tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post7156123554083454015..comments2023-08-08T11:48:10.725+01:00Comments on swisslet: cha-ching cha-ching...swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-89470741166857619122011-03-15T10:45:03.398+00:002011-03-15T10:45:03.398+00:00Maybe their accents explain it? Maybe they're ...Maybe their accents explain it? Maybe they're the sort of student to whom money has no object nor limit, nor lack ability any impediment to running the country.ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13462118851964861754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-11798024050654233602011-03-14T21:58:00.287+00:002011-03-14T21:58:00.287+00:00I wasn't especially poor as a student, I shoul...I wasn't especially poor as a student, I should add - many were poorer - but I did have to budget, to work, to use a laundrette and a payphone.... I'm not saying we were poor but happy or anything daft like that.... But gym membership? Is that really a priority. Running is still free, isn't it? Mostly? People are fascinating.swisslethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-14639067501017348662011-03-14T21:48:42.641+00:002011-03-14T21:48:42.641+00:00We had this conversation last night. Starting work...We had this conversation last night. Starting work at 23 (admittedly 18 years ago) I lived in a flat with no washer (trips to the launderette were the norm), no shower (ancient bath), no phone (trips to phone box every night as mobile phones were still scarce and too expensive for my £35 a week budget) and cooking on a 2 ring electric baby belling with space in the oven for a small dish and nothing else. No computer obviously as they hadn't been invented. Lived like that for 2 years. I wonder how many graduates start off like that these days.Davidnoreply@blogger.com