So when do you all slope off for Xmas?

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Welly wrote:Seriously if you don't like the job then FRO I'm sure a load of foreign lads would do the work; better, faster and with less Tea Breaks :lol:
I hear what you're saying , but think we might be on our 2nd or 3rd iteration of employing more enthusiastic foreigners, who ultimately wind up wanting more for less
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I know, the Britishness rubs off on us all eventually :)

In other news, if one more person says "are you all ready for Christmas" to me they will be told to FRO :frown:

WTF does it mean anyway? what a pointless thing to say :? we are ALL ready for Christmas in the same way that we're all ready for next Wednesday, it aint going away (unless you die of course :lol: ) and on that cheery note..........

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I got off today. Had some work to do down at Bournemouth University which I thought would run into Thursday but finished at 1pm today. 8)

I think I've finished all my Christmas shopping. Other half is getting an engagement ring which I've told everyone about except her which is quite funny as everyone's talking about it. :lol:
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Finish Friday teatime at some point, depends what deliveries I have on and who closes early etc, hoping for about 3pm but time will tell

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Thursday finish then off until the 3rd.
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Right, that's me done for 2016.

Have a great Xmas everyone.
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What?

What?

Eh?


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For Christmas this year, Santa brunged me... 2 hats, some smellies and... gastric flu :(
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Oh bloody hell :(

I got, err, nothing really, oh some gloves that I chose beforehand to help wiv me Raynoods hands.

Oh and the Boiler heat exchanger has sprung a larger-than-ignorable water leak, the hot water keeps over-heating to 67deg C and everyone's moaning at me about it. BOTH cars have a wheel wobble at 70 mph, I very nearly bought a CAT-D repaired Renner with no service history (WCPGW etc)....

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Maybe the temperature rise is something to do with the leak? Dunno, we're behind a pressure limiter here and the pressure goes up to cataclysmic even when the boilers are working properly (And do you think I could get the plumber to understand why that is? :roll: )

And I'm still bloody ill. No appetite, food tastes like crap etc. Ah well, I could do with loosing a few pounds :(
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I unsurprisingly got almost everything I was encouraged* to suggest beforehand. :roll:
Only surprise was from my bro, who magically made our lounge radiator shrink and go hide behind the telly. :D
Hope you get over it soon, Steve
Welly, is it worth swapping the heat exchanger, (I most likely would)?
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Back at work today. Can't be arsed to do absolutely anything!
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Me too. :frown:
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And a stinking case of man flu to help kill any remaining motivation.
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I'm back in today, I've got to update the Sales Ledger to report on Cash Flow and I've got to start on an important Tender for a new Ikea Store which is due back next Tuesday....along with three other general Tenders....so basically about 10 days work to do in 5 :(

Oh and last night; knowing I'll be up for work my brain decided to switch on at 03:30am and not leave me alone so in the end i just got up at 05:00 and went to work...in the rain and darkness.
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