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Recent content by jvector

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    Cannot subscribe to thread, nor see own profile

    Woohoo! Thank you ... :banana: Q.E.D.:alien:
  2. J

    Cannot subscribe to thread, nor see own profile

    if only that happened in $DAYJOB :grin
  3. J

    Cannot subscribe to thread, nor see own profile

    Would you believe, it is now working OK. On both of those actions that I reported. Shows that somebody is watching :laugh
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    I wish I was Indian

    Did a one week training gig in Mumbai once. Apartment & driver provided. Cook made a (pretty bland) curry each evening (vegetariian, at my request). And at the canteen at lunchtime ... wow. One s/steel indented tray with 4 or w bowl depressions in it, hold it out, spoonful of this, spoonful of...
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    Cannot subscribe to thread, nor see own profile

    oh, tried it again numerous times before posting. And logged out & in again. (Haven't done the full 'Have you tried turning it off and on again?' bit though ;-)
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    Cannot subscribe to thread, nor see own profile

    Sorry to post about this but I can't find anywnere on the site to get this sorted. When I try to subscribe to a thread I get taken to the page http://forums.contractoruk.com/subscription.php?do=addsubscription&t=48316 all well and good you might think, except that page says Try to go to...
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    Too old to contract?

    not getting any younger not getting any younger That is exactly where I am. Yes I did a 12 month contract 200 miles from home (rented a mobile home from the farmer who owned land just next to the client labs outside Ipswich; 3 minute walk to work and do me own dinner ;-) but that was 12 years...
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    Claiming £5 A Day Sustience With No Receipts...

    Last time I was staying away ISTR I claimed £6 per day 'per diem' - legitimately. As somebody said, subsistence allows for unreceipted items such as 'newspapers' (remember them?). £6 per night away in UK, £12 overseas.
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    I remember when my take home pay was...

    First holiday job, late '60's ... 6s3.5d/hr. (Just over £12 per week). I resolved then that I would be making £3000 /year by the time I was 30!
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    ClientCo in trouble, unpaid invoices

    Hindsight is a wonderful thing Hindsight is a wonderful thing Thanks to all for the replies. I have drafted another email (a consultant friend is checking it atm) saying that if there is not a positive response by end Wednesday then I will have to consider taking further action which may...
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    ClientCo in trouble, unpaid invoices

    Hello all, first post. Bit of a long and sorry tale, please bear with me. Been on a direct B2B with ClientCo for several years. At the start it was just a wee startup - founder plus 2 con developers. N years later it is not much bigger. From the outset I did not have a 'contract' - rather a...

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