Thursday, December 3, 2009
Climate change fiasco
Check this out- MP3 AUDIO . Greg Combet [Minister Assisting Penny Wong] makes a total boob of himself by 1. changing the questions, 2. Not knowing answers he's PAID to know 3. Insists it's all about 'Carbon Pollution' and not CO2 causing climate change. 4. Uses every words like 'opinion' - 'consensus' EXCEPT 'empirical data' which he avoids like the plague... but have a listen for yourself. This arse hole is assisting Penny Wong ? I'm not surprised because you would not want a scientist assisting her.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Ooops! someone finally stumbled on solar solution
I really thought I would live long enough to see what I just read in a blog the other day. With all the collusion and lies and threat of world government by who-ever; cheap energy seemed to be the answer. As we all would have guessed, this was never going to happen because of suppression of information to keep the coal fires burning. It was inevitable that SOMEONE would discover a really cheap and easy way of making a DIY solar panel from ordinary household products. Admittedly, not as efficient as commercial ones [ 62% ] but less than [ estimated by price ] $400 / kilowatt from the materials used. I will NOT give out the blog site or his name since I cannot verify his methodology until I actually make one myself but I can tell you all, it involves the use of Aluminum foil and clear plastic [ glad wrap ]and he resides in Europe. He claims to have made a 25KW set of panels and is now 'off the grid forever' The only additional expense [ he sez ] are stationary batteries and inverter for night time consumption. Well I already know this is a mandatory requirement anyway to have electricity 24 hours of the day. I have the ingredient list [ all can be purchased from your local food and hardware store ].
When I have made a small model [ about 1 x 1 meter panel ] I will report on the results. If favorable, I will give detailed instructions HERE so you all can build one. If this is a success, the solar panel industry will collapse as soon as the exponential release gets going. So far [ as far as I am aware from his blog ] hundreds of 'subscribers' are even now building a test panel. Wonder what the thought police will do ?. Too late guys, like PGP, its release will be unstopable.
When I have made a small model [ about 1 x 1 meter panel ] I will report on the results. If favorable, I will give detailed instructions HERE so you all can build one. If this is a success, the solar panel industry will collapse as soon as the exponential release gets going. So far [ as far as I am aware from his blog ] hundreds of 'subscribers' are even now building a test panel. Wonder what the thought police will do ?. Too late guys, like PGP, its release will be unstopable.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
LUCKY I'M NOT WITH A.A.M.I. ???
‘LUCKY-EEEEE I’M NOT WITH A.A.M.I.’
Remember my little talk on ‘extrinsic / intrinsic fraud [ refer to products talk in this blog ]
Seems even the big boys ignore the warning signs. Now you are lucky if your with A.A.M.I. B U T ONLY if your ‘with’ them.
“We have seen the enemy, and the enemy is US’
God help you all if you are NOT with A.A.M.I. AND you have a claim against them through absolutely no fault of your own. Seems that if you have the sheer sh*t arse gall to be in an accident [ booted up the rear by another car while stationary at traffic lights ]; you will get less than a fair go from A.A.M.I
Happened to me in Brisbane. The other driver was insured with above. ‘ No worries’ sayeth A.A.M.I. rep SHENAID ‘Not only will we have your car repaired but you can hire a car and the bill is on us.
YOU LITTLE BEAUTY! WOW! THAT’S SERVICE.
Of course there’s a catch; otherwise, what’s the point of this blog. They said over the phone [ nothing in writing ] they would pay for ‘Fair and reasonable costs’ in hiring a car – nothing [ and I mean, NOTHING ] else was said. They also stated that THEY have a preferred company – what’s more ‘Here is a special priority number to quote from us, so that you get a car immediately’
And again ‘YOU BEAUTY! WOW! THAT’S SERVICE.
So I went to Hertz, quoted the number, got a car on the spot. At the end of the period [10 days to fix my car], I returned the car submitted the bill to A.A.M.I. AND RECEIVED A CHEQUE FOR LESS THAN WHAT IT COST ME TO HIRE THE CAR.
Uh!, what you talk about, Willis ?
Quote from A.A.M.I. rep SHENAID ‘ It’s our policy NOT to pay for full insurance cover when you hire a car, so that component has been removed ‘. WITHOUT full cover, I would have been responsible for ANY damage occurring to the hire car from ANY cause, leaving me $700 out of pocket in excess insurance cover [ standard ].
Oh I see….. So if I am unlucky enough to have a claim on A.A.M.I. and I am not myself a client. I automatically have to pay for full insurance cover on the hire car to avoid jeopardy which I never would have had to avoid because I’m covered in MY car by MY insurance cover [ which I still have to pay for while my car is in the shop ].
Several points here [ which I argued with SHENAID to no avail ]. In my mind this is NOT fair and reasonable as – ‘why should I have bare a risk value simply because I was hit by your client ?’. I had no real choice as to where I could hire the car, nor any choice as to car type [ what if they only had a Rolls Royce available ?]. I was NOT told of exclusions to their statement [ Extrinsic fraud ]. I had a contract with them and they changed the rules after the contract was completed. The whole scenario is based on their verbal statement that they would pay for ‘FAIR AND REASONABLE’ hire [rates]. Not by any stretch of the imagination is putting ME at risk, fair and reasonable.. But the fact that they did not inform me as to conditions, is in itself, a more serious breach of law. At worst, I could have made an informed decision as to whether I would risk a standard hire or pay for the extra out of MY pocket. SHENAID virtually verbal led me into believing that I had no choice in the matter of car hire.
I sent them a letter of demand which prompted the reply by SHENAID STILL refusing to pay up, citing their own policy [ this isn’t worth a pinch of sh*t – in law ]. So now it’s to the small claims court and although I have been told by all and GOD himself that I am in the right on all counts; judging from the corrupt practices of some magistrates; I would be less than totally surprised if the decision was in their favor. You work out why this would be so; but it’s a no brainer. Should it go against me – it’s sign on the back window treatment just like others who think they can do what they bloody well like and even worse; think no one is going to do anything about it. I got news for you A.A.M.I.
Since I write for 3 web sites AND have my house and contents insured with them; I am considering going with another company when the policy is due. I ask myself ‘ Do they think it’s really worth $266:00 when I can effectively loose them thousands in lost business – mine and everyone else I tell this story too – ????’
If you are with A.A.M.I. good be upon you, but I sincerely loath their perpetrated practices on other people who have the sh*t arse gall to NOT be insured with them.
EDITED LATER:
I have decided NOT to pursue legal options. Why the hell should I spend time and money trying to educate the ignorant when they just won't listen to reason ?
Just like this global warming world SCAM, I don't take kindly to be treated like a moron - so my now option is make up some signs [ just like before ] stating that AAMI screwed me good and proper. Lets just see how long it takes THIS TIME to thump the message into their pee brains that BAD advertising will cost them dearly and isn't worth screwing me out of $266 when they can loose potentially, multi thousands of dollars in business. Some companies just won't learn.
EDITED MUCH LATER:
Well it seems AAMI haven't got the hint yet but so far [25/06/2010] I have had 57 people ask me what it's all about. 21 were thinking of switching to AAMI but now have assured me that they are NOT!. 12 people are dumping AAMI as their present insurer and going with someone else. And the rest are thinking about it. Thats 33 people who would have paid about $400 each .. lets see that's $13,200 bucks that AAMI wont see.
Now for the coup-de-grase . GO TO - http://unluckyurwithaami.com/ can I pick 'um or can I pick 'um ????
EDITED 15 SEPT 2010
Well today I removed the signs from my car - no! I did not get my money back but I figured I have cost AAMI car insurance about $38,700 in premiums they will NEVER see because of the list of people I have whom I have related this story to.
Yep!, I kept a list of everyone who will NOT be insuring / re-insuring with AAMI and that's not counting the people who are umming and Ahhing about it. CONGRATULATIONS
SHENAID - SINGLE HANDEDLY YOU HAVE COST YOUR EMPLOYER $38,700 ALL OVER $266 YOU WOULDN'T GIVE BACK. I feel better already.
Remember my little talk on ‘extrinsic / intrinsic fraud [ refer to products talk in this blog ]
Seems even the big boys ignore the warning signs. Now you are lucky if your with A.A.M.I. B U T ONLY if your ‘with’ them.
“We have seen the enemy, and the enemy is US’
God help you all if you are NOT with A.A.M.I. AND you have a claim against them through absolutely no fault of your own. Seems that if you have the sheer sh*t arse gall to be in an accident [ booted up the rear by another car while stationary at traffic lights ]; you will get less than a fair go from A.A.M.I
Happened to me in Brisbane. The other driver was insured with above. ‘ No worries’ sayeth A.A.M.I. rep SHENAID ‘Not only will we have your car repaired but you can hire a car and the bill is on us.
YOU LITTLE BEAUTY! WOW! THAT’S SERVICE.
Of course there’s a catch; otherwise, what’s the point of this blog. They said over the phone [ nothing in writing ] they would pay for ‘Fair and reasonable costs’ in hiring a car – nothing [ and I mean, NOTHING ] else was said. They also stated that THEY have a preferred company – what’s more ‘Here is a special priority number to quote from us, so that you get a car immediately’
And again ‘YOU BEAUTY! WOW! THAT’S SERVICE.
So I went to Hertz, quoted the number, got a car on the spot. At the end of the period [10 days to fix my car], I returned the car submitted the bill to A.A.M.I. AND RECEIVED A CHEQUE FOR LESS THAN WHAT IT COST ME TO HIRE THE CAR.
Uh!, what you talk about, Willis ?
Quote from A.A.M.I. rep SHENAID ‘ It’s our policy NOT to pay for full insurance cover when you hire a car, so that component has been removed ‘. WITHOUT full cover, I would have been responsible for ANY damage occurring to the hire car from ANY cause, leaving me $700 out of pocket in excess insurance cover [ standard ].
