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October 2025

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[Millicent Bystander]

Espace failed MOT as expected (rear spring and front gaiter), only going to cost £120 though so I'm not financially ruined - yet.

[Doddy]

Congrats for getting hitched Mr Chug! ^^

Bad times on failing on the moment of truth at least it wasn't the flux capacitor that would be lame

My week has been......different
It started out on Sunday night as my local pub was shutting down we all had one last lock in and I tell you know, shit got crazy! I kid you not we drank the bar dry! the pumps went first then onto the spirits it got to the point we was on the good old dusty bottles at the back mixed with tomato juice :s
Got home about 4am and I had work at 7:30am so to say I was fresh is an understatement. Breakfast consisted of whiskey and some quavers like a boss, and than I proceed to work a 19 1/2 hour shift in prep for Glastonbury fest so yeah I was brain dead at that point. Tuesday I was on auto pilot, Wednesday I had a mental breakdown........I came to work in such a shit mood one of the boss's asked me what is up and I just snapped Yelled at him that I am under payed, over worked and he was just a monkey at the helm of a sinking ship and so on.
"Come outside Doddy"
"Fuck your outside and fuck you I am going home"
"This is off the book's mate come outside"
We sat down outside and I just broke down in tears, looking back at it, it was the perfect picture of a broken person no person should be pushed that far
he asked me what was wrong and so forth and I told him that I work too hard, under payed, the company only see's me as a tool not a person, don't get any thanks, job is not rewarding, got to work three jobs just to keep my head above water (I work paintball marshal and sparky at the weekends) car is shagged and I don't have the money to get it fixed.
He than pat me on the back and told me to go back inside and carry on and something will come to light, at that point I just calmed down and went back to work few minutes later the CEO asked me to see him in the meeting room so I did along with the person that deals with moneys.
He asked me what is wrong so I told him what I told the other guy
"We do appreciate you Doddy"
"Prove it, name one time within the past 4 years that you appreciated me"
"...................eeeeermmmmmmm.............uuuurrrrrr.................*shrugs*...."
"Yeah that is what I thought, seen as a tool and not a person"
"What will make life easier for you?
"No debt would be nice" (I jokingly said)
"How about the company pay's off all your debt and promote you to assistant manager with a pay rise?"
" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH6Acpzurb0 "
"Oh yeah and send you back to college to get you signed off as an electrician this summer"
At that point the moneys person said that she doesn't know how to sort that
"Don't care make it happen next week, will that make you happier?"
At this point I didn't know what to say I was a tad suck for words which was a first for me so I just nodded
"Anything else that you can think off that would be good for you?"
My brain just kicked in and reminded me that I have them by the balls so start demanding ridiculous things, wild stupid things that only a mad man like myself could ever dream for! DO IT! DO IT NOW BEFORE THE MOMENT IS GONE!
"eeeerr there is a weird hissing noise coming from the divers tank thingy"
".............you mean the compressor?
"..............yyyyeess?"
"Ok ill look into it Doddy, I am sorry that it had to get this far before we did anything you are appreciated"
At that point I left and it was just like a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders the feeling was and still is amazeballs 
The new parts for the divers tank arrived today and I got payed 50 hours over time as well
Purchased car tax which has gone up buy £20

TLDNR
Worked 19 1/2 hour shift
Mental break down at work and cried
Boss payed off all my debts and promoted me to assistant manager with pay rise and is going to send me back to college to finish my course
Thing at work that made funny noise got fixed
Extra cash in paycheck

Feeling so clean, so fresh 
     


     

[Berath]

Would 'Woo woo' be an appropriate response  

[Allytk]

Awesome man. now to enjoy the money and have a pissup

[Berath]

Had a day that turned out well

One of the members of my Lord of the Rings Online kinship is turning the big 4 0. His wife had decided to throw him a surprise party. She plays LoTRO too; she's actually the Kinship Leader. Anyhow she'd arranged it months ago and I wasn't sure who would be going....because it was a surprise no-one had really discussed it as we couldn't talk about it on the forum.

