[Andorion]

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 11:33 AM, said:

Things I don't think I'm allowed to talk about just yet.

Watch this space.

You got published/promoted?

[Gnaw]

Andorion, on 11 February 2016 - 12:47 PM, said:

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 11:33 AM, said:

Things I don't think I'm allowed to talk about just yet.

Watch this space.

You got published/promoted sued someone?

Fixed that for you.

That post just screams Non-Disclosure Agreement.

[Maark Abbott]

Hah!

No, Gnaw is le incorrect. Andorion is closer.

[Gnaw]

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 01:43 PM, said:

Hah!

No, Gnaw is le incorrect. Andorion is closer.

In case you hadn't seen the info before: in 1 hour 10 minutes from now I'll be disconnected for 30+ days.

The anticipation might actually....

[Mezla PigDog]

Gnaw, on 11 February 2016 - 01:49 PM, said:

In case you hadn't seen the info before: in 1 hour 10 minutes from now I'll be disconnected for 30+ days.

The anticipation might actually....

I expect you will find us depressingly the same when you get back! We'll make sure nothing exciting happens here or on the rest of the internet until you are done

[Gnaw]

Mezla PigDog, on 11 February 2016 - 01:51 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 11 February 2016 - 01:49 PM, said:

In case you hadn't seen the info before: in 1 hour 10 minutes from now I'll be disconnected for 30+ days.

The anticipation might actually....

I expect you will find us depressingly the same when you get back! We'll make sure nothing exciting happens here or on the rest of the internet until you are done

Out of rep for the day.

Are you symping me or fake symping? Go play mafia. That's the only reason this site exists right?

[Maark Abbott]

Shall we say that I am presently 'in talks' with someone about something and I'll leave it there until a squiggle has been placed upon a thing.

[EmperorMagus]

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 03:20 PM, said:

Shall we say that I am presently 'in talks' with someone about something and I'll leave it there until a squiggle has been placed upon a thing.

I was gonna say " You won't talk until you poop into the toilet?"
Then I realized I don't know whether it's my brain that makes that sentence sound funny or whether it is actually funny.


Also, 2500 words of utter and complete bullshit in 4:30 hours of writing. No too bad if I say so myself.

[Solidsnape]

Maark, on 11 February 2016 - 03:20 PM, said:

Shall we say that I am presently 'in talks' with someone about something and I'll leave it there until a squiggle has been placed upon a thing.

Mate, if this is what I'm thinking it is, then WHOOPDI DO!!! Best of luck. Hope it all goes as you wish.
Serious, I'm so fucking jealous of you. Love to be in your position.
Good luck.

Well everything went ok with my epic journey to Italy.
Nearly missed Le Shuttle because of a closure on the M11 on Monday night.
Panicked. But I made it. Everything else went scarily to plan.

Left Calais at 3.15am. Stopped at Shell Sommesous services just north of Troyes.
I arrived when I predicted. Just after 6am.
Diesel levels were also as I had predicted. The next stop was at Aire de Repos de Marmont services on the A39.
North of Bourg en Bresse. Again, when and how I thought I would. Around 10.30am
The French Toll roads were particularly empty. Even around "rush hour"
Didn't have to turn my cruise control off for over 300 miles!!
I hadn't planned any stops after this, I was just going to wing it. Somewhere around Ivrea or something.
As it happens, the 7 hours sleep I got through the day, at my friends house in Diss, prior to leaving for the channel crossing, was beginning to feel a long time distant.
I was getting tired.
So after exiting Mont Blanc, what a feat of engineering man, I stopped and took a piss, then that was the last time I stopped. Done the rest of the journey there and then. 450 miles!!
I told my agent I'd arrive between 6-8 and I got there at 7.
Like I said, freakishly accurate. Considering I'd never driven through either of those countries before, and more importantly I've never been solely reliant on my sat nav like I was with this trip.
Crazy.

Anyhow, the job is excellent, the cleanest machine shop I have ever seen, by a country mile.
I actually done a double take, I thought it was a lab. Then I was like "hang on, you've got bloody Cnc milling machines in here!!"
Haha.
All composite mould manufacture. The place makes a loss every year, in fact they run out of money every year.
It doesn't matter, it's just a play thing for the Red Bull guy. This fact alone has still got me reeling. When you see the levels of investment in tooling, equipment and plant, you can't accept it as a business model. Then you realise it's not a business. It's some very rich guys hobby.

Wow.

I want to keep these, but I doubt they'll let me.

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EDIT: Apparently I forgot how to do spoiler tags.

This post has been edited by Solidsnape: 11 February 2016 - 07:30 PM

[worry]

Let's all gossip behind Gnaw's back and...uh...in front of?...Maark's back.

[Tiste Simeon]

Hey Solidsnape that is amazing, thrilled for you!

[Mezla PigDog]

Solidsnape, on 11 February 2016 - 07:27 PM, said:

Anyhow, the job is excellent, the cleanest machine shop I have ever seen, by a country mile.
I actually done a double take, I thought it was a lab. Then I was like "hang on, you've got bloody Cnc milling machines in here!!"
Haha.
All composite mould manufacture. The place makes a loss every year, in fact they run out of money every year.
It doesn't matter, it's just a play thing for the Red Bull guy. This fact alone has still got me reeling. When you see the levels of investment in tooling, equipment and plant, you can't accept it as a business model. Then you realise it's not a business. It's some very rich guys hobby.

Wow.

And you passed up living in squalor in Bedford for this????

