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GHALEEM
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  6:10:06 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add GHALEEM to your friends list Send GHALEEM a Private Message
Somebody asked this a ages ago and it was really interesting. With all the new members i thought i would ask again

I'm a postie, not very exciting or high powered but it pays for my horses and i get every afternoon to ride.
Michelle

Edited by - Mike on 01 Oct 2006 9:09:17 PM
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Roseanne
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  6:37:19 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Roseanne to your friends list Send Roseanne a Private Message
Hi Michelle,
I think I said last time and it was interesting. I'm a journalist working on the local paper and doing PR for my local Arts Centre. I also do an Oxfordshire column for a local horsey magazine.
I reckon most of the wages for the work I do goes on my horses, their feed, vets' bills, the lorry, insurances etc etc. They're the most expensive hobby!

Roseanne
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jaj
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  7:32:28 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jaj to your friends list Send jaj a Private Message
Does it count if you do lots of unpaid, grotty jobs revolving around ungrateful children? If so, then I'm mum to 4yr old twins and I chose to stay at home and look after them for some unrecalled reason from long ago! The upside is that when they are at nursery, I get to spend mornings with my Arab mare and chums at the yard which I love. Before they were born I was a PA, usually for boring corporations but I did work for Bristol Childrens Hospital for a while which I loved. When I eventually return to work, I would love to work for a charity again as I found it very rewarding (not to mention that you seem to get to eat lots of cakes and drink copious quantities of tea ).

Jen




Kuraishiya (Maleik el Kheil/Kazra el Saghira) and Sahara Bey (Kuraishiya/WSA Charismma)
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Honeyb060674
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  7:50:45 PM  Show Profile  Send Honeyb060674 an AOL message Bookmark this reply Add Honeyb060674 to your friends list Send Honeyb060674 a Private Message
I'm a science technician at a secondary school (and no I don't get all the holidays ) I'm the one who sets up all the exciting (and messy) experiments..and the one who cleans up the labs afterwards! I'm in charge of the biology dept so I get to care for the animals too. Spent 15 years working in an industry lab, and changed directions in Jan this year. Best move I ever made, less hours at work mean more hours with Honey and I'm 100% less stressed
Bet your jobs ace in the summer Michelle


Claire & Sunny x
http://sunnyandclaire.blogspot.com/
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suneagle
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England
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  8:13:09 PM  Show Profile  Click to see suneagle's MSN Messenger address Bookmark this reply Add suneagle to your friends list Send suneagle a Private Message
im one of those sexy, flirty, giggley check out girls at tesco!!!
WOOHOOOO!
nah its great i only work 3days a week and still have alot of holiday time!
clare x

clare xxxx
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GHALEEM
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  8:36:25 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add GHALEEM to your friends list Send GHALEEM a Private Message
WHOOPS!!! Why did i post this on the showing forum? Can anyone move it to the discussion forum for me
Michelle
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ashquar
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England
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  8:46:52 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ashquar to your friends list Send ashquar a Private Message
Hi,
I'm self employed and do DIY, painting and decorating, tiling and most other diy jobs.
It pays for the horses.


www.arabianrosettes.co.uk
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akitamom
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England
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  9:26:02 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add akitamom to your friends list Send akitamom a Private Message
Lucky lucky me i work nights on the service desk at asda,my OH is self employed so it makes sure i am home to see to the animals,also makes my "friends" think i have lots of time to help with there horses seems as i have no horse of my own at the moment,i also do home checks [unpaid of course] for a few animal charities in my SPARE time.
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Roo
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  9:49:31 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Roo to your friends list Send Roo a Private Message
Well I'm a trampoline coach which I fit in around looking after 3 year old son.

Karen
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katefox1812
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  9:52:14 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add katefox1812 to your friends list Send katefox1812 a Private Message
I write sort of lightweight/popular social-science books - the most recent is Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour, which to my suprise became a bestseller! I'm supposed to be co-director of a research centre in Oxford, but I'm never there cos I'm trying to write another book - about Shopping (another subject nobody really understands - me included, although goodness knows I do enough of it)! I also write a column in a monthly women's mag called Psychologies.


