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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2007 10:50:04 GMT
A long working day looms, except without being paid. Argh.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2007 13:27:13 GMT
Gah. It's all gone pete tong already. Sigh.
-Ralph
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Post by Dave on Nov 19, 2007 14:50:26 GMT
Damn.
Well after a very mixed bag last week, I'm hoping this one proves to be an all good one. I've got a lot to get done, but hopefully I can manage it.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2007 14:50:53 GMT
Awargle wargle woooooooooooooooo!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 19, 2007 14:51:59 GMT
Oh I feel shocking. Lots of rain always makes me feel bad.
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Post by Gav on Nov 19, 2007 14:54:43 GMT
I finish work in 4 minutes! More Mario goodness awaits, and a dreary shopping trip to Asda.
Grumble.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2007 14:56:58 GMT
Today was a day in which so much was slated to be done. Partly down to sod's law/stuff outwith my control, I can feel the day sliding away uselessly away from under me already. Sigh. At least there's the Hub.
*holds Hub tightly*
You'll never leave me, Hub!
*sobs*
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 19, 2007 16:58:58 GMT
Argh!
Must have eaten something dodgy on Saturday. Spent all day Sunday confined to bed. Went twice at one end and three times at the other end. Contents of going twice at the one end makes me suspect a problem with mushrooms.
Ate nothing for 36 hours, and appetite still not fully back.
Managed to go into work today, but knocked off at 3 pm.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2007 17:34:35 GMT
Get well soon!
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In other news, where the **** has my academic ability gone? Seriously, where the **** did it go? Got first big proper essay to do for Uni, did the reading last week, condensed it all down to 30 pages of quotes to jog the memory. Spent the last 2 hours staring at the blank screen of death. Haven't even got a title (though I did write my name).
I used to be able to do this kind of thing double quick without a sweat back in the day. What the hell happened? This is only the 3,500 word 'assignment 1 (of 5)' FFS!
I'm going to give this another half an hour and if still no joy, I'm going home. Another wasted day. The practical side is also not working out this week.
Stressful times at Burns Towers.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 19, 2007 18:51:05 GMT
We have an ill baby. Hot, red cheeks, all snotty, some throwing up. Combination of teeth and cold we think.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 19, 2007 18:51:29 GMT
As far as we know he didn't eat any of what Martin did !
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2007 19:39:22 GMT
I managed to wrangle a transfer to another department in the factory where I work on Friday and today I started in this new department. Lets just say that I got more respect out of these fellow workers today than what I got out of my previous workmates in the two and a half years that I worked with them.
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Post by legios on Nov 19, 2007 21:07:29 GMT
Sorry to hear that something you disagreed with ate you Martin. Hope you are feeling better now. Phil - I hope the little one is getting better too.
I seem to have had a rather mixed day to kick off the week. I got into work to find a number of folk are off sick, leaving us a little bit shorthanded today. Also, one of our staff is a temp who is leaving us on Friday - so there is a bit of scrambling around trying to get things tied up to ease his hand over to his permanent replacement. Then I came home to do a bit more work - I am in the middle of a bit of a major clean and tidy of the house, but it transpires that my sister is coming up for a visit the middle of this week. So rather than have the guddle still around when she comes up I am trying to get it all sorted and dealt with in a couple of days. I think I may be quite tired by the end of the week.
Ralph - sorry to hear that things aren't working out to well on the essay. I know what you mean about it being tough when you go back to academic work. I found much the same when I started doing my Diploma. I'm sure it will come together in due course. But channelling shall be provided if you wish.
Karl
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Post by Gav on Nov 20, 2007 7:27:35 GMT
Tuesday morning. Here we are again.
I shouldn't have stayed up reading Luke Cage last night.
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 20, 2007 7:36:00 GMT
Got stitches taken out from my back yesterday morning. Good. Headed down to London for afternoon of work to be told there was no work for me. On Friday told there was. Not good. Hadn't finished Fridays work so stayed to finish it. Good. Probably wont be paid for it and was told there is no work for me today either. Not good. Bad nights sleep. Not good. Got up this morning and the Hub started messing with my mind. Not good. Imax is private hire today so cant see Beuwolf there. Not good. Its raining. Not good. If nothing else should be able to go see Macbeth tonight . Good.
On balance not the best week so far.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 20, 2007 9:37:12 GMT
Today, I am going to reach through time itself and...I...will...bring back...DOOBY DUCK!
-Ralph
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Post by Gav on Nov 20, 2007 9:50:51 GMT
You'll bring back nothing but MISERY, Burns!
TIME TRAVEL IS ILLEGAL FOR A REASON!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 20, 2007 11:35:02 GMT
HE IS HERE! BEHOLD!  -Ralph |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 20, 2007 14:20:29 GMT
Thanks! I sincerely wish the same to everyone else on the Hub who's got something wrong with them, or a poorly familiy member. As had nasty phlegmy taste in mouth all night and still no appetite this morning, I called in sick. They have a new system whereby we don't call the office any more, but rather a nurse go-between. Although it's been introduced partly to discourage shirkers who may not be inclined to bluff an expert, I'm now a believer, since the guy explained to me that because there was nothing in my stomach to digest, the bile is now rising to my throat, and I must eat what I can even if I don't feel like it, just to get it back where it belongs. So I've been munching cereal in small quantities all morning, and it seems to be doing the trick. And the Looney Tunes session I had planned for Sunday now takes place today instead. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 20, 2007 14:48:02 GMT
Hurrah!
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OK, OK, I think part of the problem was I had too many pages of notes. So I have cut them down from 30 to 5 and now, now I'm...I'm going to colour them in! Wheeeeeeee!
-Ralph
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Post by kayevcee on Nov 20, 2007 19:09:50 GMT
Our ordering system at uni is gubbed so I cannot order more methanol. If I cannot order more methanol I can't bring my extractive solutions up to the mark in order to separate them for solid residue quantification and purification before storing for later HPLCing. I spent today boiling my standard that I got from an American health food store and trying to find out if one of the random impurities that the label warns may or may not be in it is going to muck up my results.
Yay.
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Post by elliotthopkins on Nov 21, 2007 11:52:01 GMT
We've got a shed load here for our Direct Methanol Fuel Cells.
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Post by kayevcee on Nov 21, 2007 17:53:42 GMT
Thankfully the ordering system is kinda-back-on today and I was able to put my request in, otherwise I'd be asking you to send some up  -Nick |
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Post by elliotthopkins on Nov 22, 2007 9:33:48 GMT
It's no problem, I'd have sent it by Royal Mail. It's good stuff apparently.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 22, 2007 9:51:20 GMT
Now you know we don't allow that sort of talk about the Royal Mail here
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Post by elliotthopkins on Nov 22, 2007 10:30:28 GMT
The methonal, not the knobbits in the red vans.
Possibly the most dangerous thing to do. Send something flammable via f**kwits.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 22, 2007 11:19:16 GMT
Could be worse. Could be 15m items of personal data
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Post by elliotthopkins on Nov 22, 2007 11:31:57 GMT
I did try to work that in, but Nick and I don't work for the same company / at the same place.
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Post by elliotthopkins on Nov 22, 2007 17:05:21 GMT
Is your ordering system called 'Ariba' Nick?
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 22, 2007 20:16:56 GMT
Sweet zombie GB Blackrock! Had far too much eat at a chinese buffet. I feel I could roll down the street like a giant marble, I'm so stuffed with food.
-Ralph
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