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Funeral directing? Interesting choice, Max. Certainly must be steady work. Not like dying is likely to go out of fashion anytime soon. Good luck :)

In related news, I had to go on one of those bastard Restart courses many years back. A week of pure hell and no mistake, missus. The relevant part is when we had to use some computer thingy they had to answer a load of questions and be informed of what our ideal job would be (apparently). Mine came back as either funeral director or fishfarm manager. To this day I have no fukkin idea how it decided on that. Is not like they have much in common really. And where the hell did they pull an interest in fish from?!? (I have no particular interest in fish besides eating 'em sometimes - and there was no mention of fish in the questionnaire - so has long intrigued me)
 
Thanks Ben.
Was fun and games in the jobcentre this morning. Signed on at 9am and then I had to use one of their phones to call benefits office about my claim. Was waiting for about 10mins to be connected to an adviser and then the bloody fire alarm went off in the jobcentre. So we all had to pile outside for about 5mins and then I had to use the phone again and gang on for around another 5mins until I got put through to someone for a chat that lasted about 2mins.
Now I have got a 'form' to fill in which is actually a 45 page booklet.
 
I can kind of see you* running a fish farm. I suspect there's a lot of lazing and thinking involved if you get the right sort of fish / farm. I'd worry you'd fall in though.



*my mental image of you


edit: That sounds good, Max, particularly if you have an emotional connection to the work and a reason to get involved. I have always been immensely impressed by funeral directors and undertakers I've had to deal with- they made some really horrible times a bit easier to deal with and I respect em for it.
 
Yeah so i been working hard the last few days helping a friend with decorating . Well tbh it was more me doing the decorating & ordering them around cos they didn't have a clue .

Came out well . Just got to my own flat now oh n fit that fukin bin .

Got 2 brown envelopes yesterday scarred the shit out of me . Luckily it was just the social fund wanting their money back .
 
Shambles said:
Funeral directing? Interesting choice, Max. Certainly must be steady work. Not like dying is likely to go out of fashion anytime soon. Good luck :)

In related news, I had to go on one of those bastard Restart courses many years back. A week of pure hell and no mistake, missus. The relevant part is when we had to use some computer thingy they had to answer a load of questions and be informed of what our ideal job would be (apparently). Mine came back as either funeral director or fishfarm manager. To this day I have no fukkin idea how it decided on that. Is not like they have much in common really. And where the hell did they pull an interest in fish from?!? (I have no particular interest in fish besides eating 'em sometimes - and there was no mention of fish in the questionnaire - so has long intrigued me)
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Yes I had never thought about doing it as a job until I saw the advert for it.
I thought about it all last night and I think it is something I could do. Working with bodies doesn't worry me and I would like to try and help people when they need it most.
Plus I have mainly worked in different types of factories since I left school which is mind numbingly boring so it would be nice to have a job where there is lots to learn and interesting rather than just repeating the same process hour after hour.
 
I guess you'd meet a lot of people and see a lot of stuff, and get an incredibly interesting window on people's lives without having to join the police. No two days the same, kinda thing.

edit: can you drive?
 
brimz said:
Yeah so i been working hard the last few days helping a friend with decorating . Well tbh it was more me doing the decorating & ordering them around cos they didn't have a clue .

Came out well . Just got to my own flat now oh n fit that fukin bin .

Got 2 brown envelopes yesterday scarred the shit out of me . Luckily it was just the social fund wanting their money back .
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I don't understand how they work out all these benefits and payments etc.
I've paid National Insurance for around 25 years, my last job I was paying £42 a week NI and yet that apparently only pays for 6 months of contribution based JSA.
Doesn't seem right that.
 
jancrow said:
I guess you'd meet a lot of people and see a lot of stuff, and get an incredibly interesting window on people's lives without having to join the police. No two days the same, kinda thing.

edit: can you drive?
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Hi Jan,no I don't drive but they didn't say that a driving licence is required.
Never bothered me about not being able to drive until this last year and now I think once I can get working again I will deffo start having driving lessons as having a car would make a lot of things a lot easier to do.
 
