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Rach1
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England
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 Posted - 02 Oct 2006 : 7:41:45 PM
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Hi I'm an exotic dancer (Stripper!) I do a special with a snake and a pole !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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enewton
Gold Member
England
549 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2006 : 8:03:30 PM
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| Have you been drinking by any chance Rach!!! |
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nicolanapper
Platinum Member
England
4247 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2006 : 8:46:33 PM
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Which Bar do you hang out at Rachel?
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white bryony
Gold Member
United Kingdom
778 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2006 : 9:11:37 PM
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I have 3 jobs!
I am a food service assistant full time
Work with show ponies part time
And a bar maid in evenings
I am looking for a new career in health care so fingers crossed something comes up soon |
Emma
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Treasure
Silver Member
England
442 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2006 : 10:57:22 PM
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Hi, I'm Chief Executive for a Charity for autism - we have residential homes, a residential school and support and training in the community. It's very challenging and also satisfying. However I used to be an artist in a former life, specialising in commissions of animals, especially horses and dogs. I'd like to go back to that one day.
I do have help when I need it with the horses and dogs as I'm on my own since my husband died 2 years ago and one daughter at uni and the other married with a family.
So life is pretty busy for me too. |
Carolyn
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Rach1
Gold Member
England
735 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 12:04:24 AM
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Ok sorry to disappoint - I'm a farm/livery yard manager!!! never been in a strip club and wouldn't have a clue about the other things!!!! |
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Vera
Membership Moderator
United Kingdom
8652 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 12:17:17 AM
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I'm in the Civil Service and you lot pay my wages!!!!
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nicolanapper
Platinum Member
England
4247 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 07:55:55 AM
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Vera, lots of holidays, sick days, and a guaranteed pension, no doubt!!!  Oh to be a civil servant. Hope we are getting our monies worth!!
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shah
Gold Member
England
1356 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 08:02:07 AM
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Moonfruit - Congratulations on your new job - will have to catch up soon!!
I've just started working for myself as a freelance marketing and communications manager. It's absolutely great, flexible, challenging, varied and fun. And I never work more than four days a week so that I have time for life - and Shah |
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Nut
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
2838 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 08:59:10 AM
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| Some really interesting jobs out there! I'm a senior project manager for a marketing agency and my daily life revolves around 'points mean prizes' as we specialise in incentives...if you want your staff to sell more, make more, communicate with you, represent your brand values correctly then give me a call and we'll incentivise them to do it....and yes they should just do it as thats their wages are for but a few extras always help...human nature I also have an office at home where i spend fridays and any other day i can get away with it |
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Pasha
Platinum Member
England
3622 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 11:01:48 AM
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I work in an Investment Bank in Canary Wharf - horrible hours but the money is good (pays for the Blue Chip!) and I get to travel all over the world.... would love to work full-yime with horses though.... just need to win the lottery  |
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Slave 2 Magic
Gold Member
England
1023 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 11:18:56 AM
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| Isn't it amazing how many ways we find to pay for our horses? I am assistant manager at a golf club. I often get asked if I play golf. The answer to that is, No, but I could find a very good use for all that smooth oped grassland. |
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nikki
Platinum Member
Wales
4384 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 12:14:23 PM
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Until recently i worked full time 9-5 for a driving school in the office, and i also had a part time cleaning job, which i did 5 days a week for 2 hours a night. My working day usually finished by 12/1.00am and then i'd be up again, to be up the field for 7am.
I have now bought the driving school, in a huge amount of debt, and given up the cleaning job.
I've just spent the last two weeks, sleeping! I really can't tell you how nice it is, to come home from the horses and not have to go back out to work!
My new day is up the field for 7am, in work for 9am, finish at 5pm, have tea, up field usually 6/6.30pm. Then back home at 10pm.
The other grat thing as well now, is have an instructor working 8 hours a week in the office, so i can let them build up and still have my holidays!! |
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LYNDILOU
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
13976 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 12:15:25 PM
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I am amazed at how many of you work so hard to keep your horses, I am lucky now as we are retired and have a good pension, so horses numbering 10 live the life of luxury but please god keep me going as they need me if anything happens to me the OH will have a grand sale of Dreamfield horses, and run off to the Bahamas with a young floozy ( non of you young floozys need apply) |
   
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Caro23
Gold Member
United Kingdom
617 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 4:54:00 PM
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I am a Development Director (Fundraising in the education sector) and work full time and often evenings. Somehow I manage to have my 2 horses on DIY but am struggling! Can't complain as well paid and need to be to pay for horses and mortgage!!