Oh I see….. So if I am unlucky enough to have a claim on A.A.M.I. and I am not myself a client. I automatically have to pay for full insurance cover on the hire car to avoid jeopardy which I never would have had to avoid because I’m covered in MY car by MY insurance cover [ which I still have to pay for while my car is in the shop ].
Several points here [ which I argued with SHENAID to no avail ]. In my mind this is NOT fair and reasonable as – ‘why should I have bare a risk value simply because I was hit by your client ?’. I had no real choice as to where I could hire the car, nor any choice as to car type [ what if they only had a Rolls Royce available ?]. I was NOT told of exclusions to their statement [ Extrinsic fraud ]. I had a contract with them and they changed the rules after the contract was completed. The whole scenario is based on their verbal statement that they would pay for ‘FAIR AND REASONABLE’ hire [rates]. Not by any stretch of the imagination is putting ME at risk, fair and reasonable.. But the fact that they did not inform me as to conditions, is in itself, a more serious breach of law. At worst, I could have made an informed decision as to whether I would risk a standard hire or pay for the extra out of MY pocket. SHENAID virtually verbal led me into believing that I had no choice in the matter of car hire.
I sent them a letter of demand which prompted the reply by SHENAID STILL refusing to pay up, citing their own policy [ this isn’t worth a pinch of sh*t – in law ]. So now it’s to the small claims court and although I have been told by all and GOD himself that I am in the right on all counts; judging from the corrupt practices of some magistrates; I would be less than totally surprised if the decision was in their favor. You work out why this would be so; but it’s a no brainer. Should it go against me – it’s sign on the back window treatment just like others who think they can do what they bloody well like and even worse; think no one is going to do anything about it. I got news for you A.A.M.I.
Since I write for 3 web sites AND have my house and contents insured with them; I am considering going with another company when the policy is due. I ask myself ‘ Do they think it’s really worth $266:00 when I can effectively loose them thousands in lost business – mine and everyone else I tell this story too – ????’
If you are with A.A.M.I. good be upon you, but I sincerely loath their perpetrated practices on other people who have the sh*t arse gall to NOT be insured with them.
EDITED LATER:
I have decided NOT to pursue legal options. Why the hell should I spend time and money trying to educate the ignorant when they just won't listen to reason ?
Just like this global warming world SCAM, I don't take kindly to be treated like a moron - so my now option is make up some signs [ just like before ] stating that AAMI screwed me good and proper. Lets just see how long it takes THIS TIME to thump the message into their pee brains that BAD advertising will cost them dearly and isn't worth screwing me out of $266 when they can loose potentially, multi thousands of dollars in business. Some companies just won't learn.
EDITED MUCH LATER:
Well it seems AAMI haven't got the hint yet but so far [25/06/2010] I have had 57 people ask me what it's all about. 21 were thinking of switching to AAMI but now have assured me that they are NOT!. 12 people are dumping AAMI as their present insurer and going with someone else. And the rest are thinking about it. Thats 33 people who would have paid about $400 each .. lets see that's $13,200 bucks that AAMI wont see.
Now for the coup-de-grase . GO TO - http://unluckyurwithaami.com/ can I pick 'um or can I pick 'um ????
EDITED 15 SEPT 2010
Well today I removed the signs from my car - no! I did not get my money back but I figured I have cost AAMI car insurance about $38,700 in premiums they will NEVER see because of the list of people I have whom I have related this story to.
Yep!, I kept a list of everyone who will NOT be insuring / re-insuring with AAMI and that's not counting the people who are umming and Ahhing about it. CONGRATULATIONS
SHENAID - SINGLE HANDEDLY YOU HAVE COST YOUR EMPLOYER $38,700 ALL OVER $266 YOU WOULDN'T GIVE BACK. I feel better already.
Monday, August 24, 2009
FREE ELECTRICAL POWER from the grid and its legal
Sometimes one starts to wonder at alternative agendas of the powers that be when one has enough knowledge to SEE those agenda’s [ or cover ups ]. Now I have been doing
Electrics for neigh on 40 years [ yes, I’m that old ] and I can follow certain reasoning by authorities when new rules and/or equipment is introduced. There are many safety reasons for installing breakers and the like, on live equipment – like your house.
Over current breakers protect your house [ and you ] from shorts or faulty household products. If the active shorts to earth or neutral, the breaker trips like it should to protect you from being electrocuted should active make the metal case of that kettle – live. Ouch!! So too, over voltage breakers protect your new TV or computer from being fried like a big Mac; after all, something like 480vac instead of 240vac don’t do the gear any favors. Now ELD’s [Earth Leakage Detectors] seem like a good idea because they trip the breakers BEFORE a short circuit appears that might start a fire IF the short current is less than the trip current [ up to 20 Ampere – and that can cook something right smartly ]
So too, it trips if more that 3Milliampere is detected from either active or neutral TO the earth line. Gee, it all sounds so reassuring don’t it ?. Can’t be too careful these days what with some shoddy china products and if it saves one life, it’s well worth the ELD.
Now lets examine some of the hidden agenda of ELD’s here [ What !!! there’s a hidden agenda ? come on man, you must be paranoid ] Unless your totally conversant with most aspects of electrical safety, you won’t get it so I’ll try my best to spell it out and; at the same time, tell you how this bullsh*t can let you take raw electrical power from the grid –without illegally fiddling with the meters, and get it for free. The circuit to raw free power is in the inherent fault of the grid itself; what’s more, ELD’s are designed to stop you getting it, should you figure it out by design or accident.
We have 3 wires in an electrical circuit. Active, neutral and the earth. Most lighting circuits don’t need the earth as by design; there is nothing to earth [or ground]. EG, light bulb sockets in the ceiling. Some lighting circuits [fluro’s] have an earth to the metal case because the case IS metal and could short to active, making the case live when switched on. ALL power points have all three wires even though you might plug something into them that is double insulated anyway [power drills].
Now your distribution grid consists of many step down transformers which ALSO have an earth. Because of the way the power grid is designed [or LACK there of] there is never a perfect balance of power between the earth [ earths] and the return neutral line all the way to the power station. In essence, there is always a residual VOLTAGE between the neutral and the earth of every stage of the power grid. This voltage is called the balance factor voltage or rather, the un-balanced factor. Check it out for yourself – put a multimeter across the neutral and earth of a power point in YOUR house and you should see a voltage ranging from a few volts [ normal ] to as much as 30vac or even as high as 170vac in extreme cases. This voltage is limited by the balanced factor in your particular area. It’s dependent of several things. How bad the grid is in your area, load at certain times of day, the state of the nearest transformer etc etc.
What’s REALLY important is that the limitation of what you can draw in power from this ‘Phantom’ circuit is only limited to what breakers are IN the earth circuit from your house all the way to the feed transformer. Now you see why it’s mandatory to have ELD’s in this circuit that ‘trip’ when more than 3 milliampere is drawn from it.. Before we HAD ELD’S, the number of people injured [let alone killed] from leaky appliances was near enough to zero. Only the freakiest of freak conditions [one in a million] would result in a hazard and ONLY because, the object was not earthed [TV antennae for one]. It would have been far simpler and cheaper to make it mandatory that everything made of metal attached to a house was effectively earthed somewhere to true ground.
Are we all getting the picture yet ???
Now the state of QLD grids is a freaking mess because of poor or NO maintenance at sub stations and power factor transformers in the street. In theory, if you have NO ELD because you live in a house prior to it’s introduction AND you are not obliged to fit one by law if the system is in good condition – you can draw power from this ‘phantom’ circuit. The circuit is not metered as both neutral and earth should be under ideal perfect power conditions, the same !!. The piss poor condition of the grid means that unbalanced power is all over the shop like a mad person.
Since the voltage of this power can vary with a myriad of conditions as stated at any time of the day, we need an electronic regulator that can tolerate voltage from – say – 15vac all the way up to line voltage [240 vac]. The amount of raw power that you can draw is also dependent on several conditions; like how good an earth your house wiring has [ that’s that slim copper tube bolted to the outside wall of your house with a heavy green wire soldered to it- look for it, you’ll find it soon enough]
This close ground tube is designed to help eliminate unbalanced factors between your house neutral and true earth in some cases but in most cases, is essentially the ONLY true earth in your house wiring. Let’s pretend you DON’T have an ELD breaker in your house, just the standard safety circuit breakers [or old block fuses]. If you got hold of a muti- input voltage regulator that delivered 12DC output at a regulated current of – say – 20 Ampere maximum, you can draw 480 Watts from the circuit FREE!!! If the ground circuit to the unbalanced transformer feeding the street could support it. [ there is no reason why it wouldn’t because this feeder transformer could be feeding 1000 houses – that’s a sh*t load of power] Just calculate how much power you COULD draw. Each house can draw 40 Ampere – times 1000 YIKES!!!. If the balanced earth to neutral factor was out by just 0.1%, you can still draw 40 Ampere at the low voltage of 24 volts for example; holy cow! That’s nearly 1000 Watts of power at 12volts DC. The mind boggles.
If you have an ELD fitted, as far as I am aware, there is no law that sez you cannot have a bypass switch fitted to it for house wiring maintenance. In any event, legal or not, fitting one is undetectable as you are NOT drawing power from the true power feed circuit, nor are you by passing any metering. How many budding or long time electricians have figured this one out ?. A perfect feeder grid would eliminate this crap but as we all know, Queenslanders have been screwed by the Government for years taking power profits and neglecting the grid till it’s in a shocking state [Pardon the pun].
That’s it – nothing hard for us techo’s. So there really is a hidden alternative agenda for making it compulsory too fit ELD’s to new and some existing houses [ you can only draw less than 3 ma of the unbalanced power on this phantom circuit before the ELD trips and plunges you into darkness ]. Because the power factor is so bad between neutral and earth in some cases, someone could be killed IF [ and only if ] the NEUTRAL ONLY somehow is shorted to the metal case of some equipment [ toaster ], and IF it’s still plugged into the house socket [ even switched off ] and IF the earth wire to the case of this appliance is somehow absent and IF you touch it and are earthed, and IF the voltage is high enough to give you a ‘boot’ – above 90 Volts - and IF the ground circuit is good enough to pass more than 3 ma for a sustained period. That’s a bucket load of ‘if’s’ and just doesn’t become a credible factor in any sane persons book.
