From: Noddy on

"Crash Lander" <here(a)there.yeahright> wrote in message
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> He's a rare case. I've sold carpet for 13 years, and I've not met a
> carpet layer who could string more than a few sentences together.
> Good on your mate! Wish he was still laying carpet!

If you actually spoke to him he *sounds* like a carpet layer. It's only when
he dons his "Harry Potter" outfit (as he calls it) and stands up in court
does his alter ego emerge :)

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Noddy.


From: D Walford on
On 31/07/2010 1:27 AM, Kev wrote:

> Whatever he does, I keep pointing out to him that if he doesn't pull his
> head in and study hard he'll end up driving trucks like me
>

Hope he listens to the good advice he's getting.
Too many young people don't look forward enough, they need to understood
that a bit of hard work now will give them a much better future but it
isn't easy to put on old head on young shoulders.

> not that $85,000/year is bad money for a non trade job. It's just that
> it took me 15 years to get there


Not bad at all but its not a job I want any more, I wasn't getting paid
anything like that when I was driving trucks.


Daryl
From: Albm&ctd on
In article <D3p2o.1561$Yv.318(a)viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com>,
georgewfrost(a)gmail.com says...
> The simplest crossings may just consist of some markings on the road
> surface. These are often called zebra crossings, referring to the alternate
> white and black stripes painted on the road surface.
>
Do they have thylacine crossings in Tasmania?

Al
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From: who where on
On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:19:49 +1000, Albm&ctd
<alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote:

>In article <D3p2o.1561$Yv.318(a)viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com>,
>georgewfrost(a)gmail.com says...
>> The simplest crossings may just consist of some markings on the road
>> surface. These are often called zebra crossings, referring to the alternate
>> white and black stripes painted on the road surface.
>>
>Do they have thylacine crossings in Tasmania?

Not any more ...