// #30+ — 2017-09-17
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19:38:00 <^bozojim> II have our shed president brathing down my neck as he has not got the application for a new shed done and wanted me to do it tonight
19:39:00 <^bozojim> I said it will be done in the morning I need an afternoon off shed stuff
19:40:00 <^bozojim> thats it
19:40:00 <^bozojim> he spent the weekend at t elocal RSL 100th
19:40:00 <^bozojim> and sort of forgot about the shed
19:40:00 <^bozojim> of late I have been running it
19:41:00 <^bozojim> he ahs no time and it has to go in tomorow
19:42:00 <^bozojim> I had to do the last one as eh forgot about it
19:42:00 <^bozojim> I will just get a couple of hours sleep tonight
19:42:00 <^bozojim> and I hae a mentoring program, a mens shed week rogram and get ready for a special meeting wednesday
19:43:00 <^bozojim> I got thrown into this role as they knoew I could handle it
21:47:00 <anotherirc3r> i'm pretty good thanks and yourself!?
21:51:00 <^bozojim> hugs Jen
21:51:00 <anotherirc3r> *hugs Jim*
21:51:00 <anotherirc3r> good to see you!
21:51:00 <^bozojim>
21:51:00 <^bozojim> ok that sounds better
21:51:00 <^bozojim> you too :)
22:00:00 <anotherirc3r> i lost my voice a few days ago!
22:00:00 <anotherirc3r> i never realised how frustrating it is to not be able to say what you want
22:04:00 <^bozojim> oh no
22:04:00 <^bozojim> I sort of like it when I do
22:04:00 <^bozojim> I dont have to strain it talking up
22:04:00 <anotherirc3r> hehe gives you an excuse not to talk?
22:05:00 <^bozojim> I do not mind talking but my voice is not at all loud
22:05:00 <^bozojim> and if I am not concentrating it gets super soft
22:06:00 <anotherirc3r> ohh, right
22:06:00 <anotherirc3r> my work colleagues ended up telling me to go home
22:06:00 <anotherirc3r> 'you sound terrible. go home'
22:07:00 <^bozojim> wow
22:08:00 <anotherirc3r> i ended up going home after lunch
22:09:00 <^bozojim> ok
22:09:00 <anotherirc3r> how's you?
22:09:00 <^bozojim> I am running a shed group wednesday and will need to put some power on the voice i hope i do not lose it
22:10:00 <^bozojim> otherwise I am good
22:10:00 <anotherirc3r> good luck!
22:10:00 <anotherirc3r> that's awesome Jim
22:10:00 <^bozojim> I run groups and talk and at the end of them I have no voice for a couple of days
22:11:00 <anotherirc3r> oh.. that's no good :/
22:12:00 <^bozojim> I am use to it
22:13:00 <^bozojim> on community radio and TV they knew I had the soft voice and on TV they would use more fader
22:13:00 <^bozojim> on community radio I use to speak into the mic and have the fader open more than most
22:14:00 <anotherirc3r> it's pretty cool you've been on TV and radio
22:14:00 <^bozojim> yes
22:14:00 <^bozojim> I started in radio and was brought over to TV
22:15:00 <^bozojim> first as cameraman and script coach
22:15:00 <anotherirc3r> nice!
22:15:00 <^bozojim> and then i was doing camera man, floor manager, director, producer, lighting, audio, capture, and got to occasionally be in front of camera
22:16:00 <^bozojim> they thought i would lock up on camera as others aaid I would younger than me but know
22:16:00 <^bozojim> and they put me in front of camera cold with a radio mic
22:16:00 <^bozojim> having done amateur theatre years ago i was not shy
22:16:00 <anotherirc3r> geez. you've done a lot of different things
22:16:00 <^bozojim> and I played to a pretend audience
22:16:00 <^bozojim> and the poor director was working
22:17:00 <^bozojim> I had an ear piece in hearing teh director say slow down you are making me work gthrowing from camera to camera
22:17:00 <anotherirc3r> lol
22:17:00 <^bozojim> so i would stop moving and look down the barrel
22:17:00 <^bozojim> and keep going
22:18:00 <^bozojim> and if I wanted to make it hard I would use hand signals the director what camera I was moving to
22:19:00 <anotherirc3r> good on you!
22:19:00 <^bozojim> and the director woud be laughing in my ear
22:19:00 <^bozojim> poor camera operators did not know what to do
22:19:00 <anotherirc3r> that would be helpful lol
22:19:00 <^bozojim> floor manager just walked off
22:20:00 <^bozojim> and said whats the use Jim is floor managing it himself
22:20:00 <anotherirc3r> what does a floor manager do?
