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Humph :-(

SallyAnne

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I know I should be happy, I've landed a lovely shiney new gig, just been granted my security clearance status today, and am working for my current client right up until the day before my new gig starts.....

However I have the screaming humphs :(

I dont want to move to stupid London :(

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<chucks ball out of cot>
 
As one who spent most of his adult life in London I can sympathise.

I managed to escape eventually.

Loved it when I was in my 20s (early 1980s) but it's become a filthy, expensive, crime-ridden shytehole now. I avoid it as much as possible.
 
But it's nice down here. Much better than the frozen wastelands up norf.
 
It's really not that bad. We go out drinking ...
 
As a Glaswegian living and working down here, what do you mean?! It's the best, love it. Just met up with an Edinburgh punter who I worked with this year in London, and he's whinging that he no longer goes out every lunch time for 4 beers. Is expected to put the hours in etc etc now that's he's back ... London baby!
 
I can understand that completely, Sal. I turned down a four month extension to get out of London, and am hoping for something handy near home to turn up.

I absolutely hated the two years I was there - project was good, people I was working with were pretty decent, I just can't stand London.

Enjoy it - it's obviously the price for being a Geordie in Sunderland!!
 
You were telling us how happy you were this time last week Sally!
 
I've a reasonable chance to get a decent role in IB stuff on Canaray Wharf... but the cost of living close enough makes the rate (£400) look a bit mediocre (I figure I'm down to £300 tops after accommodation & transport) and I can't see the point of going to work in London if I don't get a ton of cash for it. I suppose getting an IB gig would be good for future gigs... but only if I continue to work in London long-term :sick
 

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