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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: tel on March 20, 2008, 09:24:24 AM
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Just been given notice of redundancy so imbibing here will be a bit erratic for the next few days.
Cheers.
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Just been given notice of redundancy so imbibing here will be a bit erratic for the next few days.
Cheers.
Is that good news or bad news for you?
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Sorry to hear that Tel. I might be in the same situation after September, all depends if I'm TUPE'ed over and if the new employer then wants me and on what terms etc
Barman, give that man a stiff one eeek:
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Not good.
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Not good.
Bugger. noooo:
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Sorry for all you guys threatened with or having received notice of redundancy. When my company said "Sorry but we are going to 'give you' early retirement on health grounds" when I was 52 I felt much the same but there is life after work. I won't say I have earned as well as I did in London but I still turn a crust, life is much more my own and the cost of "going to work" has, of course, dropped out of the financial equation. Offers of work (odd consultancy, will you read and evaluate, can you have a look at etc" still crop up from time to time even though I have been out of the system for 7 years now. I'm sure you will find other employment without difficulty.
Above all: Do not be afraid of the unknown and do not fear trying something completely new .... no matter how "off the wall" it seems at the time. If you fancy it, have a go.
Now can I stop being serious please? ... It hurts my brain.
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Now can I stop being serious please? ... It hurts my brain.
At ease Snoopy
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Well said Snoopy.
My two elder brothers took early retirement both after working only with one company since leaving school. One now is a technical assistant in a secondary school the other works part time for an auction company and does painting and decorating jobs when he's in the mood. Happy as Larry, the pair of them.
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Now back at home. Wait for official letter on saturday then final meeting on wednesday.
No idea what I will do as such, been in IT since 72, so no real other skills to speak of. Not fussed about what I end up doing as long as I am earning. Don't mind a complete change at all.
Best thing is that Mrs Tel is not panicking, she's a pretty stable lady thank god.
Still got my stuff in office to sort out although as I had pretty much seen this coming I've already brought a load home.
By the looks of it there will be more cuts soon, some were at Xmas but things are not really any better and our Hun masters want their return on their investment although it is their autocratic ways and arrogance that cause the problems.
At least it is not winter (fingers crossed).
Gym later, then a Youngs or two.
PS TMR saw Mr Hawkes in the "old girl" at Mitcham Cricket Green, he slowed down when he saw me and very nearly had a motor-bike in his boot.
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Gym later, then a Youngs or two.
Or as Gareth Chilcott once said after an England defeat "I'm off for a couple of quiet pints,.... followed by 10 or 12 noisy ones"
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Ah .... Young Master Chilcott ..... wonder what he's doing these days.
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Just been given notice of redundancy so imbibing here will be a bit erratic for the next few days.
Cheers.
I was made redundant in 1997.Best thing that ever happened.
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Early days for me yet.
Not sure if it's one those "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" scenarios.
Will wait and see what the package is and what I need to do.
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Early days for me yet.
Not sure if it's one those "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" scenarios.
Will wait and see what the package is and what I need to do.
Indeed... take your time and see what happens...
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Mrs Tel is making a list of chores for me to do.
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Mrs Tel is making a list of chores for me to do.
Now that is bad news... noooo:
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I am assembling flat pack furniture.
evil:
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I would have thought she might have you building a spit and pit ready for that leg o mutton.
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I am assembling flat pack furniture.
evil:
Now that is bad news... noooo:
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I am drinking Young's. Mrs TMR (to be) is on the white wine and nibbling my nuts.
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eeek:
You are planning to marry .......................
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I am drinking Young's. Mrs TMR (to be) is on the white wine and nibbling my nuts.
And... eyes:
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I am assembling flat pack furniture.
evil:
Now that is bad news... noooo:
Consummatum est! eveilgrin:
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I am assembling flat pack furniture.
evil:
Now that is bad news... noooo:
Consummatum est! eveilgrin:
Of course! cloud9:
shrugs:
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He said he's finished the task to his satisfaction.
"All is consumed" or "All is Finished"
What he does not tell us is whether Mrs Nick is satisfied .......... her comments could well use up our entire bandwidth surrender:
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Well of course she has her reservations.And some criticisms.And has inspected the results carefully.
And I said, reasonably enough I think, "IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT HAS BEEN DONE YOU CAN TRY DOING IT YOURSELF".
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rubschin: I bet she said, at some stage, "Are you sure that .......?"
Mine always does, at which point I usually walk from the room handing her the spanner/screwdriver/hammer as I pass.
I find it best not to actually speak at this stage as whatever I say is sure to be taken down and will definitely be used as evidence against me at some future date.
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Fear not Tel, I have been down the same road twice, one company invited me back after 3 months when things went tits up, I declined, best thing I have ever done. Try the charity business, no doubt you have lots of skills that are transferable. Good luck and put a pint on my tab behind the bar.
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BM will have a fit at the mention of the word Tab and he goes all funny if anyone suggests Slate ~ I saw him faint the other day when someone said he'd lost a slate off his roof. I suggest that "Account" might perhaps fool the old boy though.
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Account eh? That sounds very refined, I will give it a whirl.
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Account eh? That sounds very refined, I will give it a whirl.
This sounds like it could be fun. I'm gonna pull up a chair and watch
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Ten pints. A bottle of red. Mrs TMR also well on. Time for bed :-)
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Ten pints. A bottle of red. Mrs TMR also well on. Time for bed :-)
Ten pints would crucify me (see what I did there ;) ) I do not do hangovers very well at all. The last one went on for six days, that was back in 1989 eeek: Four pints max these days for me
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Account eh? That sounds very refined, I will give it a whirl.
Yes, and I’m your bloody accountant! cussing:
I declare you bankrupt! Cash only! point:
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That'a a tad unfair BM, you seem to have forgotten the added value I bring to this pub, people come from far and wide by charabanc to see my Oscar Wilde and they fill the pub coffers with baksheesh. I would have thought a reward in the form of a tab should be the least you could do. The bowl of complimentary peanuts no longer suffices I am afraid old chum cry:
I honestly believe you should take my demands to the committee for a decision.
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That'a a tad unfair BM, you seem to have forgotten the added value I bring to this pub, people come from far and wide by charabanc to see my Oscar Wilde and they fill the pub coffers with baksheesh. I would have thought a reward in the form of a tab should be the least you could do. The bowl of complimentary peanuts no longer suffices I am afraid old chum cry:
I honestly believe you should take my demands to the committee for a decision.
doh:
Read my lips... NO CREDIT! Banghead
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The glare off your head is blinding. What did you say?
