What dis everyone drive in the good all days??

[AtW]

Drove two 8 series BMWs - at the same time.

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[Old Greg]

I worked at one place where they ribbed mercilessly a very well paid contractor because he drove a car that looked straight from the scrapyard and was worth about £200. By far the worst car in the carpark, even the cleaner would not have been seen dead in it.

Called him "tightwad"

I guess you cannot win unless you conform to the permie middle ground of car ownership.

Actually that's a valid contractor approach. Like dressing either smarter or scruffier than the permies.

[vetran]

Drove a merc into a wall

FTFY

[ChimpMaster]

My sister decided to run off on foreign travels for the best part of a year so I borrowed her Golf 1.6 diesel for a long daily client commute and put 30,000 miles on it.

[clearedforlanding]

Never had a car worth bragging about. I just fly as close to the front of the plane as I can at all times Not being a pilot, row 1 is my home...

I hate to tell you but BA have retired the 747.

On an A380 you are going to be near the main F toilet on most airlines. That is the domain of my stuffed monkey as he believes quite rightly that the first class toilets are the cleanest part of the plane.

[ladymuck]

I hate to tell you but BA have retired the 747.

On an A380 you are going to be near the main F toilet on most airlines. That is the domain of my stuffed monkey as he believes quite rightly that the first class toilets are the cleanest part of the plane.

True. There are often far better locations on an aircraft than row 1. It was a metaphorical point rather than literal. It all depends on the aircraft and how the carrier has configured it.

[GhostofTarbera]

The reason I started contracting, as a permie in 1998 I turned up to permie work in my Peugeot 305 rust bucket, only for the useless contractor I work with to park beside me in a Bentley !!!!!

A quick look into the invoice system to see his rate, and it was 5 times my salary !!!

Got my very 1st contract at Sony music 6 weeks later on £1500 a week, loved it got free PlayStations, games , music etc, only to discover 6 months in Sony were paying agent £3K a week




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[GhostofTarbera]

The reason I started contracting, as a permie in 1998 I turned up to permie work in my Peugeot 305 rust bucket, only for the useless contractor I work with to park beside me in a Bentley !!!!!

A quick look into the invoice system to see his rate, and it was 5 times my salary !!!

Got my very 1st contract at Sony music 6 weeks later on £1500 a week, loved it got free PlayStations, games , music etc, only to discover 6 months in Sony were paying agent £3K a week




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Few years later I roll into new clients site in 911 turbo, on 1st lunch with boss we were passing the car park

Boss says look at that ****** wank car pointing at mine

For the rest of that contact I turned up in a Volvo




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[Old Greg]

Few years later I roll into new clients site in 911 turbo, on 1st lunch with boss we were passing the car park

Boss says look at that ****** wank car pointing at mine

For the rest of that contact I turned up in a Volvo




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Rookie mistake. He was hinting for a tip, so you should have slipped him 20 notes to park it for you each morning.

[caffeine man]

The reason I started contracting, as a permie in 1998 I turned up to permie work in my Peugeot 305 rust bucket, only for the useless contractor I work with to park beside me in a Bentley !!!!!

A quick look into the invoice system to see his rate, and it was 5 times my salary !!!

Got my very 1st contract at Sony music 6 weeks later on £1500 a week, loved it got free PlayStations, games , music etc, only to discover 6 months in Sony were paying agent £3K a week




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Good one, Playstation would probably be on my dream customer list. In 20 years of contracting, I have never been anywhere, where I like their products.