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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    Is that like saying Chlamydia is better than a gun shot wound to the head?
    I still think Chlamydia sounds like a pretty girls name. In Benger's Britian this affliction would be renamed to "MarillionFania", thus freeing up generations of parents to use this name in impunity.

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  • SimonMac
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

    Ps I have to be in the running for this years most improved contractor award
    Is that like saying Chlamydia is better than a gun shot wound to the head?

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  • Bunk
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Thank fook gig b knows nothing of this. They knew about gig a, and I told them when they offered I would turn down gig a.
    They offered, I turned down gig a. Simples.

    Suity

    Ps I have to be in the running for this years most improved contractor award
    Steady on Suity, there's still plenty of time for you to f**k this up

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    It's OK, they were just slow on the uptake

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    The other met him three times and hasn't spotted the potential issues
    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Then they came back and said they had withdrawn their offer
    It's OK, they were just slow on the uptake

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    Thank fook gig b knows nothing of this. They knew about gig a, and I told them when they offered I would turn down gig a.
    They offered, I turned down gig a. Simples.

    Suity

    Ps I have to be in the running for this years most improved contractor award
    Proggy is miles ahead of you.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Now all you need is gig B to bail on you because of your game playing and you're back to square one. I was joking when I said play one against the other.
    Thank fook gig b knows nothing of this. They knew about gig a, and I told them when they offered I would turn down gig a.
    They offered, I turned down gig a. Simples.

    Suity

    Ps I have to be in the running for this years most improved contractor award

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    They confirmed my suspicions. I formally turned them down yesterday. Today they followed me round like a jilted bunny boiler. Then they said they were going to counter offer.

    Then they came back and said they had withdrawn their offer

    Erm, I turned you down.
    Now all you need is gig B to bail on you because of your game playing and you're back to square one. I was joking when I said play one against the other.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by Zippy View Post
    First of all have one of these and then have one of these

    Take gig b. Gig a will involve you working with a bunch of hand-wringing, ineffectual f-wits who couldn't make a decision if their firstborn's life depended on it. Trust me on this.
    They confirmed my suspicions. I formally turned them down yesterday. Today they followed me round like a jilted bunny boiler. Then they said they were going to counter offer.

    Then they came back and said they had withdrawn their offer

    Erm, I turned you down.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    The other met him three times and hasn't spotted the potential issues
    Awesomeness. You can't bottle it.

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Note, one of the clients hasn't met him yet.
    The other met him three times and hasn't spotted the potential issues

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Is this some parallel universe where demand for Suities outstrips supply of Suities?
    Note, one of the clients hasn't met him yet.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Is this some parallel universe where demand for Suities outstrips supply of Suities?
    Ambassador, with this quip you are really spoiling us.

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  • Zippy
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    First of all have one of these and then have one of these

    Take gig b. Gig a will involve you working with a bunch of hand-wringing, ineffectual f-wits who couldn't make a decision if their firstborn's life depended on it. Trust me on this.

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post


    Um - don't you work for yourself?
    Mine triples checks all expenses and refuses many things that were acceptable when I was a permie because he can't be arsed to do the paperwork.

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