Electrics for neigh on 40 years [ yes, I’m that old ] and I can follow certain reasoning by authorities when new rules and/or equipment is introduced. There are many safety reasons for installing breakers and the like, on live equipment – like your house.
Over current breakers protect your house [ and you ] from shorts or faulty household products. If the active shorts to earth or neutral, the breaker trips like it should to protect you from being electrocuted should active make the metal case of that kettle – live. Ouch!! So too, over voltage breakers protect your new TV or computer from being fried like a big Mac; after all, something like 480vac instead of 240vac don’t do the gear any favors. Now ELD’s [Earth Leakage Detectors] seem like a good idea because they trip the breakers BEFORE a short circuit appears that might start a fire IF the short current is less than the trip current [ up to 20 Ampere – and that can cook something right smartly ]
So too, it trips if more that 3Milliampere is detected from either active or neutral TO the earth line. Gee, it all sounds so reassuring don’t it ?. Can’t be too careful these days what with some shoddy china products and if it saves one life, it’s well worth the ELD.
Now lets examine some of the hidden agenda of ELD’s here [ What !!! there’s a hidden agenda ? come on man, you must be paranoid ] Unless your totally conversant with most aspects of electrical safety, you won’t get it so I’ll try my best to spell it out and; at the same time, tell you how this bullsh*t can let you take raw electrical power from the grid –without illegally fiddling with the meters, and get it for free. The circuit to raw free power is in the inherent fault of the grid itself; what’s more, ELD’s are designed to stop you getting it, should you figure it out by design or accident.
We have 3 wires in an electrical circuit. Active, neutral and the earth. Most lighting circuits don’t need the earth as by design; there is nothing to earth [or ground]. EG, light bulb sockets in the ceiling. Some lighting circuits [fluro’s] have an earth to the metal case because the case IS metal and could short to active, making the case live when switched on. ALL power points have all three wires even though you might plug something into them that is double insulated anyway [power drills].
Now your distribution grid consists of many step down transformers which ALSO have an earth. Because of the way the power grid is designed [or LACK there of] there is never a perfect balance of power between the earth [ earths] and the return neutral line all the way to the power station. In essence, there is always a residual VOLTAGE between the neutral and the earth of every stage of the power grid. This voltage is called the balance factor voltage or rather, the un-balanced factor. Check it out for yourself – put a multimeter across the neutral and earth of a power point in YOUR house and you should see a voltage ranging from a few volts [ normal ] to as much as 30vac or even as high as 170vac in extreme cases. This voltage is limited by the balanced factor in your particular area. It’s dependent of several things. How bad the grid is in your area, load at certain times of day, the state of the nearest transformer etc etc.
What’s REALLY important is that the limitation of what you can draw in power from this ‘Phantom’ circuit is only limited to what breakers are IN the earth circuit from your house all the way to the feed transformer. Now you see why it’s mandatory to have ELD’s in this circuit that ‘trip’ when more than 3 milliampere is drawn from it.. Before we HAD ELD’S, the number of people injured [let alone killed] from leaky appliances was near enough to zero. Only the freakiest of freak conditions [one in a million] would result in a hazard and ONLY because, the object was not earthed [TV antennae for one]. It would have been far simpler and cheaper to make it mandatory that everything made of metal attached to a house was effectively earthed somewhere to true ground.
Are we all getting the picture yet ???
Now the state of QLD grids is a freaking mess because of poor or NO maintenance at sub stations and power factor transformers in the street. In theory, if you have NO ELD because you live in a house prior to it’s introduction AND you are not obliged to fit one by law if the system is in good condition – you can draw power from this ‘phantom’ circuit. The circuit is not metered as both neutral and earth should be under ideal perfect power conditions, the same !!. The piss poor condition of the grid means that unbalanced power is all over the shop like a mad person.
Since the voltage of this power can vary with a myriad of conditions as stated at any time of the day, we need an electronic regulator that can tolerate voltage from – say – 15vac all the way up to line voltage [240 vac]. The amount of raw power that you can draw is also dependent on several conditions; like how good an earth your house wiring has [ that’s that slim copper tube bolted to the outside wall of your house with a heavy green wire soldered to it- look for it, you’ll find it soon enough]
This close ground tube is designed to help eliminate unbalanced factors between your house neutral and true earth in some cases but in most cases, is essentially the ONLY true earth in your house wiring. Let’s pretend you DON’T have an ELD breaker in your house, just the standard safety circuit breakers [or old block fuses]. If you got hold of a muti- input voltage regulator that delivered 12DC output at a regulated current of – say – 20 Ampere maximum, you can draw 480 Watts from the circuit FREE!!! If the ground circuit to the unbalanced transformer feeding the street could support it. [ there is no reason why it wouldn’t because this feeder transformer could be feeding 1000 houses – that’s a sh*t load of power] Just calculate how much power you COULD draw. Each house can draw 40 Ampere – times 1000 YIKES!!!. If the balanced earth to neutral factor was out by just 0.1%, you can still draw 40 Ampere at the low voltage of 24 volts for example; holy cow! That’s nearly 1000 Watts of power at 12volts DC. The mind boggles.
If you have an ELD fitted, as far as I am aware, there is no law that sez you cannot have a bypass switch fitted to it for house wiring maintenance. In any event, legal or not, fitting one is undetectable as you are NOT drawing power from the true power feed circuit, nor are you by passing any metering. How many budding or long time electricians have figured this one out ?. A perfect feeder grid would eliminate this crap but as we all know, Queenslanders have been screwed by the Government for years taking power profits and neglecting the grid till it’s in a shocking state [Pardon the pun].
That’s it – nothing hard for us techo’s. So there really is a hidden alternative agenda for making it compulsory too fit ELD’s to new and some existing houses [ you can only draw less than 3 ma of the unbalanced power on this phantom circuit before the ELD trips and plunges you into darkness ]. Because the power factor is so bad between neutral and earth in some cases, someone could be killed IF [ and only if ] the NEUTRAL ONLY somehow is shorted to the metal case of some equipment [ toaster ], and IF it’s still plugged into the house socket [ even switched off ] and IF the earth wire to the case of this appliance is somehow absent and IF you touch it and are earthed, and IF the voltage is high enough to give you a ‘boot’ – above 90 Volts - and IF the ground circuit is good enough to pass more than 3 ma for a sustained period. That’s a bucket load of ‘if’s’ and just doesn’t become a credible factor in any sane persons book.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
PRACTICAL IDEAS BEING IGNORED because the PTB didn’t think of them
Here are just a few of the idea’s that people just refuse to adopt because of all sorts of bull sh*t excuses.
1. Auto industry. Cyclonic, magnetic oil filter [ think about it – insert smiley here]
2. Paint industry. On site paint matching and mixing for Pressure packs
3. Vacuum cleaners. Gear driven, rotating steel liner spring on Teflon sleeve for hoses to ‘corkscrew’ blockages into the receiver [ gave this one to Electrolux 20 years ago – still no manufacturer ] Cyclonic receivers are great to keep full container suction but first you have to GET IT THERE via a bloody hose that is the first thing to become blocked.
4. ERBR/ERBS glue and molding compound to glue and un-glue anything to anything without a part ‘2’ reactant in a tube. Mold plastics without electricity.
Strip circuit boards of sealing compound to repair them THEN use the same compound to seal them again.
5. A paint that changes color with micro current [ like the darkening window ]
Useful in billboards for multiple messages and a list too long to mention
I could go on for pages but what’s the point. The real point is, there are things that SHOULD be made, and CAN be made today with a shit load of will, a little R and D, a modest investment, and a shit load of money to be made at the end of it.
Anyone remember a documentary on the Aussie inventor who made a cinematography lens to do what no other lens make could do ??????.
Bugger me, that was almost 20 years ago still. Essentially it was called an
‘Infinity Lens’ for Micro/Macro photography; where by, no matter WHAT you were filming, the focal length was infinite. Everything from 1 cm to infinity was IN FOCUS. When you had an Ant in the whole picture at 1 cm, the background was always in focus. So what do you think the spectacle makers would do with this ??
BURY IT !!!! because NO-ONE would need prescription lenses any more [ including bi-focal ] One lens for everyone, one pair of glasses for everyone.
I think you get the picture – if not, go shoot yourself, your already brain dead.
Here is a little tip for people who have been unfortunate enough to have something stolen from their yard or even the family car from the car port.
Wire up a ‘break’ line to the object in question. A simple loop that alarms if the wire is broken. There are too many arrangements here to elaborate. The point is, in order for someone to steal the object and remove it from your premises [ or garden ] they have to ‘snap’ the cord away from the object [ pot plant, garden Nome, CAR, statue etc etc ] Wires can be hidden under gravel. Put a plug and socket on the car with the wire to the house wall or structure yadda yadda yadda.
I made a living doing this sort of business in another state many moons ago.
Simple but effective as most things stolen are done by morons of the first order who won’t SEE the wire or break it before they realize what it really is. Bell wire is cheap, batteries are cheap, siren modules are cheap and you don’t have to be an electrician to wire one up. Get a Dick smith DIY module kit for under $10.
The simple things work best, you don’t need to re-invent the wheel.
Adding on to this, a later post.
Before engine cylinder management systems were even thought of for fuel injected cars in Australia, I built one around the time the first FIC appeared on Aussie roads [ Holden – My father still has one in mint condition ]. I made the device from parts taken from a 1926 Telephone exchange and a washing machine [ no sh*t ]. It had cylinder compression inertial assisted breaking and rotational cylinder activation by speed and timing all done with relays and vacuum switches [ no electronics what-so-ever because they didn’t exist !!!]. Admittedly, it was the size of a shoe box but more importantly – it bloody well worked. I chucked it in the useless pile because petrol THEN was cheap and there wasn’t a need in the market for saving it.
