I've been thinking about the training of apprentices and how the financials work (or don't work). The cost to the apprentice is the investment of a number of years, usually on modest wages and some hard physical graft to get themselves to a reasonable ability and understanding to be safe to be let out under …
Farrier photo – clenching up again
This was taken during my farriery apprenticeship on the Isle of Wight. Probably about 1993. Back in the olden days when I clenched up and clenched up then clenched up.
$#*! my boss said – number three
Some of the stuff my old boss would come out with when I was training to be a farrier might not fit into the politically correct category nowadays. I wonder if he's still using the same sayings. Number three: "I only make a hundred quid a week" Yes boss, after you've paid for the upkeep …
$#*! my boss said – number two
Some of the stuff my old boss would come out with when I was training to be a farrier might not fit into the politically correct category nowadays. I wonder if he's still using the same sayings. Number two: "Coca-Cola was sent from the devil to test you" That was something a 20 year old …
$#*! my boss said – number one
Some of the stuff my old boss would come out with when I was training to be a farrier might not fit into the politically correct category nowadays. I wonder if he's still using the same sayings. Number one: "Do it like I showed you" It has to be the first on the list due …
$#*! my boss said
Some of the stuff my old boss would come out with when I was training to be a farrier might not fit into the politically correct category nowadays. I wonder if he's still using the same sayings. I'll post some of those that have stuck in my mind in an ongoing series.
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