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Big Charlie
20 Nov 09 00:12
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£5-80 an hour

1987, for me

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By:
tobermory
When: 20 Nov 09 00:13
this afternoon :(
By:
Pokermonster
When: 20 Nov 09 00:14
I can't really remember the last time I worked full stop.
By:
Big Charlie
When: 20 Nov 09 00:14
3 hours in front of a PC and done your money ?
By:
cunnybobbler
When: 20 Nov 09 00:15
if you think thats bad...i work for minus -500 pounds some days
By:
JamesBlakesHugeArse
When: 20 Nov 09 00:16
my worst day was -2,000
By:
tobermory
When: 20 Nov 09 00:16
actually i do get more than the minimum but less than that after tax
By:
liamcol
When: 20 Nov 09 00:17
The minimum wage here in Portugal has been increased 5.6% in 2009.
Which takes it up to..... €450..... a month.
By:
Coachbuster
When: 20 Nov 09 00:18
This week .

Bloody awful , hopefully back to normal tomorrow
By:
Gary Binosh
When: 20 Nov 09 00:19
two years ago, but tbf im only 20
By:
bodil
When: 20 Nov 09 00:20
Sometime in the future if I can't find a shotgun. Slightly less when I find a shotgun.

Or I could threaten to dribble on you.
By:
Dobbo
When: 20 Nov 09 00:20
Took 56 euros today. Thats a bit of a minus
By:
bodil
When: 20 Nov 09 00:21
Not good dobbo. You need to find an angle.
By:
Big Charlie
When: 20 Nov 09 00:24
I'm referring to when we had proper jobs, before Betfair.
By:
bodil
When: 20 Nov 09 00:25
(mutter)
By:
cunnybobbler
When: 20 Nov 09 00:28
last job i had paid £3.50 an hour. thats why i packed it all in.
By:
Coachbuster
When: 20 Nov 09 00:32
Big Charlie ... last time i worked full time was March 2005 ,finished up working for 7.00 p/h .

Started the same job in March 2003 earning 21.00 p/h .

Reason for the reduction in wages ?

They changed the system after i found a quick way to make good money and the management couldn't stomach it . I was making more than them overnight.

There is no way to make an honest buck in the UK .

Thank heavens for BF ,you wont catch me moaning about the premium charge .
By:
Coachbuster
When: 20 Nov 09 00:34
This country is run buy a load of inept c u n t s .

Its a badly run festering system
By:
bodil
When: 20 Nov 09 00:35
And you realised this just now?
By:
Coachbuster
When: 20 Nov 09 00:44
no Bodil ,i realised this in 2004
By:
ENGLANDAWAY
When: 20 Nov 09 00:44
About 85 as i was on a 100 a day by 86. Great money then!!
By:
Coachbuster
When: 20 Nov 09 00:45
See my post about the nurses having to pay for parking .

Its just a perverse system .
By:
bodil
When: 20 Nov 09 00:46
This country is run by mentally-damaged idiots.. Crom help us.
By:
mitchell downie
When: 20 Nov 09 01:15
Coachbuster 20 Nov 01:32
Big Charlie ... last time i worked full time was March 2005 ,finished up working for 7.00 p/h .



Thank heavens for BF ,you wont catch me moaning about the premium charge .


What's your most profitable sport mate?

I think we may need to exchange words in due course, once I've got my system up and running. :-)
By:
Coachbuster
When: 20 Nov 09 01:22
Canny , football and correct score markets on the whole my friend .
By:
mitchell downie
When: 20 Nov 09 01:32
Blimey Coach, if you're playing those and are on the PC charge, you're a shrewdie.
By:
Coachbuster
When: 20 Nov 09 01:40
I've studied it for a good few years Canny plus i'm fortunate enough to be able to work out odds and numbers fairly quickly which helps a little i guess, especially when the goals go flying in and the odds change dramatically . :)

A little bit of judgement helps , sometimes odds just don't look right as you're well aware .
By:
Coachbuster
When: 20 Nov 09 01:42
There were weeks and weeks on here throughout 2006 when i was barely making a bean .
Went into a lot of debt that year ,still paying it off but almost there .
By:
flatliner
When: 20 Nov 09 01:59
when i worked there wasn,t a min wage, 26yrs ago, gambling is better :)
By:
sixtwosix
When: 20 Nov 09 09:09
Worked in I.T. since 1982 , so fortunately started on more than today's minimum wage.
By:
panglima
When: 20 Nov 09 09:13
At the moment I would like to be earning the min wage
By:
Capt__F
When: 20 Nov 09 09:26
push the slippers for the Christmas market p
By:
Big Charlie
When: 20 Nov 09 10:21
Throw out the slippers, stock up on Easter eggs, get in first.
By:
panglima
When: 20 Nov 09 10:29
Sadly after 29 years the independent footwear trade is on its knees, unless there is an improvement next year it will more than likely be my last.
A shame in the respect a family buisness in the space of just a few years has basically gone to the wall.
I am hanging on more out of tradition & sentementality than anything out but those good attributes wont pay the bills as we all know, its bleak out there but I try not to let it affect me because though my pocket may be suffering I refuse to let it drag ME down with it.
By:
Capt__F
When: 20 Nov 09 10:32
well done pump hope things turn around high street retail is tough
By:
Big Charlie
When: 20 Nov 09 10:38
Open a bookies Pumps.
By:
tobermory
When: 20 Nov 09 16:08
how long has the business been run by your family Pump?
By:
Big Charlie
When: 20 Nov 09 16:43
I'd guess it 's a good 30 years Tobes.
Pumpy will confirm later.
Not many slipper wearers inthe area these days, best switch to sandals.
By:
panglima
When: 20 Nov 09 19:00
Hi Toby, in the same market for over 50 years, though for 32 years in the position we are now.
20 years ago we had three saturday girls & me & my dad.
Now I can easily manage on my tod.
I have a brilliant photo of my grandad in the market from nearly 50 years ago, I will e-mail it to you if your interested.
By:
panglima
When: 20 Nov 09 19:02
Chaz they only want flip flops that sell for £1 from the bins , I refuse to go down that road.
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