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Personally I'm expecting to be made redundant this month, I'm a computer programmer working for a small private company (7 employees), 90% of our work is in the public sector, and the company will probably fold now thanks to this early round of cuts, as two of our main projects are about to be...

You might be disappointed, the Italians don't really "do" Christmas, they go nuts for the January 6th celebrations in true European style. I've been there in December before and you wouldn't really know it was Christmas. Having said that, the shops will still be open :D. Just don't expect...

108. Western Africa is a mystery to me!

Beers on Fridays, lunch out once a month, network gaming after hours if people are staying late, Blackberry, pension. Working in t'Internet ain't all bad :p

Loving the cynics on this thread! High levels of scepticism are our friends.

I go to Rome about 4 - 5 times a year, as my brother lives there :D I'm off there next week as it happens. Expect to pay anything up to £120 return for the plane ticket, depending who you go with and how far in advance you book. The locals are generally friendly and pro-English, and you won't...

£4,000 on a month's holiday in New Zealand. Don't regret a single £ of it.

Microsoft do a certified DBA course, similar to the MCSE. For future reference MSSQL = Microsoft SQL, aka SQL Server, comes in flavours such as 97, 2000, and 2005.

This isn't a big change to the status quo tbh. Phone calls are already monitored and auto-scanned for keywords, this bill just makes it legal to store the data they're already processing.

Depends on the make. Canned soups are *generally* high in salt, so check the nutritional gumf.

Surely the Georgie crisis will ultimately benefit our economy? America has vowed to re-arm Georgia, and we're one of the top weapons exporters in the world, with excellent trade links in the States... I suspect Milliband knows this, and is just fanning the flames to secure his back-handers...

I want your 110% commitment on this one, if you have the bandwidth to take it on - loop back to me if not - then we can drill-down into your diary to get our ducks in a row, sprinkle our magic and create the 'space' to face that challenge.

You'd be a hostage :p

My passport. Gets me into all sorts of interesting places.

Could someone sticky this thread please? Handy for people like me who keep building systems :p

Every day I have 2 slices of granary toast, and my patented breakfast smoothie: 1 banana 2 tablespoons of yoghurt 1 glass soya milk (or dairy / whatever floats your boat) 1/2 glass pomegranite juice 1/2 cup of oats 12 blueberries 6 goji berries 1 teaspoon of honey add to smoothie...

Money sent. Well done everyone, fingers crossed for her.

Pyramint http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramint I'd give £1000 for one of those... :(

"ticket-out"

In this order: Rome - went for a long weekend with friends a few weeks ago Amsterdam - going this weekend for a wedding :p Milan - to see Radiohead in June :cool: Brittany - with family in September New Forest / Bath - with friends in late September Rome - in October, to see my family...