[Mezla PigDog]

amphibian, on 18 August 2019 - 04:26 AM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 17 August 2019 - 07:06 PM, said:

While we were potty training my kid he got to watch tv for every poo he did in his potty. Four months later and after he became a tv addict after my surgery, we have removed the tv incentive and the little bastard is getting his revenge by crapping in random places. I was just doing some gardening after putting him to bed and came across a huge human turd by my courgettes.

Are you sure it's him?

I left him playing outside while I cooked dinner last night and while we were eating he said "I did a poo outside" and then denied it when I asked him to clarify. So I'm going to go with....yes! Or my other half as a problem. Or someone is climbing 6ft fences into an enclosed back garden to take a dump while admiring my vegetable patch. Hmmm not sure which seems most likely.

I took him to the cinema for the first time today. I love the cinema so I was hoping to gently instill a life long shared interest. The local cinema does a weekend kids club for £1.75 a ticket. The Incredibles 2 was on. I don't remember the original film except that it is alright. I assumed it would be suitable for a 3 year old. Yeah. I'm going to check film classifications more closely in future. Although I guess even that wouldn't have helped me predict that he would be terrified by a raccoon. Now if you ask him if he likes the cinema he gets upset and says "I don't like raccoons."

[Mezla PigDog]

I had 3 weeks off work after my surgery (lady pipes, Apt. I've been deliberately vague). Then last week I went back to work. This week I'm taking annual leave we had booked for ages. I take a week in summer every year to enjoy my garden while it is looking good since I work so hard on it and everything else the rest of the time. I woke up on Friday with a monumental wisdom tooth infection. Toothache is a fucking bitch, although it's not as bad as one of your lady pipes haemorrhaging. I saw the dentist today - antibiotics and a referral to have my bottom 2 wisdom teeth removed.

Does anyone know how to remove a gypsy hex?

[worry]

Have you seen Drag Me To Hell?

[Maark Abbott]

BK popped up on FB, is still BK. So quit yer gripin', kiddos

[Aptorian]

Mezla PigDog, on 19 August 2019 - 07:27 PM, said:

I had 3 weeks off work after my surgery (lady pipes, Apt. I've been deliberately vague).

Oh dear.

[Cause]

Mezla PigDog, on 19 August 2019 - 07:27 PM, said:

I had 3 weeks off work after my surgery (lady pipes, Apt. I've been deliberately vague). Then last week I went back to work. This week I'm taking annual leave we had booked for ages. I take a week in summer every year to enjoy my garden while it is looking good since I work so hard on it and everything else the rest of the time. I woke up on Friday with a monumental wisdom tooth infection. Toothache is a fucking bitch, although it's not as bad as one of your lady pipes haemorrhaging. I saw the dentist today - antibiotics and a referral to have my bottom 2 wisdom teeth removed.

Does anyone know how to remove a gypsy hex?

You must go the edge of a flowing body of water. You take a chicken, grab it by its feet. Swing it three times in a circle over its head and ask that the hex be transferred from you to the chicken. The magic spell is 'This is my exchange, this is my substitute, this is my atonement. This hen will go to its death, while I will enter and proceed to a good long life and to peace'.You must than ritually wash your hands in the water. You must than slaughter the chicken and end the curse. Donate the chicken corpse to charity.

Once free of the course you must track down the witch who cursed you and kill them. Lest they hex you again. Donate the corpse to medical science.

Your life as you know it will end. You will have entered the hidden world of hexes and professional wizards. You will live on the run forever battling the dark forces of evil. It will be a hard life; one without reward, without remorse, without regret.

[Mentalist]

Cause, on 20 August 2019 - 09:37 AM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 19 August 2019 - 07:27 PM, said:

I had 3 weeks off work after my surgery (lady pipes, Apt. I've been deliberately vague). Then last week I went back to work. This week I'm taking annual leave we had booked for ages. I take a week in summer every year to enjoy my garden while it is looking good since I work so hard on it and everything else the rest of the time. I woke up on Friday with a monumental wisdom tooth infection. Toothache is a fucking bitch, although it's not as bad as one of your lady pipes haemorrhaging. I saw the dentist today - antibiotics and a referral to have my bottom 2 wisdom teeth removed.

Does anyone know how to remove a gypsy hex?

