The grumpy thread

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

  andrew e said:

Best to wait for the tycoon positions rather than the minimum wage menial jobs I say And yes I have, a £ is a £.

 

Lord Sterlings, tis shite but better than NOWT approach should be applauded, sign on with an agency take whatever comes in.

 

If only it were that simple. Many moons ago, I lost out on a near-certain opportunity (they wanted to hire someone there and then) to get a fantastic job because I was doing 'whatever came in' (which actually happened to be a pretty nice and easy data entry-type temp assignment), only had my lunchtime to communicate with the agent who was recruiting for that job, and no e-mail (no internet on the mobile back then), and I ended up going for my interview in the wrong town (Station Road Coalville instead of Coleshill!). I haven't really bothered temping ever since and today I'm out of work (apart from some random freelance and associated stuff) and often have weeks with 2 or even 3 interviews, most of which are a bit of a drive away and effectively wipe out the entire day.

 

I am unsuccessful at interviews, until I succeed, at which point I will have likely landed a permanent, well-paid and interesting job. If I choose to do some minimum-wage office work as an agency temp, there is no possibility of that happening. Game theory and all that.

[The Moog]

We should set up a beige autoshite house for waifs and strays ala young ones. Obviously each room will come with 3 parking spaces and a part share in a Halford trade card. The Tv will only show shows from the 70's. Rent will be 5 shillings and it will be next door to a Dvla office for ease.

[The Moog]

We should set up a beige autoshite house for waifs and strays ala young ones. Obviously each room will come with 3 parking spaces and a part share in a Halford trade card. The Tv will only show shows from the 70's. Rent will be 5 shillings and it will be next door to a Dvla office for ease.

[flat4alfa]

  The Moog said:

next door to a Dvla office

What's one of them then? Around here they are now all car park land for Tesco

[flat4alfa]

  The Moog said:

next door to a Dvla office

What's one of them then? Around here they are now all car park land for Tesco

[The Moog]

I need Google translate to work on women.

 

Girlfriend says : you can get whatever car you want when we get back I am not going to drive it.

 

What she means is: it can't be noisy, thirsty, too big, too small, must runon air, nothing outrageous,oh and I must be able to drive it.

 

So when I have offered up a list of cars I want every single one is wrong.

[The Moog]

I need Google translate to work on women.

 

Girlfriend says : you can get whatever car you want when we get back I am not going to drive it.

 

What she means is: it can't be noisy, thirsty, too big, too small, must runon air, nothing outrageous,oh and I must be able to drive it.

 

So when I have offered up a list of cars I want every single one is wrong.

[Caffiend]

  The Moog said:

I need Google translate to work on women.

You rang?

 

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Girlfriend says : you can get whatever car you want when we get back I am not going to drive it.

 

What she means is: it can't be noisy, thirsty, too big, too small, must runon air, nothing outrageous,oh and I must be able to drive it.

 

So when I have offered up a list of cars I want every single one is wrong.

Simples, ask her what *she* wants. I'll bet you anything that it's something modern.

 

That's the limit of my advice.

 

Re: the housing stuff - sympathies guys. I have my own house (well, actually it belongs to the wankers at Santander) but had to get a lodger in to make ends meet after I was made redundant four years ago and had to take a lower paid job.

 

OK, so I'm biassed, but housesharing with live in landlord is worth considering - as they live there, it's in their best interests to keep the place in good order, the rent is usually cheaper than equivalent room in HMO, and you're usually tied to a month's notice maximum, so it's easy to move fast. Also, any other lodgers are probably not too psychotic (unless the landlordladyperson is as well). Flip side is that you don't have the security of an AST, but I really can't see how house-sharing as a licensee/excluded occupier is any worse than being in a bedshit with 6 other entirely unknown people where you have no say in who you live with and still might have a landlord from hell - and be tied there for 6 months. I get my lodgers from www.spareroom.co.uk, on the fourth one in four years now and they've all been great.

[Caffiend]

  The Moog said:

I need Google translate to work on women.

You rang?

 

  Quote

Girlfriend says : you can get whatever car you want when we get back I am not going to drive it.

 

What she means is: it can't be noisy, thirsty, too big, too small, must runon air, nothing outrageous,oh and I must be able to drive it.

 

So when I have offered up a list of cars I want every single one is wrong.

Simples, ask her what *she* wants. I'll bet you anything that it's something modern.

 

That's the limit of my advice.

 

Re: the housing stuff - sympathies guys. I have my own house (well, actually it belongs to the wankers at Santander) but had to get a lodger in to make ends meet after I was made redundant four years ago and had to take a lower paid job.

 

OK, so I'm biassed, but housesharing with live in landlord is worth considering - as they live there, it's in their best interests to keep the place in good order, the rent is usually cheaper than equivalent room in HMO, and you're usually tied to a month's notice maximum, so it's easy to move fast. Also, any other lodgers are probably not too psychotic (unless the landlordladyperson is as well). Flip side is that you don't have the security of an AST, but I really can't see how house-sharing as a licensee/excluded occupier is any worse than being in a bedshit with 6 other entirely unknown people where you have no say in who you live with and still might have a landlord from hell - and be tied there for 6 months. I get my lodgers from www.spareroom.co.uk, on the fourth one in four years now and they've all been great.

[Cavcraft]

The north isn't all that bad you know, you shandy drinking Jessies!

[Cavcraft]

The north isn't all that bad you know, you shandy drinking Jessies!

[autofive]

  Cavette said:

The north isn't all that bad you know, you shandy drinking Jessies!

