On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 18:51:25 +0000, Keith Anderson
wrote:
>On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:31:30 GMT, "Lu-lu" wrote:
>
>>the migrants from Poland have a certain reputation in the UK and Europe at the
>>moment.
>
>Well, out of a population here in Bristol of around half a million,
>there are estimates that 15,000 Poles have settled here. Most of them
>that I encounter seem to be young and work as bus drivers and in pubs,
>bars, restaurants, supermarkets and convenience stores.
>
>In my experience they're generally cheerful, courteous, and give me a
>big smile whenever I try out my limited Polish on them.
>
>So - what's their "certain reputation", pray?
Here they have a certain reputation for being able to do plumbing,
carpentry,tiling and electrical jobs very well and charge around EUR
14/ hour instead EUR 40/hour.
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Martin
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