Thanks Anonmiss this is what I was thinking....And yes stay at home mum would def be pretty hard job!
No way thanks. Too many things can go wrong where I work and its against the law anyways. Mind you I dont mind a few beers after a days work or especially on the weekend after a hard week of work. Drugs/alcohol and machinery/equipment dont mix sorry.
You're correct... but only if the kids are younger than school-age. When the kids were at home, I'd work every O/T shift I could lay my hands on. Once they went to school, it was a piece of piss - I'd volunteer to do the hard yards some days and be stay-at-home dad (when the surf was firing).
Unemployment falls to 6.1pc as 37,400 jobs added Australia's unemployment rate has unexpectedly fallen to 6.1 per cent, with 37,400 jobs added, mostly full-time. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-15/unemployment-abs-labour-force-data-december/6018796 Congratulations to TheEnd.
Thanks Holdfast! Made it through 4 days with minimal anxiety and am operating the big equipment now so am learning lots. One more day to go and I will have done a full week of standard hours. And i'll work saturday if they ask me too!
Got my first full fortnights pay yesterday...Cleared nearly $2100 so I'm pretty happy and already put some away to save for a newer car. Working saturday morning again tomorrow which goes quick cos its only 5 or 6 hours......Simples!
You're a mechanic and you're going to blow your hard earned cash on a new car? That I'll never understand. I'm not a mechanic, and I've been driving an old 1990s Toyota for the past 10 years (it's never let me down BTW).
Ha! That Toyota still has the new car smell then! Until 3 years ago was driving my last Mazda Bravo for 16 years! And it only let me down once.
Wow $2100 is decent cash for a pay period. Once converted out from AUD to USD it is more than I am pulling down every two weeks. It sounds like you have a pretty good job. I just had to get a "new" car. It is new to me anyway. My '99 Corolla finally died and is going off to the junk yard. I got a '10 Corolla to replace it so I'm sure I'll get another good 10 years out of it. It is the sport model and whoever owned it before kept it VERY nice. I opened the hood and it looked brand new. I bought it from a dealer but the manager of the store is a good friend so I got it for about $2000 below Blue Book value plus it has a warranty. I like the new car because the old one has tried to kill me a few times but I'll still miss the old one. I have a lot of good memories with that car.
Ye you cant beat Toyota's for reliability its no wonder they are the worlds biggest selling brand. Especially compared to some of the crap that comes out of China. I've seen and worked on some pretty dodgy equipment from China and alot of it is direct copies of proper equipment. Worked on a forklift at my new job the other day that was a direct copy of a Nissan forklift. Had trouble finding parts and had to use aftermarket parts to get job done.
