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Crazy Cat Lady
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I never had much of an idea what I wanted to be when I was young, ended up as a hotel receptionist which was a total disaster. Then followed a string of admin jobs, whilst studying fine art part time. I got sacked from most of those jobs because they were soooo boring. A chance encounter led me into teaching, which I loved but sadly had to leave due to ill health. My younger self was a bit of a rebel and would not have believed anyone who said I would end up teaching.
These days I earn a bit through art, been doing an exhibition all week and am now knackered. Everyone who views your work has an opinion, whether they say it or not. It would probably be easier to walk round naked. I also used to work in cat rescue, and scored a Masters last October.
Today I have just loafed around
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Originally posted by Chorister:
When I was at college training to be a teacher, BBC computers started arriving in schools. So, in the very last week of our training, we were shown a computer and invited to have a try. I, like several others, were very reluctant to even touch it. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that, 20+ years later, I would be a Host on an Internet Bulletin Board!
At the risk of making you feel old, the BBC is more like 30 years.
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Chorister
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Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:
At the risk of making you feel old, the BBC is more like 30 years.
Shhhhhh!
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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A vet specialising in treating cats.
It never happened: teachers said I couldn't get the grades and I realised that I'd never be able to put any cat down without being unbearably upset.
In the event I did get the grades (and higher than needed for study in Veterinary Science) but worked as a labourer when I left school (as I had do part time before that to fund study). A scholarship (in geography) to Cambridge then followed - then a week's trial as a PhD student: I didn't find any connection wiuth studying German population movements.
15 years in a Building Society followed, finally running a Division within said organisation. Self employed for 2 years as a Business Consultant in the City before going to theogical college. 13 years in ministry, 11 in one church, 2 in current.
Can't believe things turned out as they did -- along the way came Mrs M and 3 markettes -- girls but hardly girly. 2 Nurses and a medical researcher among them. Now all married and 2 grandchildren.
Still like cats and still have one ....
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Emily Windsor-Cragg
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Hello. I'm new, and this is the first thread that caught me eye.
I was a foster kid, and adopted, and my new family belonged to a very difficult culture from my bio family, who're all Brits (with one Cherokee great-grandmother in the mix).
So, I grew up with absolutely no idea coming from my family en situ; they had no interest in education. I grew up in a wholesale dry cleaners, and in school besides academic subjects I took tailoring.
But I spent after-school from age 9-11 at the local Library reading the biographies of the Tudors and the Stuarts.
I married (and divorced) three Anglo men (that my mother liked). They were the safe and conventional sort that she approved of. I found them ultimately very narrow.
I never did grow up; I've done all sorts of different kinds of work, publishing, editing, business machine repair, nine years of college. I have a dozen books listed at Amazon.com.
what am I going to be when I grow up? Uhm, let's see. Either I'll never grow up at all, just be retired and do research that interests me (and I did put in 45 years of paid labor and contributed to Social Security), or maybe I'll just take up art again after a long time away from it.
I'm enjoying studying solar astronomy right now, and discovering surprising new facts... I never heard spoken til now.
Grow up? All my children did that, and they went on and had kids of their own, a few of whom also grew up. But growing up sounds so terminal.
:giggle: I'm going to stay a kid as long as I can.
I thought my name is Pinocchia around here. Oh well; I must have placed the wrong name on the wrong line.
Nice to have a chance to chat with you Friends.
Emily
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North East Quine
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Welcome to the Ship and happy sailing!
There's a thread at the top of All Saints; you might like to say hello there.
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Ariel
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Hello Emily, and welcome to the boards! Take some time to look around and familiarise yourself with the rules for each board, as customs can differ depending on which board you're on.
As North East Quine has said, there's also a general introduction thread on the All Saints board, so I'll copy your post over there and people will be happy to chat with you there.
Happy sailing!
Ariel
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Emily Windsor-Cragg
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Wow! Copy a thread over?
Never heard of that before.
Okay. I can do that, okay.
Thanks. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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wishandaprayer
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What an interesting topic. And it's nice to see that most, like me, have no idea where they will end up as a younger person. I remember at around 16 declaring that I would "never, ever work in an office, 9-5". Guess what, I work 9-5 (albeit from home now) but in the earlier days, an office.
I was convinced that I was "called" to work in a church setting full time, and did it from the age of 18-19 as an internship. I applied for Bible college (because that's what you do), and got rejected. The best thing that happened to me, I think!
I somehow landed in IT, and have been there ever since, steadily progressing up in the corporate world that I regarded with some disdain. I like to think along the way I've become a more tolerant and generous person; but that varies day-to-day, person-to-person.
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The5thMary
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I certainly never imagined my life would be this: An overweight, chronically ill woman. I had plans, baby, plans! I was going to be a graphic artist. Or a mechanical drafter. Or a multimedia designer. Or a 3D Level Designer for video games. Or a proofreader.
Sadly, I am not employed and may never be again. I live on a measly pittance from the government and take care of my two wives, whom I love. They too are disabled and are definitely not what they planned to be... sigh.
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Lyda*Rose
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Sistah! ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
Similar, too similar.
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The5thMary
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Sistah!
Similar, too similar.
It sucks, don't it?! Yours, in solidarity, if not bi-polarity! Ha ha.
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