Today I'm happy about......

[bobo the clown]

The ingrowing big toe nail that I've just rooted out.

.... ah, such joy.

[Salford Trotter]

today it's my eldest son's 21st birthday - he who has less hair than he used to!!

anyway - just now he has got confirmation that he has a job - as a games programmer with a little games outfit called Stitch Games...

http://www.stitchgames.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

WOOT!!

awesome birthday present!

That is awesome news Bish, it's great to see your children get the first jobs and start to contribute to their keep

[Worthy4England]

The ingrowing big toe nail that I've just rooted out.

a bit of home surgery??

Yessir.

[thebish]

today it's my eldest son's 21st birthday - he who has less hair than he used to!!

anyway - just now he has got confirmation that he has a job - as a games programmer with a little games outfit called Stitch Games...

http://www.stitchgames.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

WOOT!!

awesome birthday present!

That is awesome news Bish, it's great to see your children get the first jobs and start to contribute to their keep

hmmmm - how does that second bit work??

[Bruce Rioja]

Great news, Bish.

How much is 'keep' nowadays? Mine had been put up to £15 a week before I left in 1987.

[thebish]

Great news, Bish.

How much is 'keep' nowadays? Mine had been put up to £15 a week before I left in 1987.

"keep" seems to involve him occasionally going to the shop to buy crisps and cola because I have not bought enough!!

[Bruce Rioja]

Great news, Bish.

How much is 'keep' nowadays? Mine had been put up to £15 a week before I left in 1987.

"keep" seems to involve him occasionally going to the shop to buy crisps and cola because I have not bought enough!!

My gripe used to be 'why's there no hot water?'

Cola and crisps? You've ruined that boy. Ruined him.

[Worthy4England]

Great news, Bish.

How much is 'keep' nowadays? Mine had been put up to £15 a week before I left in 1987.

"keep" seems to involve him occasionally going to the shop to buy crisps and cola because I have not bought enough!!

My gripe used to be 'why's there no hot water?'

Cola and crisps? You've ruined that boy. Ruined him.

Luxury.





When I were a lad...

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

You gotta charge some keep Bish. He'll only fritter it away on crisps and cola. Even if you stick it in an account and give it back to him for a house deposit in years to come...or even a bribe to move out

[Salford Trotter]

You gotta charge some keep Bish. He'll only fritter it away on crisps and cola. Even if you stick it in an account and give it back to him for a house deposit in years to come...or even a bribe to move out

+1
All I ask of my two who are still at home is they save that money and if they don't I'll save it for them. It seems to work for us

[Montreal Wanderer]

I'm afraid I never charged rent to the older kids after they got their first jobs - they moved out fast enough anyway. My youngest is still in college. The other three all own their own dwellings now (one outright, two with mortgages), so I guess they were not too frivolous with their earnings.

[Dujon]

My two moved out when they went to university and, apart from a couple of months temporary accommodation supplied to my son after his graduation (whilst he sorted out new digs), never returned. Should they have lingered in the nest once they had a job they would have been charged some sort of tariff - probably enough to roughly cover their voracious appetites. No, they weren't fat, in fact quite the opposite, but they couldn't half tuck it away.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I'm afraid I never charged rent to the older kids after they got their first jobs - they moved out fast enough anyway. My youngest is still in college. The other three all own their own dwellings now (one outright, two with mortgages), so I guess they were not too frivolous with their earnings.

The difficulty these days Monty is the cost of property in relation to earnings (in the UK). If parents are able to, this is a good way of helping their kids get a leg up on to the ladder, as the bottom few rungs have been broken, leaving many with little hope of saving a deposit to get on the ladder.

[Dujon]

An interesting point, AT, but it's one with which I disagree. I don't want to clutter this thread so if you wish to discuss further plonk a query on the Chat board.

[thebish]

referring back to me being happy about my eldest getting a job as a games programmer... if anyone is interested, he's working on a game for a small new company for the ipad - using the ipad touch-screen capability - ROK is a Norse fantasy adventure game for the iPad, set in a futuristic Viking prison.

this is a very rough version of the kind of thing it will look like... my son is programming the puzzle levels - and having an absolute blast!

http://www.rokgame.com/

[Lost Leopard Spot]

referring back to me being happy about my eldest getting a job as a games programmer... if anyone is interested, he's working on a game for a small new company for the ipad - using the ipad touch-screen capability - ROK is a Norse fantasy adventure game for the iPad, set in a futuristic Viking prison.

this is a very rough version of the kind of thing it will look like... my son is programming the puzzle levels - and having an absolute blast!

http://www.rokgame.com/

So he's not got a proper job either!

[thebish]

referring back to me being happy about my eldest getting a job as a games programmer... if anyone is interested, he's working on a game for a small new company for the ipad - using the ipad touch-screen capability - ROK is a Norse fantasy adventure game for the iPad, set in a futuristic Viking prison.

this is a very rough version of the kind of thing it will look like... my son is programming the puzzle levels - and having an absolute blast!

http://www.rokgame.com/

So he's not got a proper job either!

no!! he didn't want to be doing pointless bollocking about with databases and networks either!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

referring back to me being happy about my eldest getting a job as a games programmer... if anyone is interested, he's working on a game for a small new company for the ipad - using the ipad touch-screen capability - ROK is a Norse fantasy adventure game for the iPad, set in a futuristic Viking prison.

this is a very rough version of the kind of thing it will look like... my son is programming the puzzle levels - and having an absolute blast!

http://www.rokgame.com/

So he's not got a proper job either!

no!! he didn't want to be doing pointless bollocking about with databases and networks either!

We could start a Not-a-proper Job Club.

[Bruce Rioja]

referring back to me being happy about my eldest getting a job as a games programmer... if anyone is interested, he's working on a game for a small new company for the ipad - using the ipad touch-screen capability - ROK is a Norse fantasy adventure game for the iPad, set in a futuristic Viking prison.

this is a very rough version of the kind of thing it will look like... my son is programming the puzzle levels - and having an absolute blast!

http://www.rokgame.com/

So he's not got a proper job either!

no!! he didn't want to be doing pointless bollocking about with databases and networks either!

We could start a Not-a-proper Job Club.

I'm minded that BWFC-I can't possibly have a proper job either. Unless, of course, he's paid to spend all day, every day posting stuff on here.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

referring back to me being happy about my eldest getting a job as a games programmer... if anyone is interested, he's working on a game for a small new company for the ipad - using the ipad touch-screen capability - ROK is a Norse fantasy adventure game for the iPad, set in a futuristic Viking prison.

this is a very rough version of the kind of thing it will look like... my son is programming the puzzle levels - and having an absolute blast!

http://www.rokgame.com/

So he's not got a proper job either!

no!! he didn't want to be doing pointless bollocking about with databases and networks either!

We could start a Not-a-proper Job Club.

I'm minded that BWFC-I can't possibly have a proper job either. Unless, of course, he's paid to spend all day, every day posting stuff on here.

Isn't he some kind of executive or grand fromage of the business world? So, no, he can't have a proper job.