[Dazzler]

Speaker for the dead. Or at least, that's the conceit I tell myself.

Funeral celebrant. Great conversation stopper or, alternatively, the prompter of lame jokes.

I'm guessing your "clients" seldom complain.   

Unless you dug up too much dirt about them.. 

Lame jokes? Never.. 

[PhireSideZA]

I recently moved across to Desktop Support for a large corporate in South Africa. Nationwide we have around 45'000 staff but we only look after about 400 of them at our main campus

[Dazzler]

I recently moved across to Desktop Support for a large corporate in South Africa. Nationwide we have around 45'000 staff but we only look after about 400 of them at our main campus

Sounds like you are doing well Phil! I'm assuming that's much less time on the road which has to be safer from various  viewpoints considering where you are. 

[PhireSideZA]

I recently moved across to Desktop Support for a large corporate in South Africa. Nationwide we have around 45'000 staff but we only look after about 400 of them at our main campus

Sounds like you are doing well Phil! I'm assuming that's much less time on the road which has to be safer from various  viewpoints considering where you are. 

Thanks Dazz! Indeed less travelling which is good news for my sanity, less so for my wallet seeing as our fuel price is now over AU$1.70 per litre and I now use my i30 to get to work and back...

[Dazzler]

@PhireSide  Might be worth if view it from a safety point though. 

[PhireSideZA]

Definitely! Especially with stuff like this on our roads [warning - crude language and a nice sounding motorcycle]:

Taxi riding into oncoming traffic, Sloane Street, Bryanston - YouTube

 

[CraigB]

Definitely! Especially with stuff like this on our roads [warning - crude language and a nice sounding motorcycle]:

Taxi riding into oncoming traffic, Sloane Street, Bryanston - YouTube

 

That was amusing In Australia our local indigenous and all their cousins would have piled out of the van and beaten the shit out of the rider.

[PhireSideZA]

I am glad the guy on the KTM stood up to the minibus taxi - it happens very often down here and most people just shrug and go on with their lives. Which is probably not a bad idea, seeing as how often situations like these escalate into violence. I've seen first-hand some of the taxi drivers drive around with pistols in their laps and batons on their dashboards and have heard many stories of people being assaulted by taxi drivers.

The guy driving past in the Hilux swearing at the taxi had me in stitches - you don't even need to understand Afrikaans to figure out what he said when driving by

[CraigB]

I can imagine what was said

I've been involved in a similar situation, racial minorities have all the power here and police weren't going to touch the matter even after I was stabbed though in another occurrence at one of the large shopping centres (Myers) one of the natives decided to strip of and start abusing people and after he decided to come straight at me I had no choice but to drop him and wait for store security to come and collect him, they would have walked him to the exit and let him go

[MT-RED]

I'm a global network manager for a sports streaming company called DAZN.

[Dazzler]

I'm a global network manager for a sports streaming company called DAZN.

Sounds like a good rego number for me if I ever bought an i30 N   

[mrpayner]

I'm a Triple Zero Emergency Service - "Fire Services Victoria" Team Leader/Dispatcher/Calltaker. I've been in the role nearly 9 years and continue to enjoy it. It's nothing like the dramatised 9-1-1 show. 

You can tune into us live by clicking here. Be advised, these are all the channels we monitor across the state at the Comms Centre I'm located in, so during the day it can sound like we're all talking over each other. However, you can also get individual regions at the bottom of this page here.

[Dazzler]

I'm a Triple Zero Emergency Service - "Fire Services Victoria" Team Leader/Dispatcher/Calltaker. I've been in the role nearly 9 years and continue to enjoy it. It's nothing like the dramatised 9-1-1 show. 

You can tune into us live by clicking here. Be advised, these are all the channels we monitor across the state at the Comms Centre I'm located in, so during the day it can sound like we're all talking over each other. However, you can also get individual regions at the bottom of this page here.

A very onerous job. Well done to you and your team. 

[mrpayner]

A very onerous job. Well done to you and your team. 

