I had a normal job once!
Didn't last long
They all thought I was a bit strange and somewhat intimidating. The manager asked me if I thought that I might be better suited to a more active and adventurous occupation.
bloody Samaritans
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I did a stint at Pittards, for those of you dont know, they make leather.
Which means boiling the flesh off carcusses.
Nice.
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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostI had an interview with Northern & Shell (google them from home) but had to turn them down as I wanted to stay married.
Edit: it looks like they've sold their pron titles. They used to have all the Readers Wives type mags.
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Farming, my responsibilities were the cow sh*t heap, cleaning them out and feeding.
Soft Porn, I also worked for Paul Raymond for a couple of months as a favour to a friend who was the Marketing Manager at the time for Mayfair , crap money but a good time was had
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Originally posted by original PM View Posthoping to get next gig in pron industry
best make sure they don't run side by side and I get confused
Edit: it looks like they've sold their pron titles. They used to have all the Readers Wives type mags.Last edited by PRC1964; 26 April 2008, 22:35.
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I was asked to write a simple program (in BASIC !!!!) for a BBC micro by a friend of my dad's (I was 16 at the time)
Nothing unusual there you might think.
The program talked to the serial port which was connected to a door relay and also a gizmo to get atomic time.
The idea was to record when a door was opened and closed.
The "unit" went in to 8 foot square, 1 storey building, with no windows; just a door, located in some woods between Billericay and Ramsden Heath.
I never did find out what it was for.
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Originally posted by Xenophon View PostTo start us off, I give you:
original PM - the Funeral business
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I worked in an Abattoir and was also a Battlefield Guide @ Bosworth for a while.
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I could tell some tales of my years behind bars (not the prison ones but the licensed kind that you all love so much) but I generally spend my time trying to forget all that...
...although I wouldn't have minded one last fling hosting the CUK Christmas Do - wonderful bunch of people, and hardly any of them were sick anywhere (well, anywhere where it mattered )
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Originally posted by zeitghostRadio telemetry in water (& waste water) treatment...
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew...
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Originally posted by Xenophon View PostAh well, there is still time.
Originally posted by Xenophon View PostUnfortunately
Make the most of it. One day you might sit in some vagrant's favourite spot down your local shopping mall, and before you know it your whole life is going down the khazi.
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