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From: Ace on 17 May 2010 11:14 On Mon, 17 May 2010 16:05:58 +0100, steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: >A fiver for TPFT on a 125 LD when I was 16. Wages as an apprentice was >5 guineas. Per year?
From: R C Nesbit on 17 May 2010 11:16 Champ spoke: > Quite so. My generation (and Beav is older than me) bought and > insured our own vehicles with our own money. I don't really see why > it should be any different now. It is no different now - however you are mistaking your own experiences for everyone else's. -- 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: R C Nesbit on 17 May 2010 11:16 Ogden spoke: > At 17 I had two part-time jobs - one in a newsagents, the other > delivering pizzas. That paid for me to buy and insure a TZR125. > > Kids today, etc. At 16, 17, and 18 my Dad got me a job at his place - United Glass, on shifts, and during term time I worked at a patrol station. I paid for *most* of my own transport, but on at least 2 occasions my parents helped me out. -- 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: steve auvache on 17 May 2010 11:18 In article <g9n2v51cpddlgs3nica3n70ancsut88pso(a)4ax.com>, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> writes >On Mon, 17 May 2010 16:05:58 +0100, steve auvache ><dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > >>A fiver for TPFT on a 125 LD when I was 16. Wages as an apprentice was >>5 guineas. > >Per year? No. I didn't get a proper salary until I was 18. Up to then it was a weekly wage. Which in itself marked me out as something separate from the Working Classes who were on an hourly rate. -- steve auvache VN750 Third gear has scope. SR250 The SpazzTrakka (Improved).
From: Mark Olson on 17 May 2010 11:31
R C Nesbit wrote: > Beav spoke: >>> Anyway, why do you care? It's his bike, his insurance, his problem, >>> right? >> Don't you have any kids? > > As expected, the Dinkies come screaming out of the woodwork to exclaim > that you don't have to have kids of your own to know how to behave as a > parent! Certainly, having kids gives your opinion on parenting issues very little weight over the opinions of those who don't, as it is very obvious that a great many parents know SFA about the job (I have two relatively well adjusted kids in spite of me being one of their parents). |