Thanks Daz.. Whilst it can certainly be a stressful and insanely busy job on those fire days, the real applause goes to the firefighters on the ground. You guys had a few scary days in Tassie as well down in the south west.. I have an Uncle and Aunt over in Middleton so they were on high alert there for a little while.

Adz.

[Dazzler]

A very onerous job. Well done to you and your team. 

Thanks Daz.. Whilst it can certainly be a stressful and insanely busy job on those fire days, the real applause goes to the firefighters on the ground. You guys had a few scary days in Tassie as well down in the south west.. I have an Uncle and Aunt over in Middleton so they were on high alert there for a little while.

Adz.

Still up! you must be on shift work... 

[mrpayner]

Still up! you must be on shift work... 

Yes sir I am. They are 12 hour shifts .. 2 day shifts followed by 2 night shifts then 5 days off.

[Dazzler]

Still up! you must be on shift work... 

Yes sir I am. They are 12 hour shifts .. 2 day shifts followed by 2 night shifts then 5 days off.

Unfortunately I don't get paid for getting up in the night with stomach pains... Fortunately I've got a doctor's appointment in the morning...

[mrpayner]

I've got a doctor's appointment in the morning

Ohh bugger.. Fingers crossed it's nothing too serious. Good luck!

[Slime]

I'm now a gardener for the elderly and infirm .................................... but have changed my i30 for a Cee'd CRDI.
Does that mean I don't count?   

[Surferdude]

I'm now a gardener for the elderly and infirm .................................... but have changed my i30 for a Cee'd CRDI.
Does that mean I don't count?   

Plenty of Kia owners here.
And a few Toyota owners like me (and Dazzler soon  )

[Dazzler]

I'm now a gardener for the elderly and infirm .................................... but have changed my i30 for a Cee'd CRDI.
Does that mean I don't count?   

Not at all. Kia's are cousins. Everyone's welcome. 

[Slime]

Aw, thanks you guys.   

[Libra55]

I work as a Senior Administrator in HR for a local Mental Health and Community  NHS Trust. Had my lovely car for a week

[Dazzler]

I work as a Senior Administrator in HR for a local Mental Health and Community  NHS Trust. Had my lovely car for a week





names that rhyme with lady

Looks great. Love the colour matched wheels!

[iBainesy]

I guess I'll add my addition here.
My name is iBainesy, long time driver, short time i30 owner. I currently work as a gaming supervisor in a pokies Venue (No I can't tell you any tricks on how to win on them, I can however offer you advice, and that is to not play them).
I am however looking at getting out of it, preferably something to do with Drone flying, that's where my interest is right now. I have a background in Fitting and Machining using CNC machines.

[Dazzler]

I guess I'll add my addition here.
My name is iBainesy, long time driver, short time i30 owner. I currently work as a gaming supervisor in a pokies Venue (No I can't tell you any tricks on how to win on them, I can however offer you advice, and that is to not play them).
I am however looking at getting out of it, preferably something to do with Drone flying, that's where my interest is right now. I have a background in Fitting and Machining using CNC machines.

Cheers, sounds like you are very versatile! Good luck with the career change! 

[Crustycottage]

I just changed jobs this week, now a Classified Plant Mechanical Engineer on WA Mine site responsible for all cranes. Finally gave in after 3 years of them asking me to join them. Amazed the $$$$ spent on digging rocks outta the ground to be loaded onto trains and ships 

[Dazzler]

I just changed jobs this week, now a Classified Plant Mechanical Engineer on WA Mine site responsible for all cranes. Finally gave in after 3 years of them asking me to join them. Amazed the $$$$ spent on digging rocks outta the ground to be loaded onto trains and ships 

Congrats Scott. 

[PhireSideZA]

Bump

Anyone changing jobs as we head into the new year?

[Dazzler]

Bump

Anyone changing jobs as we head into the new year?

Why Phil? Are you?

I've gone from doing very little to not much.. 

BTW.. only 14 posts before I hit 65,000.