I have it on good authority that our Thin Accy does modelling jobs.Mind you they are pipe cleaning adverts.
Ok, nice confession time! About 1985 while working as a wine waiter in a 'posh' restaurant I was complimented on my 'slender, piano players fingers', while pouring this guest his wine. He said he was in the advertising game, as he called it. He then said I should apply to a modelling agency he knew of. Thinking he was gay and this agency would take my enrollment fee and not offer any work I said I'd think about it, but not really intending to take it further. The next time he came to the restaurant he asked if I'd enrolled. I told him no and told him why. He laughed and said he was indeed gay, but I was safe with him. Not only that but he said the agency would only take a fee off me after my first photo shoot. So I traveled to Manchester and did a hand shoot for GQ magazine! They also did some 'full body' photos. I don't know what came of the full body ones, but my hands were featured advertising watches and rings in if I remember rightly, 3 issues of GQ! I've tried to find back copies off those issues, but so far without success. I did keep the mags for many years, but they ended up in the attic of my/our former matrimonial home. They might still be there, but I doubt it as the former Mrs Accy will have binned them, if she found them.
My fee for those pics was If I remember rightly £500, which in those days was quite a lot and all I had to do was make my way to Manchester and all my travel fees, food etc was paid for. I should've carried on doing the work, but for some reason I didn't, but I can look back and say yes, I've featured in GQ!!!
Even if it was only my hands!!
I was once 'pumped up' and weighed 14 stone. I'm now slim, weighing 10.5 stones. I like being 'thin'! It's healthy and there aren't many of us about these days!!
