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Well worth getting one if you're a fan of hearty food. Used to see lots of them dirt cheap in charity shops but they're more popular now so bargains are harder to find. Cooks quicker, saves energy and means you can have the slow cooked flavour/texture without the long wait, so great when you don't have much time. I use mine quite a lot for chilli too and it does a great job.

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Well as I'm fed up with where I work and the idiots in charge.

I applied for another job in my town, I would get 11 days a year holiday more, plus perks of a job in a college.

Yes it is less money, but as I'll save £1,500+ a year on diesel I won't lose out much.

Plus I won't miss
the idiots who drive in the middle lane of the M11.

I doubt I'll get anywhere as they seem interested on what I got for Maths & English some 32 years ago.

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Don't worry about that, it's just part of the process...

What will get you to interview stage is giving extensive examples/answers to the competency based questions they ask, as in 'show where you have done....' on the application form.

I have worked at 3 Universities (back in industry now), and they are (mostly) interested in evidence that you have done the job you are applying for - the application system is a PITA, but once you've done one, you've got it for the future applications.

If you want to drop me a PM, happy to have a chat.

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Thanks.

It's an administrator job, if I can handle the CAA, FAA, BCAA, ASA & ISO they should be easy.

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Excellent dilli as you say no more finger pricking for blood sugars which must have been a bit off a pain to say the least.

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Sending out invoices. Always feels good to have completed work and the client approving it. :)

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Ultrasound scan today on the dangly bits has come up clear and the swelling is just fluid. The OH is killing himself laughing as the scan specialist and nurse were both women.

Yeah, very funny, not! A gay guy having his manhood covered in jelly and fondled by a woman. Last one to see it was my mother.

Still good news on the result. :)

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That is excellent news old bean.:tu:

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What a wonderful result heero I bet you and your OH are relieved as the worry is now over. Take care x

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Good for you matey. :tu:

Don't forget the old prostate check - had mine thoroughly probed when I was in hospital a while back. Not pleasant at the best of times but the doctor in question had hands like a bunch of bananas...

:Yikes:

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Good news, Brilliant

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Thank you friends. It's a relief to get the all clear. :)

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Excellent:)

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More good news: The car (Colt) just passed its MOT. Only one advisory, one of the rear tyres is getting worn. MOT man said it was a very nice car. :)

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Osem Jnr has his first job interview next week. If all goes well he'll have a post for September. Fingers crossed...

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Excellent old bean.:tu:

Well its the opposite for us today as its highly likely we are facing a bill of £250 plus for our car.:(

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Good luck to Osem Jnr as l hope everything goes well Osem.

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Excellent heero :)

Good Luck Osem Jnr with the interview, I will also keep my fingers crossed for you.

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Good Luck Osem JN

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Good news passing the MOT, but sorry for your news Den. Hope it is not too much

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My car has started leaking small amounts of oil. Think it's days are numbers but trying to keep to going as long as possible as I resent paying £££££ for a new (used) car. :erm:

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Our car is 13 years old now and its just gets more and more expensive repairing it so we are getting very close to just getting rid of it.

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Good luck to Osem Jnr.

If it's engine oil not usually an issue except for the mess and needing a top up but make sure it's not gearbox. :erm:

I decided to look for something Japanese built when I took the Metro GTi off the road for intensive care & restoration. Hence the Mitsubishi Colt. Right car, low mileage and at the right price. :)

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....my freestyle libre blood machine is going great! Sure it was expensive but I think it was well worth it :)

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It's your money mate and if it makes life easier I'd say it's worth it. :tu:

@ Heero, Den, Nashville & Weenie - Thanks for the good wishes re Osem Jnr's interview. I'll let you know how it went next week.

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My niece has been struggling to focus and concentrate on school stuff.

Turns out she has minor dyslexia, but she's still on for getting A's in the school exams. :D

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@dilli, good. Anything that makes life bearable for you is money well spent.

@Hom3r, good for your niece for not letting dyslexia stop her.

My happy thought is that as of half 12 Thursday just gone, I am on holiday until March 5. Need a week off to let my body recover, I love the job but my God it really kills the body if you don't get time to rest properly.

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Glad you machine is going great Money well spent ;)

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Well done to your niece Hom3r on getting A's clever girl.

I got my hair dyed the other day and was not sure I liked it but now I'm glad I did going by people's comments. I got it dyed silver/grey which most of my friends find hilarious due to them trying to cover the grey and here I am dying mine the very colour they are trying to cover. I just thought can beat it go with it :D

Hubby still not sure due to the drastic change from being red to now grey but my boy's love it the wee one said Mum your such a snob getting your hair done to match your car bless him, I must admit it is the same colour as my car.

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Well Done Weenie, a big step to take. As you say some people try to cover up their grey including me,

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My happy thought is we are off to see The Johnny Cash Road Show tonight,

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Enjoy your show tonight nash and thanks for your comment, it is nearly the same as my future daughter in law (who I adore and trust with secrets etc) and she was the only one I told what I planned to do and her exact words were brave move.

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Thanks Weenie.

