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What do you do?
April 05 2016
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RHP User
10 years ago
I'm batman!!!!!!
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RHP User
10 years ago
are incorrigible!
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RHP User
10 years ago
Not much talking goes on here
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RHP User
10 years ago
Don't make me press a button on my utility belt :p - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
Im a freelance Pole Dancer Its a funny thing... often people don't ask because they're genuinely interested. They ask because its one of the standard questions people learn to throw out as a conversation starter, and often within a fees minutes, they/we've forgotten what they said. If you don't feel comfortable answering, you have a choice... (a) be generic ... "I work in the XYZ industry"or.... (b) make shit up as an obvious joke. Option (b) goes a lonnnnng way towards breaking the ice, keeping it light and not too serious, and getting you both laughing. And thats ideal. DG
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aussian43
10 years ago
I am a vibration analyst. Happy to talk about it. And it is unusual enough to stand out. And no, I have never analysed vibration from a vibrator, I have alternative tools to use instead of mechanical toys :) - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
What I do is nigh on impossible to explain so i just tell whomever that I design stuff and spin it back on them
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RHP User
10 years ago
I talk about my job, it's very easy to explain :) even though at times I fear for exposure and 'being found out' as a swinger. I often have to fight off suggestive, stereotypical fantasies about my job! 😳😝 Mary xxoo
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RHP User
10 years ago
it's a varied response....I don't care that I am despite some of the stigmas associated with the profession.... To me a job is a job....some truly awesome people I've met through y job and den some incredible sights.... It's definitely a topic of pride for me.... :) - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
my* and seen* - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
Most seem to worry when i tell them im a Police Officer. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
...Chefing or commercial cookery, because I still enjoy it. Though I've followed a different path of it with the FIFO lifestyle for a few years now. Despite that I enjoy what I do and how I live...I'm enough of a realist to realise that it's a young mans game, and I probably don't want to be doing it in 10 years time...it's too hard on the body.But it's a career subject that plenty of strangers have a seemingly endless string of questions prepared to throw at me.I blame the plague of reality cooking shows on TV for that.. Probably the most common question that a stranger will ask is, "What's your signature dish..?" These days I politely hide my tedium with a gentle smile and explain that most good chefs...or chefs who are making a good living out of it...are multi-skilled. The chef with a "signature dish" is extremely good/wealthy/lucky who can make a living from a niche product. Or they are living back in the days of the "Smorgasbord".I'll rattle off a few things I'm fond of eating and cooking to satisfy their TV fuelled curiosity.I imagine the principle of multi-skilling is just as valuable across all career paths these days, but people still have their romantic notions about jobs they know nothing about, I guess.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Matchingcouple' Most seem to worry when i tell them im a Police Officer. - Posted from rhpmobile I can understand that. (Yeah yeah I know they're not all bad before anyone decides to give me a lecture). As for the OP, I'm a uni student and have no problem telling people, I usually would anyway to explain my current living situation and poverty
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Summer_solstice' Quoting 'Hotwives_Inc' I often have to fight off suggestive, stereotypical fantasies about my job! 😳😝 The first question I usually get asked is if I wear a uniform. (I don't). ...You get to work naked..?!
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RHP User
10 years ago
Because I'm a stay at home mum. And I haven't worked outside the home in nine years. We all know what a lot of people think these days - eating, watching Dr Phil, you have all the time in the world etc. The reality has been very different for me with two kids who had high medical needs for a few years and in fact it would have been much easier for me to work full time. I have studied and helped hubby out with his company - which I'm starting to do next week again. They always seem to be a little surprised when I tell them what I used to do. Not because it's dangerous or has celebrity status, but because they've formed a judgment about me not being career driven. But it always leads to "Oh so you have day times free for hook ups" Stirry I agree work is work and there's a stigma attached to a lot of jobs that shallow people use to make themselves feel more important. At the end of the day - garbage bins need emptying, sewerage needs treatment, grocery stores need deliveries etc. As long as it's honest work I wouldn't ever worry about what someone did for a living other than to hopefully provide some insight into them.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Do you judge someone by their profession, career choice or job?
