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01-03-2012, 03:08 PM
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Germany joblessness lowest in two decades!
Despite the economic weeping and wailing around her, Germany reports her lowest joblessness in two decades.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/bu...o-decades.html
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01-03-2012, 03:13 PM
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In a socialist country yet!
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01-03-2012, 03:31 PM
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I wonder if they calculate their unemployment figure the same way we do?
Exhausted your unemployment insurance have you, well, you must be employed then.
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01-03-2012, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by doucanoe
I wonder if they calculate their unemployment figure the same way we do?
Exhausted your unemployment insurance have you, well, you must be employed then.
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Read up on their unemployment and retraining benefits. It's miles ahead of ours (as is their trades/craft training).
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01-03-2012, 05:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by doucanoe
I wonder if they calculate their unemployment figure the same way we do?
Exhausted your unemployment insurance have you, well, you must be employed then.
RC
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Just a guess, but I'd put the "real" number here in the US closer to 16% or so, truth be told.
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01-03-2012, 06:09 PM
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(as is their trades/craft training).
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Isn't that the truth.
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01-03-2012, 06:59 PM
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Isn't that the truth.
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Maybe that's why everything they ever build is of excellent quality. Look at the printing presses, pocket knives, watches, and Mullard tubes. I think their steel recipe is actually better than ours for some things. Japanese tool steel is getting pretty good too. I think China is still using pot metal for tools.
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01-03-2012, 07:02 PM
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Quote:
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Read up on their unemployment and retraining benefits. It's miles ahead of ours (as is their trades/craft training).
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Miles ahead I tells ya!
We don't promote the trades here anymore and thats quite a shame. Better to get a degree in something useful like American or Womens Studies.
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01-03-2012, 07:45 PM
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Miles ahead I tells ya!
We don't promote the trades here anymore and thats quite a shame. Better to get a degree in something useful like American or Womens Studies.
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Man...so true.....lot of worthless paper out there. We got "corporate culture" from it though and where would we be without that
Quote:
Originally Posted by Twodogs
Maybe that's why everything they ever build is of excellent quality. Look at the printing presses, pocket knives, watches, and Mullard tubes. I think their steel recipe is actually better than ours for some things. Japanese tool steel is getting pretty good too. I think China is still using pot metal for tools.
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Yup!
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01-03-2012, 07:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Twodogs
Maybe that's why everything they ever build is of excellent quality. Look at the printing presses, pocket knives, watches, and Mullard tubes. I think their steel recipe is actually better than ours for some things. Japanese tool steel is getting pretty good too. I think China is still using pot metal for tools.
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As an engineer who lived and worked in Germany for 11 years, I have the highest regard for their engineering know-how as well as the workmanship of their workforce. Their mechanical engineering is the best in the world; civil engineering excellent, particularly their precast and prestressed concrete technology, though the electrical engineering prowess failed to impress me a lot. Their machine tools, manufacturing/packaging equipment and robotics are second to none.
Plus, it's a great place to live. My son is doing engineering work there now and has no immediate plans to come back to the US. He went on a three year contract and will likely stay for 7-8 years.
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