DIY skills

manning the gas chambers?

Let her have a go with the angle grinder and stop being mean!

Same here.

If you are willing to accept a government document may contain some truth there is quite a good recent analysis of where we are and where we might be in

true but we are still running a massive trade deficit.

"The swing towards a trade deficit in the UK partly reflects the fact that the British manufacturing sector is in terminal decline. Britain only really has a foothold in two manufacturing sectors: pharmaceuticals and arms. UK plc now specialises in financial services, advertising, public relations, design and management consultancy. Or, as Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson put it in their book Fantasy Island, "we count the money and we do the bullshit". It also reflects the fact that UK consumers have been spending massively on imported goods - a boom fuelled largely by borrowing against soaring house prices."

I've just got a reply from Morrisons saying: "The standard of application has been very high and it was only after much deliberation that we reached the decision that we will not be progressing with your application further."

So, if *I* can't get work stacking shelves in Morrisons, what sort of people *do* they want, people with PhDs?

JGH

And well worth watching, I thought. Feels like I havn't seen anything quite so positive about UK industry on TV for about forty years....

Yes, but wouldn't post and rail have been more useful?

I was designing and building electronics as a summer student at CERN in

"Ce truc est foutue"

I don't know of any car repair mags for modern cars, but there are some for classic cars - even the local supermarkets have them on the shelves.

SteveW

Aye its a funny old world, it seems the best thing you can have in your favour is age!

I loved tech drawing/science/woodwork at school, and strangley for a male I can also knit and do basic sewing using a sowing machine. DIY around the house are not usually a problem, paint / woodwork etc, I can strip a motorbike and rebuild it. I have since progressed onto spreadsheets and done some small business plans for some retail shops. I have a lifetime of working in sales FMCG with management positions. I am a fantastic natural gardener (served an apprenticeship as a youngster)

Can I get a job! can I f...! I think I did the wrong 90% :-)

I am seriously thinking of doing something self employed and keeping below any tax threshold.

As for previous comments re manufacturing remember things like the production of whisky which is big maybe included in the figures.

Don't think about it or talk about it any more ... JUST DO IT!....

Did that 30 years ago and never looked back:))...

How old are you?

I've just got a reply from Morrisons saying: "The standard of application has been very high and it was only after much deliberation that we reached the decision that we will not be progressing with your application further."

So, if *I* can't get work stacking shelves in Morrisons, what sort of people *do* they want, people with PhDs?

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tim

I think it's one of those replies designed to be read two ways. They were probably looking for a lower standard of application.

Nick

Bus pass - just.

Bloody kids ;)

If nobody's prepared to pay me to work as an employee, how does being self-employed magically make people prepared to pay me to work?

JGH

With all the cutbacks in the civil service that is what many people will be asking.

Owain