Clarifyin something for DOC and OTHERs..Bout CLEAN FKN SHIRTS

So here is the link..yeah…might have had a couple of EARLY starters too..maybe.

I am a FKN GOD!.

Heres the link.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo-9Jiuesvs

Pondo Tour by Video

OK..as per our Nat’s suggestion, we decied, seeing as we are such a legendary fkn film maker to do another one.

its a small outside , very personal tour of the Pondo, some swearing on occasion..but not much. Work done, too do, plants to be KILLED OFF and generally me playing a very well educated tour guide..Eloquent is what i would call it.

Here are the Links. Two short Vids

Part one of the SPECIAL tour.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ1z02y-b9Y

Part TWO of the special tour    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_urww1WheZ4

GROLSCH BEER

Ok..it goes without saying I have taken a bucket load of flack, ribbing and innuendo, plus fk knows what else about this beer. WHY, because I have never, I mean honest to god, as long as my arse points to the fkn ground had it before.

Not so long ago, the Alleged Jugger Author John Birmingham (http://www.cheeseburgergothic.com/ ) did a sesh on Beer over at the Brisbane times on his Blog. Great debate was had by all and since then i have been on the receiving end as well about drinking Fruity , fluffy kinda beers such as the COLD FUSION, with LIME. which IMHO, and thats really fkn saying something is a great beer to have the one or two of after being out, fkn refreshing it is. Now under what would constitute normal circumstances in the HAVOCK Household, we partake in draught Beer. But of late, we have delved into all sorts, Pilsners of various varieties, Haagen, Cold Fusion and fk knows what else.

BUT..the FLIP TOP, resealable GROLSCH was laid on me as being the Ducks GUT, top og the FKN tree  so to speak. So after much fucking around and after the Boss lady found out she could utilise the bottles for home made sauce…I ordered some in. I only wanted two slabs, the bottle shop ordered three and the BOSS LADY, decided she would  collect them for me..rather nice really, seeing as she decided to grab ALL THE FKN CASES….OUCH!.

SO we trialed it…its smooth, thats for sure, I could almost suggest a hint of fruitiness in the background and they do go down rather well. Prolly one of the best…OK..I will fucking well relent and suggest it would make me top TWO..OK..

I’m not gunna divulge number one, because that with without doubt start a whole new round of shit and drop the productivity of numerous persons during their work day..NOT that some need encouragement mind you. So attached is a very short VID of the unveiling as you might call it, runs for about 25 seconds or so…

Here is the You tube Video LINK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyOpcIx9-3w

That FKR, RUD BOT BOT

A little while ago, in 07 in fact, the fed gummit decided that the abolishment of Technical schools was a bad thing, what with the lack of trades people and all, the screaming of potential employers about kids coming to them with NO FUCKING IDEA how to turn a welder on, Start up a lathe without the fkn CHUCK key still in it or Mitre a piece of timer without asking ” Is that the Mitre tavern” or fkn what.

I’ll confess, I went to a technical school, it was considered very uncool to head on over to the HIGH SCHOOL, THATS FOR FKN GIRLs and PANTY WAISTS…you would not be caught dead over there IN MY DAY.

I must admit, some did go, it was really for those who did not wish to do any trade based education and thats fine now. Sure, being a Full tech, we also had all the usual academic mind classes of sorts, Biology, Maths pure and Applied and all the other little ones ya memory is now prolly telling you about. Well here is another…It wasn’t VCE when I went throught..it was TOP, the equivalent to VCE or HSC as it was over at that poncy school with the girly boys.

But thats not what has pissed me off. It was bad enough that the fkn tools in government decided to ROLL tech into TAFE..what a fkn joke that was, but it did die off and lots, i mean lots off kids who would quite possibly have taken up a trade went dow other paths, found they didnt like it and thus, upon entering the work force received plenty of abuse and scorn at not being able to do what I consider for a tradie or apprentice wannabe  as the fucking basics.

Dont put the spinning head of the BIG FKN 9 FKN INCH grinder onto the ground..YES..it will take off, yes it does generate its own very fkn nasty centrivical force and YES…I HAS NOW SEVERED YA FKN LEG!.

OH…when ya sytatt the lath with the chuck key in it, it throws the fkr a mile..does punch a hole in the teachers head or his ute…hmmm.

OH..Gee wiz, now that the oxy hand piece has gone out with a loud pop and co’s I dont have spark / flash arrester on it I should shut it off before something really fucking nasty happens..um..OH yes, thats right, welding on steel plate out in the open when it WET is NOT a good thing to do, Drills will grade and snap ya fucking wrist and ..AND..OH yes, I can’t see anything now, but I guess safty glasses when using a bench grinder are the go hey…

Anyways. They built and opened across the country these swanky state of the fucking art technical colleges, arranged for local big and small businesses to be on the BOARD and integrate with the kids for work placement, school based apprenticeships and so forth which was fucking brilliant.

We the received a call, actually i was told by the eldest……THEY ARE CLOSING THE TECH SCHOOLS…”WHAT THE FUCK”, they just fucking built them, turns out he was close.

