Cousin Darren turned it in this week and I have to say that I am genuinely gutted for the guy.
Back in the day he was a big time Charlie in the market game with a whole run of busy markets. He was no stranger to taking as much as ‘a piano’ a day.
However, the world is a different place now and it’s getting tougher and tougher to get by.
Last Wednesday the engine went on Darren’s van. He’s was looking at a three grand repair bill to get it back on the road. He said to me:
“I’ve had enough Peter. I’m tired of the uncertainty. I want to know that there is money going into my bank on a certain day. If the van breaks down I want to be able to phone someone and tell them ‘the vans broken down’ and it not be my problem”.
He’s done twenty years in the market game and now he’s got a job delivering groceries for a super market.
I can’t imagine what it would be like being told what to do from someone else when you’ve been running your own show for so long. I wish him the best of luck.
On the plus side of things his Saturday was better than mine so I’ve nicked that. Every cloud Eh.
That’s this week’s report from Pete the Market Trader. The man on the street. Literally.
