Category: Pats Corner

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When the water has gone

I grew up in a small village on the Natal South Coast, one of the many such villages stretching South along the Eastern seaboard from

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A meeting with Uncle Sam

Overseas travel opportunities on offer from local suppliers and their respective Principals forms an important part of their overall marketing strategy and our Industry is

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Too Many Chiefs

According to the informative 2017 HVAC & R Industry Directory, there are no less than 128 listed Contractors serving the South African HVAC & R

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Maintenance: A wing and a prayer

I must confess to being an avid armchair pilot. The two local aviation magazines are my favourite reads, fulfilling my life-long interest in all things

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The past has a blast

Many elderly engineers have been called back into service to fulfil a vital intermediary role, while the skills pool plays catch-up — is this really

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Another link in the chain (Part 2)

Now that the shipment of export-quality oranges is well on their way to the United Kingdom, let’s go back further in time, when the very

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Another link in the chain (Part 1)

There is no finer example of the praiseworthy practice of maintaining the ‘cold chain’ than the mercantile marine service, where the cold chain was first

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Commissioning a necessary evil

‘Commissioning’ has been the bane of my working life. To be handed over a plant that has been correctly commissioned in every respect, has rarely