Bob8 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 29 minutes ago, Steve May said: I shall be on my way to Copenhagen later today. Typical business trip: get up at 4.30am, fly to somewhere, get a taxi to a site on an industrial estate, spend all day indoors in a room with no windows, get a taxi to a hotel, eat a room service burger while working until 1am, sleep, get taxi to industrial estate at 8am, spend all day indoors in a room with no windows, get taxi to airport, fly home. Arrive at home to be asked “Was Berlin/Copenhagen/Brussels/Wherever nice?” Answer “I don’t know” Next time, give me a buzz and make sure we can maybe Grab a pint at the airport. I am there often. "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 39 minutes ago, Steve May said: I shall be on my way to Copenhagen later today. Typical business trip: get up at 4.30am, fly to somewhere, get a taxi to a site on an industrial estate, spend all day indoors in a room with no windows, get a taxi to a hotel, eat a room service burger while working until 1am, sleep, get taxi to industrial estate at 8am, spend all day indoors in a room with no windows, get taxi to airport, fly home. Arrive at home to be asked “Was Berlin/Copenhagen/Brussels/Wherever nice?” Answer “I don’t know” Mrs Shadow occasionally gets to go to Medical Conferences where big pharma pay for everything, consequently her view of business travel and my view of business travel diverge quite radically. This was best illustrated a few years ago when I was at a stakeholder presentation by Scottish Power in Keswick and Mrs S was at a wound care conference in London. Her hotel room was in the Tower Gateway overlooking Tower Bridge and the Thames, mine was in a Travelodge overlooking the Little Chef Kitchens and bins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 As an Englishman abroad, I am looking forward to my trip to Portsmouth next month. "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve May Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 39 minutes ago, Bob8 said: Next time, give me a buzz and make sure we can maybe Grab a pint at the airport. I am there often. Be careful - if we win this work, I will be in Denmark every week for months. You might not be able to get rid of me! 1 1 English, Irish, Brit, Yorkshire, European. Citizen of the People's Republic of Yorkshire, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the European Union. Critical of all it. Proud of all it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 25 minutes ago, Bob8 said: As an Englishman abroad, I am looking forward to my trip to Portsmouth next month. How long will you be in Pompey? Bear in mind the correct answer here is "Too long" whatever the duration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 17 minutes ago, Shadow said: How long will you be in Pompey? Bear in mind the correct answer here is "Too long" whatever the duration. Tuesday to Friday. So, about right. "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsontown Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I really enjoyed my trips to Portsmouth following York City, sadly it seems highly likely that we'll never play them again. The Old Town had a good selection of pubs and more history than you'll time to appreciate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 19 minutes ago, wilsontown said: I really enjoyed my trips to Portsmouth following York City, sadly it seems highly likely that we'll never play them again. The Old Town had a good selection of pubs and more history than you'll time to appreciate. Albert Road is great "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonM Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 20 hours ago, Steve May said: Arrive at home to be asked “Was Berlin/Copenhagen/Brussels/Wherever nice?” This was one of the main reasons why I decided to stop working for a couple of years - really enjoyed the work, but started to resent this kind of travel. The first few times you go to Japan, or India or wherever, it's interesting, but it's mostly exactly as you describe. I remember one of my former colleagues saying that he'd got to the point where if there was a volcano exploding outside the hotel window, he probably wouldn't bother to open the curtains to have a look 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 21 hours ago, Steve May said: I shall be on my way to Copenhagen later today. Typical business trip: get up at 4.30am, fly to somewhere, get a taxi to a site on an industrial estate, spend all day indoors in a room with no windows, get a taxi to a hotel, eat a room service burger while working until 1am, sleep, get taxi to industrial estate at 8am, spend all day indoors in a room with no windows, get taxi to airport, fly home. Arrive at home to be asked “Was Berlin/Copenhagen/Brussels/Wherever nice?” Answer “I don’t know” When I worked at Nortel Networks, we were chasing work so hard that it was 3-4 days out of a week abroad, and not at a single country either. A typical week would be: Monday: first flight out to Amsterdam, last flight back Tuesday: first flight out to Madrid, last flight back Wednesday; office Thursday: first flight out to Munich, last flight back Friday: getting complained at for not being in the office when I'm in Copenhagen on a firefighting client visit, last flight back. It was a rare time we got to stay overnight in a place but it was nice to get home at night. I was delighted to be made redundant when Nortel went bankrupt and closed. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henage Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Hope you fellas are payed well . