The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Nick on September 09, 2009, 10:27:27 AM
-
I work from home. Sometimes I am frantically bizzy and stay up all night to meet deadlines. At other times I have fook all to do. Between 6 and 10 this morning I have communicated with various clients (one more to go) who all owe me things. I owe nothing except some invoices which I shall do shortly.
After that I can sit here and play about on the VP or just relax in the Rug Room and watch a crap film. But Mrs Nick is slaving at werk and I feel oddly guilty about doing nothing. Oh yes, I will cook later, and sort out washing.
With werk in hand and werk invoiced for I have enough in the bank to not worry too much till about March 2011 about cashflow and by then something else will turn up. So, should I pretend to werk (pretend to myself that is) or just put my feet up?
I imagine many here (aside from our sadly unemployed brethren - to whom my apologies) may also feel odd about bunking off. What do you do?
-
The problem with being in full time employment is not being able to get all the household chores done, everything either has to be packed in the weekend or a day's holiday taken. Example, the boiler is due it's annual service but I haven't been able to take a day off.
Count yourself lucky.
You could always take up a hobby. Cake making and model railways comes to mind. ;)
-
I do no chores till about 4 then it's all systems go. But you are right about routine werkmen and stuff. That is easy.
Oh and
cussing:
I may go to Ainsdale and take photographs!
-
As you know I pretend to work by being involved in a number of local committees.
Apart from editing and publishing the village magazine (5 days work every other month) I also sit on a couple of fund raising committees, for both I act as Secretary as I am available during the day and have 'pooter etc. I get paid expenses and that takes care of my telephone bills (including broadband). The magazine pays for my 'pooters and printers, ink, paper and stamps etc. I am a Trustee of the charity that runs the village hall and also act as the Board of Trustees Secretary and Treasurer which means one day a month I do their invoices (to people who rent the rooms at the hall for various functions), the banking, pay any bills that come in and keep the books.
I do a little writing and a lot of family history research. I occasionally speak at various venues on the subjects that interest me. The likes of the WI, the Round Table, The RAOB, etc all pay expenses (I charge a flat £25 for 40 minutes and usually get a free lunch or supper)
What with that and my share of the Home Education of the Boys plus playing in here life is pretty full. I sometimes wonder how I found time to go out to work. Seriously I do all this to fill my time as I hated being forced out of work and into an early retirement. The choice was replace work with something else or sit in the chair and wait to die.
A quick edit to add ~ I do see Uncle's problem and that is one big advantage to the whole family and probably my biggest contribution in that I am here to deal with all manner of things that otherwise would have to be crammed into weekends (which nobody wants to do)
-
OK. I argued with myself and lost.
Crap film.
I now await the crap film watched in the daytime police scared2:
-
You could spend the afternoon making a home made anniversary card whistle:
-
I succumbed and did online Interflora evil:
-
Good Man cloud9:
-
The problem with being in full time employment is not being able to get all the household chores done, everything either has to be packed in the weekend or a day's holiday taken. Example, the boiler is due it's annual service but I haven't been able to take a day off.
Count yourself lucky.
You could always take up a hobby. Cake making and model railways comes to mind. ;)
That always used to be a major bug bear - having to take a day's leave to wait for service men ( or women ) or deliveries to fail to turn up.
Having worked 'flexibly' now for over 2 years it is a gosdend. One day a week working from home allows you to do all these little things.
Of course it does depend on you having a frickin internet connection that works Banghead
-
And a willing and flexible Sven eyes:
Anyhoo. Past noon so -Thunderball eveilgrin:
-
Would that reduce your daytime guilt then Nick - a flexible friend to play with whistle:
-
Sylvia the MILF eyes: cloud9:
-
I imagine many here (aside from our sadly unemployed brethren - to whom my apologies) may also feel odd about bunking off. What do you do?
In a word, yes. There is ALWAYS something that's needs doing. Shrugs:
-
It's about priorities....if you decide to be good to yourself today then bunk off and enjoy....if you decide to be good to others then knuckle down and start working
-
I imagine many here (aside from our sadly unemployed brethren - to whom my apologies) may also feel odd about bunking off. What do you do?
