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The results of my psychometric assessment :)

Natalie tells me it's very accurate :)

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What's that?

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Very interesting and, although I only know you from our interactions in a virtual community, I can recognise quite a few areas in that assessment that seem to fit you. :)

Did Natalie get tested as well?

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Natalie did indeed get tested - it was all part of out ministry training. But I'm not going to post hers unless I get permission first.

I value my life ;)

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It's all part of Natalie and My training we're doing at the moment.

It's been interesting so far. Myers Briggs method apparently.

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:D

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I've just seen some blue sky!!!!!!

I'm going outside to photograph it for posterity... :D

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Been lovely and sunny in sunny Cheshire all morning. We sent some over for you.

Blimmin chilly though: 5 degrees now but it was closer to nowt earlier on.

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Yes its lovely down here this morning apart from it being colder.:)

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We even have blue skys up here in Manchester. It looked quite festive this morning with all the frost twinkling away in the sunshine. :)

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Let's just hope this brief respite isn't actually next year's summer come early. :erm: ;)

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Glorious day up here in Glasgow. Well glorious from inside a warm house looking out the window over the city. Not sure how I'd feel being outside, it looks freezing!

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Yes my relative lives in Perth and she said compared to the South its like the North Pole living in Scotland.:)

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Yes, it's his style of delivery that I dislike so much. It's for this same reason that I dislike Kevin Bridges too.

I actually once saw Gilbert talking normally and it was much better.

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Just finished packing for a reason that isn't really something to look forward to, but I'm looking forward to seeing the people again and having a chance of using my favourite sun milk. I'm going to be losing the vast majority of my budget for the next 2 months though.

I hope I don't miss any snow flurries here... they make me feel like a small child again :D

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Yep, have a good one Caff :)

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Have a safe trip Caff, sorry it's not under better circumstances.

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Had the BEST weekend ever.

Glorious surroundings, excellent food, weather, friends, family and the not insignificant presence of my bride turning up and saying 'I do'. :D

Now to get packed for honeymoon, get writing thank you cards and get some positive reviews up on trip advisor and other sites for the people who helped make it such a wonderful weekend.

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Well done to you and your bride - glad you had an excellent weekend.

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Got my new TV set up and working. Only thing is the smart remote is being temperamental

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Congratulations to Derek and the new Missus, may you have a long and happy life together! https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/12/22.gif

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Congratulations to you both.https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2014/07/4.gif

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I came across this quote today

“If love is blind, then maybe a blind person that loves has a greater understanding of it.”

and it left me feeling quite fluffhy.

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Ditto :)

I'm toasting you as I type ;)

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Excellent stuff :)

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Congratulations Derek! :) May you have a long and fulfilling life together. :)

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May Derek and the new Wife have a long and happy life together.:)

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Congrats Derek :)

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Many congratulations Derek. Hope you and your bride have a long and happy life together.

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Congratulations Derek and all the best for the future. :cleader:

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Congratualtions to you and your partner Derek. :)

Actually had some good news today, I've been put into the Support Group for ESA. Kind of bittersweet in a way, but it is a huge relief.

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What TV is it?

My Samsung 40" Smart TV has an app that can be downloaded and I can use the phone as a remote control for the TV, the best thing is that when you use the app to turn off the TV it closes the app

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My free sample just arrived. May as well look after my manscaping. But with that and my flat cap am I skipping a generation and turning in to my grandfather?? Just need a curly pipe and say "what-o old chap" for no apparent reason.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/russtheref/8243300141/

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Samsung UE40ES8000, I've got the remote app, haven't used it much, although I do love talking to my TV :D

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Finally got my central heating boiler replaced. Got a fairly good deal for the amount of work they needed to do as well. Unfortunately, I am not sure what the final cost will be as the engineer found that while all the visible water pipes were copper, a lot of the hidden ones were lead, so they've all had to be ripped out and replaced.

I've also gone for a combi boiler, rather than the gravity fed one I had before, so the bills should go down, and they've been able to remove both tanks in the loft, so I have a lot more space up there.

