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That's a shame, I was admiring it the other day.
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i did think it was strange for them to be selling matrasses but as its a scam it is now clear to me
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It's looks nice. But to be honest I have taken a few of the resin driveways out because it hasn't bonded with the base course.
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That's interesting! My wife is keen to get our mix of block paving, cement and tarmac coated in it.
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My honest opinion is don't do it..it looks nice. But it is not as good as made out to be..I have taken out three drives with resin. And 2000 square metres of foot path.
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Thanks for the advice, it could be an expensive mistake then! Unfortunately the other option is digging it all up and brickweaving. My back hurts just thinking about it!
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It's could be yes. Block paving is a better option. But that's about £110 per square metre down here. But if doing your self will be cheaper and you can do it when you feel like it..I got a huge block pave patio to do for the Mrs...the joys.
Going back to your sticking point, I was 43 20 years ago. I was Head of Children & Families Social Services for a Uk county. Loved my job, but dealing with the political side of it finally drove me out. I faffed around doing private work for a bit, then bit the bullet and we sailed south on a boat I'd built in the back garden. I started a rigging business in Portugal, then qualified as a yacht surveyor. Never made half the money I was making 20 years ago....but I'd do it again in a heartbeat!
like someone said, 'take a chance, and you'll never be sorry for a might have been...'. We only pass this way once.
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not aimed at this thread directly but more at the general consensus of threads like this
(I stole this from HERE)
only you know what could work for you
guessing you have at least Class2 licence? - you could do some HGV driving for a while so you have time to look around/decide what to do next ?
beats sitting around and brings in some cash and from the people I know it's pretty easy to get agency work without much hassle tho not as reliable as a proper job
(I stole this from HERE)
only you know what could work for you
guessing you have at least Class2 licence? - you could do some HGV driving for a while so you have time to look around/decide what to do next ?
beats sitting around and brings in some cash and from the people I know it's pretty easy to get agency work without much hassle tho not as reliable as a proper job
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Running your own business is not fun, not easy, and next year ive been told some new laws are coming in about reporting to hmrc etc which is going to make accountancy fee go up.
After months of piece work, few days contract work, working weekends and sitting on my hands ive just gone full time with a big company and its quite enjoyable, a bit of routine again, and nothing like what ive done before. Ill still do my own stuff and some big jobs, but ill have to get someone in to help me know as it will be weekends only.
After months of piece work, few days contract work, working weekends and sitting on my hands ive just gone full time with a big company and its quite enjoyable, a bit of routine again, and nothing like what ive done before. Ill still do my own stuff and some big jobs, but ill have to get someone in to help me know as it will be weekends only.
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Not a lot of decent jobs abut nowadays. Cost of living is rising and wages aernt. Still on far far less than id like to be but that's life.
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I have ran an IT business for 15 years. I did some serious projects (Citibank, Barclays) but never made much money because I was always too soft. Now prices have come down, risk has gone up, the last two programmers I recruited cost me thousands in losses because they were incompetent. I still work two days a week, but it's pretty much over.
I had a look at what's hot on crowd funding websites for ideas for a new business, but it just makes me sick to see the c**p people are making money off and decided I'm not going there.
I do have an idea for a new business that involves fabrication... I don't think I'll make much off it, but at least I'll be doing something I enjoy, so watch this space
I had a look at what's hot on crowd funding websites for ideas for a new business, but it just makes me sick to see the c**p people are making money off and decided I'm not going there.
I do have an idea for a new business that involves fabrication... I don't think I'll make much off it, but at least I'll be doing something I enjoy, so watch this space
My word could you lot be any more negative, he came he to some inspiration not doom and gloom.
I often have weeks where I have driven loads of miles been out in the night and everything was a pain in the ****. It's then all about putting things in perspective, it's very easy to get into the mindset that things aren't worth doing but hey life can be like that. One of my customers has a maintenance window starting a 2200 so often on Saturday I will drive an hour do an hours work and drive home. A face value it's 3 hrs OT that I'll pay 40% tax on and mess up a whole weekend so isn't worth it but someone has to do it.
I've always remembered something a guy my dad worked for said "You are the only person stopping you achieving what you want", I know we can all sit here say what about this what about that but the sentiment rings true.
It's never too late to learn something and I fully understand it's more difficult if you have comittments like mortgages,kids etc.
We all have a different outlook on life, year before last while working 1 week in 5 24/7 standby, 1 week in 4 lateshft plus OT plus normal hours in between I manged to strip 100m2 of my roof, fit 80 new rafters,reslated,built windows from scratch. In that time I still managed to mow the scout field every week, keep on top of 18 acres and do stuff with my family. I had friends at the time who ring me and moan that hadn't had time to do something I would just laugh at them.
I think we've all come to expect life to be too easy. I am only mid 40s myself and my parents were not rich, my dad was a farm worker, we lived in a cottage with no heating and used go out and help on the farm after school and my brother and I both had morning paper rounds too and that upbringing has got me where I am today
I have a colleague who's daughter couldn't find a job, intelligent girl was able to design/build websites and lived in a vibrant city.The more I spoke about what that actually translated to was she couldn't find a job that she fancied doing.
So what to take from all that, you run your own business, you have skills, don't let yourself get sucked into that rut, make some changes, play to your strengths. It may be you have to do 3-4 different things. Look at the positives in your life and don't let the negatives rule it.
