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As a bandsman, it's highly unlikely that I'll ever see combat, despite the requirement that I still take training for such. There'd have to be conscription in our country, or something close to, before they'd start sending trombone players to the frontlines. Still, I look forward to serving Canada in whatever capacity is best fit for me to do so, and if that means keeping up morale with supporting services here or abroad (e.g. Remembrance Day memorials, mess dinner occasions), so be it. Quote:
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The only benefits I see in the service for me, is VA healthcare, reduced interest student/house/car loans, college credit for certain courses and the ability to get your security clearance much faster than civilians do. But I think i'll score far more in the private sector. It'll just take me a bit longer to get my security clearance. | ||
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Just do that (within reason) for the first couple of months until you probationary period ends. Seriously though, if you don't stick up for yourself you'll soon become the boss's little dogsbody and get given all the crappy jobs. For example, I've not been bust for the last nine months at work so the managers have been giving me various crappy jobs which is fair enough most of the time but they did take it too far once. They wanted me to work with site services going round the premises measuring the buildings and drawing them in AutoCAD for the next four months. I told them I'm not doing it because I haven't had any AutoCAD training, they then said I'd soon learn so I told them that I'm an electrical engineer and it isn't in my job description. You need to strike a ballance, on one hand you want to please your boss but on the other hand you don't want him/her to push you around. My advise is work hard, go the extra mile but at the same time be assertive and don't let them be unreasonable. Quote:
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| Making an equilateral triangle shaped manhole would be be inefficient, since the hole would have to use more materials just to fit the same sized person. | |
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| Another reason manhole covers are round: It allows more workers to stand around and watch the one person doing something in the hole. If they were square or triangular, there might be a temptation to limit the number of supervisors to just four or three, respectively. With a round hole, the supervisors can all be of equal status. I was struck with this particular insight as some workers were addressing a problem with the storm drains in front of my house this morning. John | |
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| You can't call them manholes anymore as it isn't very politically correct. You have to call them inspection covers or something equally silly.
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__________________ I AM the exeption that disproves the rule in many ways but the rules still apply (unfortunately) my site:www.simons-photography.com http://rushdenrotaract.org.uk | ||
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You don't know how right you are. | ||
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| Yeah, and womanhole cover somehow just doesn't sound like it would be a big hit with the ladies. | |
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__________________ I AM the exeption that disproves the rule in many ways but the rules still apply (unfortunately) my site:www.simons-photography.com http://rushdenrotaract.org.uk | ||
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| Why is it called a manhole in the first place and not a sewer hole or just a hole? I always just called it "the sewer" growing up. Had to fish some keys out of it once. That was hard. | |
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