This is true about families.
Talking of families, I was doing a crossword yesterday. I shouted out to the wife, “what’s a female relative, 4 letters ending in UNT”steve garwood said:
Hello mate. Thanks for asking. I plodded along shortly after, got a loan from my father in law, viewed a few vans, got a price on a system and then failed my first driving test. I went out for a walk that evening after a row with the missus (things just getting on top of me) and we also found out her mother had pancreatic cancer. I actually walked to my local TGI Fridays and had a meal on my own to kinda cheer myself up ?
You could marry someone who can drive. ?
Usually the fat one ? there was local guy near me and he piled on the weight over the years and always had a young fitter lad working with him to go up the ladder, different one each time I saw him, needless to say after over 10 years the business has now folded.
I think some decide on paid employment usually because they hit a succession of rucks in their business road at the same time or in close order like getting some late payers,having some customers cancel,bad weather preventing work etc....and still those bills keep coming through the door and standing orders go out of the bank account. And they look around at others who are in paid employment and think that is easier than all this hassle...........and probably or definately they are right....but that route is not as much fun or rewarding financially and or personally as working for oneself. One of the prime characteristics of being your own boss is optimism and being the sort of fighter who when knocked down, gets up goes at it again. We all feel down sometimes in this job....but usually it is far ouweighed by the ups.
I agree to a point, but some people make their own issues, I have 2 examples, #1 two lads I grew up with had an appeared to have a good business but at times were more than happy to be in the bookies or skiving off and playing on a PS in the end one got busted of his wife had him go to paid employment #2 a lad I was mates with for a time would happily skive off or do add on jobs because his work was under priced and would often tell me he was behind by 6 weeks or so I know other lads like this were it's just to easy for them to think sod it and let all their work fall behind by 6 weeks plus at times.
That’s quite rude of you @spruce calling them little and large.
Yes there was this chap I knew who had a biggish round, spread over quite an area. he had serious drink issues over which he hung himself in the end. But I'd been told, for example, he'd gone to this retired colonels big house, cleaning away, and 2 or 3 wasters just gone for the drive with him, standing drinking their beer cans in the lovely garden. The colonel saw and was obviously not pleased.
I'll drink to that ?. Just a spot of pre-loading before pub of course. Nice with the final score. Tastes better today what with spurs losing 3 nil to brighton ?I'm only drunk on the weekend, just tipsy during the week ?
And if liverpool beat leicester and west ham beat palace, hammers are 3rd (for a short while anyway) Cant ever remember us being 3rd before (apart from last week for about 1 day) mind you, our keepers out for 3 months so there not in my acca thats for sure
Being self employed isn't for everyone. It doesn't make those who can't work for themselves bad people.
very true.Although most could turn their hands to it, many many people just aren't suited to being their own boss. It takes a lot of pushing yourself sometimes. often it can be better to be paye, especially if you get a good trade or have well paid work. I myself know its easy to stick at just getting enough to get by, when really the sky could be the limit.
