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I'll be traveling back and forth for two days and going to see north of the river the first time since like March.
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Pistol_Pete posted:People who are working from home: how much 'work' are you actually doing? I work on "daily rate" and it's based on output so I can't clock in and sit around, I need to show some input to the clients. I have "I'll commit X to Y days a month to your company" contract and "honor system" which I don't charge them for non-output days (like, I connect to VPN and check the e-mail, write some replies and log-off) and they simply sign anything I do include extras such as extended phone calls, IT problems. There is enough stuff I can work on so if I want to put  there is no shortage on stuff to do. Remote working sucks rear end because my job is hands-on and gets really confusing when trying to figure out things remotely.Other jobs are project-based or recurring (like, attend to an audit once a month, update the quality plans etc.) and that what I can do remotely. Let's say, I get a contract for 10 days of work for updating a QMS and got paid a bulk sum, I can power through in 4-5 days and just iron out details and do editing according to the client feedback. I love those jobs and they both pay better and gives me flexibility. April was quite slow with all my clients going into hibernation and things picked up around early May and now I started doing on-site work as the clients open up (they were all essential businesses anyway). I use the free time to work on getting new professional charters, online certification, and doing some business admin when I'm not doing my visa stuff. Some days I just can't find the energy/motivation to do anything at all which always feels bad later on but, oh well, if you need a 4-hour depression sleep, you need a 4 hour depression sleep.
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hemale in pain posted:social distancing is finally over. we've beaten covid-19 everyone!! go out and hug the next person you see and kiss them on the mouth 
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Jun 23, 2020 13:47
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Medium Nandos is technically non-spicy food for me so I guess it's time to go out.
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Jun 23, 2020 14:03
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Stooge posted:any advice on quitting a corporate job to work in brewing or baking? My sister got redundant and was planning to have a baby so she was kinda sitting at home while looking for new jobs but she wanted to do something in the meantime and got herself a short baking and custom birthday cake course from another local baker lady. (this is no in the UK btw, so ymmv) In the beginning, she went hardcore marketing on social media, which came to her naturally as she's pretty much a smartphone addict. Started to make naked cakes, simple engagement or party cakes which went for surprisingly (*) good money. She started doing complex birthday cakes, especially the kid bday cakes with faeries or cartoon stuff like Spongebob went like crazy. Around the first year, she was non stop baking and also started a boutique chocolate business and held workshops (I think this was the best money/effort-wise as she could have 6-8 people or 4 couples in one day charging a cake's worth each) and she hired a college student as help. Well, it sounds pretty swell but baking, especially boutique cakes is time intensive as gently caress. She was happy to receive her payments but it was after a one/day effort with anything that comes with having customers (last-minute changes, random rear end requests). When I ran some numbers, she was pretty much working above minimum wage but with more hours and effort. She was thinking of opening up a small bakery for scaling up her production with more assistant and poo poo but she got pregnant and then COVID hit. I mean, she was kinda "oh I'm making more money in a day" but when you make an hour based calculation, why not become a PA or do data entry, clock out at 5 and enjoy not having to worry about anything else? I think, with the cooking/brewing/baking is you'll probably need some food safety-related checks and maybe some insurance and lots of overhead (having to deliver the stuff you make etc.). I don't know it's a good idea to quitting your corporate job in this environment and upcoming recession (?) to become a baker or brewer but it's also not the worst idea if you like hands-on stuff. Galewolf fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Jun 23, 2020 |
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Stooge posted:Definitely not the best time to be moving around. Sods law dictates that I'll change job, have lost my 2 year employment protection, and then a recession hits and I get hosed. I have to add, my sister has a disability in her right arm after a traffic accident so her hand and wrist articulation is quite low compared to ours so it takes a bit longer for her to do things like whisking or frosting. I think she said being a chocolatier is less effort and she was able to make more stuff and made more money due to scale (less trips for materials, can use molds to produce in higher quantities etc.) I mean, the stuff she made looked and tasted (especially the pistachio filled Belgian chocolates I posted below) exceptionally good for someone literally had no previous baking experience and had like a couple of days "formal" training:  
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Jun 23, 2020 15:58
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I'm in southeast England for work rn, it's beautiful and full of rich white people 
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Jun 25, 2020 13:11
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Should I go to the beach after this y/n?