I often have weeks where I have driven loads of miles been out in the night and everything was a pain in the ****. It's then all about putting things in perspective, it's very easy to get into the mindset that things aren't worth doing but hey life can be like that. One of my customers has a maintenance window starting a 2200 so often on Saturday I will drive an hour do an hours work and drive home. A face value it's 3 hrs OT that I'll pay 40% tax on and mess up a whole weekend so isn't worth it but someone has to do it.
I've always remembered something a guy my dad worked for said "You are the only person stopping you achieving what you want", I know we can all sit here say what about this what about that but the sentiment rings true.
It's never too late to learn something and I fully understand it's more difficult if you have comittments like mortgages,kids etc.
We all have a different outlook on life, year before last while working 1 week in 5 24/7 standby, 1 week in 4 lateshft plus OT plus normal hours in between I manged to strip 100m2 of my roof, fit 80 new rafters,reslated,built windows from scratch. In that time I still managed to mow the scout field every week, keep on top of 18 acres and do stuff with my family. I had friends at the time who ring me and moan that hadn't had time to do something I would just laugh at them.
I think we've all come to expect life to be too easy. I am only mid 40s myself and my parents were not rich, my dad was a farm worker, we lived in a cottage with no heating and used go out and help on the farm after school and my brother and I both had morning paper rounds too and that upbringing has got me where I am today
I have a colleague who's daughter couldn't find a job, intelligent girl was able to design/build websites and lived in a vibrant city.The more I spoke about what that actually translated to was she couldn't find a job that she fancied doing.
So what to take from all that, you run your own business, you have skills, don't let yourself get sucked into that rut, make some changes, play to your strengths. It may be you have to do 3-4 different things. Look at the positives in your life and don't let the negatives rule it.
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I worked for myself for over 30 years and always thought it was the only way to go. Then about 4 years ago I had some serious mental health problems and once recovered I knew something had to change. Quite by chance I found a job as a plumbing technician at our local college. I applied for and got the post and have been here now for over 3 years and really enjoy it. I'm not making as much as I used to but that's not an issue - kids all grown up, Wife has very good job - and I get paid for holidays
which is a first for me. The thing I have noticed most though is that I now have zero stress and that really is worth a lot.
which is a first for me. The thing I have noticed most though is that I now have zero stress and that really is worth a lot.
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I worked for myself for over 30 years and always thought it was the only way to go. Then about 4 years ago I had some serious mental health problems and once recovered I knew something had to change. Quite by chance I found a job as a plumbing technician at our local college. I applied for and got the post and have been here now for over 3 years and really enjoy it. I'm not making as much as I used to but that's not an issue - kids all grown up, Wife has very good job - and I get paid for holidays
I struggle to imagine working 9 - 5, but good to hear people found it ok compared to working for yourself. If all else fails...
Much like Fox Zulu i got into the education system almost by accident, first off as a part time technician at a 6th form college then last 3 years in a secondary school. I tried my utmost to keep my buisness going but it was obvious that it wasnt viable anymore. About 5 years back a competitor copied a boat i had built, this technique known as "splashing" is where someone rips a cheap mould of an already existing boat, its plagued the industry for years. It meant i lost a contract to build the next one & though i did get her built it was too late to be commercially sucessful.
Injury didnt help & i packed it in.
Getting the school job gave me my self respect back, i am continually amazed at how little the teachers & kids know about the practical subjects & its satisfying to be able to pass the skills on. Its also sad to see the depths to which practical subjects have sunk but thats not for here. Money isnt great but hey the holidays are long, the hours are relatively short & i have a lovely workshop with windows looking out over the canvey marshes, Mostly the kids are great & the people i work with also. I wouldnt have a teachers job for all the tea in china though!
Injury didnt help & i packed it in.
Getting the school job gave me my self respect back, i am continually amazed at how little the teachers & kids know about the practical subjects & its satisfying to be able to pass the skills on. Its also sad to see the depths to which practical subjects have sunk but thats not for here. Money isnt great but hey the holidays are long, the hours are relatively short & i have a lovely workshop with windows looking out over the canvey marshes, Mostly the kids are great & the people i work with also. I wouldnt have a teachers job for all the tea in china though!
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I'll have been SE 30years this August, as others have said it has its ups and downs. About 10yrs ago I went on the books with a local company.
At first it was a strange feeling to only work 7hrs a day, and get paid holidays, and a known amount in the bank every month. How as time past the shear gross incompetence of people with authority made my blood boil. That and waste, and a couldn't careless attitude if it didn't effect them.
In the end I returned to SE, I guess you cant teach [or is that brainwash] an old dog
At first it was a strange feeling to only work 7hrs a day, and get paid holidays, and a known amount in the bank every month. How as time past the shear gross incompetence of people with authority made my blood boil. That and waste, and a couldn't careless attitude if it didn't effect them.
In the end I returned to SE, I guess you cant teach [or is that brainwash] an old dog
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Self employed is always going to have good and bad spells. Adaptation occasionally is almost a necessity too. I'm currently doing work which I hadn't done for over twenty years, but the opportunity was there and it puts food on the table & pays the bills. Lots of work, no paid holidays, no company pension, book-keeping etc. are all downsides of being SE, but I'd still rather have teeth pulled than be employed again, unless it was a last resort. It's a case of weather the bad times and make the most of the good.
I'm currently building up my collection of, (modern
), tools, as even now when work is fairly consistent, experience has taught me to never think anything is safe, guaranteed work, so covering your bases as much as possible is always a sensible precaution.
I'm currently building up my collection of, (modern
), tools, as even now when work is fairly consistent, experience has taught me to never think anything is safe, guaranteed work, so covering your bases as much as possible is always a sensible precaution. 