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    I know 30 year old contractors who have no house, no savings, and are living for the next invoice after spending last months cash on a GPS WiMax 3G Ipod 30Gig PDA or some other such bollcoks, just to replace last months 20Gig model.
    I'm not 30 and I don't have an Ipod :rolleyes

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    You have the right attitude milan.

    A lot of contractors I know just p*ss their money away on gadgets and fast cars.

    I know 30 year old contractors who have no house, no savings, and are living for the next invoice after spending last months cash on a GPS WiMax 3G Ipod 30Gig PDA or some other such bollcoks, just to replace last months 20Gig model.

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    Guest replied
    I hope I can say the same,

    please God if you exist, don't let me become a data center dinosaur like Xoggoth or Fiddle, working out my last years infront or a green screen !

    Milan.

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    Guest replied
    I'll be retiring completely in 10 years. Semi-retiring in 2-3 years. I've already started to wind down!

    And before you ask no I am not 55 !!

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    Guest replied
    no, no Reggie Perrin,

    just some thoughts

    whatever anyone says we are still the working class

    Milan.

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    Guest replied
    does anybody drive to the same place everyday and think why do we do it ?
    Milan, are you turning into Reggie Perrin?

    the most frightening, in our early thirties we have another 30 years of it before we can retire !, in my case more working years left before retirement than I have already lived - what a thought !
    I haven't got that far yet :rolleyes But I agree with you...however, contracting on it's own it's really enough. It's still a relatively small income.

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    Guest replied
    milan,

    Yes, I'd like forum for MilanB and a seperate one for milanbenes5, so I don't get confused.

    Ta.

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    Guest replied
    Traj,

    they're both mine, most of the milanbenes ones are mine, currently laptop at home has the milanbenes5 cookie.

    Anyway, do you have anything valuable to add to these musings ?

    Milan.

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    Guest replied
    milan,

    What's with the change of ID from milanbenes5 to MilanB halfway through a thread. Have you got a split personality disorder or do you have a shadow?

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    does anybody drive to the same place everyday and think why do we do it ?

    is finance, mortgages, credit, a form of population control - get 'em all in debt and they lose their freedom to think ?

    the most frightening, in our early thirties we have another 30 years of it before we can retire !, in my case more working years left before retirement than I have already lived - what a thought !

    Milan in 'please God let me contract for another few years and then it'll be over' mode.

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    well, it the responsibility of all of us to ourselves and our families to try and find a way out this pikey scum world and into a world of financial security where you have a choice how to use your time, whether it is driving a bus or relaxing on your terrace.

    We are the lucky ones, if used wisely our contracting gains can be a foundation of a way out

    I feel sorry for the poor sods who don't break even every month

    Milan.

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    Guest replied
    we only lose our pikey scum status once we have enabled financial security and an income which delivers without us requiring our bums on seats
    Yes, I would agree with that. Unfortunately there are very few professions that provide the latter. Best selling writers and musicians being two such examples.

    By the sound of it, you've obviously got some cunning plan that takes care of that....

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    Guest replied
    well not far off,

    as long as we are in the rat race, at the mercy of mortgages etc we're all pikey scum

    we only lose our pikey scum status once we have enabled financial security and an income which delivers without us requiring our bums on seats

    what do you think ?

    Milan.

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    Guest replied
    looks like you got me sussed !
    Never mind, Milan. We're both pikey scum in Threaded's view. He's the king of Denmark, don't you know.

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    Wage,

    looks like you got me sussed !

    Milan.

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