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Jun 25, 2020 13:12
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Bardeh posted:Where are you? Close to Hastings, idk, it's green and people are riding horses.
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Jun 25, 2020 13:37
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People here suggested St. Leonards-on-Sea. Today might be a bust but maybe tomorrow with some packed dinner?
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Jun 25, 2020 13:39
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Ohh, smuggler caves sound nice actually. Yeah, I think tomorrow would be good to spend couple of hours before heading back to London after work.
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Jun 25, 2020 13:47
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kecske posted:hello welcome Hello, it's very nice in here, actually 
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Jun 25, 2020 13:53
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kecske posted:I was joking I'm actually dying in my sweatbox flat in islington. As my last will and testament I bequeath all my forums honour points to bobby deluxes dog I wonder if one of the estate owners need a farmhand around here  I don't want to go back to urban heat patch central that is London rn.
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Jun 25, 2020 14:04
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I want fresh Lidl croissants for 37p rn. I mean, I have spent almost year without knowing that the doughiest croissants (gently caress proper flaky ones) were cheap and fresh near me. Give me back all those extra 33p's Tesco's 
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Jun 25, 2020 14:38
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Fingerless Gloves posted:Lidl pretzels are the hypest poo poo, i can't really go to lidl anymore because i'll buy one and get fat(ter) Too late for me  I wore one of my work dress shirts after 3 months I can feel the structural strain around the belly and front buttons, basically strangling my lard filled body. 
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Jun 25, 2020 14:46
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Still on Week 3, despite being on the 5th week of starting....a shameful display 
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Jun 25, 2020 15:06
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My client drove me to see the road to Battle and, holy poo poo, that was incredibly beautiful road to drive in the early evening. I'm speechless about how amazing it was. Tomorrow they'll take me for lunch by the seaside so at least that'll be fun. I gotta visit the Hastings Battlefield as well.
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Marmaduke! posted:Nice little museum down the road from Battle as well, in case you turn up and realise you don't want to take out a loan to visit the main attraction. I think there is a super sekrit entrance from one of the farm gates and according to local wisdom, if one to wander into the battlefield it's very low chance that anyone will stop them. 
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Jun 25, 2020 22:01
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Ngl, I can have this scenic train commute while eating a prosciutto and cheese sandwich I made in an empty train coach many, many times. It's so serene.
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Jun 26, 2020 09:38
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Ratjaculation posted:How are you eating through your mandatory mask? I make a pocket on the top of the mast with my fingers and drop it from above like a mother bird feeding its chicks.
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Jun 26, 2020 10:05
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Jun 26, 2020 10:11
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Am I a bad person to use my SUPER ESSENTIAL WORKER status to have an hour chill by the seaside and still retain my god-given right to complain about "dumb idiots populating beaches"?
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Jun 26, 2020 10:32
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Stooge posted:was just at Aldi (soz they were out of hedge trimmers) and was pleased to see more people were wearing masks. I was traveling from London Bridge station which was always packed with people and a nightmare during peak times but it's like a ghost town with almost everyone adhering to social distancing and wearing masks. The commuter train is pretty much empty and it feels like at people somewhat adjusted to this whole "stay at home unless you have to" thing. With the exception of people rushing to beaches like Brighton and such, it doesn't look too bad from my two-day experience since March. I have a corgi print mask and makes a wonderful contrast when worn by 1.83 m, 140 kg burly brown man
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Jun 26, 2020 11:26
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Craig Bond movies: Casino Royale: Goku tier, has probably the best casting with ) and Eva Green (). Relatively low stakes instead of Captain Planet- villain plot of the second one.Quantum of Solace: Jaysus, that's an extremely bad one with terrible plot and forgettable action. Olga Bland-enko is bad. Can't even remember who was the villian. Skyfall: I think the best one marginally winning due to how awesome is the second half (starting from the capture of Javier Bardem). The first half is a bit jumbled as pointed put by goons but still an overall good movies. Bardem is a p good villain and I liked the personal vendetta plot instead of "IMMA PUT WATER IN A CAVE AND RULE THE WORLD LOL" Spectre: Uhh, that really doesn't feel like a Bond-y movie at all. Can't even remember the plot or what happened in it. The new one: Rami Malek is a good actor but we'll see. I don't expect it to be groundbreaking. Danial Craig looks like he just wants this to be over so he doesn't dump his entire year for another Bond movie where he fights bad guys in Mars. Galewolf fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Jun 27, 2020 |
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Bobby Deluxe posted:ex loving scuse me did you just conflate mads mikkelsen with michael madsen  I was distracted with work and yeah, a shameful display
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Jun 27, 2020 22:37
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I was legit excited about the Idris Elba rumors but that didn't happen because see: dumb idiots.
