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Is that when you started with the gin?
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I figured someone was really marking my messages as Spam and wasn't going to complain, but then I saw that every message in lounge was being marked that way I wanted to bring it to someone's attention.
So are we all just being apathetic today? Do we just ignore this?
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Saw the tour de France go through our village yesterday, have to say, it is a massive disappointment; 60 guys in lycra in a pack that passes in about 4 seconds isn't much of a spectacle. At least the ensuing thunderstorm made up for it! And the today its cold, grey, and windy as hell! Should have stayed in Devon!
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Munchies_Matt wrote: 60 guys in lycra in a pack that passes in about 4 seconds isn't much of a spectacle
Who could have guessed?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Should have stayed in Devon! Definitely.
Committee of Superstitious French People
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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Quote: Definitely.
Committee of Superstitious French People
FIFY
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Dunno, not my Devon.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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You could grab a bag of popcorn and go down and spectate the Palestinian/Isreal counter protests - I hear those last for days.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Its only about 5 thousand miles away....
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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a) Hal Hal Butcher
b) Pork butcher
c) Event management
Why am I getting these jobs via E-mail, have I signed up for something or...
Also why do I get Burton suits phoning me telling me that in their view I'm not really selling myself properly( ), while trying to find out about the company I work(ed) for... I hate job hunting...
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Where are you job hunting? Bristol?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Yes, but also in the South West in general. I'm starting to think that some of these recruitment agency use some very strange software!
I can't cook, I can burn water! I think its because I applied to some Vodaphone roles...but I mean come on
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glennPattonPUB wrote: because I applied to some Vodaphone roles
If you apply for roles with Orange, you will get Scotland job offers - that counts as one of your five a day!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Have they told you when you finish (and how much you get) yet?
But yeah, job hunting is a true PITA - what annoyed me was the total absence of feedback you got: I've gone out of my way to send you a personalised cover letter explaining in Executive Summary why I'd be perfect, and you can't manage 30 seconds so say "No thanks, we wanted someone cheaper"?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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13th Aug I'm out the door, I won't get all my redundancy in one go (finance problems...). I just would like to able to get to the companies directly rather go through my CV with Recruitment Specialists (who basically want to rewrite my CV)
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Have they specified (in writing) when you will get what?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Yup, a bit more than I was thinking. Mind you there is naff all here to do at the moment. Still I have got agents to play with and good
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glennPattonPUB wrote: a bit more than I was thinking
Don't tell 'em that!
Free , phone calls, and stationary - that's better than you get from the Job Centre!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I know, been there done that! my 'Oh' was taken as 'he is disappointed'. I'm still wondering why Vodaphone are sending me catering jobs, possibly as my cousin works at Vodaphone and I was having a whinge at her on Saturday
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no sounds like normal agency behaviour to me, Vodaphone = IT company your CV = IT therefore you are suitable
don't think they actually read and understand the jobs do you? obviously not experienced in the ways of agencies
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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It's just sole destroying...my last flirtation with them led I'm not doing that again. Now I have to!
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They must be for me, I butcher code all the time!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Ahh, hadn't thought of that!
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Last time I was looking for work in the Uk (over a decade ago) I wrote an app that kept track of the agencies, job applications and add that were in play. After 4 months I gathered quite a bit of info and it was disturbing just how much bullshit gets shoved around by that industry. While there is a heap of anecdotal evidence I had a bunch of facts and figures, truly frightening.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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