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That'a a tad unfair BM, you seem to have forgotten the added value I bring to this pub, people come from far and wide by charabanc to see my Oscar Wilde and they fill the pub coffers with baksheesh. I would have thought a reward in the form of a tab should be the least you could do. The bowl of complimentary peanuts no longer suffices I am afraid old chum cry:
I honestly believe you should take my demands to the committee for a decision.
doh:
Read my lips... NO CREDIT! Banghead
No chance of a recount I suppose?
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You could go on strike. Refuse to click on the PVC fettish links etc. happy088
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Where's the hound, if need a hair of him...
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You could go on strike. Refuse to click on the PVC fettish links etc. happy088
Noooooooooooooooo! eeek:
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You could go on strike. Refuse to click on the PVC fettish links etc. happy088
drumroll:
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You could go on strike. Refuse to click on the PVC fettish links etc. happy088
That is known as "Cutting off your own nose to spite your face"
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Hair of dog working. "Don't Panic" and "Smokey Oakey" netted over a hundred in the GGs, so pretty good day. Yoda Tel has joined us. Much Young's will be consumed :-)
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Haven't done 35 years just a paltry 24 at this place, so no watch.
Am due for a meeting at noon where my fate will be determined. Have presumed that this was final, all done and dusted, but this morning have had an email from marketing girl saying that last weeks board meeting has decided to set up a working party to handle the re-branding of the company and I am included. Don't know what's going on now, if I go today what kind of message are they sending out to the rest of the company?
Strange or daft?
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Haven't done 35 years just a paltry 24 at this place, so no watch.
Am due for a meeting at noon where my fate will be determined. Have presumed that this was final, all done and dusted, but this morning have had an email from marketing girl saying that last weeks board meeting has decided to set up a working party to handle the re-branding of the company and I am included. Don't know what's going on now, if I go today what kind of message are they sending out to the rest of the company?
Strange or daft?
Neither... just driven by bean counters like most other businesses these days... noooo:
Let it be known that you have taken up the muslim faith recently and will consider it an insult to Muhammad (PBUH) is you are let go... whistle:
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Well that's it, the deed done.
Am now on gardening leave until 30th April. Just clearing my desk and saying goodbye to a few people.
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Well that's it, the deed done.
Am now on gardening leave until 30th April. Just clearing my desk and saying goodbye to a few people.
Poor you... noooo:
A good payout?
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Sorry to hear that tel but it's an ill wind and all that stuff. Don't see it as an end but as a new beginning.
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What Snoopy said.
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See you soon tel - should be at HQ by five o'clock.
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Will walk away with about a years money, half of that an ex gratia payment.
I will console myself with a pint of Youngs later at HQ.
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Will walk away with about a years money, half of that an ex gratia payment.
I will console myself with a pint of Youngs later at HQ.
rubschin: Better than a kick in the crotch mate. Thing is to not waste the chance or the money. Bank it and seek new horizons.
Biggest problem I encountered was that the monthly bills still keep coming in and, of course, the credit cards still need servicing. I would suggest putting the cards on ice until a new position is found ... I've seen too many keep spending at their old level by using one card to pay off another etc. I knew I was not going to work again and had to accept that earnings/income was reduced by 66% so I cut up all cards and made arrangements with the card companies to freeze interest and accept token payments until I got sorted. You are, fortunately, not in the position of not being able to seek more work but it may take a few months before you feel confident enough to resume living at recent standards.
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Will walk away with about a years money, half of that an ex gratia payment.
I will console myself with a pint of Youngs later at HQ.
Don’t forget that redundancy pay is tax free too! cloud9:
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Mortgage finishes in November. one loan to be paid off and no debt anywhere else, just the usual bills. Will have to sit and budget things out.
Will wait for my pension details to come through, could take it as I am over 50. Also have AVCs but don't know what I can do with them yet.
Basically no panic.
Boss was disconcerted by calmness, enough to comment about it, but then he should know me well enough to know that I don't do headless chicken routines.
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3 months notice money is still taxable and NI'able.
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I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.
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I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.
I guess they knew you would take them or fuck them anyway! whistle:
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And of course you can claim no benefits (Job Seekers etc) until they deem you to have spent all your redundancy etc but you MUST still register at the Job Centre and suffer the humiliation of being "advised" by a spotted youth or stupid female returnee to work after the "having a family" gap of eighteen years the minute your employment ceases to get the NI credited or they will be chasing you for a lump sum to bring OAP up to date (they usually start that one just before your 60th birthday!)
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I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.
I guess they knew you would take hemor fuck them anyway! whistle:
I think I understand that BM .... less whistling, more typing I feel whistle:
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I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.
I guess they knew you would take them or fuck them anyway! whistle:
I think I understand that BM .... less whistling, more typing I feel whistle:
redface:
Fixed it now...
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I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.
Git!!! (good on ya!)
Only the first £30,000 is tax free as far as I am aware. Hence later this year/early next year Mr Slack-Jawed, snot eating, cud-chewing porridge wog Brown will get even more of my money that he will squander.
(Tel, you don't really use your BlackBerry much - I'm SURE I can put it to better use :-)
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I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.
Git!!! (good on ya!)
Only the first £30,000 is tax free as far as I am aware. Hence later this year/early next year Mr Slack-Jawed, snot eating, cud-chewing porridge wog Brown will get even more of my money that he will squander.
(Tel, you don't really use your BlackBerry much - I'm SURE I can put it to better use :-)
Get a Channel Islands bank account quick and a receipt for a large sum from a "reputable" source and you may be able to escape the taxman altogether .... but only if your receipt is from the Labour Party.
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I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.
Git!!! (good on ya!)
Only the first £30,000 is tax free as far as I am aware. Hence later this year/early next year Mr Slack-Jawed, snot eating, cud-chewing porridge wog Brown will get even more of my money that he will squander.
(Tel, you don't really use your BlackBerry much - I'm SURE I can put it to better use :-)
Get a Channel Islands bank account quick!
I have no interest in perfume and didn't realise they had their own island - but thanks for the guidance.
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I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.
Git!!! (good on ya!)
Only the first £30,000 is tax free as far as I am aware. Hence later this year/early next year Mr Slack-Jawed, snot eating, cud-chewing porridge wog Brown will get even more of my money that he will squander.
(Tel, you don't really use your BlackBerry much - I'm SURE I can put it to better use :-)
Get a Channel Islands bank account quick!
I have no interest in perfume and didn't realise they had their own island - but thanks for the guidance.
