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Old May 20th 2013, 10:02 am
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Originally Posted by weasel decentral
Fair play to you mate. I spent a long time racing in motorcycle enduro events similar to the FIA rallies (only with less sand!) and the guys who run the events don't get enough praise for what they do, and frequently get a ton of abuse or complaints.
Over some pretty inaccessible places its a massive feat of co-ordination and planning to get it to work.
thanks. yup we're quite lucky here as the level its at most of the competitors say thanks to us. helps when you've sent a helicopter to rescue their dumb ass mind!

if you used to ride you should check out the desert challenge. this year we had pretty much the top ten global riders.

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Old May 20th 2013, 10:06 am
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Originally Posted by LaLaLayla
Supported our Chairman through a quite horrific board coup whilst working at the Olympics.
what support did you offer?
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Old May 20th 2013, 10:11 am
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Originally Posted by Millhouse
what support did you offer?
I kept the team together as a cohesive unit (not easy, in the circumstances), I stood up to the government, refused to bail and ensured that the papers were not privy to what was going on.
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Old May 20th 2013, 10:20 am
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Originally Posted by LaLaLayla
I kept the team together as a cohesive unit (not easy, in the circumstances), I stood up to the government, refused to bail and ensured that the papers were not privy to what was going on.
You worked for G4S.
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Old May 20th 2013, 10:28 am
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Originally Posted by mikewot
You worked for G4S.
No, I worked for the ODA.
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Old May 20th 2013, 10:44 am
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Originally Posted by LaLaLayla
No, I worked for the ODA.
Whoosh!
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Old May 20th 2013, 10:52 am
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Whoosh!
Huh?!?
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Originally Posted by Theseus
There's nothing wrong in being proud of achieving something you miserable shit.
But why would you want to tell complete strangers about it, you self-centred twat?
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Originally Posted by mentalist
But why would you want to tell complete strangers about it, you self-centred twat?
Some, in fact quite a few, of the people on here aren't complete strangers. I've been fortunate enough to meet a lot of them.
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Old May 20th 2013, 11:29 am
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Originally Posted by shiva
If you used to ride you should check out the desert challenge. this year we had pretty much the top ten global riders.
Still ride local club events and the very odd national event when I get a chance but I would love to check out the desert stuff. Schedule permitting it will happen soon, also I wish they would bring the Dakar back to Africa. I would love to either do it or support some one doing it.
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Old May 20th 2013, 11:40 am
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Originally Posted by mentalist
But why would you want to tell complete strangers about it, you self-centred twat?
Why on earth would anyone ever want to be positive about anything? Why think of happy things, or events that made you feel good when you can be a miserly curmudgeon all the time and suck the joy out of the world.

Mental one - you're an expat Dementor, aren't you?
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Old May 20th 2013, 11:42 am
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Originally Posted by Dumbo
It all depends on the context. In an interview situation I would spout off about working on massive projects and training people up, etc.
However, in reality, for me at least, work is not very important, it is something that I do to earn money, have a life..
I am with you on that, I work professionally during my office hours but I really couldn't give a **** outside of that.
It sometimes hurts me in terms of advancement if I am not a typical red faced, stressed out panic merchant but the good guys I think (I hope) recognise results rather than bluster.
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Old May 20th 2013, 11:46 am
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I guess in recent times, I'm quite happy that I turned my hobby into a profitable business.

It's the second time I started my own business, once in UK and now in the UAE.

Sure it's not earth shatteringly cool and loads of people manage to set up for themselves, but I'm happy to pull in money doing a job that I love to do on my own terms...

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Old May 20th 2013, 11:51 am
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Don't knock it auto, working for yourself always rocks and usually isn't as easy as a collecting a salary.
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Originally Posted by Autonomy
Sure it's not earth shatteringly cool and loads of people manage to set up for themselves, but I'm happy to pull in money doing a job that I love to do on my own terms...
Noel looks like he is going to twat you one.
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