Also, about this time, I made a covering to fit over a Hills Hoist. Made of clear plastic to let the sun shine through. I got sick and tired of birds crapping all over the washing I just hung out. Still waiting for this one guys – been waiting since the 70’s and that’s 40 freeking years yet [ hello everybody – the lights are on but nobody’s home.] .
How-za-bout self opening windows using drop weights in the casement [ and a button on the sill ]. Just like lift ones of old but slid sideways like all modern windows. OK, so reverse it !. A sliding window that shuts itself if left open triggered by rain, alarm setting, temperature and / or night fall etc etc. [ still nobody home; it’s lunch time in the walk of life ].
Solar panel made the shape of actual roof tiles [ or sky light panels ] was MY idea. Need more light or another power panel ?, just pull off another tile and match it perfectly with it’s solar or clear equivalent. The beauty of this is that there is nothing ugly on the roof to tell anyone it’s even there.
Double lined Steel and bladder Water storage tanks built into the exterior walls of a new house [ look ma – no tanks ] duel purpose insulation. Just don’t drill a hole in the wall to mount that hose reel unless you know WHERE the tanks are. Specific outside bricks can be etched to tell you where the OK spots are [ Called a ‘tick’ brick ] and so on and so forth till the end of time.
Simple [ and cheap ] e-field alarm system using a balanced core relay, 2 transistor circuit and a load of bell wire.
Hey guys, where’s the PROGRAMMABLE wireless door bell.
One wireless bell don’t cut it in a 3 story mansion. I need 4 wireless bells on the SAME Frequency activated by the one front door button, you wankers. Give us a 2 or 3 pack bell and one button that’s wireless battery or wireless 240 Volt plug in.
Edited on 7/11/2009.. UPDATE. Thank you ARLEC for showing some sense by bringing out just such a product at last. You now can buy packs of wireless door bells and packs of wireless push buttons that are ALL programmable with each other. Maybe some one in industry actually READS this blog [ Amazing!]
We have compulsory smoke detectors now but where is this circuit used in a range hood fan ?. [ Think about it people ]. The hood fan would regulate its speed according to detected fumes from the circuit [steam and/or burning food ] couple this with an audible alarm would stop a lot of fires on the stove and maybe save the house burning down [ put an auto stove shut off in it as well - so much can be done with a $10 circuit and a trip switch ] In top market stoves - a 1 litre fire retardant canister hidden in the hood could trigger IF actual flames hit the fan unit. Ruin the tea but save the house [ especially if you left the stove on and went OUTSIDE!]
So the above gives you some idea’s. I’m beginning to think I live in an alternate universe where the whole cosmos is ‘bent’.
A few more for the pot.
How many times have you wished the lights over the stair well would turn on when you are at the top or bottom in the dead of night ? [ or maybe illuminate that wall painting when you walk by and ONLY when you walk by ] Simple – just use a IR sensor in the ceiling or pressure mat under the carpet. You don’t need a massive power bill because those paintings have a spotty on them 24/7. Makes a handy night light to see the switch for the room lights. [ But keep the dog outside ].
We have emergency exit lights for power fail or fire but what about painting the floor in a clear solution that glows red in the presence of floor triggered lighting ?.[ big fat arrows in florescent red because your crawling on your guts under the smoke and looking at the floor from 6 inches while the emergency sign is at ceiling level hidden by the smoke – IDIOTS! ] Where’s the thin color lines in the floor tiles of buildings starting from reception so you can get to a particular department [ Hospitals ? ] Just follow your color on the floor. Saw this one in another state but no where else in the last 20 years. What ?. Here's an idea. Walk in the front door of a big hospital, go to a rack and take a paper card with the dept 'u' want on it. The card has a cheap bar code on it and a color. As you walk up the corridor, wall mounted laser scanners pick up the bar code your carrying and the appropriate color on the card is displayed on small arrows in the wall at the end of each corridor. You only have to look ahead to the next turn and see your color flashing and pointing in the direction you need to go. Hell, apply this to a huge underground parking lot [ I've lost my car at chermside more than once ] A cheap paper duel strip - one you carry and one on the inside windscreen of your car yadda yadda yadda. Now run with this idea you brainiacs :)
Where’s the inside push button ‘pop-out’ rope ladder that can be attached under windows on the outside of houses [ in a pretty and color matching cylinder ] to escape in case of fire in a high set dwelling ?.
Want to have a moisture detector in case of leak from a pipe or sink overflow or a place where you need to know if water has spilled on a surface. You can use an electronic detector OR 2 thumb tacks, a soluble aspirin and a clothes peg attached to a bell, beeper, the dogs tail – what-ever. Cheap, replaceable, reliable. Just threw that one in for fun. But hey, you need to know it’s starting to rain if the clothes are on the line.
Where are our do good Philanthropist's who can get these ideas from the ordinary Joe Pay packet to the real world ?
1. Auto industry. Cyclonic, magnetic oil filter [ think about it – insert smiley here]
2. Paint industry. On site paint matching and mixing for Pressure packs
3. Vacuum cleaners. Gear driven, rotating steel liner spring on Teflon sleeve for hoses to ‘corkscrew’ blockages into the receiver [ gave this one to Electrolux 20 years ago – still no manufacturer ] Cyclonic receivers are great to keep full container suction but first you have to GET IT THERE via a bloody hose that is the first thing to become blocked.
4. ERBR/ERBS glue and molding compound to glue and un-glue anything to anything without a part ‘2’ reactant in a tube. Mold plastics without electricity.
Strip circuit boards of sealing compound to repair them THEN use the same compound to seal them again.
5. A paint that changes color with micro current [ like the darkening window ]
Useful in billboards for multiple messages and a list too long to mention
I could go on for pages but what’s the point. The real point is, there are things that SHOULD be made, and CAN be made today with a shit load of will, a little R and D, a modest investment, and a shit load of money to be made at the end of it.
Anyone remember a documentary on the Aussie inventor who made a cinematography lens to do what no other lens make could do ??????.
Bugger me, that was almost 20 years ago still. Essentially it was called an
‘Infinity Lens’ for Micro/Macro photography; where by, no matter WHAT you were filming, the focal length was infinite. Everything from 1 cm to infinity was IN FOCUS. When you had an Ant in the whole picture at 1 cm, the background was always in focus. So what do you think the spectacle makers would do with this ??
BURY IT !!!! because NO-ONE would need prescription lenses any more [ including bi-focal ] One lens for everyone, one pair of glasses for everyone.
I think you get the picture – if not, go shoot yourself, your already brain dead.
Here is a little tip for people who have been unfortunate enough to have something stolen from their yard or even the family car from the car port.
Wire up a ‘break’ line to the object in question. A simple loop that alarms if the wire is broken. There are too many arrangements here to elaborate. The point is, in order for someone to steal the object and remove it from your premises [ or garden ] they have to ‘snap’ the cord away from the object [ pot plant, garden Nome, CAR, statue etc etc ] Wires can be hidden under gravel. Put a plug and socket on the car with the wire to the house wall or structure yadda yadda yadda.
I made a living doing this sort of business in another state many moons ago.
Simple but effective as most things stolen are done by morons of the first order who won’t SEE the wire or break it before they realize what it really is. Bell wire is cheap, batteries are cheap, siren modules are cheap and you don’t have to be an electrician to wire one up. Get a Dick smith DIY module kit for under $10.
The simple things work best, you don’t need to re-invent the wheel.
Adding on to this, a later post.
Before engine cylinder management systems were even thought of for fuel injected cars in Australia, I built one around the time the first FIC appeared on Aussie roads [ Holden – My father still has one in mint condition ]. I made the device from parts taken from a 1926 Telephone exchange and a washing machine [ no sh*t ]. It had cylinder compression inertial assisted breaking and rotational cylinder activation by speed and timing all done with relays and vacuum switches [ no electronics what-so-ever because they didn’t exist !!!]. Admittedly, it was the size of a shoe box but more importantly – it bloody well worked. I chucked it in the useless pile because petrol THEN was cheap and there wasn’t a need in the market for saving it.
Also, about this time, I made a covering to fit over a Hills Hoist. Made of clear plastic to let the sun shine through. I got sick and tired of birds crapping all over the washing I just hung out. Still waiting for this one guys – been waiting since the 70’s and that’s 40 freeking years yet [ hello everybody – the lights are on but nobody’s home.] .
How-za-bout self opening windows using drop weights in the casement [ and a button on the sill ]. Just like lift ones of old but slid sideways like all modern windows. OK, so reverse it !. A sliding window that shuts itself if left open triggered by rain, alarm setting, temperature and / or night fall etc etc. [ still nobody home; it’s lunch time in the walk of life ].
Solar panel made the shape of actual roof tiles [ or sky light panels ] was MY idea. Need more light or another power panel ?, just pull off another tile and match it perfectly with it’s solar or clear equivalent. The beauty of this is that there is nothing ugly on the roof to tell anyone it’s even there.
Double lined Steel and bladder Water storage tanks built into the exterior walls of a new house [ look ma – no tanks ] duel purpose insulation. Just don’t drill a hole in the wall to mount that hose reel unless you know WHERE the tanks are. Specific outside bricks can be etched to tell you where the OK spots are [ Called a ‘tick’ brick ] and so on and so forth till the end of time.
Simple [ and cheap ] e-field alarm system using a balanced core relay, 2 transistor circuit and a load of bell wire.
Hey guys, where’s the PROGRAMMABLE wireless door bell.
One wireless bell don’t cut it in a 3 story mansion. I need 4 wireless bells on the SAME Frequency activated by the one front door button, you wankers. Give us a 2 or 3 pack bell and one button that’s wireless battery or wireless 240 Volt plug in.
