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    #31
    Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View Post
    Been meaning to raise this one for a while now...

    There seems to be a prevailing attitude amongst some on here that they are somehow part of a wealthy elite that has risen above mere ordinary people. Clues to this are the smug over-exaggerated claims of wealth/income and attacking anyone who dares to criticise the real wealthy elite who have steered the economy onto the rocks and received massive rewards for/despite doing so.

    Don't flatter yourselves!

    Maybe some of you earn £50K or £100K per year, or even £150K per year (very few at that level), but even so, you're still a wage-slave. You would still be tulipting yourself if you were out of work for a couple of years. Don't kid yourself that you're in the same league as bankers, footballers, proper-entrepreneurs.

    I used to be a contractor and rode the wave of the late 90's boom (Y2K + dot com), so I've seen what it's like to earn a fat contract rate. I didn't go out and waste my money on flash cars or get drunk on champagne like some were doing, and I never fooled myself into believing that I was rich.

    Sorry to burst your bubble. You're not the wealthy elite. You're just a little bit better off than the average guy.
    A nice attempt at trolling, but don't flatter yourself, you're not KittyCat. Or maybe you are?
    Keeping calm. Keeping invoicing.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View Post
      Been meaning to raise this one for a while now...

      ....You would still be tulipting yourself if you were out of work for a couple of years. ....
      Nope I would liquify my assets.

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        #33
        Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View Post
        Been meaning to raise this one for a while now...

        There seems to be a prevailing attitude amongst some on here that they are somehow part of a wealthy elite that has risen above mere ordinary people. Clues to this are the smug over-exaggerated claims of wealth/income and attacking anyone who dares to criticise the real wealthy elite who have steered the economy onto the rocks and received massive rewards for/despite doing so.

        Don't flatter yourselves!

        Maybe some of you earn £50K or £100K per year, or even £150K per year (very few at that level), but even so, you're still a wage-slave. You would still be tulipting yourself if you were out of work for a couple of years. Don't kid yourself that you're in the same league as bankers, footballers, proper-entrepreneurs.

        I used to be a contractor and rode the wave of the late 90's boom (Y2K + dot com), so I've seen what it's like to earn a fat contract rate. I didn't go out and waste my money on flash cars or get drunk on champagne like some were doing, and I never fooled myself into believing that I was rich.

        Sorry to burst your bubble. You're not the wealthy elite. You're just a little bit better off than the average guy.
        Ah, RichardCranium lives.
        Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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          #34
          Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
          Ah, RichardCranium lives.
          Last seen outside the gents at Wetherspoons talking to Wilmslow...

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            #35
            Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
            Ah, RichardCranium lives.
            Now living in Italy under the name Testa di Cazzo
            Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.

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              #36
              Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View Post
              I used to be a contractor and rode the wave of the late 90's boom (Y2K + dot com), so I've seen what it's like to earn a fat contract rate. I didn't go out and waste my money on flash cars or get drunk on champagne like some were doing, and I never fooled myself into believing that I was rich.
              I did most of that in the 90's and wasn't even a contractor...

              So what did you do with all the money you were earning?

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                #37
                Originally posted by bobspud View Post
                I did most of that in the 90's and wasn't even a contractor...

                So what did you do with all the money you were earning?
                Personally I spent my money on useful or enjoyable things like 2 houses and a 1967 Mustang. AFAIK my ex-wife still has them.
                Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View Post
                  Personally I spent my money on useful or enjoyable things like 2 houses and a 1967 Mustang. AFAIK my ex-wife still has them.
                  Ouch

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View Post
                    Personally I spent my money on useful or enjoyable things like 2 houses and a 1967 Mustang. AFAIK my ex-wife still has them.
                    wuold you rather have them all back or none of them back?
                    Coffee's for closers

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by cojak View Post
                      PS. Not everything you read here happens in real life, just in case it hasn't dawned on you yet..
                      What happens at CUK should stay at CUK...

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