Gary Gutful
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I light cigars with hundred $100 notes.
I am a typical self employed merkin and I need to dispel the myth that we are all wealthy and light cigars with $100 notes. Most self employed merkins work 70-100 hours a week + and mortgage their houses to run the business. Many take significant punts on direction and risk their own livelihoods on a daily basis. Many (like me) have also had lean times where staff get paid and I don't. Whilst you might think that we are well remunerated, often when you break down the hourly rate some would be better off getting a salary job - with zero risk.
Branding small business owners as advantaged and others as disadvantaged is bullcrap. It costs $99 to register a business name with ASIC, ABNs are free. The rest is hard work.
Merkin you own eastern suburbs real estate and buy your cars new. Your quality of life will be through the roof. Working 70+ hours a week (for yourself, not for a series of unreasonable bosses) just means you don't want to provide another job for some more desperate shmuck to take some of the load off your hands. Instead you want that extra money to fund your lifestyle.
Well done to you, and you (probably) deserve everything you've got, but don't pretend you're some battler because you went to school in the western suburbs and you're now exposed to some mild business risk.
LOL there he is folks, a merkin who has NFI.Merkin you own eastern suburbs real estate and buy your cars new. Your quality of life will be through the roof. Working 70+ hours a week (for yourself, not for a series of unreasonable bosses) just means you don't want to provide another job for some more desperate shmuck to take some of the load off your hands. Instead you want that extra money to fund your lifestyle.
Well done to you, and you (probably) deserve everything you've got, but don't pretend you're some battler because you went to school in the western suburbs and you're now exposed to some mild business risk.
Sure but where Gronk lives now there are homes that insanely wealthy people own who only live there the couple of months per year they're in Australia.Dundas/ Carlingford are wealthy areas.
That's what made me laugh. Go out to Shalvey or Kingswood and see how tough some people are doing it.
You are showing your ignorance if you think that Dundas Valley was wealthy in the 60/70's. ping @SuitmanDundas/ Carlingford are wealthy areas.
That's what made me laugh. Go out to Shalvey or Kingswood and see how tough some people are doing it.
Houso Valley?You are showing your ignorance if you think that Dundas Valley was wealthy in the 60/70's. ping @Suitman
Sorry boomer.I wasn't born till 80s...
You are showing your ignorance if you think that Dundas Valley was wealthy in the 60/70's. ping @Suitman
Neither was I and even then Dundas wasn't great and wealthy.
The cricket ground there was a f**ken nightmare
Dont forget buying a VCRThe Valley part certainly wasn't wealthy. It still isn't.
My parents moved us to Dundas in 1971, from Harris Park, but it was into the street opposite the Caronavirus School - St Patricks Marist College. It was just a little bit more upmarket there, than the Valley, although still seriously working class. Dad worked 3 jobs and mum worked two, with 5 kids in tow, just to pay the bills.
I still remember clearly two days from my childhood when I thought we were doing well. Dad came home from work one day with a palm sized calculator, for my older brothers to share to use for their homework. It had bright green digits on the screen. I was astounded at this technology and it blew my mind away.
The second time was when we had a dishwasher installed. Wow, I didn't have to wash up or wipe up or put away dishes any longer. Luxury!!
There is a 3rd time too that I just remembered. After just about every other kids family in the street had bought one, we finally got a colour tv in about 1977. The first show I saw was the cartoon George of the Jungle. I was absolutely blown away by the quality and colours. Rank Arena was the biz, although we still had to get up from our orange bean bag and flick the channel dial from either 2, 7, 9 or to 10, or on the odd Saturday afternoon, to 5a, to watch some Rugby League from the Wollongong version of the ABC. Those were the great such innocent days.
@Gronk
Dont forget buying a VCR
And the shame of telling people it was a Beta.Dont forget buying a VCR
The Valley part certainly wasn't wealthy. It still isn't.
My parents moved us to Dundas in 1971, from Harris Park, but it was into the street opposite the Caronavirus School - St Patricks Marist College. It was just a little bit more upmarket there, than the Valley, although still seriously working class. Dad worked 3 jobs and mum worked two, with 5 kids in tow, just to pay the bills.
I still remember clearly two days from my childhood when I thought we were doing well. Dad came home from work one day with a palm sized calculator, for my older brothers to share to use for their homework. It had bright green digits on the screen. I was astounded at this technology and it blew my mind away.
The second time was when we had a dishwasher installed. Wow, I didn't have to wash up or wipe up or put away dishes any longer. Luxury!!
There is a 3rd time too that I just remembered. After just about every other kids family in the street had bought one, we finally got a colour tv in about 1977. The first show I saw was the cartoon George of the Jungle. I was absolutely blown away by the quality and colours. Rank Arena was the biz, although we still had to get up from our orange bean bag and flick the channel dial from either 2, 7, 9 or to 10, or on the odd Saturday afternoon, to 5a, to watch some Rugby League from the Wollongong version of the ABC. Those were the great such innocent days.
@Gronk
TBF to hindy, Dundas is upper crust compared to Shalvey in any decade
Don't forget 1c lollies.