Invest in Cyprus property PDQ! whistle:
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What happens if Cyprus is unified?
Who's going to sort out who owns what?
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I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.
Git!!! (good on ya!)
Only the first £30,000 is tax free as far as I am aware. Hence later this year/early next year Mr Slack-Jawed, snot eating, cud-chewing porridge wog Brown will get even more of my money that he will squander.
(Tel, you don't really use your BlackBerry much - I'm SURE I can put it to better use :-)
Get a Channel Islands bank account quick!
I have no interest in perfume and didn't realise they had their own island - but thanks for the guidance.
Not to be confused with Chanel who make perfume ::)
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I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.
Git!!! (good on ya!)
Only the first £30,000 is tax free as far as I am aware. Hence later this year/early next year Mr Slack-Jawed, snot eating, cud-chewing porridge wog Brown will get even more of my money that he will squander.
(Tel, you don't really use your BlackBerry much - I'm SURE I can put it to better use :-)
Get a Channel Islands bank account quick!
I have no interest in perfume and didn't realise they had their own island - but thanks for the guidance.
Not to be confused with Chanel who make perfume ::)
I am feeling mischievious...sorry. They also make fragrances pour homme. Not sure about pour chien though
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I use nothing else lol:
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What happens if Cyprus is unified?
Who's going to sort out who owns what?
It is quite straightforward… whistle:
The property controversy in Cyprus is only for those that have bought land in the occupied North that rightfully belongs to Greek Cypriots… noooo:
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I use nothing else lol:
Other than "Odeur de Bonio" and "Odeur de anything with a leg to hump". Filthy hound.
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I use nothing else lol:
Other than "Odeur de Bonio" and "Odeur de anything with a leg to hump". Filthy hound.
redface: I only rolled in it so that LandLady would get out her Marigolds and give me a bath.
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I also have 2 large boxes of "bits" left in the office which will be sent to me when I so request.
Speaking of requests, where's Wench? Seem quiet.
Fallen down the tat mountain?
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I also have 2 large boxes of "bits" left in the office which will be sent to me when I so request.
Speaking of requests, where's Wench? Seem quiet.
Fallen down the tat mountain?
Too much chocolate prolly... noooo:
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Just making a flying visit to the pub ....sorry to hear the news Tel...but as Snoopy says...there is definitely life after redundancy... hang in there!!!! I'm over in the UK 'enjoying' the wonderful weather!!! eeek: Just spent the day in Norwich punishing the credit card..... as LL is tied up in Cyprus (well..not literally I hope!) I thought I would take over the retail therapy. Gor heavens save no-one tell Mr T!!!!!!!!!! scared2:
Now have to get ready for son no.2 to take me out for dinner...oh what a life!
All the best to everyone...any orders when I hit the town again in the morning? eyes:
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Just making a flying visit to the pub ....sorry to hear the news Tel...but as Snoopy says...there is definitely life after redundancy... hang in there!!!! I'm over in the UK 'enjoying' the wonderful weather!!! eeek: Just spent the day in Norwich punishing the credit card..... as LL is tied up in Cyprus (well..not literally I hope!) I thought I would take over the retail therapy. Gor heavens save no-one tell Mr T!!!!!!!!!! scared2:
Now have to get ready for son no.2 to take me out for dinner...oh what a life!
All the best to everyone...any orders when I hit the town again in the morning? eyes:
Not in Norwich ~ no I don't think so thanks all the same ..... It's about as dead as Rhyl.
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Hey Snoops, when did you come over to Norwich last...there's shops to die for. 2 huge shopping malls now, plus all the oldy worldy ones!!! lol:
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Hey Snoops, when did you come over to Norwich last...there's shops to die for. 2 huge shopping malls now, plus all the oldy worldy ones!!! lol:
Hello Tinks - your hubby and Millie coming up shortly for supper ;D Better go and rescue the beef casserole from the oven eeek:
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T'aint the shops m'dear .... 'tis the locals. "Too slow to catch a cold" as my old dad would have said.
If I want shops I have Manchester and London much easier to reach than Norwich and the parking in either is easier as I recall.
Norwich used to be part of my patch some 15 years ago and getting the local police moving was nigh impossible. One of my contracts was to provide security at the Crown and Magstrates Courts so I spent some time there. Also had the contract with Jarrolds printers, Colemans the mustard people and several others.
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You don't miss it then? Just been
in the mustard shop!!! Wonder if our paths ever crossed...Mr T was based at county Hall 15 yrs ago!
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Hey Snoops, when did you come over to Norwich last...there's shops to die for. 2 huge shopping malls now, plus all the oldy worldy ones!!! lol:
Hello Tinks - your hubby and Millie coming up shortly for supper ;D Better go and rescue the beef casserole from the oven eeek:
Hi LL,
Just off out to dinner myself...son no 2 buying me a Mother's Day meal....better late than never eh??? Enjoy this evening.... love to you all. I'll email tomorrow. ;)
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You don't miss it then? Just been
in the mustard shop!!! Wonder if our paths ever crossed...Mr T was based at county Hall 15 yrs ago!
I don’t think climbing in through the skylight with a bag marked ‘swag’ over his shoulder really counts… noooo:
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I was thinking something similar myself BM
No never went to County Hall but if you remember the new Law Courts being built I was there a lot then. Or if you watched the justices turn up for the innaugral "swearing in". Them in long robes, wigs and stocking etc, Trumpeters from the Local Regiment and lurking in the background a silver haired chap with a large moustache, wearing a pinstriped suit and an "earpiece" with curly lead down under the collar, who talked out of the side of his mouth into a small mike on his lapel. That was me being as inconspicuous as 6ft, 16 stone security people can be.
And before Nick gets in .... yes I was that slim then ~ but it was before age, running pubs and diabetes all got to me.
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Am now in the process of hooking up old and new PCs. What fun!
KVM and switch works fine but as the 2 machines are in different domains, connect them and transferring data and settings is going to be fun. having to remember the black arts of TCP/IP etc.
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Remember
www.skillfair.co.uk (http://www.skillfair.co.uk)
A new life beckons.And a more lucrative one. When I got made redundant I put enough money into my account to cover all DDs and Sos for 6months so I could forget about bills while I got on making some money.
11 years on and I have a better quality of life than I ever did when working.
Seriously(for once)
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I had fun with that site. Signed up as client so found I was looking for employees, so cancelled and signed up again. Confirmation emails then trashed my Outlook Express making it freeze only to be undone by a re-boot. managed to get rid of messaages and email was then fine.
