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BritGAF |OT3| It's good, but it's not right.

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Little Old Man

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noffles said:
That Thatcher thread is pretty hilarious.
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I'm getting bored of it now. It's just full of southerners denying how bad things where outside the rosy bubble of the south east back then.

So many in the thread who liked Thatcher can't admit she made mistakes, and those with disdain for her can't admit she did anything right.
 
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f0rk

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I've between invited for an interview with Mercedes F1 that I applied to in December and they never replied. I already have a job sorted with great prospects but... F1 :/ not sure what to do
 
Jackben

Jackben

bitch I'm taking calls.
My gut says let it go but at the same time the curiosity would be killer. As long as you think it won't sully your current prospects, I don't see how it can hurt to check it out.
 
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Jordan

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f0rk said:
I've between invited for an interview with Mercedes F1 that I applied to in December and they never replied. I already have a job sorted with great prospects but... F1 :/ not sure what to do
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It's only an interview, book the day off work and go - you may enjoy it more than your current job.
 
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noffles

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Little Old Man said:
I'm getting bored of it now. It's just full of southerners denying how bad things where outside the rosy bubble of the south east back then.

So many in the thread who liked Thatcher can't admit she made mistakes, and those with disdain for her can't admit she did anything right.
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Thatcher did good and bad, but both marks were hit on extremes.

Either way, watching people go apeshit over it is rather amusing.
 
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SKINNER!

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f0rk said:
I've between invited for an interview with Mercedes F1 that I applied to in December and they never replied. I already have a job sorted with great prospects but... F1 :/ not sure what to do
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If you're genuinely interested then just go and see how it goes. Shouldn't put too much pressure too as you've already got a safety net.
 
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f0rk

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Jordan91 said:
It's only an interview, book the day off work and go - you may enjoy it more than your current job.
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I'm still at Uni so I don't know how my job will be.

Jackben said:
My gut says let it go but at the same time the curiosity would be killer. As long as you think it won't sully your current prospects, I don't see how it can hurt to check it out.
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Yeah the regret it in the future thing gives me pause but would it be worse if I passed the interview and then turned it down lol?

shorty_symd said:
If you're genuinely interested then just go and see how it goes. Shouldn't put too much pressure too as you've already got a safety net.
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I probably will just take a day off uni and go to the interview. I think I'm leaning more towards the job I already have because I should be more secure in the future and Leeds is a much more attractive place to move to compared to Milton Keynes for me. Also I don't even know if I'd get it considering I'm a maths graduate with no engineering experience, I'm quite confident with interviews I think but I imagine the competition will have super relevant extra curricular stuff (met someone who was in the racing car society at uni and made cars with motorcycle engines and shit like that) that I can't compete with.
On the other hand working for an F1 team is a dream job, even if just for 2 years a lot of people would kill for an experience like that.
 
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8bit

Knows the Score
f0rk said:
Yeah the regret it in the future thing gives me pause but would it be worse if I passed the interview and then turned it down lol?
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There's nothing wrong with turning down a job. Don't feel pressured to accept an offer.

(Also attending an interview for a job you might not want right now is good experience and at the very least might be a fun day out. I was interviewed at the Bank for International Settlements once and I went because it was the closest I was ever going to get to an interview with the Illuminati.)
 
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Rubbish King

The gift that keeps on giving
Fucking wasted



Jed and mikeside are gone



I have 6 pieces of bacon in the oven ready to be consumed


Lets hope m 8am start doesnt kill me
 
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Jordan

Member
Tash,

Fully aware you are completely wasted now but you seem like the right person to ask.

Is Rocksmith the game a good way of learning how to play? Or would that be a stupid idea without really knowing?
 
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JonathanEx

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Caught the end of Matt Lucas Awards, with Sooty Sweep and Sue as judges. Decided that reaction gifs of Sooty are needed for all situations.
 
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Mikeside

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Fuckin' awesome day with The Tash and The Sniv.

Rollercoasters, young chavs trying to blag cigarettes, free jagerbomb for IT support - today had everything.


