Gavyn.
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meh, i can honestly say of all my older friends with jobs etc that have been to uni, theres a grand total of zero earning £40k a year, well actually theres one, but him going to uni had nothing to do with getting the job (as he jumped on labouring for a scaffolding firm over the summer when he was back from uni, went back doing that full time to get some cash when he quit uni, and hes now making ~£50k a year, but thats got bugger all to do with his degree)
A goal of a 25-30k starting salary is very optimistic these days, and very few people get it. i know plenty of people whove come out of uni, and got ok(ish) jobs working for councils or whatever, which they only got because of their degree,but there making less than what i make.
and as for the working offshore bit, any idiot who went and worked for pirtek or BML fluid power or the like, on a 2 year apprenticeship, whod come out as a hydraulic engineer, could do the same.
and also your saying you can get £40k a year in oil, if your working offshore, wernt you offered a job on like similar money to that, with a company car allowance, when you left school i seem to remember.
yeah but it was diving and i didn't fancy spending half my life in a tank for 48k per year after 2 years training. I don't think I could hack offshore It's sheer boredom.
I think maybe thats the difference up here, you can just go out and earn mega money if you have a degree because oil companies are constantly taking on people. Just about anyone with half a brain can earn 40k offshore BUT the work is horrendous and usually there is no pension and no other advantages so your better off with 20k onshore other than the fact that you work 2 weeks on then have 2 weeks to sit at home playing with yourself.
I think thats why i said plan it right in my first post, because really if you want to make large amounts of money more than likely you have to do something you don't really enjoy.
Usually a lot of the people who have engineering degree's up here will go offshore on a huge amount of money for the first 10-15 years, make their money. then settle for a nice easy office job for the rest of their life.
anyway if i don't get offered a place in college then i'll be heading (hopefully) for a modern apprenticeship possibly with someone like BT
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Because the average person getting a degree walks straight into a 40k job?! Talk about optimistic...
I guess things are a bit different here with the oil. if you did come out of uni with a degree in something to do with engineering you could walk into a 40k a year job no problem as long as you didn't mind working offshore.
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have any of you guy's with 'fast' 50's been stopped for going more than 33 or whatever your restricted to?
I know at least one guy in aberdeen was stopped going 45 and his bike was crushed because he wasn't insured as soon as he went more than than 33. bit of a bitch. banned from driving/riding for 2 years aged 16 doesn't sound fun to me.
I've already told you all I know about 50's over msn.
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me too.
strip them out and get a single harness in there. to be honest I wouldn't go too mental if you're going to put it back to normal afterwards probs just take out seats and carpets, spare wheel and tools maybe air con and stuff like that as long as it's fairly easy to put back.
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yerr, I suppose it's a bit different when you have a bike. Maybe foam is a good idea after all. I don't want to be partially responsible for you going out and damaging yourself.
athough I'm still sure that if you did just learn it in your head and go for it then you might not come off badly at all.
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I love people that say shit like this to be cool.
never said it to be cool lol I wouldn't do it. when i learned to backflip (without a bike) I said shouldn't I be using mats and stuff but if you've learned all the theory for it and built up to it properly, it's worth just going and doing it instead of messing with foam pits and water surely.
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It's quite a way away, but maybe going to the Transition Extreme (Or whatever it's called) skatepark in Aberdeen and sending it to the foam a couple of times might be an idea?
If not, I'd honestly recommend getting some old mattresses or something like that and laying them on the top of a tabletop just so you can try and get a feel of it, 'cos you seriously aren't going to be riding out of it first go...
there isn't a foam pit there, at least I don't think there is.
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foam pits and water are for pussies, go out have a good think about it then go for it.
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But you've got to remember most people don't go to uni planning to go into a 20-30k a year job. or why would anyone do it? if you planned it right went to uni in scotland (no/hardly any fees part time job and no loan) you could walk out of uni aged 22 and walk straight into a 40k+ job and be caught up and over taken financially within 5 years. so you give up 5 years of your motorbike and car and stuff to come out after it with a better motorbike and better car for the rest of your life.
and if you get a degree you can be promoted much further than you can without one.
