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27th November 2009 #1
Im Back From The Philippines
Just landed back into Heathrow at 5am this morning. Will post a full report on my trip when I feel normal again!!. The jetlag has nearly killed me this last week.
Englishbird
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27th November 2009 #2
welcome back!!!
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27th November 2009 #4
hi englishbird, will look forward to your full report later
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27th November 2009 #5
lets hope you had a nice time!
what happened to spencer?i have learnt to do what my wife says!
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27th November 2009 #6
welcome back..hope u had a great time in the Philippines..
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27th November 2009 #7
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haha, imagine doing 100 + flights a year and being expected to give sensible coherant answers within a few hours of landing..... Have to be honest, suffered serious jetlag the last time I was out in Asia and was ill, took me about 2 weeks to adjust and ruined my entire leave :-( So I do feel for you.
So what do you think to the good old Philippines?
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27th November 2009 #9I think you're getting mixed up with English Rose!
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28th November 2009 #19
Welcome back!!! cant wait to hear all about ur trip and how it was to see Edwin!! xx
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28th November 2009 #27i have learnt to do what my wife says!
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29th November 2009 #29
Allow me to shed a few tears on your behalf. I can still clearly remember the feeling as if it were yesterday ... even though it's over 40 years ago, now!
I'd been married to my first [late] wife for around 13 months, and had only just learnt she was expecting our first child. One Monday morning, in January 1969, my boss came in a little later than usual. Beckoning me into his office, he gestured to me to take a seat, stared down at the tartan carpet for a few seconds, coughed nervously then, raising his head, blurted out the words: "Arthur, I'm afraid you're going to have to look for another job!" ... simple as that!
The "laugh" was ... the was virtually an alcoholic. And I'd lost count of the number of times I had had to cover for him ... and make excuses to clients on his behalf. Yet, here was I ... getting "the heave"!
My employer at the time, was one of the UK's leading building societies ... and I was one of three people who worked at the small local office in Perth. So the total staff there comprised, the Branch Manager, myself as clerk/cashier and a shorthand typist. In common with other young guys [I was 24 at the time] at most of the other Scottish branches, I was made "redundant". More accurately, all of us were being repaced by women, in accordance with a directive from the Head Office in Bradford ... simply because, in those far-off days, it worked out "cheaper to employ female staff - as opposed to males - in clerically-orientated roles. As it transpired, this was a last-ditch move by business organisations to take such action before the Industrial Relations Act of the previous year fully came into force.
Anyway, mate, it's all history now; sorry to bore you with the details. I've no idea what YOUR line of work is, but I wish you all the best in finding another job to your liking.
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