Omg!

[Gemsetterchris]

Keep things at hobby level until you can consistently make it pay.
I know self employment is hard, I've survived 20 years so far..keeping profit low as possible, though the bank doesn't understand these things if you want a loan
It is tough, but if your going to struggle, I guess you might as well be doing something you like.

[medusa]

Keep things at hobby level until you can consistently make it pay.
I know self employment is hard, I've survived 20 years so far..keeping profit low as possible, though the bank doesn't understand these things if you want a loan
It is tough, but if your going to struggle, I guess you might as well be doing something you like.

I've done the self-employed thing for large chunks of my life. I have an aversion to jumping through loops. I'm used to penury, it keeps me thin

[Gemsetterchris]

I'm used to penury, it keeps me thin

Yep, I was doing fine as a singleton, but 3 young lads later things are abit challenging

[medusa]

Yep, I was doing fine as a singleton, but 3 young lads later things are abit challenging

Do you mean you are fatter in fatherhood?

[Gemsetterchris]

Do you mean you are fatter in fatherhood?

No food leftover for me to get fat Lol.
I meant financially.

[medusa]

I figured. I was kidding.

Though the other half did manage to put on some weight hoovering up the kids' leftovers

I think it's cheaper to keep and run a racehorse than kids.

[Gemsetterchris]

Leftovers are rare & generally swamped in ketchup....

[Wallace]

Leftovers are rare & generally swamped in ketchup....

hmmmmmmmm, Ketchup

[medusa]

hmmmmmmmm, Ketchup

I read that and barfed up a bit

[Wallace]

I read that and barfed up a bit

lol - it was written with a sense partial churning! I only started eating it again a few years ago. Memories haunted for a long while of when it used on a daily basis to disguise my mother's cooking. I learned to appreciate the 'therapeutic' and stomach calming qualities it offered.

I think my uncle won hands down on the stakes of disguising flavours. My aunt's (mother's sister) cooking was so bad he would use hp sauce, even with a pudding!