With the rocketing price of petrol, I've now filled the lawnmower up with vodka.
The grass is half cut....
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Morning all
Got caught in a brief shower just before 6, but apart from that a pleasant walk has been had.
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Morning all
After a weekend up in Surrey/London, back home and it’s raining.
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Morning all
Sky is clearing and the sun is streaming in my office window
TFIF, etc.
Off up to Surrey this weekend.
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My sister-in-law found an investment document relating to my MIL about 3 years ago. Since then there has been a lot of communication - death cert, probate, solicitors letters, etc, all required as evidence before the funds were released. The good thing is that they remained invested over that time and...
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Afternoon all
Up at 04:40 to walk the dog, pending a 07:00 delivery of the next shed. At 06:00 as we were about to go into an area of poor phone reception, I thought I should check to see if there was any update on the delivery. There was. New ETA 06:40.
The walk was cut short and...
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Morning all
Heavy rain yesterday evening and overnight to the point that the pond is half full (most of the water coming from the summerhouse roof). Have inspected the new shed and it is dry inside.
Sun was out earlier, but there are more dark clouds on the way in.
The garden...
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Morning all
Dawn chorus at 04:21
Got up 05:28
Been clouding over since then, good job we had a big walk this morning as it's due to start raining in a couple of hours.
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Morning all
CBS, etc. I think it’s going to be another hot one.
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If you've been working on one contract/project for multiple years, it's hard to see where the argument is that you've not been inside all along....
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Just a short film which put in a few mins on this Friday afternoon...
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Maybe Mainframe Norman* could buy one to replace the servers that CUK is running on, it would be an upgrade.
*I have no evidence that his name is Norman, but it is the term of endearment that we used in the 90s for the lead hardware techie.
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I didn't believe my wife when she said she'd joined a Moroccan tribute band for The Monkees.
And then I saw her Fez.
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Morning all
TFIF, etc.
Some very thin cloud this morning, and about 4 hours ago we had a series of sharp but heavy showers. Not enough to do much watering of the garden, but enough to leave damp patches on the road.
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Morning all
05:12 wake up and out the door for a walk. Warming up now, even though it’s supposed to be cooler today.
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Are they a company that is used to dealing with UK remote workers?
Are you going via an agency or direct?
What country will the contract be made out in?
Most of my US work has been done with contracts from Swiss companies, but it's a few years since I've done that.
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