Edited by - katefox1812 on 01 Oct 2006 9:54:02 PM
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s.jade
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  9:54:11 PM  Show Profile  Send s.jade an AOL message  Click to see s.jade's MSN Messenger address Bookmark this reply Add s.jade to your friends list Send s.jade a Private Message
I'm a groom at a stud
ALL my wages go on my horses; not that I begrudgethat at all.
I really love my job...but there is a downside....I've brought home 2 horses already!!

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Fee
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  10:12:07 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Fee to your friends list Send Fee a Private Message
Hi,

I'm a primary school teacher and unlike Honeyb I do get all the hols Sorry Honeyb But hey, we sure need it! 33 P7's (Yr 6) every day is tough work!!

I've just moved Po and I can see her paddock from my classroom!! Ok, I admit, I need vision like the bionic man to actually see her close up, but it's the next best thing to having her at home...having her at work!!

If she was nearer we I could do lessons on reading horses! hehe ...hmmmm......wonder if the school budget will stretch to 33 pairs of binoculars...

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darcy
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England
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  10:45:49 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add darcy to your friends list Send darcy a Private Message
hi I am a univserity lecturer and i only teach 22 weeks of the year. the rest of the time is officially spent preparing lectures and marking (unofficially i am with the horses)

great job! :-)
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pat day
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  10:46:07 PM  Show Profile  Send pat day an AOL message  Click to see pat day's MSN Messenger address Bookmark this reply Add pat day to your friends list Send pat day a Private Message
I havnt got a job.

Well, not as such!! I never seem to have any spare time at any rate.

I dont know what my mother did bringing me up, but I was only talking today at our show, seriously.....I was
My sole purpose in life seems to be to feed everything!!!! I am not joking.
Everyone and everything seems content, from family, friends, my animals, and all the wildlife, we share our farm with, its more than a full time job, everyday

Example: Its 10.42pm, raining, and I am just off out to skip the horses, put last nets in, feed the foxes that will be waiting, pop dogs out, then mash Johns and my last cup of tea, to take to bed.

I dont know how the ones of you that have a job, do it.
You have my greatest admiration.

I have just read my post, and had to laugh,
and yes, at my age, a cup of tea in bed is lovely LOL. OOHHPPSS.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TREASURES AT TEMPLEWOOD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Edited by - pat day on 01 Oct 2006 10:51:58 PM
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Libby Frost
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  10:49:41 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Libby Frost to your friends list Send Libby Frost a Private Message
I work in a residential home as a carer and sometimes as relief assistant management ( which i love and i cant wait for a permenant position to come up ) its great,and our residents are fab!!

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JulieBeattie1
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Scotland
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  11:16:11 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JulieBeattie1 to your friends list Send JulieBeattie1 a Private Message
Great topic!

I am a Sales Administrator for a BMW dealership. I am also about to start a degree in business studies while working full time!
Not forgetting the 4 horses I will have to look after on DIY livery this winter.
All stabled of course!!! Ha ha. Fun isn't it, but amazing how we manage it all!

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Tahir
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Posted - 01 Oct 2006 :  11:43:04 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Tahir to your friends list Send Tahir a Private Message
I must say that I admire you all for having very responsible jobs AND caring for your equine and other friends too!! I know what you mean about feeding Pat, it sometimes feels like Piccadilly Circus here, and everyone expects a main meal at any time of day - thats just the humans!!

We farm, mainly livestock, and also spend most of our time trying to adhere to the environmental and governmental rules!!! Great fun, just love red tape!!!.

