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Post by dickpuller on Dec 3, 2017 20:32:40 GMT
Been working with one of the firms 2 year apprentices over the last couple of days, he’s not my lad but one of the other Tradesman’s kid. Fuck he’s good!! Anything he was asked to do he did it without a problem. Never used a Handibender before, I showed him how to use it & he was brilliant with it! Not once on his phone, got me everything I wanted - he’ll make a great Tradesman.
There’s a lot have it in for kids entering the Trade, but most of the boys on our firm are good. I just love seeing the kids make a career out of our trade, fucking best trade in the world!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 20:50:10 GMT
Been working with one of the firms 2 year apprentices over the last couple of days, he’s not my lad but one of the other Tradesman’s kid. Fuck he’s good!! Anything he was asked to do he did it without a problem. Never used a Handibender before, I showed him how to use it & he was brilliant with it! Not once on his phone, got me everything I wanted - he’ll make a great Tradesman. There’s a lot have it in for kids entering the Trade, but most of the boys on our firm are good. I just love seeing the kids make a career out of our trade, fucking best trade in the world!!! There's some great lads out there its just finding them that's the problem, they are not all bad.  I AGREE DICK, BEST TRADE EVER. 1787034013 yippee |
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Post by tomplum on Dec 3, 2017 21:22:33 GMT
I agree to about best trade, I'm unlucky with lads, I always had ' could't be arsed' types,,, smiley-face-shaking-fist
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Post by dickpuller on Dec 3, 2017 21:34:14 GMT
It’s not easy getting good kids. They don’t need to be practical any more, if their push bike gets a puncture - Mummy buys them a new fucking bike!! They don’t fix anything & a lot of their parents are the same.
Apparently, in some Rented Properties, the Landlord will not permit the Tenant to change a light bulb! There’s a man comes in to do that.
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Post by tomplum on Dec 3, 2017 22:39:48 GMT
I have a mate like that, he's 65 and comes to me to change a light bulb, unbelieveable in a bloke of our generation, Like you say Dick, we repaired bikes,made catapults, elastic guns, soap box carts, sleds in winter, In Wigan we would slide down the pit slag heaps on corragated sheets for fun,play out every night till it got dark,go swimming in ponds in summer, fishing, camping, Most of the things we did as kids are outlawed now, A major pond/lake we went swimming was a lake formed under the cooling towers formed by the condencating water from the steam generators, the boiler manufactures of today insist that this water will dissolve your fingers if you touch it, Well we used to swim in it, We are lucky to be still alive, HA HA,  |
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Dec 4, 2017 6:45:32 GMT
The problem these days is the mobile phone with social media etc. On it
People can’t leave it alone, even a sneak peak every 5 mins
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Post by dickpuller on Dec 4, 2017 20:21:32 GMT
Is ‘Technical’ subjects still done in Secondary Skools - woodwork & metalwork etc? Do ‘they’ think it’s too dangerous to teach these things to kids now? We did Workwork, Metalwork & Car Machanics.
How the fuck are they expecting kids to learn things, if they hide them from practical skills?? There’s only one way to learn not to hit your finger with a claw hammer, and that’s to use a claw hammer!!
With my three, I showed them how to change a puncture on a car when they were learning to drive. I also bought them screwdrivers etc. They may have a Uni degree each, but FFS if you can’t use a screwdriver you’re an idiot!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2017 20:33:04 GMT
Is ‘Technical’ subjects still done in Secondary Skools - woodwork & metalwork etc? Do ‘they’ think it’s too dangerous to teach these things to kids now? We did Workwork, Metalwork & Car Machanics. How the fuck are they expecting kids to learn things, if they hide them from practical skills?? There’s only one way to learn not to hit your finger with a claw hammer, and that’s to use a claw hammer!! With my three, I showed them how to change a puncture on a car when they were learning to drive. I also bought them screwdrivers etc. They may have a Uni degree each, but FFS if you can’t use a screwdriver you’re an idiot!! When I was 5yrs old I was always with my grandad in his workshop he'd give me a lump of wood and a handsaw, I'd spend hours cutting it up, I also had my own hammer. r_YU1yvrdxzyzo1stXVb diy good memories. |
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Dec 4, 2017 20:54:02 GMT
Is ‘Technical’ subjects still done in Secondary Skools - woodwork & metalwork etc? Do ‘they’ think it’s too dangerous to teach these things to kids now? We did Workwork, Metalwork & Car Machanics. How the fuck are they expecting kids to learn things, if they hide them from practical skills?? There’s only one way to learn not to hit your finger with a claw hammer, and that’s to use a claw hammer!! With my three, I showed them how to change a puncture on a car when they were learning to drive. I also bought them screwdrivers etc. They may have a Uni degree each, but FFS if you can’t use a screwdriver you’re an idiot!! It’s not the same as the 80’s when I was in school. My daughter is at secondary school but didn’t do wood or metal work. Its all too dangerous plus they’re not allowed a shower after PE! Yep, it’s a different world, if we wouldn’t have a shower we got thrown in!!! |
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Post by tomplum on Dec 4, 2017 21:09:44 GMT
not allowed a shower after PE, fucking hell, surely thats unhygienic, At our skool in the sixties there was only a normal 36 x 18 cylinder, so there was hot water for about 20 mins, so the first class got hot water and the next one got cold water, I think only a hand full of times in 4 years did we have a hot shower, the rest was cold, BRRRR, Everyone used to bring a letter from their Mum ( written by a mate) dear Jim teecher, Our tom has Flew so he cant have a shower yours Truley Toms Mum, so the teacher held you back till all the hot water was gone then threw you in,, " that will cure your ' flew' lad,,,, |
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