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Return of Boiler Build to Syfex West
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Baker Plbg
Okay, it's good to be with you again, as always. ah Breaking news. um The boiler build is back at Syfex West, which is not all that surprising, giving it given it's Terrence's backyard.
00:00:20
Baker Plbg
They almost had to do it. I had some really interesting discussions with...
Confidential Feedback from Modern Hydronic Summit
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Baker Plbg
probably six or seven ah people at the Modern Hydronic Summit here in, that was here in Calgary oh earlier this month.
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Baker Plbg
And got some interesting feedback on ah the boiler build and why um they elected not to do it. I'm not gonna share any of that information because that was all given to me by people in confidence.
00:00:53
Baker Plbg
But ah maybe in another My Thoughts, Not Yours, I'll break that down a little
Educational Credit for Events
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Baker Plbg
bit deeper. But listen, listen, people. I'm taking all the credit, all of it.
00:01:07
Baker Plbg
If you listen to GoToImpetus, check it out. um um I mean, whatever. ah He intentionally points out three things that were absolutely my beef.
00:01:26
Baker Plbg
One, ah ah that this is going to be educational. I don't know how it's going to be educational, but we will see. I mean, this is the claims that they're making, and I'm taking credit for them making that notation.
00:01:41
Baker Plbg
One, it's going to be educational. Two, they actually listed the schools that they're sending these boilers to. And three, that they are inviting and they are intentionally inviting um students.
00:01:58
Baker Plbg
it's I mean, it's going to be i is it is it going to be the Impetus Media team.
00:02:07
Baker Plbg
But still, it as you can tell, brings a chuckle to my face. Are are those are those guys paid? and know they're not. um They, anyway, I could go on forever.
00:02:21
Baker Plbg
But, I mean, that's good. ah They're sending them, they're obviously doing three builds because they're going to three schools. I do find it strange only because it's my own
Polytechnic Schools and Donation Challenges
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Baker Plbg
lens. Here in Alberta, we have two schools, Nate and SAIT, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and Southern Alberta. It's super original.
00:02:39
Baker Plbg
Nate and SAIT, and everything that I know of goes through those two institutions as far as ah trades are concerned. ah There are other polytechnic schools, but those are the two. and And so I don't even know if I did a boiler build who I could donate to. it would have to be a high school, I think, unless somebody knows different than me.
00:03:03
Baker Plbg
Like I say, I'm limited to my own scope for sure. ah but it appears to me that like every town in BC and Ontario, I don't know much about, ah can can I tell you something?
00:03:17
Baker Plbg
Saskatchewan sucks rocks.
Bureaucracy in Saskatchewan for Boiler Installations
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Baker Plbg
I am on month three of dealing with ah the bureaucracy of government that are supposed to be business friendly. So we're trying to do these boilers,
00:03:31
Baker Plbg
ah yeah half a million dollars worth of boilers. in ah saskatchen or Saskatoon and Regina. And every time I complete a task, they add three more.
00:03:44
Baker Plbg
Got my tax number, got my WCB number, got my ah gas fitters license, ah the TSAC, the TSSA, and
00:03:57
Baker Plbg
I have two things left. They did a name registry. Get this. They did a name registry. Like, I have to register my name. And so it's Baker Plumbing ah Incorporated.
00:04:11
Baker Plbg
And ah they came back on Monday and said that we have already have a Baker Mechanical Limited. I'm like, so? Well, it's too close.
00:04:23
Baker Plbg
How is Baker Plumbing Incorporated too close to Baker Mechanical Limited? You guys realize that if I change it from Baker Plumbing Incorporated to Baker INC. It's a totally different company.
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Baker Plbg
Anyway, so now I have to set up a numbered company and operating as whatever the hell I want it to operate as. It's been a journey.
00:04:49
Baker Plbg
ah The red tape and just the stonewalling and gatekeeping has been un-freaking-believable. Anyway, I was talking about schools.
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Baker Plbg
So...
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Baker Plbg
ah Yeah, I don't know how exactly. I'll find out, I guess, on how it works in Saskatchewan.
Understanding Blue Seal Trades
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Baker Plbg
I did learn something new today. Some guy in the comments um on YouTube, actually, talked to me about the blue seal trades and made the claim that blue seal's been around longer than red seal.
00:05:21
Baker Plbg
Listen, ah if you're listening to this, and I invited anybody that disagrees with me, i will i absolutely invite. It's come on, on. Let's talk about it. And nobody's taking me up on it.
00:05:34
Baker Plbg
And he is like, the Red Seal thing's a mess. The Blue Seal is the way to go. And I had never heard of it. And it's basically, in Alberta anyway, you can get your Blue Seal if you have your Red Seal and you join some stupid club and you take 150 hours of business courses that they recommend.
00:05:53
Baker Plbg
So it's basically the business class of business. once you get your red seal, my but it's the business tint to it, I guess is the best way I can call it.
00:06:06
Baker Plbg
Anyway, fascinating stuff. I'm going to do a little bit more digging on that. i You know what? That's part of the reason that I love doing what I'm doing here is because I learn stuff every day. People say, no, you're wrong. And this is why I'm like, Oh, that's interesting. I didn't know that. Let me dig into that.
00:06:23
Baker Plbg
And if you're not willing to admit that you don't know everything and that you're, you know, ah i fallible in some way, then enjoy running your head through a concrete wall constantly.
00:06:37
Baker Plbg
Anyway, ah kudos.
Interest in Event Outcomes
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Baker Plbg
I mean, we it's I think it's November 5th and 6th. I will not be there. um But our I will be ah watching with bated breath to see if they actually can...
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Baker Plbg
um pull off what they claim they're going to pull off. ah Interesting stuff, no doubt. As usual, everything here is my thoughts, not yours. And if you think I got something wrong, if you think I'm off the rails or talking smack or ah spouting lies, then hit me up and tell me why you think that and and why I'm wrong. And I would love to have a conversation with you about it um because I don't know everything.
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Baker Plbg
And I'm here on a my own personal journey of trying to learn as much as I can about this crazy trade world that we're part of, the bureaucracy of business.
Frustrations with Saskatchewan Bureaucracy
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Baker Plbg
madness. It's madness. um
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Baker Plbg
I can only laugh because I'm trying not to swear as much, but seriously, Saskatchewan sucks. don't know what to say. It was very easy to to ah become a member of the TSAC, I think it was, and then it's just been downhill ever since. Like, I literally thought, I think, I mean, you could probably go back and see.
00:07:57
Baker Plbg
was like, oh, yeah, man, that was super easy. We're in. We're going to get started. And it since I said that, the gypsy cursed me, and it's been just,
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Baker Plbg
One step forward and two steps back
Alberta Election Results and Political Expectations
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Baker Plbg
endlessly. It's driving it driving me bonkers. Maybe tomorrow we'll chat some election results in Calgary and Edmonton and Okotoks. It was election day here in Alberta ah with some interesting results.
00:08:27
Baker Plbg
We can dive into that a little bit and see what the future has to hold for us all, what these dumb politicians promised they would do and what they will not follow through on.
00:08:41
Baker Plbg
With the election over, the promise season has ended and the pilfering season has begun. My thoughts on yours. Have a fabulous f freaking day.