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Apologies that I forgot you were going the Panel and Paint Apprenticeship, especially after all our conversations. :melting_face:

I was just talking to our local Panelbeaters only the other day, and even though they are the only ones for MILES in our rural area, and are VERY good at what they do so are absolutely flat chat every day of the year… they are going to be shutting shop at the end of this year. :disappointed_relieved:

They said it’s extremely hard to find and keep their Apprentices, because they are all leaving to go work for the mining towns up North for much better pay.

I have plenty of classic car/hot rod mates living in mining towns and are extremely frustrated that they can’t get ANY work done on their vehicles locally and have to drive/transport them thousands of kilometres down to Perth for the simplest jobs to get worked on.

This is because all the businesses up north are flat out doing work for the mining companies for big money, whereas the average locals are pushed to the side or simply can’t get anything done because they can’t be charged the same as a mining contract job.

Luckily I have four VERY good old school Panelbeaters/Spray painters that are mates who we have all known each other for many years, so I don’t have to worry about getting jobs done, but once the Local Panel and Paint business shuts, everyone in the region is screwed and has to travel to the nearest large City to get their jobs done.:face_with_diagonal_mouth:

These are two very good mates, Steve and Ian Brown, who are local, but DEFINITELY not in the business of General public panel/paint or insurance work!

We are always helping each other out with day to day stuff that we do for mates, and I have done a LOT of wiring jobs for them, including their Race Cars and personal classics. :ok_hand:

So yeah, you can definitely crack into a good paying job with a Panel/Paint business that deals in Mining Contracts, who pay a lot more than the average shop down south, just gotta wait your time and maybe start researching exactly what jobs are available in your industry in the Mining regions while you are waiting. :ok_hand:

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There’s always that option though, but I recommend get a trade under your belt first and it opens a lot of doors. Can still go do mining or something bit later on to get a cash boost.

I stayed faithful to my place I scored apprenticeship at for 13yrs as they kept promoting me, pay raises, annual cash bonus etc But I had to move on as that industry was shutting down.

I could slide in to something mining, but I’d be going 3 steps forward and 2 backwards. And then what, I come out of a mine after a few years with a pocket full of cash and have to restart farming again that took me a decade to get where I am now. For me it won’t work at the moment. But is definitely still an option. Along with a few others I’ve eyeballed. Few fire aviation jobs going etc

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Great advice, and definitely wasn’t suggesting that Squiddy do a runner just yet! :rofl:

Like you said, finish the apprenticeship and see what options are available from there, as after talking to my panel & paint guys, Wages are rising for qualified people in the industry to counteract the lure of the Mining Sector stealing all of the Tradesmen.

So hopefully by the time Squiddy is all qualified, he can get a good paying job locally and not have to move to bumfuck nowhere to earn a dollar!

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For sure that’s what I’m getting at, if you enjoy your job, you normally do well at it and with a good employer will recognize it and you’ll likely end up… stuff the mines.

None of my mates enjoy the short term mining that they have left their own mechanic business from, their families fifo all of that. But they had no choice to pay houses off and get kids schooled. But as they say they are only doing it for a few years to get things more financially sorted so they can go back to something they do enjoy working on instead of being a mechanic for the mine utes that get hammered. But he will and is now setting his mechanic shop up and does some in his week off and is snowed under already.

Everyones circumstance is different though. I knew a Registered Nurse that at age 50 said sick of nursing crackheads and went to WA goldmines driving a 100t dump truck and last I heard she loved it. And got paid more.

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Yup, plenty of the exact same stories here…
Even the old owner of the pub that I worked for got out of the game and headed north for a mining job rather than the massive stress of running a Pub these days, and she’s loving it!

