A8 Pub

[M-A8]

Originally Posted by mannyo

Marcin,

Good to see you back posting, hope things are getting better. I think its the season for 8's breaking down. My D3 also required the services of an AA recovery truck week before last, but it was all sorted in a couple of days by the main Audi dealer in Poole at no cost (lovely new set of brand new ignition coils).

Hi Manny, looooong time. Good to hear from you mate. How's things???

I've had a misfire before going to annual meet so I just changed the whole lot as all coils were same (changed few years ago) so when one fails, you know that others will fail soon after

IT, well, I've got 2 diplomas in IT but after 8 years of extra education to get them I lasted only a year in it, realized I couldn't do that for a living

Thanks god my education involved other bits like electronics, telecommunication and even building your own electronic devices from scratch, even making your own PCB. Still got some IT in me, but if you dont follow it through all the years you just like dinosaur.
I enjoy electronics till today, but as a hobby, from sky boxes to latest smatrphones, water damaged or components replacement, anything really with a motherboard inside. I fix smartphones on weekly basis, literally, friends, their families, their friends and friends of friends of friends

It's nice to have lots of money, I went through this twice in my life, as a teenager and mid 20s, end up once in loosing my girlfriend coz of working 7 days a week and once in just splashing all the money on crap just to get ride off it from the account as a act of desperation for the lost long days at work

Few years ago I decided to balance it and focus on my family

Having lots of money is nice as long you don't have to work for it like a donkey in India (which my Mrs supports btw via charity which looks after hard working donkey, no joke)

[ScottD3]

10 years in IT and been bored of it for the last 6.
Only here cause its a job and I get paid for doing something I can do with my eyes closed.

I prefer electronics, a lot like your self by the sounds of it.
build, modding and fixing PCBs is cool but I want to start making items for them to go in.

A change of career is needed but that won't happen this year, possibly next year but its to easy to sit here and get paid doing nothing lol

What do you do now?
If you don't mind me asking.

[The_Laird]

Originally Posted by M-A8

Few years ago I decided to balance it and focus on my family

I decided to do that about 10 years ago. best thing I ever did!

But, for goodness sake, Marcin, that's enough beer for today!

[mannyo]

26 years in IT, but not doing the same job in all that time. its actually 26 years with the same employer, I was a young 20 years old when I started with them and now rapidly approaching 47.

[ScottD3]

IT is not what it was when I first started.
The beast has changed and I don't like it.

I should have stuck with mechanics.

Life begins at 47 or something else motivating lol

[M-A8]

Site Manager working for the Bexley Council

Getting paid for doing nothing=boring was one of the reasons why I left.
And you are so right about IT not being same thing what what years ago.

Jim, it's an A8 Pub
What Pub would that be without lots of beer

....ufff, I'm gasping now after 3 paragraphs without a drink

Changing career is not always that easy, but many people don't even realize how many transferable skills they may have from the current job where they stuck for years. There is plenty of companies which help people with the assessment of what this skills are and giving you at the same time careers where this skills are essential and base on that you can make the decision. And very often when you look at the list of alternative jobs you will realize, ohh, I can do that, or I would love to do that for a living...

[M-A8]

Evening Gents
It's official, there is something wrong with me and MOTs
3rd year in a row I missed my MOT expiry date.
This year by the week, 17th of Aug
I was coming back with missus and daughter from cinema and I was thinking about my tyres and MOT and suddenly in the state of panic I asked my not better half to quickly get the MOT certificate from the glove box
And that was it, it was official doooh


I will be buying tyres over the weekend and booking my self for MOT as soon they arrive. So with no car till at least Thursday/Friday

Speak to you later guys

[sarg]

Originally Posted by M-A8

It's official, there is something wrong with me and MOTs
3rd year in a row I missed my MOT expiry date.

I did the same earlier this year, missed it by more than 2 weeks.

It really bugs me that the DVLA send you a free reminder to renew your road fund licence, yet you have to pay a fee to get an MOT reminder, not sure how that is promoting road safety, the cynic in me thinks they'd rather collect the fines for expired MOTs.

I now have a reminder written on my key ring courtesy of MOT station used last time

[M-A8]

I know Sarg, is really frustrating, but this time I will pay that bloody 5quid or whatever it is for a text reminder instead of hundreds of pounds in year's time in case I forget again.
Few years ago, MOT station which were members on Good Garage Scheme were giving you at the end of MOT a sticky plastic square thing with led on. There was a check button, when you you pressed it it will flash, 5 times=5months into your MOT, 10=10months into your MOT, but for the last month it will flash automatically every week and in last 7 days it will flash many times during the last 7 days changing led colour to red, I think.

[sarg]

Originally Posted by M-A8

I know Sarg, is really frustrating, but this time I will pay that bloody 5quid or whatever it is for a text reminder instead of hundreds of pounds in year's time in case I forget again.
Few years ago, MOT station which were members on Good Garage Scheme were giving you at the end of MOT a sticky plastic square thing with led on. There was a check button, when you you pressed it it will flash, 5 times=5months into your MOT, 10=10months into your MOT, but for the last month it will flash automatically every week and in last 7 days it will flash many times during the last 7 days changing led colour to red, I think.

Don't need any more reminders, got the key ring thingy and also since found out I can program a reminder into my on board computer thingy so this is also set now