Transferable Skills

Posted on June 13, 2017 by AHC McDonald

The navy can take a rebellious teenager and in just 5 years can turn them into an itinerant bike mender. 

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Comedian, artist, photographer and critic. From 2007 to 2017 ran the culture and satire site The Worst of Perth
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10 Responses to Transferable Skills

  1. Rong1 says:
    June 13, 2017 at 5:02 am

    Damn. Now I’ve got that ‘In The Navy’ song stuck in my mind for all day.

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    • Russell Woolf's Lovechild says:
      June 13, 2017 at 7:26 am

      That’s how subliminal marketing works. I know a guy who is serving just off Saudi Arabia who was only going to the shops to buy some milk. Maybe put on some Pet Shop Boys and see if that helps.

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  2. Zuben says:
    June 13, 2017 at 7:45 am

    Yeah he IS cute in a middle eastern kinda way …

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  3. Zuben says:
    June 13, 2017 at 7:45 am

    Boats on wheels

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  4. you'll get wet says:
    June 13, 2017 at 10:56 am

    He’s one of my old mob, a bike whisperer with new kit. Here we see him poised to jury rig a bike-wheel antenna, carefully calibrating azimuth of the Inmarsat Indian Ocean sat. Soon he’ll lean into his wheel listening for rapid beeps ..

    ‘If you love solving problems…’ [which he obviously does]

    http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/navy/jobs/CryptologicLinguist/

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  5. Rong1 says:
    June 13, 2017 at 11:51 am

    Damn, now it’s ‘Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer’.

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