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Just how long is 'The Bench'?
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Do we really want to get too comfortable?Originally posted by norrahe View PostWe might actually get cushions
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After 5 months on the beach last summer, don't believe I will be going there this year.
2009 was really the first serious time I was without work since 1986.
Been three months at a LTSB and they actually honoured the 3-month rate review I requested at the initial negotiation - they've gone up 14% and I expect them to go another 11 in the next 48 hours or so.
Seems this whole Indian thing has not quite worked out for them as planned
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Imagine my surprise!Originally posted by herman_g View PostAfter 5 months on the beach last summer, don't believe I will be going there this year.
2009 was really the first serious time I was without work since 1986.
Been three months at a LTSB and they actually honoured the 3-month rate review I requested at the initial negotiation - they've gone up 14% and I expect them to go another 11 in the next 48 hours or so.
Seems this whole Indian thing has not quite worked out for them as planned
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Approximately two cheeks wide.Originally posted by norrahe View Postyou never said how big the bums were
My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Well, we just need to get the number of people and multiply by two cheeks to get an approximation of how much varnish needed.Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostApproximately two cheeks wide.Comment
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The bit under my arse is polished just fine, thanks.Originally posted by norrahe View PostWell, we just need to get the number of people and multiply by two cheeks to get an approximation of how much varnish needed.
Here, with my beer chiller, cushions, foot-warmer, under the shelter and out of the wind.
My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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You've been there waaaay to longOriginally posted by RichardCranium View PostThe bit under my arse is polished just fine, thanks.
Here, with my beer chiller, cushions, foot-warmer, under the shelter and out of the wind.
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