In a word, yes. There is ALWAYS something that's needs doing. Shrugs:
Quite. But some things can wait eveilgrin:
-
PS D'you think Wenchy will misread this thread as Daytime quilt ? whistle:
-
point:
-
I'm kind of having one of those days ~ daytime guilt ~ 'cept I'm playing email ping pong with a guy in Singapore who's trying to open some design work I sent on his Blackberry happy001
He's even nipped home to see if he can open the files on his son's laptop lol:
-
Sunnio here. Looks like the local MILFs are having a girly lunch out. Where are my binoculars? rubschin:
-
tunble:
-
Being at home a lot has it's advantages. For a kick off one is always in when the the BASTARD JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES BANG ON YOUR FVKCING DOOR!
-
eeek: And you answered it?
-
eeek: And you answered it?
Yes of course I did. I mean it could have been the Mormons innit? They like a good laugh.
-
eeek: And you answered it?
Yes of course I did. I mean it could have been the Mormons innit? They like a good laugh.
But the 'M's don't like coffee or Pepsi razz:
-
Not having a door onto the street I don't get that. However, come Sunday all and sundry are out in force, suited and booted and carrying small black books ::)
There's usually a white minibus nearby carrying the legend "The Church of Holy Flat Bread and Redeeming Pumpkin Pie" or somesuch. There's a church down the road where some of them gather for hours on a Sunday; walk past it and you could be hearing the James Brown set on the Blues Brothers! eeek:
-
Not having a door onto the street I don't get that. However, come Sunday all and sundry are out in force, suited and booted and carrying small black books ::)
There's usually a white minibus nearby carrying the legend "The Church of Holy Flat Bread and Redeeming Pumpkin Pie" or somesuch. There's a church down the road where some of them gather for hours on a Sunday; walk past it and you could be hearing the James Brown set on the Blues Brothers! eeek:
But you do have to admit (go on admit it) that they can hold a tune ...
-
eeek: And you answered it?
Yes of course I did. I mean it could have been the Mormons innit? They like a good laugh.
But the 'M's don't like coffee or Pepsi razz:
What about White Lightening? I could get them pissed and have a sing song.
-
eeek: And you answered it?
Yes of course I did. I mean it could have been the Mormons innit? They like a good laugh.
But the 'M's don't like coffee or Pepsi razz:
What about White Lightening? I could get them pissed and have a sing song.
'What's' that then????
-
eeek: And you answered it?
Yes of course I did. I mean it could have been the Mormons innit? They like a good laugh.
But the 'M's don't like coffee or Pepsi razz:
What about White Lightening? I could get them pissed and have a sing song.
'What's' that then????
Strong cider
Hellooooooooo LL ~ nice to see you.
PS Wki says:
White Lightning is a brand of cheap white cider (or more accurately fermented corn syrup) brewed by Scottish Courage in the UK. Although originally available in a 3 litre bottle (advertised as 3 litres for the price of 2 litres), in 2004 Scottish Courage announced that bottles of White Lightning would be produced at a maximum of 2 litres in order to restore value to the "cider" drinks market and to pursue the perhaps difficult goal of promoting responsible drinking amongst consumers of such products
-
Not having a door onto the street I don't get that. However, come Sunday all and sundry are out in force, suited and booted and carrying small black books ::)
There's usually a white minibus nearby carrying the legend "The Church of Holy Flat Bread and Redeeming Pumpkin Pie" or somesuch. There's a church down the road where some of them gather for hours on a Sunday; walk past it and you could be hearing the James Brown set on the Blues Brothers! eeek:
But you do have to admit (go on admit it) that they can hold a tune ...
Oh Lordy, can they! lol:
I swear I heard some Hendrix riffs in "Take me to the River" once ;)
-
eeek: And you answered it?
Yes of course I did. I mean it could have been the Mormons innit? They like a good laugh.
But the 'M's don't like coffee or Pepsi razz:
What about White Lightening? I could get them pissed and have a sing song.
'What's' that then????
White Lightening I will have you know is a brand of full strength cider that tastes like battery acid and costs about 20p a gallon.
Beverage of choice for many.
But not me. Not yet anyway. Not while Carlsberg Special Brew tastes so lovely. cloud9:
-
Yummy - WL sounds like just
For NOW will stay with my lovely glass of Italian red wine - Cheers All !!!!
Off out now for supper...
-
Hello LL. Keeping a watchful eye eh? Very wise! eyes: