Richard Feidler
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That was it?
That was it and I got RSI within two days and they sacked me.
So...
That's what it was like back then.
You could walk into anything because there was so much work.
Well, I managed to stay pretty clean.
I was drinking, but I confined it to the weekends.
And then I decided to go back to school because I'd left school without anything.
So at Tech, I did the school certificate and a certificate of advanced education.
I was really studious.
I don't know how, this is how I thought I had my life in control.
I'd study and do all my essays in the week and then come Friday night, I was on that train from Harris Park and I spent the weekends up the cross and I got absolutely wasted studying.
and found a French boyfriend and we'd drop acid.
I ended up in Vinny's hospital so many times.
Like it was just two separate worlds.
And then Sunday night, I recover by Monday morning and I go back to work.
I was working in a printing factory and carry on studying.
Which I think you can do when you're young.
Like I'm only 22 at this age, so I can do that.
Yeah, that was really interesting.