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r.magnay
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by r.magnay » Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:05 pm
...never ripped anyone off getting here Marty...
...I don't actually have a boat, the street I live in probably has a few millionaires in it...(I'm rich, but I don't have much money...) I can see a few millionaires places from here though...

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by Bob Pacey » Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:42 pm
Was just having a discussion on this today.
I left school at 15 and was working as a counter jumper in a supermarket within two weeks. five years later I was the store manager and another five I was the retail divisional manager in charge of 16 stores and 600 employees.
worked bloody hard to get what I have and I'm not rich by any means but I have enough to get by and help my family if need be.
Our discussion was about todays generation thinking they are owed a living without putting in the hard yards.
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by Neville Briggs » Sat Feb 14, 2015 2:42 pm
The argument about hard work is valid up to a point. I think that the end point is where there are no jobs to work hard at because the jobs have disappeared ( and we know where and why )
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by r.magnay » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:40 am
Do we Neville?...please explain...
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by Neville Briggs » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:35 pm
Next time you get a call from an Indian or Philippines call centre, Ross, you could reflect on that question.

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by r.magnay » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:14 pm
...that's where,...but why?...

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by Neville Briggs » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:36 pm
Some might say it is to make mega profits by exploiting cheap labour, others might say Australian workers have made themselves too expensive for business to be viable ( whatever viable means ) Take your pick

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by r.magnay » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:37 pm
...you should have been a politician!...

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by Heather » Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:14 pm
Neville for PM!
Does that mean we have ourselves an election
Either way = more profits.
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by Neville Briggs » Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:21 pm
Heaven forbid.

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