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That's true. How many people, on their deathbed, ever said "I wish I'd spent more time at the office"?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Le 151576 wrote: How many people, on their deathbed, ever said "I wish I'd spent more time at the office"?
John Betjeman.
Oh sorry, I thought it said orifice.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Simon Lee Shugar wrote: My belief is that you spend so much time in work (On Average 7.5 hours a day), that you need to make the best of it, work hard and make it beneficial towards you.
I disagree. You spend 1/3 of your life asleep, 1/3 at work, (and most of the other 1/3 commuting). If you don't enjoy your work, you're in the wrong job.
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It's the commuting part that drives me nuts. Though I try to entertain myself in various ways.
Agreed that you need to enjoy your job.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris
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Skeet shooting on the A40 will probably draw unwanted attention... 
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A40, close but I'm afraid its crawling up the A34 at a snails pace during term time  .
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Don't remind me!
I used to have much the same with the A3...
There was one woman who I saw making her journey in both directions, slowly over the course of several years.
She came out of her drive, turned right immediately into a three lane set of lights. Over the lights, immediate right across three lanes of traffic. Park. Let out child. Drive home. Total distance: 200, maybe 300 yards. Total time: 40 minutes or so. Total aggravation to other drivers: absolute. The kid could have walked to school in 2 minutes...
Maps.Google[^] The house is to the right just past the vets, the school is to the left...
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Yeah I the pleasure of Byfleet Road as my daily commute for a few years when I work in Byfleet, I was on motorbike though...
So she'd have to go round Painshill roundabout? Lazy cow, knowing that school it was a 4x4 too?
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Large BMW (forgot the model, this was over ten years ago.)
Not the roundabout - in those days there was a right turn filter after the lights.
Rhuros wrote: I work in Byfleet,
So did I!
Rhuros wrote: I was on motorbike though...
So was I!
A CB550F, then a XV353 (or two, I'm not sure, I liked those with the flat bars), a 1100 Virago, and a couple of Guzzi Calis. Oh, and a small bunch of Ducati's in season.
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If you only live for the weekend, you're only living about 29%.
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I do 37.5 hours of 'Work' a week.
This means I do about 20 hours of actual work.
But then I go home and do several hours a day at my own businesses.
I probably total 100 hours a week.
The difference between working for 'The Man' and working for yourself is that when you work for yourself you are more inclined to put the effort in as the rewards are your own.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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Dalek Dave wrote: But then I go home and do several hours a day at my own businesses.
I hadn't realised you had a sideline! What is it?
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I play piano in a cat house.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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I've seen your video[^], quite amazing! 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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It is less embarrassing than telling people I am a Stationer!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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That's a coincidence, I spend my spare time as a mouse-catcher for a music shop.
I also work as a prostitute in a concert hall.
I may be on the edge of a migraine. My sense of humour goes weird when one starts, time to take the pink pills I think...
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You forgot the sarcasm smiley.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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It was unnecessary, one could tell from the way he types furiously at his keyboard!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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Oh, what I heard were keystrokes, then ?
Did you get the trolley/bucket problem sorted out ? I still see a trolley.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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It is the weirdest thing.
I have changed the favicon and yet it still comes up as a trolley!
WTF?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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I'm English, sarcasm by default. 
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Keith Barrow wrote: I hadn't realised you had a sideline! What is it?
He QAs the beer at the pub while Nagy does the gin.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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There is no doubt I enjoy what I do for work. It's important to me to actually like what I do, it just makes the rest of my life better. And a good job pays for what I really enjoy, being with my family, playing music and drinking beer.
I have had other job offers that would pay significantly more but I'd rather keep my sanity (debatable...) and get paid less than to do something I don't enjoy.
But I have worked with those who definitely do not enjoy what they do and they are a drag to be around. Then there are those who enjoy their jobs and they are a drag to be around, we all have one of those in every office.  Don't know, every one is different.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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From the time I graduated in college through my twenties I treated my job as a holy calling. I put in substantial unpaid overtime. A lot of things happened to me when I turned 30. I became a parent, I quit smoking, I started becoming fit. I also realized that, while my job was the way I earned my living, it was not the extent of my life. My family and my other interests are a lot more important.
Twenty-plus years later, I still enjoy the work I do, I'm good at it, and I give my employer my best effort. A positive attitude has been difficult here the last couple of years, given that we've been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for the last 18 months. They pay me for 40 hours a week. They don't pay me to work, or even stew about work, beyond that. While I will occasionally put in an extra hour or two, I also try very hard not to take work home with me, in either a literal or a figurative sense.
While my immediate supervision values my skills (my appraisals are routinely good), I am an eminently replacable commodity as far as the company is concerned. This isn't an indictment of the company I work for; I think this is a universal truth for most employees of most companies. Companies that have irreplacable employees risk much for questionable gain.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Simon Lee Shugar wrote: you spend so much time in work (On Average 7.5 hours a day)
A mean of 7.5 hours a day is a mean of over 10 hours per weekday.
I don't think I'll be rushing to apply for that job.
I like some of the work I do, but not all, and I like some of the people I work with, but not all.
That's about as much as you can hope for, professionally.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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