to that site. It isn't satisfactory to assume you have the necessary knowledge to firstly be aware of a hazard but you also need to be familiar with the way the plant handles an emergency or even what its normal protocols are. I have worked on numerous minesites and also dozens of food manufacturing sites and each has its own contractor familiarisation process - its simply making sure you as a visitor remain safe, and there are not people on-site who are not at the minimum level of awareness of the operation. Its a pain, and I have questioned this process for a while, however now realise its there to ensure I am fully prepared for the interactions on that site.

[AB]

Another camping rant but I took the kids out today to Toolangi on the hunt for a good spot to camp.

Found beautiful hidden spots on the river which had glass everywhere, broken camp chairs, burnt camp chairs, rubbish and human shit and paper scattered 10m from sites.

We're going to lose our little local spots one day!




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[Rossco]

Another camping rant but I took the kids out today to Toolangi on the hunt for a good spot to camp.

Found beautiful hidden spots on the river which had glass everywhere, broken camp chairs, burnt camp chairs, rubbish and human shit and paper scattered 10m from sites.

We're going to lose our little local spots one day!




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Hmmm, what's wrong with people - bloody ridiculous. Yeah makes me so mad people think they're entitled to carry on like ferals, ruins it for everyone and gives our passion and hobby a bad name. .

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[Maxhead]

SCUM! Absolute farking filth.
I'd love to setup some cameras and find out who it is then go and shit all over their front yard and leave it filthy!







................on the road

[Clunk]

Absolute wankers, should find em, and take a crap on their car seats, followed by smothering with broken glass

[Winnie]

Unfortunately it's places like 4wd supa centre and the likes who are making the hobby extremely affordable short term.
You can get a pretty seriously decked out fourby for under 5k now and people realise that. Camping and 4x4ing have become the latest trend and honesty I hope it's a fad that will die out.
So much different to 5 years ago, you could go out on a long weekend and just about be guaranteed your favourite campsite. Now you have Buckley's chance unless you leave 3 days earlier.

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[Rossco]

Unfortunately it's places like 4wd supa centre and the likes who are making the hobby extremely affordable short term.
You can get a pretty seriously decked out fourby for under 5k now and people realise that. Camping and 4x4ing have become the latest trend and honesty I hope it's a fad that will die out.
So much different to 5 years ago, you could go out on a long weekend and just about be guaranteed your favourite campsite. Now you have Buckley's chance unless you leave 3 days earlier.

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Yeah pretty spot on. . . Yeah even the sound of that name makes me cringe 😕. . Yeah just can't do long weekends anymore.

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