do you actually spend working during the day? I'm usuallly on site for 7.5 hours a day. Probably spend only 10% of that actually doing any work. The rest of my time is spent web browsing, reading the paper in the toilets and eating. I wish there was more work here for me to do but such is life.
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I have jacked in my current gig, highest rate for ages, because there is not enough to do. As a contractor my edge is to be able to work hard, fast and accurate. If I cant keep practicing that then I am offski.
I reckon I wont slow down till I'm about 61
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MoD by any chance? It’s the same here, I fear I'm going to have a shock when this gig is finally over (2 years and counting), is there still a requirement to support NT4 in the real world?Originally posted by PrinceNamordo you actually spend working during the day? I'm usuallly on site for 7.5 hours a day. Probably spend only 10% of that actually doing any work. The rest of my time is spent web browsing, reading the paper in the toilets and eating. I wish there was more work here for me to do but such is life.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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40% of my day is work. I have a PSP which gets used in the bogs - lifesaver as I've exhausted the net.Comment
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Wow. You use a PSP to wipe your ass. Can't you just use a handfull of fifties like the rest of us.Originally posted by XTC40% of my day is work. I have a PSP which gets used in the bogs - lifesaver as I've exhausted the net.Comment
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fifties just are not absorbant enough. I got caught short in the outback last October and can vouch for the absorbancy of the Australian notes.Originally posted by SockpuppetWow. You use a PSP to wipe your ass. Can't you just use a handfull of fifties like the rest of us.
Their washability too.
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Out of 7.5 hours of my work day I sepnd 30 min. working and some days no work at all. Life is good.Comment
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I always make a point of having a poo in work time. Talking of which...Originally posted by PrinceNamordo you actually spend working during the day? I'm usuallly on site for 7.5 hours a day. Probably spend only 10% of that actually doing any work. The rest of my time is spent web browsing, reading the paper in the toilets and eating. I wish there was more work here for me to do but such is life.Comment
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Thats one of the contractor milestones, your first £20 crap.Originally posted by Moose423956I always make a point of having a poo in work time. Talking of which...
Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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What, your rate is only £20 per hour?Originally posted by gingerjediThats one of the contractor milestones, your first £20 crap.
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