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Could it be a mixture of years ago when people went to do a trade they usually worked with family, father or uncle would take a young lad on and everyone knew the story and got on abit better. Instead of getting a lad at 16 now you’re getting a chap of 20 who knows it all already and just isn’t worth the agro? The value of a trade has definitely been undersold the last 10/15 years. Some chaps are happier shovel into a mixer for £100 a day than put the head down for a few years and get the reward at the end

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I like a dog to have wind,an can last a nights lamping,but it doesn't have to be a 5 to 6 min a run wind. I'm more interested in dogs that have grit an determination when the going gets tough on the sharp end,tho each to there own.

I agree most looked specimens dint they

Yep I agree , the UK is screwed, whether a trucker with nowhere to stop , or British guys having to compete with Eastern European prices , if I were working away now I'd say accomodation is ridiculous, some hotels have illegals in also busy expensive time ATM but some of the best paid jobs in my game become mediocre once the digs come out of it. If you can find anywhere in the first place in august lol. Some of the foreign guys will happily sleep in the back of a van , it's not for me though , it just continues the race to the bottom no wonder big business loves them , site conditions have all

Out of likes lads Mc has the white death ever killed 2 or three foxes in a night mate,or day?

Yes charts that would be grand,let me know sure

Fair. I didn't know that. Something wrong throughout Europe then. In Germany when kids are separated as being either academic or technical in their abilities, there isn't the feeling that academia is so superior to technical. Manual trades are treated with more respect. I've spoken to many guys from truckers to brickies who say they are treated much better in Germany.

Hulk Hogan kicks the bucket, page after page from you lot, Oh no, I'm gutted , Ozzy kicks the bucket, oh no, I'm gutted from you lot, Now then Donald rose dies, f**k all from you lot, Marches growing in numbers, eh, wouldn't be any need for marches if WE, hadn't let boatloads of foreigners enter and welcomed by us Brits, Hey up, what's that I see, more boatloads one in one out my arris

I’ll be over in December , Francie, one of the days out will be with Gunter, I’ll let you know nearer the time, maybe meet up ? Cheers.

Gunter has already offered me out with him this season mate,if your popping over with the white death,would be great craic

He did .he got a bitch if I remember rightly called Darla. that was the parents of the red dog

Most of Europe imports builders and carers and Germany's care system is built on imported labour.

Trouble is, who's going to work for day rate in today's climate?

I thought it might have been one of those brother-sister mating they did. I thought Wilf got one. Cheers.

No, all I see is odd shaped cob hosses that don't look like they can catch a cold and if they did, wouldn't be able to fight it.

No It was a funny breeding , unrelated to miks stuff in any way

We should value our building workers more. They do in Germany and other countries. We should value our carers more as well. There's something wrong that we have to import workers in those key sectors.

Was that out of or related to Micks dog ? Cheers.

It’s still 1986 out west mate . It’s a part of the uk that’s never evolved lol

Me and @mC HULLhad this conversation not long ago , you don’t see many of those grey hounds with bull terrier head types anymore

If the main contractors insisted on an apprenticeship per brickie gang then everyone is on the same deal...

Been to both and was asked to judge Flimby and did. I was at the Roman Wall show a few weeks ago and met up with a few of lads from the Flimby Club. There was three lads you probably know who had a pick up full of hairy foxing dogs from Whitehaven, rough looking bunch…..the dogs AND the lads ! LOL ! Cheers.

They were night and day different to many of the excuses of dogs you see today that couldn't catch a cold, more typey, even the monsters had the grace of a thoroughbred. I see very few bull crosses today that I think "I'd love to own that dog."

Apprenticeship system works for companies , obviously not gonna work for a subby on price, but if they want to build the house numbers they are talking about then they'll need to train up youngsters. Apprentices provide cheap labour , and will in time fill some of the skill shortages . Building industry seems far more reliant on foreign labour than engineering and tbh engineering in certain sectors has gone all in on recruiting apprentices.