Ghost Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 EVERYTHING!! DVLA apparently losing my v5 document telling them I've sold my car about 2weeks ago and now sending me a threatening letter telling me they're going to fine me unless I tax the car or declare it sorned. British Telecom who are useless full stop couldn't organise a pi$$ up in a brewery A local doctor who told one of my friends her mother was definently going to die 3weeks ago but she didn't pass away until yesterday The doctor/consultant in dorchester hospital who said my grandads bone marrow infection and subsequent chest infection which he caught in hospital should clear up with antibiotics, then grandad died 2days later The fact that the royal british legion won't be able to sell poppies in certain areas this year because it will upset certain ethic groups and finally the copper who I meet on a narrow country lane in my car, who told me not to reverse at such high speed because I might lose control (I have advanced road and race circuit training) , then didn't even say thankyou for reversing back in the first place, ignorant cnut and deep breath............................. relax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Guess who.....yup him again, our student > He's avoiding me and alsp being very sheepish when he is around me at present as I think he lip read what I said when he nearly ripped the cart elevator off the potato harvester not once but twice this afternoon within 5 minutes through not paying attention > I think he's worried that I may carry out my threat of wrapping my 50mm spanner around his head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pj witch Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Guess who.....yup him again, our student > He's avoiding me and alsp being very sheepish when he is around me at present as I think he lip read what I said when he nearly ripped the cart elevator off the potato harvester not once but twice this afternoon within 5 minutes through not paying attention > I think he's worried that I may carry out my threat of wrapping my 50mm spanner around his head sounds like he is about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike Gav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 sounds like he is about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike Gav That expression has always made me laugh as I have known a few of them over the years. I heard another one the other day that is equally as good though, he is a lighthouse in the desert, very bright but not much use to anyone! One of my colleagues is currently writing a book and is using that as the title ;D ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 He's still being sheepish around me, might have something to do with the fact I showed him all the damage he's done to the elevator over the past week through dragging it on the trailer backwards, forwards and sideways along with reading him the riot act about not paying enough attention to what he's doing. He then said to me 10 minutes later his ideal job when he leaves college would be one like mine, main tractor driver and workshop person...........afraid I told him to lower his sights a bit I don't want to be too cruel to the boy but you can tell when someones got the skills needed in him and, well, I just can't see it and neither can anyone else on the farm \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 You are not speeding up and slowing down just to get him in trouble are you Gavalar :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Passport application form - it has small print which is also orange and that means I can hardly read it even with a magnifying glass! Think I am going to have to get someone to fill it in for me. What a pain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Do you want me to 'Pop over' Auntie Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 You are not speeding up and slowing down just to get him in trouble are you Gavalar :D No more so than I need to with variable crop and soil flow over the harvester. The main incident happened when I stopped at the end of the field and he didn't. I don't quite know if he thought I was going to try and drive through the wood in front of me or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 :D ... It's not so bad if you do that on corn cart I suspect... but when the elevator is inside the trailer I guess it gets a little more serious Not that I've done it... obviously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 :D ... It's not so bad if you do that on corn cart I suspect... but when the elevator is inside the trailer I guess it gets a little more serious Not that I've done it... obviously He did do it then as well, while discussing this with my boss yesterday he did admit to stopping the combine in a hurry and leaping out of the cab to have a "chat" with him about the same things during harvest as I had done as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Oh dear oh dear.... he's got to go mate really I reckon.. if he's not got the hang of it by now then he never will do me thinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 He's only got two more weeks with us now, thats 14 more X's on my calender What none of us can work out is how he actually starts off well on a new task then gets WORSE at it the more he does it \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 Sounds to me Gav he may not be quite the bloke a farm needs now but don't discourage him for trying. If I was a 'youngun' and read those kind of things about me I'd be gutted. As a kind of mentor, you need to do just that. Nothing wrong in pointing out somebody's shortfalls but doing it in the wrong way will only put pressure on the boy and few react well to pressure, especially at his age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Oh believe me we've tried every way possible from the helpfull suggestions to being blunt with him but its like talking to a brick wall, within 10 minutes he's back to his old ways. It comes to something when visiting lorry drivers are making comments to us about him when they pick up full bulkers I've left him a week without saying anything to him in a hope that without any comments he may just get on with it and improve through practice himself as I myself wondered if I was giving him too much input in trying to guide him..........wrong, he steadily went downhill again. Unfortunately whilst having our chat yesterday in which I did keep calm (not sure how) I did have to tell him that if he hit the back of the elevator again he would be paying me £60 to replace my CCD camera on the back of it (if it was broken of course) that I use for seeing into trailers and for knowing where the back is to guide them as he almost ripped it off the last two times so I think a third hit would be pushing it, they aren't that strong \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Sounds to me Gav he may not be quite the bloke a farm needs now but don't discourage him for trying. If I was a 'youngun' and read those kind of things about me I'd be gutted. As a kind of mentor, you need to do just that. Nothing wrong in pointing out somebody's shortfalls but doing it in the wrong way will only put pressure on the boy and few react well to pressure, especially at his age. belive me tris, when you get the" wrong person for the job" nothing works, we have a guy like that at work, and so far 4 of us have all tried, all have tried every approach, and to date hes not any better, all of us now refuse to work with him, everyone said he starts out well, but within a week he drops of like a sack of spuds down a cliff ,takes a lot for me to snap but i did the last few days with me, as did my mate whos so laid back its incredable ,doesnt help when he called us all "unhelpful w****rs" to our faces either when he was puled in by the boss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Do you want me to 'Pop over' Auntie Sue You're always welcome Mark. Seriously my sight is causing real problems unless the plenned treatment works as they hope I will be unable to drive in a few months let alone read passport forms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Oh no Aunty Sue... I hope they can improve it for you then... and pronto.. I can think of nothing worse really :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 just got a letter to say my plastic id drivers license runs out in nov, new form and pic needs sending in, and its going to cost me £20 for the privelge of getting it done? how does it cost that to stick a pic on a new card and print a new date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Oh no Aunty Sue... I hope they can improve it for you then... and pronto.. I can think of nothing worse really :'( Neither can I and that's a fact. Hopefully the will be able to partially reverse and then stabilse but only time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 I managed to drop my camera on the concrete at the Lanark show today. Still works...well once I was able to hold down the the cover piece which holds in the battery and SD card. A £ 1 roll of insulating tape fixed me up temporarily. Think it is time now to go new camera shopping when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robl12 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Car insurance companies. Just phoned mine to add new car and got quoted silly price and they would not match my best quote. Scandlous. Goodside lookslike I will get a meerkat for buying my insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 starter gone on my car .. fixed tommorw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 found out today that the "cornwall project team" has swollen again in staff numbers, with another 4 project managers, brining the total to 14, great other than all are non build backgorund guys ,and all were under performers from the faults side, none of us got a interview for the posts ,mind you with a grand total of 3 fiber engineers working on it, then can not free us anyway, amazing ,8 weeks behind to date, and we take on yet more "pencil pushers" instead of training guys up for the field, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Wisdom tooth coming through has flamed my mouth up and hurts like hell cue jokes about a 16 year old with any wisdom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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