Guys, let's do this legit do this again soon.
 
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NinjaFridge

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So in Black Ops 2 you and mason escort noriega through the fighting and deliver him to the checkpoint. Then you're in a lift and you have to shoot the guy in the hood who happens to be
mason
. There's a big gap there and the game doesn't explain it at all. Treyarch games suck at story.
 
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Rubbish King

The gift that keeps on giving
Good night but jesus I have a shitty hangover

Got up at 5:30am to nurse myself back to health before my first day

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#YOLO
 
Musha_Soturi

Musha_Soturi

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Good luck on your first day Tash. Glad to see you Mike and Jed had a good day yesterday.

Wednesday. Boredom level - dangerously high. Have taken to daydreaming at work, which means I'm not getting much work done, but I have shitloads to do, I just really can't be bothered to do it. This is not good.
 
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Jordan

Member
Musha_Soturi said:
Good luck on your first day Tash. Glad to see you Mike and Jed had a good day yesterday.

Wednesday. Boredom level - dangerously high. Have taken to daydreaming at work, which means I'm not getting much work done, but I have shitloads to do, I just really can't be bothered to do it. This is not good.
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What job is it you do? (I could search)

I've been at work 20 minutes today and all I have done today is stare at my screen and tried to discover some new music. Also spending a bit of time looking at Kickstarter trying to find some things worth backing.
 
Musha_Soturi

Musha_Soturi

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Jordan91 said:
What job is it you do? (I could search)

I've been at work 20 minutes today and all I have done today is stare at my screen and tried to discover some new music. Also spending a bit of time looking at Kickstarter trying to find some things worth backing.
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I'm a client accountant in property management. I don't mind the accounts side, I've always liked numbers. I just really don't give a fuck about property. But I've been in it too long and earn to much to change career, I can't afford to take a pay cut, which I would undoubtedly need to do to change career.
 
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SKINNER!

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Jordan91 said:
Tash,

Fully aware you are completely wasted now but you seem like the right person to ask.

Is Rocksmith the game a good way of learning how to play? Or would that be a stupid idea without really knowing?
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Spent a good half hour trying Rocksmith (Bass version) last June. Was the only one there and the guy at the booth was nice enough to give me a Ubisoft pick.
Is it a good way to learn? Its an...interestingly different way to learn. I found the screen layout a little confusing at first though. I suggest you try it for a few days at a friend's house or through a rental and see how comfortable you are with it.

EDIT: if you happen to find it at a good price then gimmie a shout.
 
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Jordan

Member
shorty_symd said:
Spent a good half hour trying Rocksmith (Bass version) last June. Was the only one there and the guy at the booth was nice enough to give me a Ubisoft pick.
Is it a good way to learn? Its an...interestingly different way to learn. I found the screen layout a little confusing at first though. I suggest you try it for a few days at a friend's house or through a rental and see how comfortable you are with it.

EDIT: if you happen to find it at a good price then gimmie a shout.
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A local game shop near me is selling the Xbox version with the game and real tone cable for £30. The shop does not deliver and isn't a part of a chain unfortunately. I know he has one copy in and I'm unsure wether he has any more. I actually have £30 store credit with him and I'm very tempted to pick that and a guitar up instead of a 3DS.

Musha_Soturi said:
I'm a client accountant in property management. I don't mind the accounts side, I've always liked numbers. I just really don't give a fuck about property. But I've been in it too long and earn to much to change career, I can't afford to take a pay cut, which I would undoubtedly need to do to change career.
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That's fair enough, is there no way you could look around and see whether anything is about with a similar sort of pay bracket?

I am seriously doubting my career choice at this moment in time; fully aware I'm starting a new job on Monday but currently I'm sat under some disgusting desks and its making me feel sick and I just dropped a huge heavy lump on my shin and it fucking hurts! Can't wait to leave this fucking place. God I am seriously just having a shit week!
 
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SKINNER!

