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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Stavros
Originally Posted by Matt J
This is a good post so far, not been ruined by the PF Nazi front, yet
I reckon it wouldve just from that thing about the foriegn banks, it seemed to be worded in a way to invite kickoff, but i quickly jumped in with a reality check before anyone had a chance to sound like a spacca.

About the "make money and go home" well, with all the racist morons in this country, can you blame em?

My old man came over here from Cyprus when he was I dunno, late teens, early 20s, he came over to visit an uncle in london who owned a barber shop, couldnt speak or read a word of english, and somehow got totally lost before he got to him.
No way to contact his uncle, no way of nothing really as he couldnt speak english, he spent a few month (3 or 6, i forget, maybe it was more) living on the London Underground till just by chance someone his uncle knew found him.
He taught him to cut hair, worked with him, then he moved down this way and started his own barbers, met my old dear, and the rest is history.
Worked on his own flat out 6 days a week for 25years or whatever.
Bet (tho ive never asked) hes has loadsa racism in the past, fuck, i had loads when i was young (10 or less, primary school) from people too thick to realise i wasnt whatever nationality they was saying i was.

And yeah, the above is pretty much why I see things in reality and not some blinkered bollocks like most do.
Nail on head very well put.

My old man came from farm in Italy when he was 17 and worked in a factory grinding castings for 5 years ( it was a 5 year contract) he then got a job a Goodyear bulding tyres, he worked very very hard on piece work and i know i got stick from the english fo working to fast, he worked ther for 15 years +, my mother saw a fish and chip shop for sale and convinced my old man that they could make a go of it so they brought it.

Cut a long story short they both worked very very hard, my old man is now 66 and still does a full days work, he was working for me today and was still with me at work untill 8 to night, I think it is just a difrent working meantalty to what we have in the UK.

But i also think the youth of today get and expect so much and don't have to work for it like my mom and dad did, My old man used to walk 5 miles a day to work he could not afford a car or a bike.

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