I could have easily done the same, shutting my business and all the stresses that go with it to simply go work in the mining industry, but I’d already done 18 years with a large local mining company and swore never go back, and especially NEVER considered that FIFO “lifestyle” that has destroyed so many relationships, marriages and even mates “unaliving” themselves from it all. :disappointed_relieved:

It can work out if you are young and single, mentally treating it as a short term goal to get your life set up and then bail out as soon as possible to live a normal life back in reality with a family and kids… but otherwise its a big trap for a lot of people who get sucked into the system chasing the mighty dollar and can never leave despite all the mental damage it does to them. :face_exhaling:

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Damn robotics is coming a long way!:flushed::sweat_smile:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ZEdebmhWd/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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I’d be scared with those teeth clamping down… ah nevermind :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth: :rofl:

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So, Musk has left DOGE, for now…

With heavy allegations of high level drug use.
It could be scuttlebutt, but he has admitted to drug use in the past, smoking joints on podcasts, and admitting to use of cocaine.

So, its probably pretty close to the truth.

If a “close presidential advisor” , is taking class A banned substances, in the white house , advising trump…well…

Also, trump has allegations of adderal use himself.

From a legal viewpoint, musk may ‘get away’ with drug use if no one persues him, but…

There is no escaping the physical consequences of drug use.
All the money in the world is worth nothing, if you die of an overdose…

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He had to leave DOGE. As he isn’t employed there is a maximum number of days that he can participate in a program without being confirmed by Congress. He hit the limit

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That’s what I thought he had to leave around the end of this month has been said for weeks.

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Bejeezus Bigmutha, haven’t heard from you in ages and this is what you come up with! :rofl:

Hope you and the family are doing well mate. :+1:

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BMD’s been working over in Japan in the robotics industry… clearly. :laughing:

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From software, to Hardware…

What a program.!!

Just don’t get a virus…!!

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Awesome basslines on System’s stuff.

Gotta love those Armenians. :wink:

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Kudos to Ukraine…sticking it to Putin…

Drone attack, that wiped out 1/3 of his long range nuclear bomber planes…
Billions of dollars worth.

Knocked out by explosive drones, that cost $4k each…

Hidden inside building roofing sections…one 4000km deep in Russian territory…

Putin will be fuming…
Trojan horse tactics…

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Not quite, they were hidden in semi truck container roof sections launching from inside russia nearby. Supposed over year old planned operation. Even hit the Northern Fleet HQ where they have their Nuke subs. SUBWAY eat fresh. :laughing:

Video footage of civilians climbing the trucks to try halt the launch of the drones unsuccessfully. They got a A50 Mainstay and 2 x TU160 Blackjacks and about 30 odd old TU 95 bears and TU22’s. They will have to dust off the hundreds more they built.

Big loss for Russia as they haven’t made a new plane since the USSR.

Oh and your mate DJT @BME knew about the operation beforehand, then took some adderol and didn’t know about it :rofl:

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Oh god, here we go. We just wanna be like you :roll_eyes: Already have laws that cover that one.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/teenager-fighting-for-life-after-alleged-stabbing-fight/vi-AA1FTlwI?ocid=socialshare

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Ummmm, yeah.

Don’t get too excited over Western Media
“reports”.

4 Airfields targeted and a grand total of 4 different Aircraft destroyed on the ground.

Western/Ukrainian Media citing 40 Aircraft “destroyed”, but satellite images don’t lie.

Western Media showing Google Maps images from BEFORE the SMO even started, and very sketchy “evidence” of any Aircraft actually “destroyed”.

The insane reality is that these attacks on remote Airfields and Railway Targets are being carried out from within Russia itself.

Exactly as @Maiphut described, it was internal resistant fighters carrying out these strikes from within Russian territories, not from Ukraine itself.

The Ukraine doesn’t have the means or technology for long distance strikes, but these latest Airfield attacks were witnessed and documented by Russian civilians who seen the vehicles that launched these weapons by “militant rebels” within Russia :hushed:

*UPDATE: 7 Aircraft destroyed, Civilians managing to disrupt further attempted attacks.

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Not great news for 'Murican gun owners… :thinking: