RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 30, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 30, 2010 Speaking for myself I think it's the onset of old age. Yeah, I guess this is it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 What an absolutely biblical downpour we're having right now! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 30, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 30, 2010 What an absolutely biblical downpour we're having right now! May the Ark-angel be with you . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 30, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 30, 2010 Blue sky, and 17C here, not too bad for the last day of September. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Well, my weekend got off to a fine start. Phone call late this morning needing me to go in tomorrow. Didn't want to but you know how it is. Means I have to leave Abi with the in-laws again and it's knackered my plans for Saturday too. They just don't care about putting anybody else out. I'm sick to the back teeth of it. I've done two twelve hour shifts this week to help them out. I'm shortening my weekend by two hours to start early to help out on Monday morning. The more they do, the more they demand. I've done my bit this week but it's never never enough. I'm ****ing sick of it all, I really am. Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Sorry to hear that Dave - Unfortunately, in many cases this sort of thing appears to be a sign of the times. I can understand your annoyance. I am posting this evening in lieu of tomorrow morning . I am off to Paris for a meeting at the crack of dawn and don't expect to have Internet access until Saturday evening when I am back. Therefore, have a good start to the weekend everyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 30, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 30, 2010 Well, my weekend got off to a fine start. Phone call late this morning needing me to go in tomorrow. Didn't want to but you know how it is. Means I have to leave Abi with the in-laws again and it's knackered my plans for Saturday too. They just don't care about putting anybody else out. I'm sick to the back teeth of it. I've done two twelve hour shifts this week to help them out. I'm shortening my weekend by two hours to start early to help out on Monday morning. The more they do, the more they demand. I've done my bit this week but it's never never enough. I'm ****ing sick of it all, I really am. Dave. The career I once had meant I wasn't likely to be called in when not expected but management still had their little ways of causing problems. I was at one time rather ill. I came under a lot of pressure to return to work (can't replace you, students have exams etc) and went back before I should have. This coincided with a change of hospital consultant who had his own ideas about treatment. So it wasn't long before I was even more ill and after being given some fairly good advice by my (excellent) GP, I didn't object when my contract was terminated but I did my best to make the HR person (he didn't really qualify for the H in HR) look bad. He didn't care though, he had met his targets. I consider myself fortunate that I've never met anyone else as unpleasant as he was. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 He'd be among friends in the upper echelons of my outfit. They used to be pretty good, but over the last 5 years or so the 'new breed' of 'Dear Leaders' has adopted Kim Jong Il's management style whilst dispensing with his attendant humanity and welfare considerations... Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted September 30, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 30, 2010 I'm not surprised you sound so cheesed off Dave. Like so many today, you do them a favour then they just take a lend....... The various people I have directly worked for have always considered their staff their most important asset and treated us accordingly. Listening to various tales I can see how lucky I have been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Any vacancies for an unskilled monkey...? Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 30, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 30, 2010 I'm not surprised you sound so cheesed off Dave. Like so many today, you do them a favour then they just take a lend....... The various people I have directly worked for have always considered their staff their most important asset and treated us accordingly. Listening to various tales I can see how lucky I have been. I've worked for a few excellent people, it was rather unfortunate that I ended my career at the hands of the exact opposite.. My wife worked for over thirty years in an educational institution through every scheme, initiative and type of government. It was the imposition of someone whose expertise was management rather than education that precipitated her looking for another job a couple of years ago. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 30, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 30, 2010 Any vacancies for an unskilled monkey...? Dave. The BBC was reporting that the Commonwealth Games security people have a squad of trained Langur monkeys. Apparently they are to repel the local smaller monkeys from irritating the athletes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Sounds like what I'm used to...! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 "they are to repel the local smaller monkeys from irritating the athletes!" Quite right too. Can't have unruly monkeys in the Hospital Fever Wards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted September 30, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 30, 2010 Any vacancies for an unskilled monkey...? Dave. I think you need to apply for a promotion that will worry them..... even more if you say you have a degree in film making.............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Morning All, I have a few minutes before my train - so thought I would log on and wish everyone a pleasant day. The weather looks a bit dodgy though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Morning all. First real signs of Autumn. Quite gusty, so that will bring a ton of leaves down.... Soon be Christmas. No doubt young Don is sweltering..B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted October 1, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 1, 2010 Morning all it looks gloomy out there. Up here the leaves have turned and started falling it is a good time for a drive through the peak district on a clear day and appreciating where we live. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted October 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2010 Morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Leaves being blasted off here, too. If it had been later in the year they would have fallen with a thump today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted October 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2010 Morning all, got all of that northern type weather here at the moment - it's just not cricket for us southern softies. Please do take it back where it belongs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Morning all. You could be right, Phil. It seems to have gone missing from Edinburgh at the moment. Grey and still up here just now. Full set of oktas but so far no rain. Spent some of yesterday afternoon mulching at the Botanic Gardens as part of our Divisional Awayday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted October 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2010 Spent some of yesterday afternoon mulching at the Botanic Gardens as part of our Divisional Awayday. I think I would have preferred munching at the Botanical Gardens... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted October 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2010 Morning. I think Gordon's weather has just arrived here. I'll be helping Matthew pack today. We are taking him to Leicester tomorrow (Saturday). I'm sure he has everything he needs but if he hasn't apparently there is a large ASDA near the student halls. He is in "catered" accommodation so he shouldn't go hungry. As it could be a long day tomorrow, I decided it would be better for Robbie to have a weekend at the kennels. He always seems happy to go there. Apart from that all I've got to do at some stage is go and get the Clio. It came home last night sounding like a large sporty car so my wife is leaving it at a Kwik Fit near Basildon station and going to work by train. I'll go and collect it later hopefully with whatever part of the exhaust system is faulty replaced. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Burner's lit and TV's on for the Ryder Cup. That's me set for the next three days.... I just need to get off the couch for food, beer and comfort breaks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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