22:20:00 <^bozojim> controls the floor
22:20:00 <^bozojim> points when they are goign to start a segment, does the wind up
22:20:00 <^bozojim> assists teh camera operators and is the voice on the floor of the director
22:21:00 <^bozojim> and jumps on camera if there is a problem
22:21:00 <^bozojim> if the director misses somethign teh floor manager lets them know about it
22:21:00 <anotherirc3r> ahhh
22:22:00 <^bozojim> most floor managers are qualified camera operators
22:22:00 <^bozojim> and when Bruce the floor manager walked off
22:22:00 <anotherirc3r> so much i don't know about show business lol
22:22:00 <^bozojim> I got the camers to do a close up as I motioned Bruce to come to the centre
22:22:00 <^bozojim> and got the boom mic down
22:23:00 <^bozojim> and used my fist as a mic and started talking to Bruce and I asked how long have you been talkign to a fist
22:23:00 <^bozojim> and kept going
22:23:00 <^bozojim> burst everyone into laughter
22:23:00 <^bozojim> they missed what I did til it was over
22:23:00 <anotherirc3r> hahaha
22:24:00 <^bozojim> Bruce and i did a lot together
22:24:00 <^bozojim> teachign them how to use camera and floor manage
22:24:00 <^bozojim> I got no training I was thrown in the deep end and swam
22:24:00 <anotherirc3r> well, you work well under pressure
22:25:00 <^bozojim> I used the principles of community radio on TV and adapted them
22:26:00 <anotherirc3r> nice work!
22:26:00 <^bozojim> and when i was first in front of camera for an episode of Chair Chat
22:26:00 <^bozojim> I had set my camera up as camera 2 and it was called standing by
22:26:00 <anotherirc3r> you seem very adaptable
22:26:00 <^bozojim> and the presenter said 30 secs
22:27:00 <^bozojim> and I was told to lock it out I was on the panel
22:27:00 <^bozojim> so Had to lock the camera and jump on the panel
22:27:00 <^bozojim> I had set it so it would not love
22:27:00 <^bozojim> and did the segment
22:27:00 <^bozojim> they called cut and I was on the camera again
22:27:00 <^bozojim> no one wanted to camera while I was on stage
22:28:00 <^bozojim> no warning and I had to follow the interviewer cold
22:28:00 <^bozojim> no easy task
22:28:00 <^bozojim> and I even looked to teh audience and to camera
22:28:00 <^bozojim> all in one take
22:29:00 <anotherirc3r> well.. damn
22:31:00 <^bozojim> and thw others who only do on camera could take up to 10 times to get it right
22:32:00 <^bozojim> a few times as floor manager i said this is not kindegarten it is TV and this is getting a bit much
22:32:00 <anotherirc3r> what made you say that?
22:32:00 <^bozojim> as it was piece after piece
22:32:00 <anotherirc3r> ahhh
22:32:00 <^bozojim> they had scripts in front of them and use to goff it
22:33:00 <^bozojim> these who said I would freeze on camera
22:33:00 <^bozojim> once they were wasked by the producer if they really wanted to be there
22:33:00 <^bozojim> as they are acting like children
22:33:00 <anotherirc3r> how so?
22:34:00 <^bozojim> in being stupid not doing anything right
22:34:00 <^bozojim> and just being foolish
22:34:00 <^bozojim> it was a good thing we were pre recording
22:35:00 <^bozojim> one 10 min segment took 3 hours to do
22:35:00 <anotherirc3r> oh, wow
22:35:00 <^bozojim> that is how much they stuffed around
22:35:00 <^bozojim> and got it wrong
22:35:00 <^bozojim> then they got me in to try it
22:35:00 <^bozojim> one take cold
22:36:00 <^bozojim> they would do random tests on me to keep me up to speed
22:37:00 <^bozojim> and no warnign I was on camera
22:37:00 <^bozojim> and would nail it
22:37:00 <anotherirc3r> good on you! a natural
22:38:00 <^bozojim> I just know from radio stuff
22:38:00 <^bozojim> wen the music goes down you ahve to talk and no dead air
22:41:00 <^bozojim> one day doing the boldness grit medias radio show
22:41:00 <^bozojim> I was emplyed as a panel operator only not to talk
22:42:00 <^bozojim> one day on 3CR the CD went down and as soon as I heard it I pointed to the presenters to apologise and talk
22:42:00 <^bozojim> and opened the faders and silence
22:43:00 <^bozojim> so I had no mic set so i had to get the mic set t open it and start talking
22:43:00 <^bozojim> as I worked on the CD
22:43:00 <^bozojim> that was hard
22:43:00 <anotherirc3r> wow.. i bet
22:43:00 <^bozojim> talking on air live
22:43:00 <^bozojim> hands on teh CD
22:43:00 <^bozojim> I got it going again
22:43:00 <^bozojim> reintroduced the piece and started it
22:44:00 <^bozojim> mics off and asked what was wrong
22:44:00 <^bozojim> they are taught to stay silent if it stops
22:44:00 <anotherirc3r> hmm..
