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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2018 7:41:12 GMT
Anyway thanks all. Mods tell me off if this is against the rules for some reason, but as you never know who sees these things: emilygarside.com/cv/That's my CV/Website. I'm job hunting (again) if anyone scrolling through the other nonsense here has anyone they can share it with, or any job leads I'd be most grateful. I work hard and make a nice cup of tea.
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 19, 2018 17:41:36 GMT
My only regret is after 9 months as a receptionist in a snotty private hospital I will not get the satisfaction of saying to the asshat consultants (not all just a select handful) that “The girl on the desk” was Dr Girl on the desk to you thanks. Would saying you were a doctor while working in a hospital be a bit risky? I mean, what if they tried to rope you in to assist with the operations?! I've not seen Angels In America but I'd guess that it doesn't include detailed instrucions on how to perform surgery in the script!
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Post by Tibidabo on Sept 20, 2018 16:31:35 GMT
I took delivery of a lovely new beside lamp today.
You may be interested to know 😴 that I have 59 spare bulbs in my Spare Bulb Cupboard. (Yes, I do have one. Don't judge.)
These 59 are composed of 14 different shapes and sizes. Pretty well stocked for all eventualities eh? Oh so smugetty smug.
So, I won't keep you in suspenders. I know you're all desperate to know what my pretty new lamp is like when lit?
I have no bloody idea. Nothing I possess fits.
Could someone bring back the 1950s please?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 10:08:24 GMT
Bit of drama during my gym trip this morning, I get upstairs and see a bit of smoke in the car park (no unusual given the local yoofs and all) oh no it's actually a small car fire....which as they do quickly turned into a large one. Naturally the Personal Trainers running out with fire extinguishers quickly became a little redundant....and the fire brigade rocked up thankfully.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 10:13:07 GMT
Bit of drama during my gym trip this morning, I get upstairs and see a bit of smoke in the car park (no unusual given the local yoofs and all) oh no it's actually a small car fire....which as they do quickly turned into a large one. Naturally the Personal Trainers running out with fire extinguishers quickly became a little redundant....and the fire brigade rocked up thankfully. Oh how exciting! I think the fire brigade are my favourite emergency service. They always look so manly. Mind you, I've seen many a personal trainer that I'd have liked to see handling his fire extinguisher so it must have been a win-win situation all round.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 10:24:45 GMT
Bit of drama during my gym trip this morning, I get upstairs and see a bit of smoke in the car park (no unusual given the local yoofs and all) oh no it's actually a small car fire....which as they do quickly turned into a large one. Naturally the Personal Trainers running out with fire extinguishers quickly became a little redundant....and the fire brigade rocked up thankfully. Oh how exciting! I think the fire brigade are my favourite emergency service. They always look so manly. Mind you, I've seen many a personal trainer that I'd have liked to see handling his fire extinguisher so it must have been a win-win situation all round. Honestly the only thing missing from this being one of THOSE videos on the internet, was that it's pissing down, September and Wales so they didn't take their shirts off....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 10:38:46 GMT
Oh how exciting! I think the fire brigade are my favourite emergency service. They always look so manly. Mind you, I've seen many a personal trainer that I'd have liked to see handling his fire extinguisher so it must have been a win-win situation all round. Honestly the only thing missing from this being one of THOSE videos on the internet, was that it's pissing down, September and Wales so they didn't take their shirts off.... Booooo.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 10:45:45 GMT
Honestly the only thing missing from this being one of THOSE videos on the internet, was that it's pissing down, September and Wales so they didn't take their shirts off.... Booooo. Honestly if you're going to create a drama at least give us something to look at.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 23, 2018 5:41:39 GMT
Went to a branch of a well-known outdoor gear company to buy a "Thank You" present for my physio. I was wearing my new waterproof jacket which I had bought from a small independent shop while on holiday earlier this month. I'd wanted one for ages but they're very hard to find in the UK and so far as I knew there was only one stockist. Mine had been a bargain price so I'd assumed it was end-of-range before the new season's stock arrived but it was exactly what I'd long wanted so I nabbed it, happy that as well as keeping me warm and dry, I wouldn't see many others about.