Edited on 7/11/2009.. UPDATE. Thank you ARLEC for showing some sense by bringing out just such a product at last. You now can buy packs of wireless door bells and packs of wireless push buttons that are ALL programmable with each other. Maybe some one in industry actually READS this blog [ Amazing!]
We have compulsory smoke detectors now but where is this circuit used in a range hood fan ?. [ Think about it people ]. The hood fan would regulate its speed according to detected fumes from the circuit [steam and/or burning food ] couple this with an audible alarm would stop a lot of fires on the stove and maybe save the house burning down [ put an auto stove shut off in it as well - so much can be done with a $10 circuit and a trip switch ] In top market stoves - a 1 litre fire retardant canister hidden in the hood could trigger IF actual flames hit the fan unit. Ruin the tea but save the house [ especially if you left the stove on and went OUTSIDE!]
So the above gives you some idea’s. I’m beginning to think I live in an alternate universe where the whole cosmos is ‘bent’.
A few more for the pot.
How many times have you wished the lights over the stair well would turn on when you are at the top or bottom in the dead of night ? [ or maybe illuminate that wall painting when you walk by and ONLY when you walk by ] Simple – just use a IR sensor in the ceiling or pressure mat under the carpet. You don’t need a massive power bill because those paintings have a spotty on them 24/7. Makes a handy night light to see the switch for the room lights. [ But keep the dog outside ].
We have emergency exit lights for power fail or fire but what about painting the floor in a clear solution that glows red in the presence of floor triggered lighting ?.[ big fat arrows in florescent red because your crawling on your guts under the smoke and looking at the floor from 6 inches while the emergency sign is at ceiling level hidden by the smoke – IDIOTS! ] Where’s the thin color lines in the floor tiles of buildings starting from reception so you can get to a particular department [ Hospitals ? ] Just follow your color on the floor. Saw this one in another state but no where else in the last 20 years. What ?. Here's an idea. Walk in the front door of a big hospital, go to a rack and take a paper card with the dept 'u' want on it. The card has a cheap bar code on it and a color. As you walk up the corridor, wall mounted laser scanners pick up the bar code your carrying and the appropriate color on the card is displayed on small arrows in the wall at the end of each corridor. You only have to look ahead to the next turn and see your color flashing and pointing in the direction you need to go. Hell, apply this to a huge underground parking lot [ I've lost my car at chermside more than once ] A cheap paper duel strip - one you carry and one on the inside windscreen of your car yadda yadda yadda. Now run with this idea you brainiacs :)
Where’s the inside push button ‘pop-out’ rope ladder that can be attached under windows on the outside of houses [ in a pretty and color matching cylinder ] to escape in case of fire in a high set dwelling ?.
Want to have a moisture detector in case of leak from a pipe or sink overflow or a place where you need to know if water has spilled on a surface. You can use an electronic detector OR 2 thumb tacks, a soluble aspirin and a clothes peg attached to a bell, beeper, the dogs tail – what-ever. Cheap, replaceable, reliable. Just threw that one in for fun. But hey, you need to know it’s starting to rain if the clothes are on the line.
Where are our do good Philanthropist's who can get these ideas from the ordinary Joe Pay packet to the real world ?
SMART METERS TO LIFTPOWER COSTS .. [Courier Mail July 1st]
Just like the Government not thinking things thoroughly. Certainly the Technology is there but like Communism – a utopia ideal but by it’s very definition – it ain’t gunna work.
The argument is that we charge people more/Kilowatt Hr during peak demand. Here-in lay’s the rub. What exactly IS the time of peak demand? Is it not when everyone wants to use the power simultaneously? and is not this a choice by the majority ?. What this all means is that if most of us DO use power sparingly and WE ALL spread the power evenly, then the time of peak demand disappears. The new meters become redundant.
The only way [ by Theoristics ] this methodology can really work is if the USER of the electricity knows EXACTLY what he is being charged in real time; hour by hour. It doesn’t matter what the high point of demand is and what time it shifts too as long as the consumer is notified on site what the price is INSTANTLY and on inquiry. Supplemental to this; the consumer MUST be alerted ON SITE !! when the price changes hour by hour.
It follows, therefore , the meters must incorporate a system of visual and audible alarms that can be heard and seen by the consumer, on site, when the price is ABOUT to change.
If you ignore this Methodology and set the peak time within specified hours; it won’t be long before this time changes as EVERYONE will start to use power at the cheapest time AND THEN this time becomes peak. So you see it’s not as easy as that corrupt ignorant clown Robinson tries to make out. The cost of power will rise anyway to pay for the cost of the new meters which will be eventually, a total freeking lemon.
This is tackling the problem from the point of view of making the consumer feel it’s HIS fault for not doing the will of the supplier. The main problem here is not Electricity supply from the Generators but infrastructure to get it to the consumer. The corrupt Labor Government has been screwing the people for decades with regards to neglecting infrastructure and taking power profits. To add insult to injury, the government has made absolutely sure that cheap electricity is denied the consumer by turning the rebate on Photo-Voltaic into useless carbon credits STILL under the control of the profiteering hands of the Government. The greedy manufacturers have colluded to make the COST of the power panels so high, that most people can’t afford them. And if you can afford them, it would take longer to recover the cost compared to the life of the panels themselves. What Power panels would do [ if everyone could afford them ] is feed power from both directions and reduce the load on the feed infrastructure.
A simple bit of engineering and a modest cost would see ONE industry get power for nothing and pump ten times their consumption back to the grid - and it doesn’t even involve Power Panels. I put forward this suggestion to the niche industry of Crematoriums but so far, no one has done jack.
I digress; we must tackle power usage from the point of view of SUPPLY.
The argument is that we charge people more/Kilowatt Hr during peak demand. Here-in lay’s the rub. What exactly IS the time of peak demand? Is it not when everyone wants to use the power simultaneously? and is not this a choice by the majority ?. What this all means is that if most of us DO use power sparingly and WE ALL spread the power evenly, then the time of peak demand disappears. The new meters become redundant.
The only way [ by Theoristics ] this methodology can really work is if the USER of the electricity knows EXACTLY what he is being charged in real time; hour by hour. It doesn’t matter what the high point of demand is and what time it shifts too as long as the consumer is notified on site what the price is INSTANTLY and on inquiry. Supplemental to this; the consumer MUST be alerted ON SITE !! when the price changes hour by hour.
It follows, therefore , the meters must incorporate a system of visual and audible alarms that can be heard and seen by the consumer, on site, when the price is ABOUT to change.
If you ignore this Methodology and set the peak time within specified hours; it won’t be long before this time changes as EVERYONE will start to use power at the cheapest time AND THEN this time becomes peak. So you see it’s not as easy as that corrupt ignorant clown Robinson tries to make out. The cost of power will rise anyway to pay for the cost of the new meters which will be eventually, a total freeking lemon.
This is tackling the problem from the point of view of making the consumer feel it’s HIS fault for not doing the will of the supplier. The main problem here is not Electricity supply from the Generators but infrastructure to get it to the consumer. The corrupt Labor Government has been screwing the people for decades with regards to neglecting infrastructure and taking power profits. To add insult to injury, the government has made absolutely sure that cheap electricity is denied the consumer by turning the rebate on Photo-Voltaic into useless carbon credits STILL under the control of the profiteering hands of the Government. The greedy manufacturers have colluded to make the COST of the power panels so high, that most people can’t afford them. And if you can afford them, it would take longer to recover the cost compared to the life of the panels themselves. What Power panels would do [ if everyone could afford them ] is feed power from both directions and reduce the load on the feed infrastructure.
A simple bit of engineering and a modest cost would see ONE industry get power for nothing and pump ten times their consumption back to the grid - and it doesn’t even involve Power Panels. I put forward this suggestion to the niche industry of Crematoriums but so far, no one has done jack.
I digress; we must tackle power usage from the point of view of SUPPLY.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
About Robinson
About Stephen Robertson
Stephen Robertson
Stephen Robertson is Queensland’s Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy and Minister for Trade, and Member for Stretton. He was first elected to the Queensland Parliament in 1992.
Prior to that, he worked in a number of research and advocacy positions in the trade union movement including State Secretary and National President of the United Firefighters Union of Australia.
[ He was a lackey and 'yes' man for Martin Fergison - who was a stand over merchant in the union movement - more jobs for the boys in Labor]
During his parliamentary career, Mr Robertson has served as Secretary of the Parliamentary Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Premier, Chair of the Small Business Advisory Council, member of the Queensland Innovation Council and the Queensland Food Industry Council. [ You would think that with all this experience, he would be a good man for all seasons. Unfortunately, in my experience, these people are discreetly gotten rid of because they know too much. In Robinsons case however - it's a case of incompetence so he is shuffled from one portfolio to the next ]
In December 1999, Mr Robertson was promoted to Minister for Emergency Services.[ Which he promptly stuffed up for all time - now nothing can fix it accept a massive overhaul of the system ] Following the 2001 state election he was appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Mines and then Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy after the 2004 election. [ He in actual fact was 'demoted' or rather moved sideways after stuffing up the health services. No doubt there was collusion, bribes and jobs for the boys in this position. ]
During this period, Mr Robertson was responsible for driving major reforms including the cessation of broad-scale tree clearing in Queensland, [ now in a minor role here - he stuffed up the timber industry which is all but decimated.] a landmark state-wide native title agreement allowing access by the mining industry to traditional lands for exploration; [ And a bucket load of royalties for people who are whiter than I am. Of course, the real Aboriginal couldn't give a toss for money but the 1/64 cast screw ups will gladly take all the money and distribute it unevenly amongst the 164 councils around the state, which exist to suck this country dry of funds ] the introduction of Australia’s first ever Wild Rivers legislation to protect our last remaining pristine river systems [ of which there are stuff all compared to the total river systems ] and the independent review into the state’s electricity distribution sector resulting in a major upgrade to the security and reliability of Queensland’s power distribution system. [ total double speak bullsh*t, else we would be leading the world in photo-voltaic generation. Having totally stuffed every position given him, this moronic idiot even looks like 'steady eddy' or a refugee from hell and now proceeds to stuff up yet another totally stuffed portfolio as electricity minister. If I had the god given devine power, I would make this arse hole disappear into oblivion and keep him right away from any position of responsibility ]
In July 2005, Mr Robertson was appointed Minister for Health where he oversaw the implementation of the $10b – 5 Year Health Action Plan. [ read my bit about how the states fund medicare and you get the picture ] This represents the largest ever injection of new funding into Queensland’s public health system combined with an extensive organizational and service delivery reform program. [ More bullsh*t - where's all the services Stevo ?? what did you spend the money on, bribes to cover up all the stuff-ups ???] In 2007, Mr Robertson was elected Chair of the Australian Health Ministerial Council.[ Reward for effectively hiding all the bribes - remember, this is the tosser who rubber stamped Jayant Patyle's appointment - get the picture ?]