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RHP User
10 years ago
Do you really want me to spend half an hour explaining...
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Seachange73
10 years ago
Quoting 'Summer_solstice' To be honest I'm usually wary of people who work in fancy offices in jobs that come with expensive suits, flashy cars, and power. Somehow I wonder how genuine they are. should I take offense in that? Aren't you judging me because of my profession? so why the indifference, where you are more accomodating with prostitutes? I'm real and I am very grounded! I think I am a very good person with convictions and compassion. I am loyal to my friends, here and Real life, in good and bad times. So why would I be any different from you or anybody else not in the office/corporate environment? I dont have a fancy car , just a SUV and a family station wagon... I see them as a means to get myself and kids to work and places then need to be. I take public transport most of the time. I have met a lot of people in RHP, both local and interstate, and they have become my good . They know I am genuine. Like truck drivers, or garbage collectors or doctors, I am not defined by my profession. It is just a job for me, like nursing is for you? I have other community interests outside work to keep the balance in my life. So you cant judge a book by its cover?
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Seachange73
10 years ago
If asked, I won't hesitate to answer. I am proud of my work, my achievements and myself. I dont give them details of my work, with whom I work for as that is irrelevant to us. I am not sure they will understand my job so I describe my work very simply without sounding like a wanker. No details about my clients or employers. Although I met a very nice sexy man here and we went to drinks. He travels a lot too but is based in Melbourne . After a few chats, we realized he is in similar business, and we have worked at different times with same people in the same corporations. Lol.
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RHP User
10 years ago
...then add that what I really do is too hard to explain. This strategy has worked well save for the time I told my then young son that... like I needed him to tell his primary school teacher that his father played piano? Not! I play the guitar, thanks!
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RHP User
10 years ago
I think many people see prostitution in an unhealthy light.I think many see it as a socially unfavourable line of work...with a distasteful stigma attached to it....And I think many think less of those sex workers for no reason other than they disapprove of the "profession". I offer my opinion only because a friend works in that profession, and she is still the same person I knew before she tried a different job. And public opinion is a bit nasty about some jobs that ruffle the moral feathers.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Awesome book..... So you work on an off shore drill rig?
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RHP User
10 years ago
Thats what I tell people and what I tell myself when I need strength to keep going.
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RHP User
10 years ago
I work in IT which, being a huge field, isn't very enlightening - so I usually add that I type for a living. It doesn't cause the glazed-over look and is at least partly true. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
what anyone does for a living but will admit its an ice breaker. I've been a steel fixer most of my life and hated every second of it tbh. Soul draining doesn't begin to qualify. Used to get up every day and think of excuses to not go to work. But it paid the bills so away I went. Recently got out of the construction industry but have no doubt I'll be lured back as the dollars at my current job just don't cut it and the bills have to be paid. Wish I had've finished my journalism or multimedia degrees but unfortunately real life got in the way and I had to sacrifice them for personal reasons. Oh well, life goes on they say.
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MissBishere
10 years ago
I find it hard to explain exactly what I do. It's a big job. I just try to use a few key words that most people understand the meaning of and leave it at that. If they are truly interested and want to ask questions I'm happy to explain. I love what I do and I'm very good at it. I also love to hear about people's jobs and the intricacies of them. I'm very much a detail person.
