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I'm off!!!!!!!!Robinxr4i
@robinxr4i
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Sept 6, 2007 10:59:04 GMT
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The final day of my job at Auto Trader has come, I am leaving to go back to education at the tender age of 24. I have had enough of sales and am going to train as a mechanic! WOOO HOOOO ;D I have got a part time job at Halfords to help pay the rent and bills which is cool , but other than that I am going to be MEGA broke for the next 2 years so any plans to fit split rims or tune the engine on the Sierra are going to be very slow! Unfortunatly because I will no long be sat at a desk with a computer in front of me, I will not be able to slack off on Retro Rides as much (I need to get the internet at home sorted!) That is all.............
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Sept 6, 2007 11:00:25 GMT
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good luck, defo a lot better career to get in
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Sept 6, 2007 11:05:08 GMT
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Sort the internet at home your part of the furnature now! you can get RR on ya phone now, i managed it once on my scabby old Samsung, i'm sure i did. Good luck with it all, sounds like a good change, need one every nown then.
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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BiAS
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I'm off!!!!!!!!BiAS
@cheeqi
Club Retro Rides Member 147
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Sept 6, 2007 11:07:43 GMT
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Good luck Robin, where are you gonna do it? SDC? I'm sure that you'll enjoy it. It's always better to do something you want to do, makes it easier to get up in the mornings! Does this mean that I'll be getting a Halfrauds trade card then?
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I'm off!!!!!!!!Robinxr4i
@robinxr4i
Club Retro Rides Member 143
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Sept 6, 2007 11:14:25 GMT
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Yep, SDC. Its on my door step too ;D
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Last Edit: Sept 6, 2007 11:14:37 GMT by Robinxr4i
Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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markbognor
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I'm off!!!!!!!!markbognor
@markbognor
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Sept 6, 2007 11:15:19 GMT
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Good Luck Robin, Hope the student debt isn't too extensive.
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BiAS
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I'm off!!!!!!!!BiAS
@cheeqi
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Sept 6, 2007 11:18:37 GMT
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Keep meaning to say, You'll have to pop over to Bodge it and Scarper HQ for tea and biccies at some stage, you can always use my interweb to get your fix until you get it sorted at home
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I'm off!!!!!!!!Robinxr4i
@robinxr4i
Club Retro Rides Member 143
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Sept 6, 2007 11:24:37 GMT
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Yeah that would be cool, would love to see how the Civic's coming along in the metal ;D
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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BiAS
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I'm off!!!!!!!!BiAS
@cheeqi
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Sept 6, 2007 11:28:19 GMT
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PM'd ya
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Davenger
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It's only metal
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I'm off!!!!!!!!Davenger
@dminifreak
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Sept 6, 2007 12:48:28 GMT
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Good luck mate, hope it all works out for you
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Sept 6, 2007 13:08:00 GMT
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Doing what you want to do and not what everybody thinks is best for you is the way to go, wish you all the best mate.
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Sept 6, 2007 13:35:34 GMT
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Ballsy move!!
Good luck Robin, all the best and don't be a stranger!!
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If I have to explain, you won't understand. Maximum signature image height = 80 pixels
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ThePollitt
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Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
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Sept 6, 2007 14:53:15 GMT
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Hats off to you fella, hope everything goes smoothly!
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Sept 6, 2007 15:05:57 GMT
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Good luck, it takes a certain determination to leave the familiar behind and strike out in a new direction.
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Peugeot 307sw - Suzuki SV650S - MX5.
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I'm off!!!!!!!!BenzBoy
@benzboy
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Sept 6, 2007 15:56:30 GMT
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Best of luck! You spend most of your life at work, so you might as well do something you enjoy!
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Sept 6, 2007 16:38:59 GMT
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Being a mechanic seemed like a good idea to me until a year after starting. The everyday stuff, 99.9% of the work, gets pretty mundane. Over 1/2 of customers think they are being ripped off and consider having their car serviced a burden and don't appreciate any effort made by the mechanic to do the job well. Customers rarely think it important to get oil leaks fixed, "will it pass an mot?" "yes" "why do i need it doing than?" "because I'm getting oil in my hair", not normally a good enough reason. Pay is curse word.
Are you doing an apprenticeship?
I'm now building generator engines on an assemly line for twice the hourly rate.
Good luck! sometimes just a change is good.
Paul
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Sept 6, 2007 17:57:49 GMT
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good luck robin, you,ll need it when your up to the armpits in black sludge, cant wash the garage floor grease out of your chest hair,your knees are permanently gravel rashed, and can,t bear to look at your own car anymore out of sheer hate for all things vehicular. oh, and watch out for the weirdo,s who hang around garages too I'm sure you,ll be fine tho ;D ;D ;D
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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Sept 6, 2007 19:58:00 GMT
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Good luck mate, i'm joining you in Student life come Tuesday too. College here I come.
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Sept 6, 2007 20:58:50 GMT
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on one hand i'm wishing you all the best. on the other i'm a teeny bit jealous. and in my head i'm thinking "you gotta be mad!" start off by working in a dealers btw, you don't want to be the man facing the customer until you've got a couple of years behind you and 100% certainty you can do everything right. you'll get the most grief you could imagine evAr doing this job. as well as the same again in halfords what store you going into?
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tharg
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Sept 6, 2007 21:15:18 GMT
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best o luck mate
no negatives if its what you want go get it!
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