What do you do for a Living ?

JamesSherbourne · Post by **JamesSherbourne** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:06 am

Just being nosey really .....
I manage a Crown Carvery for Mitchell's & Butler

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:17 am

Retired....was export sales director for an engineering company .

DownUnderClaret · Post by **DownUnderClaret** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:20 am

Truck driver (Australia). Just local now. Used to drive long distance but had to come off the highway when my wife passed away to look after my kids.

Ightenclaret · Post by **Ightenclaret** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:45 am

Against the backdrop of war, famine, overpopulation, genocide, bees ******* off, environmental disaster, global warming, runaway capitalism, illegal arms trading and Donald Trump......
.....my job seems futile.

And I confess I am tormented by it.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:50 am

The Enclosure wrote:Retired....was export sales director for an engineering company .

That's fair enough, BUT, did you know that 70% of the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 1:24 am

My wife is a madame.

ClaretDiver · Post by **ClaretDiver** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:25 am

Dive Instructor.....

ClaretCanada · Post by **ClaretCanada** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:38 am

Coronation Flag Seller

Overthehill · Post by **Overthehill** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 6:18 am

GM at Industrial Gas Engineering business specialising in the Bakery industry.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 6:23 am

I sell Land Rover parts , both genuine and after market inc uprated/extreme off road suspension parts , to online customers all over the world.

Used to work for ECP , but I got bored of giving up my life for them so took a small pay drop to get our, but I get more time at home with my family, so its a win win for me.

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:57 am

I am a wringer out for a one armed window cleaner

RammyClaret61 · Post by **RammyClaret61** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:17 am

Truck driver based in Melbourne Australia. Mainly involved in carrying sugar to bakery's and confectionary makers including Mars, Nestle & Cadbury. Also to the main supermarkets here.

Judehamish · Post by **Judehamish** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:17 am

I drive a plus eleven car transporter

pommieclaret38 · Post by **pommieclaret38** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:26 am

supervisor
rio tinto in Australia

rayzer · Post by **rayzer** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:36 am

A culinary genius, otherwise known as a Chef

steve_f · Post by **steve_f** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:45 am

Used to run my own jewellery shop in north west london, decided to stay alive after having shotguns up my nose once, and knives pulled on me a few times. Now retired, and doing whatever i want whenever I want.

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:51 am

I work in telecoms

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:12 am

pommieclaret38 wrote:supervisor
rio tinto in Australia

Were you just a normal Visor before?

lifelongclaret · Post by **lifelongclaret** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:33 am

Head gardener on a private estate, been in this career all my working life,

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:37 am

Flagpole painter.

Jeffbfc · Post by **Jeffbfc** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:45 am

Buxtonclaret wrote:Flagpole painter.

So out of interest, do you start at the top or bottom.

HuncoatClaret · Post by **HuncoatClaret** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:17 am

Penguin picker upper, North Pole.

DownUnderClaret · Post by **DownUnderClaret** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:20 am

RammyClaret61 wrote:Truck driver based in Melbourne Australia. Mainly involved in carrying sugar to bakery's and confectionary makers including Mars, Nestle & Cadbury. Also to the main supermarkets here.

Hey Rammy, who do you drive for? I'm with Scott's of Mt. Gambier, based in Adelaide. I deliver Coca-Cola products to the various supermarket distribution centres.

Claret Till I Die · Post by **Claret Till I Die** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:29 am

I collect all the mum's who have ran off with the black chap

7decades · Post by **7decades** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:57 am

Rammy

Is that Bundaberg sugar you deliver ?

philh2004 · Post by **philh2004** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:59 am

As little as possible

7decades · Post by **7decades** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:02 am

I save fallen women, shall I save one for you ?

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:08 am

Phase 1
British Army - 71-95
Finished as WO1 (RSM)

Phase 2
Worldwidefruit 95-16
Various Supervisory/Managerial roles

Phase 3
Retirement - 31 May 96
Relocating to Burnley area and spending quality time with family, pursuing my hobbies and watching as much of the Clarets as I can

RammyClaret61 · Post by **RammyClaret61** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:08 am

I drive for Murphys Transport Solutions. We've got depots in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney & Brisbane.

I carry Sugar for Sugar Australia (CSR)

Pommieclaret. My Mrs use to work at Rio Tinto in Brisbane.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:27 am

I tell people facts for a living. This is actually genuine, so does it mean I can put FACT at the end?

1914tyrone · Post by **1914tyrone** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:45 am

Fire service 17 years. Fantastic job

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:49 am

I work in murders and executions.

I have to go return some video tapes.

The Enclosure · Post by **The Enclosure** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:30 pm

Sounds like a few of you are wannabee comedians.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:41 pm

Interesting thread! I've often wondered this about users on here.

I'm a self-employed writer in Spain. I write content for a London escort agency which is interesting to say the least!

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:51 pm

Retired.