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luvsilver
10 years ago
We often ask others what their job is.We are also often asked what we do.We chat with others about what we or they do because we are genuinely interested in them. Just as we also talk about their hobbies, interests, children etc also. We have met people from all walks of life and occupations.We can honestly say that the people we have met through this lifestyle are by far the leastjudgemental with what you do for work , where you live or how much you earn.Looks nearly always come into play but being comfortable with their character and a connection with them is just as, if not ,more important - not what they have or don't have. Mr Luvsilver
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RHP User
10 years ago
I have no problem with asking or answering the question. For me it's another way to find out if you connect with someone, and a chance to try an work out if you see life from similar perspectives ... and even if you don't, to perhaps learn something new. OP - in terms of judging someone - we always judge people, no matter what we might reckon. Do I condemn or belittle someone (inwardly or outwardly) because of what they do? - I hope not. I certainly find meeting and hearing life-stories of a wide variety of people much more interesting than seeking out a narrow band or 'peers'.
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RHP User
10 years ago
After all, my employer knows things I get up to anyway :)
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RHP User
10 years ago
The last couple of your posts have my attention :) Uni, you gorgeous girl, initially I keep details of my occupation vague: "Admin"Those that want to delve deeper, do. Those that don't, don't.
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Lovinit28andKC72
10 years ago
That's all that matters to me. I work in administration, is what I usually say, because its to hard to explain what I actually do if you don't work the that industry.....❤️
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RHP User
10 years ago
till they need us I'm a lawyer and very excited to be a starting a new job soon, helping those they have been wronged. Hopefully it will be rewarding work and that I will be able to make a difference to many. This is important to me.
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RHP User
10 years ago
MidnightQuoting 'unicorn99' Awesome book.....So you work on an off shore drill rig? Got it in one... it's the latest in Donald Trump pre-election strategies to attract those of us with a less than a billion dollars in our private offshore bank accounts. Room on the rig... jump on board?
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RHP User
10 years ago
I thought you were referencing a very funny book. my bad.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Just a Plumber and enjoy what I do. Enjoy dealing with customers. Suppliers etc Never tell people I employ 14 staff. And any stay at home mum works hard than most of us! - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
ill discuss it and i'll ask too .. i dont actually mind what they do , its just a topic of conversation and an easy to chat about thing with someone you don't know .
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Seachange73
10 years ago
Quoting 'Koolgrey' I think many people see prostitution in an unhealthy light.I think many see it as a socially unfavourable line of work...with a distasteful stigma attached to it....And I think many think less of those sex workers for no reason other than they disapprove of the "profession". I offer my opinion only because a friend works in that profession, and she is still the same person I knew before she tried a different job. And public opinion is a bit nasty about some jobs that ruffle the moral feathers. thanks for the explanation but my question was rhetorical. It is obvious but to those who do not know, I am sure that explanation is appreciated.
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RHP User
10 years ago
A great conversation starter. I often ask and have no problem telling what I did before retiring. Contract Manager for a Govt Agency. Don't always say which one though.
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RHP User
10 years ago
I'm from another planet. Just popped over for some anal probing. Care to volunteer??
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RHP User
10 years ago
If I'm asked I don't mind answering as I have had a interesting career so far and part of it was in the Defence Force. I like to hear about other peoples jobs as well, as you just never know what it might be. As we spend such a high percentage of our time at work I think its important part of who you are.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Emergency services which makes for interesting conversations sometimes....
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RHP User
10 years ago
It's one of those almost inevitable questions - I met someone new Saturday night and was waiting to see how long it took until I was asked - managed about 15 minutes which was pretty good. I'm always happy to discuss my job, but it is most definitely not easy to explain, and being an IT geek am very wary that non-IT people will have their eyes glaze over pretty quickly. My areas of expertise are fairly obscure even other IT geeks get bored pretty quickly As has been discussed in this thread, I've had it all, flashy cars, expensive suits, lots of debt etc. And I'm now old enough to begin to learn it all really doesn't matter. I used to judge people based on their job, where they worked, and who for, but now realise, like others have said in this thread, if you are an honest worker, that's enough for me. Even if you're not employed, that is it's own journey and shouldn't be disrespected. I now judge people on how they treat me. And my life is much happier for it.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Yep I'm happy to tell them that I'm a semi professional race car driver and amateur tattoo artist. Shake and bake baby - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
Wha? I cant see anything past your ar....
