Like 2001 all over again...

**OwlHoot** · 6 January 2009, 07:15

Crikey! Squinting at that graph suggests the trough is deeper than the last time - We're now at a stage where the last dip was distinctly bottoming out, but there don't seem any signs of that now !

(unless perhaps Christmas has masked it this time - each year there's a little downward spike around Christmas)

**bobhope** · 6 January 2009, 08:13

Get that bench warmed up.

**minestrone** · 6 January 2009, 08:20

Jesus, java looks like it's aboout to burst through the X axis.

Currently working on Plan B as I hurtle through the countryside on the train.

**Clippy** · 6 January 2009, 09:16

Originally posted by minestrone View Post

Jesus, java looks like it's aboout to burst through the X axis.

Currently working on Plan B as I hurtle through the countryside on the train.

Wot, being a train driver?

**Mich the Tester** · 6 January 2009, 09:18

Originally posted by Clippy View Post

Wot, being a train driver?

That could be quite good fun on the TGV or the Thalys. I think you need quite a lot of training before you're allowed to drive a high speed train though, and of course that involves becoming a permie

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**Zippy** · 6 January 2009, 09:25

Originally posted by Clippy View Post

Wot, being a train driver?

It's probably a better paid job than programming at the moment

**DimPrawn** · 6 January 2009, 09:27

http://jobstats.co.uk/jobstats.d/Det...S.d/index.html

I see Contractors are particularly in demand. Not.

**Ivor Bigun** · 6 January 2009, 13:40

Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

Crikey! Squinting at that graph suggests the trough is deeper than the last time - We're now at a stage where the last dip was distinctly bottoming out, but there don't seem any signs of that now !

Now let me see......
- Banks failing (needing bailouts to survive),
- Governments trying to inflate. (%gdp debt is now mindboggling)
- Sterling crash (almost 30% in a year)
- Huge House price crash underway (almost 20% in a year)

Thats just a few things but you get the idea. What is happening now is NOTHING like last time.

**gingerjedi** · 6 January 2009, 13:49

Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

That could be quite good fun on the TGV or the Thalys. I think you need quite a lot of training before you're allowed to drive a high speed train though, and of course that involves becoming a permie

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A mate of mine is a train driver, he started as a porter at Temple Meads station in Bristol and worked his way up to ticket collector and then driver, they have an in-house training program that’s free to employees, he done all that in about 5 years and now earns about 36k which isn't too bad considering where he started.

Like 2001 all over again...