Yesterday, to my surprise I found on prominent display in this chain store a whole rack of the identical jackets, advertised as a new range but at more than twice the price! I've no idea why mine was such a bargain but though it won't be the scarcity I thought, knowing I've saved so much is ample consolation.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 23, 2018 8:41:26 GMT
Pondering my bank balance!!
Organising slots for all he announcements in the last week or so, early next year already looking busy
Booking this week - RII Almeida - Sweat & Berberian Donmar - American Clock and All My Sons Old Vic - All About Eve Noel Coward
As someone said in another post, Christmas is going to be austere this year, with the RSC opening the first week of October and the National bound to open its next booking window soon, the next few weeks are going to be expensive and wearing on my computers refresh button.
At least I will be suitably distracted whilst Brexit does it’s thing, initial impression, 2019 is beginning to look like a particularly vintage year.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2018 8:50:11 GMT
Car/Gym update: no firemen today (alas) not even a PT now I think of it. Car now moved to a jaunty angle in the middle of the car park, the mattress that was on top next to it....we await and see if it ever moves or if we've got a new mascot.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 23, 2018 14:19:33 GMT
Car/Gym update: no firemen today (alas) not even a PT now I think of it. Car now moved to a jaunty angle in the middle of the car park, the mattress that was on top next to it....we await and see if it ever moves or if we've got a new mascot. I suspect @ryan may know something about the whereabouts of the firemen... who alternatively could of course be practising their emergency drill.
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Post by lynette on Sept 23, 2018 18:41:58 GMT
Pondering my bank balance!! Organising slots for all he announcements in the last week or so, early next year already looking busy Booking this week - RII Almeida - Sweat & Berberian Donmar - American Clock and All My Sons Old Vic - All About Eve Noel Coward As someone said in another post, Christmas is going to be austere this year, with the RSC opening the first week of October and the National bound to open its next booking window soon, the next few weeks are going to be expensive and wearing on my computers refresh button. At least I will be suitably distracted whilst Brexit does it’s thing, initial impression, 2019 is beginning to look like a particularly vintage year. Looking v good, Neil. I’m going to go for RIi and All about Eve too. I usually phone. But I was wondering and your post about being distracted from Brexit has suggested, a show on the eve of Brexit Day similar to the live election show at the Donmar. I expect some enterprising little writer is already correcting the proofs.
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 24, 2018 6:15:33 GMT
Well my day/week has certainly started well : just took delivery of the Bobbie Gentry- The Girl From Chickasaw County 8 CD and Book box set, a thing of beauty !
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 18:41:30 GMT
I'm claiming a 2 for 1 because why not:
Yesterday: spent 7 hours in discussions regarding the company I'm chair for, and chairing a board meeting. Utterly exhausting work but utterly fulfilling work and actual progress. And badass women being badass. So that's all good. Plus great vegan curry, which was a side note but a welcome one.
Today: utterly crashed, cant' do right by anything or anyone. But also productive meeting with a collaborator. And me declaring 'I'm the Debra Messing to your Christian Borle' yes, the Smash addiction is real.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 26, 2018 10:43:58 GMT
You know how some days, little things that shouldn't bother you really, really, do? I think I am having an accumulation of grumpy today....
FFS, though, how hard is it to put the leftover cake in a tupperware at the end of the day so it doesn't get chucked by the cleaners?! I knew I should have done it myself and not relied on one of the 6 people still in the office at half-five to do it - including the person who I explicitly asked.
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Post by The Matthew on Sept 26, 2018 10:55:58 GMT
FFS, though, how hard is it to put the leftover cake in a tupperware at the end of the day so it doesn't get chucked by the cleaners?! Are you sure it wasn't a matter of "Oh, yeah, the cleaners totally threw out the rest of the cake. Sorry." (Shifty look. Brush crumbs off desk.)
