YTC#1 <bdporter@ytc1-removespam.co.uk> wrote:
> On 26/08/2021 12:51, Salad Dodger wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:32:10 +0200, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Too long ago, and at a time where I was typically doing two or three
>>> contracts a year, so almost constantly changing my place of work, so
>>> short stints don't always get correctly identified.
>>
>> As someone who had *a* job, for 36 years, that sounds terrifying.
>>
>
> 36 years in one job sounds terrifying.

+1

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On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:51:54 +0100, Salad Dodger
<salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:32:10 +0200, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>>
>>Too long ago, and at a time where I was typically doing two or three
>>contracts a year, so almost constantly changing my place of work, so
>>short stints don't always get correctly identified.
>
>As someone who had *a* job, for 36 years, that sounds terrifying.

"Half the work at twice the pay" makes up for a lot.

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On 26/08/2021 13:03, YTC#1 wrote:
> On 26/08/2021 12:51, Salad Dodger wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:32:10 +0200, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Too long ago, and at a time where I was typically doing two or three
>>> contracts a year, so almost constantly changing my place of work, so
>>> short stints don't always get correctly identified.
>>
>> As someone who had *a* job, for 36 years, that sounds terrifying.
>
> 36 years in one job sounds terrifying.

Maybe. 36 years in the just the right job sounds doable.

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On 27/08/2021 23:11, Eddie wrote:
> On 26/08/2021 13:03, YTC#1 wrote:
>> On 26/08/2021 12:51, Salad Dodger wrote:
>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:32:10 +0200, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Too long ago, and at a time where I was typically doing two or three
>>>> contracts a year, so almost constantly changing my place of work, so
>>>> short stints don't always get correctly identified.
>>>
>>> As someone who had *a* job, for 36 years, that sounds terrifying.
>>
>> 36 years in one job sounds terrifying.
>
> Maybe. 36 years in the just the right job sounds doable.
>

I only managed that for 9 years & 8months

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On 29/08/2021 19:16, YTC#1 wrote:
> On 27/08/2021 23:11, Eddie wrote:
>> On 26/08/2021 13:03, YTC#1 wrote:
>>> On 26/08/2021 12:51, Salad Dodger wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:32:10 +0200, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Too long ago, and at a time where I was typically doing two or three
>>>>> contracts a year, so almost constantly changing my place of work, so
>>>>> short stints don't always get correctly identified.
>>>>
>>>> As someone who had *a* job, for 36 years, that sounds terrifying.
>>>
>>> 36 years in one job sounds terrifying.
>>
>> Maybe. 36 years in the just the right job sounds doable.
>
> I only managed that for 9 years & 8months

I managed it for nine years, occasionally looking for another job when
my useless dickhead team leader got under my skin, but I'd have happily
kept in that one till my retirement. Then the bastards gave my job to a
team of people in India and made me redundant. Haven't enjoyed the two
subsequent jobs anywhere near as much, although I don't have to put up
with a useless dickhead in the current job.

On 8/29/2021 11:16 AM, YTC#1 wrote:
> On 27/08/2021 23:11, Eddie wrote:
>> On 26/08/2021 13:03, YTC#1 wrote:
>>> On 26/08/2021 12:51, Salad Dodger wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:32:10 +0200, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Too long ago, and at a time where I was typically doing two or three
>>>>> contracts a year, so almost constantly changing my place of work, so
>>>>> short stints don't always get correctly identified.
>>>>
>>>> As someone who had *a* job, for 36 years, that sounds terrifying.
>>>
>>> 36 years in one job sounds terrifying.
>>
>> Maybe. 36 years in the just the right job sounds doable.
>>
>
> I only managed that for 9 years & 8months
>
>
I did it for ~10 years, happily. Then I got a promotion to a
quasi-managerial role, pushing paper. I did it like a good boy for 2
years, then asked the VP for my old job back. He said OK, and I could
keep the pay raise. I retired after 20 years. It was fun every day, like
playing computer games for money. Exotic Cad-Cam designing.

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Ben Blaney wrote:

> > > Did you not go and look at St Pancras Station?
> > >
> > Still one of my favourite buildings in Lahndarn, the old hotel.
>
> I stayed there a couple of years ago. It was terrific.

You'll be unsurprised to hear I worked trains in and out on occasions -
before it was refurbished.

It was a magnificently forgotten station.

How I remember it at the time - stinking of diesel fumes, sunlight
streaming through the grubby roof. Ticking of silent engines,
seemingly only pigeons as passengers - occasional shouts of postal
workers.
https://www.clickasnap.com/i/f4lmndzx00iyy2m5

The reality was probably more like this:
https://www.kentrail.org.uk/St_Pancras_2001_5.jpg

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YTC#1 wrote:

> > > Too long ago, and at a time where I was typically doing two or
> > > three contracts a year, so almost constantly changing my place of
> > > work, so short stints don't always get correctly identified.
> >
> > As someone who had a job, for 36 years, that sounds terrifying.
> >
>
> 36 years in one job sounds terrifying.

It sounds perfectly sensible - I'm not sure if my 35 years counts as
one job...

Only been two employers and they overlapped for a fair bit - I've got a
retirement watch!

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Simon