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From: Brimstone on 16 Jun 2010 01:05 "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message news:4c17dcd8$0$2621$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:-9udnTfrXchEMYrRnZ2dnUVZ8gGdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> >> "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message >> news:MpmdnWqIrY6dNorRnZ2dnUVZ8s2dnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... >>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:u7ednf5H04A96orRnZ2dnUVZ8vadnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>>> >>>> "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message >>>> news:4c17737b$0$6156$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>> >>>>>> http://www.dtwd.wa.gov.au/apprenticentre/detcms/apprenticeships-and-training/apprenticentre/program-descriptors/apprenticeships/metals-manufacturing-and-services/mechanical-fitter.en?oid=com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.ProgramDescriptor-id-323038 >>>>> >>>>> Another war of words! That link does indeed demonstrate that >>>>> "mechanical fitters" in some areas do make parts for machinery, but >>>>> AIUI we're talking about garage 'fitters', not mechanical fitters. >>>>> >>>> Garage fitters don't exist anymore. Cars aren't designed for parts to >>>> be repaired, only for parts to be changed. >>> >>> I've never heard the word "fitter" to mean a person who *makes* parts, >>> only to mean a person who fits them ("fitter - one who fits") - a >>> "garage fitter" in the sense that GT meant it. >>> >>> I can see where the confusion lies: "fitter" for a person who makes (eg >>> machines) parts is a misnomer. >> See my other post in which there is a link to a description of a fitter's >> job. > > A 'mechanical fitter' as opposed to a 'parts fitter'. The definition I gave at the start of this sub-thread was that a fitter is a highly skilled tradesman.
From: Adrian on 16 Jun 2010 02:16 Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > For FSH I would only expect the book stamped up by a dealer I wouldn't expect it to be main dealer unless specifically stated. > With the 75 all I received was the book all fully stamped up to current, > which tells only a fraction of the story. Oil services all done on time > with date + mileage and the same for inspections - pretty useless > really, when you need to pick up the pieces and need to start guessing > at what now needs to be done. With any older car, that's absolutely true - the service history is just a small and fairly irrelevant part of the full story, since service schedules are only intended to just help the car tick by to programmed obsolescence.
From: Dave Plowman on 16 Jun 2010 12:50 In article <87oo9pFmh4U1(a)mid.individual.net>, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > But there's the problem Kev, because you've done most of the services, > you're car has not got a 'proven' FSH. > You may have done it to a high standard, but you don't have those > magic franked documents to prove it was done on schedule etc. > Although I don't doubt your sincerity regarding the servicing, you > don't have a complete set of records to qualify it as FSH (technically). Think you mean FMDSH. Anyone can make up a stamp. -- *Learn from your parents' mistakes - use birth control. Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: Ret. on 16 Jun 2010 15:16 Dave Plowman wrote: > In article <87oo9pFmh4U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> But there's the problem Kev, because you've done most of the >> services, you're car has not got a 'proven' FSH. > >> You may have done it to a high standard, but you don't have those >> magic franked documents to prove it was done on schedule etc. > >> Although I don't doubt your sincerity regarding the servicing, you >> don't have a complete set of records to qualify it as FSH >> (technically). > > Think you mean FMDSH. Anyone can make up a stamp. I have one of those address stamps that was given away free. I stamp the book with that and sign it myself. -- Kev
From: Dave Plowman on 16 Jun 2010 18:31
In article <1jk79i5.7ubs1lyq0p3dN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > I have one of those address stamps that was given away free. I stamp > > the book with that and sign it myself. > Issuing a forged instrument, eh? Tssk you really are a one-man > crimewave. Perhaps you'd explain how stamping your own service book is 'issuing a forged instrument'? Thank gawd you have nothing to do with actual law enforcement. -- *OK, who stopped payment on my reality check? Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12 |