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RHP User
10 years ago
Wha? I cant see anything past your ar....
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RHP User
10 years ago
Nothing wrong with asking someone what they do work wise and if you are not comfy with telling people that then fine If you are a dickhead and think you are above other people because of your job then as mentioned you are a dickhead If you are ashamed of telling people what you then what you do you may consider not doing that work?
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Seachange73
10 years ago
Quoting 'Summersolstice' I thought of you when I wrote my post, then added the word "usually" because of that. (Also I said wonder, not know, because I'm certainly not all-knowing). I have never doubted you are anything but genuine, and my comment wasn't meant as an attack on you or anyone else. I'm sorry it read differently. :-) for clarifying. It did read differently. All good.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Summersolstice' Quoting 'naughtytradie69' Just a Plumber and enjoy what I do. Not "just" a plumber. Your colleagues have saved me more than once! agree, not 'just a plumber' at all, and we all need our pipes cleaned out on occasion
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nytewyng
10 years ago
Quoting 'ChiChi05' till they need us I'm a lawyer and very excited to be a starting a new job soon, helping those they have been wronged. Hopefully it will be rewarding work and that I will be able to make a difference to many. This is important to me. and raise you my Tax Office cards, ChiChi - and I'll throw in the wild card of being a debt collector for them! ;-) Nobody posting on here should downplay the importance of their professions. Everyone contributes to the continuity of this fair country of ours. As a debt collector for both ATO and Centrelink, I was recouping monies that were owed to the Gov't and were then used to contribute to the upkeep of essential infrastructures therein. And no, this isn't being said to provoke political debate either!! I've worked for an agency that was involved in rehabilitating people with disabilities and workplace injuries into suitable work. I currently work in a facility involved in rehabilitating juveniles that engage in criminal activities..... which is personally and professionally very rewarding for me. So to the police, lawyers, truckies, IT guys, single mums (and dads), escorts, pole dancers and members of any and every other profession, enjoy what you do and recognise that you all contribute to the growth of Australia. Just sayin'!!
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RHP User
10 years ago
I'm studying occupational therapy, and because OT is still a fairly new profession and doesn't have a high public profile most people don't have any idea what OTs do. The most common responses I get when I tell people are for them to think it's like physio (there can a bit of overlap but an OT's focus is usually quite different to a physio's), or that it's helping people with their jobs (some OT's do return to work rehab and case management but that's only one of many areas they work in...the 'occupational' part is referring to human occupations in the broadest sense, basically everything we do in our lives and all the roles we have). It also doesn't help that depending on the area they work in, OTs can be doing very different things so it makes it difficult to give an overall succinct explanation of OT that people can easily understand. It's actually such an issue for the profession that being able to explain it in lay terms to clients / patients is one of the things we are assessed on during our uni placements.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Does not define who we are. If for some reason we lose our jobs,do we lose our sense of self as well,do people perceive us differently if we lose our status? Unfortunately sometimes people do and yet we are the same person.So why is it so important to know what people do.? Q
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RHP User
10 years ago
And I'm quite willing to chat about it which generally leads to slagging off the boss or revealing how I slack off on the boss! Then I remember I am self employed??
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RHP User
10 years ago
I have a decent knowledge of the role OT plays in a variety of settings both through work and using an OT for both my son and daughter - one through the hospital feeding clinic and one for ADHD/ASD. It's a very undervalued field in the publics eye but a very valuable one as a client 😉 it would be very difficult to explain because it encompasses so much. Naughtytradie - plumbing is a great profession and requires a lot of skill. Never downplay the fact you have a blue collar profession. Forgetting you have staff - plumbers and other trades often earn more than white collar workers and require more skill. Ny - many years ago I used to work for the ATO - it was priceless to see the looks after telling someone where I worked. But I used it to my advantage and made a joke out of it. I do struggle with the SAHM image. I get asked what I did before and when I say I was the State Public Relations and Commemorations Manager for a Federal Government Department, jaws drop. It usually then leads to questions about why I'm still a SAHM and what my husband does. He runs his own IT company specialising in law firm networks. So then I'm looked at as a bit of a kept wife which isn't the case at all. I wish sometimes I had a profession or one I was studying towards because anything explaining why I don't work requires a lot of personal sharing. It always results in "oh I'm so sorry" and "that must be so hard" comments. And that's a little hard when you've just met someone. ChiChi - I've been contemplating studying law for a long time even though i've spent half my professional life working with them 😉 But I know I will be one of the lowest paid in the country because I would probably end up working for free haha!
