Albanil
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@aqua-letifer said in Albanil:
Watching a crew of bricklayers today (BTW, never call a mason a bricklayer, that's an insult. It's like calling a furniture maker a carpenter.), I noticed not a single person spoke English.
For most places around the country it's about 50/50, white/hispanic.
In England all the brickies are Polish. At least, they were the last time I visited.
I shudder to think what's going to happen when they can't get well-motivated immigrants to do the job.
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@aqua-letifer said in Albanil:
Watching a crew of bricklayers today (BTW, never call a mason a bricklayer, that's an insult. It's like calling a furniture maker a carpenter.), I noticed not a single person spoke English.
For most places around the country it's about 50/50, white/hispanic.
In England all the brickies are Polish. At least, they were the last time I visited.
I shudder to think what's going to happen when they can't get well-motivated immigrants to do the job.
@doctor-phibes said in Albanil:
I shudder to think what's going to happen when they can't get well-motivated immigrants to do the job.
Height wages for citizens to do some of the jobs, leave the other jobs not done, until robot technology catches up.
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@doctor-phibes said in Albanil:
I shudder to think what's going to happen when they can't get well-motivated immigrants to do the job.
Height wages for citizens to do some of the jobs, leave the other jobs not done, until robot technology catches up.
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@aqua-letifer said in Albanil:
Watching a crew of bricklayers today (BTW, never call a mason a bricklayer, that's an insult. It's like calling a furniture maker a carpenter.), I noticed not a single person spoke English.
For most places around the country it's about 50/50, white/hispanic.
Down here, as recent as the 90's, it was about 70/30, with most of the brick and concrete guys being
black.My question us what happened to the guys who used to do these jobs? They became accountants?
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@aqua-letifer said in Albanil:
Watching a crew of bricklayers today (BTW, never call a mason a bricklayer, that's an insult. It's like calling a furniture maker a carpenter.), I noticed not a single person spoke English.
For most places around the country it's about 50/50, white/hispanic.
Down here, as recent as the 90's, it was about 70/30, with most of the brick and concrete guys being
black.My question us what happened to the guys who used to do these jobs? They became accountants?
My question us what happened to the guys who used to do these jobs? They became accountants?
They learned to code?
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@doctor-phibes said in Albanil:
I shudder to think what's going to happen when they can't get well-motivated immigrants to do the job.
Height wages for citizens to do some of the jobs, leave the other jobs not done, until robot technology catches up.
Height wages for citizens to do some of the jobs --
This will be patchy because I don't remember key details, but:
Down South, Georgia, Alabama, somewhere thereabouts, some bureaucrat, the governor maybe, did something to drive away the migrant labor who heretofore had harvested the peaches (?) Result: The crop rotted on the ground. Possibly because welfare paid better than migrant wages.
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In Japan, there is a description for a certain type of job.
They are called 3K - which the English translation is
dirty
dangerous
demeaningWho takes those jobs? Immigrants.
I think there is a version like this all over the world.
In the US, it is the Spanish people
In Thailand, the Burmese
In Taiwan, mainly mainland Chinese
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In Japan, there is a description for a certain type of job.
They are called 3K - which the English translation is
dirty
dangerous
demeaningWho takes those jobs? Immigrants.
I think there is a version like this all over the world.
In the US, it is the Spanish people
In Thailand, the Burmese
In Taiwan, mainly mainland Chinese
etc@taiwan_girl said in Albanil:
In Japan, there is a description for a certain type of job.
They are called 3K - which the English translation is
dirty
dangerous
demeaningWho takes those jobs? Immigrants.
I think there is a version like this all over the world.
In the US, it is the Spanish people
In Thailand, the Burmese
In Taiwan, mainly mainland Chinese
etcEver watch the old Mike Rowe series, Dirty Jobs? Lots of dirty and dangerous jobs out there. Some of them pay pretty well.
As for bricklayers, concrete finishers, roofers and the like, those are physically demanding jobs, but the money can be pretty good. I don't think you can compare those jobs to things like agriculture work.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@taiwan_girl said in Albanil:
In Japan, there is a description for a certain type of job.
