A 40% reduction of the ridiculous salary I was on contracting still constitutes a very decent wage.
It doesn't surprise me you failed as a bookie, you need balls, brains and charisma, you clearly lack all three.
I started bookmaking in 1981, only having ten years out when I lived in Preston. You must have been the youngest bookie on the planet as I was only 21. When I retire from my full time job, I'll go full time bookmaking on the racecourse.
What do you now then seeing as you're not pestering people to buy timeshare in the street? I'll bet you were about as popular as Yoga.
OK lets round up.
Basically you have had the guts of a 50% wage cut. OUCH! (Bummer!!! thats serious in most folks Worlds)
"you need balls, brains and charisma" Yeah yeh yeh!!! I was running a book approx 5 years not 5 days with some of the nastiest punters you can imagine throwing money at me at the weekends. The only reason i stopped was the Landlord wanted to increase the rent. (blessing in disguise really)
Granted if you started in up in 81 i was 13 years old then so yes you was a bookie before me.