Has anyone got any suggestions
on legal, moral, non prostitution based ways of earning money, that don't take up too much time, don't involve me understanding betting, and are foolproof?

I'm guessing no but this no salary lark is really really getting tedious.

Oh, and I can't claim benefits (aside from the £95 working tax credits I got for a whole year) as I'm working full time, just not being paid for it.

Edit - oh, and I just found a tiny dead fly inside my bra. I hope he died happy.
( ancrenne doesn't eat anything that can play video games, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:18, Reply)

Sounds drastic but it really isn't
you could put yourself in for medical trials.
(Psyc-Ho-Ho-Ho-Chomp **bearer of the waki crown**, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:20, Reply)

how do i find about about them?
and are there any that don't involve needles? I might need to get over that phobia soon...
( ancrenne doesn't eat anything that can play video games, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:22, Reply)

Most are pill-related.

( Cawl - King Of Wales, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:23, Reply)

well that's fine then
might even have some fun doing it
( ancrenne doesn't eat anything that can play video games, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:24, Reply)

a quick google found this
www.ehow.com/how_4453532_make-money-doing-medical-testing.html

I doubt there'll be many that don't use needles, but maybe. You get paid quite a lot but it's inconvienient.
(Psyc-Ho-Ho-Ho-Chomp **bearer of the waki crown**, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:24, Reply)

Cheers, that's better than the links I found which
included ads for mystery shoppers, so might not be the most serious ones.
( ancrenne doesn't eat anything that can play video games, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:26, Reply)

Only downside to them, aside the ovbouse, is that as a smoker, you'll find it hard to get on them.
Apparently.
( Dance, Gonz, where ever you may be, for you are the lord of the dance settee. Disclaimer: I'm joking, soz for potential offence., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:26, Reply)

ah yes, hadn't thought of that.
even when I give up I seem to recall you are classed a an smoker for a year afterwards or something
( ancrenne doesn't eat anything that can play video games, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:27, Reply)

What's your stance on international terrorism and what's your nucular fussion like?
There are loads of piramid type adverts going around on google adsense, saying things like "I earn't $500 in a day just by being on google", and everything along those lines are a con... I belive they work by making you buy a PDF book for however-amount, and reselling them.

I'm not sure if it's your cup of tea, but sex-phone/text-line stuff apparently pays well from home, if I was a girl (or voice-sexy), I would give that a try.

Avoid commision based phone stuff, they normaly only pay part-time minimum wage and you'ld be lucky to walk away with £50/week doing 20ish hours. Most of them are complete bastards and get you in to do 'training' for a week (at your own expense), then you realise how futal it is and you've given your time away for free.

I got a little sideline job working in my local cab office, and I really really like it. The pay is shit, but it sorts out my fags'n'food for the week.
( Dance, Gonz, where ever you may be, for you are the lord of the dance settee. Disclaimer: I'm joking, soz for potential offence., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:25, Reply)

The sideline job
sounds most likely, i have a feeling, for me, the sex lines/google ads thing wouldn't feel especially moral.

And I'm a bit too clumsy for delicate science, so probably best avoided. Though the end of the world would mean I didn't have money worries any more.
( ancrenne doesn't eat anything that can play video games, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:29, Reply)

You're friendly with all your local independant buisnesses....
... Ask around, you'll never know what you'll get. Esspeicaly those shops where the owner is always tired because they can't find someone to fill in a few hours here'n'there.

I'm not sure what industrys you have up your way, but it's amazing how rewarding cirtain jobs can be... and you can always find other work if it doesn't go down to well.
( Dance, Gonz, where ever you may be, for you are the lord of the dance settee. Disclaimer: I'm joking, soz for potential offence., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:40, Reply)

Buy mobile phones cheap
and sell them to me for a profit!

We have loads of people do this - no idea where they get the phones from though but I do know some buy last minute on ebay then trade them online
(Spikey halls and boughs of Pickle fa la la la la, la, la, la laaaaa wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:27, Reply)

this sounds like i need to know things about phones
else i'd buy duds. I have no clue.

how could I make money selling to you? What do you do with them? I'm kind of intrigued...
( ancrenne doesn't eat anything that can play video games, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:34, Reply)

Once you find out
Let me know!
(The Dirty Christmas Treeker I will bite your face off, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 12:35, Reply)

I'm afraid...
most medical trials will only take non smoking men aged 18-50ish. If you're a woman the company inevitably require you to be sterile - it's in case whatever they're giving you fucks up your ladybits. It's less of a problem in men because they have constant turnover, so once they come off the trial their sperm generally go back to being normal (normal in this case generally being if less than half are swimming the wrong way - wtf?) If you want to go for it though, Covance are the biggest ones in the UK, I believe.
Otherwise, have you looked at cleaning offices and the like? It's not too grubby, and it's generally early mornings or evenings, 10-15 hours a week - which is easy to fit round another job (or your own business, which I believe I read somewhere?) it's fewer hours than barwork or waitressing, and you don't get tips but at least you get home at a reasonable hour...
(berk was borked on, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 14:41, Reply)