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From: JackH on 24 Jan 2010 17:59 On 24 Jan, 22:05, wessie <putmynameh...(a)tesco.net> wrote: > JackH <jackhacket...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote innews:e1803d00-523b-47d5-a874-a859e07c9598(a)e25g2000yqh.googlegroups.com: > > > On 24 Jan, 16:01, Andy Bonwick <nos...(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: > >> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:35:49 -0800 (PST), JackH > > Plumbing and heating. > > >> I know there are courses out there for electricians etc that claim to > >> train someone _and_ find them a job afterwards but that won't open up > >> the more highly paid positions that will require you to have > >> completed a recognised apprenticeship and have done 4 years at > >> college. > > > Aye, well... I'm lucky enough to have a father who is willing to train > > me right up and get me through my 'Gas Safe' certification etc, as > > well as gradually handing over the reins as he slips into retirement. > > If he is a 1 man band and has an established clientele that provides > regular work on routine servicing with a couple of boiler replacements each > month then it will be a relatively stress free life. I had no idea you knew my dad. ;-) > Just don't get involved with insurance jobs or emergency call outs, except to established > clients. Leave that to the cowboys. *ding* Also, there was a scheme last year IIRC, whereby he was supposed to get some of the cost back from the scheme rather than the customer for work carried out - he's still waiting for payment from the one he did succumb to doing. The new boiler scrappage scheme puts the onus on the customer to claim it - the only risk we've seen so far for the installer is that some of the definitions given for whether or not a certain type of boiler qualifies for scrappage, are a tad ambiguous to say the least as in 'Boiler X may qualify'. If you get it wrong and they view it as fraudulent, you're open to prosecution. -- JackH
From: The Older Gentleman on 25 Jan 2010 14:24 Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > Of the 190 or so countries in the world, there's only perhaps 2 or 3 > others where I might consider living. Go on, then. Mine are Chile (er, obviously), France and Italy. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Champ on 25 Jan 2010 16:35 On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:24:44 +0000, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >> Of the 190 or so countries in the world, there's only perhaps 2 or 3 >> others where I might consider living. >Go on, then. > >Mine are Chile (er, obviously), France and Italy. heh. OK then: 1. France: It seems to me to have just about the best of everything 2. Australia: Not perfect, but having spent 6 months there, I got to appreciate the very good things about the place 3. Italy: For all the cliche'd reasons. I'm not sure if I could stand the beauracracy of actually living there, mind. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Mark Olson on 25 Jan 2010 18:30 Champ wrote: > 3. Italy: For all the cliche'd reasons. I'm not sure if I could > stand the beauracracy of actually living there, mind. Outwitting the bureaucracy is the Italian national pastime.
From: Andy Bonwick on 26 Jan 2010 03:02
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:38:36 -0800 (PST), JackH <jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: snip> >Given the fallout over the last year or so and the fact it was widely >reported not so long ago that countries such as Germany and France >were starting to buck the recession whereas we were still firmly >entrenched in the mire, it'll be interesting, (if not a little >depressing), to see where it slots into the table over the next couple >of years. I'm sure I've read somewhere that the figures due for release today are expected to show we're now 'officially' out of the recession. |