Living the dream, baby!

When I was a kid, if someone had said to me that I'd grow up to become a bloke who spends his days standing in a factory, watching people pack bread and cakes into boxes and trying to get them to do it more efficiently, I'd probably have thrown myself off a tall building.

There was no way that was going to be my life (I didn't even know that was a job), I was going to fly a Tornado jet for the RAF and live a dead glamorous lifestyle.

But sadly, the big wigs at the Officer Aircrew Selection Board at RAF Biggin Hill in 1988 had other ideas......

We all know that Nat's done very well and Magoo does.....whatever it is that Magoo does, but are they doing what they always wanted to do?

And is anybody doing their "dream job" or have we all just fallen into doing things that we never saw ourselves doing when we were kids?

It was always my dream to be Bolton's biggest fan and lord it over internet plebs like yourself.

I was gonna be a game warden or a footballing God at Burnden.
I gave up on the game warden dream after discovering that Lions weren't part of the native fauna of Farnworth.
The footballing dream came close. I was offered a trial with Blackpool,but decided not to turn up,because as far as I was concerned it was Bolton or forget it.
Then hormones kicked in,and I stopped playing,apart from the odd game with the works team.
How the Wanderers missed me I'll never know. I could have been a legend.
Mind you,I'm a top man with a lawn mower,so I night get to cut the grass at the Macron.

Natasha Whittam wrote:It was always my dream to be Bolton's biggest fan and lord it over internet plebs like yourself.

Yes, fine...but neither of those things are "jobs", are they?

So my question still stands: Did you set out own an internationally renowned string of brothels or did it just happen?

boltonbonce wrote:I was gonna be a game warden or a footballing God at Burnden.
I gave up on the game warden dream after discovering that Lions weren't part of the native fauna of Farnworth.

I see where you're coming from with that.

I looked into working for the National Trust as a Ranger but the money was shit.

And I didn't fancy being involved in the "culling" side of things.

I once had a Saturday job with our local vet.
I thought it was going to be a doddle,but I was often present when old and much loved pets were put down,and the anguish of their owners stayed with me for years.
It made me wonder about the emotional investment of owning a pet.
My Dad remained stoical when his parents died,and didn't show his grief to the world at large,but broke down completely when the dog died.
I had a similar reaction to losing my own dog. I stayed calm at the hospital when my Dad died,but lost it at the vets when my old springer had to go.
It seems unnatural,but I've heard the same type of story from many other people.
Not had a dog since 2010. Seems to hurt more as you get older.
But cheer up,it's Christmas.

Breadman wrote:

Yes, fine...but neither of those things are "jobs", are they?

So my question still stands: Did you set out own an internationally renowned string of brothels or did it just happen?

To be honest I went into the family business and now I'm trapped. Hence why I spend so much time on here.

Currently enjoying my working lifestyle - contract work is far better than being tied down to one place.  So far this year I have been with 4 companies all on short term contracts and all have been extended at least once.

Not your common everyday all-centre contactor but a financial contractor who goes in on special FCA projects or training contracts.  Currently doing one project in which I am helping to establish a new Interest Only Mortgage collections team and bring it into line with the new FCA regulations that were introduced in April this year.  And that does mean some travelling as well :-)

Far cry from the easily mundane permanent jobs I had in the past, plus the pay is better!!! ;-)

Boncey,

Taking your dog on that "last trip" to the vets is one of the worst things I've ever had to do.

I've done it twice and both times, it's reduced me to a blubbering wreck.

I vowed we'd never have another dog after the last time but that resolve only lasted about three weeks until Mrs B suggested we "just go and have a look at some Lab pups - we don't have to get one" in Blackburn.

I wonder if anybody has ever been viewing a litter of puppies and walked away saying "Nah, didn't fancy any of them, we'll leave it...."

I doubt it.

bwfc71 wrote:Currently enjoying my working lifestyle - contract work is far better than being tied down to one place.  So far this year I have been with 4 companies all on short term contracts and all have been extended at least once.

Not your common everyday all-centre contactor but a financial contractor who goes in on special FCA projects or training contracts.  Currently doing one project in which I am helping to establish a new Interest On Mortgage collections team and bring it into line with the new FCA regulations that were introduced in April this year.  And that does mean some travelling as well :-)

Far cry from the easily mundane permanent jobs I had in the past, plus the pay is better!!! ;-)

I thought you were opening a restaurant franchise?

I still have that happening in The Netherlands along with other partners in the business, hence why I go back quite often, but whilst I am currently based here in Notlob, I still have the need to work!!!

bwfc71 wrote:I still have that happening in The Netherlands along with other partners in the business, hence why I go back quite often, but whilst I am currently based here in Notlob, I still have the need to work!!!

I agree about contract work being miles better than permanent stuff.

You can basically do the exact same job but charge them double what they'd pay if you worked for them directly.

It's crazy but I'm not complaining.

I have achieved everything I wanted in life at work and play. 
Only had odd days when I've not wanted to go to work and as such,  consider myself a very lucky and fortunate person.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Breadman wrote:

Yes, fine...but neither of those things are "jobs", are they?

So my question still stands: Did you set out own an internationally renowned string of brothels or did it just happen?

To be honest I went into the family business and now I'm trapped. Hence why I spend so much time on here.

I started my business 29yrs ago from scratch, but as Nat says it takes over your life, especially the last few yrs.
Probably going to sell it in a couple of yrs and retire.

I hope your not a brickie Magoo!

now change my avatar you bastid.

WTF!

Always enjoyed my work up until last year so I guess I was lucky. Now I want to have more time for fun, games and the occasional project but can't find anything that gives me the money and the freedom/flexibility as yet. Still looking, but for now I'm drifting at work, not totally committed. May just pack it in come January.

You sound like me.

I'm just bored to tears by it all now.

I used to get a real kick out of delivering results and seeing that I'd made an impact but nowadays I don't give a shit whether things improve or not.

I could have retired at 60, but felt I wasn't quite ready for it. I'm now working 3 days a week, in my last year, whilst I wind down to a final day on the 5th June, two days before my 65th birthday.
I'm looking forward to it, and I tell people that I've been travelling down this tunnel for 49 years, and I'm about to step out into the sunlight, made better for having no money problems whatsoever, and a family that are well, and doing well in the world.
Like SK, I consider myself a very lucky man.