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Dear Diary,

Today is the first day of my "Hoiday" ( Retirement? Time will tell.) 

That woman that lives in the other room watching soaps has been mooching about doing woman things. Be interesting to see what develops in the coming weeks.

 

 

Ron Banks

Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow

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6 minutes ago, Bearman said:

Dear Diary,

Today is the first day of my "Hoiday" ( Retirement? Time will tell.) 

That woman that lives in the other room watching soaps has been mooching about doing woman things. Be interesting to see what develops in the coming weeks.

 

 

Try introducing yourself and ask if she's got the kettle on.

"When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout"

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3 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Day 1 of working from home in quite a while. Frustrating to say the least, just need to get into a routine, as it’s likely for me to be quite a while

Breaks. Schedule them in. Get up, go do something for 5-10 minutes an hour that's not work. It's the way to get through a lot and keep sane.

I leave my reading glasses on my desk when I do so I'm not tempted to just read my phone instead.

Videoconferencing is the way to keep socialised, and build in gossip time on them rather than hard start/stop. I'm happy not really seeing people as this is how I've worked heavily for the last two decades but those used to office environments can go stir crazy.

"When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout"

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On 13/03/2020 at 13:29, ckn said:

For the last 20-25 years, every time I've needed a new office type chair, I've just gone down to the local Staples, bounced around on a few demo ones they had then bought the most comfy one. Just went down now as my home office chair is getting a bit ropey and I've got to work at home a lot more from now. It's no longer Staples, it's rebranded, and it's closed.

I don't really want to buy it from Amazon or online, I like getting one I'm comfortable in.

Try before you buy. There must be somewhere like this near you. Mainly new or nearly new stuff at great prices. 

https://www.officefurniturelincolnshire.co.uk/

 

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On 13/03/2020 at 15:43, Robin Evans said:

Anybody got a second hand flux capacitor for a 68 plate nissan qashqai?

I could do with going back to 1984 to re-write my diary and give myself some advice!!!

 

68? Drop me off in 78, I need to ignore myself something, (I want to write something here, but I daren't in case my new self sees this)

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On 17/03/2020 at 16:25, ckn said:

Breaks. Schedule them in. Get up, go do something for 5-10 minutes an hour that's not work. It's the way to get through a lot and keep sane.

I leave my reading glasses on my desk when I do so I'm not tempted to just read my phone instead.

Videoconferencing is the way to keep socialised, and build in gossip time on them rather than hard start/stop. I'm happy not really seeing people as this is how I've worked heavily for the last two decades but those used to office environments can go stir crazy.

Day 3 and getting into it now. Apart from waking up early and starting at 6.30. Told my boss I’d be off at 3.30. Doesn’t stop the rest of the business phoning you up (should have ignored them)

I have a full hour away from desk in middle of day to have lunch and switch off

Work wise as I’m a resource planner / forecaster I’m quite busy. Firstly trying to get my team set up for remote working (laptops all issues now) and also looking at longer term impacts - this is more difficult as absolutely no point of reference, interesting week ahead for me

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On 23/12/2019 at 23:16, The Hallucinating Goose said:

For a little while I've been trying to work out who the new doctor at my surgery looks like and after seeing him today it just hit me in the face. He looks just like Adam Pearson! 

Ahrgh, you saw a real life, actual Doctor?

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Well, the day I've long been dreading has finally arrived. It's always been in the back of my mind that this day would inevitably come, and I thought I had formulated a plan of how I would cope with it. Now it's happened, I realise that no amount of planning can prepare you for the feeling of emptiness and despair that is now sitting in the pit of my stomach.

All I can do is keep going, but I just feel like spending weeks in bed, avoiding social media, TV, radio - all contact, in fact - in case some innocent tiny snippet I read, hear or see brings it all back, and I start spiralling downwards again.

I know that hundreds of thousands - possibly even millions - of people around the world are experiencing the same pain, the same feeling of helplessness that I'm experiencing right now, and I wonder if they're handling it any better than I am.

