Subj : Re: 3.5 weeks to being la
To   : Spectre
From : Gamgee
Date : Fri Jul 15 2022 22:05:00

-=> Spectre wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> I must say that my experiences have been different than the above.  Have
 Ga> I just been lucky, or was it something else?  I'm nearing retirement,
 Ga> and have only had two jobs my entire life (not counting

 Sp> I think you just got lucky.. while not being in the same ballpark
 Sp> as Poindexter I couldn't count the number of jobs I've held
 Sp> down... First one was a dead ender but I was young straight out
 Sp> of school.. then started an apprenticeship.. that lasted 3 of the
 Sp> 4 years and we had the banana republic here some 15% interest
 Sp> rates and the whole building industry disappeared pretty much...
 Sp> for the next 4 or so it was scrabble for anything you could get
 Sp> unemployment was over 20%

Yeah, that sounds tough all right.  Perhaps luck had something to do 
with my case, but I also like to think that preparation and being very 
careful with occupation/field choices makes a difference too.  ;-)



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