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Fabulous job! ....not
Anyone fancy working as a Senior BI Developer/Analyst, for.... £21.80/Hr? Thought not... But given that they require 2 years' experience of SQL for a "Senior" position, I have to wonder what their juniors must be like... Fill yer boots... -
Today's Darwin award goes to...
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/27/salman-mirza-india-penis-glue/ You could say that he came to a sticky end...- mudskipper
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Earworms!
This morning I woke up this (specifically the chorus) on loop- ladymuck
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Donald Trump: The most important speech I've ever made
This is not a particularly exciting speech and at 45 minutes, neither is it a short one - watch a couple of minutes to get the gist. But it does strike me as remarkable, if not unprecedented. A sitting president makes a long and comprehensive public denouncement of the election process and so... -
The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech jab
Covid Pfizer vaccine approved for use next week in UK - BBC News Ten years to ten months in testing. AtW, please call your GP now! -
New features wish list
Every member has a FOG count displayed, incremented by clicking on the FOG button. It would operate rather like a downvote - giving the communities opinion of individual members. I'm sure that it would be used sensibly, and nothing could possibly go wrong. Any more items for the wish list?- NotAllThere
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Handing in me badge
Hi, so this week I've started a 18 month FTC on a reasonable rate, but it will look very good on my CV. I still have the LTD and plan to go back to contracting. The company gives you 2 weeks off for brevement, which is just as well as Himself has just popped his clogs. His timing always was... -
How are people on the bench finding the market?
Been on the bench for over a month now, for the first time in over 20 years. I have enough to get by for now, but am applying on and off for around three or four contracts a week. I only apply for contracts for which I know I am a good and often perfect fit, but the weird thing is I haven't... -
Waking up to a Film Crew
First sign was Mrs CFL reporting that signs saying "LOC" & "UNIT" were pointing down the private lane towards my house coming back from the shops. 15 mins later the locusts descended. I now have 3 Land Rovers being wired up for sound and video in my paddock and trundling forwards & backwards...- clearedforlanding
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Going perm or waiting it out - numbers
Curious that is all, how many already took the plunge and went perm and who's still waiting for that outside / reasonable rate contract? For those who decided to go perm, is it definite with ltd closure or just to wait things out and you are keeping you ltd dormant?- dsc
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Furlough
Let’s be honest - it’s one big jolly isn’t it! 3 months off on 80% pay. Whilst the rest of us are working are asses off. One big jolly by the sea side. Sent from my iPhone using Contractor UK Forum- PurpleGorilla
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Did anyone use their lockdown time profitably?
Now lockdown is hugely eased seems as good a time as any to take stock. When this all started everyone seemed to be making 'resolutions' to use this once-in-a-lifetime enforced period at home to better themselves. Has anyone here actually done so, or tried and failed? Learned a new language... -
Calling Pogle
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Lazy arse method of making bread (if you don't have a breadmaking machine)
I've been making bread this way for several weeks and the results are pretty consistent. The loaf produced is a bit of an odd shape (round and squat) but, if you can live with that, it's fairly decent bread. Benefits No kneading or fannying about. No flour or mess everywhere. Only cleaning up...- DealorNoDeal
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Bookshelf Replacement from the BBC
The Beeb have made a wide selection of empty set photos available for you to use as backgrounds on your video conferences, so instead of that bookshelf full of Mills & Boon, you can appear to be in the Queen Vic, on Strictly, or even working in Professor Quatermass’s lab :) Empty sets - BBC Archive -
Revealed: the inside story of the UK's Covid-19 crisis
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Un-boomed....
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Emergency Food Parcel delivered to the door - ever wonder where you taxes go?
Just had a food package delivered to the door & driver had left before I had a chance to inspect and thus reject the package It's meant for vulnerable people who cannot get to the shops & as the missus is registered due to medical condition she received the package but I already do the shopping... -
Peru
“ Peru is to stop people from leaving their homes according to their gender, in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Men will be allowed to go out on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays but only to buy essential items, President Martín Vizcarra announced in a national address. Women will...