 

 

shhh

 

you should keep the north to ourselves, and let those southeners carry on paying 500 quid a minute to live in a place half the size of a lockup garage, drinking their own piss (apparantly, in London the water has passed through 7 bladders before it comes out of the tap) and paying far too much just to get to work, slowly and discomfort, while we stay in the 'dark satanic' north with it's cheap spacious accomodation, tasy beer and tap water, countryside with empty roads and cheap car prices

[autofive]

  Cavette said:

The north isn't all that bad you know, you shandy drinking Jessies!

 

 

shhh

 

you should keep the north to ourselves, and let those southeners carry on paying 500 quid a minute to live in a place half the size of a lockup garage, drinking their own piss (apparantly, in London the water has passed through 7 bladders before it comes out of the tap) and paying far too much just to get to work, slowly and discomfort, while we stay in the 'dark satanic' north with it's cheap spacious accomodation, tasy beer and tap water, countryside with empty roads and cheap car prices

[chaseracer]

 

Move along now... nothing to see here...

 

[chaseracer]

 

Move along now... nothing to see here...

 

[retrogeezer]

yeh, what autofive said........ shhhh!

[retrogeezer]

yeh, what autofive said........ shhhh!

[Negative Creep]

  andrew e said:

Hey Negative creep how flexible are you to travel? I work in Slough (pointless into: but live in Essex) and my shift partner lives in Plymouth; he travels up on the sleeper train/125 as required - worth investigating work in The Thames Valley corridor/London?

 

See if any of these are any good? Are you in that industry still indirectly, half a brain and you should scythe through the ranks sharpish, not forgetting free travel to work (unlike us at Network Rail since1997).

 

https://firstgroup.hua.hrsmart.com/ats/job_search.php

 

Edit: that link might be cranky, google first group careers, stuff all over the country but the registration/C.V. Upload is a time limited once only upload so bear it in mind.

 

I work indirectly for First at the moment (no free travel for me, not that I'd actually need it.) Can't work away from home since I have no one to look after the cat whilst I'm gone

[Negative Creep]

  andrew e said:

Hey Negative creep how flexible are you to travel? I work in Slough (pointless into: but live in Essex) and my shift partner lives in Plymouth; he travels up on the sleeper train/125 as required - worth investigating work in The Thames Valley corridor/London?

 

See if any of these are any good? Are you in that industry still indirectly, half a brain and you should scythe through the ranks sharpish, not forgetting free travel to work (unlike us at Network Rail since1997).

 

https://firstgroup.hua.hrsmart.com/ats/job_search.php

 

Edit: that link might be cranky, google first group careers, stuff all over the country but the registration/C.V. Upload is a time limited once only upload so bear it in mind.

 

I work indirectly for First at the moment (no free travel for me, not that I'd actually need it.) Can't work away from home since I have no one to look after the cat whilst I'm gone

[dollywobbler]

Sodding BT Openreach. What a usually bunch of arses they are. Working away merrily this morning, then my email packed up. Check the phoneline, dead. Then I spot the cherry picker...

 

A pointless path is being installed in our village. We saw the new telephone pole get up and stupidly assumed that BT would actually tell us when the service interruption would be. Nope! They just cut the service in the middle of the working day, also taking out the Post Office and all of our neighbours (several of who also work from home). Bleedin' eedjits! I've had to trek down to the local hotel to get internet, which is really inconvenient as I need to go back home for lunch and it's colder than a big bag of cold things left in a cold place.

 

Yet again, we seem to have a situation where the government forces a large company to split up, creating a Railtrack sort of a company that isn't directly answerable to the people who use the service, so don't give a monkey's about it.

[dollywobbler]

Sodding BT Openreach. What a usually bunch of arses they are. Working away merrily this morning, then my email packed up. Check the phoneline, dead. Then I spot the cherry picker...

 

A pointless path is being installed in our village. We saw the new telephone pole get up and stupidly assumed that BT would actually tell us when the service interruption would be. Nope! They just cut the service in the middle of the working day, also taking out the Post Office and all of our neighbours (several of who also work from home). Bleedin' eedjits! I've had to trek down to the local hotel to get internet, which is really inconvenient as I need to go back home for lunch and it's colder than a big bag of cold things left in a cold place.

 

Yet again, we seem to have a situation where the government forces a large company to split up, creating a Railtrack sort of a company that isn't directly answerable to the people who use the service, so don't give a monkey's about it.

[The Moog]

  Caffiend said:

Simples, ask her what *she* wants. I'll bet you anything that it's something modern.

 

That's the limit of my advice.

 

Asked and didn't get an answer! She doesn't like modern stuff.I think she wants something she might drive without committing to having to drive it!

[The Moog]

  Caffiend said:

Simples, ask her what *she* wants. I'll bet you anything that it's something modern.

 

That's the limit of my advice.

 

Asked and didn't get an answer! She doesn't like modern stuff.I think she wants something she might drive without committing to having to drive it!

[Albert Ross]

Buy a NIssan Figaro. She'll love it.

[Albert Ross]

Buy a NIssan Figaro. She'll love it.

[Guest]

Won a very rare MOMO on eBay. Vendor is being grumpy and won't tell me where he is so I can collect in person. I'm not paying £20 to have it posted when he's [relatively] local.

 

Look pal, I know you're upset it went for sod-all, but eBay is like that sometimes........

[Guest]

Won a very rare MOMO on eBay. Vendor is being grumpy and won't tell me where he is so I can collect in person. I'm not paying £20 to have it posted when he's [relatively] local.

 

Look pal, I know you're upset it went for sod-all, but eBay is like that sometimes........

[Spiny Norman]

Winter.

OK, you've proved your point, please fuck off now, it's nearly April.

[Spiny Norman]

Winter.

OK, you've proved your point, please fuck off now, it's nearly April.

[Richard]

  studebaker hawk said:

Winter.

OK, you've proved your point, please fuck off now, it's nearly April.

 

+1, I don't actually mind dark nights and dreich weather but this icy wind we've been having can FRO.