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[tom_stalcup]

Heh... I saw something similar in the paper a couple of weeks ago... Ummm... Foxtrot? Maybe that was the comic...

Have a nice day!

 

[BobB]

Corrie, don't get offended please. There are plenty of people here who can and will help. It is just that many come here, do not show what they have done and expect people here to do there homework. They would learn nothing that way.

There is a section at the top of the page called "learn PLCs". You will probably find this most useful. There is also a simulator available that Phil has been kind enough to develop for all to use.

I am glad you are doing as much research as you can as you will learn far more that way. Just post what you have done and there will be plenty of comments/recommendations I am sure. If you require some links for some good stuff, please reply and I will post some for you.

By the way, you may be finding it hard in a "man's" world but good luck to you. I did a job for a company some years ago and the electrician I was working with was female. Absolutely the best electrician the company had on the work site quite frankly. Could have been a model quite frankly and looked great in work gear and steel toed boots. Understood controls. I have since been teaching her, in our own time, more about controls, design, software and commissioning. I am pleased to say that in some areas she now beats me hands down.

 

[Ken M]

Oh Bob,

How could you! That is undoubtedly a sexist remark -

Could have been a model quite frankly and looked great in work gear and steel toed boots

I have never seen anyone on this site write that kind of description about their male colleagues (well, not yet anyway!) What relevance has it to her engineering ability? It was probably written in all innocence and intended as a compliment, but surely the best compliment to any female engineer is that you're not even aware she's female - it's her work that gets noticed.

Like you I have worked with an excellent female colleague in the past. It wasn't just her ability to do 'man things' that impressed. Our team all agreed she definitely had a different slant on problems - she'd propose solutions sometimes which were way out of the box compared to us. Whether that was a man-brain / woman-brain thing, or whether she was just smarter than us I don't know.

regards

Ken

 

[BobB]

How could you! That is undoubtedly a sexist remark -

Oh dear!!!

Funny thing is that in Ozz this is now becoming an issue, particularly in offices.

The lady was not offended when I made this remark to her and in fact replied that she was well aware of her attributes but did not want a "no brainer" job. Ken, blokes quite frankly do nothing for me so I can assure you I will never make that sort of remark about a bloke!

She was/is well aware that she had/has a point to prove and was going to make very sure that it was/is done. I actually have the utmost respect for her and we have become exterely good friends. Fortunately she is also extermely good friends with my partner of 14 years.

Sorry about the goof but I can assure you it was innocent. I treat people according to their ability and not whether they are male or female.

Corrie, I hope you do not take offence but really things are a bit different in Ozz, but are changing. Political correctness is sometimes an absolute load of crock!

 

[Ken M]

blokes quite frankly do nothing for me so I can assure you I will never make that sort of remark about a bloke!

But isn't that the proof of how political correctness would view the original remark! In other words you would say it to women because they do something for you, but you wouldn't say it to blokes because they do nothing. And if that ain't ***-ist I'll be a galah!

Ken

 

[BobB]

galah

Pink and grey, not black and white.

I guess Ken that we in Ozz are pretty hard to understand at times. A word that refers to a persons parentage is extremely offensive to many people and cultures all over the world and is certainly not "politically correct" in most places. In Ozz it is usually used as a term of indearment and many migrants have found this, and many other customs here, extremely difficult to come to terms with. It isw also becoming not politically correct here - we are losing our culture. I actually belong to the "Old *******'s Club" and carry the card with pride. We raise money for charity.

What I have written below is really pretty "tongue in cheek" and is typical of our unusual sense of humour. That is pretty hard to understand as well. I remember a new Ozz comedian appeared here in Sydney and we all thought he was extremely funny. He appeared in a competition where the prize was 3 weeks at Las Vegas supporting a top international act. The judge was a guy from the casino. The Ozz audience laughed their heads off but he did not win the prize as the US judge could not understand any of the humour. There was no "laugh here" sign up to help him know where to laugh.