To: cripplecreek
You may want this one for the Michigan Ping List.
To: MichCapCon
the city of Detroit employs a horseshoer.
I believe the official job title is Ferrier.
My great uncle learned to be Ferrier during WWI and practiced in Hempstead NY until the mid 1950s when the demand for his services dwindled.
Too bad he didn't live in Detroit - he could still be drawing a paycheck - even though he died in the '60s.
3 posted on
08/20/2012 6:02:51 AM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: MichCapCon
Despite having no horses, the water and sewerage department for the city of Detroit employs a horseshoer. It isn't such a bad idea to keep him on the payroll. I mean, the entire city is collapsing into chaos. Roads aren't paved, city buses are in disrepair. I suspect that within the next couple of years, the city will be using horses as a means of transportation again. It happened in Greece when their Welfare State collapsed.
4 posted on
08/20/2012 6:05:15 AM PDT by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: MichCapCon
"They don't have enough people as it is right now," Riehl said. "They are just dreaming to think they can operate that plant with less."
In other words, "They are just dreaming to think we (the YoonYun) will let them operate that plant with less."
6 posted on
08/20/2012 6:16:10 AM PDT by
chrisser
(Starve the Monkeys!)
To: MichCapCon
Is it possible that this farrier is used for the City of Detroit’s mounted police unit?
10 posted on
08/20/2012 6:27:05 AM PDT by
madison10
(You can ignore reality, but you canÂ’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
If anyone wants to be added to the Michigan Cap Con ping list, let me know.
12 posted on
08/20/2012 6:28:08 AM PDT by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: MichCapCon
That position would still be needed if he worked for a police department that had a mounted division like New York but the water department?
13 posted on
08/20/2012 6:28:30 AM PDT by
BubbaBasher
("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
To: MichCapCon
Who occupies this position and what does he do all day?
17 posted on
08/20/2012 6:37:23 AM PDT by
Mr. K
("The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum [of good]")
To: MichCapCon
They might not have any horses to shoe, but I’m sure there are plenty of political and union A**’s that could could use a shoeing out the door, figuratively speaking.
22 posted on
08/20/2012 7:30:22 AM PDT by
ReformedBeckite
(1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
To: MichCapCon
***the local union president said it is “not possible” to eliminate positions. ***
The term is “featherbeding”. Railroads have been required to keep boiler operators (firemen) on diesel engine trains since the days of the old coal fired trains.
24 posted on
08/20/2012 7:53:55 AM PDT by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Tyrannies demand immense sacrifices of their people to produce trifles.-Marquis de Custine)
To: MichCapCon
Sounds like a ghost employee. The checks are written and cashed but by whom?
25 posted on
08/20/2012 7:56:34 AM PDT by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: MichCapCon
Not so fast..
With all of the Horses#it that the Unions dish out, one could assume that the Union Reprsentives that I meet are HorsesA$$, a Horseshoer, Farrier, might be appropriate..
27 posted on
08/20/2012 8:47:44 AM PDT by
carlo3b
(Less Government, more Fiber..)
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