Whats actually happened is the FED gummit has stopped FUNDING the TECH colleges , so in the case on one i know..and this applies across the board as far as i have been able to glean, they have affiliated themselves with universities or tafe colleges and raised the fees from 200 per student per year to 1000 dollars per student per year, plus the usual books and clothing etc.

Now some will say a grade is fuck all, but lets remember a lot of the tradies come from a lower socio economic background and that simply just the way it is, other dont, but the fkn counter sways towards the former and not the fucking latter.

So how do you thing, a family thats earning 60K a year with three kids, two of which want to go to tech can cough up 2K…IT AINT GUNNA FUCKING HAPPEN.

WHAT fucked me off eight fucking ways from christmas is those cock sucking spin doctoring fucking muppet heads air thieving fucking wankers in parliament in Canberra. the FUCKWAD CENTRAL of politics have done all this opn the sly. THEN also, you hear , or REMEMBER the EDUCATION REVOLUTION SPEACH..from Blond boy, has his hand on his WONDER FUCKING TOY RUD BOT BOT and you go WTF..hows that work

This one has been sly, underhanded and kicks the fuck outta people who do need assistance, its gunna shrink the flow of TRAINED, thats sorta trained persons going for apprenticeships and place an additional strain on the workplace as they enter with sweet fuck all of an idea on whats going on.

Canberra really have done it this time,. I noticed NOTHING HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THIS..its all been kept really fucking quiet. FUCKING ARSEFUCKERS!..

The PONDOS Pergola update..some more construction today

Aside from receiving that telephone call which kinda sucked arse today, we were into construction mode for the wee pergola. Both the boys were giving me a hand today and the good boss lady chipped in as well with the painting of the timber.

The eldest bloke decided he wanted a crack at some of the welding as the two outer posts needed to have brackets welded to them, then sanding and then be painted like the wall/ facia support posts. He did a reasonable job, given he has only done a bit at school and never really showed interest at home here. Well he got a lesson today, certainly in just how hard it can be and the difference that various types of electrodes can made to the welding process.

I had to touch them up, his welds that is, but thats fine. I had the time and its good practise for him, only way to learn some things is to get in and have a crack. Must say, that the pair of them worked really well today and by jesus, it makes life a fkn lot easier when you have a 17 yr old and 15 yr old giving you a hand, plus the boss lady of course.

So , in the list of shots listed below are the following.

The newly fabricated posts, A picture of the brackets, mounted on the wall and with the facia board already installed on them as well. You may notice that only two brackets have been installed, well thats because I re assessed the over all structure and decided that FOUR brackets was simply miles of fkn overkill and if needs be, I can retrofit them later on, no big deal. All the timbers have been primed and painted, the posts have now been painted as well and its not on the list of shots, but one bean has already been installed and propped / support posted as well. I take pickies of that tomorrow as we start to erect HAVs monstrosity on behalf og the boss lady.

Missed the JOB

OK..as most might be aware I finish up this friday with the Contract role. I went for an Operations Managers position , running three sites in town..not a bad role really. I passed the first interview with the Property Manager, then the next Interview with the Nat Operations Mgr and the  Regional Account Manager. All was good.

They recommended to the client that I be given the position, even though we did not have a degree or TRADE background = ( qualifications). That s why the Regional Mgr and Nat Operations Manager became involved in the Interview process as there was some concern as to whether or not i was proficient enough technically.

Aparently they were impressed..which is great, I was then put forward to the  Customer, who owns multiple sites across the country and after nearly two weeks deliberation by them plus a very good word from OUR ACCOUNT MANAGER..I was turned down.

So its back to the drawing Board. We have oportinities with a new account they have just Won, a National Telco and I have some LONGER TERM IRONS in the fire as well.

I suspect that come Wednesday, I will also be contacting a mob who asked if i would do a short term fill in, in the CBD, its 10K  PA less, but thats still miles in front of NO WORK or Gummit payed looking for work.

Its certainly not ideal, I’m not happy at not having got the job and thats all normal..it just kinda fks me off a tad. But nothing can be done about that.

So..once more into the breach as they say..keep looking and ya never know.

PONDO..Construction Works

The good lady two weeks ago decided that off the back section of the house ( Rumpus ) room we needed a shaded and semi roof outdoor area. Even though we will shortly construct a fully roof ( weatherproofed ) pergola off the main part of the house. Her theory was ” WELL you have everything…so why not, its not like you have to buy the steel or timber, its stacked up, up the back”.

I love that shit..its just sooo indisputable as a theory..well, she is my wife and its not worth either the grief or my life to decied..NO, we are not doing that. thats because all the signs were there that this was gunna happen come hell or high water.

So I thought we might walk you through where we are so far, then do some posts of stages as they go up.

First cab was design, I’m not doing this kinda work ever witout a plan. So the Pic below is a side shot of how the brackets I have made will fit onto the wall, poke out under the eves and take a long running facia board to support the structure from the house endge.

Wall Bracket design and placement on wall

Then having sorted out just HOW I was going to design the brackets, I needed on overall layout, especiall so when I found out, was was going to be a flat, full shade clothed area, was to have a pitched roof in the central section, full cladded with Laser light sheeting, this making it weather proof of sorts…EFFIN HELL!.

