Mon - Fri Domestic Arrangements

That Jekka Gal · 2 Oct 2019 at 21:55

Hi all. Introducing myself as a jobbing SQL dev from Castle Cary in Somerset.

As you can imagine, I struggle to source jobs locally so I spend most of my time flitting between here and the south coast/ Swindon and such like. Well, I've just secured a new role in Southampton and Ive decided to be a little bit more gung-Ho financially with respect to my accommodation arrangements.

You see, I've had enough of packing a little suitcase every Sunday night to be holed up in some little guest house for the next 5 days.

So I've splashed out on a lovely little woodland loggia in the new forest. All self contained and I've rented it for the duration. It ain't cheap but it will certainly buy me some peace of mind.

Should be an inneresting 3 months. Just wondering if any of you take a similar approach or do you just slum it?

(Note - I'm an ex cuk denizen so I'm addressing this question as though I'm talking to fellow connractors. I'm assuming there's at least a few here?)

Ahleckz · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:17

What on earth is this?

Does the letter post deliver?

[FnG]magnolia · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:20

This thread plus your other thread are high noon on my sun dial.
http://your other thread
However, what is 'woodland loggia'? It sounds unsettling and perhaps a bit mauve.

Ayahuasca · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:28

Ex ****? You’ll fit right in here.

That Jekka Gal · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:29

It's a timber cabin in a woodland glade. All mod cons, of course, including goblin teasmaid

Angilion · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:37

A wood cabin in clearing in the forest with a goblin maid...you must be a magic-user. Expect adventurers seeking your knowledge and potions before they enter the dungeons

Malevolence · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:40

That Jekka Gal said:
So I've splashed out on a lovely little woodland loggia in the new forest.

Won't that get a little chilly over the Winter, what with it being open to the elements in the middle of a large forest and all?

That Jekka Gal · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:45

Angilion said:
A wood cabin in clearing in the forest with a goblin maid...you must be a magic-user. Expect adventurers seeking your knowledge and potions before they enter the dungeons

Yes, I do count myself as one of the Arthurian diaspora

Hades · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:47

Angilion said:
A wood cabin in clearing in the forest with a goblin maid

Giggity. He said goblin maid. fnar fnar

That Jekka Gal · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:52

Malevolence said:
Won't that get a little chilly over the Winter, what with it being open to the elements in the middle of a large forest and all?

Not in the slightest. I have a very nice Jøtl woodburner and a sauna too. Just need to find somebody for some mutual birch twig thrashing. That is what they do in Sweden isn't it?

Malevolence · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:55

That Jekka Gal said:
Not in the slightest. I have a very nice Jøtl woodburner and a sauna too. Just need to find somebody for some mutual birch twig thrashing. That is what they do in Sweden isn't it?

You do know what a 'loggia' is, right? A loggia ≠ a log cabin.

Angilion · 2 Oct 2019 at 23:08

Malevolence said:
You do know what a 'loggia' is, right? A loggia ≠ a log cabin.

I was going on how the OP themself described the place they were living in:

That Jekka Gal said:
It's a timber cabin in a woodland glade. All mod cons, of course, including goblin teasmaid

You do know what 'timber' is, right? It's wood.

dowie · 2 Oct 2019 at 23:11

"That Jekka Gal"

I'm calling it now:

OP is trying to bait some of the incel members into visiting "her" log cabbing thingie...

FoxEye · 2 Oct 2019 at 23:20

Hades said:
Giggity. He said goblin maid. fnar fnar

Kobolds are hotter. Their little scaly butts are exquisite.

What's this thread about again?

e: aaaaannd now I get the joke... so slow

dowie said:
"That Jekka Gal"

I'm calling it now:

OP is trying to bait some of the incel members into visiting "her" log cabbing thingie...

Done and said they were an SQL dev, too. Aint no wo-mans working with them there com-puders, that I ever saw.

e2: regardless of what is or isn't in his or her trousers, I'm jealous. I can think of nowhere nicer to live, than somewhere surrounded by trees as far as the eye can see.

Bonus points if there are no other humans within 20 miles.

[FnG]magnolia · 2 Oct 2019 at 23:28

dowie said:
"That Jekka Gal"

I'm calling it now:

OP is trying to bait some of the incel members into visiting "her" log cabbing thingie...

You're calling the wrong thing.

Mods? C'mon!

FoxEye · 2 Oct 2019 at 23:37

[FnG]magnolia said:
Mods? C'mon!

Not sure which post you think the mods need to react to?

It all looks very tame in here by GD standards.

Rroff · 3 Oct 2019 at 00:11

FoxEye said:
Bonus points if there are no other humans within 20 miles.

Good luck finding somewhere like that in the UK.

sideways14a · 3 Oct 2019 at 00:12

Parts of my town seem like there are no humans about if that helps.

d_brennen · 3 Oct 2019 at 00:24

Just use naming conventions that your customer is accustomed to and are logical, so when someone inevitably needs to come in and do some work in the future, it's painless for all involved. Thanks, SQL guy

FoxEye · 3 Oct 2019 at 00:32

d_brennen said:
Just use naming conventions that your customer is accustomed to and are logical, so when someone inevitably needs to come in and do some work in the future, it's painless for all involved. Thanks, SQL guy

The worse situation by far, is when that somebody is yourself, and the code is also yours, and you still have no idea what the heck is going on