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    Humph :-(

    Commuting by river is increasingly popular. Also you can live in a hot-air balloon, and just drop in to work each day.
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    The danger of fancying women in the workplace

    Sounds like an urban legend. If it's true, you could argue that any guy that stupid deserves to be kicked out. Then again, women can be quite tricky in the workplace, and I'm not one to blame the victim...
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    agent cut, "percentage basis"

    Frequently, agents discussing a contract will claim that their compensation is a fixed percentage relative to my own rate, and therefore they are on my side and want to get the best rate possible for me. At the same time they actually try to get my rate down as far as they can. So I generally...
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    Derren Brown

    Once he shows his methods, everybody will win the lottery. Recession over, as the vanishing billions reappear. Don't solve anything with accounting that can properly be handled by magic.
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    Things I have learnt from CUK today

    I have learnt nothing in the General forum but lots in the Business/Contracts forum... I've been browsing there all week. You guys underrate yourselves.
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    Longest Bench Time???

    6 months
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    mysterious recruitment procedure

    Have you ever run into this situation: 1. Recruiter calls you about about a promising role, names the client 2. You wait for a while, don't hear anything back, can't get in touch with the recruiter 3. You get in touch with the client directly 4. The client interviews you, likes you, makes a...

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