So below is the overall layout.

Layout, showing House on left, existing fernery up top and sleeper walls etc

So with that done, it was off to the shed, several trips to the steel rack up the back, cutting, grinding, measuring and welding. For those who might be tech minded, I used, Low Hydrigen rods, 3.2mm TC units. Beautiful to used and strong as fk welds, be them verticle ups, downs or simple flat welds. The slag also comes off easily as well. You tend to need a few more amps..but hey, ITS ONLY ELECTRICITY RIGHT!.

So below are the construction shots of the rather large brackets

Wall Bracket design and placement on wall

Layout, showing House on left, existing fernery up top and sleeper walls etc

Then we have the finished products, they still need the end caps putting on, but that will happen just before i bolt them to the brick wall

And here is a shot of how they will go up, its on the front of the garage and NOT where they will end up, plus they will have all brackets on a flat surface. You can’t see on this shot the end piece of Angle that sits out past the gutter, onto which I will bolt the Facia borad..but it kinda gives ya an idea i guess

WE MIGHT HAVE A WINNER

On the 29^th our current contract expires as you will all know. Recent interviews have been interesting to say the least. We passed number one for a three site Operations Manager gig here in Melbourne and fronted up for the second interview with the big boys. Needless to say, I impressed them, they were impressed with me and my Very extensive RISK MANAGEMENT background.

I have found out that I have been successful which is wicked, now what takes place is they submit me to the client who happens to own the three properties, once the customer signs off I will receive the letter of offer which BTW is for a PERM gig.

HAVE TO loOK After me and the family and sure as shit, if the contract was lost I would be out on my a

Other than that…all is good. EXCEPT for the eldest throwing in a cricket ball at training last night, flat, HARD and fkn LOW. With No pads on 9 keeping in the field), because its training out in the middle, I had to bend down really low, really quickly, missed the ball by a whisker with the gloves and it slammed into MY FKN knee on the full.

Its now like a fkn balloon, sore and giving me grief. Mind you, being a GOD, crossed with a TITAN its all manageable…just don’t FKN NEED IT AT THE MO is all.

Coulda killed the little shit

Australia a Terrorist NATION?= INDIA..GET FKD!

Well, to be honest I was going to post something else…but I kinda flipped out over the news tonight and Indian Government indications as reported in the news of POSSIBLE sanctions over the students death.

COME ON..For FUCK SAKES!. The students death has been reported by police as NOT racially motiovated and I for one, would believe our police before those of that fucking MUPPET HEADED STATE of INDIA!.

The students death is nothing short of a tradgety…no other way to describe his murder. The fucker when caught…well, when convicted, post legislative alterations I would send into the ” EYE for an EYE  section of justice. but thats my view.

WHAT completely shits me to tears is dumb fuck headed comments by some…STUDENTS at that, on the TV likening us to a TERRORIST STATE…GET FUCKED, FUCK OFF and GO THE FUCK HOME THEN.

If you feel that your life is under such a threat here and our country is so bad..LEAVE. Any fuckjing muppet making statements like that needs deporting in my book. As for the Indian Minister..well shove whatever it is you want to do up your short fat arse. SANCTIONS..OK..yeah, Indian students do bring a bucket load of CASH into this country..no denying that.

My responce..if they went down that path..

KICK THE FUCKING LOT OUT…REVOKE their fucking VISA’s and send them home. GO get your education somewhere else.

Intolerant, arrogant and misinformed bunch of fucking knob heads.

This shit has been brewing for a while..personally..

I have had enough of their shit over there.

The end is near.

Possibly the last post for the year i guess. Well let me see.

Got some writting done and shit sorted…Tick

Thru mud at various ferals…..Tick.

Caught up with some ferals…Tick

Did as much as I should have…mmmNO!

Kept boss lady happy…..TICK

Capped that fkn RHINO BASTARD..mmmm NO!

all in all a productive year. Come the 29th of Jan my gig at the BANK expires and my contract shall not be renewed..oops..Never mind. Out in the market already and we have an interview tomorrow at 0900 hours for an operations managers position..Time will tell of course.

So we have the break period off, thats gunna involve christmas at home, then boxing day lunch with a friend who is back over from the states for a couple of weeks and possibly around Tuesday next week, slip down to mum and dads and catch up with them.

thats going to take in some fishing as well, maybe chase a few eels and then head off shore for some bigger fun, both the boys are seriously looking forward to this and so am I. Can’t say the boss lady is overjoyed at the fishing prospects..I’ll just hand her some cash and i think her and mum will be happy for the arvo.

BEER…oh hell yes, a few sherbets shall be consumed, I plan on doing some more writing as well, seeing as we have been very derilict on that front, unlike Jugger authors, we who WORK FOR A LIVING, have very few precious moments, those we do get are filled with CRICKET AND DRINKING.

Have a happy and safe Christmas all of you, drink way to god dam much, eat too much and I will see you all later on.

Best from H MAN and the HAVOCK TRIBE