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My mum dyed her hair to match my dads car "Black"

She loves her colour, but not brave enough to go bolder colours.

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Just put together rabbit stew and it's now in the oven to slow cook for a couple of hours. Last time I had rabbit stew was with my granny when I was a kid so it's going to bring back some memories. :)

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Rabbit is lovely old bean when cooked properly and it saddens me that many in this country shy away at the mention of eating rabbit.

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Not just rabbit but venison, wild boar, ostrich and kangaroo. All really nice and low calorie as well. Not so sure about armadillo. Surely they're too cute?

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Did you purchase them online?.

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Mostly come from Lidl on their promotions, usually frozen. I only mentioned armadillo as it was on one of the cookery programmes from south America. It was cooked in its "shell" :erm:

I guess it probably tasted like chicken. :D

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Well I'm delighted to say that Osem Jnr's interview went so well that he's just received a call offering him his first teaching job from September!

Celebrations all round this evening!! :D

:drunk:

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That's wonderful news and certainly something you can all celebrate tonight.:tu:

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good stuff :tu:

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Well Done, Nice to hear good news

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Congratulations to Osem Jnr. Well done. :tu:

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Big pat on the back for the young man I have seen grow from a school boy into the successful responsible and caring person of to-day. You sure have a lovely family Osem. :)

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Cheers everyone - your kind thoughts mean a lot I can tell you. :tu:

How time has flown!! I've just been out for a beer and a bite with the lad and can't believe where all the years have gone but I always thought he'd make a fine teacher so I'm very proud of him. When I look back at some of my posts here in years past it only seems like yesterday.

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It was John Torode's tour through Argentina and I'm reliably informed that armadillo tastes a bit like hob nail boot... :D

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That's the one. I suppose if it's all you can get... :erm:

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Excellent Osem you must be very proud.

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After my annoyance at having an early wake up call from a spammer (and the repeat calls for the rest of the morning) which I moaned about in the Hate thread this morning I have sorted out a Call Blocker and on phoning VM to get the required Caller Display the nice agent gave it to me for free. Not a lot of money saved but it made me happy. :)

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And made potential spammers unhappy, a double whammy

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So glad you have got a positive outcome jo.:tu:

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Bugger! Who am I going to call now? :shrug:


:D

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I don't need caller display, I know it's the Mother-in-law somehow, different harsher tone in the ring, caller ignored :)

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:D: @ Mr K

The other thing that will make John happy is that the Call Blocker has a Big Red Button that I intend to let him push to get rid of any nuisance callers. His swearing at the caller this morning, although it did the trick and seemed to be a great de-stressor for him, unnerved me and made me spill my mid-morning cuppa.

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Well after having to use a printer at the other end of my building (last Thursday I walked about 2.5 miles between my desk and it.)

I finally today have a dedicated network printer in my office, now to print of some 2,000+ pages this week. :D

I'll have to go a long way to beat my last job, some 1.2 million pages. Thus killing the photocopier :D

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You can't beat gelling a cols caller to "Go and fuff yourself" then hang up.

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Knowing what truly matters in life my loved ones.

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Indeed weenie.:tu:

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Down in Cornwall at the moment in my mums house. Painting, decorating and fixing things. Finally the storm has blown itself out but the winds the last two days have been pretty strong. Now it's just wet.

Left the OH to hold the fort at Heero Towers. :D

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l hope your Mum is okay heero.

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Sorry Den, she passed away last summer. We're getting the house ready for sale. My sisters have been dealing with her personal effects.

I'm doing the things that I can do best. Mostly maintenance stuff.

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My first error free count last night of 2017. YES! Also, getting a smile from a manager who rarely smiles, and complimented too. Wow. Can today get better?

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Sorry heero please accept my apologies as l totally forgot about your Mum passing away.

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Well said Weenie

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No sweat Den. I did all my grieving months ago. :)

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I had such a lovely day compared to yesterday my eldest son came with me while I did my parents shopping and the time flew by it was so nice to have some company for a change then he treated me to lunch nothing fancy just a cuppa and a scone from Sainsbury's cafe, I suspect the reason he took me there rather than Morrison's cafe is he gets his employee discount there. We had a good old chat and I must say what a perfect gentleman he is as all I got all day was Mum just go in the car I'll put the shopping in the boot then when we got to his Granny & Papa's it was Mum you go in I'll get the messages/shopping he even put it all away for his Granny and Papa.

He now thinks that his grandparents a mad as I have to go to three shops for there shopping 1st shop Asda, 2nd shop Morrison's then finally Sainsbury's for just one item which is Sainsbury's Somerset Brie, I did laugh when he said Papa and Granny do know that they can get all this stuff from the one shop, he was also amazed when my Dad gave me 3 envelopes with money in each one and the envelopes were marked with A, M and S, he did ask what a envelopes for and I said your see :D he soon worked out A means Asda, M means Morrisons and S for Sainsburys.

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You did have a good day and a laugh at the three envelopes. Better day all round

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At least you opened the right envelopes at the right time. :)

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Even though I'm 48 and still live at home I still look after my mum and dad.

When I take my mum to hospital visits in London, (My dad can't) I'll always bu lunch.

