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Post by patty on Oct 3, 2019 10:42:03 GMT
Well IMO working as a gardener for the National Trust not a bad sorta job to have. Fresh air, lovely gardens and just perhaps peace to get on with your work... I believe that bodger meant how well his cousin did in his career? His cousins school years also sound good. Thatβs how I spent much of my school years. Floating around, fishing.. did me no harm. Sounds ideal
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 3, 2019 13:54:06 GMT
you may think that, but he had aspirations to be a stage manager and studied at RADA for 2 years before dropping out. He did find a peaceful and rewarding environment but I'm sure he carried a loser's chip on his shoulder for many years. When he was boarding at school he used to visit us regularly at weekends (we were local) and looked up to my Dad for advice and guidance. When he retired a couple of years ago he confided in me that he wished my dad had been his dad, because he would not have been allowed to be a slacker and would have made more of himself. I hope (but doubt it) you reassured him that there was nothing wrong with being a Gardener for the NT. Hmm, no nothing wrong with it, it sounds like a great job in fact, but like many great jobs it probably doesn't pay terribly well. I had to give up the best job I ever had when I got married, had children and wanted to buy a house. I needed to earn at least 5x as much as my ideal job paid and even when they wanted to make me the manager of London branch with profit share it was never going to be enough... or the same job. I hated what I ended up doing but it paid well and that had to come first because I didn't want my children to be latch key kids.
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Post by ianali on Oct 3, 2019 15:37:56 GMT
I hope (but doubt it) you reassured him that there was nothing wrong with being a Gardener for the NT. Hmm, no nothing wrong with it, it sounds like a great job in fact, but like many great jobs it probably doesn't pay terribly well. I had to give up the best job I ever had when I got married, had children and wanted to buy a house. I needed to earn at least 5x as much as my ideal job paid and even when they wanted to make me the manager of London branch with profit share it was never going to be enough... or the same job. I hated what I ended up doing but it paid well and that had to come first because I didn't want my children to be latch key kids. You couldnβt have needed to earn 5 times your original wage. You wanted to, because you wanted to buy more expensive things..it is a decision most people face.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 3, 2019 15:51:12 GMT
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 3, 2019 16:10:00 GMT
Hmm, no nothing wrong with it, it sounds like a great job in fact, but like many great jobs it probably doesn't pay terribly well. I had to give up the best job I ever had when I got married, had children and wanted to buy a house. I needed to earn at least 5x as much as my ideal job paid and even when they wanted to make me the manager of London branch with profit share it was never going to be enough... or the same job. I hated what I ended up doing but it paid well and that had to come first because I didn't want my children to be latch key kids. You couldnβt have needed to earn 5 times your original wage. You wanted to, because you wanted to buy more expensive things..it is a decision most people face. You don't know how little my favourite job paid but yes I could have stuck at that, claimed benefits and had a life squabbling over lack of money - that's not for me.
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Post by Andyberg on Oct 3, 2019 16:13:18 GMT
You couldnβt have needed to earn 5 times your original wage. You wanted to, because you wanted to buy more expensive things..it is a decision most people face. You don't know how little my favourite job paid Was that when you were working as a male prostitute?π§
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2019 16:16:29 GMT
I heard that the national trust have shit loads of money same thing with the rnli. People give them money for some reason and they are so popular that they end up with "too much money" which is obviously technically impossible but it makes you wonder.
Why are some cherry teas worth more than others?
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 3, 2019 16:16:52 GMT
You don't know how little my favourite job paid Was that when you were working as a male prostitute?π§ No, that paid quite well.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 3, 2019 16:17:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2019 16:18:03 GMT
It's funny how the prostitute job title attracts the "male" description and never the "female".
That's a bit like nurses.
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Post by patty on Oct 3, 2019 17:27:07 GMT
I've visited some really lovely NT properties and when i go abroad i try and visit as many Botanical gardens as i can
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Post by thebfg on Oct 3, 2019 18:40:47 GMT
It's funny how the prostitute job title attracts the "male" description and never the "female". That's a bit like nurses. They removed all the woman named jobs because sexism. Maybe were not bothered.
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