"Dave" > wrote in message
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> Pete Wilkins wrote:
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>> "Dave" > wrote in message
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>>>Corey Richardson wrote:
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>>>>Unfortunately not. It began to tear at the weld before it failed. Good
>>>>suggestion though.
>>>
>>>Why do you say that it can't be welded? If it was done in the past it can
>>>certainly be done now.
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>>
>> ROTFL! Is it really feasible today to seek out a specialist welder
>
> Are there are any specialist welders outside of aerospace? lots could do
> this simple task.
>
>
>>>Not all aluminium joints are welded, some are brazed. What can't be welded
>>>can be invisibly riveted though. I worked in the aerospace industry for 25
>>>years and there was nothing the development lads couldn't repair.
>>
>>
>> ROTFLMAOA! But Dave, please, how many of us now work in such an
>> environment?
>
> Do you do DIY at home? Including the buttering of a slice of bread?
>
> If you do, you are learning lost skills. What's the difference?
>
>> I also remember the days when engineers, electricians, welders etc. would
>> get involved in some attempt to repair an important piece of kitchen
>> equipment so the cook could again produce some favourite dish. I remember
>> when the repairs worked. I remember when the repairs failed. I remember
>> when some members of the repair team received suggestions as to just where
>> they could take their welding/brazing skills and then just what they could
>> do with them!
>
> Looks like you are older than I thought. Demarcation was dropped more that
> 30 years ago in the UK. These days we have plumbers wiring boilers up,
> commissioning it, working out emissions from the boiler and assessing the
> goodness of it.
>
>
> Alarm engineers wiring alarms up, heating engineers doing flow tests that
> corgi used to do. Now tell me, how many Transco men are Corgi rated?
>
>> Make do and mend is not a proper course to take these days, though the
>> mighty PC refurbishers might think otherwise.
>
> That is the way that industry has gone though.
>>

Dave, I'm not too sure just what I'm replying to, so I didn't snip nothing!
lol!

The times I was talking about are long gone, except when I was talking about
engineers/electricians/welders etc., I was talking about onboard crew, or crew
in the actual work camp, so of course they all did their best to make sure
everything worked out OK for the guys in the camp. If the engineers etc found
out we were needing something in the kitchen, why, before we knew, they would
be down asking if they could help in any way. This is where I was talking
about the successes - the failures - etc. ... they all wanted to have a go if
they knew Old Cookie was stuck for something!

Demarcation! Sheeeeeet! That drove me and many others almost to distraction.
For some unknown reason it has become renowned as a British disease. I tell
you, I saw it personally in almost every single port across the world, East -
West etc., you name it, they had their rules and by golly you had better play
by them. The rules were always open to negotiation and again, I always found,
the further east you went the easier the negotiations went but also the more
the price went up. It was still that way in the 90s when I retired. From what
I hear now, people like me would have no chance because we were too honest and
it now all begins as soon as you leave the UK, then the further east the very
much higher the price that none of us would now recognise.. And from what I'm
reliably told, it takes place in supposed EU Countries and the graft leaves
your legs shaking.

Ah well, it must be nice to have Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson,
back home and away from causing EU problems. Maybe.

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Pete