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true story -- know someone who did porn in college after taking a gap year who eventually made it to IB

 
patrickb8man

Nepotism.

Worked for me before. Not kidding. Second person in history to work there after 40 years circumventing the nepotism rule.

The poster formerly known as theAudiophile. Just turned up to 11, like the stereo.
 

Does paramotoring count? I have it on my resume. It’s pretty niche so I’ve been asked about it at coffee chats and over the phone plenty of times. Great conversation starter.

 

I mean hey man, if that's a flex you have, I say play it. 

"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

Taggart Transcontinental

"Fitness modeling" with a link to her Instagram.

We pulled up her profile, she did not get an interview. 

"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

I've seen this:

Interests: Drinking Scotch with a nice cigar

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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