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSantos Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Business travel has ruined normal travel for me, i hate walking past business class knowing what could be! 1 Running the Rob Burrow marathon to raise money for the My Name'5 Doddie foundation: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ben-dyas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 I really hate things dressing up to look like something else Veggie Burgers and Cat food called Gourmet 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Roughyed Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 On 21/06/2019 at 10:41, ckn said: I was delighted to be made redundant when Nortel went bankrupt and closed. My experience with Nortel kit wasn't the greatest. In fact we recommended buying something else before any contracts were placed. We obviously ended up getting the Nortel stuff. With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 7 hours ago, Bedford Roughyed said: My experience with Nortel kit wasn't the greatest. In fact we recommended buying something else before any contracts were placed. We obviously ended up getting the Nortel stuff. As Nortel started to struggle, it cut corners on things. It then cut prices to reflect those cut corners. It then had to cut corners and quality even further. Customers then left because they were buying critical infrastructure stuff and rubbish cheap stuff usually isn’t good enough. "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmduck Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Bots and algorithms. YouTube demonetised this video because it was unsuitable for advertisers. This woman is a wildlife rescuer and has dozens, maybe hundreds, of bat rescue and rehab vids and they have the most positive comments section I've ever seen on YT. Perhaps someone else can spot the "unsuitable" parts but I sure can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza77 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Going to use public toilets when you're busting for a slash, only to find there is a 40p charge and a huge barrier to prevent sneaking in. Not much use when you've only got a £10 note. 1 Please view my photos. http://www.hughesphoto.co.uk/ Little Nook Farm - Caravan Club Certificated Location in the heart of the Pennines overlooking Hebden Bridge and the Calder Valley. http://www.facebook.com/LittleNookFarm Little Nook Cottage - 2-bed self-catering cottage in the heart of the Pennines overlooking Hebden Bridge and the Calder Valley. Book now via airbnb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogiron Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 3 hours ago, gazza77 said: Going to use public toilets when you're busting for a slash, only to find there is a 40p charge and a huge barrier to prevent sneaking in. Not much use when you've only got a £10 note. You FOUND a public toilet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I speak as someone who has ulcerative colitis and a RADAR key, fat lot of good it is unless you find a handy supermarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 On 28/06/2019 at 19:48, gazza77 said: Going to use public toilets when you're busting for a slash, only to find there is a 40p charge and a huge barrier to prevent sneaking in. Not much use when you've only got a £10 note. In all of Hastings & St. Leonards the only public toilet is usually full of syringes, and other drug paraphernalia, or in the Supermarkets, or beyond the barriers at Hastings rail station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 This board, specifically the Personal Responsibility and Jeremy Corbyn threads. They've descended into old folk whining about the youth of today, in my day we saved tuppence a fortnight to be able to afford a turnip at christmas. The music these days, call it music? It's just swearing and shouting. Eee it were all fields round here when I were young. Aren't policemen getting young these days. What's that you say? Half past seven. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogiron Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 8 hours ago, Shadow said: This board, specifically the Personal Responsibility and Jeremy Corbyn threads. They've descended into old folk whining about the youth of today, in my day we saved tuppence a fortnight to be able to afford a turnip at christmas. The music these days, call it music? It's just swearing and shouting. Eee it were all fields round here when I were young. Aren't policemen getting young these days. What's that you say? Half past seven. It's not like threads when I was a youngster, by the time you had fired up 't internet, and I mean fired it up, you had to bring 't coil in to lite boiler that ran it, yer were too knackered to be hittin' keys, an' ther wer proper big wooden ones, wit hammer too much so yer dint bother wit piffle (God, a Borisism, shoot me!) Yer just stuck tert important stuff like how ter cure rickets and cook a rat stroganoff fer 4. If yer ad a tablet it wer a big piece o stone an a mobile was a boiler pulled bi a oss n cart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 27 minutes ago, Clogiron said: cook a rat stroganoff Fancy forrin muck. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogiron Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Futtocks said: Fancy forrin muck. Wer nowt but exotic up ere tha knows, besides 'ow yer want yer rat, boiled or fried?' tends to pall aftert first few months so rat stroganoff or rat kebabs help bring a little pleasure to pass the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 31 minutes ago, Clogiron said: Wer nowt but exotic up ere tha knows, besides 'ow yer want yer rat, boiled or fried?' tends to pall aftert first few months so rat stroganoff or rat kebabs help bring a little pleasure to pass the day Rat au Van? It's a rat that's been run over by a Van (c) Blackadder goes forth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Ting Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 On 28/06/2019 at 19:48, gazza77 said: Going to use public toilets when you're busting for a slash, only to find there is a 40p charge and a huge barrier to prevent sneaking in. Not much use when you've only got a £10 note. Bring back the vacant and engaged jobs. Learn to listen without distortion and learn to look without imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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