Forum: Idle Banter
16-07-19, 02:22 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
If I want mountains & sea, I go to my villa in Turkey. It is at the foot of a 1,969 metre mountain and 10 minutes from the famous lagoon at Olu Deniz. The world paragliding championship is held off...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-05-19, 01:05 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
21-10-18, 12:32 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
07-09-18, 07:37 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
As I implied in my earlier post, in my experience there is no chance of councils implementing proper business organisation and practices. There is an institutionised mindset that prevents it.
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Forum: Idle Banter
07-09-18, 04:07 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Bibs,
it can work if properly implemented. There is a company called Norse that tenders to local authorities to take over their services on a joint ownership partnership. The way it works is that...
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Forum: Idle Banter
07-09-18, 02:12 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
My experience is that most council workers came straight from school and stayed on, never having worked in the private sector and their only experience of working life was in the archaic working...
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Forum: Idle Banter
07-09-18, 12:57 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Bibs, a lot of the equipment supplies is down to the local authority dept responsible. The relevant dept for the council I worked for had a poor record of supplying stuff and there were so many...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-08-18, 03:19 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
There's also the snob factor. I was once in Aldi watching a smartly dressed late 20's couple packing their shopping.
Into expensive looking fabric and wood handled Waitrose bags.
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-08-18, 11:31 AM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
I discovered Burtons when I lived across the Calder Road in the Sighthill estate in 2001/2. I too ate so much that I got sick of them. I was an IT contractor and went for the cheapest flat I could...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-08-18, 11:12 AM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Bibs, if you want shortbread the next time you are in Edinburgh, go to the Burtons factory in Sighthill. They have a factory shop where you can buy bags full of broken and misshapes of all the...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-08-18, 11:03 AM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
I have a choice for my weekly shop. I can either drive 10 miles each way to my nearest Aldi at a petrol cost of about £4, or I can do the same shop in the Co-op in my village about 400 meters away. I...
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-08-18, 02:04 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
If you ever get the opportunity, try Adnams Broadside. It's a deep red colour and is 6.3% in bottles and slightly less at 4.7%. From Suffolk though so good luck!
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-08-18, 08:24 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Thanks Yoko. I was just sent a voucher for £6 off a £40 shop at Tesco so that makes it even more reasonable. I will definitely get a bottle.
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-08-18, 10:33 AM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
I find that a very large (at least quadruple measure) of a good Islay malt or Talisker relieves any stress :D
It's a pity I can't afford Ardbeg these days.
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-01-18, 01:41 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
I know what you mean about niche skills; that's how I got into contracting in the first place. I was head hunted because I was one of only 2 people in the UK with the mix of skills that was wanted...
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Forum: Idle Banter
02-01-18, 06:04 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Mav, because I was a contractor, I was constantly changing employers. I once worked out that I had worked for 25 companies in my career, 6 weeks being the shortest. term. When I was a contractor I...
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Forum: Idle Banter
01-01-18, 02:15 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Odd isn't it Mav. I was a freelance IT analyst/designer for many years before IR35 killed that career in 2003. Demanding work but extremely satisfying at the end of the day. 15 years later and...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-11-17, 01:28 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Brexit explained.
Dave Davis is at the golf club returning his locker key when Mr Barnier, the membership secretary sees him.
"Hello Mr Davis", says Mr Barnier. "I'm sorry to hear you are no...
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Forum: Idle Banter
31-10-17, 08:47 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Arriving home from the city just as the trick or treaters were leaving my street. With parents, there must have been 30 of them, Shame I missed them (not).
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-10-17, 11:20 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-10-17, 02:27 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Auto salvage is the way to go. I got a wheel for my Impreza with an almost new tyre on it for £30 from my local breakers. It was a rare one too as it was a design only used for 2 years.
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-10-17, 04:34 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
Even if they accepted the claim, it's highly unlikely that they would pay for more than the one damaged wheel anyway. The council I worked for wouldn't as the liability is for the damaged one only.
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-10-17, 02:16 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-10-17, 02:09 PM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
I worked for a council handling the paperwork for Public Liability claims for pothole damage to vehicles. The official depth of a pothole that affect a councils liability is, from memory, 70mm. Any...
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Forum: Idle Banter
06-09-17, 10:53 AM
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Re: The All new Reeder Megathread
I run 2 19" monitors which I think is the better option if you have room and don't play a lot of action games.. I typically have Chrome on one screen and word or excel on the other. It only works if...
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