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Previously on "Whatever happened to..."

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
    Freelance Informer.

    Came across some old copies while clearing out some junk.

    The good old days...
    I always had Page 3 for our adverts

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  • bobhope
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    Ahh yes - roger sinclair ("Egos")

    found him

    http://www.egos.co.uk/Freelanc/freelanc.htm

    Roger Sinclair roger

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  • bobhope
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    The legal advice guy is still going isn't he?

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
    Apparently, I never did. It was a freebie for me, it did contain job adverts (this was pre Jobserve/pre WWW in general) so getting in there quick to find your next assigment was the big driver.
    That and the contracts section in "Computer Weekly"...

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  • TheBigYinJames
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    People paid for it?
    Apparently, I never did. It was a freebie for me, it did contain job adverts (this was pre Jobserve/pre WWW in general) so getting in there quick to find your next assigment was the big driver.

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  • sasguru
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    There's a blast from the past. Good old days indeed.

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  • TheBigYinJames
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    Originally posted by Chantho View Post
    I miss FI, I used to win the caption competition from time to time.
    Hah, me too. Well, I won it once. Proudest momemt of my life. I still have it somewhere. They used to send you it for free about 2 weeks after the paying customers (presumably when the choicest jobs had all gone)

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  • Chantho
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    Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
    Freelance Informer.

    Came across some old copies while clearing out some junk.

    The good old days...
    I miss FI, I used to win the caption competition from time to time.

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  • daviejones
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    ...The Likely lads???

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  • Sockpuppet
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    Originally posted by threaded View Post
    Penned* several articles for that fine publication.

    *Well when I say penned, my name was on them, but my secretary or A N Other usually wrote them.
    People writing letters to the agony aunt then signing them "threaded" doesn't mean you've been published

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  • threaded
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    Penned* several articles for that fine publication.

    *Well when I say penned, my name was on them, but my secretary or A N Other usually wrote them.

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  • PRC1964
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    I probably have a few issues stashed away in the loft.

    Not that I ever read them though.

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  • Clippy
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    Linky?

    Oh, it's in printed form.

    There's your answer!

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  • Cliphead
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    Whatever happened to...

    Freelance Informer.

    Came across some old copies while clearing out some junk.

    The good old days...

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