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    Quote Originally Posted by Davo View Post
    What a load of rot. Why, I was born in a soap crate, since Mum couldn’t leave work at the time, (she carved those little babies in the Velvet soap bars), and started my own business at three months old when I found a 20-cent piece while I was crawling on the factory floor after changing my own nappy. From there, I worked my way through school by teaching all the classes I was in and giving myself good marks for completing all the homework I’d given myself. Then, through sheer hard work and with no help from luck or other people, I was able to scrape together enough money by not eating for three years to start another business that required me to work hard every day of the week for several decades.

    So there you go, living proof that as long as everything goes your way and you don’t have any difficulties involving health, families, accidents, nasty people, economic problems or otherwise you’ll make it in the end.

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    you got a crate? you had it easy....

    me, I had to get up 10 minutes before I went to bed to go to work before school and then when I got home from school......

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    Quote Originally Posted by EchiDna View Post
    you got a crate? you had it easy....

    me, I had to get up 10 minutes before I went to bed to go to work before school and then when I got home from school......
    Luxury...
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    Quote Originally Posted by EchiDna View Post
    you got a crate? you had it easy....

    me, I had to get up 10 minutes before I went to bed to go to work
    before school and then when I got home from school.
    .....

    you went to school...lucky bugger!

    I had to educate myself through interpretive dance...made my interview process memorable.
    Our Land Rover does not leak oil! it just marks its territory.......




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    Only yesterday my 90 year old uncle who grew up in Euroa, (Victoria) told me that at age 9-10 he would be up at 5 am and take his ferret box and nets up on the neighbouring hillside and sit there waiting for the sun to rise enough for him to what he doing. He would catch three to four pair of rabbits (that's all he could carry with his other gear) skin and gut them, put the skins out for drying and then sell the rabbits on his way to school. He had regular buyers for them.
    He is by no means a squillionaire today, but he is very happy, reasonably fit and healthy for his age, still drives, and most all lives independently!


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    A soap crate?! Luxury..

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    Quote Originally Posted by dullbird View Post
    you went to school...lucky bugger!

    I had to educate myself through interpretive dance...made my interview process memorable.
    You worked for Currys did you?

    BBC News - Currys' previous dance interview in Cardiff revealed

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    Yep in HR and recruitment for a little while
    Our Land Rover does not leak oil! it just marks its territory.......




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    Quote Originally Posted by bacicat View Post
    Those people should beware... Rio Tinto now have 20 unmanned trucks out there, with many more on order. All 20 trucks are controlled from an air conditioned office in Perth.

    It's all in the interests on health and safety say Rio...

    Me personally? I'm doing fine, but life isn't simple any more. I sometimes think I should sell up everything and move into a cheap rental.

    Happiness isn't all about money. The best years I had was when the kids were young, we lived in the country earning 2/10's of **** all, in a run down house.

    Now have 2 properties, both of us working full time and a decent disposable income, but I'm not as happy as I used to be...
    Yep we at BHP have some at Jimblebar as well, but will be about another 10 years before they look at changing over completely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nugge t View Post
    The union support team has arrived I see.

    The employer bashing started first .... "Every hour of every day there was an employer ripping off workers, ripping off the tax department or ripping off other employers."

    There was acknowledgement of that there were "some cases of workers ripping off employers" but apparently union officials ripping of union members never happens. It is only ever the big bad boss.

    Obviously balance in debate is still not allowed under Team Puce rules

    However, I am happy to vacate the debate as I have important things to do like selling a Landie to buy another one and trying to further improve the sealed air duct system for Defender drivers
    It's been proven and will be again that union reps have either miss used the members funds or taken playoffs to smooth relations or agreements(but who is doing the paying)
    The difference is I've never heard of a union rep intentionally putting a members life at risk unlike certain employers( James hardie anyone) or doing stuff like this:
    Coal carrier mutiny | Illawarra Mercury

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    Quote Originally Posted by dullbird View Post
    don't you have to feed alpacas? arent they like small furry horses but with less of an accessory range
    There are heaps more neck chops on an alpacca
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