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Natalie got me the bio shock trilogy for my PS4 - that should take my mind of things, if I sit about a foot from the to lol :)

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Well, finally this week has finished. YAY! I kid you not, thanks to Google Maps on my phone, I can tell you what time I was at my jobs this week just gone. Seriously, think twice before applying to WIS International, because these times don't include the travel times to and from jobs.

Sunday, Canary Wharf. 12:50-23:56
Monday, Victoria. 17:29-03:00
Tuesday, Chelsea. 18:56-02:14
Wednesday, Clapham. 17:56-03:08
Thursday, Southampton. 20:17-04:26

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You do an excellent Job. Hom3

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Off to Lahndahn for 4 days with SWMBO to play tourist and meet up with friends and family.

Lots of stuff planned/pre-booked - Kensington Palace, Banqueting House, Portobello Road, Tower of London, SkyGarden for brunch, Shard Bar for afternoon cocktails, Theatre (Book of Mormon), Ivy Chelsea for lunch, Tuesday & Wednesday evening meals (1 at a Steak House, the other at a Peruvian restaurant).

Travelling in comfort as we got a great deal on 1st Class returns.

Some shopping may also be undertaken...

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Have a good time Hugh

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Have a wonderful time Hugh.

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The sun's out and I'm going to cut the lawns and soak up that wonderful freshly cut grass smell. :)

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Lucky you. I'm sitting here surrounded by Cornish mist.

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Hope you have a great time :)

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Well its not that much better on the border of Devon either as its looks like the Sun has gone on holiday this week.

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No Cornish mist in my part of Cornwall but as Den says the sun which was out earlier has now gone.
Been clearing the garage, now to get the washing off the line.

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Washed the Windows and curtains today, Happy it is done ,

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Windows is a job I hate nash I usually leave that one for hubby lol

Just sitting back and enjoying the fireworks my sister has caused :D Oh What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive springs to mind :)

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I just do the inside, the window cleaner does the outside. Weenie, I started using
Mr Muscles window cleaner, I find it good,

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Went to see my mum in hospital today (she's recovering from an infection) and on my way to/from the ward I held various doors for people and got a nice thank you every time. :)

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glad your mum is doing ok :tu: I hold doors open when I can but don't tend to get a thank you.

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Still its much better to have manners and common courtesy dilli :tu: rather then some who could not care a fig.

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Made some monthly £ savings from cutting services, saving me around £52 a month.

Netflix - not needed since i started using Kodi on an Amazon Fire stick.
Supernews for Newsgroup access not needed since Kodi.
Mobile phone contract not needed now i am out of contract and my LG G3 is sufficient on pay and go and wifi use at work.

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l am glad your Mum is improving Osem and l hope once she is better that they will allow her to go home as its never nice when a loved one is ill in hospital that is for sure.

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[QUOTE=SnoopZ;35890208]Made some monthly £ savings from cutting services, saving me around £52 a month.

Netflix - not needed since i started using Kodi on an Amazon Fire stick.
Supernews for Newsgroup access not needed since Kodi.
Mobile phone contract not needed now i am out of contract and my LG G3 is sufficient on pay and go and wifi use at work.[/QUOTE

What exactly does the Kodi stick get you and how much does it cost, Can it be used with a Freesat box? Nash

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[QUOTE=nashville;35890238]Kodi is a piece of software used for streaming and can be installed on phones pcs, tablets, sticks etc.

To be honest it makes it easy for someone to click a button and just stream something that they don't pay for, so it isn't for everyone of course. :devsmoke:

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Just had a chat with our Motor Insurers, as our cars were up for renewal.

We've got the annual renewal price dropped from £612 to £419 (for a six month old Ford KA+ and a three year old Ford Focus Titanium Estate).

Worth an hour's work on other insurers' websites, then discussing this with our current insurer...

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[QUOTE=SnoopZ;35890239]Thanks for the information . Nash

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Back from Cornwall this pm. Home sweet home and the OH to have a hug and kiss with. :)

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder... ;)

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Certainly does. :)

This made us chuckle this morning curtesy of Kelvin MacKenzie's tabloid column:

Why are women like hurricanes?

They come in all wet and windy and leave with half your house. :D

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I thought it was

Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder

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Me and the OH have just spent a couple of pleasant hours in the beer garden of our local. Sheltered from the Easterly breeze it is T-shirt and shorts weather.:Sun: Some Stella was consumed. :)

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Fusspot woman next door has been getting all vexed about the state of the dividing fence, my fence. Anyhow she's now putting up a new fence on her side of the wall. When it's done I'll take down the remains of my fence and we get an extra foot of garden. Yay! :)

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Good for you , Stella would help along with the sun, Nice here in Glasgow, but not warm enough o sit out ;)

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Tomorrow's supposed to be even warmer so I guess it'll be a repeat. Getting the tan started. :)

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Just had the Winner in the National, I picked it because Arthur was my granny's maiden name, I will get £39 back for my £2 each way,

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Wonderful nash.:tu:

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Things are growing quickly already at the allotment. Rhubarb for pudding tonight :)