I wish I could find a word for my job, the best description I can find is "chasing one's a**e"

Carla, xx

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avanti
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England
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Posted - 02 Oct 2006 :  12:51:19 AM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add avanti to your friends list Send avanti a Private Message
Hi,I'm a theatre sister,(not the theatrical kind, ha ha)working nights, most of my money goes on the horses and I also seem to be always feeding things, I have 4 kids that never stop eating, if I ever get this place renovated we will open at public stud again, then hopefully I can drop some hours, still keeps me young, I think, Mandy xx

Edited by - avanti on 02 Oct 2006 10:25:38 AM
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SEZ
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England
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Posted - 02 Oct 2006 :  09:28:09 AM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add SEZ to your friends list Send SEZ a Private Message
I am a full time staff nurse working on an acute stroke unit. I have just been qualified for a year and next I want to realise my ambition and do my Stages at Myerscough College part time. Maybe next year.
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frankie
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England
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Posted - 02 Oct 2006 :  10:10:57 AM  Show Profile  Click to see frankie's MSN Messenger address Bookmark this reply Add frankie to your friends list Send frankie a Private Message
Hi interesting topic! I am currently doing a maths A-level for four hours a week, I also nanny part time for a 5year old and a 8 year old as well as looking after all the horses! I think we're all mad really!




www.knowle-farm-arabians.com
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baxter
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England
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Posted - 02 Oct 2006 :  10:24:01 AM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add baxter to your friends list Send baxter a Private Message
Claims Adjuster/Reinsurance Manager, for a Lloyds Syndicate in London.

Means I'm stuck at a desk all day, but allows me unlimited Internet access, hence how I can post this now...

Have a good day all!

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traceyjoanne
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England
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Posted - 02 Oct 2006 :  10:24:04 AM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add traceyjoanne to your friends list Send traceyjoanne a Private Message
I am a full time staff nurse and i work permanent nights so that i have time in the day for my horses
I work with cancer patients and currently i am on the female radiotherapy ward
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Arachnid
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England
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Posted - 02 Oct 2006 :  10:24:41 AM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Arachnid to your friends list Send Arachnid a Private Message
It is an interesting topic because you need to be so economical with your time in all directions to have just one horse as well as work, children, husband and other animals. I am a tax adviser but I mainly work from home which means I can snatch time to ride (but not look after) my horse which is why he is on full livery. He gets lots of attention during the the slack months which are March April and May and I am thinking of giving him January off altogether because it is too difficult to balance him and all that work!


West Sussex
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egzotyka
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England
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Posted - 02 Oct 2006 :  10:25:53 AM  Show Profile  Click to see egzotyka's MSN Messenger address Bookmark this reply Add egzotyka to your friends list Send egzotyka a Private Message
How interesting is this topic!

I am a Legal Secretary, not always the most exciting but it i work with some great ppl! and it pays for the 2 arabs and i pony This week though i have the whole week for holiday leave..yay..



*I know I'm in my own little world, but it's ok. They know me here
*When life gets you down - just put on your big girl panties and deal with
it.
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NatH
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England
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Posted - 02 Oct 2006 :  10:31:27 AM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NatH to your friends list Send NatH a Private Message
I think this is a great topic

I work for a security firm. We install intruder alarms, CCTV and access control systems.

Unfortunately I work full-time but would love to do less hours at work and devote them to what I know and love best, my animals

As well as working I run an unofficial ferret welfare. This is totally funded by myself, which can be a challenge. At present we have 21 ferret babies looking for new homes

I am also trying to set up a small animal boarding service. I hope to get this off the ground within the next couple of years, it will enable me to spend more time at the yard with my creatures.

I have a small yard and have a couple of liveries keeping me company at present.

I would also love to buy/rescue arabians, rehabilitate them and sell them on to long-term/permanent loving homes.

Its a wonder I have time to work at all really

Natalie
Chapel Lane Arabians
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GHALEEM
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 Oct 2006 :  11:31:25 AM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add GHALEEM to your friends list Send GHALEEM a Private Message
I knew this would be an interesting topic - it was last time
I dont know how those of you with kids do it? And those of you who are nurses and carers are an insperation!!!

The strangest for me is reading about people who work in London as it seems like such a different life from mine, it sounds so exciting! I cant imagine having to dress up for work
Michelle
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