The recession, benefits, the safety net, and the learning curve

fc123

bluey890 wrote: »

This threads commenting on that thread commenting on this thread.

Hang on a sec, some brave girl has posted on HPC.

Go on then you go too. ...it's not that bad. I have to confess I just put in my MSE name and log in and there I was. I think I registered ...ooooh.....3 years ago when STR was a hot new trend.

I must say I am not fc123 anywhere else. I did google fc123 a few weeks back and there are loads and loads of us. Even one on a Palestinian type site plus an OCD one on TripAdvisor who has a lot more leisure time than moi.

nearlynew

fc123 wrote: »

Well DV is there so figured it can't be that scary.;)

I'm sure he will look after you.

Max_Headroom_3

fc123 wrote: »

It could finish off with a big F 0ff BMW Zillion litre, a job and a writing gig. They'll hate him then...oh and a Rubanesque bird on one arm too......

Oooh, that'd be splendid, yes please! :j

The BMW, job, and a writing gig sound quite nice too.

Well done you for jumping in. I think I'll stay here though and watch from the sidelines, at least one of them is "after my blood" for reasons I've still not quite yet established... :rolleyes:

bluey890

fc123 wrote: »

Go on then you go too. ...it's not that bad. I have to confess I just put in my MSE name and log in and there I was. I think I registered ...ooooh.....3 years ago when STR was a hot new trend.

I must say I am not fc123 anywhere else. I did google fc123 a few weeks back and there are loads and loads of us. Even one on a Palestinian type site plus an OCD one on TripAdvisor who has a lot more leisure time than moi.

I would but I have difficulty finding time to log in to the one HPC /economic forum at the moment.
It would be O.K. but I can no-longer read this one from work.
Ever since logging in became a prerequisite. :mad:

dopester

fc123 wrote: »

Now I think Dopestar could become an adjective to describe a ceratin way of thinking....also like writing in a Dopestar way. There is a poster who is verrrry DS in style.

They also suggested casseroling the cat.

I've not posted on that HPC thread, nor will I ever post on it. Anything I've put to Max has been here, openly with honesty, with no malice, even if we disagreed.

What certain way of thinking? If you're referring to my scepticism over Liz Jones' success being replicated by any trier... the era of Big-Brother fame / X-Factor fame / Forest Gump.. "anyone can be a success without having exceptional talent" route to fame/fortune for all the desperate wannabee masses is coming to an end. It never really existed in the first place really, except for a fortunate few.

I've got family in media. The number of calls I've had from wannabees trying to work my contacts to get an entry job during the boom (not recently). The ruthless ambition stories I've heard from within. The egos. The back-stabbing. I'll agree pure talent can be hugely rewarded, say if you can write books ect, or niche articles which connect, but many a talented wannabee out there scraping by.

Max_Headroom_3

Weren't you getting back to us with your list of all the quick easy money making schemes that anyone could do..?

dopester

Max_Headroom wrote: »

Weren't you getting back to us with your list of all the quick easy money making schemes that anyone could do..?

One. One suggestion is all I said I'd float. Not a list of my best ideas, but just one which may or may not be a fair go-er.

Rather than just word it, I thought I'd have a go at a mail-shot design / post-office window display card. So I've just loaded-up my Photoshop and see if I can put together something. Give me a day or so.

PasturesNew

I found that just "being in London" seemed to be a ticket to success if you knew people.

I knew somebody who lived in London, had been chucked out of a non-subject at Uni, bumbling about, he fell onto some work where he had to phone some industry bosses, ask them a bunch of questions, then transcribe those conversations ..... the guy's English/spelling was appalling, his typing skills were non-existant, but just because he was in London and somebody he knew put him onto the work he was paid £375/day to do these calls/typing!!!!!!!

There was some right silly money going around for old rope jobs ... if you lived in London and knew people.

The next thing was he got a job as a photographer's assistant - carrying the bags. No experience, no qualifications, never done anything like it before - and within 6 months of carrying the bags he was doing actual real, well-paid photoshoots himself, for national publications .... all because he was in London and knew people! How many thousands and thousands of photographers, with kit and experience and qualifications, are out there dreaming of such a job ... but they didn't live in London and/or didn't know people.

The world's all about who you know and a big smattering of where you are.

PasturesNew

dopester wrote: »

One. One suggestion is all I said I'd float. Not a list of my best ideas, but just one which may or may not be a fair go-er.

Rather than just word it, I thought I'd have a go at a mail-shot design / post-office window display card. So I've just loaded-up my Photoshop and see if I can put together something. Give me a day or so.

tease... we won't forget you know, we've nothing else to fill our time with than to remember... you know that don't you.

Max_Headroom_3

dopester wrote: »

if I wasn't already content with what I was doing, I've got enough skills and initiative to seize many honest self-employed opportunities to beat JSA by a fair amount.

That is where all my energy would be going.. getting an income in .

24 hours later and we're down to one. To be revealed at some point in the future.

Maybe...