Is the grass any greener?

I agree with you PB, with my secondrdy not so modern education, a lawyer,brain surgeon or international playboy was never on the cards, so for a working class lad in the northwest the choices were many in 1968 went i was kicked out of skool,
down't pit, in't mill, in't foundry,engineering,warehouse,assembly line,any many other unskilled jobs, I picked plumbing and would do the same again, unless of course I was reborn to a privaliged family were i go to Eton and get the skool tie and a seat in the house of lords, but that's not gonna happen, so i can't smile wide enough with my little lot, every days a differant venue, some good some bad and some downright ugly, but as long I'm getting a pint and a butty, I'm a happy bunny,

 

Sometimes wish I'd become an electrician. Specially these days , what with all the electronic gizmos they seem to fit.

 

No matter what you do in life there is always someone else better off ............ But look at it from our perspective, All those greedy Basturds with billions that they don't need or will ever use can never get home put there feet up, unwind, have a relaxing beer........ Due to their intense greed for money more money and power. Whereas we may feel satisfaction they never will as they are to busy pulling the knives out their backs and wondering who they can shove them into ............ No one is safe in those circles friends or family ........ They may live high life but we sure live the better life

 

Well said Eric,,, I wish I'd become a millionaire though.

 

your problem JJ is you were allowed a night out amongst the high flyers in a top london hotel. you've seen and smelled the 'other side', we're lucky in that, we've never had we'll not miss, and it serves you bloody well right, you scrabbling genius you, bet you wish you was fic like me now,

ps, how much was a whisky there?

 

Ahh Tomp,, Claridges was summat else though. I were treated like royalty (even though we took us own cans in't suitcase an ad ter gan outside fer a smoke)

 

I should have signed that post The Envious one I want more money than I can spend

 

Why thank you pb

 

PB he showed the price list, some whiskys are £1000

 

We took our own cans of lager (to drink in our suite). Had a bottle of Italian wine with dinner in the Foyer and Reading Room restaurant (should have been £42, but £50 worth of drinks were included with the dinner) Tell ya PB, it was an eye opener. Had we not won this luxury night in a competition, the suite would have cost £540 for one night B&B. (could have got a fortnight abroad for that price) All in all a fabulous hotel though and an evening we'll treasure for quite some time.

Some whisky's were extremely high prices, but a certain cognac was probably the most expensive short on the drinks menu and was well over £1000 ( dunno if that was for the bottle or per glass, but I can imagine it would be for just one glass)

 

It's a different life, right enough.

But don't forget that these 'millionaires', who treat Claridges like we treat a fish an' chip shop, have the exact same 'hang ups' as the rest of us - they will look at multi-millionaires and billionaires in a similar way as we look at them. And are 'resentful' of what they have. Very very few will be genuinely content with what they currently have themselves.

Can you imagine the bitchiness that goes on in these circles?! The one-upmanship?

Relatively few genuinely happy and content amongst them. Dysfunctional parenting, and ungrateful kids is the norm.


(Really trying to convince myself here... )

 

one things fer sure


not a single one of them has a tomplum pen,