So, how is everyone else dealing with the news that Genesis have reformed?

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On 17/03/2020 at 15:56, Bearman said:

Dear Diary,

Today is the first day of my "Hoiday" ( Retirement? Time will tell.) 

That woman that lives in the other room watching soaps has been mooching about doing woman things. Be interesting to see what develops in the coming weeks.

 

 

10 days on...

When do weekends begin and when do I get a day off?

Ron Banks

Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow

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Dear Diary

See yesterday

And the day before...

Visit my photography site www.padge.smugmug.com

Radio 5 Live: Saturday 14 April 2007

Dave Whelan "In Wigan rugby will always be king"

 

This country's wealth was created by men in overalls, it was destroyed by men in suits.

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On 13/03/2020 at 14:29, ckn said:

For the last 20-25 years, every time I've needed a new office type chair, I've just gone down to the local Staples, bounced around on a few demo ones they had then bought the most comfy one. Just went down now as my home office chair is getting a bit ropey and I've got to work at home a lot more from now. It's no longer Staples, it's rebranded, and it's closed.

I don't really want to buy it from Amazon or online, I like getting one I'm comfortable in.

I did not see the date on this.

It seems like another age.

"You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014

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1 hour ago, Bob8 said:

I did not see the date on this.

It seems like another age.

I threw my office chair in the back of the car and took it home. 

Visit my photography site www.padge.smugmug.com

Radio 5 Live: Saturday 14 April 2007

Dave Whelan "In Wigan rugby will always be king"

 

This country's wealth was created by men in overalls, it was destroyed by men in suits.

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7 minutes ago, Padge said:

I threw my office chair in the back of the car and took it home. 

I was quote proud of how I was adjusting to working from home.

My wife said it was less impressive as I had been working from home for over a year.

"You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014

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6 minutes ago, Bob8 said:

I was quote proud of how I was adjusting to working from home.

My wife said it was less impressive as I had been working from home for over a year.

We already had a decent office chair at home but my wife claimed it as she was also working from home. So I raided the office for mine. 

Visit my photography site www.padge.smugmug.com

Radio 5 Live: Saturday 14 April 2007

Dave Whelan "In Wigan rugby will always be king"

 

This country's wealth was created by men in overalls, it was destroyed by men in suits.

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I have fairly bad tinnitus at times, made worse by silence. My hearing aid helps massively as it provides noise context for me that distracts my brain from the tinnitus.

I was on calls from 0830-1430 non-stop and some were quite loud with strong opinions. I came off at 1430 into silence, I had my hearing aid out as I was using headphones and it sounded like I was in a church bell-tower ringing away.

"When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout"

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On 23/03/2020 at 12:04, Hammerless Nail said:

Well, the day I've long been dreading has finally arrived. It's always been in the back of my mind that this day would inevitably come, and I thought I had formulated a plan of how I would cope with it. Now it's happened, I realise that no amount of planning can prepare you for the feeling of emptiness and despair that is now sitting in the pit of my stomach.

All I can do is keep going, but I just feel like spending weeks in bed, avoiding social media, TV, radio - all contact, in fact - in case some innocent tiny snippet I read, hear or see brings it all back, and I start spiralling downwards again.

I know that hundreds of thousands - possibly even millions - of people around the world are experiencing the same pain, the same feeling of helplessness that I'm experiencing right now, and I wonder if they're handling it any better than I am.

So, how is everyone else dealing with the news that Genesis have reformed?

AFAIK, Peter Gabriel is not involved, therefore it is not really Genesis.

HTH.

Rethymno Rugby League Appreciation Society

Founder (and, so far, only) member.

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On 30/03/2020 at 22:14, Northern Eel said:

I’ve wondered in the past about how good I would be at working out how long had passed if I was stuck in a cave or somewhere away from daylight. I’m finding out that I would be useless and that’s even with the ability to stare out into the garden.

This sounds ridiculous, but as a long term work-from-home-er, make sure the windows are clean and open for a good chunk of the day. It does make a difference.

"You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014

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