Spend far too much time dreaming of being at the yard though!
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Vera
Membership Moderator
United Kingdom
8652 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 8:53:28 PM
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Nicky - I can't deny it but one saving grace is that I do work quite hard and we're not paid very well. I'd get 5-6K more in the private sector but the 30 days annual leave, up to 3 flexi days off a month and totally flexible working hours are a godsend with the horses.
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kath
Gold Member
United Kingdom
943 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 9:34:56 PM
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Wow, some of you do really interesting things!
I've just started working for Weatherbys - yes, the TB authority I work in British Horse Racing accounts, basically adding on charges and refunds to clients accounts - doesn't sound very exciting but its actually quite interesting seeing 'names' you know - and we get lots of celeb-owners, like footballers, on teh phone (as well as the nasty people ). And there are loads of perks - i'm a member of the Racing Syndicate and am just back from seeing 'my' hurdler train over jumps, and hada fully subsidised day out at Newmarket on Friday to see Dutch Art anihilate the field |
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Roseanne
Moderator
United Kingdom
6708 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2006 : 9:59:40 PM
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| Nut, we can all appreciate the value of the incentive. Most of us are enduring work as an incentive to have our Arabs!!! |
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swalk
Gold Member
United Kingdom
769 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 1:32:12 PM
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| I am a Maintenance Operations Administrator for Flybe a cheapy airline. Don't mind the job but the pay is S**T! Have been here since 3rd yr of my degree (over 2 years) and have to escape somehow. I have set myself a date - I've got to get a new job by Christmas. Quite fancy Exeter Uni... |
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kizzy
Bronze Member
Scotland
228 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 2:06:41 PM
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| This is really interesting. I'm a studying vet med at uni, so hopefully in 5 years time I'll be fully qualified vet, doing equine work, could be looking after some of your horses! |
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nicolanapper
Platinum Member
England
4247 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 2:23:20 PM
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Oh Good luck to you Vera, I know what you mean the public sector is not as well paid, but he holidays etc., far outway that!!!
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sazzlepants71
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
3536 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 4:08:14 PM
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i work for education/public sector - in major accounts ( sales really ) i supply the whiteboards and projectors for schools ,the hour are 8.30 - 5.30 but at one time i had 3 jobs to keep the horses!
i worked in the yard 7.00 till 12.00 then a office till 5.30 then some nites a pub - boy it was hard 
its nice now to have a better salary but would love to have less hours and more time with the boys |
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Eeyore
Gold Member
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Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 4:26:44 PM
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Back in my student days I used to have a horse on loan in my 'holidays' from Uni. In order to afford to keep her and stay out of debt I used to do 3 jobs. Worked as a groom from about 8am-5pm, had a pub bar job 6:30pm-12 midnight and at weekends I would leave my pub bar job at last orders (11pm)to do a bar job in a nightclub until 2:30am. Up to work with horses the next day.
It was worth it to have that horse on loan though - she was given to me when I finished Uni and now I only have to do 1 job to keep her and another horse! What we do for these 4 leggeds! |
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Wyllow
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
2885 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 5:35:46 PM
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WOW! We are a very versatile bunch of people here!
I'm an Equestrian Artist.
I do other subjects too, but horses naturally are the passion!!
Apart from being Mum to two teenagers and assorted other animals ( most important job in the world!! ), I am really pushing hard now to make my way in Art, While the girls were growing up, the art took a back seat, but as they are up to their eyes in studies and trying to decide what to do with their lives, I reckoned that this was a good time for me to take up the reins again in a far more serious way.
I am currently planning an exhibition of Art I really hope I may be able to interest my local Race Course to exhibit, Most are TBS, both local and a few better known celebs.....jockeys, scenes from parade ring, horse lines and the track and so on.....and of course, I shall throw in some ARABS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep your fingers crossed for me, please!!! This will be my first exhibition for years. For ages I've just taken private commissions and worked to order, so this is a leap of faith I hope will be successful!!!
Here's a certain chestnut Arab Gentleman ! This picture is loosely based on Kasadi, the sire of my girl, Chlio.
Hope you like!!!! |
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GHALEEM
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
2028 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 5:49:08 PM
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WOW Nicci!!! Thats really beautiful, it has a certain something about that if i was i arty i could name But i cant describe it, it looks like its old even though you did it recently, it looks like a historical painting - does that make any sense?
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