Same day I bought a USB keyboard as KVM was USB only. Just as well as during the email problem the batteries in the wireless keyboard ran out.
NOTE - USB keyboard is not recognised when you boot Windows, so no F8 and getting into safe mode!
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I am not responsible for your incompetence. eveilgrin:
I get loads of work off there!
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Deep joy - I have been granted early release from the hell-hole.
Roll on 29th August! cloud9:
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happ096
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What to spend the redundancy on? Always fancied an Aston...
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Is that rhyming slang? eeek:
Roll on the end of August.(I suggest using up every last drop of annual leave eveilgrin: befor ethen).And of course you may feel unwell sometimes eveilgrin:
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What to spend the redundancy on? Always fancied an Aston...
If the redundancy is enough to buy an Aston then don't. Buy property. It's getting very cheap in some places.
Get the sums right and you can live off the rents.
At least that's what I'd do.
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Yes Snoops - that AND the Aston...:-)
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May I point you to the following website that is always open for donations.
www.wenchystatmountain.com
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Yes Snoops - that AND the Aston...:-)
Yeah ~ sure it will. bs:
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The redundancy ain't THAT big, Wenchy...
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The redundancy ain't THAT big, Wenchy...
All donations appreciated no matter how small. Even 10p can be enough to buy some ribbon to tie the tat up with. £1.00 can feed a tat habit for an hour. £50 can buy a tat husband a tank of petrol to escape.
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Almost compelling - but, fatally flawed. I care less about tat than I do seals - if those big black eyes cannot soften my heart of stone, then tat certainly won't.
I am tempted to spend some of the redundancy on a seal clubbing trip - or is the season over now?
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Almost compelling - but, fatally flawed. I care less about tat than I do seals - if those big black eyes cannot soften my heart of stone, then tat certainly won't.
I am tempted to spend some of the redundancy on a seal clubbing trip - or is the season over now?
What about me?
<flutters eyelashes over her big brown eyes>
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Almost compelling - but, fatally flawed. I care less about tat than I do seals - if those big black eyes cannot soften my heart of stone, then tat certainly won't.
I am tempted to spend some of the redundancy on a seal clubbing trip - or is the season over now?
What about me?
<flutters eyelashes over her big brown eyes>
I'm sure he would be as happy to club you as he would a seal pup.
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You'd be suprised at how many people feel the same way. sad24:
Then again perhaps you wouldn't. noooo:
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You'd be suprised at how many people feel the same way. sad24:
Then again perhaps you wouldn't. noooo:
happy100 Well I don't.
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Almost compelling - but, fatally flawed. I care less about tat than I do seals - if those big black eyes cannot soften my heart of stone, then tat certainly won't.
I am tempted to spend some of the redundancy on a seal clubbing trip - or is the season over now?
You'll be wanting to buy your favourite barman (who has always wanted an Aston) a gift then... whistle:
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I think I feel sick2:
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You'd be suprised at how many people feel the same way. sad24:
Then again perhaps you wouldn't. noooo:
I thought all you young people enjoyed clubbing?
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I'm not young. All nightclubs should be napalmed.
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Almost compelling - but, fatally flawed. I care less about tat than I do seals - if those big black eyes cannot soften my heart of stone, then tat certainly won't.
I am tempted to spend some of the redundancy on a seal clubbing trip - or is the season over now?
You'll be wanting to buy your favourite barman (who has always wanted an Aston) a gift then... whistle:
I once found a DB5 abandoned with plants growing round it in the yard of a flat I rented off the Wandsworth Road.
Wasn't interested at the time.May still be there whistle:
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Almost compelling - but, fatally flawed. I care less about tat than I do seals - if those big black eyes cannot soften my heart of stone, then tat certainly won't.
I am tempted to spend some of the redundancy on a seal clubbing trip - or is the season over now?
You'll be wanting to buy your favourite barman (who has always wanted an Aston) a gift then... whistle:
I once found a DB5 abandoned with plants growing round it in the yard of a flat I rented off the Wandsworth Road.
Wasn't interested at the time.May still be there whistle:
I'll take it! cloud9:
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So....half an hour until the "thanks for coming meeting" where I am formally told that I will be out ob 29th August...
...unless, of course, I get the "You are on immediate Gardening Leave" spiel...which could be interesting !
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So....half an hour until the "thanks for coming meeting" where I am formally told that I will be out ob 29th August...
...unless, of course, I get the "You are on immediate Gardening Leave" spiel...which could be interesting !
I assume you have already removed all your "personal" items in case it is the latter? eyes:
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So....half an hour until the "thanks for coming meeting" where I am formally told that I will be out ob 29th August...
...unless, of course, I get the "You are on immediate Gardening Leave" spiel...which could be interesting !
I assume you have already removed all your "personal" items in case it is the latter? eyes:
The plastic explosive will stay here - it's nice and sweaty...
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'Tis done. Time for a pint.
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'Tis done. Time for a pint.
Option A or B?
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I'm Young's. All nightclubs should be napalmed.
I've corrected that for you ;)
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'Tis done. Time for a pint.
Option A or B?
Option A so far - they still want me here. For now...
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'Tis done. Time for a pint.
Option A or B?
Option A so far - they still want me here. For now...
happy100
Still, when they see what a lazy drunken git you've turned into... whistle:
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'Tis done. Time for a pint.
Option A or B?
Option A so far - they still want me here. For now...
happy100
Still, when they see what a lazy drunken git you've turned into... whistle:
Dear Mr Barman - I haven't changed my lunchtime habits here for 18 years!
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'Tis done. Time for a pint.
Option A or B?
Option A so far - they still want me here. For now...
happy100
Still, when they see what a lazy drunken git you've turned into... whistle:
Dear Mr Barman - I haven't changed my lunchtime habits here for 18 years!
But you can now... ;)
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About 25 people leaving the office today. Much beer will be consumed by the hoardes of those liberated with fat redundancy pay-offs.
64 working days left for me - and that's before I take any holiday, 7 days "outplacement" activities and 5 "other" days. cloud9:
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It'll take 63 days to do the CV.
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Not if he's been in the same job for 18 years. Nobody gives a sh*t what you did five years ago anymore.
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I've just filled in an application form asking for my secondary school exam results (GCE)!
That was 1969 ;D
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I've just filled in an application form asking for my secondary school exam results (GCE)!
That was 1969 ;D
'School Certificate' 1951, "He holds the slate at an angle and presses too hard on the chalk"
Not really going to swing an interview one way or the other is it?
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School Reports 1965 - 1976
"Must try harder"
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I've just filled in an application form asking for my secondary school exam results (GCE)!
