Parky Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Arranged a work event in Cambridge today. 15 advisers coming along for it so got my boss involved. He’s a busy chap and doesn’t like being dragged out unecessarily but 15 advisers was worthwhile. Seven of the fuckers didn’t turn up. Three emailed me with lame excuses but four others who told me yesterday they were 100% definitely coming didn’t even call or notify me making me look like a complete chump. Not fucking happy, and nor is the boss who wants a word tomorrow about wasting his time. Whoopee fucking do. stonedagain and myglaren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 27 minutes ago, Craig the Princess said: I used to struggle with that on quite a frequent basis. Different things used to help at different times, radio 4, music, taking a decision (even if you don't stick to it) on what you are thinking about, hot bath before bed time. Not much help I know. Autoshite is a massive help for me. i suffer with a very overactive mind and i'm on anti-anxiety tablets. AS has been a godsend as i imagine it has for a lot of over thinkers Craig the Princess, myglaren, Yoss and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Just now, jamiechod said: Autoshite is a massive help for me. i suffer with a very overactive mind and i'm on anti-anxiety tablets. AS has been a godsend as i imagine it has for a lot of over thinkers Instead of counting sheep count @Saabnut's cars ? chodweaver, BorniteIdentity, Saabnut and 6 others 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Craig the Princess said: Instead of counting sheep count @Saabnut's cars ? i seem to just buy knackered mondeos instead of counting sheep these days paulplom, Craig the Princess, beko1987 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Horrible head cold, meaning that felt like I had been eating sandpaper this morning, ear infection and also a sprained ankle. Feel like I am falling apart. Start of the year has been pretty shit really. Can only get better. pilninggas and puddlethumper 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Have you tried melatonin tablets? They help me suffered most of my life untill couple of years ago. Only available online though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 5 hours ago, snagglepuss said: Horrible head cold, meaning that felt like I had been eating sandpaper this morning, ear infection and also a sprained ankle. Feel like I am falling apart. Start of the year has been pretty shit really. Can only get better. Hopefully not the Coronavirus thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobarb Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Turned 50 yesterday. Mrs Roobarb and Roobarb jnr made me nice cards, had a Winston Churchill bulldog picture (like our bulldog Winnie) and some cupcakes. No, that’s not a mirror you cheeky b*$t@rd. Went for an MRI scan today as I buggered up a knee snowboarding three weeks ago. Apparently I have a crushed piece of cartilage and a fracture, through the arthritis affected bone. Arthritis! Bloody Arthritis!!! No more boarding or long runs for me. Bugger, old age just came on fast. paulplom, stonedagain, Stevebrookman and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 15 hours ago, Pieman said: You have an anti-tailgater weapon? Awesome! I wish that was the case and it was operated by a switch. The worrying thing is that it happened in a built up area doing 30mph. I thought they only regenerated the dpf at high speeds or on the motorway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Oh FFS..... Saabnut, HillmanImp, paulplom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Those wheel nuts look like they'll just spin off. Stevebrookman, strangeangel, captain_70s and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 As the man says IR35 and confusion by agencies and thier clients as to what the forthcoming changes mean. If you were already on PAYE with the agency, there was no need for agency or client to do anything. It's only people operating through there own LTD companies like Killtox and me and some others I assume, who risk being taxed as PAYE which won't be financially kind. I stand to loose £200 a week in extra taxation if the review in February and my subsequent appeal goes the wrong way. TBF it's about time this loophole was plugged, we all know it's a tax ruse. If you're working at the same place day in, day out you are to all intents an employee. If you work for 5 different firms doing specialist work for them then you're a contractor!Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk New POD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 36 minutes ago, paulplom said: Those wheel nuts look like they'll just spin off. They’re locking nuts, the tyre fitter normally has a hard job getting them off paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 11 hours ago, Parky said: Arranged a work event in Cambridge today. 