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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 9, 2012 7:40:31 GMT
Morning all from a world of pain :-(
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Post by kayevcee on Jan 9, 2012 10:50:42 GMT
Hello.
Called Larkfield depot to find out if I lost my phone on the bus. No sign of it, and a woman in the background was helpfully yelling that I "shouldae come in on Friday" as if it would have been less lost then. Ah well. A minor inconvenience. Worse things happen at sea and all that.
A major inconvenience is that I still haven't heard back from the Grdauate Admissions Office at ISU about my application. Today is the first day of the spring term, so it doesn't look like I'm leaving any time soon. Damn it.
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 9, 2012 11:24:04 GMT
Taking a serious look at my spending. On a pay freeze and earning quite a bit less than the job I was in this time 2 years ago but I seem to have lost control of my budgeting completely and I've just not been saving either as a result. I've had a look at the numbers and set a new weekly budget. Will also require being very frugal for next 3 months so I can put some money aside for emergencies. Should not be a hardship: I have plenty of things to occupy myself with (not to mention the fabulous cinema card) and the more mild winter is allowing for going out for walks. Plus, there is a weekend in Brum in February.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 9, 2012 20:10:15 GMT
I do not believe the Universe had sufficiently warned me how unpleasant a prostate exam is. 8 hours later and I still feel a bit wrong!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 9, 2012 20:25:48 GMT
Star Trek V again?
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Post by bertie on Jan 9, 2012 20:27:41 GMT
Prostate Exam? I'm glad I date a nurse.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 9, 2012 21:36:17 GMT
But that brings joy! -Ralph |
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Post by blueshift on Jan 9, 2012 21:43:39 GMT
I do not believe the Universe had sufficiently warned me how unpleasant a prostate exam is. 8 hours later and I still feel a bit wrong! -Ralph And that is why I always refuse to play 'doctors' with Turnbull |
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Post by kayevcee on Jan 10, 2012 19:19:06 GMT
Got a letter from Iowa State today.
It was a bill for $741 for the room I stayed in for 2 months during my internship.
It's less than I was expecting to be charged, and it's a relief to finally pay it, but it wasn't exactly the news I was hoping for.
-Nick
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 10, 2012 19:20:38 GMT
The big tease.
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Post by legios on Jan 10, 2012 20:16:28 GMT
A fair chunk of change there, and they certainly weren't in any great hurry to actually bill you were they?
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 10, 2012 22:21:08 GMT
*checks xe.com* Cheaper than what renting a room here for 2 months would be.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 11, 2012 0:17:53 GMT
Interrim review at work today.
Not happy at all, nice to see all my hard work goes unnoticed.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 11, 2012 0:39:24 GMT
I always found work reviews a bit of a waste of time.....
Off to the smoke tomorrow (looks at clock, today actually) to see my Mother after I do the school run. So naturally my tummy decides to be unhappy just as I'm getting in to bed.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 11, 2012 8:08:00 GMT
Never had a productive work review in my working life!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 11, 2012 9:02:46 GMT
The wheeled walking frame made it's debut on the school run this morning........
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Post by Hero on Jan 11, 2012 11:50:31 GMT
Never had a productive work review in my working life! -Ralph That goes ditto for me. ===KEN |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 12, 2012 0:58:47 GMT
I could care less if they were productive, just accurate it's what my salary is based on. No good review means no increase.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 12, 2012 8:10:54 GMT
I've never been in a job where a review results in any salary increase. I get paid and that's it. Hence why I find reviews pointless. I never have anything to improve on, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
-Ralph
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Post by Hero on Jan 12, 2012 20:19:41 GMT
Had a really good turnup with some finances long since owed to me and its been a morale boost to say the least.
Also got a random turnup from Slimming World with a generous offer and a new program to get back on track with.
===KEN
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Post by legios on Jan 12, 2012 20:34:30 GMT
I always find great difficulty in writing stuff for my annual appraisal. I can pinpoint what I am not good at but I was brought up to believe that you should never, at any cost, talk about being good at something. I may have internalised that a little too much when I was younger.
The first full working week of the year is nearly over, and I will be very glad when it does end. Not that I am not making good progress - in fact I feel I am well ahead of the curve in a lot of respects - I'm just not yet full adapted to the whole idea of my alarm clock ringing at 06:30 once again. Fortunately, I commute by train so I can just plonk myself into a seat and doze back off for half and hour until I reach Edinburgh and there is something approaching sunlight to be seen.
Planning a cinema trip for this weekend, and hopefully a good long wander in the countryfide areas - I feel like I've been cooped up in urban environments too much over the course of this week.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 13, 2012 18:46:45 GMT
What a shit year so far.
Right. Weekend coming. Catch a few films and some reading I think.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 13, 2012 19:55:18 GMT
This week has mostly been one fluctuating anxiety attack since about Monday evening, for various reasons. I am feeling a lot better now, and I think a quiet evening at home with some music, some television and a good book ("Good Luck, Yukikaze" the book I put aside for The Odyssey and which has now given me my marching orders regarding finishing it) will complete my settling back onto an even keel.
Thinking about a few minor lifestyle tweaks though - starting with dealing with the clutter that has built up in various parts of my house, an extension of what I have been doing with alternate storage for my dvds. I could do with streamlining my living areas a little bit and having a little less.... stuff... everywhere.
(Also, I seem to have put my neck out at some point this week. It is currently somewhat sore and I have to point my whole torso to look to my right. I feel like I've been manufactured in the early-eighties for all the neck articulation I can muster)
Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 13, 2012 20:10:48 GMT
Watching Star Wars tonight!!!
(When I say Star Wars I obviously mean Episode 4: A New Hope!)
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 13, 2012 20:17:23 GMT
There are only 5 Star Wars films.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jan 13, 2012 20:38:14 GMT
Been having a horribly melt-down week where I bemoan in despair both my (lack of ) personal and professional life
D:
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 14, 2012 7:01:09 GMT
Sounds like the gloominess and low light levels of a January without snow are having their depressing effect on folks' moods. They certainly have been affecting me. If people think that may be a contributor to their feeling down, try to spend time in brightly lit places.
Martin
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Post by Hero on Jan 14, 2012 14:08:03 GMT
What a bad time for Christmas lights to go down then  Hope those with the January blues perk up soon. Plenty in life to be happy about. ===KEN |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 14, 2012 14:25:37 GMT
Fine start to the day. Quick jaunt to chemists for Dad. Trip into town for comics, back home and then straight out to take Susie for a constitutional.
Bit of exercise in the admittedly rather cold air does wonders for the spirits.
Spot of internetting before drawing for the day/evening.
Andy
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Post by legios on Jan 14, 2012 19:35:38 GMT
Apparently a cinema trip was just the tonic that I needed to perk me up (that and some good news on an upcoming possible family holiday). Managed to time my cinema trip to perfection so that I walked out of one film, into the queue for tickets and then straight back into the fleapit proper for film number two. Then straight out of the cinema onto my train home for a late dinner and an NCIS episode.
To top it off I got home to discover that my copy of More Than Meets The Eye issue 1 had been delivered whilst I was out.
All told a pretty positive day really.
Karl
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