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I got kicked out of school after my exams because my attendance was shoddy, and i did some pretty bad stuff. got my SGs though. then i went to college to study a general science course which i was going to do for a year then 2 years at college doing just physics hnd then 3 years at uni doing a physics related degree. But i hated it. it was full of doll scrounging bastards and we were covering basic things that i already knew. so i left, and have not regretted it at all.
I took a year out because I wanted to go to my aunts in germany for a couple of weeks and stuff. And now I'm looking at a couple of options for the future.
The first is back to a different college. This time in computer support which i think i would enjoy a lot more.
The second is the army, I've always been obsessed with planes and skydiving so i want to join the paras, but still i don't think i would enjoy army life. eg early mornings and crap food.
third is an apprenticeship. I've got a couple of offers lined up but nothing set in stone. They would be in either heating and plumbing, Instrumentation, household electrician (not electrical engineering) or electrical engineering.
I'm yet to decide but I'm swaying towards instrumentation at the moment because there is a severe lack of people who can do it and therefore the guys on my dads site make anything from 50k-100k a year which is not bad considering none of them have been at uni or hold anything more than an apprenticeship
meh i'll decide soon.
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nice one, riding is much improved from when you had the diamondback. I do think you suit a mod better but meh it's up to you.
gavy
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it's all in the prep and final finish, you don't need too many coats and if you do use to many the paint will be more brittle and come off easier.
The best way to get a fairly professional finish from a can is to make sure the prep is perfect,if the paint on your frame is already chipped and scratched then you'll be best to strip it.
make sure you sand or file all the little surface scratches you can even fill the big ones if you want, and then use a decent scratch filling primer, then a normal primer, then your paint, (I always wait for it to dry fully, wash the frame and t cut it at that point) then lacquer it.
I'm pretty sure there isn't such a thing as decent professional canned spray, most professional painters will use a proper spray booth or a compressor at the least
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say your supervisor said you could have them.
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I read on the back of the cheap chain that I bought that the split link was 13% stronger than the rest of it. this is because it has thicker plates which are also the same shape as the normal links plates. It's not snapped yet anyway.
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The clash
The Damned
stiff little fingers
desmond decker
The specials
Toots and the mytals
anything punk ska or raggae really.
awesome.
I listen to the same sort of stuff along with the likes of the who, the jam, oasis, blur, vampire weekend, and maximo park.
Unless I'm riding downhill, then it's all dnb and hardcore. thats only because it makes me work harder and go faster. I don't really like it.
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ahh my old frame.
looks really nice. the rims go well.
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Not riding for KOXX might seem weird by those who havent been riding for KOXX .....
Now you've got me interested. What did they do/not do?
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Confined - As I Lay Dying, wish i had the song in Danny's new vid ( HINT HINT )
.Anyone wanna tell me ?
atreyu - shameful
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my self learning to play Status quo - rocking all over the world and The beetles - hey jude on bagpipes/chanter
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I had a tenner on King Johns Castle to come in the top 3 at 20-1 so made a fair bit of cash
anyone else do well?gav
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it's constructive criticism, If you can't live with it on the internet then you won't last 5 mins in the real world.
maybe instead of thinking that 'this is what trials is' you'll see that 3/4 of riders don't agree and maybe even see that 35 side hops is maybe a bit over kill...?
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great stuff guy's. nice and smooth and decent music.
If I pass my test on the 16th I may be up there 1 or 2 weekends after that. If any of you fancy it then pop down. I'll give one of you guys a Pm if I'm sure I'm going, (will need to book time off, get a shot of my dads car and book Morag's lodge.)
anyway nice one chaps
gav
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Just to clear up, don't think i want to do it, I don't mind messing up my own frames but don't fancy doing it to anyone else's.
gav
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I take it your looking for a full blown compressor paint job and not just your average out of a can one.
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I think some people are missing the point.
He wants to use the bike for getting to college which is 25 miles away, so yes it has to be fast, but tuning an rs 50 (or any 50 for that matter.) means it'll be an unreliable piece of junk. which is not good when you've got to use it 3 days a week at 8 in the morning in the freezing cold. I know if i was planning on doing it I'd be choosing something safe, comfortable and reliable over an 80 mph, race tuned, hit or miss, shake your arms to pieces, death trap, donor
posermobile.anyways back on topic people.
gav