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$1800. She was one of those airy-fairy consulting contractors to government
departments. I think her complaint was that the government should bail her out.
Why? Welcome to the harsh reality of business, sweetie.
The guy who does a lot of mechanical work on my cars, Glen, the Mad Mechanic,
has one big customer – a car dealer who feeds him a steady stream of repair work.
But Glen is smart enough to keep a stable of customers like me – small beer surely,
but good insurance. As he sees it, if the big account moves on the rest of us are
enough to pay his overheads and give him three meals a day.
