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Bicycle Postie position at Minto, NSW
Seems Australia Post is still recruiting bicycle posties. The
Campbelltown Advertiser (Fairfax) had an add for such a postion this week. What was interesting is that apparently Aust Post bicycle are not the great, becuase you are not allowed to weigh more than 106kg. |
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Bicycle Postie position at Minto, NSW
Terryc Wrote: Seems Australia Post is still recruiting bicycle posties. The Campbelltown Advertiser (Fairfax) had an add for such a postion this week. What was interesting is that apparently Aust Post bicycle are not the great, becuase you are not allowed to weigh more than 106kg. I'm sure that if you worked as a bicycle postie, you wouldn't be over 106kg for long! Ritch -- ritcho |
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Bicycle Postie position at Minto, NSW
Terryc wrote What was interesting is that apparently Aust Post bicycle are not the great, becuase you are not allowed to weigh more than 106kg. Scandal, shame and clearly a case for what passes for investigative jounalism in this country (ie a media beat up to pinch ratings) Discrimination in the work place of slow old fat *******s - quelle horreur!! How can they live with themselves? best, Andrew (originally a very SOFB) |
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Bicycle Postie position at Minto, NSW
ritcho wrote:
Terryc Wrote: Seems Australia Post is still recruiting bicycle posties. The Campbelltown Advertiser (Fairfax) had an add for such a postion this week. What was interesting is that apparently Aust Post bicycle are not the great, becuase you are not allowed to weigh more than 106kg. I'm sure that if you worked as a bicycle postie, you wouldn't be over 106kg for long! Ritch Why 106 kg exactly?? Is that the rating of their bikes?? -- Bean Remove "yourfinger" before replying |
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Bicycle Postie position at Minto, NSW
Bean Long wrote:
Why 106 kg exactly?? Is that the rating of their bikes?? No idea. I know they have a 90kg weight limit for riders on their motorcycles. Wild, rascist guess, it means Pacific Islanders need not apply. Although I would have thought that is just the build of pedal postie Minto needs. OTOH, the only flat area is the industrial area and you sometimes need an oxygen mask when you ride through the the small workshops end. The two pack paint fumes for cars and bicycles (Hillbricks factory is there actually) can be rather lethal. |
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Bicycle Postie position at Minto, NSW
Andrew Price wrote:
Discrimination in the work place of slow old fat *******s - quelle horreur!! Well, i was chuckling the other day over the media beat up about obesity. True to form, that ultimate parasite, the medical doctor was out lamblasting people's food choices and weighing in to bogans in particular. This is like 30 year old news folks. I was wondering why there were so few opportunities to "work out" in your job. It occurred to me that since the backhoe was invented, each year brings fewer and fewer jobs where you can actually do physical work to keep yourself fit. There are only a few tradie positions where you do much physical work like bricklaying. Even storeman/woman positions now are driving forklifts. Gone are the days of manually offloading bicycle for the Woollies Christmas Sales. This has continued even with office jobs, like IT User support where you could wander around each day going face to face have become chair bound tele-support jobs. |
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Bicycle Postie position at Minto, NSW
Terryc Wrote: Andrew Price wrote: Discrimination in the work place of slow old fat *******s - quelle horreur!! Well, i was chuckling the other day over the media beat up about obesity. True to form, that ultimate parasite, the medical doctor was out lamblasting people's food choices and weighing in to bogans in particular. This is like 30 year old news folks. I was wondering why there were so few opportunities to "work out" in your job. It occurred to me that since the backhoe was invented, each year brings fewer and fewer jobs where you can actually do physical work to keep yourself fit. There are only a few tradie positions where you do much physical work like bricklaying. Even storeman/woman positions now are driving forklifts. Gone are the days of manually offloading bicycle for the Woollies Christmas Sales. This has continued even with office jobs, like IT User support where you could wander around each day going face to face have become chair bound tele-support jobs. Oh, I hear that. My late 20's tummy expansion probably wouldn't have been half as dramatic had it not coincided with me leaving a retail job. It didn't really involve heavy lifting, but I was on my feet all day. I only sat down to eat lunch. Now I sit in a chair all day. I'm doing the 'global challenge pedometer thingy' (http://www.globalcc.com.au) and actually racking up steps requires me to take time out during the day to walk, despite the fact that I slip the pedometer down one sock for the commute. If I just drove or pt'd to work, did my job and then went home and slobbed in front of the tv, I'd be lucky to accrue 1000 steps over the course of the day. -- Resound |
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Bicycle Postie position at Minto, NSW
Resound wrote:
If I just drove or pt'd to work, did my job and then went home and slobbed in front of the tv, I'd be lucky to accrue 1000 steps over the course of the day. Okay, this doesn't make sense until you go to the globalcc site and instantly get a bloated computer and finally find the figure that 10,000 steps is about 6kms per day. One of my previous jobs involved train to Central (Sydney) then bus to Roseberry. Well, it didn't take me long to decide that it was far easier to just walk out (30mins) rather than fart around waiting for the randomly occuring bus connection. The added benefit was that I instantly had a choice of three cross-over stations (St Peters, Redfern or Central) once I chucked the tyranny of bussing. Apart from wearing out shoe rubber[1], it did great things for my health. Sadly, the next career opportunity involved the same seat only 100m from Museum for ~ 8 hrs/day {:-(. I'd rather be bicycle commuting, but a nice walk to work comes a nice second. Always hated having to drive the "company" vehicle to work. [1] "Look, this is the last time I am resoleing these shoes. You are just going to have to buy yourself a new pair" shoe repairer on Broadway. |
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Bicycle Postie position at Minto, NSW
In aus.bicycle on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:11:37 +1000
Terryc wrote: This has continued even with office jobs, like IT User support where you could wander around each day going face to face have become chair bound tele-support jobs. Hence me buying a pushbike! No chance of exercise otherwise. And it's hard to get it even with the bike as people keep scheduling things early in the morning and I'm not capable of leaving hte house at 5am. Zebee |
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Bicycle Postie position at Minto, NSW
Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:11:37 +1000 Terryc wrote: This has continued even with office jobs, like IT User support where you could wander around each day going face to face have become chair bound tele-support jobs. Hence me buying a pushbike! No chance of exercise otherwise. And it's hard to get it even with the bike as people keep scheduling things early in the morning and I'm not capable of leaving hte house at 5am. Zebee Good on you for trying. You're making the effort while others are making excuses. Cheers, Vince |
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