That was 1969 ;D
I know they ask but there is no way they will or can check your answers. They really don't care.
When I "retired" the HR dept had difficulty with my records. One sweet girl called me to apologise that they seemed to have GCE's listed and surely that should read GCSE?
She could not comprehend that education had been invented before she went to school herself.
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lol: lol: lol:
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lol: lol: lol:
Don't laugh, it is quite close to the truth. And I work with people like this.
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School Reports 1965 - 1976
BC or AD whistle:
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lol: lol: lol:
Don't laugh, it is quite close to the truth. And I work with people like this.
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Oh I believe you.
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What a drepressing day. Thank god it's over.
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What a drepressing day. Thank god it's over.
And the weekend too!
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What a drepressing day. Thank god it's over.
And the weekend too!
Oh Christ ~ It's Friday again .... where have you put Berek's thread?
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What a drepressing day. Thank god it's over.
And the weekend too!
Oh Christ ~ It's Friday again .... where have you put Berek's thread?
I forgot... redface:
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4 day weeks for me from now until the end... noooo:
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On full pay?
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But of course 8)
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Even more Youngs Time then
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4 day weeks for me from now until the end... noooo:
What is it then - Monday or Friday off?
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4 day weeks for me from now until the end... noooo:
What is it then - Monday or Friday off?
Prolly Wednesday! ;D
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Even more Youngs Time then
Not good. noooo:
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Disadvantage of being at home -
Phone call from Marie in limoges inviting me and Mrs Tel to an "exhibition" of crystal and china at the Croydon Aerodrome Hotel on saturday.
No chance.
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You could pop into IKEA on the way!
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I have been dodging IKEA visits for several years now. Mrs Tel can go there with her sister if she really must visit.
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We've been turfed out of our office & dumped on to the open plan call floor. No coffee machine, have to access here on my phome and a tap dancing elephant advert on permanent loop sad24:
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We've been turfed out of our office & dumped on to the open plan call floor. No coffee machine, have to access here on my phome and a tap dancing elephant advert on permanent loop sad24:
Is this a temporary move to facilitate redec, new carpet etc or have you been outed to make room for "senior" management?
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We've been turfed out of our office & dumped on to the open plan call floor. No coffee machine, have to access here on my phome and a tap dancing elephant advert on permanent loop sad24:
I thought you were building a coffee machine into your PC? rubschin:
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4 day weeks for me from now until the end... noooo:
What is it then - Monday or Friday off?
Prolly Wednesday! ;D
I won't take any day off. I can't - I have users who cannot restrict their PC problems to one particular day, so I will just work shorter hours every day to comensate. Most problems occur between 10am and 3pm, so that's what I will do.
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We've been turfed out of our office & dumped on to the open plan call floor. No coffee machine, have to access here on my phome and a tap dancing elephant advert on permanent loop sad24:
Is this a temporary move to facilitate redec, new carpet etc or have you been outed to make room for "senior" management?
The whole building is being rearranged so l dont know where we'll end up.
BM the coffee machine is a home project to give me a 20+ cup machine cloud9:
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We've been turfed out of our office & dumped on to the open plan call floor. No coffee machine, have to access here on my phome and a tap dancing elephant advert on permanent loop sad24:
Is this a temporary move to facilitate redec, new carpet etc or have you been outed to make room for "senior" management?
The whole building is being rearranged so l dont know where we'll end up.
BM the coffee machine is a home project to give me a 20+ cup machine cloud9:
OOOooooooo I remember those office re-ordgs from my days of gainful employment. Usually we ended up losing some staff and then employing temps.
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Damn, the real pub is quiet at this time of the day...whistle...
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I cant take the elephant anymore!!!! angry041:
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What?
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The tap dancing elephant Nick, do keep up whistle:
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Of course! doh:
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Ok for Nick's benefit l've been moved from my office on to the main floor and opposite me is a plasma screen with a company ad involving a tapdancing elephant on permanent bleedin loop banghead:
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Sabotage it!
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Brick through it if I were you.
Claim stress and you'll get time off with full pay ~ they will be fearful that you may sue eveilgrin:
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Ok for Nick's benefit l've been moved from my office on to the main floor and opposite me is a plasma screen with a company ad involving a tapdancing elephant on permanent bleedin loop banghead:
How clever ..... the elephant being able to tap dance !
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Landlady
Get your goat!
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noooo:
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Mrs TMR (to be) was meant to be leaving on 31st July. She has been told to go today. No longer will I be able to gaze upon her beauty in the office. sad24:
I feel a longer lunch approaching.
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eeek:
sad24:
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Mrs TMR (to be) was meant to be leaving on 31st July. She has been told to go today. No longer will I be able to gaze upon her beauty in the office. sad24:
I feel a longer lunch approaching.
You'll appreciate her more when you get home each day... eyes:
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Mrs TMR (to be) was meant to be leaving on 31st July. She has been told to go today. No longer will I be able to gaze upon her beauty in the office. sad24:
I feel a longer lunch approaching.
You'll appreciate her more when you get home each day... eyes:
eyes: eyes: eyes:
First day in the office without her sad24:
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Mrs TMR (to be) was meant to be leaving on 31st July. She has been told to go today. No longer will I be able to gaze upon her beauty in the office. sad24:
I feel a longer lunch approaching.
You'll appreciate her more when you get home each day... eyes:
eyes: eyes: eyes:
First day in the office without her sad24:
You'll have to go home for lunch then... whistle:
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Tis a lovely sunny morning. I think I may work up a thirst today.
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Mrs TMR (to be) was meant to be leaving on 31st July. She has been told to go today. No longer will I be able to gaze upon her beauty in the office. sad24:
I feel a longer lunch approaching.
You'll appreciate her more when you get home each day... eyes:
eyes: eyes: eyes:
First day in the office without her sad24:
You'll have to go home for lunch then... whistle:
No need - we've just had a snog in the B&Q car park whilst sharing a bacon and egg butty. Romantic, huh? lol:
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And to think they say romance is dead these days whistle:
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Mrs TMR (to be) was meant to be leaving on 31st July. She has been told to go today. No longer will I be able to gaze upon her beauty in the office. sad24:
I feel a longer lunch approaching.
You'll appreciate her more when you get home each day... eyes:
eyes: eyes: eyes:
First day in the office without her sad24:
You'll have to go home for lunch then... whistle:
No need - we've just had a snog in the B&Q car park whilst sharing a bacon and egg butty. Romantic, huh? lol:
Tooooooo much information there ~ I don't want to know what was in the sandwich .... unless it was pork in cider.
