Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his 50%
up-front before he starts the job!!

Tanner-'op

"Tanner-'op" wrote in message
...
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his 50%
up-front before he starts the job!!

Tanner-'op

Sounds idyllic for a couple like me and Spouse.

Mary

Tanner-'op wrote:
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his
50% up-front before he starts the job!!

Place will be knee deep in Poles now its been in the media! Wouldn't catch
me working for £22K either.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Tanner-'op wrote:
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his
50% up-front before he starts the job!!

Place will be knee deep in Poles now its been in the media! Wouldn't
catch me working for £22K either.

Job too big for you Dave or the though of not getting that 50% up-front? :-0

Tanner-'op

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 19:49:51 +0100, Tanner-'op wrote:

Anybody interested in this job?

If I didn't have a family I'd be looking at it but no doubt they want
people with bits of paper which I don't have.

This bit gets me "Hours can be long, especially if a ship comes in, when
you could be spending 12 hours unloading cargo." A 12 hour working day is
not unusual for me, 10 very common, if I do a mere eight I feels really
odd as it's lunch time but I'm going home...

--
Cheers
Dave.

"Tanner-'op" wrote in message
...
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his 50%
up-front before he starts the job!!

Not that I am skilled for this role, but if they did have jobs that I could
do the 18 month commitment would put me off

tim

"tim....." wrote in message
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"Tanner-'op" wrote in message
...
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his 50%
up-front before he starts the job!!

Not that I am skilled for this role, but if they did have jobs that I
could
do the 18 month commitment would put me off

Getting on a bit then?

tim

"Tanner-'op" wrote in message
...
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

....can leave the pipe freezing kit behind for this trip

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his 50%
up-front before he starts the job!!

Tanner-'op

Tanner-'op wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Tanner-'op wrote:
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his
50% up-front before he starts the job!!

Place will be knee deep in Poles now its been in the media! Wouldn't
catch me working for £22K either.

Job too big for you Dave or the though of not getting that 50%
up-front? :-0

Job not paying enough is the problem. £22K is having a Giraffe.



--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:25:25 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Job not paying enough is the problem. £22K is having a Giraffe.

But your accomodation and food is provided and there is no pub down the
road to wee it up against the wall in...

--
Cheers
Dave.

"Heliotrope Smith" wrote in message
...

"tim....." wrote in message
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"Tanner-'op" wrote in message
...
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his 50%
up-front before he starts the job!!

Not that I am skilled for this role, but if they did have jobs that I
could
do the 18 month commitment would put me off

Getting on a bit then?

Sorry, I don't see the connection!

It's the fact that there sod all to do with whatever spare time that you
get, whilst you are there, that makes the 18 months so difficult.

tim

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:25:25 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Job not paying enough is the problem. £22K is having a Giraffe.

But your accomodation and food is provided and there is no pub down
the road to wee it up against the wall in...

Ah, but he can smoke to his hearts content - and the upshot would be is that
we won't hear from him for 18 months!

*GO* *FOR* *IT* *DAVE* AKA the Medway Prat (oops HandyBurk) damn (handyman)


LOL

Tanner-'op

Who, after reading his comments in the home birth thread, is definitely in
an anti Medway Prat (handyman( mood)

"Heliotrope Smith" wrote in message
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"Tanner-'op" wrote in message
...
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

...can leave the pipe freezing kit behind for this trip

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his 50%
up-front before he starts the job!!

Tanner-'op

My husband has just lost his job and applied for this but was turned down
because he was too old . They want a youngster but wont say it!
So unless you are twenty odd, its none starter. Also please note, whilst in
London Plumbers might earn a fortune, down here, 22K is good pay for a
plumber. Average wage is between 14 - 17K. and there are no jobs for
plumbers. No we cant afford to move either! he could go and take a job in
the Antarctic though.

endymion wrote:
"Heliotrope Smith" wrote in message
...

"Tanner-'op" wrote in message
...
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

...can leave the pipe freezing kit behind for this trip

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his
50% up-front before he starts the job!!

Tanner-'op

My husband has just lost his job and applied for this but was turned
down because he was too old . They want a youngster but wont say it!
So unless you are twenty odd, its none starter. Also please note,
whilst in London Plumbers might earn a fortune, down here, 22K is good pay
for a plumber. Average wage is between 14 - 17K. and there
are no jobs for plumbers. No we cant afford to move either! he could
go and take a job in the Antarctic though.

Where is 'down here'?


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
om...
Tanner-'op wrote:
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his
50% up-front before he starts the job!!

Place will be knee deep in Poles now its been in the media! Wouldn't
catch me working for £22K either.

Bird Island. What a name. I would work there for free it the birds were the
ones I liked.

Adam

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:14:18 UTC, "ARWadworth"
wrote:


"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
om...
Tanner-'op wrote:
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his
50% up-front before he starts the job!!

Place will be knee deep in Poles now its been in the media! Wouldn't
catch me working for £22K either.

Bird Island. What a name. I would work there for free it the birds were the
ones I liked.