After the recent election, Mr Robertson was appointed Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy and Minister for Trade. [ Appointed my arse - he was TOLD where he was being shifted too ]
Mr Robertson was born in Aberdeen Scotland on 14 February 1962. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Griffith University,[ A degree any moron can get these days - just put in the time and it will be sweet ] graduating with honours from the School of Modern Asian Studies. [ Ummmm Asian studies. Wonder if he's got a hand somewhere in Asian interests trying to buy all Queensland Resources ?]
His local achievements include a new police station at Calamvale; a police shopfront at Sunnybank; the Runcorn Community Sports Complex, the new Calamvale Community College and the new $16m P - 12 Stretton State College. [ Sounds like he studied Batty Beaties methods, so don't dare criticize him else the cops will show up at your door and confiscate every PC you own accusing you of having child porn ]
Stephen actively promotes closer cultural and economic links with Asia and is a strong campaigner against racism. [ And when the Asian's get here, they will prove to you that they mean you no harm - just confirm it with Stevo ]
GET THIS STUFF UP OUT OF POLITICS BEFORE HE DESTROYS WHAT'S LEFT OF QUEENSLAND FOR ALL TIME.
Stephen Robertson
Stephen Robertson is Queensland’s Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy and Minister for Trade, and Member for Stretton. He was first elected to the Queensland Parliament in 1992.
Prior to that, he worked in a number of research and advocacy positions in the trade union movement including State Secretary and National President of the United Firefighters Union of Australia.
[ He was a lackey and 'yes' man for Martin Fergison - who was a stand over merchant in the union movement - more jobs for the boys in Labor]
During his parliamentary career, Mr Robertson has served as Secretary of the Parliamentary Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Premier, Chair of the Small Business Advisory Council, member of the Queensland Innovation Council and the Queensland Food Industry Council. [ You would think that with all this experience, he would be a good man for all seasons. Unfortunately, in my experience, these people are discreetly gotten rid of because they know too much. In Robinsons case however - it's a case of incompetence so he is shuffled from one portfolio to the next ]
In December 1999, Mr Robertson was promoted to Minister for Emergency Services.[ Which he promptly stuffed up for all time - now nothing can fix it accept a massive overhaul of the system ] Following the 2001 state election he was appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Mines and then Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy after the 2004 election. [ He in actual fact was 'demoted' or rather moved sideways after stuffing up the health services. No doubt there was collusion, bribes and jobs for the boys in this position. ]
During this period, Mr Robertson was responsible for driving major reforms including the cessation of broad-scale tree clearing in Queensland, [ now in a minor role here - he stuffed up the timber industry which is all but decimated.] a landmark state-wide native title agreement allowing access by the mining industry to traditional lands for exploration; [ And a bucket load of royalties for people who are whiter than I am. Of course, the real Aboriginal couldn't give a toss for money but the 1/64 cast screw ups will gladly take all the money and distribute it unevenly amongst the 164 councils around the state, which exist to suck this country dry of funds ] the introduction of Australia’s first ever Wild Rivers legislation to protect our last remaining pristine river systems [ of which there are stuff all compared to the total river systems ] and the independent review into the state’s electricity distribution sector resulting in a major upgrade to the security and reliability of Queensland’s power distribution system. [ total double speak bullsh*t, else we would be leading the world in photo-voltaic generation. Having totally stuffed every position given him, this moronic idiot even looks like 'steady eddy' or a refugee from hell and now proceeds to stuff up yet another totally stuffed portfolio as electricity minister. If I had the god given devine power, I would make this arse hole disappear into oblivion and keep him right away from any position of responsibility ]
In July 2005, Mr Robertson was appointed Minister for Health where he oversaw the implementation of the $10b – 5 Year Health Action Plan. [ read my bit about how the states fund medicare and you get the picture ] This represents the largest ever injection of new funding into Queensland’s public health system combined with an extensive organizational and service delivery reform program. [ More bullsh*t - where's all the services Stevo ?? what did you spend the money on, bribes to cover up all the stuff-ups ???] In 2007, Mr Robertson was elected Chair of the Australian Health Ministerial Council.[ Reward for effectively hiding all the bribes - remember, this is the tosser who rubber stamped Jayant Patyle's appointment - get the picture ?]
After the recent election, Mr Robertson was appointed Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy and Minister for Trade. [ Appointed my arse - he was TOLD where he was being shifted too ]
Mr Robertson was born in Aberdeen Scotland on 14 February 1962. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Griffith University,[ A degree any moron can get these days - just put in the time and it will be sweet ] graduating with honours from the School of Modern Asian Studies. [ Ummmm Asian studies. Wonder if he's got a hand somewhere in Asian interests trying to buy all Queensland Resources ?]
His local achievements include a new police station at Calamvale; a police shopfront at Sunnybank; the Runcorn Community Sports Complex, the new Calamvale Community College and the new $16m P - 12 Stretton State College. [ Sounds like he studied Batty Beaties methods, so don't dare criticize him else the cops will show up at your door and confiscate every PC you own accusing you of having child porn ]
Stephen actively promotes closer cultural and economic links with Asia and is a strong campaigner against racism. [ And when the Asian's get here, they will prove to you that they mean you no harm - just confirm it with Stevo ]
GET THIS STUFF UP OUT OF POLITICS BEFORE HE DESTROYS WHAT'S LEFT OF QUEENSLAND FOR ALL TIME.
Former Premier bullsh*t
I heard ABC radio get a statement from Batty Beat-up in the USA [ our trade minister ] who stated absolutely that he implemented a system where-by anyone could walk in off the street and discuses problems of a political [ or other ] nature. Having worked in Government for 10 odd years [ or to be politically correct - 10 even years ] I KNOW how the information system works; bugger me, I was a part of it.
If you HAVE to implement a system for the benefit of the people BUT having the people KNOW about it may be a distinct detriment to the system itself then you effectively hid it. You do this by making sure every Government Department knows about it [ in the Gazette ] but make no public announcement what-so-ever. This methodology is use across ALL departments, just ask employment, education and training. Do you really think they would want half of Queensland making an appointment to see the Premier about - say - Police corruption techniques ?.[ Insert smiley here !]. Batty beat-up would be about the smartest con man this state ever had but ONLY because he knew when to cut and run before the sh*t hit the fan, and appointing a female to wear all the flack.
If you HAVE to implement a system for the benefit of the people BUT having the people KNOW about it may be a distinct detriment to the system itself then you effectively hid it. You do this by making sure every Government Department knows about it [ in the Gazette ] but make no public announcement what-so-ever. This methodology is use across ALL departments, just ask employment, education and training. Do you really think they would want half of Queensland making an appointment to see the Premier about - say - Police corruption techniques ?.[ Insert smiley here !]. Batty beat-up would be about the smartest con man this state ever had but ONLY because he knew when to cut and run before the sh*t hit the fan, and appointing a female to wear all the flack.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Portable chargers for equipment
Misplaced your widget charger lately ?, can't get one readily from a store ?
'you'll have to order one especially from the manufacturer' your told
all because the makers of these products won't co-operate and make a UNIVERSAL SOCKET
in their mobile phones, Blue teeth, GPS, or anything else that requires charging .
I've had 4 different mobiles, 2 different GPS, 3 different IPAQ - portable video players, notebooks and everything else that you can put in your pocket or purse to communicate. But not ONE of these buggers has the same socket for charging as anyone else and if you are lucky enough to have a charger with that exact match, it's a damn
different voltage. It's a conspiracy to enable 3rd party manufacturers to make special adapters to suit the lot and there-by generate a new market... all because the source plant won't manufacture their product so that a cheap adapter will charge it.
There are 56 different sockets on all these products and not one of the models from the SAME manufacturer have the same socket or voltage
Every time Acme phones makes a new MODEL, it has a different size and/or shape charge socket. I have a bloody drawer full of useless chargers because every time I buy ANYTHING portable that needs a charger, nothing I already have fits it !!.
Oh sure, I now have a universal all pin, all voltage charger for everything but I don't want to have to buy a dozen of them so I can
charge up a dozen devices overnight. I'd like the same identical charger that COMES WITH the device to charge any of the devices, not have to fork out EXTRA cash for an all singing all dancing charger. Sh*t, if I had 10 devices and 2 identical chargers, that would suffice.
What happened to 'save the planet from carbon' crap. To add insult to injury, some devices that have been superseded by model, need to be charged
by devices that no longer exist. God I wish I was Ralph Nader in this country.
'you'll have to order one especially from the manufacturer' your told
all because the makers of these products won't co-operate and make a UNIVERSAL SOCKET
in their mobile phones, Blue teeth, GPS, or anything else that requires charging .
I've had 4 different mobiles, 2 different GPS, 3 different IPAQ - portable video players, notebooks and everything else that you can put in your pocket or purse to communicate. But not ONE of these buggers has the same socket for charging as anyone else and if you are lucky enough to have a charger with that exact match, it's a damn
different voltage. It's a conspiracy to enable 3rd party manufacturers to make special adapters to suit the lot and there-by generate a new market... all because the source plant won't manufacture their product so that a cheap adapter will charge it.
