Adventure riding & the recession

[junkmanjoe]

yip has hit home here as well.
we had two workers layed off last week, and two more on the chopping block, that leave my self and 1 other, we are safe, as some one has to run the fort, how ever, we been droped down to 45hrs a week, and thats it...no more over time, so weekends are all off for rest of year,,,, woopey...
more riding time. we also have two cars,1 bike to keep legal,, 1 car is on the chopping block...
thats about me, my partner is busy with her job so thats good..

my dog suey says hi to everyone...wof wof..

[Paladin]

my dog suey says hi to everyone...wof wof..

Your dog tried to eat my foot today! Didn't like me startin my bike up at all!!! Chased me all way down the drive attackin my leg as I rode!

(must've been the obnoxious exhaust upset it I guess!)

[tri boy]

As of two hours ago, I'm unemployed
Mid week riding is gunna happen big time, (just have to take a bit of garden hose, and a screwdriver to siphon hwy patrol cars to save on fuel)

[junkmanjoe]

yip thats my suey

[Paladin]

yip thats my suey

Haha, could've been worse; it didn't attack my kids at least!!!

[marks]

As of two hours ago, I'm unemployed
Mid week riding is gunna happen big time, (just have to take a bit of garden hose, and a screwdriver to siphon hwy patrol cars to save on fuel)

weren't you enjoying the job?

[tri boy]

weren't you enjoying the job?

Job was pretty good, but the shop was just making enough during the good times, and since Jan, the owner has been bleeding money for several reasons outside my control, so he is concentrating on his Ch Ch bike shop.
(he has asked me to move there, and it is still a possibility, but kanny is busy at her work, so may be in spring).
Gives me time to work through a heap of projects gathering dust, plus lazy 10am starts on cold winter Mondays.
Recession's rock!

[Padmei]

Yeah I think it's gonna be tricky for some. Luckily as a sparky as well the next few months will be busy as people discover their lites & heaters etc don't work then traditionally it goes dead - as in real dead before spring arrives & people start with their new projects again.

What may hit harder is the reduction of new big contracts & less new houses being built. Bigger companies start hunting out any work they can get & often the only option laid off sparkies can do is do cash jobs for friends etc that takes those jobs out of the pool.


I have been talking to guys from seperate companies that are about to lose staff however noone knows who it will be - not a nice environment to work in.

Still we do have it bloody good compared to many so I just try to remember that as I crawl thru another batt filled ceiling

[warewolf]

I was laid off in Feb after 6 months of half-expecting it. But with a baby arriving last year we have been doing it drastically tougher for the last 12-18 months anyway as we've gone from 2 jobs/2 mouths to 1 job/3 mouths. In that time, all big financial outlays have been on hold (renovations and bike rebuild) and we may have to live off the accummulated 'project' funds. Meri has gone back to work full-time until I get useful income again, either a job or my own consulting business takes off.

Basically we've cut back on everything. We really pick and choose the things we do, eg on the bike front still do at least one decent day ride per month, not off every weekend for a ride, not racing. But part of the reduction has simply been new family commitments: don't have free time like we used to, either.

Sold the car in January and held off replacing it pending news of redundancy. Now we have a little $100 shitter for town use, not big enough to holiday in and a helluva lot less safe than a post-1996 import. Not big enough to tow the bike trailer, either.

Bike-wise I'm doing more work myself, and getting favours from mates for the tough jobs that I used pay for. Consumables will be cheaper shorter-lived lines - to a point - pushing out costs till later even if they aren't as good $/km. Will ride the bike less on quality gear rather than more on inferior gear.

But it has been great being a full-time stay-at-home dad. That's not an experience too many fellahs would have, nor one money can buy.

[JATZ]

Bigger companies start hunting out any work they can get & often the only option laid off sparkies can do is do cash jobs for friends etc that takes those jobs out of the pool.
.Still we do have it bloody good compared to many so I just try to remember that as I crawl thru another batt filled ceiling

Hey, over here
Got an element on the stove not workin proply, and a couple of hot points not going....
Are used knoblies legal tender ?

Also. Hadn't even thought about selling a bike, not an option IMHO, the boat'd go first.........maybe a kid or 2 aswell

[Padmei]

Hey, over here
Got an element on the stove not workin proply, and a couple of hot points not going....
Are used knoblies legal tender ?

Also. Hadn't even thought about selling a bike, not an option IMHO, the boat'd go first.........maybe a kid or 2 aswell

Aren't you shifting then? PM me if you do need it done with stove info etc & depth of tread on knobblies - hang on got my shiny new 606 on today so it will have to be rides on mrs Jatzs bike...


Over in Aussie

[JATZ]

Aren't you shifting then? PM me if you do need it done with stove info etc & depth of tread on knobblies - hang on got my shiny new 606 on today so it will have to be rides on mrs Jatzs bike...


Over in Aussie

Yip, still shifting
But probly should get things sorted before then, I'll think about it.
You can ride on the XT as much as you like in Aussie. on the back

[YellowDog]

Yup, the recession has caused me to use my bike to get to work, which saves me $40 per week in fuel

[marks]

Still we do have it bloody good compared to many so I just try to remember that as I crawl thru another batt filled ceiling

I'm a sparky by trade - feck I grew to hate batt filled ceilings - black taping your overalls cuffs to try and keep the shit out.

Actually I hated ceilings full stop - especially a low pitched batt filled tin roofed house on a summer afternoon - feck that was just horrible

I started installing data cabling and that was much easier and better money

[Underground]

But it has been great being a full-time stay-at-home dad. That's not an experience too many fellahs would have, nor one money can buy.

Thats the upside of a recession if it brings familys closer together , I've spent many years as a hands on dad while running our mussel farming buisiness (or was that using kids for slave labour instead of doing correspondence lessons?)
We've had 2 price reductions this year ,eat alot of meals out of the ocean and garden and will wing it on the credit card for a months motorcycling next month