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    #11
    Originally posted by TonyEnglish View Post
    so you are doing a job that the client has been happy with up to now but you are to be replaced by somebody who will be significantly more expensive. Can't see the logic there myself!
    Mich's first law of large organisations;
    He who seeks logic shall find only convoluted nonsense.
    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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      #12
      Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
      Mich's first law of large organisations;
      He who seeks logic shall find only convoluted nonsense.
      I've relied on this principle to get work ...
      +50 Xeno Geek Points
      Come back Toolpusher, scotspine, Voodooflux. Pogle
      As for the rest of you - DILLIGAF

      Purveyor of fine quality smut since 2005

      CUK Olympic University Challenge Champions 2010/2012

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        #13
        Originally posted by TonyEnglish View Post
        so you are doing a job that the client has been happy with up to now but you are to be replaced by somebody who will be significantly more expensive. Can't see the logic there myself!
        I think they are worried that I'll get hit by a bus or take an extended holiday to Canada (and not return). Otherwise, yeah its stupid. Hell I wrote the damn thing and know it pretty well back to front.

        Oh well. Move on. Last time this happened someone rang me up the same day and I got another gig starting a week later.

        Banks have never been known to be the smartest at contract negotiation have they?
        McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
        Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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          #14
          Originally posted by suityou01 View Post


          A mistype shirley?
          Nope..I'm cheap. I work out of Accrington which is dirt cheap office space.
          McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
          Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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            #15
            Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View Post
            Nope..I'm cheap. I work out of Accrington which is dirt cheap office space.
            I drink in Accy occasionaly. I have friends there. Hows Stanley?


            ** I know, I know. How many times have you been asked that.
            I am not qualified to give the above advice!

            The original point and click interface by
            Smith and Wesson.

            Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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              #16
              Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
              I drink in Accy occasionaly. I have friends there. Hows Stanley?


              ** I know, I know. How many times have you been asked that.
              You could ask Gordon that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3E8mRQ4AV4
              McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
              Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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