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marisol Jul 1st 2008 7:57 pm

i'm bored
 
I'm really bored. I am at work with nothing to do. I open this forum over and over again and nobody writes.
There is not middle way, either you can't take any more work or you are sitting around twiddling one's thumbs....

Grebo Jul 1st 2008 8:10 pm

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I am not bored, I am wasting time playing when I should be working :D
Really should do some work :( It's a real bummer being self employed sometimes :thumbdown:

You could pop down the new motorway link & take my dog for a walk !

marisol Jul 1st 2008 8:24 pm

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Originally Posted by Grebo (Post 6525637)
I am not bored, I am wasting time playing when I should be working :D
Really should do some work :( It's a real bummer being self employed sometimes :thumbdown:

You could pop down the new motorway link & take my dog for a walk !


Hello Grebo
I wish i were self employed, at least i think so. In this way, i would never wast time, i mean, playing it's not a wast of time it just a way to pass a good time and live consists of good moments. The trouble is when you have to be in a place with nothing to do looking at your watch to see it the time has passed...

Grebo Jul 1st 2008 8:30 pm

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Yeh, been there done that :( used to work :unsure: for a security company.
12 hours of night shifts with nothing to do but walk around a building, drink coffee, & play solitaire on the comp' :(

Can you drive a sewing machine ?

marisol Jul 1st 2008 8:44 pm

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Originally Posted by Grebo (Post 6525688)
Yeh, been there done that :( used to work :unsure: for a security company.
12 hours of night shifts with nothing to do but walk around a building, drink coffee, & play solitaire on the comp' :(

Can you drive a sewing machine ?

So, you take a very good decision giving up your work for a security company and start being self employed person :thumbsup: though it must have been a very difficult one, mustn't it? I really admire people like you ;)

Mitzyboy Jul 1st 2008 8:53 pm

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Originally Posted by marisol (Post 6525608)
I'm really bored. I am at work with nothing to do. I open this forum over and over again and nobody writes.
There is not middle way, either you can't take any more work or you are sitting around twiddling one's thumbs....

Its always quieter on the forums when the heat hits ... same last year. Its quieter on forums accross the board at the moment

The Spain main forum is still keeping up though, its just siesta time thats been dead

marisol Jul 1st 2008 9:08 pm

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Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 6525738)
Its always quieter on the forums when the heat hits ... same last year. Its quieter on forums accross the board at the moment

The Spain main forum is still keeping up though, its just siesta time thats been dead

Hi Mitzyboy,
I think people are on holidays and that is why siesta time seems to be dead, but it's not. You can find very useful information in these threat (i'm not talking about the thread i have started, of course :o)

Grebo Jul 1st 2008 10:06 pm

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Originally Posted by marisol (Post 6525714)
So, you take a very good decision giving up your work for a security company and start being self employed person :thumbsup: though it must have been a very difficult one, mustn't it? I really admire people like you ;)

Don't ass-ume.

I worked for a company for a number of years then got made redundant (the whole company went bye bye's) Did a bit of temp work for a while (in the UK)
when f*&ked off & worked in Thailand for a few months, then worked for a security company while looking around for work more befitting my qualifications.
Then worked for an international company for a while until the OH & I were ready to leave the UK.
Then got work in Spain.
Then went self employed..... :p

Oh & while employed by the security company I studied for further qualifications :p ;)

marisol Jul 1st 2008 10:14 pm

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Originally Posted by Grebo (Post 6525972)
Don't ass-ume.

I worked for a company for a number of years then got made redundant (the whole company went bye bye's) Did a bit of temp work for a while (in the UK)
when f*&ked off & worked in Thailand for a few months, then worked for a security company while looking around for work more befitting my qualifications.
Then worked for an international company for a while until the OH & I were ready to leave the UK.
Then got work in Spain.
Then went self employed..... :p

Oh & while employed by the security company I studied for further qualifications :p ;)


good heavens!!!!:blink:
my curriculum vitae fits into a little post-it :o

marisol Jul 1st 2008 10:18 pm

Re: i'm bored
 

Originally Posted by Grebo (Post 6525972)
Don't ass-ume.

I worked for a company for a number of years then got made redundant (the whole company went bye bye's) Did a bit of temp work for a while (in the UK)
when f*&ked off & worked in Thailand for a few months, then worked for a security company while looking around for work more befitting my qualifications.
Then worked for an international company for a while until the OH & I were ready to leave the UK.
Then got work in Spain.
Then went self employed..... :p

Oh & while employed by the security company I studied for further qualifications :p ;)

I had forgotten to say that i admire you even more after reading your post :)

Grebo Jul 1st 2008 10:24 pm

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http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...cions/beer.gif
Are you still bored ?

I really am going to get some work done :(:unsure: TTFN. :blink:

marisol Jul 1st 2008 10:34 pm

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Originally Posted by Grebo (Post 6526028)
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...cions/beer.gif
Are you still bored ?

I really am going to get some work done :(:unsure: TTFN. :blink:

Yes, but it's almost lunch time :p
it has been a pleasure to talk to you, thanks ;)

bil Jul 2nd 2008 6:13 am

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Self employed is good in that you get to run it. The trouble is you also have to get to deal with the problems too.

Boring isn't that bad. I've had my share of excitement, and to be honest, it's not all it's cracked up to be.

