The new news 24 thread

[Guest Hooli]

I believe the collective term is "senior management".

 Normally true!

 

However these are 'app specialists and data warehouse'. IE do nothing & don't support the app they are a specialist in or just piss about in excel all day producing reports no-one reads. Obviously on more money that nurses or people who actually support the kit needed for the place to function...

[New POD]

I believe the collective term is "senior management".

I have been trained in good old fashioned work study.

 

And Lean.

 

So I know how to spot Value Added, None Value Added And waste in activity.

 

I reckon 60 % of tasks in offices in aerospace in companies could be avoided.

 

I also see 40% of the real workers doing tasks that are pointless, and 20% stsnding around waiting for something.

[New POD]

I have been trained in good old fashioned work study.

 

And Lean.

 

So I know how to spot Value Added, None Value Added And waste in activity.

 

I reckon 60 % of tasks in offices in aerospace in companies could be avoided.

 

I also see 40% of the real workers doing tasks that are pointless, and 20% stsnding around waiting for something.

That said I reckon I am quite lazy and that's why I can spot it so easily.

[LabRat]

The kids have finished for Christmas and the staff are too hungover to bother coming in.

 

I quite like working in schools when it's like this- makes up for the total chaos of term time.

[MikeR]

shops are going vertical , car parks are full etc

 

turkey is defrosting ....

[Split_Pin]

Does anybody else have a New Year Resolution? I couldn't see anything in here except a thread from 2012 and would be interested to hear what others are planning.

 

I only have one and that is to cut right back on Social Media.

 

Whilst I have no plans to delete/leave stuff, interacting with others online where I cannot be anonymous is causing my anxiety to go from 0-60 faster than an RR Silver Spirit fitted with a 6BT. As such, Facebook, Instagram and group chats will be getting parked at the far end of the drive come 1/1/2019 although I have already started to cut back.

 

I can be anonymous on here in the main which suits me grand.

 

I also have a self-imposed embargo on reading any news/current affairs for the above reason.

 

Happy New Year when it comes!

[Jim Bell]

You can be as anonymous as you like on social media man.

[Split_Pin]

You can be as anonymous as you like on social media man.

Can you change your name on FB?

[tooSavvy]

You can be as anonymous as you like on social media man.

.... I manage it quite well in 'real life' tbh

 

*I have no friends

 

**"Am I really your buddy?"

[oldcars]

Can you change your name on FB?

Just bin in. It is total shite anyway. 

[Jim Bell]

Can you change your name on FB?

Yes. Or set up an account in an alternative harmonica.

[Split_Pin]

Marketplace is great though, it's like a boot sale with the benefit of not having to deal with the proprietors, spotting only a glimpse of said hooded miscreant in a bombsite housing estate/hand car wash in the background of a 'quantity unknown' BMW 7 series.

[Split_Pin]

Yes. Or set up an account in an alternative harmonica.

Ideal. I'll need to think of an appropriate name now.....

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

 an old safe……..

 

and the Xmas fund is now a LOT better……..

[Ghosty]

Resolution?

 

1080p, it does the job and 4k is too expensive.

 

(seriously though I need to stop buying cars)

[holbeck]

Another day, another bus ticket.

[Ghosty]

21/12. Hope you're not in a Rush today.

[holbeck]

21/12. Hope you're not in a Rush today.

Liked for the obscure Canadian band from the 80's reference.

[nebuchenezer]

Been a long long time since a bit of music has grabbed me by the balls and slapped my face but, fuck me, listening to desert island discs this morning (Mariana Mazzucuto - superb taste in music) I heard this:

 

 

How did I not know of this outfits existance?

[Fumbler]

Shortest day and anniversary of the Lockerbie Bombing. Completely forgot about both.

[cms206]

I've just bought a car.

 

It is a car.

 

I have sold a car also.

 

Merry Christmas to me.

 

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[dozeydustman]

I am now off work for a week. Next day in is new year's eve for me.

[cms206]

I've just bought a car.

 

It is a car.

 

I have sold a car also.

 

Merry Christmas to me.

 

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In fact I think this is my first actual Japanese car, rather than my usual Korean or Malaysian types.

 

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[egg]

Noticed Wobbler's video the other day about how 90's chod is disappearing. I think he has a point, the early 90's stuff is getting very thin on the ground. 

 

We're in a bit a of a bubble on here, people happily daily all sorts of 50's/60's/70's stuff, but really how many normal people are driving at least an 19 year old car now?

 

Noticed a few Herne Bay landmarks disappear this year (L reg Mondeo, G reg Civic, and there is a Favorit that has no more MOT lives left)

 

I don't think the supply of 'simple' cars has dried up completely yet, but pre OBDII cars to use as bangers are just a bit rarer. However, the number of people prepared to drive a banger seems to shrink each year too!

 

Nothing groundbreaking about this post - hence why it's in the news thread - with time everything passes. Just some musing.

[Jim Bell]

I've just bought a car.

 

It is a car.

 

I have sold a car also.

 

Merry Christmas to me.

 

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WE NEED MORE KNOWS

[andy18s]

Marketplace is great though, it's like a boot sale with the benefit of not having to deal with the proprietors, spotting only a glimpse of said hooded miscreant in a bombsite housing estate/hand car wash in the background of a 'quantity unknown' BMW 7 series.

This x 10000% with the bonus here in Bulgaria of having a dirt cheap overnight cash on delivery service,where you can inspect the goods at the collection office before paying....

[cms206]

WE NEED MORE KNOWS

It is not just any car.

 

It is an M&S* car.

 

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[New POD]

shops are going vertical , car parks are full etc

 

turkey is defrosting ....

Can't wait. I need to get rat faced.

[Arthur Foxhake]

I will not lay any bricks for 2 weeks at least.

This pleases me in a way I can't explain.

 

Hope I get some dry weather for Christmas, I need to finish the welding on the Mercedes at some point.

[blakey79]

Been a long long time since a bit of music has grabbed me by the balls and slapped my face but, fuck me, listening to desert island discs this morning (Mariana Mazzucuto - superb taste in music) I heard this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdz5kCaCRFM

 

How did I not know of this outfits existance?

Loving this thank you.