You must go the edge of a flowing body of water. You take a chicken, grab it by its feet. Swing it three times in a circle over its head and ask that the hex be transferred from you to the chicken. The magic spell is 'This is my exchange, this is my substitute, this is my atonement. This hen will go to its death, while I will enter and proceed to a good long life and to peace'.You must than ritually wash your hands in the water. You must than slaughter the chicken and end the curse. Donate the chicken corpse to charity.

Once free of the course you must track down the witch who cursed you and kill them. Lest they hex you again. Donate the corpse to medical science.

Your life as you know it will end. You will have entered the hidden world of hexes and professional wizards. You will live on the run forever battling the dark forces of evil. It will be a hard life; one without reward, without remorse, without regret.

So THAT'S why you're fleeing moving to the States! It all makes sense now,

[Abyss]

Mentalist, on 20 August 2019 - 01:45 PM, said:

Cause, on 20 August 2019 - 09:37 AM, said:

Mezla PigDog, on 19 August 2019 - 07:27 PM, said:

I had 3 weeks off work after my surgery (lady pipes, Apt. I've been deliberately vague). Then last week I went back to work. This week I'm taking annual leave we had booked for ages. I take a week in summer every year to enjoy my garden while it is looking good since I work so hard on it and everything else the rest of the time. I woke up on Friday with a monumental wisdom tooth infection. Toothache is a fucking bitch, although it's not as bad as one of your lady pipes haemorrhaging. I saw the dentist today - antibiotics and a referral to have my bottom 2 wisdom teeth removed.

Does anyone know how to remove a gypsy hex?

You must go the edge of a flowing body of water. You take a chicken, grab it by its feet. Swing it three times in a circle over its head and ask that the hex be transferred from you to the chicken. The magic spell is 'This is my exchange, this is my substitute, this is my atonement. This hen will go to its death, while I will enter and proceed to a good long life and to peace'.You must than ritually wash your hands in the water. You must than slaughter the chicken and end the curse. Donate the chicken corpse to charity.

Once free of the course you must track down the witch who cursed you and kill them. Lest they hex you again. Donate the corpse to medical science.

Your life as you know it will end. You will have entered the hidden world of hexes and professional wizards. You will live on the run forever battling the dark forces of evil. It will be a hard life; one without reward, without remorse, without regret.

So THAT'S why you're fleeing moving to the States! It all makes sense now,

I just want to point out that here in Canada we have an app for all that.

[Gorefest]

Gypsy Crush?

[Nicodimas]

Have I mentioned I hate interviews...why are these insistently terrible things around ..complete rubbish

Anyhow went to interview...murdered the case study.easy peasy. My resume and LOI are air tight....supporting docs all in good order lots of projects and all that.

Star questions are the literal bane of my existence...how can I have so much to say ..on usual ...to get caught so flatfooted.Always..

Yes let me tell you about a time....

....awkward silence


*crickets*


/panic


“I’m a hard worker”



If only ...more like this....Got to question 4. Was doing pretty average..some wins ...missed a important area I wanted to bring up. However question 4...This was like what felt like a paragraph long star behavior question ..I could taken notes on and divided into 3 sub points (am I allowed to take notes? Why haven’t I been taking notes!!..) sooo started rambling...


I just forgot where I was going about half through.. then forgot what the hell the question was about and just started talking about where I think I was.../laughs maniacally ...It was soooo bad..I made eye contact at this point ..I got this pure deer in headlight look from both interviewers. This did wonders for my confidence..Where was I going again...?? ..So calmly decided to start over at beginning of this mess ..WHY BRAIN WHY?..I started over at beginning of my rambling. I literally could have wrapped it up, made a semi coherent point...but noooooooo...

Sidebar : I actually did really good on question 5 cause at that point stopped caring.

[Mezla PigDog]

Have you ever been an interviewer for a job? Sitting on that side of the table has taken the mystery out of it for me. They are just people and they are looking for something specific. If you haven't got it, you haven't got it. And if they don't put you at ease to some degree then you would probably hate working with them anyway.

[Nicodimas]

Mezla PigDog, on 21 August 2019 - 08:40 AM, said:

Have you ever been an interviewer for a job? Sitting on that side of the table has taken the mystery out of it for me. They are just people and they are looking for something specific. If you haven't got it, you haven't got it. And if they don't put you at ease to some degree then you would probably hate working with them anyway.

So true ! I have suggested these types of mock activities for this exact point.