If I am going to be stuck waiting somewhere I always take a book or some Spanish to study. Otherwise I would go insane.

marisol Jul 2nd 2008 6:38 am

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Originally Posted by bil (Post 6527473)
Self employed is good in that you get to run it. The trouble is you also have to get to deal with the problems too.

Boring isn't that bad. I've had my share of excitement, and to be honest, it's not all it's cracked up to be.

If I am going to be stuck waiting somewhere I always take a book or some Spanish to study. Otherwise I would go insane.

Hello bil,
Normally i have a lot of work, but from time to time, there are days in which i have nothing to do, like today and yesterday. You are right, i should take a book of English and study, but, writing in this forum is also good for improving it, at least for me. Writing here forces me to use the dictionary and i finish learning some new words and not only that but also it allows me to talk to new interesting and kind people, like today. So, as you said, being boring isn't that bad :)

bil Jul 2nd 2008 6:39 am

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So true. Your English is pretty good btw. Plus, the more you use it the better it gets.

leighbloke Jul 2nd 2008 6:39 am

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Originally Posted by marisol (Post 6527548)
Hello bil,
........................ and not only that but also it allows me to talk to new interesting and kind people, ..............

Yeah, but it's a bummer when only Bil's here right??

bil Jul 2nd 2008 6:40 am

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At least I get to have intelligent conversation then... :rofl:

leighbloke Jul 2nd 2008 6:43 am

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Originally Posted by bil (Post 6527557)
At least I get to have intelligent conversation then... :rofl:

You trying to saying something Bil???

bil Jul 2nd 2008 6:51 am

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Well, if you can't talk to anyone else, that only leaves yourself, doesn't it?

I try and hold as many of them as I can in Spanish, so as to flex the old vocabulary.

marisol Jul 2nd 2008 6:58 am

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 6527554)
Yeah, but it's a bummer when only Bil's here right??

bummer?? no, not at all, Bil is charming and he is always trying to help me :thumbup:.

leighbloke Jul 2nd 2008 6:59 am

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Originally Posted by marisol (Post 6527605)
bummer?? no, not at all, Bil is charming and he is always trying to help me :thumbup:.

That's me told then.

bil Jul 2nd 2008 7:03 am

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Originally Posted by marisol (Post 6527605)
bummer?? no, not at all, Bil is charming and he is always trying to help me :thumbup:.

Gracias guapa.

marisol Jul 2nd 2008 7:07 am

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 6527608)
That's me told then.

this is not the meaning of bummer, at least for me. Bummer is when you are not able to have a conversation with someone and i can talk to Bil ;)

leighbloke Jul 2nd 2008 7:19 am

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Originally Posted by marisol (Post 6527637)
this is not the meaning of bummer, at least for me. Bummer is when you are not able to have a conversation with someone and i can talk to Bil ;)

I know Mari - It was me trying to have a cheap laugh at Bil's expense - you have however made me look small and childish.

bil Jul 2nd 2008 7:20 am

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Well, that's a step up eh?? :eek:

leighbloke Jul 2nd 2008 7:22 am

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Originally Posted by bil (Post 6527684)
Well, that's a step up eh?? :eek:

Man hit a he's down when.

Same Difference Jul 2nd 2008 7:26 am

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 6527676)
I know Mari - It was me trying to have a cheap laugh at Bil's expense - you have however made me look small and childish.

:lol:

marisol Jul 2nd 2008 7:28 am

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 6527676)
I know Mari - It was me trying to have a cheap laugh at Bil's expense - you have however made me look small and childish.

I know Leighbloke, i know you were just kidding ;). Sorry if i have made you feel bad, it wasn't my intention.
By the way, i loved you have called me Mari. My friends call me in this way and i like it

bil Jul 2nd 2008 7:28 am

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 6527689)
Man hit a he's down when.

Only kidding sweetie. ;)

DebsyW Jul 2nd 2008 7:30 am

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 6527689)
Man hit a he's down when.

When do you go on your hols?? Thought you had gone already...

leighbloke Jul 2nd 2008 7:30 am

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Originally Posted by Same Difference (Post 6527705)
:lol:

Sod off you.

Same Difference Jul 2nd 2008 7:30 am

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 6527727)
Sod off you.

:(

leighbloke Jul 2nd 2008 7:31 am

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Originally Posted by DebsyW (Post 6527721)
When do you go on your hols?? Thought you had gone already...

Friday I hope - better go and check the tkts!!!

Cleopatra Jul 2nd 2008 7:31 am

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elo peeps.

Leigh, can I have those shoes please?

leighbloke Jul 2nd 2008 7:35 am

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Originally Posted by Cleopatra (Post 6527735)
elo peeps.

Leigh, can I have those shoes please?

You might catch my athletes foot??

Cleopatra Jul 2nd 2008 7:36 am

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 6527746)
You might catch my athletes foot??

ewww, you dirty bastard. KEEP them.

bil Jul 2nd 2008 7:37 am

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I have it on excellent authority that his parents were married.

leighbloke Jul 2nd 2008 7:38 am

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Originally Posted by Cleopatra (Post 6527752)
ewww, you dirty bastard. KEEP them.

Thought it only fair to warn you.

leighbloke Jul 2nd 2008 7:38 am

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Originally Posted by bil (Post 6527762)
I have it on excellent authority that his parents were married.

Your authority was wrong - I was pageboy at their wedding!!

bil Jul 2nd 2008 7:40 am

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Next you will be telling me she didn't wear army boots!


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