What's happened since you joined CUK?

[NotAllThere]

Long Pig?

No. A piglet. Quite short really. But very tasty indeed. I understand from your cousin that Long Pig isn't so good.

[vetran]

No. A piglet. Quite short really. But very tasty indeed. I understand from your cousin that Long Pig isn't so good.

Yeah that David Cameron he never knew what to do with a pig.

[OwlHoot]

.. We had, and lost Fleety and doodab others disappeared like HairyArsedBloke and DodgyAgent. ..

I think HairyArsedBloke had some health issues.

But also, didn't he devise an app for filtering and displaying stock market results on a mobile phone, and the rights to this were bought by a megacorp for £10 million?!

[Zigenare]

All you know about me is that I drink less than when I started on here and do less exercise.

And that you're AtW in drag.

[ladymuck]

[SimonMac]

Joined September 2009

Became a contractor in October and haven't looked back.

Noteable achievements in that time -

Cycled from Lands End to JoG
Did an OU degree
Became a countdown Octochamp
Done a fair bit of travelling both for pleasure and with work
Paid off the mortgage
Celebrated 30 years of marriage
Completed over 350 parkruns
Won 20k on the lottery

I've always wondered what Le Jog had to do with the french, but it's only just dawned on me

[SimonMac]

Signed up in 2005 having been offered my first contract and needing advice on IR35....

Since then a steady stream of contract work, agency and direct, except for a barren spell during the dot.com downturn when I resorted to permiedom. Ended up getting made redundant and walked out with £15k in my pocket and a 3 month contract signed the same day. Not looked back since.

Record for concurrent clients is 3. That was definitely a Type 2 Fun scenario.

Successfully avoided any kind of management responsibility.

Now on our 2nd dog, also having had 2 cats along the way.

Mortgage seems to have got bigger somehow

Acquired several bikes, ridden some of them quite a long way.

Met several of the denizens of this place at various time and got drunk. Expensively on occasion. Often at the top of tall buildings.

Have escorted a certain Mod to their Hotel in order to make sure they actually got there.

Have carried same Mod down the street on a different occasion, or maybe the same one, it's hazy.

Have never organised the forum Xmas party. Still don't intend to. (see comment on management responsibility)

We've met MrsB, its only a surprise to you

[OwlHoot]

.. Am now back contracting but have a plan B bubbling away. ..

If it's homeopathic bat soup, I thought of it first!

(It might work wonders against corona virus )

[SueEllen]

And that you're AtW in drag.

No AtW is a transman version of me.

Being a woman on STEM forums means you get a load of sexism.

[Old Greg]

No AtW is a transman version of me.

Being a woman on STEM forums means you get a load of sexism.

Triggenare's life is a failure, so he does lash out.