There are 56 different sockets on all these products and not one of the models from the SAME manufacturer have the same socket or voltage
Every time Acme phones makes a new MODEL, it has a different size and/or shape charge socket. I have a bloody drawer full of useless chargers because every time I buy ANYTHING portable that needs a charger, nothing I already have fits it !!.
Oh sure, I now have a universal all pin, all voltage charger for everything but I don't want to have to buy a dozen of them so I can
charge up a dozen devices overnight. I'd like the same identical charger that COMES WITH the device to charge any of the devices, not have to fork out EXTRA cash for an all singing all dancing charger. Sh*t, if I had 10 devices and 2 identical chargers, that would suffice.
What happened to 'save the planet from carbon' crap. To add insult to injury, some devices that have been superseded by model, need to be charged
by devices that no longer exist. God I wish I was Ralph Nader in this country.
Brunnings crap
I use a lot of daily products, shit I should be working for 'choice' magazine.
Some are good or bad or [ dare I say it ] ugly?. Any who, now and again I come across some products that apparently slip by the bodies that investigate things to see you get WHAT YOU PAID FOR !!.
I have several BRUNNINGS products on the shelf and mostly bought from different stores but around about the same time as I am doing a sh*t load of renovations and landscaping. I bought BRUNNINGS rose spray for the 'wozes' and path weed killer for the concrete. Neither of these products is worth a pinch of sh*t !!. The rose spray did jack and I practically emptied the bottle of weed killer on one patch - nufin, I could have drunk the stuff myself as not so much as a stinking leaf withered in a week. The roses were looking worse so I switched to white oil and that did the trick in 48 hrs. Upon examining the contents of both bottles, I found the apparent formula CONCENTRATIONS were so bloody diluted, It's a wonder the stuff is allowed to be sold claiming what it's supposed to do. I had a bad experience with ANOTHER BRUNNINGS product but threw it out in disgust and can't even remember what It was. BRUNNINGS products are crap - diluted to buggery - don't do the job unless you use liters of the crap to drown the weeds. Best bet, buy the super concentrate you dilute yourself, then use it straight. I found this does the job nicely. But I ask myself - why do these products exist if they are as weak as horse piss ??. Why are you charged a sh*t load for a concentrated product that does NEAT what the others claim they will do in a ready mix.
The answer is simple, its a blatant rip off [ that was easy ]. Just like the big MILK rip off that;s coming to light NOW, the powers that be had better start investigating ALL home products that make certain claims but can't cut it because the formula in the container won't produce the results claimed in the DOSAGE recommended. The formula on the packaging may be correct [ no fraud here ] but the claim is bull sh*t by trial and error in the field. The stuff may kill your prized Petunia but as for hardy weeds; forget it.
Some are good or bad or [ dare I say it ] ugly?. Any who, now and again I come across some products that apparently slip by the bodies that investigate things to see you get WHAT YOU PAID FOR !!.
I have several BRUNNINGS products on the shelf and mostly bought from different stores but around about the same time as I am doing a sh*t load of renovations and landscaping. I bought BRUNNINGS rose spray for the 'wozes' and path weed killer for the concrete. Neither of these products is worth a pinch of sh*t !!. The rose spray did jack and I practically emptied the bottle of weed killer on one patch - nufin, I could have drunk the stuff myself as not so much as a stinking leaf withered in a week. The roses were looking worse so I switched to white oil and that did the trick in 48 hrs. Upon examining the contents of both bottles, I found the apparent formula CONCENTRATIONS were so bloody diluted, It's a wonder the stuff is allowed to be sold claiming what it's supposed to do. I had a bad experience with ANOTHER BRUNNINGS product but threw it out in disgust and can't even remember what It was. BRUNNINGS products are crap - diluted to buggery - don't do the job unless you use liters of the crap to drown the weeds. Best bet, buy the super concentrate you dilute yourself, then use it straight. I found this does the job nicely. But I ask myself - why do these products exist if they are as weak as horse piss ??. Why are you charged a sh*t load for a concentrated product that does NEAT what the others claim they will do in a ready mix.
The answer is simple, its a blatant rip off [ that was easy ]. Just like the big MILK rip off that;s coming to light NOW, the powers that be had better start investigating ALL home products that make certain claims but can't cut it because the formula in the container won't produce the results claimed in the DOSAGE recommended. The formula on the packaging may be correct [ no fraud here ] but the claim is bull sh*t by trial and error in the field. The stuff may kill your prized Petunia but as for hardy weeds; forget it.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
accreditation to exist - more insane nonsense
While we are on the subject of rules, regulations, OHS, discrimination and all the rest of the crap which makes us the most over regulated country on the planet; lets take a quick peek into the companies that actually accredit people with a wad of paper that allows them to officially ‘catch a bus’. Yep, that’s what you read. There is an official accreditation course on how to ‘Catch a bus’. Of course this notion is just ridiculous to the extreme and; like most of the other accredited courses, is just another money making cash cow for those people involved in supply. The courses are all bullsh*t with the excuse [ tired and over worn ] that most people must be protected from them selves and litigation by others, which, like the U.S.A. has gotten out of control. In theory, a house holder cannot even change a light globe – an authorized electrician must do it. Yours truly has been doing engineering and electrics for nearly half a century and all the certificates I hold have jack to do with any of these disciplines. All of the certificates I hold do not help me what-so-ever in my forte field but are supposedly required to even exist or pick up a screw driver. It’s no wonder there are so many incompetent tradies out there because most of their working life is spent getting these crap pieces of paper that allows them to practice what they can’t do in the first place. When I went for one of these certificates, the trainer said ‘There are two worlds today; fantasy land and reality land. Fantasy land is here. When you get your certification you can forget Fantasy land and start living in reality land. Unfortunately, some people have been living in Fantasy land for so long, they can’t tell the difference when they leave here’.
There are three major advances in the field of engineering that I have directly inspired or contributed to. Every one on the planet is using one right now or at least has come across one [ unless you live in a tribe in Tibet and herd sheep in the mountains]. I will not say what they are as this will immediately identify me absolutely to certain people who might take exception to this blog or at least be either embarrassed or think me a little strange.
Needless to say, I can officially declare I once held copy write to all three but the final development was later taken up by people with a bucket load of R and D money and a big company after I released copy write claim. All this, without a single piece of paper proclaiming me ‘competent’ by people who don’t know the meaning of the word.
There are three major advances in the field of engineering that I have directly inspired or contributed to. Every one on the planet is using one right now or at least has come across one [ unless you live in a tribe in Tibet and herd sheep in the mountains]. I will not say what they are as this will immediately identify me absolutely to certain people who might take exception to this blog or at least be either embarrassed or think me a little strange.
Needless to say, I can officially declare I once held copy write to all three but the final development was later taken up by people with a bucket load of R and D money and a big company after I released copy write claim. All this, without a single piece of paper proclaiming me ‘competent’ by people who don’t know the meaning of the word.
regulation gone mad - Joe the cleaner
As is my bent, so to speak, I have a bucket load of comments regarding what’s happening in the political scene of late. However, if I voiced a sensible opinion on every thing that’s happened in this fair land in the last 12 months; we might have a file too long to post.
Needless to say, employment is one of a sh*t load of key issues. What the hell is happening in this country when rules and regulations start to conflict with each other. It’s due to the fact that many people making up these insane [ and inane] rules haven’t got a clue; don’t think about the consequences; or just make them up for the purpose of making everyone’s life a misery and slowing work practice down from a crawl to dead stop.
Example one:
Joe Blow is a part time cleaner working for a cleaning company who assigned him to a client [ Business ]. He works 3 days a week for 3 hours a day; early morning start and finishes just after the business opens. Now Joe has a certificate 4 in building management services [ he can even teach at TAFE if he wants to] but Joe likes hands on cleaning, likes the hours, even if he is slightly pissed off with the pay [ $21 / hour ]. Joe does his best work when he’s feeling good, and Joe feels good when he listens to his music on an MP3 player. He uses ear pieces because even though the place is as big as an air craft hanger AND the only people in the joint are early start staff, he doesn’t want to disturb anyone else. If a staff member wants to talk to Joe, all they have to do is catch his eye [ not yell across the room ] at which point Joe politely removes his ear pieces and talks to the staff member. One day, Joe’s boss turns up at his assigned work place and informs Joe he should be more friendly with meeting and greeting. Also, he has been instructed that he is to cease wearing ear pieces during his cleaning tasks on instructions from the chief of the business. The reason ???. OHS concerns as he would not hear any emergency evacuation alarms. But really, it’s because if the boss wants a word, he has to catch Joe’s eye just like any other normal person.
Is this not a biggest crock of crap you ever heard of.???. Oh ,so that implies that if he was normally hearing impaired [ or freeking deaf anyway ] OR has to wear earplugs for what ever reason [ Noise while vacuuming ] he wouldn’t be allowed to do this job ??? Is not this a blatant act of discrimination and illegal under the work place practices act ??. [ Yes it is – I checked it out ]. His excuse may well be that IF Joe didn’t hear an evacuation alarm, and IF Joe was subsequently injured, Joe could possibly sue – someone, OR maybe the business could sue the cleaning company for allowing Joe to be voluntarily deaf when he need not be.
So you see where two bullsh*t laws conflict, everyone is the meat in the sandwich here. Joe has another bullsh*t option to counter this bullsh*t request. Have the business test the evacuation alarm [ if they have one - or the fire alarm ]. And see if Joe can hear it with his ear pieces in place. Unless he is freeking well blind as well, he would see what was going on apart from the fact that VISUAL indication of an alarm must be installed ANYWAY. The evacuation alarm MUST be loud enough to alert anyone in the building AND visual indication must be placed ANYWHERE a staff member is likely to be for a reasonable amount of time IE: store room but not necessarily a toilet. Since Joe’s job entails that he be most of the time in an open area in sight of staff members and in sight of a visual alarm – the whole exercise in autocratic flexing of muscular authority is pointless.
