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I left my previous work for various reason, and for contract work.
In case it's not like that in your country let it be know that, work contract in Australia is paid by the hour or day (in my case), you have no holiday or sick day but it pays a lot (a big lot) more.
And it has a fixed length which tends to extends (I imagine).
Well I started with a (risky) 3 month contract. Which turned into 6 months.. and then, just yesterday.. indefinite! yeah! 
On the downside I can't entirely enjoy the crap ton of money because I am also suffering from a toxic mortgage in Darwin!  But I can breath from the pressure it exerted! 
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Remember: Before you spend ALL of that money you will need to pay Tax,
and ATO aren't big on, "but I spent it all, can you give me a bit of time." (They'll give you a LITTLE bit of time, not much, and may add interest.)
Also get into a habit of asking for and keeping receipts for everything everywhere.
(you may want to start keying them into a spreadsheet right away, or if you got AccPac/MYOB key them into that - both good for GST returns too. Nothing is worse than hitting tax return time and having coles/woolies shopping bags full of receipts to add up.)
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I have had contracts end up running for three years. I never stayed in a permanent job that long!
And you do make a lot of money, and being self employed, you dont pay much tax either.
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If the mortgage bothers you, you can always sell the house and live on the streets 
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I had a three month contract in London that lasted 21 years
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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hahaha.. legendary! 
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I think it may be some sort of record - it was on the largest liquidation ever spanning dozens of countries and jurisdictions - all of this without the Internet or email ( this did play a part in the latter stages )
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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haha.. they forgot about you!
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If that was the case I was a very well paid anonymous member of the team 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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So I'm still working on my "new idea" MVC5 prototype, and part of our system is a configurable alert system where we can create an alert message to be displayed on a given page (the old system was ASP.Net webforms).
There are a lot of gyrations needed to make this work in the current system, but my setup is all handled through a coupe of session vars and a base View class. I use a partial view to render the alerts, which uses a static helper method to format the html.
The only thing the programmer has to do is get the alert info into the database (and we have a content manager app for that), and there is no additional coding needed to make it work.
The template currently provides registration, login, user assuming (where we can assume a given user's identity to try to duplicate an issue), environment indicators, login history, user profile management, and now alert handling functionality. Pretty much all the devs will have to do (after using the template to generate the initial project) is add some identifying images, the app's content, and the supporting database infrastructure (that can be re-used from the existing database).
This is my first "paid-to-do-it" MVC project. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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So do we.
I'd rather be phishing!
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They're an amazing caloric bomb, but delicious nonetheless.
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Ameizing!  
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Is an alligator in a waistcoat an investigator?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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What is a waistcoat?
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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It is a waste-coat. You need one to handle dirty puns : )
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Quote: Where's the end of the fight for freedom
It could turn out right and all I hope and long
That there'll be no wasted coats, no wasted coats
Oh Lord, let the good times come
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Will a ligature save a bleeding crocodile?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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I'm not sure Watson your mind but it Sherlock's that way.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
modified 9-May-19 12:09pm.
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I will politely agree if you spare us the emulgator, vindigator, astrogator, delegator, arrogator, obligator, mitigator, fumigator, negator....
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Was shopping and noticed some "New" dry cat food on the "reduced" shelf.
Now, fur face is a picky little monster, he goes off cat food brands roughly monthly so anything new is worth a try - particularly at half price!
So I get this big bag home, and notice a little sticker on it: "First Bag Free!"
Carefully peel off the sticker, and all you have to do is go to the website, upload a pic of your receipt and they will pay you the full amount via paypal. Bonus!
Kinda wish I'd paid full price now, but ...
Why don't car manufacturers do that? 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The key thing there (you would think) is removing the offer label before Kitty gets to see it.
After all, no self-respecting feline will eat something that came at a discount.
More psychically developed creatures, though, will actually see through such things - you get them on a too-fer, carefully remove the labels, shred the receipts and still, somehow they just KNOW it was cheap.
YOU: "Yo! Mogger! Have some delicious and highly expensive kitty-chow!"
KITTY: "You're not fooling me, matey! That was on offer, wasn't it? Why do I even let you live here?"
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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That's the weird bit - he'll eat Sheba. For a month.
He'll eat Whiskas. For a month.
He'll eat ASDA Tiger. For a month.
He'll eat chicken breast (poached, with rice). For a week*. Little sod.
And he hates change in all its forms. 
* When he gets the D&Vs it's the most "neutral" thing to give him to gently restart his digestive system after a 24 hour fast.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Kinda wish I'd paid full price now, but ...
Assuming your kitty doesn't share your paypal account, what difference does it make how much you paid if your get a full refund: Net $Zero, no?
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