Preston
191 posts
Mar 13, 2009
4:52 PM
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Just wanted to let everybody know I passed my test this weekend. I am now a Master Electrician. Please, somebody delete all of Buddah's posts about an alternate energy source. Old Wailer and I really don't want to be out of a job.....
p.s.
Also let all women know I am fully qualified to remove shorts.
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Hollistonharper
43 posts
Mar 13, 2009
6:06 PM
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Congratulations Preston, quite shocking to learn that you have time to do anything other than work on your harping.
Thanks for the feedback on OBs. I'll be having at it.
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Preston
192 posts
Mar 13, 2009
6:51 PM
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Yeah, I was thinking now that I'm not studying I could go back to jamming with my neighbors band. But they seem to have broken up......
Maybe time for a Harp/Bass duo to emerge from the aftermath! If we could just find a drummer...
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eharp
230 posts
Mar 13, 2009
7:31 PM
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the band isn't current?
maybe you can do the open mic circuit.
i hope you find something hot.
anyone else?
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Miles Dewar
232 posts
Mar 13, 2009
8:40 PM
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LOL! "Remove Shorts"!
eharp- all those puns....current, circuit, hot....
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Last Edited by on Mar 13, 2009 8:41 PM
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Miles Dewar
233 posts
Mar 13, 2009
8:42 PM
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Some nice clothes will help you lower the Resistance.
someone else want to add?
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Last Edited by on Mar 13, 2009 8:42 PM
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DutchBones
85 posts
Mar 13, 2009
10:17 PM
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don't know.... howsabout being in "charge" of "amps"
(okay, you need to HEAR this one, not READ it, nice try though)
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Aussiesucker
190 posts
Mar 13, 2009
10:32 PM
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-Thats electrifying news. Congrats. What what what - only 3 watts ie I'm not very bright.
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oldwailer
569 posts
Mar 14, 2009
12:48 AM
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Congrats Preston! I did that Masters test a long time ago--do they still let you use a slide rule?
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scstrickland
21 posts
Mar 14, 2009
1:13 AM
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Great news Preston, and a great way for everybody to get to know each other better. I wonder what the rest of you do. I for Instance am an elementary school Art Teacher!
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Tryharp
126 posts
Mar 14, 2009
3:35 AM
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Good achievement Preston. I tried to google electrician jokes to come up with something smart, as all the good ( bad ) puns were taken, but I couldnt find anythihng, but this joke I came across made me laugh a bit:
Paddy and his two friends are talking at a bar. His first friend says: "I think my wife is having an affair with the electrician. The other day I came home and found wire cutters under our bed and they weren't mine."
His second friend says: "I think my wife is having an affair with the plumber the other day I found a wrench under the bed and it wasn't mine."
Paddy says: "I think my wife is having an affair with a horse." Both his friends look at him with utter disbelief. "No I'm serious. The other day I came home and found a jockey under our bed."
You are probably still wired after doing your test, but you'll soon come back to earth.
TRYHAP
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geordiebluesman
155 posts
Mar 14, 2009
3:58 AM
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Hey Preston, Now you've managed an easy trade why don't you try a real challenge and study to be a heating engineer like me, We are after all the very pinicle of engineering excellence and we're all hung like donkeys
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mickil
76 posts
Mar 14, 2009
5:01 AM
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@ Preston, big congrats. I remember what it feels like to finish a big course of study. While we're talking about electricity, why doesn't everyone have little wind turbines on their roof? Is it because the utility companies are a bunch of crooks?
@scstrickland: I don't do anything at the moment. I tried teaching for a while, which I like, but UK secondary schools are like warzones, where only the enemy is armed. I often joke with friends about how I'd rather go to Iraq than back into an English school. The little sods can do whatever they like pretty much. When I was a kid, on more than one occasion, I got a bl**dy good clip round the ear when I deserved it. I'm still alive and relatively sane!
What I do now, when I'm working, is office stuff. AARRGGHH!
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'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchen; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty' - Frank Zappa
Last Edited by on Mar 14, 2009 5:04 AM
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tookatooka
146 posts
Mar 14, 2009
6:24 AM
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Well Done Preston. I won't go down the pun route like everyone alse has. They are all pretty shocking in my opinion. AARGH! No, I didn't mean that. I re-fuse to follow that trend.
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When I'm not blowing, I'm drawing.
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shaneboylan
84 posts
Mar 14, 2009
10:37 AM
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Hmmmm, dare I suggest a pun, before this thread fizzles out completely?????
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Preston
193 posts
Mar 14, 2009
2:27 PM
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That's what I love about this forumn. You guys always keep me grounded....
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tookatooka
147 posts
Mar 14, 2009
3:22 PM
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Like it. As in earthed?
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When I'm not blowing, I'm drawing.
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oldwailer
574 posts
Mar 14, 2009
4:50 PM
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OK Geordie--here's a reprint of the entire Plumbers ("heating engineer's) code book--just so you have one handy on your next job or if you need to pass the Master Turd Roller Test:
1. Shit rolls downhill.
2. Payday is Friday.
3. Most women don't like donkeys.
Hope that didn't stress you to do all that study! LOL!!!
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geordiebluesman
160 posts
Mar 15, 2009
5:50 AM
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Hey Wailer that cracked me up! I used to think you yanks were all a pain in the arse but you have proved me wrong, I recon you must have some Geordie blood in you to come up with top notch piss taking like this, I salute you!
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Preston
195 posts
Mar 15, 2009
7:31 AM
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When I got my test results back, they said I just barely passed. If I had missed one more question I would've had to be a heating engineer.
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bluesnut
61 posts
Mar 16, 2009
12:53 AM
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Do engineers ever install what they design cause in my experiance all engineers do is figure out ways to make instalations difficult. Congratulations Preston. I have been an electricain since 1988 and a contractor since 1999. (Aussiesucker would use seppo) Yanks may be a pun in the ass but it hurts soooo goooood. I also love a good pissing contest but don't eat the yellow snow.
God Bless America!
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