Blimey !...been 26 years since I was threatened with expulsion....!!

[Blumper]

....and it would be a crying shame to lose the username Blumper.....was astonished it was available to be honest...

Anyway, as a newbie I have mostly questions I'm afraid, the answers to which are invariably always available here. But for the purpose of introductions, I live in France, bloody hate it and am returning to UK end of September. Lived in ireland for 20 years, (long story) and worked as a tiler and bathroom fitter, doing a fair bit of plumbing (which I really enjoyed) and all in all did quite well. In a nutshell, got sick of the weather, sold up and moved out here to France 4 years ago. Now I'm returning to UK, research has proved that my experience counts for crud, so I've been back and done the C&G 6129, (I know, it sounds far more fancy that it is, and I know its about as valuable as blunt pipe slice....) and now have to spend even more sheckles on a Gas course somewhere so I can register Gas Safe, and then have to beg and coerce some already overly bamboozled companies or generous individuals into letting me tag along so I can complete the NVQ level 2/3 and maybe then I can put 15 years experience to good use...!!


Any offers greatly appreciated ; ), haven't quite decided where in UK to fo back too, so don't let yuour location put you off..!!


Cheers for now, and well done by the way to all of you, it is a fantastic resource and great that so many of you find the time to impart advice and contribute, here's hoping I can be up there with the most ardent of you in the months to come.

 

[ecowarm]

Bonjour ! Une douzaine de poulet Où est l'arrêt de bus le plus proche ? mon vélo est manquante.

 

[dontknowitall]

Qué???

 

[ecowarm]

Mon dieu!

 

[PlumbBobBob]

bonjour

 

[fuzzy]

mon aimee (spelling?)

dont ask someone to help you with nvq, just get a job as a plumber if youve done it before, then sort out nvq bit

 

[Blumper]

Ah, ecowarm, avec votre Francais, je suis sur que les femmes vous adorent.....

...anyway, sod all that, its a rare change to parlez les anglais, had enough French to last a lifetime........ I might not yet be able to offer such noble advice as you lot on matters pressures, pipes and pumps etc, but if any of you are thinking of moving to the sunshine and working here in France....SPEAK TO ME FIRST...on that I am an authority and will do my upmost to put you off..!!! in the meantime I'm off to do a spot of fishing, 36 deg here at the moment...

 

[Blumper]

Cheers fuzzy, understand that, but its the getting a job with just a 6129, despite the previous years experience that's the tough bit, NVQ level 2 seems to be minimum for anything half decent and need to be working to get that under the belt.......cold calling from France on the phone ain't doing it so just have to pick my location carefully before I move back and hope for the best...

 

[ecowarm]

Yes that is correct blumper, i do

 

[GQuigley67]

i dont know any french so im not going to embarass myself, but welcome to the forums

 

[dontknowitall]

Praesent quis Gallus ut im acturus angustaret me scire, sed grata forums

 

[fuzzy]

i hear you buddy, i wish you luck, i wouldnt say what quals you have, just say yes im a plumber, been doing it years never did the quals when i started out and then give details on 6129 if pushed, good luck

 

[ecowarm]

Praesent quis Gallus ut im acturus angustaret me scire, sed grata forums

What is that dkia a mix of Portuguese and Italian

 

[dontknowitall]

Google's latin transation of GQuigley67's:

i dont know any french so im not going to embarass myself, but welcome to the forums

 

[GQuigley67]

lol you must be bored !!!

 

[Blumper]

Praesent quis Gallus ut im acturus angustaret me scire, sed grata forums

nice one mate, as Dell Boy would say, "qui audet adipiscitur"..................and for the benefit of the linguistically challenged here, 'he who dares wins"

 

[Blumper]

cheers again fuzzy, that about sums it up, just got to decide where to move to now. Devon/Cornwall are lovely, but I'd imagine not much work about there, too quiet perhaps, Kent is tres cher, (too expensive what with all this Olympic malarchy) and further north........is it too cold ?.....any ideas anyone ? only me and the missus to consider and would go anywhere, so where's nice to live that might also offer a chance of a new start ?

 

[REDSAW]

welcome