Reply to: A new personal best

[mudskipper]

Had a bit of a moan at the blood people today. Emails pleading for my armful, telling me how low the stock is, plus three calls today (ignored the first two, I was working). "Please make sure you donate in the next week". On finally speaking to them, the next session they can offer an appointment for is four months away. Last time I turned up without an appointment, they sent me away. They will "respond to my feedback" within 21 days...

[speling bee]

FTFY

He had a personality?

[mudskipper]

You have a heart?

It was more a ring road than a bypass.

[mudskipper]

Pathetic. A simple blood transfusion. I had a personality bipass last year and still managed to knock up a BRD and run a webex when asleep under anaesthetic

FTFY

[speling bee]

Pathetic. A simple blood transfusion. I had a heart bipass last year and still managed to knock up a BRD and run a webex when asleep under anaesthetic

You have a heart?

[doodab]

Pathetic. A simple blood transfusion. I had a heart bipass last year and still managed to knock up a BRD and run a webex when asleep under anaesthetic

I thought webex was an anesthetic. Most of the ones I've been on have roughly the same effect.

[MarillionFan]

Pathetic. A simple blood transfusion. I had a heart bipass last year and still managed to knock up a BRD and run a webex when asleep under anaesthetic

[doodab]

Can't beat it although in my first job, as a permie, I came out of hospital having spent 6 months there and went straight to work the next day on crutches (shifts as well), in plaster up to my waist and stayed like that for a year.

That's pretty good going. How did you end up like that?

[darmstadt]

We all know contractors bill their way through colds and flu that have the permies whimpering at home, and no doubt most of us have billed through far worse, but today I'm billing through a blood transfusion. For me at least this is a first.

Laptop connected to the hospital wifi and vpn into client co. Debugging someone elses code that doesn't work quite as per the instructions. I'm quite proud of myself.

I think todays billing is getting spunked on a treat.

Really rather good, keep on invoicing...

Can't beat it although in my first job, as a permie, I came out of hospital having spent 6 months there and went straight to work the next day on crutches (shifts as well), in plaster up to my waist and stayed like that for a year.

[doodab]

Well todays efforts have bought me another telescope, tube only, nothing too flash but it has a longer focal length for better views of the moon and planets and it's a different design that is free of CA so they will be clearer too. Should be a good buy considering these are practically the only things I can see from my garden.

I signed up for itelescope rental as well, that should assuage my desire to waste thousands trying to take astrophotos from my garden

[d000hg]

I once had one off the wrist in the toilets while being a contractor. Does that count?

Doing it while receiving chemo would earn more points.

[northernladyuk]

That's not quite the treat I had in mind

You love it, you filthy little b1tch.

[doodab]

The old man and MF do their twins service for hospital visits.

That's not quite the treat I had in mind

[northernladyuk]

We all know contractors bill their way through colds and flu that have the permies whimpering at home, and no doubt most of us have billed through far worse, but today I'm billing through a blood transfusion. For me at least this is a first.

Laptop connected to the hospital wifi and vpn into client co. Debugging someone elses code that doesn't work quite as per the instructions. I'm quite proud of myself.

I think todays billing is getting spunked on a treat.

The old man and MF do their twins service for hospital visits.

[quackhandle]

Permies do that all the time. I'd say it was a pointer to being inside IR35.

Shhhh, HMRC will go and create a BET for that.

My guts were well bad and my ring piece must have been glowing like a jet engine.

I wish I could have unread that.

qh