They are called 3K - which the English translation is
dirty
dangerous
demeaningWho takes those jobs? Immigrants.
I think there is a version like this all over the world.
In the US, it is the Spanish people
In Thailand, the Burmese
In Taiwan, mainly mainland Chinese
etcEver watch the old Mike Rowe series, Dirty Jobs? Lots of dirty and dangerous jobs out there. Some of them pay pretty well.
As for bricklayers, concrete finishers, roofers and the like, those are physically demanding jobs, but the money can be pretty good. I don't think you can compare those jobs to things like agriculture work.
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Ever watch the old Mike Rowe series, Dirty Jobs?
It's coming back, btw.
I enjoy the series. Wonder if he'll still try to do the jobs?
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I wonder if he'll try to do 'middle manager in an engineering firm'.
Actually, Mike Rowe is probably not the best choice for that, they'd be better off using Wayne Carr.
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@taiwan_girl said in Albanil:
In Japan, there is a description for a certain type of job.
They are called 3K - which the English translation is
dirty
dangerous
demeaningWho takes those jobs? Immigrants.
I think there is a version like this all over the world.
In the US, it is the Spanish people
In Thailand, the Burmese
In Taiwan, mainly mainland Chinese
etcEver watch the old Mike Rowe series, Dirty Jobs? Lots of dirty and dangerous jobs out there. Some of them pay pretty well.
As for bricklayers, concrete finishers, roofers and the like, those are physically demanding jobs, but the money can be pretty good. I don't think you can compare those jobs to things like agriculture work.
As for bricklayers, concrete finishers, roofers and the like, those are physically demanding jobs, but the money can be pretty good.
It's a bit of a trap, though. A buddy of mine is some kind of specialist window installer. Money's good but a hernia and subsequent surgery put him out of work for about 2 weeks. Problem is, it'll be hard for him to change professions.
Please love yourself.
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The people I know who do this kind of work frequently seem to end up with physical issues. When you hit 50, it's not the same.
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As for bricklayers, concrete finishers, roofers and the like, those are physically demanding jobs, but the money can be pretty good.
It's a bit of a trap, though. A buddy of mine is some kind of specialist window installer. Money's good but a hernia and subsequent surgery put him out of work for about 2 weeks. Problem is, it'll be hard for him to change professions.
@aqua-letifer said in Albanil:
As for bricklayers, concrete finishers, roofers and the like, those are physically demanding jobs, but the money can be pretty good.
It's a bit of a trap, though. A buddy of mine is some kind of specialist window installer. Money's good but a hernia and subsequent surgery put him out of work for about 2 weeks. Problem is, it'll be hard for him to change professions.
My niece married a guy who did that. He later started his own company in Florida and has done pretty durn well.
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@aqua-letifer said in Albanil:
As for bricklayers, concrete finishers, roofers and the like, those are physically demanding jobs, but the money can be pretty good.
It's a bit of a trap, though. A buddy of mine is some kind of specialist window installer. Money's good but a hernia and subsequent surgery put him out of work for about 2 weeks. Problem is, it'll be hard for him to change professions.
My niece married a guy who did that. He later started his own company in Florida and has done pretty durn well.
@aqua-letifer said in Albanil:
As for bricklayers, concrete finishers, roofers and the like, those are physically demanding jobs, but the money can be pretty good.
It's a bit of a trap, though. A buddy of mine is some kind of specialist window installer. Money's good but a hernia and subsequent surgery put him out of work for about 2 weeks. Problem is, it'll be hard for him to change professions.
My niece married a guy who did that. He later started his own company in Florida and has done pretty durn well.
Yeah, I hear that's what a lot of guys do. It can work out really well, but I've heard that for every 1 person who made that leap, there are 3 or 4 who failed at it. Mostly it's because running a business requires an entirely different set of skills that you gotta develop an aptitude for, or you'll sink. Seems a lot of folks don't know that going in.
