I'm a sparky, got into the trade as soon as I left school,
my uncle and granddad were painter and decorators (about 40 men working for them), my uncle used to buy and sell houses as well. his mates were plumbers and joiners, so he said if I became a sparky he'd set me on and pay me well. but he passed away (1991) while I was still at school :(. I still qualified as a sparky and I still feel like he's 'with me'. I've been laid off a couple of times in the last few years, but I've just gone self employed, working for a couple of different lads, could do with working a 9 day week to keep them all happy :)
massive respect to anyone in the armed forces
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it's about time we stopped giving 'foreign aid' to any other country and started paying our nurses and police decent wages, and get more of them at work. surely more police out on the front line, stopping criminals, (and the courts handing out good sentences) will cut crime. look after our own soldiers with help for hero's, even paying for lifeboats, hospices and air ambulance instead of them relying on donations (sorry if I've missed anyone)
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