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home work?
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 16:53
by eastmidswhizzkid
as mrswhizzkid is going to be returning to college to finish her student nursing,i am going to be looking after the baby and generally being a house-hubbie.
i am therefore looking for any sort of work that i can do from home to earn a bit of pin-money.preferably something on t'internet/computer.this doesn't have to be a massive earner -minimum wage will suffice- and doesn't have to be intellectually stimulating either -the equivalent of putting letters into envelopes (or,indeed,putting letters into envelopes!) is alright - the only stipulation is that i can do it from home in between looking after rocky etc.
i've looked on the net but after trawling 20-odd pages of jobs they all seem to be pyramid schemes or run-your-own websites where you need money to invest and/or register.
i was just wondering if any HLers had any thoughts/insights on this sort of thing -sensible ones preferably, however as its a bit dull here today stupidity also welcomed!(as if you needed encouragement....)
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 17:02
by boudicca
Summat to do with t'Ebay?
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 17:07
by eastmidswhizzkid
boudicca wrote:Summat to do with t'Ebay?
if i had any wordly goods that were worth owt/i was prepared to sell they'ld be gone.and i'ld never be able to speculate....i'ld just end up with a box load of sisters fridge magnets -and yould all buy a set wouldn't you?
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 17:15
by boudicca
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:boudicca wrote:i'ld just end up with a box load of sisters fridge magnets -and yould all buy a set wouldn't you?
You're damn right I would!
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 17:18
by scotty
Get a web-cam and do the ironing in the skud!
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Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 17:41
by eastmidswhizzkid
is that where 'skud missile' comes from?
nothing to do with ironing is remotely funny
keith....or likely.
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 18:22
by Dark
Make bootlegs?
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 18:49
by eastmidswhizzkid
if i had a flexi-making kit i'ld be knocking out loads of blanks just for those of you who buy them but don't listen to them.
once i've got a cd-burner (banking on one for my b'day -33 days to go) i'll be more than happy to spend all day weeding.however,with respect to that pastime and the spirit in which it is conducted,it isn't (and shouldn't be) a money-spinner.
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 18:52
by Brideoffrankenstein
Can you make things that people would buy?
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 19:36
by lazarus corporation
sell dog worming tablets as ecstasy to chav wankers at "bangin'" local townie nightclubs.
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 19:50
by Dark
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:if i had a flexi-making kit i'ld be knocking out loads of blanks just for those of you who buy them but don't listen to them.
You get one, and I'll be paying you hundreds to make them.
On a related note, it appears my flexi is either SHOCKINGLY well kept (not likely) or it was made in the past few years, as evidenced by the flawlessness and lack of aging. This might mean BudKon are still going...
Anyone up for an expedition to Russia?
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 19:50
by Andie
lazarus corporation wrote:sell dog worming tablets as ecstasy to chav wankers at "bangin'" local townie nightclubs.
sounds like a winner!!
i know this may sound daft...but how about book proof reading...
i know...i'll get me coat!
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 20:47
by Brideoffrankenstein
Dark wrote:Anyone up for an expedition to Russia?
Yes! (But not for flexi-discs
)
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 21:03
by Johnny M
My thoughts exactly AndiE.
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 21:07
by RobF
Dark wrote:eastmidswhizzkid wrote:if i had a flexi-making kit i'ld be knocking out loads of blanks just for those of you who buy them but don't listen to them.
You get one, and I'll be paying you hundreds to make them.
On a related note, it appears my flexi is either SHOCKINGLY well kept (not likely) or it was made in the past few years, as evidenced by the flawlessness and lack of aging. This might mean BudKon are still going...
Anyone up for an expedition to Russia?
The couple of times I've been out, vinyl's pretty hard to come by, but if you find it, disgustingly cheap. The main Petersburg pressing plant in still churning out a couple of hundred titles, and when they bother translating the titles and band names the covers look brilliant. Picked up Pistols/Cure/Clash/Iggy/Waits/Ramones/Doors/Zeppelin in Russia on vinyl pretty easily, the pessings are a bit quiet, but hey, they were about 30p each new. Never seen any Sisters gear out there though? There's a good Punk/Goff/Industrial shop in Petersburg just off Nevsky called "Castle Records" in an old bunker. However the staff don't seem too fond of foreigners (Pathologically averse might be a better description). I'm trying to sort out a short trip back to Petersburg in Feb if anyone has any requests (or knows less frightening shops)
In a wildly misguided attempt to get this back on topic, can I suggest "The Amazing Dancing Webcam Man"?
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 22:10
by eastmidswhizzkid
Johnny M wrote:
My thoughts exactly AndiE.
been there,done that,ended up with a dog with worms...
burn wrote:proof reading"
that is much more the sort of thing i had in mind -but any "vacancies" i've seen have actually been ads for courses in proof reading.if you know more/better i'ld be grateful
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 22:19
by eastmidswhizzkid
RobF wrote:
In a wildly misguided attempt to get this back on topic, can I suggest "The Amazing Dancing Webcam Man"?
only slightly better than
scotty's naked/ironing/webcam suggestion in that there's no ironing involved......unfortunately,to get me dancing entertaininglywould require an infeasibly large amount of pay-per-viewers, to pay for the unworkably large amount of drugs necessary.
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 22:24
by scotty
eastmidswhizzkid wrote: large amount of drugs necessary.
But LEE,I tho't that excuse would be right up your street
!.
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 22:49
by James Blast
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 23:16
by Mrs. Snowey
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:once i've got a cd-burner (banking on one for my b'day -33 days to go) i'll be more than happy to spend all day weeding.however,with respect to that pastime and the spirit in which it is conducted,it isn't (and shouldn't be) a money-spinner.
S'right
Are you
sure you don't fancy even trying the ironing plus webcam idea tho'
Just look how the boys in "The Full Monty" started...
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 23:18
by eastmidswhizzkid
capital letters aside whats wrong with that? the grammar might be technically imperfect but i don't see anything else wrong
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 23:20
by scotty
Thank you,f**king Top Idea I tho't
,He'll never listen to me tho'
!.
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 23:25
by Mrs. Snowey
scotty wrote:
Thank you,f**king Top Idea I tho't
,He'll never listen to me tho'
!.
This could be the start of sumthing BIG:
Or maybe not...
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 23:26
by James Blast
Posted: 20 Aug 2005, 23:26
by eastmidswhizzkid
scotty wrote:
Thank you,f**king Top Idea I tho't
,He'll never listen to me tho'
!.
oh,i dunno....if there's a market i might reconsider....i could fake the ironing