15 advisers coming along for it so got my boss involved. He’s a busy chap and doesn’t like being dragged out unecessarily but 15 advisers was worthwhile. Seven of the fuckers didn’t turn up. Three emailed me with lame excuses but four others who told me yesterday they were 100% definitely coming didn’t even call or notify me making me look like a complete chump. Not fucking happy, and nor is the boss who wants a word tomorrow about wasting his time. Whoopee fucking do. You didn't waste his 'precious' time. The wankers who committed then reneged did that. You did your job. purplebargeken, Craig the Princess, timolloyd and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, 5speedracer said: TBF it's about time this loophole was plugged, we all know it's a tax ruse. If you're working at the same place day in, day out you are to all intents an employee. If you work for 5 different firms doing specialist work for them then you're a contractor! Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk I've worked at 9 places in 10.5 years. All of them between 70 and 220 miles from home. I have been lucky enough to have had only 3 occassions without work, and the longest was 10 weeks waiting for defence nuclear security clearance. It averages 2 weeks a year. I have had 2 contracts cut short due to lack of funding with 1 weeks notice. I've only ever worked at one place at a time, and there's always been more work than I can do. If there were 4 of me, I could have serviced 4 clients at once, but there isn't. It has been abused by many agencies and clients, but most contractors are trying to be self employed and do not work the same way as permies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Just seen the Lincoln in the eBay thread, I really like them and would possibly (maybe) have bought it. Never had an American car, not once, it is a failing I would like to rectify. It doesn't help that I am addicted to 'Hoovies garage' on youtube and he buys a proper variety f chod and some really nice stuff as well. He bought one of those lLincolns for $500 and I really, REALLY liked it, so ugly, so cool. danthecapriman, Stevebrookman, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilninggas Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 15 hours ago, snagglepuss said: Horrible head cold, meaning that felt like I had been eating sandpaper this morning, ear infection and also a sprained ankle. Feel like I am falling apart. Start of the year has been pretty shit really. Can only get better. I've got a stinker of a cold. I went to work yesterday, but wasnt in work, as i went to do MiDAS [driving a minibus for an hour doesnt even count as work imho). Phoned in sick this morning, it's parent's evening, which means ill have to call all the parents who made appointments and do the follow-up. Colds are a fucking ball-ache. Roobarb and The Moog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Sounds like shite but if I can't sleep I start counting back from 50 , seems to work for me , I rarely get past 20 before zone Roobarb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Just now, Tadhg Tiogar said: Hopefully not the Coronavirus thing. That's a proper AS virus if they've had to name it after a 70s Toyota! Just now, xtriple said: Just seen the Lincoln in the eBay thread, I really like them and would possibly (maybe) have bought it. Never had an American car, not once, it is a failing I would like to rectify. It doesn't help that I am addicted to 'Hoovies garage' on youtube and he buys a proper variety f chod and some really nice stuff as well. He bought one of those lLincolns for $500 and I really, REALLY liked it, so ugly, so cool. Ahem, Huggy still available... Roobarb and Datsuncog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Parking ticket from North Lincolnshire Council, had parked in a rather crowded street to attend a funeral wake and didn't notice I was half on double yellows. Roobarb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 For those people who are Ill and have to take time off work. Take your time and don't go back until you are 100% #ME #postviralchronicfatigue #yuppieflu Roobarb, stonedagain, Craig the Princess and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 ive got what can only be described as herpes in my mouth. ulcers/lacerations all over the inside. Its painful to eat anything other than soup Roobarb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 12:51 PM, Lord Sterling said: Finding a job is a fucking bastard these days. My current job is due to end tomorrow. Despite applying for a similar non-customer service position with similar pay I didn't get it because they didn't feel I was "the right person for job". I am once again looking at oblivion, as per fucking usual. Boss at my last job is being an arsehole refusing to provide me with a reference for an possible new job starting on Monday despite being asked 5 times by my current agency. I fancy just turning up and smacking him one, but of course, as everyone says, 'it won't solve anything' maybe not, but it'll bloody make me feel great and him like the arsehole he is. The evil Lord Sterling is starting to be real. Not sure how long