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Old 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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Old 01-03-2012, 04:06 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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Read up on their unemployment and retraining benefits. It's miles ahead of ours (as is their trades/craft training).
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Old 01-03-2012, 06:09 PM
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(as is their trades/craft training).
Isn't that the truth.
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Old 01-03-2012, 06:59 PM
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Isn't that the truth.
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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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.
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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I think everyone should replace a water pump & thermostat on v-6 VW Passat at least once. I seen a christian fella cuss up a storm over 1300.00 bucks, nearly a grand of it in labor.The shop owner said he hates having to tie up a bay with those things. I was asking the owner for a job when the customer came in and handed him the check, and cussed all the way out of the office as he was leaving. I know it's a bitch to work on them, but thats still a bit to high IMO. Some guys would rather pull their teeth than to touch that job at a fair price.
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Old 01-03-2012, 09:44 PM
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I think everyone should replace a water pump & thermostat on v-6 VW Passat at least once. I seen a christian fella cuss up a storm over 1300.00 bucks, nearly a grand of it in labor.The shop owner said he hates having to tie up a bay with those things. I was asking the owner for a job when the customer came in and handed him the check, and cussed all the way out of the office as he was leaving. I know it's a bitch to work on them, but thats still a bit to high IMO. Some guys would rather pull their teeth than to touch that job at a fair price.
That's right up there with replacing the spark plugs on a Toyota Sienna minivan - $600. You have to remove the entire intake to get to the rear bank of plugs.

Precious few new cars are built with any thought of them being easy to work on anymore. Luckily, cars are considerably more reliable than they once were.
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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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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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Read up on their unemployment and retraining benefits. It's miles ahead of ours (as is their trades/craft training).

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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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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