Is that… carpet in the kitchenYeah it's really not fun, I have done everything else myself apart from this kitchen, it's been nice to be able to not worry too much, but simple changes have still meant I ended up helping to board the room as one of the guys called in sick and we had the plasterer booked.
We only have temporary worktops and this is just part of it, will put the bins back in once the earth bonding has been done today, and waiting on one unit, and a new door from DIYK
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Can't get a flu jab for love nor money. Nothing available anywhere hospitlisations are up massively on last year putting huge pressure on NHS and yet you can't get hold of a vaccine at all they're all gone, entire years allocation, is no more. Come back next year. Earliest appointment available I was quoted is *drumroll*... 9 sept 2025. No wonder this country is ******. (No I'm not entitled to a free one but you can't even buy one privately)
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Looks like the floor has been stripped out - just camera sensor/software grain making it look like carpet (at least I hope so).
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That's surprising, I was in for my Asthma Review the other day, and she had an entire pack on her desk and asked if I wanted one. 3 days of arm ache for my trouble. Hope you manage to find one.
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Nope you're right, its latex finish at the moment
Man of Honour
Just turned my work laptop off and and that's the start of my Christmas break. Almost 3 weeks out of the country and 3 and a half weeks until work starts again in the new year
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Filled in an online form for a job. They wanted to know if I started school after 1980 (I wasn't born til the following year) if I had free school dinners and what was the occupation of the highest income earner in my household when I was 14 - it was split into various categories - professional qualification, management, clerical, tradesperson etc. Its for social mobility background
WTF has it got to do with applying for jobs? Would I not get a look in because I didn't get free school meals and my dad had a manager job?
The job of the highest income earner makes no sense as my grandad was a factory worker when my dad was 14.
WTF has it got to do with applying for jobs? Would I not get a look in because I didn't get free school meals and my dad had a manager job?
The job of the highest income earner makes no sense as my grandad was a factory worker when my dad was 14.
My parent's en-suite (shower and toilet) has carpet IIRC, aside from that I can't recall seeing carpet in anything like a bathroom or kitchen in awhile. I worked at one place which had that hard ribbed carpet stuff you find in schools and businesses in the toilet and it was disgusting - I quit after a day partly because of that.
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It’s all about equal opportunity crap.
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You sure? My understanding is that that stuff is used for statistics not the actual candidate assessment. But I'm usually on the receiving end of the CVs after this stage.
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The dining half of our kitchen has carpet in because we haven't renovated since we bought it. The fridge is on that half
Yep but that isn't a rage baiting story is it
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Finished work about 7.45pm yesterday and today as we have 4 visiting engineers all week. They don't want to waste time as they've travelled from China/Europe/etc which is fair enough... But bloody hell I'm tired. Feel like I just run around between meetings trying to catch my breath these days.
Pretty certain I'll be waking up with a sore throat or cold...
Pretty certain I'll be waking up with a sore throat or cold...
Maybe they wanted to see what watch you have…
Few weeks back I came across one of the guys in his mid 30s at work giving one of the school leaver new starters a crash course in how to tell the time using analogue clock readings, we've got a few 16-18 year old new starters this year and weirdly a fair few aren't accustomed to understanding time that way - as someone in their 40s it is really strange for it to be an almost alien concept.
I bet they won't understand the clock system entirely
I wonder what happens to new recruits...
Enemy 3o'clock !
What time is it? how long do we have?
I wonder if they know what the letters on a compass mean.
It must blow there minds when they see all the analog controls in tanks etc too, even ours look like something from the 1960s
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