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[grog]

Thanks for sorting my lingo Vlad. Sometimes a dogs dinner. Worth a carton for that Mate.

[grog]

Col,wont ever hear a Union comment from me, never watch or know anything. I know All Blacks are best, thats my total knowledge.

[Hooli]

@DP1400 thanks for the information, have just checked on the HMRC site and it appears that I have already paid enough NI to qualify for the maximum state pension, although I have another 15 years to wait until I can get it, I certainly don't intend working until I get to 67 though hopefully

Just hope that my private pensions start performing a bit better than they have over the last 18 months

Thanks again

@Hooli 100% correct there is no age limit on a modern apprentiship & fair play to you for having a go, what subject is the master that you are doing?

Unfortunately the modern apprenticeship is being abused by some companies, as they get an experienced (but not qualified) person on their payroll under the scheme and pay them the apprentice rate of pay which is abysmal while training, in addition there are other financial benefits received by the business from the state for taking on each new apprentice, I was made redundant in 2018 from a plant hire Co and at that point 40% of their 250 (ish) hourly paid operators & ground workers were apprentices and were expected to to do the same work as experienced blokes after 6 weeks basic training but still had 18 months left of their apprenticeship scheme - most left withing the first year

I forget the exact title as it wasn't what they told me when I signed up for it but it's something like Computing Leadership & Technology, on the Cyber Security pathway. I find IT boring as hell, but it's the job I'm in & I can't afford to change careers currently.

Thankfully the way it's run when you're already working is I still get full pay & part of the scheme is 20% of my work time off to train. So I've not been working today, I should have been reading uni stuff. However it's dry, sunny & I had things to do so I'll read in the evenings.

[Will14]

However it's dry, sunny & I had things to do so I'll read in the evenings.

@Hooli Ha Ha typical student then 

[Hooli]

Well it's remote learning so no student bar & tidy young women, so I've got to use the few advantages it's got left.

[froudy]

An interesting thread with some very good and also amusing points covered.
Don't get me started on the youth of today(not all, but a lot) because I could carry on ranting about them for pages and pages on here and it would become an epic novel

I'll just drop this and run...
1 Drugs.
2 Tracksuited chavs carrying their silly little man bags while out thieving motorbikes and dealing drugs.
3 Rap music.
4 Fake designer clothing/trainers.

Right, I'm off

[grog]

Young blokes at work, forever playing bloody horrible rap. I changed the playlist. Lynrd Skynrd, Steppenwolf, Talking Heads, SRV, Cold Chisel,Eric Clapton,Even some Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison. Theyre still listening 2 week later. 👍😂👍

[Monarchjock]

Maybe they're afraid of you Grog.