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QBoiii

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  • Birthday March 7

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    YZF600R
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    Broadstairs, Kent

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  1. QBoiii

    Jobs!

    How did you find the transition to civvy street? I'm a bit worried if I'm honest, that I'm going to get myself in trouble. I've had 13 years where turning up hungover, dropping the C bomb and other unmentionable things were the norm I'm not sure I could walk into a normal workplace without offending everyone so a driving job like you did is looking more and more attractive. On my own in a wagon with minimal civvy interaction to start with might be the sensible option.
  2. QBoiii

    Jobs!

    I bet its alot easier now with new style screens and the general awareness of things like posture, taking a break every so often and so on
  3. QBoiii

    Jobs!

    It would drive me insain! i need a few weeks off after just an hour on here
  4. QBoiii

    Jobs!

    To be honest Tim, i was aware of it but had never thought of using it to aid my job searching! that's a brilliant Idea and I'll get looking to see who's local to me. Thanks Tim!
  5. QBoiii

    Jobs!

    Pyro's are my bread and butter! There is a company nearby that does theatrical pyrotechnics and fireworks, i hadn't thought of them! Thanks Dynax! I have touched base with a few bomb disposal companies that work on building sites which is a potential but they didn't offer any part time work.
  6. That makes sense, it was threaded! it made a brilliant projectile to throw at her when I realised what she had done
  7. QBoiii

    Jobs!

    Thanks Skyrider! Yeah, I'm OK with heights! jumped out of a few planes, always made it down safetly well, so far so good.....
  8. QBoiii

    Jobs!

    I'm an Armourer. I do Bombs, Missiles, Ejection Seats, small arms, ammunition, its what we call a technical trade, engineering mainly but on stuff that goes boom. There are jobs working with the old bill and their weapons but I'd rather stick my love stick in a wasps nest. As part of the resettlement package I did a course about interview techniques, CV writing and transferrable skills. They made us realise we have a lot to offer stood next to the bloke straight from Uni with the qualifications but no life skills but I'm also no nieve enough to think I'm going to get the first job I go for. Thanks Bender! always helping me out
  9. QBoiii

    Jobs!

    If the admins/moderators feel this is a bit to personal, please feel free to delete it but I am after finding out what jobs people do. I'm currently in the RAF and am due out next august, and although I have been offered a few decent jobs through friends and their families, I have no idea what to do. I have started a business which is going to take a while to get off the ground before it's paying the mortgage so am looking at something part-time but have no idea where to start. Luckily we get a fairly decent resettlement package which we can use for courses and qualifications but I have no clue what to use them for. I can't stand sitting behind a computer all day, but other than my management qualifications and driving licences, I don't really have any qualifications that will be much use to a civvy company. That's where I thought I'd ask you guys and see what weird and wonderful jobs you did to maybe get some inspiration for my next profession. I'm leaning towards a driving job at the moment, a few days a week, or a mate of mine who owns a scaffolding company offered to take me on and i was in shock at how much those guys make! I'm all over the place at the mo, and luckily I still have over a year to decide but any help or ideas are appreciated! Thanks in advance
  10. My missus did the same to mine, I lost a mirror and any shred of respect I had for her driving. Also some form of ball off the end of the footpeg but no structural damage. Just cosmetic, hopefully yours is the same.
  11. It's been a while but here goes: I put everything clutch and body-wise back together, was so focused I didn't get any photo's but never mind, you all are fully aware what a motorbikes looks like One of the things I hate about the T'cat is the huge rear light sticking out like a spare dick at a wedding and although i had found evidence of some guides on a tail tuck on an inferior forum, it was from so long ago it had been removed. I decided it couldn't be that hard so I took the tail light off and there was what seemed to be an after thought put on by Yamaha. The light was mounted on some sort of cradle adaptor which isn't too clear in the pics but was held in by 6 spot welds. I had a go at drilling these out but due to not having a pillar drill or sufficient vice, them being at a funny angle, me being a bellend and a whole host of other factors this didn't work well and I managed to break 2 brand new drill bits so i hack sawed it off instead. I removed the rubber grommets and screwed the light fittings and grommets into what seemed like the original holes from before. This had the effect of bringing the light more into the body of the bike. I have checked and the white number-plate light still illuminates the number plate so I can only presume the reason Yamaha did it was for night visibility from the side. I don't really do much night riding so this wasn't something that bothered me. On final assembly of the fuel tank, i noticed a cold wet hand and a strong smell of petrol. Sure enough the small U-bend pipe that goes rear-wards from the fuel tap switch thing, forwards onto the fuel filter had split. Quick trip to euro part then! I fitted that and thats all I can really do for now! The suspected brake pipe split on the right of the front wheel looks to be a fork seal which is a pain in the ass as these were only changed in June around 50 miles ago Ive got the guy who done them coming to look as there looks to be some very light pitting on the stantion so i may be having to buy two of these as well as another set of forkseals, then its MOT time and back out on the road FINALLY!!!!!
  12. QBoiii

    99 Tom

    amazing work, what an inspiration!
  13. I had the exact same issue as to the parts with a sit on mower! 20 Stellas and a flick through gumtree and the next thing I know there's a bloke knocking at the door with a sit on lawn mower. Perfect, I love a project, so I took it to work and sat it in the back to the armoury doing little bits to it as I went along. It was a tecsumeh or something which also wasn't a company anymore so I ended up getting rid. A turbo lawn mower sounds fun, I bet the neighbours would love some anti-lag on that!
  14. How about wearing one of these for social distancing? No twat will come near you!
  15. another way is to straighten a metal coat hanger, (not that you see many of these nowadays) and poke that down the hole
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