The downside is that because the engineer spent so long having to remove and replace the lead pipes, he was unable to wire up the control system, so I can't currently set any timers or the temperature. He said if we get too hot to either flick the off switch on the combi, or use the valves on the radiators.

Still, it's nice to be warm.

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Sooo after one of THE most crappy days of my life I did have one moment of fun :)

Imagine a whole day of poking blood letting tests etc with loads of different doctors and nurses.

They all congregated with me in the treatment room - There's me up on the lift and the main foot doctor proclaims "It's time to put Mr Tarn down".....

After a couple of seconds of silence I popped out with "That's a bit harsh - I only came in with dodgy feet"

It took a couple more seconds but everyone in the room got it and cracked up :)

Small things - but it made my day I tell you :)

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Good one. Old jokes always the best.

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True class dilli, God bless :D

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Our eldest was recently selected, nationally, to sit on the interviewing panel for a senior role within the charity he is a member of. He played an active role in assessing and selecting the new candidate for the post and the formal offer is now being prepared. It was great experience seeing the interview process from the other side of the desk which should stand him in good stead for the future. We're so proud of him!


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All the best to you. :tu:

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:rofl:

Yes a bit of laughter is very good medicine which ought to be prescribed a bit more often in the NHS.

Just hope some bean counter somewhere hasn't picked up on your comment and thought about the massive ost saving opportunities of such a strategy... :D

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Hey! I resent you calling Dilli an "old joke"... :D

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I am off to see Kris kristofferson in the concert hall tonight. Hope the snow stays away till I get home.;)

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l hope you have a nice time nash and of course l hope the weather behaves as well.

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Thanks Den. I have seen him 3 times * always enjoy his shows. ;)

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:D :tu:

It's good to be back in Blighty - unlikely I know, but still good.

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The DILLI - is BAAAAAAACCCKK :)

Anyway I have decided not to get wound up by hospitals ;) - I have been asked to product test the screen reader for blackberry. So I'm getting into that and chilling out :) - who needs bloody kidneys anyway lol

so here's my thought of the day ;)

That's BlackBerrys accessible
iPhones accessible
Android (4.1+) accessible
...
Symbian accessible
Windows mobile - um nope ;)

Come on Microsoft - get it sorted.

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Welcome back dilli as we all have missed you so much.:tu:

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:)

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Welcome back dilli :)

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Cheers - you all make me feel quite fluffy :)

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I think you just called us "fluffers".......:shocked:

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Well....... ;)

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Nice to know we can still make you raise a smile....;)

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I had to Google "fluffers" .

:shocked: :D

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I googled the Fluffers and thought I would post a video.:D

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It's not quite what my search came up with.

But I'd happily wander into a bar and have a bit of your search result :)

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I agree Den. Nice to have Dill back again ;)

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Welcome back Dilli :)

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Off to the O2 in June next year with my mum to see the Pet Shop Boys :)

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l hope you both have a lovely time there MG.

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Thanks Den, saw them back in 2009 on the pandemonium tour, and have the DVD too :)

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Yes l remember when they first started as Neil before that was a Smash Hits editor.

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He was indeed :)

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Something to look forward too. ;)

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It's taken a while what with one thing and another but TODAY I have the people from the Guide Dog association coming out to start me back on the process to getting a dog :) -I am so looking forward to the independence this will give me :)

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l hope everything goes well today dilli.:)

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The guide dog thing went ok :)

Todays happy thought :-

I just got in from hospital and ok so I've got an infection in my bones apparently I still have %25 of my kidneys working (although the function is still dropping) - so that's a bonus :)

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Glad to hear that things went quite well for you today dilli with the guide dog and lets hope your health takes a upwards turn soon as well.:)

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A very big +1 to Den's post.