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Jordan91 said:
A local game shop near me is selling the Xbox version with the game and real tone cable for £30. The shop does not deliver and isn't a part of a chain unfortunately. I know he has one copy in and I'm unsure wether he has any more. I actually have £30 store credit with him and I'm very tempted to pick that and a guitar up instead of a 3DS.

That's fair enough, is there no way you could look around and see whether anything is about with a similar sort of pay bracket?

I am seriously doubting my career choice at this moment in time; fully aware I'm starting a new job on Monday but currently I'm sat under some disgusting desks and its making me feel sick and I just dropped a huge heavy lump on my shin and it fucking hurts! Can't wait to leave this fucking place. God I am seriously just having a shit week!
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We all doubt our careers from time to time. You gotta either come up with a solution to change it or adapt. I really want to explore my creative side and do some writing or create a website/app but I can't find the motivation in me. Really should at some point. Take up something you enjoy doing and making it into a career or something.

Also, if you can get a 3DS for £30 then I'd go for that. I'm waiting until I can find Rocksmith for something crazy like £20 or lower.


RobotNinjaHornets said:
Know what sucks? When you have a job with a load of really cool people and you really enjoy it there, but then the work is total fucking shit.

Goddamnit.
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So true. My old job was so mundane but the folk I worked with were amazing and fun. Today, It's the complete opposite.
 
phisheep

phisheep

NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Musha_Soturi said:
I'm a client accountant in property management. I don't mind the accounts side, I've always liked numbers. I just really don't give a fuck about property. But I've been in it too long and earn to much to change career, I can't afford to take a pay cut, which I would undoubtedly need to do to change career.
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Depends how much you've got set aside for a rainy day Musha. If you like the numbers side (and more importantly if you like and have you head around the implications of the numbers), then you'll be able to do really well in management accounts, which can be damn lucrative in any place that grows by acquisition. Been there and done that in the 1990s, when I accidentally ended up in charge of a small accounts department, got the rest of the department arrested for fraud and had to run it all solo for about 6 months - which led within only a couple of years to being a (very well paid) kind of Euro-guru on company takeovers.
 
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Jordan

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shorty_symd said:
We all doubt our careers from time to time. You gotta either come up with a solution to change it or adapt. I really want to explore my creative side and do some writing or create a website/app but I can't find the motivation in me. Really should at some point. Take up something you enjoy doing and making it into a career or something.

Also, if you can get a 3DS for £30 then I'd go for that. I'm waiting until I can find Rocksmith for something crazy like £20 or lower.




So true. My old job was so mundane but the folk I worked with were amazing and fun. Today, It's the complete opposite.
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The 3DS was for £60, but the £30 credit was going to go towards that. My career is progressing, it's just this last week here is fucking degrading. I have hurt myself more times this week than I have in the five years I've been here and I'm just feeling low anyways. I can't wait till Friday when I get to leave this place once and for all. Never have to do the shitty journey here, never have to see anyone here who did my head in and believe me when I say that it was around the 90% mark of staff and students. I am doing my best to stay positive and looking forward to starting my new job but this week is proving very difficult for me and I'm just losing my temper and being around my colleagues is driving me up the wall. I don't want to say too much as I know that they're fully aware I post on this forum but I don't know whether they keep an eye on me, but if anyone wants a laugh feel free to pm me and I will rant about my colleagues to you and apparently from what others have said it is quite funny.

Best get back under these desks before I get moaned at for doing no work.
 
phisheep

phisheep

NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
Chinner said:
is there anything you havent done phisheep
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I've had a long and varied career. Actually "careering" is a bloody good way of describing it, as in veering all over the place at more-or-less full speed. One of my bosses once remarked that I had only two speeds, 100mph and stop. I don't do anything half-hearted.

Scare myself sometimes.
 
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Rubbish King

The gift that keeps on giving
Quite a short shift for today but apparently they ease you into it so I'm okay with it, the people who work there are really lovely :)

My boss (at the moment) is a legend

It's kinda like I stepped into a hotel adaptation of the US Office
 
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