Another pointless thread

I remember sun bathing against a dry stone wall with three foot of snow on the other side. That was some forty years ago down the road at Tow Law.

John

Hi Steve - bummer about the redundancy - got me twice ......once at age 47 and then age 49.............the worst part was watching the "payout" -about £7000 the first ( and only ) time dwindling as the weeks went on . I did teacher training course and also tried for other types of work.

Most frustrating was being told by a 28 year old that I was "after his job" !!!! Later HR department sent a letter to say I was "over qualified" - more bulls*it but they daren`t say too old..............

Diversify is my suggestion - list all the things you did in your old job and identify what you are good at that was not part of the original job specification..........eg: I was a Maitre Chef de Cuisine but I also did Training,Health & Safety,Fire Officer,Hygiene,Stores Control,Menu Planning,Budgetry Control,Sales & PR - surprised I ever had a pan in my hand !!!

Good luck to you

Tony

I read a comment on the excellent "Inspector Gadget" Police blog during the recent snow. One copper suggested that as their station had functioned perfectly for the week they could safely fire the various managers and desk jockeys who'd failed to make it into work, as they clearly had no impact whatsoever on real policing!

This will be my second time - first time I had the choice of relocating to Crewe or take the brown envelope. Bath v Crewe - no contest! That time it was under an unlimited weeks pay for each year - so I got 22 wks which equated to £19K.

Fully relate to the way the severance money drains away - took me 7 months to get a another offer I felt comfortable with. Fully expected to trowser the great part of my package - learnt a lot about how useful all your contacts realy are.

S

Some guys have too much free time on their hand...
Homemade laser gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUXXGbNS8oY&feature=player_embedded

well, you found it Stefan

I spent yesterday evening installing SP1 for Windows 7 on my two computers.

Took forever on the netbook as there were lots of other updates needed besides SP1. Since it doesn't get used regularly the updates tend to stack up rather than being done automatically.

A grey and windy day here today.

I still have no idea what to get for my grandson's birthday tomorrow. I guess a trip to a toyshop is called for.
Husband solved the problem of his present by ordering some expensive piece of audio equipment for his music room - a mixer desk type of thing I think, though I really have no idea. I just pay for it .

Edinburgh simply cannot make up it's mind today. So far it's been blazing sunshine, sleet, snow and rain. Literally changing every 15 minutes!

There is an old saying that if you're in Edinburgh and you don't like the weather, wait half an hour!

Just damp and dreich over this side oh and a bit windy too

You can never go wrong with Lego!

However "poor" we were in the past - I always insisted we bought Emma some crayons/paints/pens and paper to stimulate her creativity.
Depending on his age it`s never to soon to start using a camera ( disposable )or learning a musical instrument ( NOT drums )

Tony

Lego is always good it's true, but he is son #2 and they have stacks of the stuff, along with enough toy cars to start a dealership.
He'll be two, which is too young for a camera.


If all else fails it will be a small toy car and some dosh so his parents can get him something, clothes maybe.

Have you noticed how many birthdays there are this week on the forum?

I have just walked back from town and spotted in the butchers window order your turkey now for Christmas.

A tad early me thinks

Just back from watching Liam Neeson in Unknown at the cinema - cracking action/mystery film with good script,acting and action - full of popcorn too - yummy.

Daughter Emma wants us to spend week in Cornwall at end of June in cottage near beach - can`t wait - are we there yet ??

Tony

I'm back!

Sorry I missed you're sad news Steve, hope all's well with you.

I've been watching local authorities shedding jobs across the region. My post was part of a revue which could/will impact on what I do, I've been asked to make a decision regarding redundancy with no fact!

I chose to stay, then this Hutton bloke comes up with a way of stealing my pension!!!

I missed it all sitting in pubs in North Yorks for 3 days, c;est la vie!!