Hi folks and welcome to the mean for money podcast. This is session number 442, that's a big number.

Here we go once again, that little snicker in the background there was Roger and this week as and in between the soda, I thought we spent some time

getting to know my good buddy, Raj, he of the Dilsett Cornish tones was joining me for the past 10 weeks or so on the podcast.

Raj is my best buddy in the world and despite how much I take the Mickey out of him, he's also kind of a big brother figure

and I've learned a great deal from him over the 20 odd years that I've known him and I know that we can all learn a bit from today.

You know this is pretty much unstructured and you know a bit more chills, I'm sure there'll still be some value for folks but welcome back Mr. Roger Weeks.

Thanks Pete, it's a joy to be back again but I'm just amazed you invited me back.

I feel like you're sort of waiting for me to set you up for some abuse but that's not the goal.

Of course, although we'll take the opportunity as their eyes.

Okay mate, well look, you know this is your sort of addition to the show has been great for the last 10 weeks and people have really

acted sort of accepted it but I did 430 odd episodes on my own mostly, just the occasional interview really.

But he definitely needed mixing up so it's been a great change and a great addition.

So for folks to just get to know you a bit, let's start at the very beginning because it's a very good place to start.

Let's have a bit of a potted history man, growing up early work life, all that sort of stuff.

I was supposed to yeah and people have worked that I'm already Cornish through and through.

Yeah, I'm really happy.

So yeah, I'm taking it back to brass tax really, I'm the eldest of three sons grew up on the cancel state impensance.

Dad worked days and mum worked few evenings and weekends to make ends meet so we never really had much money.

But expectations were so much lower back in those days.

That's true, you know, coal for Christmas or is that so much?

If you were lucky.

Yeah, I got married at 20.

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