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Congrats.Originally posted by Ruse View PostThanks all for the congrats, I'm off down the pub in a bit to celebrate and get plastered
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Thanks all for the congrats, I'm off down the pub in a bit to celebrate and get plastered
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Congratulations - hope it's a good one with lots of extensions and future rises.Originally posted by Ruse View Post1 week shy of 7 months on the bench and have now signed a 6 monther.
It's nearly £100 a day less than my last rate and it means working away from home but beggars can't be choosers and bills have to be paid and little
mouths fed.
Best of luck to all the other benchers still out there, persistence pays off in the end..
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Well done that chap!Originally posted by Ruse View Post1 week shy of 7 months on the bench and have now signed a 6 monther.
It's nearly £100 a day less than my last rate and it means working away from home but beggars can't be choosers and bills have to be paid and little
mouths fed.
Best of luck to all the other benchers still out there, persistence pays off in the end..

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to you and
for us 'cos that's one fewer in the competition. 
At a long last? Are you making clown's shoes?Originally posted by Ruse View PostGot a Gig at long last...
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Thanks.Originally posted by Paddy View PostWell done! I have also noticed thing picking up. Odd for pre-Christmas
One of the agents who rang up to make me an offer today said he doesn't know why everybody says this period is a quiet time as he reckons between mid Nov to mid Jan is one of his busiest times as end of year budgets are being used up and also managers are clearer about what is on the agenda for the coming year and want to get people in early to get started.
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