heh
I lived in London for a while and worked on Fleet Street (not in a glamorous way). I was on £10,000 for a 50 hour week. I think I got ripped off a bit
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:18, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I think you may have been.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:19, Reply)

That's the going rate for a navvy

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:28, Reply)

well, I was working underground
so it's more like mining
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:29, Reply)

Were you down in Fraggle Rock?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:41, Reply)

yeah, those Fraggles are
run us Dozzers like a sweatshop
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:43, Reply)

Me and my parents wanted some Doozers.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:52, Reply)

26p/hour =S And the tax man gets some of that, I think.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:29, Reply)

your maths is off, there
it's around £4 an hour, and yes, the tax man had some of that. It was 1998, but it was still fucking shit
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 14 Jul 2011, 11:31, Reply)