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07-14-2008, 03:47 AM
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Ink Slinger
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Good Tradesmen Needed
We are desperately short of tradesmen.
Migrate Now.
Avge wages about €750-900 pw. Full-time work guaranteed. And more.
Climate: You name it, we’ve got it.
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07-14-2008, 04:04 AM
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Buy me the $2000 plane ticket and I'll be there.
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There Is A Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed
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07-14-2008, 04:13 AM
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What the hell...........? 
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07-14-2008, 04:20 AM
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Euros maybe? Or pounds? I thought the Euro sign was just a curved E.
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07-14-2008, 04:22 AM
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Euros maybe?
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Beats me... 
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07-14-2008, 04:24 AM
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Google doesn't know either.
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07-14-2008, 04:26 AM
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I know a qualified tradesman who's been trying to emigrate for 2 years. The Australian government seems to take pleasure in making him jump through hoops, so he's given up.
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07-14-2008, 04:50 AM
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Ink Slinger
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Google does so fucking know:
The euro currency symbol
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07-14-2008, 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Malone
Buy me the $2000 plane ticket and I'll be there.
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We need tradesmen, not short-order cooks.
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07-14-2008, 04:56 AM
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So...
Euro < Peso < Dollar < Amero?
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07-14-2008, 05:14 AM
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That's the symbol for Euro.
OX, it seems every tradesman in this country is on his way to Australia. That's all I hear every day. "Go to Australia, Sam. Work here isn't going to pick up this side of the decade." The scary thing is, they're actually right.
But I think plumbing in Australia is a lot different than plumbing in Ireland or England. It's mostly air conditioning over there, not central heating. I know nothing about air conditioning, and for that reason, I'm hesitant to go.
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07-14-2008, 05:16 AM
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07-14-2008, 05:18 AM
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Secondly Sam, the water goes 'round the toilet the wrong way on it's way down. I'm sure you'd have to relearn how to install them.
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07-14-2008, 05:35 AM
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Oh yeah, Joe. Different hemisphere, but I don't think that would affect installation. It'd be different kinds of toilets to install, but relatively the same procedure. I think. Hey, you're supposed to be encouraging me here!
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07-14-2008, 05:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Winchester
But I think plumbing in Australia is a lot different than plumbing in Ireland or England.
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This seem familiar?
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Originally Posted by The Backward OX
"I don’t want t’ talk about it. Talking about it just keeps reminding me. Let’s talk about something else. Like me getting a new job. I’m sick of plumbing. Sick of it. Three inches of wet clay stuck to me boots when I’m repairing a ruptured water pipe. Crawling under floorboards in spaces where dwarfs’d feel claustrophobic. Up t’ me elbows in shit when I’m cleaning out a blocked sewer line. Fuck it I said I wasn’t gonna talk about it. . . ."
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It's mostly air conditioning over there, not central heating. I know nothing about air conditioning, and for that reason, I'm hesitant to go.
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See the bit where I said "Climate: You name it, we've got it"?
It's air conditioning on the coast north of about Sydney, and in the northern third of the country generally, central heating everywhere else. Sheesh, even where I am, and it's sub-tropical, we get temps down to -8°C (18 °F) at night. Go to Victoria or Tasmania, the central heating's on all day.
edit: I think Joseph forgot to add a smiley. He was kidding. It's the Coriolis effect. Generally overcome by learning to walk on one's head.
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