Originally posted by Jeff Maginty
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Don't flatter yourselves.
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A nice attempt at trolling, but don't flatter yourself, you're not KittyCat. Or maybe you are?Keeping calm. Keeping invoicing. -
Nope I would liquify my assets.Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View PostBeen 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. ....Comment
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Ah, RichardCranium lives.Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View PostBeen 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.
Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Last seen outside the gents at Wetherspoons talking to Wilmslow...Originally posted by suityou01 View PostAh, RichardCranium lives.
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Now living in Italy under the name Testa di CazzoOriginally posted by suityou01 View PostAh, RichardCranium lives.
Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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I did most of that in the 90's and wasn't even a contractor...Originally posted by Jeff Maginty View PostI 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.
So what did you do with all the money you were earning?Comment
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Personally I spent my money on useful or enjoyable things like 2 houses and a 1967 Mustang. AFAIK my ex-wife still has them.Originally posted by bobspud View PostI 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?Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.Comment
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OuchOriginally posted by Ignis Fatuus View PostPersonally I spent my money on useful or enjoyable things like 2 houses and a 1967 Mustang. AFAIK my ex-wife still has them.
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wuold you rather have them all back or none of them back?Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View PostPersonally I spent my money on useful or enjoyable things like 2 houses and a 1967 Mustang. AFAIK my ex-wife still has them.Coffee's for closersComment
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What happens at CUK should stay at CUK...Originally posted by cojak View PostPS. Not everything you read here happens in real life, just in case it hasn't dawned on you yet..Comment
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