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Post by kathryn on Sept 26, 2018 11:04:10 GMT
FFS, though, how hard is it to put the leftover cake in a tupperware at the end of the day so it doesn't get chucked by the cleaners?! Are you sure it wasn't a matter of "Oh, yeah, the cleaners totally threw out the rest of the cake. Sorry." (Shifty look. Brush crumbs off desk.) Funnily enough I wouldn't have minded that! But judging by the shocked look on her face when I said 'I can't believe there's no cake left!', no. (I had bought enough for a gathering of 30+ people - there was lots left!)
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Post by kathryn on Sept 26, 2018 12:53:49 GMT
Update -she has now bought more cake, and I feel bad for being grumpy. And I spilt tomato soup over myself.
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Post by lynette on Sept 26, 2018 14:24:33 GMT
Update -she has now bought more cake, and I feel bad for being grumpy. And I spilt tomato soup over myself. Tomato a b****r to get out of clothing. I feel your pain.
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Post by The Matthew on Sept 26, 2018 15:52:43 GMT
Update -she has now bought more cake, and I feel bad for being grumpy. And I spilt tomato soup over myself. Tomato a b****r to get out of clothing. I feel your pain. You should do what I do, and loathe tomatoes. No more tomato problems.
(Apart from "What the ****? Does everything in this ******* menu contain tomatoes?")
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Post by showgirl on Sept 26, 2018 20:33:16 GMT
My worst day of theatre-going in a long time; in fact, I can't recall ever before leaving not one but two productions early on the same day. At least my tickets were cheap and abandoning the matinee at the first interval meant I was able to catch instead a film I had wanted to see, but it still felt like a largely wasted day, especially as the weather was so lovely that it seemed wrong to spend any time in an urban environment.
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Post by 49thand8th on Sept 26, 2018 22:37:14 GMT
I have finally started watching Schitt's Creek, and am LOVING it. My roommate and I are only three episodes in, though.
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Post by anita on Sept 27, 2018 9:03:02 GMT
Apparently at my grandson's nursery school [ in America] they just had a drill for what to do if someone comes in shooting.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2018 12:22:24 GMT
No, it's a Canadian sitcom about a wealthy family who loses all their money and it's extremely good and just gets better and better the longer it goes on. Available on Netflix, anyone who's looking for a recommendation!
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Post by 49thand8th on Sept 27, 2018 14:17:37 GMT
No, it's a Canadian sitcom about a wealthy family who loses all their money and it's extremely good and just gets better and better the longer it goes on. Available on Netflix, anyone who's looking for a recommendation! Aw. You answered this so earnestly. I would've answered with a Let Me Google That For You link.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2018 14:39:23 GMT
It's like Lovesick (née Scrotal Recall), a genuinely great bit of TV saddled with the kind of dumb punny name that really undersells the whole thing.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 27, 2018 18:57:48 GMT
Decided to give Schitt’s Creek a whirl. Looking it up reminded me of the really annoying thing that Netflix does on its search page, where it comes up with suggested search terms that make you go, ‘oh, they’ve got that!’ and then when you click on it, you realise, ‘no, they don’t. It’s just that everyone else really wanted to watch that too...’
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2018 21:08:02 GMT
Speaking of Netflix is anyone else addicted to Riverdale even though they should be old enough to know better? It’s awful, the actual worst and am I addicted. Yes.
Also I’ve spent half my day on a bus, the other half having a slightly mad archives day. I’m barely clinging to sanity at this point
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Post by Tibidabo on Sept 27, 2018 21:32:54 GMT
I have just watched Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, recently available on Netflix.
Absolutely loved it, from the late 70s/early 80s setting, which was beautifully evocative with its migraine inducing wallpaper clashing with swirly carpets, to its avocado dado rails and yellow flocked bedspreads. Then there was the wonderful reunion of Walters and Bell (this time as mother and son) with Dame Jules bringing out her best Liverpudlian mother and Jamie Bell treating us to some great Saturday Night Fever moves. Frances Barber plays a wonderful cameo as the bitchster and Annette Bening is delightfully eccentric as Gloria Grahame.
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