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Tsk, tsk.
We met there as now Mrs TMR (to be) is no longer gainfully employed, she has decided to do some decorating and the garden. After the breakfast bap we bought the paint and then when to the gardening section. A kindly old white haired B+Q came up to me and said "do you want decking?". Luckily, I got my punch in first and dropped him, but it just goes to show how careful you have to be these days.
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<Groan>
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Tsk, tsk.
We met there as now Mrs TMR (to be) is no longer gainfully employed, she has decided to do some decorating and the garden. After the breakfast bap we bought the paint and then when to the gardening section. A kindly old white haired B+Q came up to me and said "do you want decking?". Luckily, I got my punch in first and dropped him, but it just goes to show how careful you have to be these days.
;D
Oh aren't you in a good mood!
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I am entertaining myself today by locking out certain user accounts. Then, when they phone, I ask them to unplug the network cable and leave it "dangling downwards, because the network is full and this helps to drain it".
After ten minutes or so, I unlock their account and tell then to put the network cable back in.
Voila - it all works again.
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You know you could have some real fun with remote access and a keymapping program TMR..... eyes:
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Done that...
:-)
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I am entertaining myself today by locking out certain user accounts. Then, when they phone, I ask them to unplug the network cable and leave it "dangling downwards, because the network is full and this helps to drain it".
After ten minutes or so, I unlock their account and tell then to put the network cable back in.
Voila - it all works again.
Whenever I install a system I connect up the modem and test it on my laptop.
Then I unplug the LAN cable, put my thumb over the RJ45 connector and hand it to the customer to connect to their own PC. "keep your thumb over the end so all the broadband doesn't drain out"...
It is surprising how many actually do it... point:
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One of our "better" code monkeys was having slow response times. I suggested clearing out all his .tmp files using "del c:\*.tmp f/s/q". The silly sod put a space before the asterisk...
...The rest is legend. :-)
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Wait till someone locks their computer to go on a break, then go into it and take a screenshot of the desktop. Shut all the programs down, get rid of their icons and hide the taskbar. Then replace the desktop background with the screenshot you took. You can have great fun watching them try and work out what the hell has happened to their machine.
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lol: lol: lol:
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If only...I cannot change the wallpaper - the corporate "Arbeit macht frei" image is non-negotiable...
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Simple, find where the file is stored on the computer and then rename the screenshot to that file.
We've done it here in the past to personalise machines.... whistle:
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That's all locked up too...already tried...
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Interview tomorrow with Jobcentre peeps, presumably for them to advise on how to get a job - as if I haven't been trying.
After that, interview for a job with an estate agents chain - if I get the job, will I be excommunicated?
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Interview tomorrow with Jobcentre peeps, presumably for them to advise on how to get a job - as if I haven't been trying.
After that, interview for a job with an estate agents chain - if I get the job, will I be excommunicated?
They are recruiting...? eeek:
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It's a one man band job, looking after the IT stuff.
Wimbledon, not a bad place to work.
Must be a Youngs house nearby. Will have to look.
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Hope they're not running Vista...
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Cough, splutter, spit.
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Cough, splutter, spit.
point:
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Interview at Jobcentre this morning.
Boring, boring, boring.
The stack of applications I presented were not even looked at. She found on ejob on their system, Trainee IT Support person £12K!
Even more cough, splutter, spit.
Now have to go back weekly to see if someone else can help me.
I have been unemployeed for one day (that was because it was a New Years Day so I could not start new job) since 1969, does it look like I am trying to avoid working?
Off to Wimbledon shortly to see estate agent bods.
Mrs Tel is considering coming with me, so she can "browse" the shops whilst I am grilled.
The day just gets better and better.
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Interview at Jobcentre this morning.
Boring, boring, boring.
The stack of applications I presented were not even looked at. She found on ejob on their system, Trainee IT Support person £12K!
Even more cough, splutter, spit.
Now have to go back weekly to see if someone else can help me.
I have been unemployeed for one day (that was because it was a New Years Day so I could not start new job) since 1969, does it look like I am trying to avoid working?
Off to Wimbledon shortly to see estate agent bods.
Mrs Tel is considering coming with me, so she can "browse" the shops whilst I am grilled.
The day just gets better and better.
happy100
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And so it starts...10 working days left (can't be arsed to take the "outlplacement") and the fond farewells are flowing in from people who will now be on holiday passed the time I leave.
Some real good lads and lasses. Bit choking really. sad24:
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sad24:
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Now look what you've done TMR
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Today, I have...
Sent PC kit, printers, scanners etc. on to to new place. Packed it all myself, despite it not being my job, but none of the usual "luggers" in my department were in. A 68 kilo printer is hard to shift alone...
Disposed of 66 phones - again lifting the crates they were in.
"Other" lugging.
All done by 10.30.
I thought my day's work was over, but no...
Two dead PCs.
THEN - as my luggers/building engineers (?) weren't in, other stuff:-
Third floor bog flooded - all I could do was isolate the water supply to stop further flooding.
Fat bloke stuck in lift between third and fourth floor - manually crank him down to third level and then pull door apart to release him. He didn't even say thanks.
Now extremely pissed off. One of the bitches even had the gaul to say "are you going home so early"...
My good Grammar school upbringing came to the fore and I said nothing.
Sheesh, kids of today...
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happ096
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Today, I have...
Sent PC kit, printers, scanners etc. on to to new place. Packed it all myself, despite it not being my job, but none of the usual "luggers" in my department were in. A 68 kilo printer is hard to shift alone...
Disposed of 66 phones - again lifting the crates they were in.
"Other" lugging.
All done by 10.30.
I thought my day's work was over, but no...
Two dead PCs.
THEN - as my luggers/building engineers (?) weren't in, other stuff:-
Third floor bog flooded - all I could do was isolate the water supply to stop further flooding.
Fat bloke stuck in lift between third and fourth floor - manually crank him down to third level and then pull door apart to release him. He didn't even say thanks.
Now extremely pissed off. One of the bitches even had the gaul to say "are you going home so early"...
My good Grammar school upbringing came to the fore and I said nothing.
Sheesh, kids of today...
Well done ~ just one small point, an even better Grammar School upbringing might have told you that it is GALL. ;)
But a good day's work and well controlled anyway. happ096
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Pardon my French :-)
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Pardon my French :-)
lol: lol: happy088
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Thank you Snoops!
Now drinking Young's and admiring my purchases. Anyone know where I can get some Whitworth spanners?
