New Year, New Resolution - Acceptable topics for GD

[WalksWithTurkeys]

With only a first in maths and a 2/1 in geography, I really don't think that I have the qualifications to discuss religion.

Indeed, it seems that you are not really qualified to discuss much at all and seem to be pretty useless.

Wow! What a devastating reply! Well done Corgigrouch! I am speechless! I submit and will go from whence I came! See you later!

I wonder what qualifications corgigrouch has?

Like most guys in vans, I am qualified to engineer wonderful, creative and useful things, thus improving the lives of many folk, making the world a better place... Blokes in vans, I salute you.

So no qualifications then? I've been saluted by a bloke in a white van on several occasions, they do seem to like to say hello. Psst: I'm sure some women drive vans too.

 

[Corgigrouch]

With only a first in maths and a 2/1 in geography, I really don't think that I have the qualifications to discuss religion.

Indeed, it seems that you are not really qualified to discuss much at all and seem to be pretty useless.

Wow! What a devastating reply! Well done Corgigrouch! I am speechless! I submit and will go from whence I came! See you later!

I wonder what qualifications corgigrouch has?

Like most guys in vans, I am qualified to engineer wonderful, creative and useful things, thus improving the lives of many folk, making the world a better place... Blokes in vans, I salute you.

So no qualifications then? I've been saluted by a bloke in a white van on several occasions, they do seem to like to say hello. Psst: I'm sure some women drive vans too.

Well I do have a lot of qualifications but as I have stated earlier, qualifications on their own don't actually make you useful and so have no bearing here. Plenty of women use vans.. The ones I know are as able as men and so qualify to be "Blokes in vans" No sexism here thank you...

I too am a big fan of chocolate Hob Nobs with my cup of tea though it is worth while checking out the kitchens of some customers before you commit to a brew so I always keep a bottle of sparkling water on the van just in case.... Just as an aside, I tend to let my brew go tepid before I drink it, i find that you can taste the tea better... I always favour Yorkshire tea though although I have spent a lot of time in Yorkshire, have never successfully found a tea plantation there...

 

[Deleted member 63160]

My customers are always saying "drink your tea before it's cold". I always let it get tepid. Standing sipping away at a cup is such a waste of time plus custs don't want to pay me 75 quid an hour to sip tea!

 

[longdogs]

I too am a big fan of chocolate Hob Nobs with my cup of tea though it is worth while checking out the kitchens of some customers before you commit to a brew so I always keep a bottle of sparkling water on the van just in case.... Just as an aside, I tend to let my brew go tepid before I drink it, i find that you can taste the tea better... I always favour Yorkshire tea though although I have spent a lot of time in Yorkshire, have never successfully found a tea plantation there...

I also like Hob Nobs and Yorkshire tea. I like to dunk biscuits in tea. It's all down to the timing - too long and they're a gonna.

 

[Corgigrouch]

Yeah, too long and it's mush in the bottom of the mug...

 

[Corgigrouch]

And here is my work mug..

 

[longdogs]

Wow! Fantastic! I would like to think that the colours match your van providing a corporate image.

 

[WalksWithTurkeys]

Well I do have a lot of qualifications but as I have stated earlier, qualifications on their own don't actually make you useful and so have no bearing here.

I think you'll find a lot of companies disagree with you. A first in maths is highly employable. The skills are useful, and companies prize the ability to think.,But I bet your qualifications are rather basic, even if we include your scout badges. By the way, ASBOs do not count.

 

[fender]

I think you'll find wwt, that the engineers out there on the road are a lot smarter than you think. Don't belittle them just because they may be in a van and wearing overalls.
I run a team of m&e engineers, commercial heating engineers, and commercial air conditioning & chiller engineers. These systems are very complicated to fault find. You need a logical and analytical mind. With air conditioning systems, you also need a reasonable understanding of certain aspects of physics and a better than good understanding of electrics and control systems.

It takes a lot of experience and skill, gained over many years.

 

[WalksWithTurkeys]

I think you'll find wwt, that the engineers out there on the road are a lot smarter than you think. Don't belittle them just because they may be in a van and wearing overalls.
I run a team of m&e engineers, commercial heating engineers, and commercial air conditioning & chiller engineers. These systems are very complicated to fault find. You need a logical and analytical mind. With air conditioning systems, you also need a reasonable understanding of certain aspects of physics and a better than good understanding of electrics and control systems.

It takes a lot of experience and skill, gained over many years.

If you check back you will see that corgigrouch was being abusive to bolo and dismissing the value of his degrees, saying that he was useless. Why am I not surprised that does not bother you. I think it quite reasonable to question his qualifications or lack of in that context.

As regards engineers, or trades, they vary greatly. Some are very capable, some aren't. But you underestimate the difference in complexity between servicing a boiler, or hanging a door, and solving the maths for a deep ocean geophysical survey for example.

I tend to do jobs myself. My last job was taking a Kenwood Chef to pieces to replace the high speed spindle. A very nicely designed machine. I'd love to restore an old one, they are gems.

 

[fender]

I think you'll find wwt, that the engineers out there on the road are a lot smarter than you think. Don't belittle them just because they may be in a van and wearing overalls.
I run a team of m&e engineers, commercial heating engineers, and commercial air conditioning & chiller engineers. These systems are very complicated to fault find. You need a logical and analytical mind. With air conditioning systems, you also need a reasonable understanding of certain aspects of physics and a better than good understanding of electrics and control systems.

It takes a lot of experience and skill, gained over many years.

If you check back you will see that corgigrouch was being abusive to bolo and dismissing the value of his degrees, saying that he was useless. Why am I not surprised that does not bother you. I think it quite reasonable to question his qualifications or lack of in that context.

As regards engineers, or trades, they vary greatly. Some are very capable, some aren't. But you underestimate the difference in complexity between servicing a boiler, or hanging a door, and solving the maths for a deep ocean geophysical survey for example.

I tend to do jobs myself. My last job was taking a Kenwood Chef to pieces to replace the high speed spindle. A very nicely designed machine. I'd love to restore an old one, they are gems.

No I don't....

 

[Gasman28]

If you check back you will see that corgigrouch was being abusive to bolo and dismissing the value of his degrees, saying that he was useless. Why am I not surprised that does not bother you. I think it quite reasonable to question his qualifications or lack of in that context.

Twisting the words again Turkey, here is what Corgi said

Indeed, it seems that you are not really qualified to discuss much at all and seem to be pretty useless.
See the difference?
How can you question Corgis qualification? Ah, I see, he wears workwear and you might wear a suit?

 

[WalksWithTurkeys]

If you check back you will see that corgigrouch was being abusive to bolo and dismissing the value of his degrees, saying that he was useless. Why am I not surprised that does not bother you. I think it quite reasonable to question his qualifications or lack of in that context.

Twisting the words again Turkey, here is what Corgi said

Indeed, it seems that you are not really qualified to discuss much at all and seem to be pretty useless.
See the difference?
How can you question Corgis qualification? Ah, I see, he wears workwear and you might wear a suit?

Corgigrouch was extremely offensive to bolo, dismissing his qualifications and indicating that he is useless, as the quote you helpfully provide clearly shows.

Not being a car salesman, or a shop assistant, I do not wear a suit. Casual clothes do me.

 

[terrypin]

I've not seen many shop assistants wearing suits, though it would be an improvement if Aldi opted for this attire.

I love snobbery.

 

[Gasman28]

Corgigrouch was extremely offensive to bolo, dismissing his qualifications and indicating that he is useless, as the quote you helpfully provide clearly shows.

Glad to see that you have changed the wording. Now you are getting somewhere