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    I'm now 32. Can't actually believe it. Jumped on here when I was about 16. I check in pretty reguarly.

    Work for a DOOH business now. Freelance outside of that is becoming a time management issue and the work/life balance is tough but between a load of start ups, art direction for record labels and my own projects, I'm generally happy.

    Living in a cottage in a trendy suburb of Birmingham with a house mate who has a mild cocaine habit...

    From a council estate kid. I think I'm doing alright.

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    • birmingham has a trendy suburb?hans_glib
    • It has about 7/8. Get out of London my friend. You can find many an article online about Birminghams rise. Amazing food scene. Culture. Housing. Investment etcrybo
    • The Jewellery Quarter
      Digbeth
      Moseley
      King’s Heath
      Harborne
      Stirchley      rybo
    • Not sure I could stand hearing the bummy accent all day.shapesalad
    • ^ 1.15 million Ozzy Osbournes, all mumbling incomprehensibly at you.Continuity
    • A Common mistake people make is thinking the 'Birmingham Accent' is infact the Black Country Accent. It's like thinking Manc's speak Scouse.rybo
    • You're doing right, council estate is abject
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    • Fellow brummie, nice to meet you.fadein11
    • Curious, is the Brummie accent accurate in Peaky Blinders?garbage
    • never watched peaky blinders, likely not, prob black country like anyone who hasn't been thinks it is.
      Brum's still pretty awful though.      fadein11
    • I hail from the other Birmingham, and we all have confusing slang and a weird drawl that we try to hide, but it comes out when heated or drunk.garbage
    • Sounds sweet, rybo :)
      DOOH?      Gnash
    • Nice! Would love a little cottage somewhere!scarabin
    • ha garbage, that sounds familiar here!fadein11
    • DOOH - Digital Out of Home.
      Tommy & Arthur Shelby are really good reference points for the Brummie accent.      rybo
    • ok the jewelry quarter is understandable (must be a shame for all the craftsman who work there tho) - it's more like spitalfields, but it's not really a suburbhans_glib
    • the other names mean nothing to me (no surprise there)hans_glib
    • is there really a part of brum called "gay village"? according to goggle there is...hans_glib
    • yep, one small area in the centre, Manchester's is called the same.fadein11
    • Aye, yeah - wtf is DOOH? Also, good to see you're still kicking around - ah memba you as a wee laddie on here, lol!Nairn
    • tell us more about the house mate with the cocaine habit - do you hear business ideas all day/night long from hin/her?Krassy
    • DOOH = Digital Out-of-Home
      In other words, video billboards and posters.      Continuity
    • This post has some good vibes, I dig itstoplying
    • Hi Rybo, also a fellow Brummie AND we have two mutual friends.Morning_star
    • Ahh 32.. I remember it wellautoflavour
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