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A Whitworth Spanner Shop?
Snoopy's Tool Kit =
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Aha, the old brummagem screwdriver ;)
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'Cactly ~ tho' me Dad said it was an Irish Screwdriver when he gave it to me.
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Well, 6 months of Jobseekers Allowance has finished and now after 3 weeks of personal interviews, I get sent on a Personal Development Course in Croydon. Induction was all day and then this is followed by 12 weeks of half-day sessions. I didn't want to do any of the "courses", interview techniques etc but I still have to attend every Thursday. There are about 50 people there - 8 eight PCs to share plus various newspapers some of which are a week out of date! Half the attendees seem to have criminal records and can't get a job. The remainder, apart from a few, seem to be long term jobless, up to 10 years without working. Apparently if I don't attend they will stop my benefits - unfortunately I don't get any!
I was told at the Jobcentre that this course wasn't really suitable for me (can do all of this from home) but if I write a letter explaining why it's not for me, they will take me off it! Wouldn't take a verbal request though.
Anyway it's time for a Youngs now.
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Well done you for giving it a go. They are really twats aren't they? I, as I told you, got caught up in one of these years ago. Nothing seems to have changed and I don't suppose it ever will.
I am old enough to remember when one had to sign on at the "Labour Exchange" every week and as you signed on they would hand you notes to employers with vacancies. The following week you had to return the note, suitably annotated, to prove you had been for the interview. The employed had to give reasons why you had not got the job.
Six weeks and you had to have an Interview with "The Manager" who would flick through a card index of vacancies until he found one that "might suit" and send you directly round there. Nothing to do with whatever you could or could not do. Nothing to do with qualifications ~ always labouring work but you got a job, often for two or three weeks, sometimes only a day or two, until the hole was dug, the cement shifted, the bricks moved or the cargo unloaded and then back to the weekly sign on.
I sometimes wonder if a return to that system wouldn't be a good idea for the work-shy whilst those with some qualifications who clearly are out of work through no fault of their own could be dealt with sensibly.
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Well. I am just about to apply for a job at a Catholic grammer school - tis a Jesuit run set up!
Some of my cousins went there years ago, nearly went there myself.
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Well don't get into any bad habits.
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Jesuits you say? rubschin:
The Force is strong with them.
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Not likely.
When I was a lad my school (also catholic and run by priests) had a leather strap (cut down barbers strop) for beatings.
The jesuits used a tawse - not nice.
Ah, the good old days.
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Well don't get into any bad habits.
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Well, we're just off to sunny Croydon to inform Mrs Tels co-workers that they will be out of a job tomorrow, their employeer is going into administration.
Not going to be a good day.
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It seems I am in the running for a Contract job in Woking. Hmmm....
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Is that good? I hope so... happy088
Anyhoo, seeing as this seems to be thread to announce temporary departures I'll take the opportunity of squaring the circle regarding the strange "... eunuchs" thread.
Toward the end of next week I'll be off to the land of the Mad Lovely Mullahs for a few days on a contract. I have no plans to spend time with President I'madinnerjacket; my only plan is to come back alive and well. Last time I was there they were saddened by the marital status entry on my passport and offered a clutch of wives in addition to the fee eeek:
Sadly there's only enough spare space in the suitcase for Saffron, Caviar and a kilo or so of lemon flavoured pistachio nuts cloud9:
Hope that clears up the confusion ;)
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What confusion?
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Is that good? I hope so... happy088
Anyhoo, seeing as this seems to be thread to announce temporary departures I'll take the opportunity of squaring the circle regarding the strange "... eunuchs" thread.
Toward the end of next week I'll be off to the land of the Mad Lovely Mullahs for a few days on a contract. I have no plans to spend time with President I'madinnerjacket; my only plan is to come back alive and well. Last time I was there they were saddened by the marital status entry on my passport and offered a clutch of wives in addition to the fee eeek:
Sadly there's only enough spare space in the suitcase for Saffron, Caviar and a kilo or so of lemon flavoured pistachio nuts cloud9:
Hope that clears up the confusion ;)
Well just make sure you do come back with your nuts lol:
Have a safe trip won't you scared2:
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Well just make sure you do come back with your nuts lol:
Have a safe trip won't you scared2:
Thanks for your good wishes lol:
With a bit of luck my nuts will come back with me, pleasantly fragranced with Persian Citrus
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Well just make sure you do come back with your nuts lol:
Have a safe trip won't you scared2:
Thanks for your good wishes lol:
With a bit of luck my nuts will come back with me, pleasantly fragranced with Persian Citrus
Euphemism...? rubschin:
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Is that good? I hope so... happy088
Anyhoo, seeing as this seems to be thread to announce temporary departures I'll take the opportunity of squaring the circle regarding the strange "... eunuchs" thread.
Toward the end of next week I'll be off to the land of the Mad Lovely Mullahs for a few days on a contract. I have no plans to spend time with President I'madinnerjacket; my only plan is to come back alive and well. Last time I was there they were saddened by the marital status entry on my passport and offered a clutch of wives in addition to the fee eeek:
Sadly there's only enough spare space in the suitcase for Saffron, Caviar and a kilo or so of lemon flavoured pistachio nuts cloud9:
Hope that clears up the confusion ;)
No carpets?
Or was that just when the Shah was in charge?
Have a good trip anyway.
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No carpets?
Or was that just when the Shah was in charge?
Have a good trip anyway.
Thank you DS. I think baggage restrictions these days preclude the inclusion of an Isfahan antiquity ;)
One of the strangest sights I've seen is the carpet cleaning frenzy prior to Iranian new year eeek:. The roads in Tehran are awash with cars with rolled up carpets on the roof taking them to the cleaners in preparation for the festivities. Traffic in the city is manic mayhem at the best of times but the carpets add a bizarre touch.
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Well just make sure you do come back with your nuts lol:
Have a safe trip won't you scared2:
Thanks for your good wishes lol:
With a bit of luck my nuts will come back with me, pleasantly fragranced with Persian Citrus
Euphemism...? rubschin:
I don't think so. I met her in a bar in Malta a long time ago, she was a very friendly lady. cloud9:
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Well, Mrs Tel was made redundant (by administrators) on Friday, that's after 38 years service!
Company was sold, but not the concession she worked in. Now waiting for form to arrive to claim from govt.
Happy days.
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It is all around us. Bad news. My commiserations
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Well, Mrs Tel was made redundant (by administrators) on Friday, that's after 38 years service!
Company was sold, but not the concession she worked in. Now waiting for form to arrive to claim from govt.
