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    Past lives

    Thought I'd conduct a quick straw poll to see how many of us are genuine geeks and how many (such as myself) came into IT from another walk of life.

    For the record, I trained to be a taxidermist but ended up spending 6 years in th army before returning to university where I studied Classics followed by an M.Sc conversion course after having had a year of not doing very much.
    20
    Nothing, I've always worked in IT
    25.00%
    5
    Medical
    0.00%
    0
    Military
    20.00%
    4
    Engineering
    25.00%
    5
    Catering / Hospitality
    0.00%
    0
    Retail
    5.00%
    1
    Other
    15.00%
    3
    I was AndyW's batman
    10.00%
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    #2
    I was a cereal killer in a past life, I used to beat people to death with a bag of corn flakes.
    Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
    I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

    I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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      #3
      In one past life I was a Roman Centurion, in another I was Cleopatra. I preferred being Cleopatra, never could stop admiring my own naked body in the bath

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        #4
        Originally posted by Platypus View Post
        In one past life I was a Roman Centurion, in another I was Cleopatra. I preferred being Cleopatra, never could stop admiring my own naked body in the bath

        Amanda Barrie - a raving rug muncher. Such a waste.

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          #5
          To the ex military types - what branch of the services were you in?

          22 Locating Battery, Royal Artillery here.

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            #6
            Retail for me. Funny dat.
            What happens in General, stays in General.
            You know what they say about assumptions!

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              #7
              Originally posted by Malcolm Buggeridge View Post
              To the ex military types - what branch of the services were you in?

              22 Locating Battery, Royal Artillery here.
              radar tech, saving planks from themselves
              (\__/)
              (>'.'<)
              ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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                #8
                Never done anything else other than oracle stuff

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                  #9
                  I was, in fact, Robin to AndyW's batman. But it's not something I'm proud of.
                  Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                    #10
                    I was a rocket scientist.
                    Me, me, me...

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