Actually mate i have 4 saved on my bookmarks bar, Northern Echo but not our echo Echo its ****e for the pop ups,and 3 dailys
Sounds as if you might have had a lucky escape with that one. same as my old mate - he used to read mine! definitely without!
I had 3 morning and 2 evening rounds in Belmont & Carrville back in the day (30 years ago!!) up at 5. Opened the shop sometimes when the owner wasn’t there! Sorted rounds for other lads too!! BMX with a hook on trailer!!!! Used to love it. Money was crap but Christmas tips were always good. Used to make a few hundred every December!!
Young uns these days won't get out of bed for anything less than 15 quid an hour. Where I work the 16 and 17 year olds walk about like the world owes them a living. I remember being **** scared starting my first job at 16 in a place where everybody actually did know better than me and you did respect those that knew more.Some of this Instergram generation are a different level of arrogant.
Absolutely this! I’ve worked since the day after my 16th birthday (and had a paper round before that too). Gave me a complete respect fir working people. Used to go to my Dad’s garage on. Saturday morning with him before the match and play “gopher” for all the lads for a fiver!!
our school had the old 'izal medicated' (remember that?... you waited till you got home to have a dump), no matter how carefully you prepared it there were always points that dug in and scratched!!
When I was a kid I had to earn my pocket money, dad rarely gave me money for nothing. For instance I had to fill coal and coke buckets, chop wood and mow lawns to earn a 'tanner'. I used to supplement this when I was a bit older by doing paper round , milk round and even church choir where I was paid 7s 6d every 3months As a young teenager still at school, if wanted 'Levis' I had to put extra money towards the cost (parents would supply cost for basic jeans) I used to moan at the time, but looking back this done me a great favour and never have expected money for nothing. I adopted same approach when bringing up my daughter, but bless her, she doesn't have much, but has rarely come on the scrounge
it's not a case of "kids today" because it's not all of them and I have to say isn't more lads than lasses with this massive chip on their shoulder. But like we've both said, it builds character early on if you go into working life with an open mind. Tell you what, I bet you look back at your time being a gopher with great nostalgia and fondness.
Too right mate. Although being sent for a long stand in n my first day isn’t a fond memory!!! (Yes I fell fir it too - learned quickly though!)
haha. I remember one of the lads I worked with when I was younger was a tad thick, the manager asked him if he would go and get the key for the safe from the security bloke, he came back with a cornbeef key. haha.
When I was a young squaddy under instruction in the workshop, the instructor told me to go to the store and ask for a long weight. He must have taken me for a mug, but I’d heard about this one so I went out of sight and climbed into the back of a truck and had a dose for ten minutes.
I rember it. It had a smooth side and a slightly rougher side, both were poor at doing the job. Horrible stuff.