22:44:00 <lx> ...ah huh...
22:44:00 <^bozojim> so I had a mic set up from then on
22:45:00 <anotherirc3r> looks like the troll is online
22:45:00 <^bozojim> yes
22:45:00 <anotherirc3r> i wish IT would just get hit by a truck
22:46:00 <^bozojim> lol
22:47:00 <anotherirc3r> IT would probably damage the truck though
22:47:00 <anotherirc3r> poor truck
22:47:00 <^bozojim> hehe
22:49:00 <^bozojim> for the boldness
22:50:00 <^bozojim> I use to travel 300km leave home 4am
22:50:00 <^bozojim> go to melbourne
22:50:00 <anotherirc3r> my god
22:50:00 <^bozojim> have to finish setting it up and rditing pre recoreded stuff during the day
22:50:00 <anotherirc3r> 4:00am?!
22:50:00 <^bozojim> get down teh studio just after 5pm
22:50:00 <^bozojim> yes
22:50:00 <^bozojim> to get from wangaratta to melbourne for 9am
22:50:00 <anotherirc3r> wow..
22:50:00 <^bozojim> se teh show up
22:51:00 <^bozojim> burn the pre records to CD
22:51:00 <^bozojim> go down meet the producer and presenters get the run sheet
22:51:00 <^bozojim> get into the studio with 2 mins to set mics and stuff
22:51:00 <^bozojim> put it to air for 27 mins
22:51:00 <anotherirc3r> what time did you have to get up?
22:51:00 <^bozojim> 6pm to 6.27 and vacate the studio
22:52:00 <^bozojim> I would get up at 3am
22:52:00 <anotherirc3r> oh, yuck
22:52:00 <anotherirc3r> my sympathies
22:52:00 <^bozojim> and get back to southern cross
22:52:00 <^bozojim> 8pm XPT home
22:52:00 <^bozojim> arrive home 11pm
22:52:00 <anotherirc3r> long day!
22:53:00 <anotherirc3r> i find getting up at 5:45am awful enugh
22:53:00 <anotherirc3r> enough*
22:53:00 <^bozojim> and would be as alert til I got of air as I was when i woke up
22:53:00 <^bozojim> when i was volunttering in melb 3 days a week
22:53:00 <^bozojim> I would get up at 3.30am
22:53:00 <^bozojim> get the 5am train in
22:53:00 <^bozojim> start just ebfore 9
22:54:00 <^bozojim> finish at 7.30pm and ge tthet 8pm xpt home
22:54:00 <^bozojim> get home 11pm
22:54:00 <^bozojim> into bed to do it again the following day
22:55:00 <^bozojim> use to get a bit of sleep on teh train
22:56:00 <^bozojim> one friday night
22:56:00 <^bozojim> I got teh XPT was upgraded to a sleeper
22:56:00 <^bozojim> and I woke up we were in Sydney
22:56:00 <^bozojim> they forgot to get me
22:57:00 <^bozojim> so it was their overcarry and I got a day in Sydney and free trip home
22:57:00 <^bozojim> I got back home 5.30am sunday morning
22:59:00 <anotherirc3r> ugh
22:59:00 <anotherirc3r> sounds exhausting
23:00:00 <^bozojim> It was not too bad
23:00:00 <^bozojim> a day in Syd
23:00:00 <^bozojim> and home in a sleeper
23:00:00 <^bozojim> was easy
23:00:00 <^bozojim> and gave me a rest
23:02:00 <anotherirc3r> you like Sydney?