Anyhow today dawned and I was thinking 'Oh no, what if I'm the only gamer there? Do I want to go?' It didn't help that it was Pride today in London which is always fun to watch with loads of interesting stalls to browse afterwards in Soho. In addition, my friend is a big Christian and I knew a lot of people from their church would be there, all probably lovely people but I'd probably have zilch in common with them. I wasn't even sure if she'd told them she gamed, I wasn't even sure if she wanted them to know.

I remember this being an issue with people from my tabletop gaming group. One of them in particular was a bit of a ladies man (nice flat in Victoria Park, Audi TT, gaming rule books locked in an expensive oak cupboard from Liberty; he had a job in the City), we'd often meet his girlfriends at various events because we were friends outside the group. We'd always ask him if he was 'out' with this one or if we were going to have to be shifty and evasive when she asked how we all knew him. It must have all sounded odd because we never bothered to work out a  story between us, we didn't want to be his dirty little secret  

Anyhow, today, in the end there were another two people from my kinship (one with his wife plus youngest daughter) so that was fine and we could talk raspberry pi's, LoTRO, Star Trek films, board games, how we hated the Daily Mail and the usual geeky crap. The Birthday Boy was suitably surprised, his wife suitably delighted with the success of her surprise and was pleased we made it, so it was all worth it  .

The church friends were all nice but very uncomprehending when we were introduced; and yes, as her online gaming friends. The Birthday Boy's grandmother, who had flown in from Canada, told me she knew nothing about computers or online gaming but she had a phone! 'Baby steps' I said. She was in her 80's but I reckon she would have given gaming a go  

So yeah, in the end, a good day.

[Berath]

Work colleagues

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23164918

[DeadlyAvenger]

OH jeez that's pretty terrible. Certainly not something you expect when you turn up to work.

[Zarf]

Couldn't justify dropping over £500 on a new phone in the end, picked up a Nexus 4 for half that. It's pretty sweet. Noticeably faster than my old phone too.

[Millicent Bystander]

Bought a new PC case and DVD-RW Tuesday on a whim as my existing case had practically fallen apart, it arrived today and I'm impressed at what I got for £36.  It's an AVP Commander 8 case which is well built and looks awesome, it may be a bit small for some people but suits me fine.  The "value" DVD writer turned out to be quite a nice LG unit and I can't really see the point of spending any extra.

Espace finally passed it MOT and we spent £278 on shopping yesterday.  Ouch.

[Berath]

Still with my Pre3. O2 are after to me to upgrade but I'm not that interested. I mainly use my phone for internet. I suppose if I had some of the latest apps I might use those, but perhaps for that I'd get a tablet.

(big shopping bill Milli )

[Doddy]

I got to drive to the Netherlands on Monday to deliver some LED panels and software.
Driving through France and Belgium to get there so I am going to stuff my fat face with ALL the chocolate!   

[Berath]

Belgium chocolate...hold me back   >

Class reunion tonight. Haven't seen some of them since we were 16  

I missed last years so it will be really interesting to meet up again. Some of the ones that got married straight on leaving school have already divorced and are back to their maiden names. Others are busy popping out kiddies. I know at least one has gone pagan (though it looks like she may have been claimed by hayfever  ) The one who works in LA couldn't come, she's probably impossibly glamorous now  

Edit: it's in a pub in Wimbledon....great choice, girls, for Wimbledon weekend!

[Brahms]

Turn up dressed in white with a baseball bat and refuse to take your sunglasses off the entire evening.

[discordance]

brahms doesnt get invited to reunions.

[Millicent Bystander]

We are having a big stock clearance drive in our company at the moment, the area manage wants the stock in his area reduced by £1 million by December which is a big ask but some branches have ridiculous amounts of crap (there are some major deals around too, PM me if you need kitchens or doors, I can probably direct you to some mega bargains in your local branch). 

Our branch has been one of the most successful in getting rid of old stock.  It also means we are running out of stuff we actually need and I snuck in sneaky last minute stock replenishment today that, although technically approved by the branch manager ("is it ok to order some kitchen bits we're running low on"
"yeah, don't go mad though")

he will probably have a heart attack when he sees how much our stock levels have gone up when the delivery arrives.  Oh well, better to ask forgiveness than approval.

I drive past Margate beach on the way home pretty much every day and today was the first day this year there were proper crowds on it rather than the odd person walking their dog.  This is probably one of the best beaches in the country too.