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I wanted to be a radio journalist, preferably for the Beeb, preferably for the World Service, preferably using my E Asia knowledge. It all came true, which is very good, but now I'm treading water. In my wildest dreams, I'd've been a John Simpson type, but I am not that brave and not that self-assured. Nero

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote:

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> I have done many things, including running my own

> fitness & martial arts centre and being a sex

> worker for 12 years


12 years? That's impressive! ;-)

atila the gooner Wrote:

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> I'm 50 fast approaching 51 and I still don't know

> what I want to be when I grow up!!!! I always

> wanted to work for a record company, which I did

> in 74/75 for a period of a year, the company was

> called Contour Records based in Hanover Square off

> of Oxford Street. I loved it to death but

> unfortuntely the company went under because of

> huge losses.


I did my bit for Contour - I bought the Dell Vikings and Gospel Ayres LPs!

BJL Wrote:

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> atila the gooner Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I'm 50 fast approaching 51 and I still don't

> know

> > what I want to be when I grow up!!!! I always

> > wanted to work for a record company, which I

> did

> > in 74/75 for a period of a year, the company

> was

> > called Contour Records based in Hanover Square

> off

> > of Oxford Street. I loved it to death but

> > unfortuntely the company went under because of

> > huge losses.

>

> I did my bit for Contour - I bought the Dell

> Vikings and Gospel Ayres LPs!


And what about The Hanged Man by Alan Tew from the TV Series of the same name? One of my fave funky UK LPs ever.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u53/dustyfingers78/bulletalant_hangedman_102b.jpg

Anyway, wanted to be a pilot when I was seven. And a writer in my teens. Now I work in communcations and I do write a lot, but it's mostly corporate crap. But then I was previously a freelance feature writer and a magazine editor.



Charlie

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote:

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> I have done many things, including running my own

> fitness & martial arts centre and being a sex

> worker for 12 years


12 years? That's impressive! winking smiley


I enjoyed about 90% of it and made mucho dinero too!!


Piers - ahh but is that my disguise?

When I was a nipper I wanted to be a road-repair man - yellow vest, hard hat and a pneumantic drill sort of thing.


As a teenager I wanted to be a diplomat.


I now work in politics but nothing exciting.


I still want to be a diplomat, or even better, a ring announcer.


"Ladieeeeeees and Gentlemen, lets get ready to ruuuuummmmmmbbbblllleeeeeee!!!!"

Sean, maybe it's just me, but I feel no different ( attitude wise anyway) now than when I was 16. My body obviously is nothing like that of a 16 year old but in general I don't think my outlook has changed hugely. I'd like to say I'm perhaps a little more wise than I was, but I'm not sure that's true. That's becasue I have this stupid knack of making the same mistakes year in, year out. But hey, that's life.

ChavWivaLawDegree Wrote:

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>> > I have done many things, including running my

> own

> > fitness & martial arts centre and being a sex

> > worker for 12 years

>

> 12 years? That's impressive! winking smiley


My granddad always said I was sitting on a goldmine! ha! Now I know what he meant! Don't you ever get tempted to nip back into it just to made a quik buck or 2 on the odd occasion? That would be tempting for me especially if I was running low on funds! plus I would probably get pleasently acquainted with the amount of money I could earn, and it would become addictive I fear. So good on you for your ability to change your career and earning prospects.


I wanted to be a journalist or writer of some kind, did some body doubling in my younger years but now bored shitless in an office! Getting very well paid for it but still bored shitless nonetheless.

When I first started, watching the over 50 year olds trying to flog their wares and being rebuffed, was enough for me to never want to be in that position as I got older. As soon as I could no longer command complete respect from the clients, would have been time for me to quit. The decision was forced on me by my relapse on opiates after 13 years when I was about 32 subsequently being banged up abroad. The addiction had blurred the lines for me re sex work and I never felt the urge to go back. Instead I shagged a lot of young guys for free!

*Bob* Wrote:

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> 'Sex Worker' is such a crap expression.


It is isn't it, "lady of the night" is much more romaticised, but there we go again, prettying things up for those feeling guilty about using the services in the first place.

Sex-worker describes what you do and incorporates male prostitutes, strippers, porn actors and others in the sex industry and is less condemnatory than, prozzy, whore, tart, rent boy or whatever other names you might prefer to call us.

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