Happy days.
That's shitty! Which company (concession)?
Presumably the shop/store company was sold and the concessions told to sod off so that the TUPE rules wouldn't apply. Surely though her employers were the concession owners who would be liable for redundo ~ which ought to be more than the Govt pay out. Employment law is tricky but there must be something she can do against them.
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Well, Mrs Tel was made redundant (by administrators) on Friday, that's after 38 years service!
Company was sold, but not the concession she worked in. Now waiting for form to arrive to claim from govt.
Happy days.
That's shitty! Which company (concession)?
Presumably the shop/store company was sold and the concessions told to sod off so that the TUPE rules wouldn't apply. Surely though her employers were the concession owners who would be liable for redundo ~ which ought to be more than the Govt pay out. Employment law is tricky but there must be something she can do against them.
She worked for Viyella (about the last 9 years). She transferred to them from Jaeger who at that time were part of the Coates Paton group, so continous employment.
Viyella were put into administration in January and last Friday were sold to Austin Reed - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7875469.stm
This morning phoned head office about another matter and was told her position - she has been made redundant by the administrators as Austin Reed did not purchase the concession in Allders in Croydon (one of their most profitable) and so she now has to claim her redundancy, notice payment and any holiday pay due, from the Govt - Redundancy Payment Office.
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Well, Mrs Tel was made redundant (by administrators) on Friday, that's after 38 years service!
Company was sold, but not the concession she worked in. Now waiting for form to arrive to claim from govt.
Happy days.
That's shitty! Which company (concession)?
Presumably the shop/store company was sold and the concessions told to sod off so that the TUPE rules wouldn't apply. Surely though her employers were the concession owners who would be liable for redundo ~ which ought to be more than the Govt pay out. Employment law is tricky but there must be something she can do against them.
She worked for Viyella (about the last 9 years). She transferred to them from Jaeger who at that time were part of the Coates Paton group, so continous employment.
Viyella were put into administration in January and last Friday were sold to Austin Reed - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7875469.stm
This morning phoned head office about another matter and was told her position - she has been made redundant by the administrators as Austin Reed did not purchase the concession in Allders in Croydon (one of their most profitable) and so she now has to claim her redundancy, notice payment and any holiday pay due, from the Govt - Redundancy Payment Office.
Allders also went under some months ago didn't they? I knew about Coates/Viyella.
Tell her I'm sorry to hear the news ~ the bastard receivers are pulling every trick in the book but you just know that THEY will get their fat fees.
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Allders did go under, but the name and the Croydon were bought up and are doing quite well, compared with House of Fraser for example.
I think what affects her most at the moment, is the break up of a team who have worked together for some time.
She has probably got a job with a new concession opening in Allders which is managed by her old boss, so not too bad.
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Ooh, so redundo, a bit of gardeing AND a new job. That sounds better!
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I think that also has already realised that the 2 of us stuck at home all the time is not a good idea, well at least during this time of year.
Thanks for the kind words.
I have the Jobcentre to visit this afternoon. Tis made worse dute to the fact that I have to travel over (pub transport) just as all the kids are leaving school! Usually have a headache by the time I get there, but the Youngs afterwards seems to have a soothing effect.
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I think that also has already realised that the 2 of us stuck at home all the time is not a good idea, well at least during this time of year.
Mr Wench and I have nearly come to blows on many occasions this past week.
Tell Mrs Tel she has my sympathys.
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Tell Mr Wench he has our sympathies too!
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Mrs S#2 and I lived and worked together (she was my assistant when we started the relationship) for the first 6 years we were together. And by together I mean 24 hours a day x 7days a week. The only time we spent apart was when I had access to my kids on a Saturday afternoon and that was only until they moved out of their mother's house and into ours. We have never left our children with anyone else so have not had a "night out" on our own in fifteen and a half years. I returned to work alone when the THW was born in June 93 until I was retired and since then we have been together 24 hours a day until two and a half years ago when she started a part time job lecturing ~ prior to that she had tutored at home. She works 8 hours a week and is out of the house for about 12 hours in total. Apart from visits every third Saturday to her mother in Lincolnshire, which I no longer accompany her on, we are in the same house most of each day. We have a few (very few considering) disputes but no major rows.
A major treat for her (and me) was that we went out to lunch on her birthday last year because it was the first time that we had no children at home on her Birthday ~ all were at school ~ her Birthday usually falls in the Easter Hols or one of them is off sick. It was the first meal we had eaten together without at least one of them in tow them since the THW was born. We now make a point of "running away" once a month for a pub lunch.
I guess some couples can do it and other can't. We are both very tolerant of one another's foibles. Yes we do get irked with each other from time to time but mostly we just jog along.
PS She doesn't buy carpets.
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Tell Mr Wench he has our sympathies too!
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I think that also has already realised that the 2 of us stuck at home all the time is not a good idea, well at least during this time of year.
Thanks for the kind words.
I have the Jobcentre to visit this afternoon. Tis made worse dute to the fact that I have to travel over (pub transport) just as all the kids are leaving school! Usually have a headache by the time I get there, but the Youngs afterwards seems to have a soothing effect.
Welcome to my world! So far though, we haven't had any real arguments (apart from over DIY) and the angel even picked me up from the pub this evening cloud9:
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Mrs S#2 and I lived and worked together (she was my assistant when we started the relationship) for the first 6 years we were together. And by together I mean 24 hours a day x 7days a week. The only time we spent apart was when I had access to my kids on a Saturday afternoon and that was only until they moved out of their mother's house and into ours. We have never left our children with anyone else so have not had a "night out" on our own in fifteen and a half years. I returned to work alone when the THW was born in June 93 until I was retired and since then we have been together 24 hours a day until two and a half years ago when she started a part time job lecturing ~ prior to that she had tutored at home. She works 8 hours a week and is out of the house for about 12 hours in total. Apart from visits every third Saturday to her mother in Lincolnshire, which I no longer accompany her on, we are in the same house most of each day. We have a few (very few considering) disputes but no major rows.
A major treat for her (and me) was that we went out to lunch on her birthday last year because it was the first time that we had no children at home on her Birthday ~ all were at school ~ her Birthday usually falls in the Easter Hols or one of them is off sick. It was the first meal we had eaten together without at least one of them in tow them since the THW was born. We now make a point of "running away" once a month for a pub lunch.
I guess some couples can do it and other can't. We are both very tolerant of one another's foibles. Yes we do get irked with each other from time to time but mostly we just jog along.
PS She doesn't buy carpets.
You are a lucky dog on all counts. worthy: