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Alan Medic

Alan Medic

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Specifically EDF posters/readers who should be working but are busy on here? How many man/woman hours are lost because you can't resist getting the next word in? Apart from Foxy who says he is retired, don't the rest of you feel like you are stealing from the well being of the country for generations to come? And some of you will complain about the trains/buses when the only place you are going is to 'work' to do what? Read/write on the forum.
BrandNewGuy

BrandNewGuy

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I always smile at "X is costing the economy Y" stories, as the figures quoted are simply plucked out of the air. For instance, killjoys always turn up on TV whenever there's a big 'snow day' to say how much people skiving off are costing the economy. A quick Google reveals quoted figures of ?1.2bn a day, ?500 million a day and, hilariously, ?679 million a day. It's all nonsense. Skiving the odd day does not "cost the economy".
Louisa

Louisa

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I can't bare people who won't live and let live over a snow day. After all it's only once in a blue moon! Some people are just members of the killjoy police. Retired here so free to look for bargains, get angry at the world and drink copious glasses of wine and pints of beer.


Louisa.

Robert Poste's Child

Robert Poste's Child

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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> What did they ask you RPC? Spill the beans.


They were arsey with the receptionist, asked stupid questions, didn't listen to the answers, talked too much (mainly about how important they were) and attempted to bullsh@t rather than lose face when they didn't know the facts.

Robert Poste's Child

Robert Poste's Child

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Louisa Wrote:

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> I can't bare people who won't live and let live

> over a snow day. After all it's only once in a

> blue moon! Some people are just members of the

> killjoy police. Retired here so free to look for

> bargains, get angry at the world and drink copious

> glasses of wine and pints of beer.

>

> Louisa.


It's not snowing!

BrandNewGuy

BrandNewGuy

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Louisa Wrote:

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> I can't bare people who won't live and let live

> over a snow day. After all it's only once in a

> blue moon! Some people are just members of the

> killjoy police. Retired here so free to look for

> bargains, get angry at the world and drink copious

> glasses of wine and pints of beer.

>

> Louisa.


There was a terrific Monday "snow day" about six or seven years ago. There was no traffic, so we walked down the middle of the road to the Bishop at lunchtime for a swift pint. By three o'clock it was packed. Ended up spending all afternoon there.

LadyNorwood

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It was a wonderful day - no traffic (until about 8pm), people ski-ing (yes really) along Park Hall Road, his Lordship managed to get from work as far as the Dog in the Village and then 'had' to stay there for a few pints and a spot of dinner until he could get a lift the rest of the way home...


BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> Louisa Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I can't bare people who won't live and let live

> > over a snow day. After all it's only once in a

> > blue moon! Some people are just members of the

> > killjoy police. Retired here so free to look

> for

> > bargains, get angry at the world and drink

> copious

> > glasses of wine and pints of beer.

> >

> > Louisa.

>

> There was a terrific Monday "snow day" about six

> or seven years ago. There was no traffic, so we

> walked down the middle of the road to the Bishop

> at lunchtime for a swift pint. By three o'clock it

> was packed. Ended up spending all afternoon there.

Louisa

Louisa

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LadyNorwood Wrote:

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> It was a wonderful day - no traffic (until about

> 8pm), people ski-ing (yes really) along Park Hall

> Road, his Lordship managed to get from work as far

> as the Dog in the Village and then 'had' to stay

> there for a few pints and a spot of dinner until

> he could get a lift the rest of the way home...

>

> BrandNewGuy Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> >

> > There was a terrific Monday "snow day" about

> six

> > or seven years ago. There was no traffic, so we

> > walked down the middle of the road to the

> Bishop

> > at lunchtime for a swift pint. By threie o'clock

> it

> > was packed. Ended up spending all afternoon

> there.


This was February 8/9th 2009. It was the heaviest snowfall London had experienced in 19 years. We had well over a foot of snow outside, I remember because on the sunday evening I left the spiritualist church in Bexley and could barely navigate my way home! It was horrific. The next day everything along LL was closed, apart from the pubs! I do hope we have a good heavy snowfall this winter but the long range outlook isn't looking hopeful.


Louisa.

StraferJack

StraferJack

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Jesus h Christ.


Louisa was moaning her tits off on here when that snow fell. Complaining about everyone skiving and taking the day off


But now she's all I hope we see snow again, and not reminding us all what bad people we were



http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,217503,218889#msg-218889

Louisa

Louisa

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Oh for goodness sakes StraferJack stop spoiling things! The 'drag up posts from years ago police' are out in force tonight! It was just a bit of snow after all. I was a little irate at the time and in hindsight maybe a little short sighted over this one. Just to clarify I've mellowed over this since on reflection and wouldn't say no to some more snow.


Louisa.

maxxi

maxxi

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Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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>

> They were arsey with the receptionist, asked

> stupid questions, didn't listen to the answers,

> talked too much (mainly about how important they

> were) and attempted to bullsh@t rather than lose

> face when they didn't know the facts.


So you come here... does the phrase 'busman's holiday' strike a chord?

Alan Medic

Alan Medic

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Seabag Wrote:

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> Ha ha, she's loosing/lost the plot SJ

>

> But I had her down as way younger than retitrement

> age

>

> Hang on a mo, isn't her EDF husband retired too?

>

> Hula hula, get a room

>

>

>

> I'm my own boss, so fekk how much i'm costing,

> it's all tax deductable anyway



Jeez,what is this 'loosing' malarkey? Am I going to have to look up the Urban Dictionary again like when I didn't realise septic was an American or is it that no one can spell losing?

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