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Old 01-05-2008 | 10:29 PM
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ive a carpenter and am noticing it and believing we are going into a recession, my reasons being houses arent selling etc building work isnt starting up and its beginning of a new tax year when you'd normally see sites starting. i've just been put out of work due to loosing employer losing a contract, i havnt had a look about yet to see whats about but have noticed over time sites aren't opening and every tradesman i speak to says work is dead?
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talking to a few sparkie mates and they all say the same about it being dead, luckely for me offshore windfarms are getting thrown up everywhere.
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Not noticed it round here as yet, people still buying 20k+ kitchens and bathrooms.

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Dont work in any cities m8 or work for anyone that works in the city, just you norm average middle to late age couples.

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Originally Posted by Alps Pacino
talking to a few sparkie mates and they all say the same about it being dead, luckely for me offshore windfarms are getting thrown up everywhere.
I can vouch for that, its dire!
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Speaking as a taxi driver - Trades not picked up since christmas , and even that wasnt really too good , first thing people cut back on when they feel the pinch is nights out i suppose

its got so bad, and with diesel at Ł1.20 locally ive been applying for mechanics jobs again

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Tell me about it, i got my PCO licence just before christmas, wich i hadn't of bothered!
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im seriously considering changing job as all they want is you to work you bollock off and they still rush you, if you do good work they're on your case due to the time, you rush it a bit (which is what they seem to encourage, yet i dont like to, i like neat work but in the time scale given it cant be of a nice quality due to the prices be slashed and slashed again and makes me wonder why i bother when theres jobs i could do with les headache and without risk of being counter charged?
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Originally Posted by BillyCabrio
Tell me about it, i got my PCO licence just before christmas, wich i hadn't of bothered!
whats a pco liscense? (sorry )
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Originally Posted by rst in progress
we are going into a recession
We're already in one mate.

We've had a terrible month for retail cars but thank the lord for stuff selling under Ł2k.

As for the all the media hype about the "credit crunch" all that seems to have done is brought all the nutters out to try and get finance. Must have done 20 proposals last month, had 2 accepted and the rest could have wallpapered the great wall of china with all their CCJs and defaults

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whats a pco liscense? (sorry )
Pulling Cocks Off.

But in a sexy way, normally into his mouth.
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Well i fit carpets vinyl etc
and most of my work is in BATH and we are as busy as ever.

Plenty of people with plenty of money still in and around Bath
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Originally Posted by rst in progress
whats a pco liscense? (sorry )
PCO stands for 'Public Carriage Office'. Every Taxi or Chauffeur carrying a passenger from A to B has to have a PCO licence.
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Originally Posted by Chris Honeywell
Well i fit carpets vinyl etc
and most of my work is in BATH and we are as busy as ever.

Plenty of people with plenty of money still in and around Bath
Im a carpet fitter, bournmouth area its dead. Even big shops allied, carpetright ect. are quiet.
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im still busy as anything not seen anything which effects me yet personally
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Still mega busy at work and the bank keeps on expanding and expanding. It is based primarily based in the middle east so the credit crunch hasn't hit it really.
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well I have just spent 28k on my house, Cannot wait to get back in though living with the mother-in-law is doing our twat in
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we are not in a recession, but we are in a credit crunch.....very big difference
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Originally Posted by cfoster
Still mega busy at work and the bank keeps on expanding and expanding. It is based primarily based in the middle east so the credit crunch hasn't hit it really.

where you working now Chris?
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Originally Posted by Paddy
had 2 accepted and the rest could have wallpapered the great wall of china with all their CCJs and defaults


Originally Posted by Alps Pacino
talking to a few sparkie mates and they all say the same about it being dead, luckely for me offshore windfarms are getting thrown up everywhere.
i saw on the news last night that shell(?) have pulled out of the planned one in the thames estuary. wonder why that is? because it's not as profitable as oil i expect

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well I have just spent 28k on my house, Cannot wait to get back in though living with the mother-in-law is doing our twat in
does she keep interrupting your parties?
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Originally Posted by Markb_s1
where you working now Chris?

I'm at Standard Chartered bank mate , been here over 2 years now!!
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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
well I have just spent 28k on my house, Cannot wait to get back in though living with the mother-in-law is doing our twat in

You sure that you're not doing her twat in?



With the hikes in fuel prices and the like, I have noticed the trains being much much more busy than usual on the commuter services, and they will only get busier I feel. Good news for me I guess
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Originally Posted by cfoster
I'm at Standard Chartered bank mate , been here over 2 years now!!
nice one!
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Originally Posted by LHD220Turbo
we are not in a recession, but we are in a credit crunch.....very big difference
this time last year in london work in the building game was booming, now its getting hard to spot a building site? prices are terrible for work. when houses dont sell whats the consiquence? stop building as many? which seems to be the problem =work going dead
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lol Gracie, fuck that I have standards, I would rather do you up the shitter than the mother-in-law
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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
lol Gracie, fuck that I have standards, I would rather do you up the shitter than the mother-in-law
FPMSL

I don't take it up the shitter, hurts enough when taking a dump let alone doing that
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Speaking to some energy traders in the week and some econimists are talking about oil at $200 by the end of this year!!!!!!!

Although by posting this I've probably just assisted in it becoming a self forfilling prophecy
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Paul, some good lube, down a bottle of wine, you be reeeeeeet
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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Paul, some good lube, down a bottle of wine, you be reeeeeeet
talk from experience then Johnny
and trust me it takes more than that
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There is no way on earth anything is going up my arse - no matter how slippery it may be and how pissed I am
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lol, Done enough birds up the shitter to know
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Was this about the recession or Gracies slippery arse?
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The best way, which will not help you paul, but the way I do it, is use the 2 finger trick to get a big gush and slide it in using natural lube.
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Noooooooooooo lets talk about Gracies arse much more fun
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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
The best way, which will not help you paul, but the way I do it, is use the 2 finger trick to get a big gush and slide it in using natural lube.
this thread has gone WAY OFF TOPIC now
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Yeah fuck talking about recession, boring
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nooooooooooononononooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ononononono

Lets talk about the recession

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so Gracey you have not had the purple headed moon ferret poking its head at you chocolate star fish? even for testing purposes .
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you should try coming north of the border lads everythings fine up here!

same as usual! Cant get enough guys for the work..............


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