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Certainly, climbers/ex climbers are the best groundies, no question.

HI lonniels, decent climbers are probably easier to get as they have an interest/training in the job, groundies are a different kettle of fish. Also it's a bit more interesting even glamorous. Good to hear your perspective.

You hate everything, Including the money?

I don't know Cory, guys who run the show always like to make a big song and dance about their problems, you see it on here a lot you know the sort of thing. IMO it's a sort of smokescreen to convince the drones not to startup on their own. There was a survey somewhere by someone which said that...

All about money Chris, why flog your nuts off every day for low wages and the prospect of a branch on your head when you can work in a factory for more money, holidays, sick etc. The only people who make any money that you can build a life with are the business owners. Large or small. Sure...

Yes he does. Nicely put!

I suppose no one ever aspires to be a groundsman. It's just something one does whilst learning to climb, as a stop gap between "real" work, or it's just beer/drug money.

Wow indeed!

Running a football team I realised that managing people not easy, everyone does it differently. Some asses you gotta kiss, some you gotta kick. I responded better to a kick.

Yes, when we were late because he was still in bed drunk and I had to get him up I'd get it in the ear as well. I didn't mind, I was 30 and knew this was my penance for spending my 20s pissed and stoned. I spent a year there, kept my mouth shut(ish) and my eyes open, learnt all I could and...

The first guy I worked with was a drunk, I had to pick him up in my van because he had lost his licence, once every two weeks or so he would disappear at lunchtime (we were working in London at the time) and come back drunk, then the boss would have a go at me. I learnt pretty much all my...