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Title: Bugger it!
Post by: TooFastTim on November 28, 2011, 01:02:07 pm
I'm rooted. Visa cancelled. No job. Stuffed!
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: bazza on November 28, 2011, 02:46:38 pm
sorry to hear that Tim,stay positive
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: TooFastTim on November 28, 2011, 02:49:05 pm
Very difficult at the moment Bazza but thanks for the thoughts.
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Post by: Freakshow on November 28, 2011, 04:19:28 pm
internet porn...... solves all
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Post by: Mike52 on November 28, 2011, 04:27:04 pm
Bummer Tim.
Any chance of getting the visa back ?
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: Curly3 on November 28, 2011, 04:49:32 pm
Maybe someone on here can help.
What work do you do?
Where in OZ do want to work?
Where will you be deported to ;)
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: TooFastTim on November 28, 2011, 05:32:01 pm
Mike: It will have to be a new visa.

SR: I run and build particle accelertaors but can do electronics too (embedded etc). Anywhere in Aus will do.
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: mx250 on November 28, 2011, 05:47:42 pm
I run and build particle accelertaors ............
:o :o :o Talented 8)
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: mx250 on November 28, 2011, 05:56:47 pm

 I run and build particle accelertaors.........
(http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn458/mx250syd/icons/spam_laser.gif)                ;D
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: TooFastTim on November 28, 2011, 06:25:12 pm
I built this:

(http://dip.sun.ac.za/~herbst/_images/acc.png)
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: Canam370 on November 28, 2011, 06:29:47 pm
A sandblaster using really, really fine media?  :D
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Post by: Curly3 on November 28, 2011, 06:40:05 pm
Sorry I can't help you Tim, I stopped making those years ago ;D
What are you doing on here with us pleb's?
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: TooFastTim on November 28, 2011, 07:33:27 pm
Plebs? You guys aren't plebs just a bunch of guys who love old bikes and the people who ride old bikes.

A while ago I had a beer with an august member of these forums and he was a bit taken aback too but old bikes are a really strong glue. So's a love for UK blues.

BTW, the pic I posted is of a proton therapy facility and is used to treat cancer. It was the first in the world to use image guided patient positioning and gated therapy (if the patient moves during a treatment the traetment stops and the patient is repositioned then the treatment recommences). And I really did design all the electronics for that machine.

Yes CanAm that's one way of looking at it  ;D
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: KTMaico on November 28, 2011, 09:33:19 pm
I'm rooted. Visa cancelled. No job. Stuffed!

Tim sorry to hear of your plight, try and look at it as a chance to move onto something better. With your experience in physics maybe you can come up with a Hodaka Accelerator. There would be a huge market for anyone stuck with one of them. Best of luck, I truly beleive you will do better in the New Year.

Kevin
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: Curly3 on November 28, 2011, 09:56:55 pm
I wasn't trying to mock you Tim, coming from an engineering background I know how much time & effort is needed to develop such machinery.
We've all pretty much been touched in some way by the big C and I marvel at what people involved in medical research continue to come up with.
I hope you can manage to sort something out, I would help if I could.
Cheers, Steve
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: firko on November 28, 2011, 09:58:57 pm
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while ago I had a beer with an august member of these forums and he was a bit taken aback too but old bikes are a really strong glue. So's a love for UK blues.
A few months ago Tim and I spent a very pleasant arvo in the Greengate Pub in Killara where we discoved that despite every social, educational and geographical difference in our past lives, there were an amazing number of shared passions...old bikes and the blues (music, not the footy team) being just a couple.

Tim's a pretty smart cookie but above all he's a bloody good bloke and in this country a man can't ask for a better accolade. I really hope that his situation does a turn around and whoever it is who makes these decisions realises that letting someone with so much to offer go punches another hole in Australia's technological gene pool bucket.

 I wish I could do something to help Tim....I really do mate ;).
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: Curly3 on November 28, 2011, 10:06:25 pm
And what would August member mean ???
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Post by: matcho mick on November 28, 2011, 11:02:33 pm
And what would August member mean ???
your grasp of the Kings english surpises me not slidey  ;), :P
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: Lozza on November 28, 2011, 11:05:06 pm
I built this:

(http://dip.sun.ac.za/~herbst/_images/acc.png)

Can you build me a really big one inside a hollowed out mountain?  ;D

Hope it all come good for you Tim.
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Post by: Curly3 on November 28, 2011, 11:42:37 pm
I didn't want to mention it but I've heard of a Country member, remember.
But August?
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Post by: vmx42 on November 29, 2011, 07:38:57 am
Can you build me a really big one inside a hollowed out mountain?  ;D

Hope it all come good for you Tim.

Yes, but you will have to supply your own cat and swivel chair…  ;)  just remember that it usually ends in tears
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: crankpin on November 29, 2011, 08:02:52 am
I didn't want to mention it but I've heard of a Country member, remember.
But August?

Venerable/age or high rank.

You into mass spec also Tim?

Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: xel93 on November 29, 2011, 08:56:13 am
G'day.  What was / is the visa ( name and number) eg457 work visa and when does it expire?  Why was it not extended?  pm me if you prefer  Regards lex
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: GMC on November 29, 2011, 09:11:26 am
I'm rooted. Visa cancelled.


I wish they would cancel my wife’s Visa card.

No seriously, that’s a real bummer for you Tim. You seem to be getting the run around with work, time to look for another profession maybe?
Another area of what you already do?

Hope things work out for you.
You could always marry a local
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: Curly3 on November 29, 2011, 09:31:11 am
Cancel the wife's Visa card, that's good Geoff, I bet there'd be a que a mile long to do that.
Thanks for the explanation Crankipin, I knew I should've gone to the Funk & Wagnels.
Probably spelt wrong, someone will correct it.
I was born in August, does that mean I'm highly ranked or just rank?
Sorry for the hijack Tim, best of luck.
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: TooFastTim on November 29, 2011, 12:05:13 pm
Lots of replies due:

You could always marry a local

I have someone in mind. Problem is getting rid of the current wife.

You into mass spec also Tim?

Nah, similar principles (chromaticity) but without any specific experience it's a no-go.

G'day.  What was / is the visa ( name and number) eg457 work visa and when does it expire?  Why was it not extended?  pm me if you prefer  Regards lex

Thaks Lex. Visa has already been extended. I've been looking for job for over a year. I've had a few (very) near misses.

Mark, thaks very much for your words. They mean a hell of lot to me.

Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: EML on November 29, 2011, 12:38:45 pm
Can you slap together a CO2 vaccum and compressor-I think we're going to need a very large, high capacity one very shortly. There will be a vast market for it-but only if it's cheap enough as no Govts got any cash right now.
Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: crash n bern on November 29, 2011, 01:11:01 pm
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 I really hope that his situation does a turn around and whoever it is who makes these decisions realises that letting someone with so much to offer go punches another hole in Australia's technological gene pool bucket.

 

That's where the system is screwed up, because unskilled people who are very clever at working the welfare system seem to have no trouble staying here.  Not pointing any fingers anywhere but it does seem to exist.


Title: Re: Bugger it!
Post by: EML on November 29, 2011, 01:42:41 pm
The Kiwis are crying at the moment because they can't afford to keep their "brainiacks" and they are all off OS.
Me thinks leaning on a shovel doing roadworks on the west coast of S.I. would be better than trying to fight for the big dollars in London or New Yuck.