It's a game a complex game . one thAT is getting harder n harder to play .

Like anything to get good at it you need to do research n whatnot . I'm pretty much at the peak of this profession but that will all go to shit soon i expect n i'll be contemplating suicide n whatnot .
True Story .
 
brimz said:
also i heard that embalming fluid is a good high ?
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I'm sure I saw a programme on TV once about American gangs and one thing they sold was cigarettes dipped in embalming fluid. They called it 'Wet' and when you smoke it you get 'stuck' where you can't move your muscles for a period so you are stuck to your chair.
 
Can imagine it being very satisfying work really. Knowing that you're doing something folk genuinely do appreciate and hopefully making a very hard time just a lil bit better for them. Gotta be more job satisfaction than factory work too. One of those jobs that require a certain temprement and way of dealing with people - if you think you're up to being elbow deep (literally sometimes I'd imagine 8o) in corpses then go for it. From the way you come over from your posts here you do seem to have a suitably calm and respectful way of dealing with people too. Could be a winner - go for it.

Jan: Am not even sure what managing a fishfarm would involve. Nor how one would become such a thing really. Doubt you just turn up at a fishfarm and start managing stuff. Can kinda see how it could be a decent enough way to earn a crust though. Plenty of fresh air and all the fish you can eat. There's worse jobs, for sure. Would probably require waterwings though for the reasons you mention. I can swim but not exactly like a fish. And given the levels of consumption invovolved in dealing with previous jobs I suspect they'd be more or less essential to avoid swimming with the fishies.

EDIT: "Wet" and "embalming fluid" are slang terms for PCP. Actual embalming fluid is lethal. Although a few American kiddies apparently weren't aware of this and took it literally. And needed embalming shortly afterwards 8)
 
I know someone who worked in a funeral directors for a while. They caught scabies off a corpse.
 
maxalfie said:
I'm sure I saw a programme on TV once about American gangs and one thing they sold was cigarettes dipped in embalming fluid. They called it 'Wet' and when you smoke it you get 'stuck' where you can't move your muscles for a period so you are stuck to your chair.
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aka
Sherm Sticks
Joints dipped in formaldahyde
 
Shambles said:
Can imagine it being very satisfying work really. Knowing that you're doing something folk genuinely do appreciate and hopefully making a very hard time just a lil bit better for them. Gotta be more job satisfaction than factory work too. One of those jobs that require a certain temprement and way of dealing with people - if you think you're up to being elbow deep (literally sometimes I'd imagine 8o) in corpses then go for it. From the way you come over from your posts here you do seem to have a suitably calm and respectful way of dealing with people too. Could be a winner - go for it.

Jan: Am not even sure what managing a fishfarm would involve. Nor how one would become such a thing really. Doubt you just turn up at a fishfarm and start managing stuff. Can kinda see how it could be a decent enough way to earn a crust though. Plenty of fresh air and all the fish you can eat. There's worse jobs, for sure. Would probably require waterwings though for the reasons you mention. I can swim but not exactly like a fish. And given the levels of consumption invovolved in dealing with previous jobs I suspect they'd be more or less essential to avoid swimming with the fishies.

EDIT: "Wet" or "embalming fluid" are slang terms for PCP. Actual embalming fluid is lethal. Although a few American kiddies apparently weren't aware of this and took it literally. And needed embalming shortly afterwards 8)
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Thanks Shambles, nice of you to say that.
Didn't Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull end up owning and running a fish farm somewhere?
 
Isn't that formaldehyde thing a myth, Brimz? Not in the sense that some people have actually done it (cos I know they have) but cos they only did it in the first place cos they thought "embalming fluid" (aka PCP) actually meant embalming fluid rather than relating to the effect it can have. Formaldehyde is highly toxic and very unlikely to get anybody high.

Max: Dunno about Jethro Tull chap. Quite possibly though. Seems like the kinda thing Jethro Tull peeps would do.
 
brimz said:
I got that more through Hip Hop culture actually .:)
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Still though the knowledge is there.
I wander who first decided that smoking formaldehyde would be a good idea?
Must be something nice about it or folk wouldn't do it I guess.
 
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