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AirCon said:
7 years old working at the farm and serious morning /evening/weekend working from 11 or 12... £35-40 a week in 1978, depending on the season.... my basic wage when leaving college was £28 / week... quickly got it to plus £75 with overtime/role changes.

No excuse for any f'ecker to not be working around here... posters advertising no experience jobs everywhere... basic wage is £25k don't forget.
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Aye, we all had a good working ethic from an early age, since then what has changed?
Corporal punishment in schools banned, parents told not to hit their kids, Esther Rantzen and fucking childline, the fucking bleeding heart liberals, fucked it up for society, kids whining they can't do it and stamp and scream til some daft Guinness does it for them!
Thankfully my two lads have inherited a strong work ethic from madam Bounder and I.
 
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AirCon said:
7 years old working at the farm and serious morning /evening/weekend working from 11 or 12... £35-40 a week in 1978, depending on the season.... my basic wage when leaving college was £28 / week... quickly got it to plus £75 with overtime/role changes.

No excuse for any f'ecker to not be working around here... posters advertising no experience jobs everywhere... basic wage is £25k don't forget.
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I spent most of my childhood from 5-6 until 12 years on a farm working for family not pay, I was so happy at 12 when I was allowed to get a paper route and make $11or $12 a week. I had a 7 day paper route to deliver on my BMX bike and still had ALL my farm chores to do when I got back. I have said in other posts how I am depressed since my surgery but this is mostly because for the first time in my life I am unable to work. I love doing the job I have had for the last 20 years and probly will no longer be able to do what I love due to permanent loss of motion in my arm, but I am already looking for a job I can do. The Dr says I cant work for another 6. weeks but I will be in a looney house befors then if unable to get back to doing something useful.

I guess the short version of what I said would be. I agree with you fully
 
9103 said:
I spent most of my childhood from 5-6 until 12 years on a farm working for family not pay, I was so happy at 12 when I was allowed to get a paper route and make $11or $12 a week. I had a 7 day paper route to deliver on my BMX bike and still had ALL my farm chores to do when I got back. I have said in other posts how I am depressed since my surgery but this is mostly because for the first time in my life I am unable to work. I love doing the job I have had for the last 20 years and probly will no longer be able to do what I love due to permanent loss of motion in my arm, but I am already looking for a job I can do. The Dr says I cant work for another 6. weeks but I will be in a looney house befors then if unable to get back to doing something useful.

I guess the short version of what I said would be. I agree with you fully
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Yep, growing old is not for the feint hearted. You work hard all your life looking forward to a relaxing retirement by which time you are too knackered to enjoy it.
 
I dont want to "relax" when I retire, by most peoples definition. I want to have more time to do the things I want to do rather than have to make money but I believe that is what you are saying. My father is 85 now and he complains he is getting too shakey to work on a ladder anymore and that he has difficulty getting up off the floor when working on cars in the garage. I hope I am half as mobile as him when I am that age and I always tell him " most people over 80 years are worried about getting up from a chair never mind on the floor. He still has his 2007 Ninja that he occasionally rides!
 
wroughtironron said:
Not sure what your point is Paul?

Feels Like Heaven (a great track) reached No6 in the UK Charts.

Ghost of Love reached 64 in the charts, whilst Time is Right didn't even chart?
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Sorry, I had the album and recalled other tracks being played on the radio...
 
wroughtironron said:
Not sure what your point is Paul?

Feels Like Heaven (a great track) reached No6 in the UK Charts.

Ghost of Love reached 64 in the charts, whilst Time is Right didn't even chart?
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Just as an after thought.... chart positions just acted as a cue to my pause finger on a Sunday afternoon..
Trying to edit out the radio 1 Dj, I never had white boots or a mullet.
 
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