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Self-employed gardener with no formal training. I did try the academic horticultural route but it was drab, as I really wanted to get my hands dirty in the nitty-gritty of gardens, not fall asleep atop piles of paper with text I had to memorise.

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My job is as a costume/clothing designer (I mostly make historical clothing from the Elizabethan and Tudor eras), but my real passion is drawing/painting portraits.

And, of course, recently I've become quite obsessed with carnivorous plants. :thumbsup:

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I am a fishery manager who looks after a couple of busy fishing lakes in and around the surrey area, great job as i'm always outside, meeting new people and enjoying the fresh air...wouldnt change it for the world!

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I'm a graduate student in Ecology and Conservation, and currently planning a PhD. I plan to focus on Arthropods (particularly Arachnids) and impacts of disturbance on them, mostly in forested ecosystems.

Other than that, I work casually in a Zoological Museum cataloguing specimens, and will soon be aiding in the fluid preservation and conservation of specimens.

I got into CPs when I was 14, and only got more into them recently, when Marcus Rossberg gave me most of his collection when he emigrated. I like Genlisea, Utrics and Cephalotus, although I have at least some species from most of the other carnivorous genera. Besides CPs, I have a dozen or so succulents, various trees and other small plants. I seem to have developed an unhealthy interest in moss recently too!

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I'm an office administrator for a Metro Rod drainage franchise.. I've been doing it for almost a year now after being out of work for 6 month.. My boss had a lung transplant last year and then she is not about (holidays, hospital trips, etc) I run the business for her.. I absolutely love my job and enjoy being able to tell my boyfriend 'where to go' every day as he is one of our engineers

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What a diversity we have here on the job/career front. I did a Masters in Psychology and taught in tertiary education for a while. Now I work for the UK government as an immigration escort. I basically remove or deport illegal immigrants or serious foreign criminals from the UK. When the subjects refuse to leave on their own accord (or they are too dangerous to be trusted) people like me escort them (with force if necessary) on to the aircraft and fly with them to their home countries. I also work as a head doorman at a local nightclub which keeps my control and restraint skills up to scratch.

Basically I’m hired muscle I guess, although I’m not really muscular :banging:

Chalky

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I kill for Zardoz!

Zardoz! Now that was one of the strangest movies I'd ever seen..

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Zardoz! Now that was one of the strangest movies I'd ever seen..

Strange yes.

I just love all those old Sci Fi classics. They just cant make modern eqivelents without thumping rock music, over the top special effects, a Mother F***** in every sentence, story line for simpletons, american hero types shooting guns. Its so bad that I dont watch modern sci fi.

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i should have said i do the same thing i do every night pinky try to take over the world :smile:

:D :D

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It's alright, the thing that puts me off is that you have to go whether you feel like it or not, and also homework. If you didn't have to go I would enjoy it a lot more.

Well, your punctuation and spelling appear to be excellent. This makes your posts easy and a pleasure to read, so it is time well spent.

Just think of it as deferred gratification. The harder you work early on, the easier life is later on! Patience, youngling.

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