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Post by zou on Mar 29, 2023 20:00:16 GMT
My mum has been at it again. My brother has been in Germany, got back today and called to see mum. She told him that she had to wear a strap on all night! She clearly hasn't a clue! Or maybe she's in on the joke now? Or maybe you are failing to take her literally?! |
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Post by dreampolice on Mar 29, 2023 21:03:02 GMT
My mum has been at it again. My brother has been in Germany, got back today and called to see mum. She told him that she had to wear a strap on all night! She clearly hasn't a clue! Or maybe she's in on the joke now? Or maybe you are failing to take her literally?! My brother doesn't think she is. As for your second comment, that is so wrong!  |
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Post by lesleysm2 on Mar 29, 2023 21:28:21 GMT
She clearly hasn't a clue! Or she has and she's enjoying the wind up! |
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Post by lesleysm2 on Mar 29, 2023 21:48:20 GMT
Thought I posted it last night but then again due to the celebrations I was somewhat inebriated (for "somewhat" read "Piss*d as the proverbial newt")
As you may all know the Monday before last I interviewed for a job, I really liked the people and it's a much shorter commute
They came back and offered me a different job but having read the JD I liked that one
The plan was to start as a temp on £14 an hour, I told the agency that was a sticking point as it's really low. They went to the client and the client came back and said £16 an hour, which is a little less than I was getting but I will only be a temp for a few weeks before I switch to permanent so the next issue was what would my permanent salary be?
Came back yesterday with an offer of considerably more than I expected it's just short of £5k more than what I~ was getting in my last permanent job
Gave myself a mental round of applause when Chloe from the agency said "Is that okay?" and I managed to reply "That'll be acceptable" rather than "Whoppee! F**K YES!"
Okay when I told the manager at my current job that I was leaving on Friday her claws came out and she terminated my job yesterday afternoon claiming she thought I wasn't performing to the required standard because of a couple of mistakes that could have been avoided if someone had simply told me what they wanted me to do rather than leaving me to try and work it out!
So that means Friday week I am getting 2 days wages but I just have to get through that then get through when I switch from temp to perm but after that if nothing goes wrong I can well and truly get by every month and start tackling my overdraft
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Post by mick on Mar 30, 2023 8:30:27 GMT
Thought I posted it last night but then again due to the celebrations I was somewhat inebriated (for "somewhat" read "Piss*d as the proverbial newt") As you may all know the Monday before last I interviewed for a job, I really liked the people and it's a much shorter commute They came back and offered me a different job but having read the JD I liked that one The plan was to start as a temp on £14 an hour, I told the agency that was a sticking point as it's really low. They went to the client and the client came back and said £16 an hour, which is a little less than I was getting but I will only be a temp for a few weeks before I switch to permanent so the next issue was what would my permanent salary be? Came back yesterday with an offer of considerably more than I expected it's just short of £5k more than what I~ was getting in my last permanent job Gave myself a mental round of applause when Chloe from the agency said "Is that okay?" and I managed to reply "That'll be acceptable" rather than "Whoppee! F**K YES!" Okay when I told the manager at my current job that I was leaving on Friday her claws came out and she terminated my job yesterday afternoon claiming she thought I wasn't performing to the required standard because of a couple of mistakes that could have been avoided if someone had simply told me what they wanted me to do rather than leaving me to try and work it out! So that means Friday week I am getting 2 days wages but I just have to get through that then get through when I switch from temp to perm but after that if nothing goes wrong I can well and truly get by every month and start tackling my overdraft I know how you feel. Almost exactly 20 years ago I volunteered for redundancy. I was only about 5 months from retirement anyway. The boss came back, very clearly worried, and said that they couldn't give me the full package because I was about to retire anyway. I'd spent most of my career negotiating things and, despite my emotions bubbling over with joy at the offer, I put on my game face and managed to better the offer by a little more than 15%. Boy was I happy. I was also happy because my offer to go saved a much younger family man who needed a job much more than I did.
Mick
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Post by peterob on Mar 30, 2023 20:51:14 GMT
Relieved if not actually cheerful. I just realised that it is the end of Q1 (save a day) and I just backed up my photos (back-up of back-up) and Lightroom catalogue and found that is the first time this year! Even allowing for distractions that is disgraceful - I seem to have accumulated 628 images so far this year which is a lot for me!
Edit: writing this post made me go back and check on 2022 - nothing since mid-October had been double backed-up so that is definitely a plus! All done now.
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Post by nickr on Mar 30, 2023 21:41:31 GMT
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Post by spinno on Mar 30, 2023 21:45:03 GMT
Oh the poor bloke, how his life is falling apart |
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Post by nickr on Mar 30, 2023 21:46:28 GMT
Oh the poor bloke, how his life is falling apart Looks like times might be Stormy for him for a while, although I'm sure he will say they're Trumped-up charges... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2023 4:10:05 GMT
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Post by John Farrell on Mar 31, 2023 6:15:54 GMT
They aren't common cameras here in New Zealand - even the older II and III aren't common. There are more Kievs to be found here. |
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Post by kate on Mar 31, 2023 9:42:52 GMT
My first bumble bee visited my kitchen via the open back door this morning. Didn't stay long and flew off again.
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Post by zou on Mar 31, 2023 10:18:15 GMT
First home-developed roll of HP5+ in ten years... turned out fine.  |
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Post by gray1720 on Mar 31, 2023 11:59:50 GMT
Very nice indeed! One day my Contax III will reach the head of Ed Trzoska's queue, and I'll get the Contax experience. Until then... |
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Post by willien on Mar 31, 2023 13:21:57 GMT
Strap on Gel Pack. Straight from freezer to ankle. |
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