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Bruce, David

 
9781438912622: On the Level: A Brickies Tale
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ISBN 10 : 1438912625 ISBN 13 : 9781438912622
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2008

Synopsis

This is the true story of two Bricklayers David and Scott, who met at technical college in 1978, where they were both studying to become bricklayers. They quickly became firm friends, and after completing their apprenticeships worked together as a team and eventually started a small construction company. Things were going swimmingly for them both until the recession of the late 1980's began to bite deep and the construction industry began to slowly collapse around them. As jobs became increasingly scarce and harder to find with wages dropping dramactically on a weekly basis, they found the only way to beat the recession was to leave England and their families to find work abroard in the vain hope of earning enough money to be able to pay their mortgages and keep their homes by what ever means it took to achive it. As they begin their travels starting in Holland it goes to prove that not speaking the language or understanding simple things like culture or even road signs can lead to situations that quickly get out of hand and cause no end of problems!! The two of them suddenly find that ignorance quickly results in their small problems becoming extremely large problems and as they expand their travels following the money through Europe using Scotts VW Camper as their mode of transport, they find that things can only go from bad to worse, a lot worse!!

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the true story of two Bricklayers David and Scott, who met at technical college in 1978, where they were both studying to become bricklayers. They quickly became firm friends, and after completing their apprenticeships worked together as a team and eventually started a small construction company.Things were going swimmingly for them both until the recession of the late 1980's began to bite deep and the construction industry began to slowly collapse around them. As jobs became increasingly scarce and harder to find with wages dropping dramactically on a weekly basis, they found the only way to beat the recession was to leave England and their families to find work abroard in the vain hope of earning enough money to be able to pay their mortgages and keep their homes by what ever means it took to achive it.As they begin their travels starting in Holland it goes to prove that not speaking the language or understanding simple things like culture or even road signs can lead to situations that quickly get out of hand and cause no end of problems!! The two of them suddenly find that ignorance quickly results in their small problems becoming extremely large problems and as they expand their travels following the money through Europe using Scotts VW Camper as their mode of transport, they find that things can only go from bad to worse, a lot worse!!

Biographie de l'auteur

David Bruce is a bricklayer by trade, that is what he does for a living and has been for the best part of thirty years but what he has become is a prolific traveler who began his travels through necessity before and during the last recession along with his best mate Scott in an attempt to beat the recession and hold on to his house by plying his trade in various countries around the world.The tally of different countries currently stands at sixteen, although not all of them get a mention in the books purely because some were only very short term contracts, or boring as there was nothing of interest to report!As this the first book of the trilogy goes to print both he and his wife have recently just returned from Australia (September 2008) and he thinks he has maybe at last after nearly thirty years of wandering the globe, tools in hand! found his shangri-la and possible end stop! but now it is November and the weather is begining to turn cold and ugly, and yet another recession is starting to bite deep............Itchy feet are begining to take hold yet again and the wander lust may not quite yet be at an end!!......

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1438912625
ISBN 13 
9781438912622
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
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