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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Viral_Jim on 23 July 2017, 21:03:30
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After two glorious weeks of doing very little, I shall be rejoining he ranks of the gainfully employed. Oh and starting my run of 750-1000 miles a week of commuting.
One thing I did manage to achieve over the last few days was shovelling, barrowing and spreading about 8Ton of gravel. So my back is dropping subtle hints that it's time to get back behind a desk! ;D
Once it's up on the market I do hope the house sells quickly. I need to move closer to the office!
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Thought you'd been on here a lot. Lazy bastard. ;D
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Thought you'd been on here a lot. Lazy bastard. ;D
Pot. Kettle. Black. ::) :P ;D
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That's a lot of commuting! When I first moved up here I was doing 600 a week and that just about killed me - it's tolerable now it's down to one day a week in the office (so ~150 miles) but there was no way I could keep up with leaving at 5am and getting home at 7.30pm.. hopefully your commute doesn't involve the M1 & M25 though! I didn't mind the miles, it was sitting in traffic for 4-6hrs a day that killed me.
Good luck in the new job :) what are you doing at TP?
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Thought you'd been on here a lot. Lazy bastard. ;D
Pot. Kettle. Black. ::) :P ;D
I wouldn't mind betting that I do more physical exercise than you every day.
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Thought you'd been on here a lot. Lazy bastard. ;D
Pot. Kettle. Black. ::) :P ;D
I wouldn't mind betting that I do more physical exercise than you every day.
Yes they say that housework is good exercise. :y
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Ah the daily commute. I do not miss that one jot.
Good luck and drive carefully whilst on the hands free.
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Good luck in the new job :) what are you doing at TP?
Senior Internal audit manager, or Management Botherer as it's better known ;). No M25 for me, but I do have M42 and M6. My old job was in Rushden, so 30mins further at rush hr and I coped ok with doing that 3 -4days a week. i agree sitting in traffic is tedious. I think im going to miss the omega's slushbox!
I understand there's a local pub/b&b that does good rates for TP staff so I willprobably end up staying over on Wednesdays to break the week up :).
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Thought you'd been on here a lot. Lazy bastard. ;D
Yup, nearly dividing my time between walking the dogs, (finally) getting some use out of my PS4 and chatting sh!t to you lot. How sad!
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Thought you'd been on here a lot. Lazy bastard. ;D
Pot. Kettle. Black. ::) :P ;D
I wouldn't mind betting that I do more physical exercise than you every day.
Yes they say that housework is good exercise. :y
Don't underestimate the effort involved in legging it from the bizzies. Especially when weighed down with a microwave under one arm and a telly under the other...
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Thought you'd been on here a lot. Lazy bastard. ;D
Pot. Kettle. Black. ::) :P ;D
Now then, Sir Tig. It's hard work taking a frisky whippet out for a walk and a dump twice a day. :)
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Good luck in the new job :) what are you doing at TP?
Senior Internal audit manager, or Management Botherer as it's better known ;). No M25 for me, but I do have M42 and M6. My old job was in Rushden, so 30mins further at rush hr and I coped ok with doing that 3 -4days a week. i agree sitting in traffic is tedious. I think im going to miss the omega's slushbox!
I understand there's a local pub/b&b that does good rates for TP staff so I willprobably end up staying over on Wednesdays to break the week up :).
Will your company pay for an 'escort' to join you in your room. Employee well being is very important. :)
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Thought you'd been on here a lot. Lazy bastard. ;D
Pot. Kettle. Black. ::) :P ;D
I wouldn't mind betting that I do more physical exercise than you every day.
Yes they say that housework is good exercise. :y
Now then, Sir Tig. It's hard work taking a frisky whippet out for a walk and a dump twice a day. :)
Do you think I hit a little raw nerve there M'lud? :-\ ::)
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Thought you'd been on here a lot. Lazy bastard. ;D
Pot. Kettle. Black. ::) :P ;D
I wouldn't mind betting that I do more physical exercise than you every day.
Yes they say that housework is good exercise. :y
Now then, Sir Tig. It's hard work taking a frisky whippet out for a walk and a dump twice a day. :)
Do you think I hit a little raw nerve there M'lud? :-\ ::)
Don't be silly, Tig, I don't do raw nerves :-*
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www.spareroom.co.uk is your friend.
I won't travel more than 1 hour each way to any contract. So for 8 years have lived in 9 different houses Monday to Friday.
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Indeed! I used it for about 18months when living in London, total godsend.
ATM I will keep it up I think and crash at a friend's house in Bedford once per week in exchange for takeaway and beer :).
Car performed admirably, unfortunately I had to fill up on Friday before the journey back, but she still did 800 miles (with 40 more on the Dte) between fills, so I'm happy with that! According to Fuelly that's 48.2 mpg, which I reckon isn't bad for a fat old Swedish bird ;D.
However I have discovered that FM signal for the stations I like is pretty lame on my normally journey :(. So I'm thinking a Dab to aux adapter will be in the works come payday (missed the cutoff by 4 days so it's 6 weeks sans payment). :y
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Indeed! I used it for about 18months when living in London, total godsend.
ATM I will keep it up I think and crash at a friend's house in Bedford once per week in exchange for takeaway and beer :).
Car performed admirably, unfortunately I had to fill up on Friday before the journey back, but she still did 800 miles (with 40 more on the Dte) between fills, so I'm happy with that! According to Fuelly that's 48.2 mpg, which I reckon isn't bad for a fat old Swedish bird ;D.
However I have discovered that FM signal for the stations I like is pretty lame on my normally journey :(. So I'm thinking a Dab to aux adapter will be in the works come payday (missed the cutoff by 4 days so it's 6 weeks sans payment). :y
Call me Mr cynical but I imagine the trip computer is set up at the factory to be optimistic.
Lets call it a genuine 35 MPG from the arthritic old soot chucker. ;)
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In this case not.
Fuelly is an app in which you record your odometer reading and the number of litres filled up with. So, give or take the inaccuracy of the odometer, the figure is 100% accurate.
The onboard trip computer seems reasonably accurate, it was showing 45ish but that was over the last 2 tanks and Fuelly showed 40.8 for the previous one. So possibly optimistic by 1-2mpg, but as I don't use it to calculate my mpg it's really only for interest.
As an aside I like the Fuelly app as it also allows me to record services: When, what mileage and what exactly was done. A great tool for the DIY'er with a short memory such as myself. :y
Trust me, if it only delivered 35mpg I'd be looking for something else pretty bloody sharpish ;)
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In this case not.
Fuelly is an app in which you record your odometer reading and the number of litres filled up with. So, give or take the inaccuracy of the odometer, the figure is 100% accurate.
The onboard trip computer seems reasonably accurate, it was showing 45ish but that was over the last 2 tanks and Fuelly showed 40.8 for the previous one. So possibly optimistic by 1-2mpg, but as I don't use it to calculate my mpg it's really only for interest.
As an aside I like the Fuelly app as it also allows me to record services: When, what mileage and what exactly was done. A great tool for the DIY'er with a short memory such as myself. :y
Trust me, if it only delivered 35mpg I'd be looking for something else pretty bloody sharpish ;)
'Only 35 MPG'.... :o :o :o I should be so lucky.
The only time I achieve 35 MPG is in some Utopian dream.
In the dream Rachel Riley asks if I would like her to sit on my face or prefer to take her roughly from behind. :)
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.....probably similar to the fantasy you had about the fat northern lass who finished off your pint the other evening. ::) ::) ::) :D
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If Rachel Riley sat down at my table, you wouldn't have found me complaining about it on here I can assure you!