Author Topic: The Good News / Bad News Thread (Read 394102 times)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2800 on:** 15 September, 2021, 11:21:21 pm »

Bah: One of the lights on the Grand Escalier of Larrington Towers has et a bulb

Hurrah: It's not the one requiring the Giant Ladder o'Doom to change

ElyDave · « **Reply #2801 on:** 18 September, 2021, 08:50:46 pm »

Grumble: Strictly-come-fuckwits has started again

Hooraah!: I can re-familiarise myself with my uke and try, yet again, to learn "It Must Be Love", amongst others

20 mins and my fingertips know they've been doing soemthing unusual

TheLurker · « **Reply #2802 on:** 18 September, 2021, 09:20:33 pm »

It's brilliant! For three months or thereabouts I get two, or more, hours every Sat. evening of completely undisturbed building of toy aeroplanes. Huzzah for dansey dansey say I.

Peter · « **Reply #2803 on:** 18 September, 2021, 10:56:54 pm »

GN: In short supply

BN: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-58611030

CommuteTooFar · « **Reply #2804 on:** 21 September, 2021, 02:21:12 pm »

GN: My average monthly income covers my outgoings.
BN: My income is uneven, this month it was £500 short
GN I fixed it a bit in three months time my income should be £200 more.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2805 on:** 29 September, 2021, 04:48:21 pm »

GN: I've just been called "by far the most self-sufficient and capable editor across the entire company".

BN1: That really doesn't say much for the others.
BN2: Blandishments such as this will surely be followed by outrageous demands.

andrewc · « **Reply #2806 on:** 29 September, 2021, 04:54:48 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 29 September, 2021, 04:48:21 pm

GN: I've just been called "by far the most self-sufficient and capable editor across the entire company".

BN1: That really doesn't say much for the others.
BN2: Blandishments such as this will surely be followed by outrageous demands.

Congratumalations. I suggest you outrageously demand a pay rise to reflect your recognised status.

Pingu · « **Reply #2807 on:** 29 September, 2021, 09:46:43 pm »

Are you self-employed?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2808 on:** 02 October, 2021, 12:49:35 pm »

And yesterday I got a complaint!

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I am reaching out today because I would like to discuss your last experience working with us transcription.

Please find the job numbers below:

O-54456

We focus on the Quality of each project we carry about, so it is really important to know if did you have any issues in delivering the job? We are asking you this because we got a complaint today about the delivery of the job and we would like to understand what happened.

I've found job 54456, it was last week. Nothing special. How am I supposed to respond to this when they say nothing about the content of the complaint? Also, why is "Quality" capitalised? To say nothing of "working with us transcription." Bin!

Kim · « **Reply #2809 on:** 02 October, 2021, 12:58:54 pm »

Have you by any chance been providing confusingly literate transcription?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2810 on:** 02 October, 2021, 01:22:54 pm »

The original conversations or presentations are frequently rather confused, so that is possible.

robgul · « **Reply #2811 on:** 19 October, 2021, 02:35:58 pm »

BN - water softener/filter that feeds our coffee machine packed up today after 14 years (non-repairable valve)
GN - exact replacement is only £9.00 more than the original (£60 in 2007 - £69.00 today) - staggering

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Ruthie · « **Reply #2812 on:** 21 October, 2021, 10:13:29 pm »

GN: Finally made it to BSc(Hons).

BN: My little brother was going to come over from the Netherlands for my graduation but now PlagueIslandGB has been classed as Very High Risk, he won’t be able to make it

Tim Hall · « **Reply #2813 on:** 21 October, 2021, 10:16:09 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 21 October, 2021, 10:13:29 pm

GN: Finally made it to BSc(Hons).

BN: My little brother was going to come over from the Netherlands for my graduation but now PlagueIslandGB has been classed as Very High Risk, he won’t be able to make it

Ooh! Well done on the BSc(Hons)!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2814 on:** 21 October, 2021, 10:20:02 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 21 October, 2021, 10:13:29 pm

GN: Finally made it to BSc(Hons).

BN: My little brother was going to come over from the Netherlands for my graduation but now PlagueIslandGB has been classed as Very High Risk, he won’t be able to make it

I would clap, but it could be construed as being ironic.

Well done, Ruthie! You are a star!

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2815 on:** 21 October, 2021, 10:22:23 pm »

Well done, what is your degree in?

Canardly · « **Reply #2816 on:** 21 October, 2021, 11:12:53 pm »

Well done Ruthie.

Pingu · « **Reply #2817 on:** 22 October, 2021, 12:00:38 am »

Basil · « **Reply #2818 on:** 22 October, 2021, 07:10:05 am »

Congratulations Ruthie, and we'll done on all the hard work.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #2819 on:** 22 October, 2021, 07:39:55 am »

Congrats Ruthie.

perpetual dan · « **Reply #2820 on:** 22 October, 2021, 07:51:22 am »

Well done!

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Ruthie · « **Reply #2821 on:** 22 October, 2021, 09:16:33 am »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 21 October, 2021, 10:22:23 pm

Well done, what is your degree in?

Thank you!

I topped up my existing nursing qualification to a degree.

A word of advice: don’t take up degree level study just before a pandemic breaks out. That would just be really really stupid.

Ruthie · « **Reply #2822 on:** 22 October, 2021, 09:18:03 am »

Thank you for the good wishes, everyone 😙
I was so looking forward to having my brother there. Haven’t seen him since the Before Times.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #2823 on:** 22 October, 2021, 10:45:45 am »

Congratulations, Honourable Scientific Ruthie!

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #2824 on:** 22 October, 2021, 10:54:43 am »

Congratulations