Lol…axletramp we’ve trodden on the same boards i think!
you’re right about there being no qualifications as a butcher. However, you could gain a meat hygeine certificate if you were prepared to go to college on what was called day release. Guess what? My day off was Tuesdays because we closed on that day so thats when i started at Salford tech.
I lasted about 3 months. Eventually did advanced meat display at my own expense some years later.
The best laugh was is i was more experienced at displaying meat than the tutor was!!
You’re right though about the butchers trade. A big con by the bosses. I used to get told at the tender age of 17 or 18 that one day, “all this shop could be yours”!!! My oh my!!! Still laughing…
There is one Thing,…
If anyone would find some Money,to buy a old Factory with big Parking lot.
Thake the Builder to rebuild it to a Truckstop
The Farm experianced to drive Cattle,Pic and Chicken from Farm over
The Butcher to butcher it
The Chef to cook it
The waiter to be found till then
The Management experienced to run it
The Technician to run a Maintenance Shop
The Window cleaner,…well… retrain them as Barber
10 Year and you are Billionare 
Immigrant:
There is one Thing,…
If anyone would find some Money,to buy a old Factory with big Parking lot.
Thake the Builder to rebuild it to a Truckstop
The Farm experianced to drive Cattle,Pic and Chicken from Farm over
The Butcher to butcher it
The Chef to cook it
The waiter to be found till then
The Management experienced to run it
The Technician to run a Maintenance Shop
The Window cleaner,…well… retrain them as Barber
10 Year and you are Billionare
Lets all chip in and split those billions!
What about the strippers? Oh wait, that’s a string in my bow: I’ll do the stripping!
you can re- wall paper it too matey , 
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I`m a dab hand at demolition ,
string to my bow is a big hammer to knock the nail home with 
I’m the lead guitarist in original Manchester punk legends Ed Banger & the Nosebleeds. We’re so successful it allows me to drive trucks for a living!
Born Idle:
I’m the lead guitarist in original Manchester punk legends Ed Banger & the Nosebleeds. We’re so successful it allows me to drive trucks for a living!
So is this you ?
+1
That’s OK
I was well into my Punk back in the 70s
Not really certified but by trade I am a telecommunications engineer (a real one, not one of those numpties that puts a cable into your top box) but I am waiting to hear whether or not I start full education again from September. Trucking will once again be my fallback somehow
Ex ROV pilot… but any hope of getting back offshore is slowly fading away… the jobs on its buttocks… hardly any work at all…
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Like many of you here my PCV licence is my only ‘fall back’ option. (I still do it on a casual basis.
Thinking of getting the HGV (I know it’s called a C+E now) as another ‘string to my bow’
The day job is high speed train driver.
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Gas service engineer, 3 year apprenticeship plus another 2 years for industrial and commercial ticket, did that for 24 years.
