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Pinch wrote:Very nice chap.
How much would one be for a 16' anaconda?
Pinch wrote:
Re: Workshop Build Thread - Derailed
Unread postby Pinch » 34 minutes ago
Oh phew.... you had me worried there Mark.
I'm on best behaviour from now-on...
Andyp wrote:Thanks for sharing. Are you serious though? Do people actually buy coffins for goldfish
Tusses wrote:Pinch wrote:
Re: Workshop Build Thread - Derailed
Unread postby Pinch » 34 minutes ago
Oh phew.... you had me worried there Mark.
I'm on best behaviour from now-on...
well .. at least for a few minutes !
Tusses wrote:So Wifey and I have already made the decision to start a new venture in the new year. Better Quality and better money ... heres hoping !!
Wizard9999 wrote:Tusses wrote:So Wifey and I have already made the decision to start a new venture in the new year. Better Quality and better money ... heres hoping !!
Good luck with the new venture!
Terry.
Andyp wrote:I never wanted the hassle of being self employed but I take my hat off to anyone who is. Good luck with whatever the new venture is.
Tusses wrote:.....
These days you are competing with hobbyists .. who bought a laser/cnc for a couple of hundred££
and just run it in the spare bedroom for beer/pin money
....
RogerS wrote:Tusses wrote:.....
These days you are competing with hobbyists .. who bought a laser/cnc for a couple of hundred££
and just run it in the spare bedroom for beer/pin money
....
Bloody globalisation !
Seriously, I know exactly what you mean. Are there any upmarket aka charge-more niches you could go for ?
Tusses wrote:Andyp wrote:I never wanted the hassle of being self employed but I take my hat off to anyone who is. Good luck with whatever the new venture is.
Thanks
but
I tell you what .. it's a lot bloody harder than a 9-5 stacking shelves !
At 1st you think, you don't have a boss .. which is part true ..
But you soon realize your customers are worse than a boss sometimes !
An think ... Hmmmm... stackin' shelves .... ! ... "Spook"
When it's good, it's good .. when it's bad, it can be the worst !
I've done everything from trainee TV repair .. to IT manager.
OK .. IT manager .. the money was good !
It all started loong loong ago, in the mid west .. (west mids) ..
The Wifey (gold digger) at the time maxed out all the cards , and ran off with someone who earned more !
(leaving the kids with me, and the cards - a lot )
So I decided to quit the IT job, and opened my very own computer shop.
New .. Builds .. Repairs etc.
hmmm then about 6 months later PC world opend ! oops !
Then computers went the same way. Cheaper and cheaper ...
I was a single dad of 3, youngest was 18mnths
so built a creche in the shop and my customers accepted this.
I was quite successful .. oops !
Ex wifey decided she wanted the kids back and CSA instead
Spent about £20k in custody battle in total
Anyway .. all very stressfull .. so I shut up shop one day and went home in the afternoon .. put on the TV .. "Norm" was on !
That was it !
I sold all the stock, and built a workshop out the back of the house, and been making sawdust ever since !
it would be a last resort when I find myself looking for a job again, even rather than just working for crumbs ! .. there's always the hope :-)
I'm still paying the cards off BTW
it's enough to make you a bit eccentric maybe ! .. "Spook" .. "Slither" baby
New Wifey is Ace by the way
So apart from the Ex still being a complete PITA ! .. Life isn't so bad
RogerS wrote:
Which scan, Pinch ?
Pinch wrote:Tusses wrote:Andyp wrote:I never wanted the hassle of being self employed but I take my hat off to anyone who is. Good luck with whatever the new venture is.
Thanks
but
I tell you what .. it's a lot bloody harder than a 9-5 stacking shelves !
At 1st you think, you don't have a boss .. which is part true ..
But you soon realize your customers are worse than a boss sometimes !
An think ... Hmmmm... stackin' shelves .... ! ... "Spook"
When it's good, it's good .. when it's bad, it can be the worst !
I've done everything from trainee TV repair .. to IT manager.
OK .. IT manager .. the money was good !
It all started loong loong ago, in the mid west .. (west mids) ..
The Wifey (gold digger) at the time maxed out all the cards , and ran off with someone who earned more !
(leaving the kids with me, and the cards - a lot )
So I decided to quit the IT job, and opened my very own computer shop.
New .. Builds .. Repairs etc.
hmmm then about 6 months later PC world opend ! oops !
Then computers went the same way. Cheaper and cheaper ...
I was a single dad of 3, youngest was 18mnths
so built a creche in the shop and my customers accepted this.
I was quite successful .. oops !
Ex wifey decided she wanted the kids back and CSA instead
Spent about £20k in custody battle in total
Anyway .. all very stressfull .. so I shut up shop one day and went home in the afternoon .. put on the TV .. "Norm" was on !
That was it !
I sold all the stock, and built a workshop out the back of the house, and been making sawdust ever since !
it would be a last resort when I find myself looking for a job again, even rather than just working for crumbs ! .. there's always the hope :-)
I'm still paying the cards off BTW
it's enough to make you a bit eccentric maybe ! .. "Spook" .. "Slither" baby
New Wifey is Ace by the way
So apart from the Ex still being a complete PITA ! .. Life isn't so bad
Crikey Rich, looks like you've been through the old hedgerow a few time matey! Good to read you've got yourself a good lady there now - onwards n upwards chap.
I've been through similar years ago and lost everything - wifey (no regrets there), house, business (employed staff), vehicles (I hid two of them ), etc... everything. Some of it was my own doing of course.
Onwards and upwards matey and good on ya!
Tusses wrote:forget the music .. I love the sounds the MRI makes !
I find it very rythmical and relaxing
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