I'm currently driving a 1.6 '94 escort. so it quite happily cruises at a tonne on the motorway but anymore and it's starting to push it :(
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I'm currently driving a 1.6 '94 escort. so it quite happily cruises at a tonne on the motorway but anymore and it's starting to push it :(
we're talking about cars, huh?? if we are, then I'm getting a Ford F150 really soon ;)
I currently drive a 1.8 . . . .
. . . diesel . . . . . non-turbo version . . . . .
. . . . oh yeah it's a Fiesta.:rolleyes:
my first car was a mk2 1.1 fiesta on a B plate. had it for 3 and a half years and completley ran it to the ground :D
We have an Audi 90 2.3 fuel-guzzling road-chewer (and its red :cool: )
I say "we" 'coz I'm not allowed to drive it :( but I am allowed in the passenger seat.
I have a 1000cc Polo called Patsy II (blue)
Nice ;)
...but the love of my life is the suzuki GSXR 750 bike in the garage :) :) :)
I find myself going thru front tyres far too often . . . . that could be down to the fact that I like cornering hard . . . . and in a fwd car with a 1.8 litre diesel engine (HEAVY) it tends to be harsh on front suspension and tyres . . . . but it is a LOT of fun . . . . I've driven more expensive cars that, pound for pound, don't deliver the same level of enjoyment - probably because all of the mone has been spent molly coddling the driver, with power-steering, servo-over-assisted brakes etc.
If all goes well I should be getting my next car in the next 6 months or so. at the moment it's a toss up between a second hand 318 beamer or a brand new peugot 206 Gsi :)
get the beamer, get the beamer :p
I'm leaving my job :( :(
'coz I hate it :mad:
yeah, I am very tempted by the BMW :) but also the warranty and such of a new car is also swaying me, that and kepping up with the jones with a 02 number plate. materialistic, moi ? :rolleyes: :D
what's up on the job front stacey ? bosses giving you a hard time ? this is a complete stab in the dark but does your company that you work for have a big contract with barclays bank. if yes, i'll explain how I have come to this conclusion :)
Jeez, this thread's still going? :D
edit: Woohoo! Page 905 not far til 1000 :D
Mild connection with Barclays - not big contracts (as well as wages paid through them) - but tell me anyway 'coz I'm interested.....
**** gotta go - i'll be back laters
ok then, going a bit further, do you have an office at birmingham and have people working in coventry for barclays ? the reason I have asked this is about that post you made in the thread about contractor rates. in it you said about a contractor charging redicously low amount for testing.
A little about myself. for the last two years I have worked for a company that contracts out people through agencies, witht hem taking a cut of the rate and giving people like myself the rest. it has been good as it has got me out into the IT world although now I am trying to move on as it is holding me back.
Last year I had an interview for a job in Birmingham for a job with a company that has got a contract with Barclays bank. someone else had tried for job with them for a testing role, but as it went dissasterously wrong for them, I had to remove everything from my cv that mentions this company I work for. I went up to the interview and whilst talking to the people, they started saying about that I am from hastings and have I heard about brite (My company). obviously I had to feign ignorance and it turns out that the Girl who went for the interview completley fecked it up and was being touted at a really low rate so they became rather suspicous.
Hence why I asked about the barclays connection. was going to ask in that thread but forgot all about it. it's a completle stab in the dark, and is probably little more than coincedence :)
I throw lunchtime blubber at everyone :cool:
Glad to see you're still nuts Bonker :]
I heard everything got a bit political here, and a load of people left... :(
good afternoon SIr Bonker of Guddness, how fairs it ?
Hey Ian, I'm still depressed in Bradford, but Altringham it is from Monday week, will have to try and meet up with some of the Manchester chaps.
Lordy, it's Ric! Where you been to?
From now on I will be serious. I've had it up to here with all this madcap zany humour that floats around this board. You will now cease it !
I will no more indulge cracks about sexual orientation, aggravated assaults on the english language, booze stories, sex stories such as the one about the time I went into a sex shop and ordered a Suck-o-Matic 3000 for my ... err ...
*clears throat* haaaaaaanyway, no more of all this madness, understood ? :mad:
wally, you resisting making funny comments is like me spelling correctly ...... Never gona happen. And we wouldn't want you any other way .... well apart from Justin who seems to want all blokes a different way at the moment :D
Bonker - Be warned , Gary, Ben and matt will convert you into a northerner if your not careful ;)
*chucks bucket of water over Wally*
Some people have been coming and going since Sep 11th I guess, things seem quite quiet politically now though thank god. At least the sane ones remain :)Quote:
Originally posted by ricmitch_uk
I heard everything got a bit political here, and a load of people left... :(
:D
Bonker a northerner. A sight no-one wouldn't want to miss ;)
I've been doing a lot of PHP recently, almost completely forgot about VB :eek:
I undertook a project that was bigger than I thought, and ended up spending 6 months on getting it to work (not bad seeing as I'd never used PHP before :rolleyes: )
I'm now taking version 2 at a much slower pace, and I decided to pop in here and see how everything's going :)
I've also being doing a lot on online gaming (esp. Half-Life mods), and am in Clan [=BiO=].