23:03:00 <^bozojim> I had woken just out of Wagga wagga got up had a shower and got myself ready to get off at wangaratta
23:03:00 <^bozojim> I hate it
23:03:00 <^bozojim> and they changed crews to another albury crew at albury
23:03:00 <^bozojim> we pulled out and I got my bag went down to the buffet for breakfast as we were 50 mins before i got off
23:04:00 <^bozojim> borrowed the radio and said
23:04:00 <^bozojim> PSS on ST21 this is the blind bat I am in the buffet
23:04:00 <anotherirc3r> hahaha
23:04:00 <^bozojim> PSS comes back ok blidn bat I am on my way
23:05:00 <^bozojim> I worked out who was PSS, train manager
23:05:00 <^bozojim> and got a free cup of tea
23:05:00 <^bozojim> and they had 2 well done pies I had put in front of me
23:05:00 <^bozojim> could not sell them
23:05:00 <anotherirc3r> nice!
23:05:00 <anotherirc3r> why do you hate Sydney?
23:05:00 <^bozojim> it is too busy for me
23:06:00 <^bozojim> I lived in Dundas 1985 and first half of 1986 when i lost the left eye
23:06:00 <^bozojim> I find it far too busy to get around blind
23:07:00 <anotherirc3r> ahhh
23:07:00 <anotherirc3r> do you find Melbourne busy too?
23:07:00 <^bozojim> yes
23:07:00 <^bozojim> I hate Melbourne too
23:07:00 <^bozojim> wangaratta was nice
23:07:00 <anotherirc3r> because of its business?
23:07:00 <^bozojim> and melb metro is horrid
23:07:00 <^bozojim> just too much to process with no sight
23:08:00 <anotherirc3r> it is pretty full on, particularly in the city
23:08:00 <^bozojim> yes
23:08:00 <anotherirc3r> i prefer the outer suburbs myself
23:08:00 <anotherirc3r> green, leafy and quite quiet
23:08:00 <^bozojim> i spent 7 months in Pakenham
23:09:00 <^bozojim> that was getting too busy
23:09:00 <anotherirc3r> it is a busy suburb now
23:09:00 <^bozojim> and 11 weeks in blackburn north
23:09:00 <^bozojim> it is
23:10:00 <anotherirc3r> Blackburn is quite nice
23:10:00 <^bozojim> it is not too bad
23:11:00 <^bozojim> when i was working as live in carer for the person i was workign with
23:11:00 <^bozojim> paying $200 a week rent for a room and not getting paid for the work
23:12:00 <^bozojim> it was a 5 minute walk to the bus to Tullamarine
23:12:00 <^bozojim> and the otehr end of it was frankston
23:12:00 <anotherirc3r> $200 for a room!?
23:12:00 <^bozojim> 2 blocks to buses to ringwood
23:12:00 <^bozojim> yes
23:12:00 <anotherirc3r> ouch
23:12:00 <^bozojim> I had to pay rent to work for free
23:12:00 <^bozojim> as they thought i did not midn being blind
23:13:00 <anotherirc3r> seems harsh
23:13:00 <^bozojim> I quit when I was not getting paid
23:13:00 <anotherirc3r> good
23:13:00 <^bozojim> I was getting used
23:13:00 <^bozojim> so i quit
23:14:00 <anotherirc3r> fair enough too
23:14:00 <^bozojim> i was doing 77 hours a week
23:14:00 <^bozojim> training
23:14:00 <^bozojim> teaching and assisting
23:14:00 <anotherirc3r> how!?
23:14:00 <^bozojim> the person was blind and they had not taught him much at the blind school
23:15:00 <^bozojim> was illiterate had not learned braille
23:15:00 <^bozojim> instead was put in a lifeskills stream no language to read
23:15:00 <^bozojim> so I was called in to teach braille and Moon
23:15:00 <^bozojim> which i did
23:15:00 <^bozojim> as well as independent living skills
23:15:00 <anotherirc3r> that was nice of you
23:16:00 <^bozojim> I had english in braille, math in braille, travel training
23:16:00 <^bozojim> social inclusion
23:16:00 <^bozojim> community chior
23:16:00 <^bozojim> excerise at the local pool
23:16:00 <anotherirc3r> sounds pretty full on
23:16:00 <^bozojim> adaptive technology training
23:16:00 <^bozojim> cooking training
23:16:00 <^bozojim> it was full on
23:17:00 <^bozojim> and was to have had easter 2013 off
23:17:00 <^bozojim> instead the clients mother took him to adelaide and i had to go with them
23:17:00 <^bozojim> to assist as the mother could not do it on her own
23:17:00 <^bozojim> I bwecame default carer
23:23:00 <anotherirc3r> oh.
23:23:00 <^bozojim> and had to do personal care for the client
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