Advice on the 17th Edition Electrical test please anyone..

dingbat · 7 Jun 2011

ban-all-sheds said:
£850 for a 2382 course?

No wonder dingbat is never here if that's the going rate - spending all his dosh must take some time.

I wish. Considerably less than half that is more like it.

And we give you five days, as opposed to the normal three or four with a free resit if you fail. What mugs we must be.

I'm not absent because I'm spending, btw, I'm absent because I work unpaid on course prep, keeping up to date, practical assessments, washing up and keeping the place stocked with biscuits, etc! (This evening I was at the centre until 2145 - this week I will put in about 60 hours in front of students, Monday to Friday and I was there all weekend as well.)

Money for old rope, eh?

dingbat · 7 Jun 2011

Big Tone said:
I just remembered the other thing that put my nose out was that it’s only valid for five years.

Well that's b*ll*cks for a start.

leeco · 7 Jun 2011

Its valid until they bring out the 18th edition.

PrenticeBoyofDerry · 8 Jun 2011

leeco said:
Its valid until they bring out the 18th edition.

so less than five years then

ban-all-sheds · 8 Jun 2011

Maybe his employer requires people to re-certify every 5 years.

Big Tone · 8 Jun 2011

EngStudent said:
PM me your e-mail and I'll send it on.

If I could find how to pm here on DIYnot I'd take you up on that thanks mate. But I've looked at your profile, in my garage and down my pants, yet I still can't find your pm link.

This is the e-equivalent of the test I'm going to take! I've failed, I just know it!

I'm fumbling here, just as I know I will fumble like a nut on the test. If I can't find your pm on this site then what hope is there for me, and I'm pretty savvy on technical stuff! Hec, people often come to me with problems which I sort out!

I think maybe I'm just stressed and got myself all out of sorts.

Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue...

P.S. All I can see on your profile is a 'recent activity ' thing. Is that a PM on this board?.?.?.?

I'm opening another beer, so don't expect anything coherent from me for the rest of the night...

PrenticeBoyofDerry · 8 Jun 2011

Tone your might have to request him as a friend to be able to PM him.
I have noticed on occasions when I wanted to PM someone I had ask to buds with them first.

EngStudent · 8 Jun 2011

BT, I've PM'ed you. (I couldn't find it either, had to enter your username manually!)

PrenticeBoyofDerry · 8 Jun 2011

Have you gone in to your messages at top of page.
Click compose new message and enter EngStudent (not in a rude way!)
And compose your message and send.
Ps EngStudent I have just sent you message to see if your are contactable!

Big Tone · 8 Jun 2011

PrenticeBoyofDerry said:
Tone you might have to request him as a friend to be able to PM him.
I have noticed on occasions when I wanted to PM someone I had ask to buds with them first.

Well it feels a bit like saying to a hooker "will you be my friend before we get busy", but okay.

Right then, let's befriend someone...

I think I'm slowly getting the hang of this site, after a million years, with a little help from my friends

EngStudent · 8 Jun 2011

PrenticeBoyofDerry said:
Have you gone in to your messages at top of page.
Click compose new message and enter EngStudent (not in a rude way!)
And compose your message and send.
Ps EngStudent I have just sent you message to see if your are contactable!

Yup, got it. I'd entered Tone's name manually.

Anyone slightly more observant care to tell us where the PM button is?

Tone if you scroll to the top it should say Messages (1).

Big Tone · 8 Jun 2011

EngStudent said:
Tone if you scroll to the top it should say Messages (1).

Yeah, I'm getting there! I've just noticed you're in my inbox, if I can put it that way?

I like the 'Carry On' stuff BTW

Give me a second guys, I'm trying to wind-down after a bad day over here...

Edit: Message, (PM), sent successfully.

Now I’ve really got to get off line before I start telling jokes about what the actress said to the bishop...

JohnW2 · 8 Jun 2011

PrenticeBoyofDerry said:
I have noticed on occasions when I wanted to PM someone I had ask to buds with them first.

It took me a long time to work this out, too. It depends upon the 'Message Settings' of the person you want to send a message to - those Settings allow you to specify whether anyone can send messages to you, or only those who are your 'friends'.

What got me very confused were the messages (well, that's what they look like!), which clearly aren't private, in the Comments section in a personal profile. What happens if one clicks the 'message' button on one of those messages I'm not sure (never tried) - it probably sends a private message, but I'm not certain. There seems to me an almost complete absence of anything about messaging in the Help facilities on this site.

Kind Regards, John.

Big Tone · 8 Jun 2011

Yes John!

Without giving anything away, (and wary of major topic drift), a pm on other forums is pretty straight forward, easy - obvious even?

KISS?

JohnW2 · 8 Jun 2011

Big Tone said:
Yes John! Without giving anything away, (and wary of major topic drift), a pm on other forums is pretty straight forward, easy - obvious even?

KISS?

Quite. One might imagine/expect that one would be able to click (maybe right click) on a person's name and get any option to send them a message - but perhaps that would be too easy?!

Seriously, though, I do wonder if there was a deliberate attempt to discourage PMs on this site, by making it not-very-obvious how one can do it!

Kind Regards, John.

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