Adventure riding & the recession

**junkmanjoe** · 5th September 2009, 09:29

Originally Posted by dino3310

nope hes gonna paint it orange

yea if i paint it orange and black,,,may be i can keep up with enduros....

now theres a tui add........................YEA RIGHT.....

**Eddieb** · 10th September 2009, 12:00

JunkManJoe's first day back at work today, he'll be knackered tonight as he's forgotten what real work is.

**junkmanjoe** · 10th September 2009, 18:01

well holiday is over.

back to work best office job to date....biggest toys to play with..
and more to come...
sorry about crap photos.. taken with my phone..

im a happy man..

tomorrow im in a 35 tonne Hitachi digger.......
Oh in my happy place....

**marks** · 10th September 2009, 18:34

Originally Posted by junkmanjoe

well holiday is over.

back to work best office job to date....biggest toys to play with..
and more to come...
sorry about crap photos.. taken with my phone..

im a happy man..

tomorrow im in a 35 tonne Hitachi digger.......
Oh in my happy place....

good stuff

**Toureg** · 13th September 2009, 10:48

Yeah well, the downturn set us up for a fall, had to close our shop, sold our house and saddly just sold the Beemers, 06 K1200RS of my wifes, and my Baby, 04 R1200GS. Lasted about 2 weeks and went out in a fit of pique and bought the LC. Rode it back to Welly from Auckland, surprisingly OK. Now using it to commute, 100km a day. Makes every trip into a tarmac enduro of sorts so i guess I am getting it for free! Paekok hill option on the way to work makes it hard to actually turn toward work but.

**junkmanjoe** · 13th September 2009, 13:33

sorry there mate.. whats ya skills..

**Toureg** · 13th September 2009, 13:58

Mechanic by trade, done heaps of different things tho, last was my own garage, now a Tutor for a private training enterprise. Still, suns shining and I still have two wheels!!

**junkmanjoe** · 13th September 2009, 18:10

get away from it for a couple days and join us at the end of the month..
on the ride around central north island...

**Toureg** · 14th September 2009, 20:19

Oh man, that would be sweet but I have had to turn down one trip already due to work committments. Wheres it to and when. I had a scout through the posts but didn't see anything.

**Monstaman** · 23rd September 2009, 18:54

This from two months ago \/

Originally Posted by Paladin

If you read any of the independent financial analyst newsletters or public articles.

Originally Posted by tri boy

Monstaman, your probably a great guy, and I wish the best.

Originally Posted by JATZ

What makes you think that ?

Originally Posted by Underground

Dont want to rain on your parade monstaman but the world is headed into a recession the likes of which we have never seen , and things have just begun

Originally Posted by twotyred

totally disagree,but hope you are correct...

Originally Posted by MXNUT

Recession almost over .... that would make a good Tui Add YEAH RIGHT

So guys, any of you following the vital signs of the markets, dollar, interest rates, bank forecasts, journals etc and finally the news tonight.

Back in July we had this discussion were I was conclusively wrong according to the above, JMJ and others have now found work and the exit gate for the recession is closer.

Make no mistake their is still some poo to plough but the future is looking better and sooner.

I wish all our KB's who have fallen on bad timed the best and now we have some more positive signs of good things to come.

This is great news all round.

**MXNUT** · 23rd September 2009, 19:14

Virtually no positions advertised in my line of work and plenty of people still being laid off from the industry , so its not over for me

Have applied for other jobs outside the Automotive industry but the trouble is thats where all my 29 years of experience have been

**Monstaman** · 23rd September 2009, 19:28

That is a bugga mate, stick with it as it will get better but I agree that now would be good.

We have had our quieter times as well but things are looking positive which is cool, we are still way ahead of the rest of the world in general especially Iceland and Ireland.

**Underground** · 23rd September 2009, 21:48

Dont get too excited about it and keep that money in your pockets , you may still need it to survive on .
Although it is good to see a a little positive indication there will be very few exporters who can make ends meet while the exchange rate remains so high.
In my industry we were struggling to make ends meet last season and are looking at even further reduced payouts this season.
However its more about the riding than the recession though ,and I had a cool ride round the district today , only cost a couple of litres of fuel

and I certainly wasnt thinking about the recession

**junkmanjoe** · 10th December 2009, 12:00

Originally Posted by marks

good stuff

Well...dew to a conflict of interest between Hawkins construction and Morris contractors....

Morris was issued with a termination of contract....
so i was passed on to next contractor.
and told to day wasn't needed any more as he has enough of his own guys......

so im sitting here typing this and not knowing what the fuk to do....

Merry fkn xmass i say..

JMJ

**Monstaman** · 10th December 2009, 12:16

Originally Posted by junkmanjoe

Well...dew to a conflict of interest between Hawkins construction and Morris contractors....

Morris was issued with a termination of contract....
so i was passed on to next contractor.
and told to day wasn't needed any more as he has enough of his own guys......

so im sitting here typing this and not knowing what the fuk to do....

Merry fkn xmass i say..

JMJ

JMJ, sorry to here that mate, a victim of others "issues", stuck for words and dunno what to say now.