Reply to: Yay, it's Friday!

[mudskipper]

Parkrun k2 - wassat? Taking kids to park?!

5K run in a park near you. (Or, in my case, near me). parkrun UK home Done 6 now, but not really improving. My unambitious target is to break 30 mins.

I do also have a date though!

Look forward to a detailed analysis on Monday.

[doodab]

Oh and lastly, celebrating my extension til Christmas, having negotiated only 2 days a week on site and Fridays off.

Careful, you wouldn't want to over do it

[Pogle]

Life at Pogle acres will be much the same.
Shopping for Pogle jrs secondary school uniform tomorrow.
(I must try not to blub in the shop!)
Avoiding all the Stone Roses fans, who are, even as I type descending on the area.
Oh and lastly, celebrating my extension til Christmas, having negotiated only 2 days a week on site and Fridays off.

[doodab]

"weekend dad"

Wank deeded.

[BrilloPad]

Another used to spend his mornings before work and evenings after work e-mailing and when I asked him about spending time with his family he answered that he was a "weekend dad"

I worked with someone like that in 2004. It was shortly before his wife booted him out and stopped him seeing his son. Thanks to the legal expertise I got him he started seeing his son about 6 months later.

I feel sorry for his son - but not for him. He was asking for it.

[EternalOptimist]

I never understood that either.

One guy used to spend the last day of his hols catching up on e-mails prior to coming back to work just so he could get straight back into it.

Another used to spend his mornings before work and evenings after work e-mailing and when I asked him about spending time with his family he answered that he was a "weekend dad"

This bloke took a week off and flew into Charle De Gaulle.
'What did you do after that ?'
what do yo mean ?
er..where did you go..you know for your hols. Normandy, Paris ?
We stayed at the airport
er..ok


I sh!t you not

[Mich the Tester]

I never understood that either.

One guy used to spend the last day of his hols catching up on e-mails prior to coming back to work just so he could get straight back into it.

Another used to spend his mornings before work and evenings after work e-mailing and when I asked him about spending time with his family he answered that he was a "weekend dad"

What a miserable existence.

[norrahe]

we got a permie here who takes a weeks holiday a year. and he takes his mobblie and laptop so he's contactable.
whats the point of living like that ??

beats me

I never understood that either.

One guy used to spend the last day of his hols catching up on e-mails prior to coming back to work just so he could get straight back into it.

Another used to spend his mornings before work and evenings after work e-mailing and when I asked him about spending time with his family he answered that he was a "weekend dad"

[Mich the Tester]

we got a permie here who takes a weeks holiday a year. and he takes his mobblie and laptop so he's contactable.
whats the point of living like that ??

beats me

Sad life as a corporate drone. Maybe he'll die and be reincarnated as a rubber doll; that would be promotion for him seeing as he obviously loves being shafted.

[EternalOptimist]

There are rumblings and complaints from the permies who are asking why the contractors never do overtime. Tempting to say 'we don't need to', but that might offend someone.

we got a permie here who takes a weeks holiday a year. and he takes his mobblie and laptop so he's contactable.
whats the point of living like that ??

beats me

[Mich the Tester]

aye. it's tough if you dont believe in it

There are rumblings and complaints from the permies who are asking why the contractors never do overtime. Tempting to say 'we don't need to', but that might offend someone.

[EternalOptimist]

or with a few sneaky holes in that they need you to fix

you got me

I put an ace easter egg in yesterday, shshhh , dont tell anyone

[FiveTimes]

ja.
but I am polishing it up.

I keep having ideas in my sleep, rushing downstairs and putting them in

it's enjoyable, in a strange sort of way. as a contractor I feel it is my duty to get it as sh1t hot as possible before tuesday

or with a few sneaky holes in that they need you to fix

[EternalOptimist]

Yep, clientco have tried to persuade me to do that, but seeing as I've only got another couple of weeks here and I've earned enough dosh for this month they can shove it. All the stuff they want doing now is guff anyway and wouldn't be necessary if the management were half competent, so basically everyone's told them to shove it and wait until Monday.

aye. it's tough if you dont believe in it

[EternalOptimist]

I thought you smashed your deadline and if was fozzy time ?

ja.
but I am polishing it up.

I keep having ideas in my sleep, rushing downstairs and putting them in

it's enjoyable, in a strange sort of way. as a contractor I feel it is my duty to get it as sh1t hot as possible before tuesday