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Post by The Doctor on Oct 23, 2009 17:18:24 GMT
I have some good news.
I received a telephone call at lunchtime offering me a job. I'll be working as an Employment Advisor with Ingeus UK in the Edinburgh office with a start date of 23rd of November*. It's a well-paid proper job with a company that's rated very highly in surveys and number 24 in The Times's '100 best companies to work for'. It'll be my job to help people on the Pathways to Work scheme into sustainable and relevant employment.
I'm in complete shock to be honest. I can't quite wrap my head around this sudden reversal of fortunes.
I plan to spend all of next week actively searching and sourcing somewhere to live either in Edinburger or within a reasonable commuting distance.
Bugger me, frankly.
-Ralph
*Hardcore Doctor Who fans will know this as the anniversary of the first episode airing in 1963. I am the Doctor!
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Post by jameso on Oct 23, 2009 17:31:01 GMT
Wahey! The job description sounds like something you'll be passionate and excited about, too, well done.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 23, 2009 17:41:20 GMT
Congrats dude.
Knew it would all come good.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 23, 2009 17:49:09 GMT
Good News ! Do we have agents in Das Kapital already ?
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 23, 2009 18:06:32 GMT
HOORAAAYYY!!!  Note to self: Smileys only come in one font size. Martin
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2009 18:48:43 GMT
Excellent news Ralph. Hope the job goes well for you.
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Post by blueshift on Oct 23, 2009 18:59:17 GMT
Yay ralph, that's awesome news!
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Post by legios on Oct 23, 2009 20:34:10 GMT
I think this is news that I must greet with a resounding HOO-WAH! Well done Ralph, that is fantastic news. Good News ! Do we have agents in Das Kapital already ? Gavin is based there, and I commute in and out as I work through in the Edinburgher at the moment. Karl |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 23, 2009 21:46:29 GMT
I stand ready to hug Ralph daily.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 23, 2009 21:51:20 GMT
And my base of operations is only half an hour away by train.
Andy
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 23, 2009 22:20:44 GMT
There appears to be a shift in the power base of the Scots....
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Post by kayevcee on Oct 23, 2009 23:04:38 GMT
CONGRATULATIONS RALPH! I knew you would get something good eventually.
Looks like its going to be just me and Gav Spence holding down the fort as the West Coast Scots Contingent soon. How will we cope should the Dire Wraiths or Daleks attack?
-Nick
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 24, 2009 7:06:34 GMT
Looks like its going to be just me and Gav Spence holding down the fort as the West Coast Scots Contingent soon. How will we cope should the Dire Wraiths or Daleks attack? You'll still have Torchwood Scotland, whoever that strange man might be. Clocks go back an hour tonight, folks. Live your inhibitions between 1 and 2 am and then put the clocks back and have that time to live over again as if it never happened! Or something. Computer just told me I needed to upgrade to AVG 9.0, which I obediently did. Whilst installing, it told me to uninstall ZoneAlarm as they were incompatible, which I disobediently didn't. They seem to be working fine together so far. This morning... to the model railway exhibition! Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2009 9:29:19 GMT
Looks like its going to be just me and Gav Spence holding down the fort as the West Coast Scots Contingent soon. How will we cope should the Dire Wraiths or Daleks attack? You'll still have Torchwood Scotland, whoever that strange man might be. Martin I stand ready. -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 24, 2009 13:11:22 GMT
WELL DONE DOC'!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 24, 2009 17:57:33 GMT
A nice and amusing clip for Saturday evening.
Andy
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 24, 2009 18:26:01 GMT
A nice and amusing clip for Saturday evening. I'd find the opposite more amusing - editing Gordon Ramsay or Cartman from South Park so that instead of swearing they spoke of wretched hives of scum and villainy and suchlike. The model railway exhibition at the UWIC campus around the corner was most impressive - eleven proper layouts on display, that must have been brought in segments in vans by their creators and connected together. All highly detailed and depicting various eras of the past. A very artistic and creative hobby - and no doubt expensive and time-consuming too - and one I came quite close to myself for a few years in secondary school. (The boys who weren't into sport were into railways, and had a working model railway in the school basement - though much cruder than the ones on display today. Some of my friends had them at home too. I never started collected/building myself but did enjoy other people's sets, and even flirted with the train-spotting thing for a short while, until I got bored. Don't knock it - it's educational and gets you out of the house.) It was interesting to note the differences and similarities between today's model railway exhibition and TF conventions. Both are predominantly attended by males, though this one with a considerably higher average age - though there were a lot of dads with their kids too. Both are nostalgia-driven. Both have dealers/traders selling models/toys, and books, and artwork, and there are some videos playing. No celebrities at this one though - all the admiration is directed at the creators of the model layouts, who are amateurs. Model railways are also a much more peaceful hobby than TFs - maybe more popular with men old enough to have seen a real war? Pity we're unlikely to see such impressive model layouts ever in a TF convention, though I suppose it could be done - if someone selected a cast of TFs all to scale with one another and with a particular model railway gauge, you could have a large model layout showing a TF incident on Earth. But I muse idly. The rest of my day has been occupied with food-shopping, leaf-sweeping, cat-hosting, Trumpton/Camberwick-Green-watching and cheese-pie-making. And eating of same. Martin |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2009 18:29:33 GMT
I suppose Pete Waterman (of Stock Aitken & Waterman fame) would attend a big railway models convention because he is a massive fan of collecting model railways.
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Post by Hero on Oct 24, 2009 20:40:42 GMT
Been improving my photography and photoshopping skills over the last week. I'm slowly building a decent portfolio for Photomedia class.
I have a Doctor Wholiday Reunion night this Sunday, where I have a small acting part as a Cananite. I think the evening will be streamed live if anyone is interested in seeing some wooden acting (mainly from me). The church Dalek will also be in attendance.
Belated congrats to Ralph on the job front. Awesome news!
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Post by dinogrrl on Oct 25, 2009 3:07:15 GMT
Hooray for The Doctor - great news. Sounds like a good gig too.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 25, 2009 14:05:51 GMT
The church Dalek will also be in attendance. ===KEN That sentence makes me happy. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 25, 2009 21:40:14 GMT
Morgan Freeman looks on as Spider-Man battles the yeti!
-Ralph
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