The Mad Hat Man · Dec 5, 2013

Calagery ????

Dragonwalker · Dec 5, 2013

Thor1950 said:
what does that mean? Calagery is a thousand mile plus west of me

You must have heard of 'Michigan Fever', you live there and attended school.

jamesmartin · Dec 5, 2013

Dragonwalker said:
Oh God, you would be surprised.

presuming hes been making his living at it for 20 odd years

Dragonwalker · Dec 5, 2013

jamesmartin said:
presuming hes been making his living at it for 20 odd years

As a paper shuffler.

Thor1950 · Dec 5, 2013

Dragonwalker said:
You must have heard of 'Michigan Fever', you live there and attended school.

never heard of Michigan fever

Explain could be called something else??????

EeEk · Dec 5, 2013

how little can a 44 year old mechanic know ?

Youd be amazed!!! He has never been in a gearbox or a diff, never set wheel alignment, doesn't touch electrics or aircon as doesnt know anything about them, cant weld, knows nothing about diesels other than change the fuel filter if thats doesnt work put car to diesel guy.

Worked for dad for 20 years....doing services and MOTs. Dad retired and handed garage to younger brother who kicked our new mechanic out!!!

The best of 3 who applied to Ford main dealer!!

jamesmartin · Dec 5, 2013

EeEk said:
Youd be amazed!!! He has never been in a gearbox or a diff, never set wheel alignment, doesn't touch electrics or aircon as doesnt know anything about them, cant weld, knows nothing about diesels other than change the fuel filter if thats doesnt work put car to diesel guy.

Worked for dad for 20 years....doing services and MOTs. Dad retired and handed garage to younger brother who kicked our new mechanic out!!!

The best of 3 who applied to Ford main dealer!!

younger brother was better guy then ,no wonder he threw him out

goonarmy · Dec 5, 2013

bushwwacker said:
Eligible Occupations.

This affects you only if you applied on or after May 4, 2013. If we got your application before that date, we will process it using the rules that were in effect at that time.

You must have one year of continuous, full-time (or an equal amount of part-time) paid work experience, in at least one of these occupations within the last ten years:

0211 Engineering managers (Cap reached)
1112 Financial and investment analysts (Cap reached)
2113 Geoscientists and oceanographers
2131 Civil engineers (Cap reached)
2132 Mechanical engineers (Cap reached)
2134 Chemical engineers
2143 Mining engineers
2145 Petroleum engineers
2144 Geological engineers
2146 Aerospace engineers
2147 Computer engineers (except software engineers/designers) (Cap reached)
2154 Land surveyors
2174 Computer programmers and interactive media developers (Cap reached)
2243 Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
2263 Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety
3141 Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
3142 Physiotherapists (Cap reached)
3143 Occupational Therapists
3211 Medical laboratory technologists
3212 Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists' assistants
3214 Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
3215 Medical Radiation Technologists
3216 Medical Sonographers
3217 Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists

Source:
Specific eligibility criteria – Federal skilled workers

Im all good then.

Dragonwalker · Dec 5, 2013

Thor1950 said:
never heard of Michigan fever Explain could be called something else??????

You could - 'look it up' -

Thor1950 · Dec 5, 2013

Dragonwalker said:
You could - 'look it up' -

No . you can explain or bugger off

trax · Dec 5, 2013

trax99 said:
Britain is suffering from the same problem it always had, people who are willing to do a job that requires them to get their hands dirty are looked down on - be it sparky or cnc setter, Britain has always undervalued its craftsmen.
saying that, you try to get people to take on apprentices ( proper ones not the current 6 month to a year our shower of ****er government came up with) no ones interested.

there's a lot of one or two man bands in the uk, and that's great; but the cost and bureaucracy of having an apprentice is insane.

for a lot of them it isn't worth the hassle to hire staff, even though they have the work to keep them employed.

Dragonwalker · Dec 5, 2013

Thor1950 said:
No . you can explain or bugger off

Hmmm, you are prickly.

110woman · Dec 5, 2013

well according to the lists - im not wanted in Canada, NZ or Australia

Damn - back to the millionaire in the UK wanting his own therapist option

Dragonwalker · Dec 5, 2013

Thor1950 said:
never heard of Michigan fever Explain could be called something else??????

Could be ? Maybe ? 'Michigan Fever' is the story of Scottish families who left their farms in southwestern Scotland and came directly to a section of southeastern Michigan in the eighteenth century.

Thor1950 · Dec 5, 2013

Dragonwalker said:
Could be ? Maybe ? 'Michigan Fever' is the story of Scottish families who left their farms in southwestern Scotland and came directly to a section of southeastern Michigan in the eighteenth century.

Did they get snowed in during the winter, or was it the mosquitoes during the summer making them sick. There are a bunch of Scottish named towns
there

The Mad Hat Man · Dec 5, 2013

similar thing happened in Ohio. My family suffered.

Thor1950 · Dec 5, 2013

Dragonwalker said:
Could be ? Maybe ? 'Michigan Fever' is the story of Scottish families who left their farms in southwestern Scotland and came directly to a section of southeastern Michigan in the eighteenth century.

Now that you gave some info, I have never heard that phrase before

Dragonwalker · Dec 5, 2013

Thor1950 said:
Now that you gave some info, I have never heard that phrase before

Did you bother to try and look it up and expand you knowledge?

Thor1950 · Dec 5, 2013

Dragonwalker said:
Did you bother to try and look it up and expand you knowledge?

not until you said 1800's and Scottish. Sounded like you was trying to start ****.

We have a term cabin fever.

Dragonwalker · Dec 5, 2013

Thor1950 said:
not until you said 1800's and Scottish. Sounded like you was trying to start ****.

We have a term cabin fever.

Cabin fever is a claustrophobic reaction to being cooped up for a long period of time. Nothing to do with 'Michigan Fever' at all.

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