'Bout freakin time.

Yeah, fair enough. I guess it comes down to differences of opinion. I agree with you that averyone has that guy inside them, it's just my feeling is that I don't like that guy and want to keep him as well restrained as possible. But people will have different feelings.

Also, on a side note, sending kids to Uni shouldn't require huge amounts of money!!! That's the goddamned problem with the system!

I demand you earn more than 200k. I would feel far better using you if you earned that much.

As for me, I figure:
1) 4yrs (ish) in the army
2) Try for NSWFB again
3) ???
4) Work up to Chief Superintendent @ $122k
5) Profit

Also, don't forget to marry a rich chick Tom. Double whammy.

Trev, you got word back from the army?

I did my Mechanical Reasoning and my Psychology test a week(ish) ago. Passed the Mechanical test and I assume I passed the Psych test because i haven't been carted off to the loony bin yet.
Now I have to arrange my proper job interview thingie.

Cool. What's involved in the Mechanical Reasoning?

Each question has levers or cogs etc in a diagram.
Then there is a question like "if lever A is moved in this direction what will happen at point X?"
It's multiple choice with 6 answers to choose from and the diagrams get more complex as you go along.

Much better than the Psych test that had questions like "when you are alone in a room with a mirror do you fell the urge to smash it?" - yes, no, sometimes.

Wow, interesting. Is this something specifically for the army, or is this like some generalised 'logic' skills and psych tests.

That psych test sounds awesome. They always seem so, I dunno, utterly impotent, like, it seems to assume there exists these people that are so wildly insane that they'd actually scribble in the option "YESS!! I smahs the MiRrOOR!! DIE!!" and so wildly insane that they didn't realise that what they were admitting to would disqualify them, yet sane enough to function adequately in society and to get past the most basic of preliminary tests such as a cursory glance at them. I don't get it.

The mechanical reasoning test isn't for general entry. I think the one I did is used for any job within the Corps of Royal Australian Engineers.
Army Emergency Responders are part of the RAE and are trained as Combat Engineers as well as Firefighters.

Also, the Psych test was pretty old. It had a copyright from the 70's on it. I would have thought that there would have been some advancements in testing since then.

Pfft, the 70's were golden years for firefighters. They can never be topped!

HAHAHA in the 70's we still listened to freud and thought that electro therapy worked.

trevor, do you love your mother just a little more than you should? Dun worry guy, everyone does! Don't they?

You're obviously exhibiting flamboyant Oedipus tendencies there, Tom, and Trev.

Strap him to the chair! We're going to preform trans-dental electromocide.

not trans-dental electromocide! I love my eltromodes! Please don't kill my electromodes!

If Angelina was my mum, Brad would be dead and there would probably be some awkwardness at parties.

Nurse! Get me a golf cart motor with a 1000 volt capacimator, STAT!