Boasting and bragging, the self-congratulating thread

Taking an angle of attack sensor from T2 to Munich for United. O/n stay and back in time for tiffin.

Finding out what our dog is like with fireworks tonight...

One of our dogs is completely oblivious. Try to make sure you have a high value treat to hand and the moment fireworks start just act as a pez dispenser feeding treats. This will hopefully mean your dog will learn to associate fireworks with good things happening.

since my uni days i have dreamt of being a plane courier
would you care to share yet more info ?

I do it for a mate's company when I'm available. Another former colleague of mine got me into it. He was recently interrogated for 5 hours in Saudi cos they thought he was dodgy. He kept up a brave face and got the job done. It sometimes needs some serious thinking on your feet.

A mate of mine used to courier human bone marrow for lifesaving operations all around the world, business class and a couple of days stay... It fucked his workflow, he always came back to a huge backlog...

luckily i don't have a workflow to interupt !

at ts and cs
if you hear of anything going in that line of work i would be interested to see what it entailed and investigate further

i always thought those jobs were like unicorns, much talked about but not actually a thing

You not working at the moment? My mate got to the point where he'd get fussy about which courier jobs he took... It got rotated around the office so everyone got to go... He's still there but I have no idea if they still do that...

I just told a guy off for chucking a bag of rubbish in a hedge. Made him pick that shit up and promise to be a better person next year.

I'll see if Graham, for that is his name, wants more names in the hat.

Is that bragging? Or just dealing with a gobshite.

My student loan application was successful, so I am now going to do a foundation degree in my current profession (nothing exciting, but the first time I've been in education for nearly 2 decades)

Further self congratulation time, I just found out I passed an entrance exam and can skip the 1st year!

Fail! That's the year of drinking and shagging!

Alas it's not that sort of degree.

found the first year of uni to be more alienation, disillusionment and self-medication through alcohol.

And I nearly cider-sharted myself on a train from Wakefield to Leeds.

It's finally official!
http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityFramework.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1172100&SubsidiaryNumber=0

Well done

I've just eaten two cheese Findus Crispy Pancakes. Not as tasty as the 70s version but still proper Michelin-star stuff.

Crispy pancakes for luncheon?

How the other half lives...

I just changed the SA password of a SQL install with a windows authenticated account that I didn't think had sysadmin role

woop

Oh no, cheese on toasted French bread for lunch. The crispy pancakes were just a savoury treat with a bottle of Hobgoblin.

Amuse-bouche thread >>>>>>>>>>>>

cheese on toasted French bread

FTFY

Just finished a crossword that I started in June.