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Rebel_Soleil' I have a decent knowledge of the role OT plays in a variety of settings both through work and using an OT for both my son and daughter - one through the hospital feeding clinic That's interesting...do you mind if I ask what sort of things generally the OT did with you in the feeding clinic? I have some ideas but just want to see if I'm on the right track.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Qefenta1' Does not define who we are. If for some reason we lose our jobs,do we lose our sense of self as well,do people perceive us differently if we lose our status? Unfortunately sometimes people do and yet we are the same person.So why is it so important to know what people do.? Q I recently was retrenched from my steady reliable government job after 12 years. Even though I got a reasonable redundancy, it was sudden and unexpected and it left me reeling. In the 7 weeks I was unemployed, I definitely lost my identity and my sense of purpose. I applied (according to my Seek profile, for over 187 jobs ) of which I heard back from probably only 20 employers, was interviewed by 4 and luckily was offered a job by one. But it was scary, stressful and demoralizing time. I hope I never go back there again. I'm just about to start what I hope will be a terrific job, but it now requires me to move interstate, so another new adventure and I am scared and worried about being lonely as I'm moving to a place I have only ever visited. So exciting but scary. But not as scary and as worrying as unemployment Rebel, you doing the noblest of jobs, raising the next generation for awesomeness, I admire anyone that stays at home and looks after kids, you do the hardest of jobs. And remember you can go back to Uni at any stage to study your passion. Even though I got my law degree I did not use it in my previous job but with this new job I will be for the first time since leaving Uni, practicing law. Excited but nervous, but a law degree can open many doors for you, there is so many variants, so if you really want to go there, then do it. Please feel free to message me, if you want, if have any questions :-)
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RHP User
10 years ago
I ask, mainly because as mentioned earlier its a good ice breaker. I don't really mind what people do but I do find it interesting talking about the different careers out there. Sometimes the way a person speaks about their job can give some insight into their personality. I don't really like to talk about what I do, I wear a uniform and we tend to get stereotyped pretty easily so I try not to talk about my job. just my 2cents
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scubaboy69
10 years ago
Quoting 'Luck_Dragon'As for the OP, I'm a uni student and have no problem telling people, I usually would anyway to explain my current living situation and poverty Same, but for some reason, they still expect me to pay for dinner
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RHP User
10 years ago
What I will divulge all depends on who I'm with and how I feel around them. I get a twinkle in my eye when I remember being paid to play pool as a skimpy barmaid, lol. Different people will of course view that differently. With a leery or leary eye? I'm one of the last of the see-thru barmaids in WA and made it on the news in protest of the abolition of see-thrus. I have some small pride in that history. Peachy by name and nature, hehe.
