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It going well to be honest good set of lads here couldn't be more happier to be honest. I'm off down sharm for a week mid september got the missus and sister inlaw coming over. I get a discount on various hotels down there so not expensive at all.

Yes Deke from Kingstanding. Just up from the circle, Used to drink in the Kingstanding, Dears leap, King Charles, College Arms, Drakes Drum & the Boars Head, plus all the others across Aston, Handsworth, Sutton Coldfield & Brum city centre.

We get few hundred dollars a month for hardship.

In my younger days and Deke might remember this we used to come out of Kingstanding swimming baths and the timing had to be right to get to the chippy. We would get all the chips at the end of day and the batter bits from the fish shop with a couple of pickled onions and walk back with the bag...

How we all doing then hope you enjoyed the good weather that you had. All is well here apart from the daily bombs going off a couple of miles up the road and the gunfire that that starts at about 10.30 at night and lasts till about 3 in the morning then the apaches come and have a go. Then...

Any recomendations for a 5-kV Insulation Resistance Tester  

Nice one sharpend

It's a bit more than minor as for the resorts I wouldn't like to say but we've been advised it's a no go area. If we need to leave base to carry out a job it's either an armed convoy by road or a trip in the blackhawk to the remote sites.

Well it's all kicking off with the locals now We had no local labour on the base today as the coaches that bring them in got shot up by some nutters no body injured luckily. The main town closest a dozen policeman got killed some activists.

Well it's all kicking off with the locals now We had no local labour on the base today as the coaches that bring them in got shot up by some nutters no body injured luckily. The main town closest a dozen policeman got killed some activists.

I thought it would be a bit more hands on to be honest. I have previously worked on the type of HV switch gear they have here and various gennys from my time in maintenance and with the MOD.

Yes on standby most of the time we also do a PPM schedule on the substations and gennys. Keeping in touch quite easy really phone and wifi in room so I can sykpe the missus on my phone because i fidn't bring a laptop with me, and I use the phone in my room if I need to get in touch with her if...

Just waiting for for any power outage from local supply then it's on with a few Gennys for power until local supply is restored.

Work all going well I have only done one electrical job as such that was a replacement of a faulty timer and an mcb. I also found out last week they give you $300 a month hardship money so things aren't that bad and it will hard to spend that with everythink so cheap.

Not to bad to be honest it is quite laid back, I'll post some pics if I can Get them a bit smaller size wise on my phone. The tans coming on well.

On a base called the (MFO) Multi National Force in the sinai desert a buffer Zone between Egypt and Israel.

I got here last night after a 10hour drive should have taken 6 but bus had to keep waiting for armed escorts yo the camp. I start work on the HV Electrical side sunday they also have a LV Electrical side aswell. I had a few beers last night cost a $1.50 a bottle works out at £1 so thats ok...

What a classic

I've got no worries of any of the above where i'm going US Dollar is king if you know what i mean.

Thanks lads may as well do it while I've got the chance. Other thing is it may well have been one of those opertunitys that I may have regretted if I didn't do it.