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Previously on "Boom-ette (and a Q for NLUK)"

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  • Lance
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Un-boomed. Paperwork hasn’t arrived yet and I’ve just heard they are bringing in a foreign resource to do it (one who has no knowledge of the project, but is cheaper)
    "buy it cheap, buy it twice" springs to mind..

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  • ladymuck
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    Agree with NLUK, definitely a rookie mistake.

    Back to retirement, shame.

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Un-boomed.


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  • Lance
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Client whose useless project manager said they didn’t need to extend me any further last month has had to get his boss’s boss to phone me asking can I please come back for a couple of months.

    Question for NLUK’s accountant: This guy originally phoned me last week while I was on holiday in Italy and we had a preliminary discussion. Since I was there with one of My Ltd’s shareholders, and since it was a business call, can I expense my board meeting?
    ftfy

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Un-boomed. Paperwork hasn’t arrived yet and I’ve just heard they are bringing in a foreign resource to do it (one who has no knowledge of the project, but is cheaper)
    Newbie error. Getting giddy over a gig with no paperwork. tut.

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  • BR14
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    <can't find a negative banana>

    they'll want you back for longer when the cheapo Fubars it though

    and you can charge more for sh1t shovelling.

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  • tomtomagain
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Un-boomed. Paperwork hasn’t arrived yet and I’ve just heard they are bringing in a foreign resource to do it (one who has no knowledge of the project, but is cheaper)
    That always ends well.

    Still you might be getting a call in 2 - 3 months when everything has gone horribly wrong.

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  • WTFH
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    Un-boomed. Paperwork hasn’t arrived yet and I’ve just heard they are bringing in a foreign resource to do it (one who has no knowledge of the project, but is cheaper)

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Client whose useless project manager said they didn’t need to extend me any further last month has had to get his boss’s boss to phone me asking can I please come back for a couple of months.


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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    She charges double for HP! You think I want to spend a whole 2p?

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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    Is that the meeting he has with your wife and the ketchup bottle?

    PS

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post



    I'll bring it up for discussion with your LTD's shareholder at our next afternoon meeting sometime this week.
    Is that the meeting he has with your wife and the ketchup bottle?

    PS

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Client whose useless project manager said they didn’t need to extend me any further last month has had to get his boss’s boss to phone me asking can I please come back for a couple of months.

    Question for NLUK’s accountant: This guy originally phoned me last week while I was on holiday in Italy and we had a preliminary discussion. Since I was there with one of My Ltd’s shareholders, and since it was a business call, can I expense my holiday?
    I'll bring it up for discussion with your LTD's shareholder at our next afternoon meeting sometime this week.

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  • BR14
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  • WTFH
    started a topic Boom-ette (and a Q for NLUK)

    Boom-ette (and a Q for NLUK)

    Client whose useless project manager said they didn’t need to extend me any further last month has had to get his boss’s boss to phone me asking can I please come back for a couple of months.

    Question for NLUK’s accountant: This guy originally phoned me last week while I was on holiday in Italy and we had a preliminary discussion. Since I was there with one of My Ltd’s shareholders, and since it was a business call, can I expense my holiday?

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