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Originally posted by Sockpuppet View PostNo, I've never applied. I do have a funky job at the moment and earn a bucket load from it.
Then again the person that I know who is worth the most is illeterate and runs a scrap yard.
Your point is?
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostWell it's first-come, first-served! Tough!
I sent my letter up the chimney and next thing I know I was in Greenland packing up stuff 24x7 for months, with a bunch on miserable elves who wanted to bum me.
Think yourself lucky!
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Originally posted by Pinto View PostWhen I was about 6, I wrote a letter to Santa offering help with packing the toys in exchange for a brand new bike, but the fat fliper ignored me...
I sent my letter up the chimney and next thing I know I was in Greenland packing up stuff 24x7 for months, with a bunch on miserable elves who wanted to bum me.
Think yourself lucky!
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Originally posted by threaded View PostI wrote a letter to Marconi Electronics when I was a kid, about 9, and years later I worked with the guy who replied.
Which is nice.
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Originally posted by Marina View PostYeah, I know what you mean. But forty years ago, or whenever, it wasn't what it may have become today. And if someone practically barefoot as a kid can make it onto the town council, that's something to be proud of.
Just not as big a s**thole as it is these days.
Come happy bombs, come and drop on Slough
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Originally posted by ratewhore View Postnice
Also, if someone barefoot as a kid can make it onto the town council, that's something to be proud of.Last edited by Marina; 26 March 2008, 16:28.
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Originally posted by Sockpuppet View PostThen again the person that I know who is worth the most is illeterate and runs a scrap yard. He is often seen sorting bath taps / copper pipe muttering how much each piece is worth as he puts it in the scrap bins. * I know this as my mum used to work where he banked.
A few years ago, some enterprising journalist traced all the guys in the picture, to see what became of them. It turned out one of the toffs died of cholera or something not long afterwards on his way to India by sea, and I think the other one was killed in WW2.
So obviously neither was a failure. But by contrast with their misfortune, the poor kids did very well, all becoming pillars of the community in Slough, and as I recall one became a millionaire scrap dealer.
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No, I've never applied. I do have a funky job at the moment and earn a bucket load from it.
Then again the person that I know who is worth the most is illeterate and runs a scrap yard. He is often seen sorting bath taps / copper pipe muttering how much each piece is worth as he puts it in the scrap bins. * I know this as my mum used to work where he banked.
He's worth a few million. Easily.
His whole family run around in minimum of BMW5 series class cars. All < 2 years old.
Your point is?
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You 'applied'.
So I take it you were refused then.
Whoot! Kudo to you AtW.
Perhaps we should all parade our refusals and failures here.
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Originally posted by Ardesco View PostErm and?
I applied to space camp to become an astronaut when I was 9 but that doesn't really mean anything.
Which is nice.
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