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Morning all :wave:

The walk earlier started a bit wet and wild, but turned sunny.

Having a few issues here related to CPU and operating system causing memory leaks, components running hot and...

Pleasing post number.

Finished Valhalla Murders earlier. Now need a new series to binge on.

No reason at all.


In other news, pleasing page number.

They have also changed the rules on frequency of changing their minds from 2 weeks down to one, thus meaning London could be released from lockdown on 23/12.

"Storm of criticism" or "Daily Mail triggered"?

As part of Trump's farewell, they started injecting a couple of days ago.
Brandon Bernard executed in Trump'''s final days - BBC News

What brand router?
Who is your ISP?
What size is the file?
Where were you trying to load it to?

Looks like there was a century there.

Oh, ommm

Getting a bit yuck out there, and I could do with taking The Dog out for a quick walk.

... I'll be closer to the front of the queue for a vaccine.

In other news, since I'm mostly not working this week, took The Dog (tw) for a big walk earlier, wrote a load of Christmas cards and...

Viatorem.

A friend of businessor and contracter.

Excellent, that will give me something to do this afternoon.

Ah, Sean back to his old claim that the only tourists in all the world are British.

And when he goes to Spain, I suspect he seeks out the British pub run by “expats” - i.e. immigrants.
Yes,...

£294 billion export, £374 billion import.
44% export, 56% import.

56% is not “roughly” the same as 66%
Statistics on UK-EU trade - House of Commons Library

Morning all :wave:

I’m currently supposed to be skiing in Italy.

The ferries have to avoid the gunboats now, just in case anyone on board eats fish and chips served in UK territorial waters.

I’ve a rule that I try not to drink whisky before 8am. Call me old-fashioned.

Morning all :wave:

True.
But the EU is stuck trying to negotiate with Boris and the far reicht supporters.

TFBSZ :wave:

So we have an allegedly Scottish Devonian who says that Cornwall is best. Not surprised he was sacked from boiling spuds for the TA, he’s got zero loyalty for anyone.

Do you have a source for that claim?

I wonder... https://www.contractoruk.com/forums/business-contracts/133196-contractors-would-you-recommend-any-your-clients-2.html?highlight=#post2830665

TFBSZ :wave:

Couldn't stay away, came back as contracter.

(no, none of you saw his posts)

I reported it 2.5 hours ago, half an hour after that it was a UK only issue.

Microsoft 365 Service health status

Not a myth. Best thing to do would be to give all the old, unproductive people a "vaccine"...

One of my passports is like that, the other isn't. Can I have 2 cookies?

Teams is crashing around UK and Europe.

There's no link to people not getting vaccinated and Bill Gates getting upset.

I *think* what he means is what percentage of jobs will be advertised as permanent roles, compared with those advertised as outside IR35, but forget about any that are inside.

So if there are 100...

You're the one that suggested Morocco.

Implying that any mod has such low standards as to consider even sitting in a tree with you is an intractable offence.
Also, in breach of social distancing.


*and that's coming from the mod with...

Why would the price be the same between one where there's a negotiated free trade deal and one where there isn't?

So, if tomatoes go up in price by 8% (1st November - 14th May) or 14% (15th May -...

Also the "gallon of milk per person per week" isn't exactly the full fact.
The UK may produce that much milk ( How much milk is produced in Britain? ), but some gets converted to butter, some to...

It mentions "home grown beer" - a lot of the beer yeast is imported, as is the wine and champagne yeast.

Keep an eye out for the Crowborough Giraffes, and if you see any, let Baskerville know.

Spoiler alert!

We didn't watch it last night, saving it for tonight or tomorrow.

Morning all :wave:

TFIF, etc.
Grey and murky out, but no rain on the 6km walk.

The Wife (tm) has been offered a contract based on documents she’s prepared over the last 8 months. She’s no intention of giving up her job for it, but considered a week on islands in the South...

Sounds like the incumbent government.

Afternoon walk walked, purple (or orange, depending on the screen) dial complete. Green tick against equivalent flights of stairs (72) and steps (10,777)

Which trust was that at?

It's Orlando, so working class.

Ah yes, NHS to blame for government policy of chronically underfunding it, unable to get enough staff due to government inability in 4 years to secure a deal, unable to get appropriate PPE due to...

AtW will be pleased when it arrives.

Fire lit

It started with him having 2 permanent jobs (which he called "contracts"):
https://www.contractoruk.com/forums/accounting-legal/141137-more-than-one-contracts.html

Then he said they might not be...

But we're the UK, we rule the waves, we are not a tiny fraction, we are the most important, the rest of the world crumbles because we are the global key!