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From: M J Carley on 21 Jul 2010 07:29 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. -- Si deve tornare alle basi: Marx ed i Clash. Michael Carley: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensmjc/
From: The Older Gentleman on 21 Jul 2010 07:53 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... -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ignoramus with a manual, a can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools
From: R C Nesbit on 21 Jul 2010 07:54 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" -- Rob_P UKRM(at)indqualtec.co.uk uppercase(d) BBIWYMC#1 BOG#11? MRO#31 IBCDBBB#1(kotl) FJ1200, CCM130 Benelli Cabriolet (gone) Looks like Rab C Nesbit.
From: ogden on 21 Jul 2010 09:07 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. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | this space intentionally left blank
From: The Older Gentleman on 21 Jul 2010 09:14
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. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ignoramus with a manual, a can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools |