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lostinrates wrote: »I worked. Strted working younger than most.
You know that vision you had of me as Snow White (sadly wrong I'm afraid)?
Well you've just stuck me with a vision of you as a baby in a Pampers advert. Unfair!Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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I remember my rates of pay:
1975: 4 days of work in a shop, £3.50/12 hour day
1976-1977: 84p/hour in the school holidays as an Office Clerk temping
1977-1978: £6/day on Saturdays at the CoOp on the meat counter and tills (co-ops back then were about 20' square)
1978-1979: £7/day on Saturdays at a jewellers (loved the shiny stuff!)
1975-1976: Babysitting, £2-3/night plus I got to watch colour TV
The couple I was babysitting for went out 1-2 times a week. I had to babysit 4 kids (their 2 and their relative's 2).... then it came to an abrupt halt when he was arrested as he was a milkman and was robbing the Xmas Hamper money. I saved all that up to buy my first radio/cassette player (mono), it cost £70!
1979: My first full-time job, PA to the MD of a metals trading company. £3000/year.0 -
Was all that before you had kids, Sue?
I'd imagine that would be a pretty hard lifestyle to keep up if you had kids....
Mostly yes......I did go a bit mad with my last job doing extra day time shifts on top of night time ones. Blooming shattered as I would be up after maybe 2 hours sleep, run around getting the children to school and then rushing off to the office, pick the boys up on the way home, run around the house tidying and doing dinner and then off out within 15 mins of dinner going on the table to my evening shift.
I would finally get to sit down and sort of relax for the first time since about 6, at around midnight...until one of the boys or hubby had a problem ( he was a brittle diabetic and had frequent hypo's during the night).
That hit a small problem when middle one was excluded from school just as I was moving from night time shifts to day shifts......made it impossible to do day times.
After eldest was born, I took on early morning cleaning and late night care assistant to fit in with hubbies hours for childcare as eldest was only 6 weeks old.We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
Respect. That must have been incredibly hard work....
I was thinking last night that I didn't know how on earth you manage now, let alone then - I find looking after 3 relatively easy ones, with help from my OH, hard enough....0 -
Hard working or what?0
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when i was working i have never in my working life ever worked less than a 84 hour week and in one job i had it was 16hr days for 1 month then 2 weeks off but at the end of the month you where breakdown material.. i surpose i had to retire as i had burnt myself out..It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.0 -
Please tell me after all that you got to retire at 45 geoff.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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no. i retired at 40..now 45.It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.0 -
I want to retire. No chance of that though. Not even got a pension. Need a job first before I can retire.0
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PasturesNew wrote: »I want to retire. No chance of that though. Not even got a pension. Need a job first before I can retire.
Or to marry a rich man.Favourite hobbies: Watersports. Relaxing in Coffee Shop. Investing in stocks.
Personality type: Compassionate Male Armadillo. Sockies: None.0
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