I got GCSEs coming up pretty soon, so I got plenty of revision that I should be doing ;).
Glad to see new talent on the nutters front Wally :)
Riiiiiiggggghhhtttt......:rolleyes:Quote:
At least the sane ones remain
you and me both RSINGH :DQuote:
Originally posted by RSINGH
Riiiiiiggggghhhtttt......:rolleyes:
Yay Ric is back!!!! :)
Nah, no idea mate!Quote:
Originally posted by Ianpbaker
ok then, ... blah :p ... so they became rather suspicous.
Hence why I asked about the barclays connection. was going to ask in that thread but forgot all about it. it's a completle stab in the dark, and is probably little more than coincedence :)
(I wasn't the girl that fecked the interview up though - I have greeeeeaaaaat technique)
Just come back from the pub - what was that? 2 hours? weeeeeeee :D
This place (work) is ****e - I support 20 odd VB programs...
some are great 'coz I wrote them ;)
some are a little rubbish :(
some are outrageously crap :mad:
I get given new projects that should take about 9 months to a year to complete, and a deadline of 3 months away :rolleyes:
and every day, I have to give a "progress report" .... How about - "bollox, no progress 'coz I'm too busy writing reports"
etc.....
So, I'm giving the company about 2.3% effort at the mo'.
Hey Katie, sorry I abandoned you and Blade last night, but we had a storm, and I didn't want to risk it. Lol. My grandfather fried his modem! LolQuote:
Originally posted by barrk
Hi Vicky! How are you?
So how is everyone today then?
Hey Ric, some of us left, but we've all come back, and forgiven each other (well, me and Chris anyway :)). I don't believe we've met, I'm Vicky :)Quote:
Originally posted by ricmitch_uk
Glad to see you're still nuts Bonker :]
I heard everything got a bit political here, and a load of people left... :(
Wannagooutanddrivememotorbikey :cool:
Are you sure about that? ;) How is my bonky today? *mwah*Quote:
Originally posted by Bonker Gudd
*chucks bucket of water over Wally*
Some people have been coming and going since Sep 11th I guess, things seem quite quiet politically now though thank god. At least the sane ones remain :)
Whoo! It's the Pixie :) How are you?Quote:
Originally posted by Pix
So how is everyone today then?
It's nice to see almost the whole gang on today :)
Bonker, Pix, Wally, SjR, RS, and Ian :D
Hi Vicky :) Lovely day :) (Call me Stacey by the way ;) )
Wally,
Did you get that thingy working?
My mate tried this morning and said it wouldn't work :( I've got an old version so mines OK - just wondering...
Sorry Stacey :) I'm rushing this, cos I've got to feed my birdies, they're all screaming at me again, lol. S'my fault though, I spoil 'em rotten :p I'm fine, It's a little cloudy over here, and we'e had a bit of drizzle, but it's starting to brighten up :) How are you?
Well all the above that I wrote is lies, the reason I know this, is because I have been stalking you :eek: :DQuote:
Originally posted by SjR
Nah, no idea mate!
(I wasn't the girl that fecked the interview up though - I have greeeeeaaaaat technique)
Just come back from the pub - what was that? 2 hours? weeeeeeee :D ....... Yadda yadda the word pub has been mentioned so the rest has gone in one ear and out the other .......
:D
So, I'm giving the company about 2.3% effort at the mo'
I thought you'd given up stalking, Ian ;)
Hey Vicky, I'm fine thanks, hows you?
According to official sources my thingy works perfectly.Quote:
Originally posted by SjR
Hi Vicky :) Lovely day :) (Call me Stacey by the way ;) )
Wally,
Did you get that thingy working?
My mate tried this morning and said it wouldn't work :( I've got an old version so mines OK - just wondering...
(reminds me of that scottish joke "Is anything worn under your kilt ?" " No, everything is in perfect working order")
But errrm ... right ...
Limewire worked OK last night. Never tried it since because it is installed on our home PC.
Will check later on and report back to you ma'am ! ;)
I'm fine cheers - glorious here again!
And no need to apologise - didn't know if you knew my name or not :) ;)
I'm the same with my cats - they're spoilt :p (two of them are at the vets today having the chop :D ) it took me 30mins to get them into their baskets.... and the house is wrecked (curtain pole down/TV broken on the floor etc..) they're from the RSPCA - wild cats.
Ian :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
sorry Stacey, I couldn't resist putting that in :D
I Didn't get the job anyway, so you might or might not have been working with me in a job that you might of or might not have been in :confused: God I need a pint :D
soz if I was getting a bit personal, just my curiousity was getting at me :)
*gets pint for Ian*
There you go :)
thanks Nic, your the best :)
the worse thing is that in this office I'm working in, there is a pub in the basement and the lifts in the building fo down to it. Tempation from the Devil I tell ya, I MUST RESIST :D