This is the sort of everyday crap that part time workers have to put up with, it’s no wonder business in this country is going down the dunny. Perhaps the boss of the company has personal issues and this is his way of relieving tensions?. From personal experience, when the ‘Boss’ is TOLD something in no uncertain terms [ which perhaps gets him really pissed off ] he tends to pass on this frustration or anger to people below him. This gives him the satisfaction that he still has at least some measure of control and authority over someone even if the reaction or command makes no sense and is ill conceived. Been there, done that. There are two ways for Joe to deal with this, Firstly, Joe should ask for the request in WRITING from HIS boss. The request should state in detail [ quoting relevant authority and from whom the request has been made ] why this request is being made, the consequences of objecting or ignoring this request. Come backs could go on for days including the usual bull sh*t arbitration, consultation and conciliation in a meeting between all parties over a bloody music player in a cleaners ear hole. Political regulation gone insane.
The Discrimination clause is NOT canceled out by any OHS concerns since there are avenues to negate the request by the very regulation that is implied [ Visual alarms, hearing impaired worker, noise abatement using a vacuum, ear infection, objection to mood music in the store etc etc the list goes on ].
What is the purpose of this request from the business manager?, is it just an exercise in control for ego sake. Obviously he has not taken the time to think this out.
The whole exercise is a process of futility, frustration, annoyance, and just plain pissing Joe off for the sake of before business cleaning. An unhappy worker will just make Joe more distant, unfriendly, and resentful – what other demands are forth coming for a cleaner who has more certificates than the whole staff of the store collectively and takes this bullsh*t for $21 / hour ?.
OHS inspection of his place of cleaning would reveal blatant breaches of several items, of which we won’t go into for the moment as Joe believes in everyone making a mistake 3 times. The first was accusing Joe of not cleaning a toilet – and Joe stated he NEVER misses a toilet. He also informed the boss that who ever made this casual observation was mis-informed [ effectively calling his staff member a liar or an idiot ] since Joe cleans here once every TWO days as required by contract. All his staff should be well aware of this. The second mistake was not acting on the request to do something about the obvious smell in the men’s public toilet that will not go away no matter how much cleaner is used; obviously faulty piping from the urinal.
The third mistake was requesting that Joe use something that leaves a pleasant smell all over the place where he has cleaned so that the BOSS of the premises knows by his nose, that Joe has indeed cleaned the respective area [including the public area the size of an air craft hanger – no sh*t] . Instead of a nice lemon smelling compound [ which Joe favors and uses ] Joe’s cleaning company boss, recommends a harsh, corrosive solution of chlorine leaving the place smell like something god awful. Unfortunately, the lemon smelling compound also makes the floors very slippery, a distinct danger to staff even though signs are in place. There’s another OHS concern regarding an ill conceived request. Lemon is good but customers will slip on their arse, chlorine is good but will turn customers right off the place [ apart from the fact that if it’s used on painted surfaces in toilets, it will eventually strip the paint right off the wall – lovely]. Best bet – don’t use anything but cleaner and water on the floors, and lemon compound on the walls – which is what Joe has been doing from day one; there you go, He has just negated the whole useless exercise in futility – what a farce.
So the three mistake points have been duly noted by Joe and this ear piece request is not on unless he gets it officially in writing quoting relevant rules or regulations. The customer is always right, you say. It’s his business, you say. That’s fine with Joe, but Joe has a standard and work ethic as well and if this standard is improved by audible enhancement, that’s a good thing both for Joe AND the business.
Needless to say, employment is one of a sh*t load of key issues. What the hell is happening in this country when rules and regulations start to conflict with each other. It’s due to the fact that many people making up these insane [ and inane] rules haven’t got a clue; don’t think about the consequences; or just make them up for the purpose of making everyone’s life a misery and slowing work practice down from a crawl to dead stop.
Example one:
Joe Blow is a part time cleaner working for a cleaning company who assigned him to a client [ Business ]. He works 3 days a week for 3 hours a day; early morning start and finishes just after the business opens. Now Joe has a certificate 4 in building management services [ he can even teach at TAFE if he wants to] but Joe likes hands on cleaning, likes the hours, even if he is slightly pissed off with the pay [ $21 / hour ]. Joe does his best work when he’s feeling good, and Joe feels good when he listens to his music on an MP3 player. He uses ear pieces because even though the place is as big as an air craft hanger AND the only people in the joint are early start staff, he doesn’t want to disturb anyone else. If a staff member wants to talk to Joe, all they have to do is catch his eye [ not yell across the room ] at which point Joe politely removes his ear pieces and talks to the staff member. One day, Joe’s boss turns up at his assigned work place and informs Joe he should be more friendly with meeting and greeting. Also, he has been instructed that he is to cease wearing ear pieces during his cleaning tasks on instructions from the chief of the business. The reason ???. OHS concerns as he would not hear any emergency evacuation alarms. But really, it’s because if the boss wants a word, he has to catch Joe’s eye just like any other normal person.
Is this not a biggest crock of crap you ever heard of.???. Oh ,so that implies that if he was normally hearing impaired [ or freeking deaf anyway ] OR has to wear earplugs for what ever reason [ Noise while vacuuming ] he wouldn’t be allowed to do this job ??? Is not this a blatant act of discrimination and illegal under the work place practices act ??. [ Yes it is – I checked it out ]. His excuse may well be that IF Joe didn’t hear an evacuation alarm, and IF Joe was subsequently injured, Joe could possibly sue – someone, OR maybe the business could sue the cleaning company for allowing Joe to be voluntarily deaf when he need not be.
So you see where two bullsh*t laws conflict, everyone is the meat in the sandwich here. Joe has another bullsh*t option to counter this bullsh*t request. Have the business test the evacuation alarm [ if they have one - or the fire alarm ]. And see if Joe can hear it with his ear pieces in place. Unless he is freeking well blind as well, he would see what was going on apart from the fact that VISUAL indication of an alarm must be installed ANYWAY. The evacuation alarm MUST be loud enough to alert anyone in the building AND visual indication must be placed ANYWHERE a staff member is likely to be for a reasonable amount of time IE: store room but not necessarily a toilet. Since Joe’s job entails that he be most of the time in an open area in sight of staff members and in sight of a visual alarm – the whole exercise in autocratic flexing of muscular authority is pointless.
This is the sort of everyday crap that part time workers have to put up with, it’s no wonder business in this country is going down the dunny. Perhaps the boss of the company has personal issues and this is his way of relieving tensions?. From personal experience, when the ‘Boss’ is TOLD something in no uncertain terms [ which perhaps gets him really pissed off ] he tends to pass on this frustration or anger to people below him. This gives him the satisfaction that he still has at least some measure of control and authority over someone even if the reaction or command makes no sense and is ill conceived. Been there, done that. There are two ways for Joe to deal with this, Firstly, Joe should ask for the request in WRITING from HIS boss. The request should state in detail [ quoting relevant authority and from whom the request has been made ] why this request is being made, the consequences of objecting or ignoring this request. Come backs could go on for days including the usual bull sh*t arbitration, consultation and conciliation in a meeting between all parties over a bloody music player in a cleaners ear hole. Political regulation gone insane.
The Discrimination clause is NOT canceled out by any OHS concerns since there are avenues to negate the request by the very regulation that is implied [ Visual alarms, hearing impaired worker, noise abatement using a vacuum, ear infection, objection to mood music in the store etc etc the list goes on ].
What is the purpose of this request from the business manager?, is it just an exercise in control for ego sake. Obviously he has not taken the time to think this out.
The whole exercise is a process of futility, frustration, annoyance, and just plain pissing Joe off for the sake of before business cleaning. An unhappy worker will just make Joe more distant, unfriendly, and resentful – what other demands are forth coming for a cleaner who has more certificates than the whole staff of the store collectively and takes this bullsh*t for $21 / hour ?.
OHS inspection of his place of cleaning would reveal blatant breaches of several items, of which we won’t go into for the moment as Joe believes in everyone making a mistake 3 times. The first was accusing Joe of not cleaning a toilet – and Joe stated he NEVER misses a toilet. He also informed the boss that who ever made this casual observation was mis-informed [ effectively calling his staff member a liar or an idiot ] since Joe cleans here once every TWO days as required by contract. All his staff should be well aware of this. The second mistake was not acting on the request to do something about the obvious smell in the men’s public toilet that will not go away no matter how much cleaner is used; obviously faulty piping from the urinal.
The third mistake was requesting that Joe use something that leaves a pleasant smell all over the place where he has cleaned so that the BOSS of the premises knows by his nose, that Joe has indeed cleaned the respective area [including the public area the size of an air craft hanger – no sh*t] . Instead of a nice lemon smelling compound [ which Joe favors and uses ] Joe’s cleaning company boss, recommends a harsh, corrosive solution of chlorine leaving the place smell like something god awful. Unfortunately, the lemon smelling compound also makes the floors very slippery, a distinct danger to staff even though signs are in place. There’s another OHS concern regarding an ill conceived request. Lemon is good but customers will slip on their arse, chlorine is good but will turn customers right off the place [ apart from the fact that if it’s used on painted surfaces in toilets, it will eventually strip the paint right off the wall – lovely]. Best bet – don’t use anything but cleaner and water on the floors, and lemon compound on the walls – which is what Joe has been doing from day one; there you go, He has just negated the whole useless exercise in futility – what a farce.
So the three mistake points have been duly noted by Joe and this ear piece request is not on unless he gets it officially in writing quoting relevant rules or regulations. The customer is always right, you say. It’s his business, you say. That’s fine with Joe, but Joe has a standard and work ethic as well and if this standard is improved by audible enhancement, that’s a good thing both for Joe AND the business.
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