At 55, he's glad he turned down a job with BP (nyse: BP - news - people ) to try something different.

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The deals we offered for SBS were definitely not things we would do year-round, but for one day, we were willing to try something different.

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They said that the chain would normally run a "multi-buy" campaign at this time of year, but wanted to try something different this time.

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After months of trying unsuccessfully to find a job, Jamie Dodd, a 30-year-old Brit, threw his hands in the air and decided to try something different.

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Someone else may have previously enjoyed something like badminton or would like to try something new so we might look at how they could set about doing that - everyone is different.

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Three different categories - music, food, tongues - in all three, our willingness to try something new, something dangerous, fades away.

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