[Solidsnape]

Mezla PigDog, on 12 February 2016 - 11:38 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 11 February 2016 - 07:27 PM, said:

Anyhow, the job is excellent, the cleanest machine shop I have ever seen, by a country mile.
I actually done a double take, I thought it was a lab. Then I was like "hang on, you've got bloody Cnc milling machines in here!!"
Haha.
All composite mould manufacture. The place makes a loss every year, in fact they run out of money every year.
It doesn't matter, it's just a play thing for the Red Bull guy. This fact alone has still got me reeling. When you see the levels of investment in tooling, equipment and plant, you can't accept it as a business model. Then you realise it's not a business. It's some very rich guys hobby.

Wow.

And you passed up living in squalor in Bedford for this????

I did. They may be time yet for living in squalor in Bedford yet.
See what happens after April.

[Tsundoku]

Solidsnape, on 12 February 2016 - 11:46 AM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 12 February 2016 - 11:38 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 11 February 2016 - 07:27 PM, said:

Anyhow, the job is excellent, the cleanest machine shop I have ever seen, by a country mile.
I actually done a double take, I thought it was a lab. Then I was like "hang on, you've got bloody Cnc milling machines in here!!"
Haha.
All composite mould manufacture. The place makes a loss every year, in fact they run out of money every year.
It doesn't matter, it's just a play thing for the Red Bull guy. This fact alone has still got me reeling. When you see the levels of investment in tooling, equipment and plant, you can't accept it as a business model. Then you realise it's not a business. It's some very rich guys hobby.

Wow.

And you passed up living in squalor in Bedford for this????

I did. They may be time yet for living in squalor in Bedford yet.
See what happens after April.

Send pics if your job will let you.

[Egwene]

Just saw Puck's latest out put - wow!!!

http://forum.malazan...20#entry1220744

[Solidsnape]

Tsundoku, on 13 February 2016 - 03:08 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 12 February 2016 - 11:46 AM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 12 February 2016 - 11:38 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 11 February 2016 - 07:27 PM, said:

Anyhow, the job is excellent, the cleanest machine shop I have ever seen, by a country mile.
I actually done a double take, I thought it was a lab. Then I was like "hang on, you've got bloody Cnc milling machines in here!!"
Haha.
All composite mould manufacture. The place makes a loss every year, in fact they run out of money every year.
It doesn't matter, it's just a play thing for the Red Bull guy. This fact alone has still got me reeling. When you see the levels of investment in tooling, equipment and plant, you can't accept it as a business model. Then you realise it's not a business. It's some very rich guys hobby.

Wow.

And you passed up living in squalor in Bedford for this????

I did. They may be time yet for living in squalor in Bedford yet.
See what happens after April.

Send pics if your job will let you.

They won't.
But I will.
Watch this space.

[Egwene]

Solidsnape, on 13 February 2016 - 09:42 PM, said:

Tsundoku, on 13 February 2016 - 03:08 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 12 February 2016 - 11:46 AM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 12 February 2016 - 11:38 AM, said:

Solidsnape, on 11 February 2016 - 07:27 PM, said:

Anyhow, the job is excellent, the cleanest machine shop I have ever seen, by a country mile.
I actually done a double take, I thought it was a lab. Then I was like "hang on, you've got bloody Cnc milling machines in here!!"
Haha.
All composite mould manufacture. The place makes a loss every year, in fact they run out of money every year.
It doesn't matter, it's just a play thing for the Red Bull guy. This fact alone has still got me reeling. When you see the levels of investment in tooling, equipment and plant, you can't accept it as a business model. Then you realise it's not a business. It's some very rich guys hobby.

Wow.

And you passed up living in squalor in Bedford for this????

I did. They may be time yet for living in squalor in Bedford yet.
See what happens after April.

Send pics if your job will let you.

They won't.
But I will.
Watch this space.

Don't out your job in jeopardy by posting stuff you are not supposed to. Much as I am curious, too, don't mess up potential future jobs. Once the cat is out of the bag as they say... In the meantime, enjoy the toyshop I am quite envious - I am a crafter and the idea of a room full of all the best tools... aahhhhh.... not sure the green on my face is going to wash off!

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Not quite finished filling them, clearly, but we finally have bookcases! it's been a long time. I am also rather enjoying that Malazan, Robin Hobb and Dresden all virtually need their own shelf (and those units aren't small either).

Happy TRB is purring contentedly

[Traveller]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 14 February 2016 - 06:14 PM, said:

Not quite finished filling them, clearly, but we finally have bookcases! it's been a long time. I am also rather enjoying that Malazan, Robin Hobb and Dresden all virtually need their own shelf (and those units aren't small either).

Happy TRB is purring contentedly

Lovely stuff. (I see those Potter books on the bottom left!)

I'd have to rearrange that top shelf though, that blue one just looks wrong!

Is that your map on the wall?

They look a bit like mine, probably due to having most of the same books - although Hobb didn't make the cut, and I have a nice Black Company set. And most of my Dresdens are on kindle.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 14 February 2016 - 08:15 PM

[Andorion]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 14 February 2016 - 06:14 PM, said:

Not quite finished filling them, clearly, but we finally have bookcases! it's been a long time. I am also rather enjoying that Malazan, Robin Hobb and Dresden all virtually need their own shelf (and those units aren't small either).

Happy TRB is purring contentedly

That.... that is so beautiful!

I would kill to have a bookcase like this.

Unfortunately then I would have to kill again to have enough room to put it in