Oh no what have I done ?

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Joe Black replied

11 December 2006, 20:53
Originally posted by milanbenes

dunno only have time to nip to the offy and buy a beer and drink it at home

Milan.

Tell me about it. Was there some years back and remember the queues at the 'Systembolaget' and it's Argos style way of selling drinks...magazine, write down number etc...

Remember a couple of times on a weekend going to visit friends and having to resort to the 'go to restaurant, agree to buy a starter if they let me order a bottle of wine' trick, so I could bring something for the meal.

Strangely enough, with all the talk of new licensing in the UK, I had to do the same one evening when I was back in London in the summer.

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wendigo100 replied

11 December 2006, 09:58
Originally posted by milanbenes

dunno only have time to nip to the offy and buy a beer and drink it at home

Milan.

I was told that's what most of the locals do as well, rather than hang out in bars.

I was there in midsummer though, so there was a tiny bit of life around the swimming lake and hotels (until the hotel bars closed at 10pm! They once stayed open especially for a group of us until 10:30pm).

A mate told me that it was the most boring place on earth whenever he went there to visit his sister and her swedish husband.
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milanbenes replied

11 December 2006, 09:40
dunno only have time to nip to the offy and buy a beer and drink it at home

Milan.
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wendigo100 replied

11 December 2006, 09:25
When I was briefly working in central Sweden many years ago, beer was very expensive and pubs/bars nearly non-existant. Have times changed?
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Troll replied

11 December 2006, 09:20
I thought this was going to be about Blairs autobigraphy
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milanbenes replied

11 December 2006, 09:14
can't complain

Milan.
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BlasterBates replied

11 December 2006, 09:11
...aha Sweden.

Yup it ain't too bad there. What about the tax ?
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milanbenes replied

11 December 2006, 08:52
why you say Holland do people work hard there too ?

further north old chap, not far from Threaded.

Milan.
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BlasterBates replied

11 December 2006, 08:47
Which country are you in now Milan ?

Holland ?
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wendigo100 replied

11 December 2006, 08:36
Sorry to hear that milan. How many tape decks are there?
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Cliphead replied

11 December 2006, 08:28
But are there babes?
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milanbenes started a topic Oh no what have I done ?

11 December 2006, 08:28
Oh no what have I done ?

Morning All,

started the new contract in a new country for another blue chip household name.

And jeeeeez, they've given me loads of work to do and it's gonna be like this for most of the contract.

They never said there would be lots of work involved when I did the phone interview !!

What to do ?

On the positive side it's good solid experience with all of the latest .Net components on enterprise hardware.

Milan.
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