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The guide dog sounds good. Should be nice to have a new mate as well :)

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Good news at last Dill

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You were gone? :D

My happy thought is that I just donated to Wikipedia. Like Dilli, feeling quite fluffy :D

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Someone from the neighbourhood got my bin in today - there are some nice people about :)

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Indeed dilli there are a lot of good people out there but the trouble is there is too much focus on a tiny minority out there who give this country a bad name by the media.

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I wish I knew who it was so I could say thank you.

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Our neighbours do this all the time, and if we are on holiday put the right bins up the path.

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Sadly the people round here don't tend to even talk to each other. I have tried but only really manage to talk to one neighbour (who I used to work with) and a couple over the road who I got to talking to when they lost their cat.

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I know it's our first wedding anniversary and all that - but glow in the dark loo paper ;) :)

I'm not wiping my bum on that I can tell you.

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I just choked on my wine... :D

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I am responsible for a web site at work. This site relies on a seperate web service to get data.

One page of this due to the way it had to work generated a lot of calls (in excess of 100) to the service, which slowed the page load down to about 12-15 seconds. Not too bad, but too slow for my liking (and it caused a couple of complaints).

I did raise this with the man who maintained the web service (as for security, I have no access to the source code, so cannot change it). He said it was as fast as it could be. He left, and the first thing the new guy did was analyse what the page was doing, and wrote a new function absorbing as much of that functionality into the webservice as possible.

Using the new function, the page loads in between 1.9 and 2 seconds.

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Neither would I with that warning in the top right corner! :shocked:

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On the count down now, catching the 8am plane from Exeter to Tenerife tomorrow, will we sleep? I doubt it.

Happy Christmas to all my friends on CF, and a prosperous New Year to all! xxx

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Merry Christmas to and a prosperous New Year to you Tinky and enjoy your holiday.

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And a very Happy Christmas and New Year to You too!

(You and your tiny writing! I nearly missed that post :D )

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Cheers for that Den and Caff unable to rep you, all the best for 2013 for you and yours! We will be celebrating our 36th Wedding Anniversary on New Year's Eve in the sunshine. We will raise a glass or three to all our friends!:):):) Hic*!!!

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Im happy thinking i cant wait to get my new toy in a few days. A new amp for my cinema system. Out with the old and in with the new. Im quite excited. At last proper HD audio on my nice big Blu Ray collection

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Merry xmas and happy new year to all (few days early but hey)

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Have a great holiday Tinky, enjoy your celebrations and to make you feel even better you can imagine us lot sat looking out at the cold and the rain and the ...well I hope that's as bad as it gets. :D

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Cheers Jo and I hope you and John a your wee cat have a lovely Christmas!:)

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Who else will be sad like me and login on Christmas Day?

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Most of us here probably lol.

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Christmas comes but once a year and despite other attractions on the big day l will pop in here.:)

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Juliann's back tomorrow & I just got this... :)

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And to you Mr. & Mrs. Tinks, have a great time!

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Enjoy your hols tink, hope the flight is as easy as possible for you to.

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Get the kettle on or... something :)

Some of destroyer HMS Edinburgh crew saying 'Hi' to those back home:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEz0dfCrqaI

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I just tried to peel an onion instead of a spud - that would have made my mash interesting to say the least - bloody eyes :)

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it would potato and onion do go together nicely :-)

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Off to heathrow in the morning to pick Natalies sister up to spend christmas with us :)

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http://www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/News/...1213164852.htm

this is the **** that amongst others went out of his way to ruin my childhood. Now some 25 plus years later he is still the same **** ripping off OAPs . He should have got longer than 3 months but at least everyone knows what slime he is now

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Finally, finally finished work for the Xmas break.
I'm wide awake and wondering if I should put the oven on and start peeling veg! :D

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Our oven is already on Caff and everythings peeled.:)

Merry Christmas to you and your family.:xmas::xmas:

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Meat here gets cooked Christmas Eve, all that gets done on the day is the vegetables and roast potatoes.

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Christmas dinner is just a bigger sunday dinner, except we use the second oven.

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Don't forget to have those antacids by your side.:D