Career 1 - Primary school teacher

Career 2 - Adult Education, teaching bridge

Irish Claret · Post by **Irish Claret** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:57 pm

Start a new job next Friday:
Export Sales Director for an Pan-European Engineering Company

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 1:02 pm

1914tyrone wrote:Fire service 17 years. Fantastic job

Burnley?

NRC · Post by **NRC** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 1:05 pm

Propagandist

Indigo, spill the beans, silverfox, 24carat.....? (came across them once when looking for Ford escort spare parts with my pal who does up classic cars. Honest guv)

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 1:13 pm

NRC wrote:Propagandist

Indigo, spill the beans, silverfox, 24carat.....? (came across them once when looking for Ford escort spare parts with my pal who does up classic cars. Honest guv)

I prefer not to say which one on a public forum! However if you were to search 'london escorts' on Google, it's one of those on the first page. The job consists of writing the girl's profiles as well as erotica etc. Good fun!

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 1:48 pm

IndigoLake wrote:The job consists of writing the girl's profiles as well as erotica etc. Good fun!

So basically, say they're all 'stunning' and 'gorgeous' even if they look like a bag of spanners? That can't be a full time job though.

Jambo · Post by **Jambo** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 1:58 pm

I'm also a freelance writer. And weirdly enough, I've written content for an escort agency too.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:36 pm

FactualFrank wrote:So basically, say they're all 'stunning' and 'gorgeous' even if they look like a bag of spanners? That can't be a full time job though.

Well that's really a matter of opinion - most of them are attractive. After all, rates are from £150 an hour. It's one of the UK's top escort agencies.

It's not quite full-time hours. It's typically 25-30 hours per week - creating new content as well as editing existing content for SEO etc takes a fair amount of time. Keeping a site on the first page of Google does take a lot of work.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:39 pm

Jambo wrote:I'm also a freelance writer. And weirdly enough, I've written content for an escort agency too.

That's interesting! I think escort agencies tend to be largely online businesses. The girls are sort of 'freelance' and the agency has little contact with them apart from the initial interview and when a booking is made. With much of the business being online they tend to hire freelancers online too. This London agency is not the first I've worked for - one of my first writing contracts was with a Singapore escort agency.

Are you a full-time writer, Jambo?

ClaretEngineer · Post by **ClaretEngineer** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:46 pm

Design Engineer for a Switchgear design consultancy based in Nottingham.

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:53 pm

Principle Manufacturing Engineer-Purchase, for RR.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:56 pm

IndigoLake wrote:Well that's really a matter of opinion - most of them are attractive. After all, rates are from £150 an hour. It's one of the UK's top escort agencies.

It's not quite full-time hours. It's typically 25-30 hours per week - creating new content as well as editing existing content for SEO etc takes a fair amount of time. Keeping a site on the first page of Google does take a lot of work.

I've got my own websites top of Google for 100k+ a month search terms and I know one thing - writing for SEO doesn't work. You write to appear natural, not to suit Google. They can (and do) change their algorithm like the escorts change their knickers. Write to appease the visitor, not to suit a search engine. Keeping a site on the first page of Google doesn't take a lot of work if you don't try and trick them. Been top for 3 years on some mega popular keywords and not changed the pages since.

cockneyclaret · Post by **cockneyclaret** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:56 pm

Work for the railway in the Brighton area

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:00 pm

IndigoLake wrote:That's interesting! I think escort agencies tend to be largely online businesses. The girls are sort of 'freelance' and the agency has little contact with them apart from the initial interview and when a booking is made.

That's most certainly not the case. I've done SEO for escort agencies and I know how they work. It's no way as simple as you suggest. There's security (sometimes they also act as drivers); people who book for a laugh, like people do for a pizza so the woman turns up and there's nobody there; girls who say they are working and then say they can't - there's loads of reasons. They aren't freelance if they're with an agency. That's the whole point really - the agency gets them the work.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:09 pm

TomBenderson wrote:Nothing at the minute. Anybody got a job going?

Are you a good writer?

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:11 pm

FactualFrank wrote:I've got my own websites top of Google for 100k+ a month search terms and I know one thing - writing for SEO doesn't work. You write to appear natural, not to suit Google. They can (and do) change their algorithm like the escorts change their knickers. Write to appease the visitor, not to suit a search engine. Keeping a site on the first page of Google doesn't take a lot of work if you don't try and trick them. Been top for 3 years on some mega popular keywords and not changed the pages since.

You're wrong on multiple counts. Writing for SEO does work if you know what you're doing. Of course Google changes how it assesses websites over time. However writing clear content with links, using key words etc certainly helps. The proof is in the pudding - the website I work on is on the first page of Google, simple as that.

What's more, keeping a site on the first page of Google can take a great deal of work, particularly for very competitive keywords. If you've not updated your site for years then I'd suggest your keyword isn't that competitive.