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Jun 28, 2020 01:12
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mfcrocker posted:okay but what's the best Bond theme and why is it The World is Not Enough I have to go with the You Know My Name, a divergent from the norm (probably the least Bond-y) high energy one but it's a good CC (rip) song aswell. The new theme from Billy Eyelash blows btw.
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Jun 28, 2020 05:41
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Late Sunday breakfast. Two fried eggs, can of beans, cherry tomatoes, feta cheese and flatbread. A bit calorie dense but by god it helped me to get on my feet. And by "on my feet" I mean to the living room to play some Fallout Tactics. Good morning UK chat goons. Edit: What a dumb cat, I want 37 of them-snipe. 
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Jun 28, 2020 10:58
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MonkeyLibFront posted:First question do you melt the cheese in while cooking or do you sprinkle on top? Feta is not a good melty cheese imo so I eat seperately like piece of shortbread+feta slice+tomato+piece of fried egg combo. I sprinkle on top if I make shakshuka or menemen.
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Rondette posted:I only knew of shakshuka from Hey Duggee and I have have just looked the recipe up and by God that sounds good Shakshuka is a bit so I prefer menemen which is similar but doesn't have a tomato sauce base instead have chopped tomatoes, green peppers (spicy ones, even pickled jalapenos can work in a pinch) and eggs. Some people add onions but they are objectively wrong about everything in life and should be ashamed of themselves. A clove of garlic is optional and you can chuck some slices of chorizo if you want some meat and can't find Turkish sucuk (spicy beef/lamb sausage).J Kenji Lopez-Alt has a nice old school menemen video with western ingredients (the Turkish hot green peppers might be hard to find) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFxXw0eSSC0 It's just so good
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Jun 28, 2020 11:48
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All this curry talk made me crave for some Tayyabs and/or Needos.
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Jun 29, 2020 14:18
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I made roast yesterday and ate the chicken breast leftovers as an omelette filling for breakfast. Gonna have noodle soup from the stock I made from the carcass. A whole chicken is such a versatile thing, I love it.
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Jun 29, 2020 14:50
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kecske posted:hello welcome, please enjoy the incredible flavour highs and spice combinations of Mexican food in Britain
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Jun 29, 2020 15:11
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~*ExTra MiLd*~
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Jun 29, 2020 15:12
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Tortilla was good for a chain restaurant (citation needed) and reliable to have a burrito. The tacos were okay, too.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:why the gently caress did i eat all of that cheese i am in so much pain Weaknessdisgustsmememe.jpeg
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I like British cheddar but it's too crumbly sometimes (I mean, the market ones), toasted sourdough and brie is p. tasty. Borough market had really nice cheese stands that sold French and Italian cheeses but they were expensive as gently caress. Gonna toast some sourdough slices and get me cheese on now. Can't find a fresh catpic, here is an old one I have found on twitter/imgur/idk?: 
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Jun 29, 2020 19:25
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feedmegin posted:I mean, to be fair, that is literally what cheddaring is supposed to do to it, it's why it's cheddar and not something else Some mild/light cheddars are still easy to eat without having cheese crumbs all over the place but yeah any mature cheddar will crumble like a motherfucker, which is, as you say, the nature of it. I like grating a block of mature to use it in the mash, gives really nice salty/tangy touch.
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Jun 29, 2020 19:56
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Thirteenth Step posted:post your favorite cheeses itt Turkish tulum cheese (tl;dr cheese made by filling a goats hide "tulum" with curds and waiting it to be fermented), fresh mozzarella, mild/mature cheddar and Edam for toasties or sammiches.
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I really appreciate how readily available and varied the curry sauces are. A chicken breast fillet, a jar of tikka or korma, maybe some extra chili powder and boom dinner&leftovers.
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