What did you find odd today?

[watt price tully]

[Bucks5]

How about those news items that say the person suffered injuries that are 'incompatible with life' instead of life threatening.

[think positive]

[stui magpie]

^

I'm tipping your GF isn't the beneficiary of your will.

She could be but I have jack shit. So if she wants 10 years in the slammer for a set of golf clubs go for it. We only have 2 storeys and hopefully if I land it will be on a passerby who seems to think the front of our place is a parking lot.

Good call. So your defence pension isn't transferable on death?

Dude, you're a life support system for a bank account. You're worth more alive than dead.

Well played sir.

[Mugwump]

[ronrat]

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I'm tipping your GF isn't the beneficiary of your will.

She could be but I have jack shit. So if she wants 10 years in the slammer for a set of golf clubs go for it. We only have 2 storeys and hopefully if I land it will be on a passerby who seems to think the front of our place is a parking lot.

Good call. So your defence pension isn't transferable on death?

Dude, you're a life support system for a bank account. You're worth more alive than dead.

Well played sir.

Mines a future fund pension. And it is all unclear what happens. But your last sentence is a creed over here. Watched embassy the other night. Some dude did his super buying a house etc and was promptly kicked out when it was finished. Turns out her "ex"husband was living a 100 metres away the whole time. Happens all the time and they won't listen. "My girl is different" is up there with a few doozies over here. I will pay you back and I am lady but give you blowjob only is another .

[HAL]

Thanks for the English lesson, mary.

[ronrat]

Watching the cremation ceromony of the late King of Thailand. The patience and durability of the slow marching service people and the monks is amazing. The pomp. cremony and cost is extraordinary. If those hats are real bearskins then how many of these creatures died , must have been thousands, for an occasion not seen here in 70 years. hey must have rehearsing this for months. The craftwork done on the various floats is incredible.

There is no way this many people can go this long without taking a piss. They must have some concealed containers. It is the only timeI can recall ssing this many Thais in one spot with out hundreds of roadside stalls and food carts. All this has been going on for hours already and we have 3 hours before the torch. All 7-11 etc will shut up shop at 2.30 and not reopen until midnight.

I have adequate stocks of rum, vodka and beer. It is quiet outside and the dog is blissfully sleeping. Fortunately it is not raining Only a 100 metres from the Wat. Then the monks take over. The head monk in the procession sitting on top of what is probably the funeral carriage looks like he desperately needs a cup of tea.

[think positive]

Sheesh, That sounds epic!

[stui magpie]

What's odd is how I currently feel.

I've been pissed off with work for a while now. Yesterday I had a meeting with the boss and she told me my jobs being made redundant.

It's an interesting feeling. Like being in a relationship for a long time and you're starting to feel that you want out, then the other party comes to you and tells to leave. Clear blue sky, didn't see it coming.

Initial reaction was shock, then a little excitement. I get to leave and get some cash as a safety net while I look for another job. Then the bruised ego kicked in and it feels like a kick in the guts.

They held a meeting this morning to go through the restructure with all the people. I didn't go, the boss left that up to me. She actually gave me the option of having the day off but I chose to go in to work today so I could talk to my direct reports. it's never nice to see people upset, but it was somewhat gratifying to see their reaction. A few tears, some venting, no one was feeling happy.

It was a good team, we had a good run, but all good things come to an end.

If we can come to terms on 1 sticking point, pro rata LSL, I'll probably be unemployed within 2 weeks. If not, I may be forced to make a pr1ck of myself and drag things out, which I don't want to do but I will if I have to.

Just had a phone call from my ex boss who I told via email in the process of checking if he had any jobs going. Nice to get some positive reinforcement, something that's been lacking the past few months.

As the shock is wearing off, I'm not unhappy. It's an opportunity you don't get very often. Clean start with the opportunity to be choosey because there's no financial pressure. I'm starting to look forward to the next chapter, just 1 hurdle to clear first.

[HAL]

Oops. Too much data.

[think positive]

[stui magpie]

[luvdids]

Sorry to hear Stui, but if you weren't happy probably not the worst thing in the world, always nice to have something teed up first though.

So, does that mean there'll be no HR department? (Never really sure about "redundant" - my understanding is that the role will no longer exist?)

Hope you don't have to give your car back - will you just take over the repayments, instead of the novator?

[stui magpie]

Thanks Chris, far from the worst thing and the redundancy buys me time to look around and make choices.

No HR department anymore, it's now called "people and Culture"

Likely I'll give the car back to the lease company. As I understand it (I'll check) my choices are to pay out the residual, which I won't do as that amount of cash would last me a year drawn down weekly, or hand it back and they sell it. Option B looks like the go, unfortunately.