I start at about 07:30am and finish at 18:00 with only about half an hour for lunch.
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@LongDriver , True to a certain degree LD,
When l had my own firm in SA I had as many as six skilled men
working for me, l was always first in and last out !!
But then l never considered myself to be the MD ??
I used to get the dirtiest and the sweatiest and paid myself
less, the difference was at year end when company profits were
shared !!
Donkeyman! 
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From aged 16 to the age of 25, could not accept any job that interfered with the Pub Routine. 
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Indeed, d00d, I’m an inverted snob. 
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I failed my eleven plus and went to a comprehensive school. Fished school with 2 ‘O’ levels maths and metal work. Wasn’t good enough for university.
I went the apprenticeship route into employment. Passed the entrance exam for a technician apprenticeship in Portsmouth Dockyard.
As part of the apprenticeship we were sent to college, where I obtained an ONC And HNC in engineering.
Completed my apprenticeship and moved to Bath. Was employed by the MoD for 40 years in different posts and rose to a reasonable level within.
So having not done well at school didn’t really affect my ability to get on in life.
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School affects some of us more than we thought at the time. Right up until I turned 10, I was always at the butt end of everything. Being much taller than the rest, I had it instilled into me never to retaliate, so the bullies had a field day at my expense. Only when my paternal grandparents sent me to a boarding school did everything improve for me. Without a father from 5 and a mother who was severely war damaged, it was my grandparents who found a way to help me and I never looked back.
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I once heard someone say the only difference between a rut & a grave is depth.
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for want of the price of a tea and a slice, the old man died
You’re an inspiration LD
Not really, I just developed the all important survival instinct.
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I didn’t do well at school, due to moving a lot, but I caught up with education later in life. I have a bunch of pieces of paper which say I can do lots of things, but funnily enough, I’ve never had to use them in any job I’ve done! I have found that being degree educated doesn’t always mean you get the job you trained for - it just means you can stay committed for a long period of time! 
I learned far more doing the jobs I did, to be honest. 
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Qualifications are worthless to those not willing to learn as they progress with any job. Regardless of how well qualified a person is, we are all constantly learning, or should be.
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I was an average kid at school because I was too busy with sport! 
I did receive a University pass but my parents could not afford the tuition so I started working and studying and in between marriage, kids, heartbreak and divorce, I managed to obtain my Masters from a Uni in the UK.
Somehow, along the way, I become a professional. But, due to slogging it out in the trenches so to speak, I’d like to think I’m not your average stereotypical Banker…
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Yep same with me. Being in the civil service all necessary training to carry out the job was provided.
I did a 9 week nuclear dockyard course at RN Naval College Greenwich, have also done several explosive training courses. Some of the things you wouldn’t learn at school. 
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Oooh! A real life Captain then! 
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Sorry can not say like Di have signed the official secrets act 
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Hold on a sec, you mean to say that you can blow things 
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He’s not allowed to say, Minx… 
but I think we can assume he does… 
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Balloons and inflatables 
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