14th June 2011, 07:10 PM
Quote:Oh and I think dino, is stirring, hence the spoon. I think he likes to do that to people who are so certain of their own opinion. A bit like kicking a wasps nest.
It is why I love Dino. as he does stir the wasps nest and does elicit reaction, and not just from badness but from a real long time knowledge. (like me ) 30 years now and counting! This does not make us right.. more like bitter... but with BAJR I have the opportunity ( and do use it) to make things better - by exerting some sort of gentle control. - I am lucky, as rather than a Republic or Democracy I am more a benighn Dictatorship. Allowed to continue as long as I do what is right. (sometimes I get it wrong, but boy do I hear about it... while the things I get right are never spoken of - which is why it works)
As to investigating the Trainee posts. I am. I have returned from fieldwork again, and am on it. But needless to say, as one man with many friends - there is only so much I can do. An unfunded organisation? :face-confused: I chose that path, so don't grumble, so please be aware that BAJR bite, but finds a gentle prod often works better, and having backing from a majority helps. Returning to trainees. I think it is good... a good thing indeed, IF IF it leads to employment and recognition of skills learned. otherwise, as I found, with 30 years of experience I am paid the same as those with a year or two. Hence the need for the skills passport ( new meetings are arranged) and a recognition that skills - practical competance - means something and is worth paying for. ergo. a trainee get ?xxxx while a 3 year digger with proven skills gets ?xxxx plus ? x and a 10 year digger with proven skills gets ?xxxx plus ? xxxx
Pipe dream or recognition at last of the skills it takes to dig a site.
Take this image. which was taken as a photoshopped photo... nope... just time served field archaeologists who knew how to do it, why, and how best to record - surely worth more than a digger who has to ask what to do next? (though please ignore the farmers kid trying to help! )
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