My first job in a bank and I was sent to the 3rd floor to ask for Mr Sheen. He’s in that office over there…opened the door to the cleaning cupboard!
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I worked at a place where apprentices were sent to fetch specialist bits of tooling kit out of stores. If the thing was ‘down the back’ and the storesman was busy they might have to wait a little while. The trick was to see just how much of a wait they’d tolerate when they were sent for ‘a long rest’.
VB
like a “long weight”
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Lusting over a massive sopwith camel propellor in an antiques shop…around 2k i believe and rather nice . The things you find in these shops !!! Its an aladdins cave with amazing posters and old railway signs etc
Really? I might need that to cool my new Cocosan sit amps.
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Yep
Good work, one thread to go.
Yes its big enough…might do the job !
I helped with some of the casework last Saturday Dave!
I hurl abuse from his sofa while he tinkers on building things.
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Thanks Jim. I think. 
Don’t worry mate, I was only deburring holes Pete had just drilled 
Was that the bit that roasts the coffee ?
VB
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Pete’s got a good coffee machine now. 
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When I worked for an engineering firm apprentices who were off to site for 6 months as part of their training used to come and see us with a list of basic tools and we would add anything they might need for that particular job. they then went down the local tool shop where we had an account and the guys down there would kit them out.
I was checking one lads list and it had an adjustable spanner on it. I asked him if that was metric or imperial and he said that he didn’t know so I advised him to get one of each.
He came back with two identical tools, I pissed myself laughing until I got the invoice to sign off!
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Waiting for the contract confirmation to come through on email.
It’s arrived.
Sat here waiting to give my current manager the good news, face-to-face like, cos that’s how I roll.
I feel alive.
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Great news. Enjoy your new job.
Hmmm, work are challenging my proposed leave date, so I have gone back to the agent to see if I can defer the start by a couple of weeks. I just don’t have it in me to walk in 2 weeks. No matter how unlikely, I don’t want to risk my home and family if they pursue me for compensation.
If it doesn’t happen now, I only have myself to blame, but that’s OK if my girls are safe.
Feel free to unlike the original post. I’ll understand.
I feel sick.