Evenin' all - been a while.

Am off work due to stress so I thought I'd pop by

I might not have a job to be off with soon

Morning all.

The boss is away at the Health and Safety Labs in Buxton for training today and tomorrow so that's nice.

I'm so hoping that's a Portal-seque euphemism for a collection of rooms filled with fiendish and brutal traps.

Hmm 20% is a pretty severe reduction. Hope you keep your job (if that's what you actually want).

Morning all.
So Valentines day, or the reason trying to do the weekly shopping last night was total nightmare.
Anywho, have a great day folks.

You should have tried it this evening. It was grimly hilarious. Men walking round with bouquets of roses and a desperate, haunted look in their eyes. Women staring at the 'Valentine's Day isle' with plainly no clue at all what they were going to do, because the entire contents was aimed entirely at men buying presents for women...

I'm single at the mo so I can observe the whole thing with a vaguely dispassionate eye, but even in my last relationship (which lasted almost a decade) we never indulged in this farce of passive emotional blackmail. She was far too matter of fact and I'm just a naturally contrary bastard anyway.

If your loved one loves you, they do. They don't need to prove it, and especially don't on a day anointed by purely commercial interests as being the day for doing so.

You should have tried it this evening. It was grimly hilarious. Men walking round with bouquets of roses and a desperate, haunted look in their eyes. Women staring at the 'Valentine's Day isle' with plainly no clue at all what they were going to do, because the entire contents was aimed entirely at men buying presents for women...

I'm single at the mo so I can observe the whole thing with a vaguely dispassionate eye, but even in my last relationship (which lasted almost a decade) we never indulged in this farce of passive emotional blackmail. She was far too matter of fact and I'm just a naturally contrary bastard anyway.

If your loved one loves you, they do. They don't need to prove it, and especially don't on a day anointed by purely commercial interests as being the day for doing so.

There's nothing wrong with a card and a box of chocolates or similar on the 14th. I'm actually going out with my other half on 16th this year but that's only because I bought a restaurant deal back in December and the restaurant is under my office

Romance AND convenience .

I'm not against people being romantic. I just think if they only bother to do it on the 14th (and only even bother figuring out what to do at 5PM on the 14th) because they feel obliged to makes the whole thing pointless.

So, did we all survive the tender mercies of storm Doris yesterday? She certainly made driving more interesting than usual.

So, Friday at last and it even looks like it's going to be a nice day.

Have a good one folks.

So, did we all survive the tender mercies of storm Doris yesterday? She certainly made driving more interesting than usual.

So, Friday at last and it even looks like it's going to be a nice day.

Have a good one folks.

Morning all,

Have you ever sat down at your desk, looked at the monitor and thought "I don't want to do this any more"?

That was me this morning. Which is why I have just placed my letter of resignation on the bosses desk.

Guess I'd better spend the weekend thinking about what I'm going to do next!

Have a great day, everyone.