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RHP User
10 years ago
I was a barmaid many many moons ago, when I was young, we might have worked together you would have been paid twice what I did, and I would have worked twice as hard I didn't have time to be lolling about playing pool. Actually that's a load of bull, I won a tournament once, emergency fill in and I kicked arse what happened after is WAY more interesting. Funny how you forget about things until these topics come up, then it all comes back to me. Won't tell the whole sordid story lol but I will say I went to the afterparty in costume dressed as Mad Maxine (female version of Mad Max), in full black leather body suit, chains, very sexy, then I was VERY naughty mmm some kind of bikey gang, I was scared to death going, hardly knew a person there, the stupid things I've done in my life. Good night but, what I can remember of it, I was a bad girl though, cavey style
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RHP User
10 years ago
Dinner on me, or on me, next visit
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Seachange73
10 years ago
Quoting 'ChiChi05' Quoting 'Qefenta1' Does not define who we are. If for some reason we lose our jobs,do we lose our sense of self as well,do people perceive us differently if we lose our status? Unfortunately sometimes people do and yet we are the same person.So why is it so important to know what people do.? Q I'm just about to start what I hope will be a terrific job, but it now requires me to move interstate, so another new adventure and I am scared and worried about being lonely as I'm moving to a place I have only ever visited. So exciting but scary. But not as scary and as worrying as unemployment Even though I got my law degree I did not use it in my previous job but with this new job I will be for the first time since leaving Uni, practicing law. Excited but nervous, but a law degree can open many doors for you, there is so many variants, so if you really want to go there, then do it. Please feel free to message me, if you want, if have any questions :-) Best wishes to the new chapter in your life. Great to hear about it. Reading from your previous post, you are a sensible, principled and empathetic person. You have been dealt some challenges re your family situation and the termination of your previous employment. I have never been retrenched or fired in any job but I could imagine it could be very stressful. The news of your new job is an opportunity to reset your life and steer it how you want it. I am genuinely happy for you and couldn't think how much you really deserve the new boost in life. I believe that you will do good, not just for yourself but also the community at large. Be well and prosper.
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scubaboy69
10 years ago
Quoting 'ChiChi05' Dinner on me, or on me, next visit You're on babe!
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RHP User
10 years ago
My personal experience of them is all the extra work they give me; they're absolute masters at delegating anything that looks like real work onto the shoulders of others. :O - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
that was very unexpected and a lovely post. You have always been so nice and welcoming to me on here. I'm very touched. The packing and throwing of shit out starts today, on Tuesday there is a small convoy heading down the Hume, destination Melbourne, where I believe I have to embrace: great coffee, AFL, learn to hook turn, understand the complexities of a Myki card, celebrate cheaper rent, indulge in eating out a lot, sample the delights of many wonderful wine bars and to incorporate the colour black into my wardrobe. I've been told to purchase lots of coats and jackets and perhaps skip on packing a bikini. :-( So when I'm settled and sorted out, shall we do a coffee, or indeed a wine ? :-)
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'ChiChi05' that was very unexpected and a lovely post. You have always been so nice and welcoming to me on here. I'm very touched. The packing and throwing of shit out starts today, on Tuesday there is a small convoy heading down the Hume, destination Melbourne, where I believe I have to embrace: great coffee, AFL, learn to hook turn, understand the complexities of a Myki card, celebrate cheaper rent, indulge in eating out a lot, sample the delights of many wonderful wine bars and to incorporate the colour black into my wardrobe. I've been told to purchase lots of coats and jackets and perhaps skip on packing a bikini. :-( So when I'm settled and sorted out, shall we do a coffee, or indeed a wine ? :-) Welcome, in advance, to Melb. You are pretty spot on with your description of our city. I hope your Melb experience will be a happy and healthy one. Feel free to get in touch if you wish. All the best !!
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RHP User
10 years ago
I'll simply say, I think we could swap a few stories. :-D xo
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RHP User
9 years ago
I work in a specialised area in education (or should say I did, as Im taking a break atm) and i dont usually divulge to much as then I get inundated with ..."well my child" or "my childs teacher" which Im normally happy to listen to just not when Im in the middle of undressing someone 😉 But since being JUST a stay at home mum again, I really wish I was back at work! I never seem to have a minute to myself. When you're actually going out to a paid job you feel more inclined to say "Ive worked hard all week, I deserve to go have a manicure/pedicure or go out with friends for a drink but if you're just at home people tend to think you're just being self indulgent because you've done nothing all day anyway! - Posted from rhpmobile
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