From: M J Carley on
In the referenced article, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> writes:

>I could've made different decisions and earned more money, but I'd
>almost certainly have had longer hours and worst of all, I'd've had
>to play politics.

There are people who hope to have made that decision, i.e. to do a
reasonable job competently and make a living, but who still end up
fired because of the actions of the people who *do* play politics,
such as the incompetents, crooks and frauds who run the banks, for
example.
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Michael Carley: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensmjc/

From: The Older Gentleman on
ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote:

> The Older Gentleman wrote:
> > Thomas <keensurf(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Life is too short to spend 40 hours a week doing something you don't
> > > enjoy. Don't settle. Find something you do enjoy and chuckle when they
> > > pay you for it.
> >
> > Oh yes. Yes. Yes indeed.
>
> For those of us who aspire to more than writing about sales of tinned
> tomatoes, it's harder to live the dream.

Point of order! I write about orange juice. One of my reporters does
canned tomatoes...



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From: R C Nesbit on
SaladDodger spoke:
> On 21 July, 11:06, DozynSleepy <nospample...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
> > I feel very sorry for people who are in a job just to pay the bills.
>
> ITYF that is the situation for the *vast* majority of people in paid
> employment.
>
> All this aspirational, "ownership", "empowerment", cobblers is just
> that in most cases.

"Just Over Broke"

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FJ1200, CCM130 Benelli Cabriolet (gone)
Looks like Rab C Nesbit.

From: ogden on
The Older Gentleman wrote:
> ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote:
>
> > The Older Gentleman wrote:
> > > Thomas <keensurf(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Life is too short to spend 40 hours a week doing something you don't
> > > > enjoy. Don't settle. Find something you do enjoy and chuckle when they
> > > > pay you for it.
> > >
> > > Oh yes. Yes. Yes indeed.
> >
> > For those of us who aspire to more than writing about sales of tinned
> > tomatoes, it's harder to live the dream.
>
> Point of order! I write about orange juice. One of my reporters does
> canned tomatoes...

Details, details.

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From: The Older Gentleman on
ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote:

> The Older Gentleman wrote:
> > ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote:
> >
> > > The Older Gentleman wrote:
> > > > Thomas <keensurf(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Life is too short to spend 40 hours a week doing something you don't
> > > > > enjoy. Don't settle. Find something you do enjoy and chuckle when they
> > > > > pay you for it.
> > > >
> > > > Oh yes. Yes. Yes indeed.
> > >
> > > For those of us who aspire to more than writing about sales of tinned
> > > tomatoes, it's harder to live the dream.
> >
> > Point of order! I write about orange juice. One of my reporters does
> > canned tomatoes...
>
> Details, details.

No, we have a separate meat & poultry title for those.


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can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools
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