Day 89 Jaguar Gold Mine WA
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 08:41AM Ok, after yesterdays wheelchair drama, I was able to sleep last night.... we had an early session this morning, then back to the van to pack up & head off to the next site.
Ness is very clever, as she did not tell the site we are working at this afternoon that we also worked this morning..... so they thought that we came to them just for the day & as we charge per day (not per session) we get to charge both sites for the same day! Clever huh!
In one of the sessions the other night I referred to Ness as “My Missus”..... now that is not the term that I usually use, but as we were in the room with a bunch of Neanderthals, I had to talk in terms that they would understand.... So my question tonight is do any of you have a name that you object to being called? Now I have to give you my side of this...James has never called me his Missus, but a few times now in the sessions he has. I have got to say that he ever called me his Missus in other environment or context I don’t think(know) I would I like and it would be just wrong, but I have to say that in these sessions it seems just right and in fact can’t believe I am saying this. Proud to be your Missus James!!
We had to travel on dirt road again today, which normally excites me..... But today they were doing road works & the water cart had been down the road just before us and we now have red mud all over the car & caravan..... do you know how hard it is to wash a car & a caravan from a wheelchair?.... Looks like Ness will be busy when we get to Leinster! Whatever!!
Some of you commented that I should pack a spare wheelchair! Are you serious? I mean how often do you hear of a wheelchair breaking down?..... Actually did you know that RACV offer a breakdown service for wheelchairs?.... Maybe I should join when we get home! You already are a member....remember they came and saved you on the side of the road in South Australia in little while ago.
Georgia my sister asked me how I feel about not having technology, Georgy you obviously don’t know me very well.... I hate being contactable! I love it when we have no phone, no internet, no nothin! He hates been contactable and has his phone off or on silent whenever possible. It is me that has the technology addiction. Although as we work in safety I have to plan for all possible problems. Our old car had a HF Radio in it, now this is not just your average CB radio, it actually has a much greater range and has radio contact all over Australia. We could call the RFDS direct if we needed to in the old car, for our next trip we will not put the HF radio in Dolly but we will look into buying a satellite phone, so we can call even when we are out of mobile reception.
Susanne has finally joined the list of Bloggers, took you until we almost finished our trip S! Trying to stir me up with anti mining balony!..... Wont work Susanne..... you can have your views, I’ll have mine..... Hehehe...get it.... Mine!!!!!
And your question about what happens when a mine pulls out of an area, well they don’t take the things that they put into the town with them..... so they are better off for this alone!
Brad Wood has been playing up & getting caught out..... Mate you can’t have a day off Tech saying you are sick & then plaster on Facebook that you went out with your girlfriend on the same night!..... Doh!!!
Brad Atkins has gone into Exile!.... don’t expect to hear from him for weeks.... he has his first big job for his new business..... Bet you still make time to watch every footy game this weekend though Brad!
Marc Walker is in Melbourne, but he is a mad Rugby League follower..... Good luck getting live footage of any ARL games Marc!..... Although Storm play at home this weekend! You should go!..... Take Granny & Bert with you!
Campbell W..... where have you been? Don’t you want to know that we will be returning with the same amount of cans that we left with!.... She keeps replacing them! At least if there was a nuclear bomb we would survive for a couple of years!
You know you can tell when you have spent just a little too much time with someone! As you all know Ness & I have been with each other pretty much 24/7 for the last 4 months. We are at the stage now that we have signals in the car that we can read about each other! We also finish each others sentences, when we are talking to other people it is like we are one person!..... I even know what she is thinking! Don’t know how we will cope when I have to fly to Perth next month for work! Probably both get our sanity back!
Oh and I need to mention that I am really looking forward to seeing Panda, there have been many times where I have thought about her & places that she would have loved on our trip! See you soon girl!
Ok 3rd last work blog!
James & his Missus.....X
Reader Comments (5)
your a funny boy!!
Hi guys
Firstly in relation to the wheel chair, Aluminium is welded with two main processes Mig and Tig.
Most mine sites would have Mig welders in their work shops but not many would have Tig welders.
Most mine sites use Mig welders for heavy deposition welding because they are dealing with very large machines and structures.
These guys are repairing dozer buckets and excavator teeth, and ball mill wear plates. So when it comes to light stuff they dont really have the equipment.
To repair you wheel chair you'd need a Tig welder and you'd need some one that knows how to weld Aluminium, that would be hard to find in the outback, the best place to find these types of welders are boat repaire workshops.
Most tig welders would mainly do stainless steel, it is difficult to find one that is good on aluminium.
I hope that clears that up !
Now onto the "missus" comments.
Firstly, will some one please explain to me why women find the word "missus" offensive? To me it's the same as saying "wife" only your saying it in "bloke" language........I must be a neanderthal as well !!
To me it's a term of endearment, and it's a word we all use in BlokeWorld ;-)
The funny thing is a guy was repairing the Spa pump yesterday, he saw Heather mowing the lawn on the ride-on mower, and he said "geez you've got the missus trained well"..................true story.
Regards, Deputy PM
PS: my old man forgot to change the name on the blog
as for calling me the missus - he wouldnt dare say it! or he would end up with his bed in blokeworld
Hope the weather is a little warmer where you guys are...it's a grey old wintery day here today....just makes you want to BAKE...
Nathan is at a Safety and Survival at Sea course all weekend - this is in preparation for the Auckland to Fiji race in 2 weeks. Tomorrow he gets to jump into a pool in full wet weather gear and upturn a life raft the right way up....tonight they are going out to do a practice of "man overboard" at night. The course is 2 full days of theory and practical. Wonder what preparation / training I should be doing...what training/preparation does one need for drinking mojitios poolside in 30 degrees?
The race should take them about 5 days to get there but I am flying to Fiji the day after the start JUST IN CASE they get there overnight - I would hate to miss them finishing (:
word on the missus comment
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Vanessa aint no missus