We could do with some journeymen cricketers at Lords this morning!  Cheers "it's what's in the grooves that counts" ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jean Collen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, 14 July, 2008 9:12:49 AM > Subject: Re: [B'ham] journeyman > > A journeyman is someone who has already served an apprenticeship in a > particular trade and passed the necessary trade test. In other words, he is > a qualified fitter, brass founder, boiler maker, electrician etc. We could > do with some electrician journeymen, or, better still, masters, in South > Africa to sort out our power problems! > > Regards, > Jean in cold Johannesburg > > 2008/7/13 Paul Gebhard : > > > Why didn't they just use the word Apprentice then? > > I thought journeyman meant that they were "mobile" - but hey, I am an idiot > > from Ladywood! > > > >  Cheers > > > > > > "it's what's in the grooves that counts" > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: sue > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Sunday, 13 July, 2008 4:41:45 PM > > > Subject: [B'ham] journeyman > > > > > > journeyman > > > A man who served his apprenticeship in a trade and worked as a fully > > qualified > > > employee. The term originated in the regulations of the medieval trade > > guilds; > > > it derives from the French journée... > > > Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/ > > > > > >                        sue > > > > > > -- > > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > > > It has removed 2042 spam emails to date. > > > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > > > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > _____________________________________________ > > > _____________________________________________ > > > > > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > > www.freebmd.org.uk , > > > giving your contact details?  Other researchers will then be able to make > > > contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > > > > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > >  _____________________________________________ > > > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details?  Other researchers will > > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , > giving your contact details?  Other researchers will then be able to make > contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message