And no neighbours to worry about!

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The information contained in this post is copyright the
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
om...
endymion wrote:
"Heliotrope Smith" wrote in message
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"Tanner-'op" wrote in message
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Anybody interested in this job?

Where is 'down here'?
South West.

endymion wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message om...
endymion wrote:
"Heliotrope Smith" wrote in message
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"Tanner-'op" wrote in message
...
Anybody interested in this job?

Where is 'down here'?
South West.

I guess thats the price you pay for living in such a lovely place. Shame
really.

Kent can be a nightmare sometimes with the traffic, but being so near London
wage rates are quite high.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "endymion"
saying something like:

My husband has just lost his job and applied for this but was turned down
because he was too old . They want a youngster but wont say it!
So unless you are twenty odd, its none starter.

Not surprising - circulatory problems, unnoticed in older folks in this
climate, would begin to show up badly down there. The medical would
screen a helluva lot out, but why even bother wasting their time.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

"Owain" wrote in message
et...
ARWadworth wrote:
Bird Island. What a name. I would work there for free it the birds were
the ones I liked.

And if they weren't you could open a Chicken Cottage franchise with very
low ingredient costs

Owain


Halal penguin.

Adam

Dave Liquorice wrote:

This bit gets me "Hours can be long, especially if a ship comes in, when
you could be spending 12 hours unloading cargo." A 12 hour working day is
not unusual for me, 10 very common, if I do a mere eight I feels really
odd as it's lunch time but I'm going home...

Ah, but that was written by a BBC hack who wants to be in the bar by
4:30 :-)

Pete

On 8 Sep 2008 09:31:08 GMT, Huge wrote:


My husband has just lost his job and applied for this but was turned down
because he was too old . They want a youngster but wont say it!

They aren't allowed to say it. All that happens now if you apply for a job and
they think you're too old is they simply ignore your application. That's merely
incredibly rude rather than illegal.

And a terrible waste of time for all the applicants who aren't even
going to be considered, all the more so when outfits like the
Jobcentre insist they keep on making applications for jobs.

Derek

Derek wrote:
On 8 Sep 2008 09:31:08 GMT, Huge wrote:


My husband has just lost his job and applied for this but was turned down
because he was too old . They want a youngster but wont say it!
They aren't allowed to say it. All that happens now if you apply for a job and
they think you're too old is they simply ignore your application. That's merely
incredibly rude rather than illegal.

And a terrible waste of time for all the applicants who aren't even
going to be considered, all the more so when outfits like the
Jobcentre insist they keep on making applications for jobs.

Derek

I have this vision of a company being prosecuted for an advert like

"Airline plot required: Must have experience and a current pilots
license. Wheelchair users will not be considered"

Sadly age, sex, ability, matrimonial status, disability, intelligence,
ability to speak read and write English, and actual quality of
applicant, are, despite equal opportunity legislation, all something
that affects working performance.

Employers have to pretend it doesn't, and invent other reasons for
selection.

On Sep 6, 8:23 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Tanner-'op" wrote in message

...

Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his 50%
up-front before he starts the job!!

Tanner-'op

Sounds idyllic for a couple like me and Spouse.

I suspect Spouse and you wouldn't have enjoyed working on Bird Island
when I was there in the 60's. Mum, Dad, and I (babe-in-arms) lived
there in a 6'x8' garden shed for (I think) six weeks. He was doing
biological research, she was acting as his research assistant, and I
was along for the ride. Mind you, there was less call for a plumber
then:
1. Running water? It's in the stream flowing out of the glacier.
2. Hot water? Kettle's in the corner.
3. Bath? see answer to first question :-).

I think the facilities are a bit more flash these days.

"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:14:18 UTC, "ARWadworth"
wrote:


"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
om...
Tanner-'op wrote:
Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his
50% up-front before he starts the job!!

Place will be knee deep in Poles now its been in the media! Wouldn't
catch me working for £22K either.

Bird Island. What a name. I would work there for free it the birds were
the
ones I liked.

And no neighbours to worry about!

My neighbours would be the the whole of Argentina. So no chance of any
trouble there then!

Adam

On Sep 8, 2:31 pm, Martin Bonner wrote:
On Sep 6, 8:23 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:

"Tanner-'op" wrote in message

...

Anybody interested in this job?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602102.stm

just right for the Medway Handyman - except they won't give him his 50%
up-front before he starts the job!!

Tanner-'op

Sounds idyllic for a couple like me and Spouse.

I suspect Spouse and you wouldn't have enjoyed working on Bird Island

How did that "n't" creep in there? That was supposed to read "would
have enjoyed"!

when I was there in the 60's. Mum, Dad, and I (babe-in-arms) lived
there in a 6'x8' garden shed for (I think) six weeks. He was doing
biological research, she was acting as his research assistant, and I
was along for the ride. Mind you, there was less call for a plumber
then:
1. Running water? It's in the stream flowing out of the glacier.
2. Hot water? Kettle's in the corner.
3. Bath? see answer to first question :-).

I think the facilities are a bit more flash these days.