I can weather this arsehole of not having a permanent job/struggling/financial issues etc.... Someone is gonna hurt real soon. On 1/25/2020 at 2:10 PM, Lord Sterling said: So as correctly predicted, on Monday, I am facing the dole queue again. Also, I noticed someone robbed the aerial off the Vectra. New one is on order and the threads will get some loctite before it goes back on. So. To add to this... 1. Registered at another agency looking for immidiate start work. Because I speak French I was told that there was a job for me, except on the day, I was beaten to the job by someone who fitted thier description more. Not heard back since so I guess I've been dropped. I do have a job interview on Monday though for something else. 2. I may be losing my storage again. Just been contacted by the new owner who asked if I had been contacted about the change in onwership of the yard. Contacted former owner and apparently the yard has been sold out from under him due to a long-standing family dispute. I am trying to broker a deal with new owner, if not, I have until the 21st of February to find somewhere else. I ended up here because of a similar situation some years ago when I lost my under cover storage in a different place. Also, new aerial for Vectra arrived, doesn't fit, thread is too small. I mean seriously man. Fuck. Off. Excelsior. Fucking excelsior. myglaren, Roobarb and Fumbler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Happy New Year? God that's shit, my Lord - hope new owner is a reasonabe chap and work situation improves. After Friday, there may be less French speakers in the UK Lord Sterling and Roobarb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 14 hours ago, dozeydustman said: They’re locking nuts, the tyre fitter normally has a hard job getting them off Late finish then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Marsh said: Late finish then? Yes. 4pm. and tomorrow I’m working with the depot’s equivalent of Enoch Powell and Nigel Farage. That’ll be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 49 minutes ago, dozeydustman said: Yes. 4pm. and tomorrow I’m working with the depot’s equivalent of Enoch Powell and Nigel Farage. That’ll be fun Sounds like heaven. I drove a bin lorry years ago some of the crews were interesting. And the bloody truck got stuck on Cannock landfill constantly. Fair play bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 3 hours ago, New POD said: For those people who are Ill and have to take time off work. Take your time and don't go back until you are 100% #ME #postviralchronicfatigue #yuppieflu 2 hours ago, jamiechod said: ive got what can only be described as herpes in my mouth. ulcers/lacerations all over the inside. Its painful to eat anything other than soup If it is a form of the Chinese coronavirus, then setting your affairs in order and calling an undertaker to set up a funeral plan might be a prudent step. Just in case, like.... stonedagain, Jamie and DeeJay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Absolute howler of a day. Guy i used to see regularly and have a chat with, absolutely lovely guy, used to busk locally, hadn't seen for a long time because i just hadn't been near his patch. Today i went off to look at a car and it took me past it, whilst walking there i was wondering if he was still doing it, probably would have had a quick blether with him like we used to.... got to his patch, flowers everywhere, he passed away yesterday. Gutted. The car i was away to look at was a 10 minute walk away...got there, it was worse than the pics suggested, plenty rot deep set, decided against. Leaving the car to walk back towards town, was crossing an exit to a car wash.... White Skoda waiting to pull out from it onto the main road, traffic is really bad, no way he has room to pull out so i go to cross, he decides "fuck it, i'm not waiting", floors it despite the oncoming traffic and hits me. Car hit me pretty hard on the back of the leg, hand and wrist but at least i was lucky that i'd pretty much cleared the car when he floored it so it was a lot more of a glancing blow that a straight on hit and at the point of contact i was on my left foot rather than my right so it sort of pushed me up over the corner of the bonnet rather than it hitting where my weight was planted, which would probably have broken my leg or hip, A bit of a jolt and a twist from landing, but otherwise unharmed. Not that the driver would know. He knew he hit me, cars slammed on the brakes when he pulled out regardless and he slowed to seemingly look in his mirror and just floored it down the road when he saw i was still upright. Didn't even stop to see if i was ok. Cunt. HillmanImp, Springer, Vince70 and 9 others 2 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Hope you spotted his reg number - good to hear you're not too badly bashed about. What a Grade A cunt. Puts my parking ticket annoyance into perspective. myglaren, eddyramrod, Mrcento and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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