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Yeah, it's a pipe line problem.

Sounds like something a plumber should fix.

My thoughts exactly, although that could be a regional thing.

In Portugal I was very amazed by the large amount of women driving buses, taxis and garbage trucks (for instance). Back in Brazil I must have seen at most five or six but in Portugal it is a very common sight.

Now for this kind of specialized trade jobs like plumbers, electricians and auto mechanics I personally never seen a woman doing it in both sides of the pond.

Interesting. I live in Portugal and lived in Brazil, but almost never see (have seen) women in these roles.

http://www.stopcocks.uk/plumber-city-of-london/

http://www.princessplumbing.co.uk/about.html

That's some good googling there askyourmother

It's common e.g. in Poland, where men left for work in UK, Germany.

Are you saying there's a large glut of hot, single women in Poland? Hmmm.... I wonder if there's any companies there hiring software engineers.