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    Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
    I had wondered.

    I have got through between 180,000 to 285,000 cigarettes in my time (the higher number being more honest) and last had a chest X-Ray when I was 16 so I have often wondered...
    Well hopefully that's one less thing on your mind, and a stress that will no longer be contributing to your high blood pressure.
    Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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      Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
      Yeah, there's an amazing amount of detail in the fluff - those chaps must really enjoy their work!
      They must do. They certainly are not paid well.
      Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

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        Originally posted by DaveB View Post
        29th of May the lat time I looked. BCS have nothing on that day, I looked
        No, I see the Nepal & India events would not quite disguise a trip to London.

        Would a formal 'Contractor UK' branded 'IT Networking Event' with an agenda of:

        - finances;
        - professionalism;
        - membership of trade bodies (e.g. PCG);
        - obtaining and retaining work;
        - state state of the industry;
        - the position and future of the UK in the global IT industry;
        - outsourcing and its impact upon the UK economy

        be sufficient? All those topics will be covered in depth, I am sure.
        Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

        Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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          Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
          No, I see the Nepal & India events would not quite disguise a trip to London.

          Would a formal 'Contractor UK' branded 'IT Networking Event' with an agenda of:

          - finances;
          - professionalism;
          - membership of trade bodies (e.g. PCG);
          - obtaining and retaining work;
          - state state of the industry;
          - the position and future of the UK in the global IT industry;
          - outsourcing and its impact upon the UK economy

          be sufficient? All those topics will be covered in depth, I am sure.
          It probably would, if I was still a contractor. Can't see them stumping up for one of their permies to spend the day in London netoworking and talking about how to get a new contract

          But then, if I was till a contractor I could probably afford to blow the travel costs and hotel bill myself
          "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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            afternoon all

            I trust everyone is well ?

            I've made a MAJOR balls up in the latest release (code cut off yesterday), big bit of functionality missed out and the tester has made the whole team aware of what is missing

            I might get some of it in by close of play today but it would be untested (again)

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              Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
              I've just this minute had to turn down an invitation to my favourite pub on this planet for lunch
              Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

              Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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                Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
                And I don't have experience of pubs on other planets either.
                Pubs on other planets? Pah! Once you're outside Britain you've got to stick to the lager, really.

                I have NEVER had a decent real ale served me in any of the pubs I have been to off-planet. Not even the promise of "But we've got a guest ale on next week..."

                I have NEVER had any beer server to me at anything like a sensible temperature in any bar I have been to off-planet, never mind the pubs.

                And how many pubs are there in the CAMRA guide that are off-planet, eh? I'll tell you. Bugger all, that's how many.

                Bloody aliens. They haven't a clue. Not a single Cask Marque amongst the entire universe* of them.

                Even Zeity's had to come down here to get a decent supply of brains to experiment upon.


                *Admittedly, I am making an assumption. I have yet to visit a pub outside the Mily Way, but I'm confident.
                Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

                Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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                  Show me the way to go home,
                  "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                    I'm tired and I want to go to bed,
                    "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                      I had a little drink about an hour-a-go,
                      "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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