Nope I haven’t had this opportunity quite yet. It’s a great idea as I reflected on it I could have totally crushed that question now. Woulda coulda shoulda right ?

No I’m naturally anxious in interviews! I would rather go on a bad awkward date then take a interview.. mouth goes dry. Forget where I’m at .. get pissed that I missed a point.

Totally on me ! Just never been able to figure out and conquer them. I love talking to people too so a real mystery why I get anxiety for this particular task.

I mean we only do this very specific thing and it’s usually a one shot and the bloody things go on forever.

[Abyss]

Interviews.... i have been on both sides of far too many of these. A few tricks when you're in the hot (interviewee) seat...

Prepare, then prepare some more. If you suck at interviews this will help.


Research the employer. Learn a few names from the top. Someone somewhere has stated publicly what their goals are. Restate this as something you totally want to be involved in.

Read the news, especially if they've sued/been sued for anything. You never know what name or tidbit you can drop into the conversation or response that gives you just a little more edge on someone who didn't know that.

Plan your responses to the usual bullshit questions. Customize them to this interview, don't use stock answers.
Example: What makes you a good fit for this job?
Bullshit: Well i'm a team player who works hard.
Better: I'm a team player who would work well the the three-tier team system you have in place. I think my work ethic would fit well with the need to work hard, fast, and smart to meet targets, especially since your competitors (name two) will want to match your success.

Expect the traps, use their force against them.
Example: Tell us about your weaknesses.
Bullshit: I work too hard.
Better: I have not received a negative evaluation that highlighted any specific weakness. I can tell you that i am always trying to improve my (whatever, least important to this job) skill set to the same level as my other skills such as (very important to this job).
..there are a million examples of this on the internet btw.

Do not shit on anyone. At all. I don't care if it was a crap job you did a decade ago for a complete asshat, it does not fly well in an interview.

That bit at the end where they ask 'Any questions?'.... that's not the end of the interview, that is STILL the interview. Sometimes the critical part. 'No' is the wrong answer. Have one or two questions prepared. Good ones. Take the time to prepare them. Nothing says 'i want to work here' like an intelligent question about the place, the position, the future there. It also frequently turns into a nice chat that ends the interview on a positive note for everyone, thus, better for you.


This is not a friendly chat (unless it is, but we're talking about 'interviews'). The normal rules of conversation do not apply. Do not rush. Do not feel like you're being rushed. Listen to the question. Take a moment to think about it. Restate it if you need a moment longer. Then answer.... slowly. Not robotic. Not serial killer. But take. your. time. Breath. Pause between sentences. If they're taking notes, let them catch up.

[Nicodimas]

Great advice Abyss!

After talking to some of my peers this morning each one got a very longwinded star multi part question. My buddy who is a bit more extraverted then me , said he also forgot what the question was about and failed to answer properly. So was definitely a theme... after review I don’t think there was a good answer , but they wanted to see reaction.. never quite seen them do that. Not that I’m a expert or something

( I kind of through yesterday I misheard.. misunderstood everything .. but no they did actually ask that)

This post has been edited by Nicodimas: 21 August 2019 - 03:29 PM

[Mezla PigDog]

I stopped taking painkillers last night. I've been on a really high dose for my toothache for about 5 days. Before that I had been on a lot post-surgery. I've got withdrawal!! Nothing too serious but a terrible headache and nausea. Holy crap! I haven't even overdone the dosing....much. I thought as I was taking a few different types in a safe combination I was ok. Obviously not.

[Abyss]

I have had one brief run of painkillers, at a low dose, for maybe ten days, and the withdrawal was still ridiculously uncomfortable.

[Tsundoku]

Either the Poms have relearned how to concentrate at batting, or our bowlers have decided to go easy on them.

Either way - STOP FUCKING ABOUT, TAKE WICKETS!!!

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 24 August 2019 - 04:15 PM

[Malankazooie]

Pumpkin spice. Terrible pumpkin spice everywhere now. Heard some high end hotel chains that provide bidet service will shoot pumpkin spice flavored water up your ass.

[Malankazooie]

Bummed out by the news that came off the wire last night. His commanders were terrible at protecting him and injuries finally sundered every last bit of fighting he had left to give. It's that way of things I suppose when you have such a talent fighting for the wrong side and decisions being made by men of questionable character . If only he could have landed somewhere else on the field of battle. I think championship pedigree would be evoked to describe him and monuments would be raised in his honor. I guess this twitter will go dark now? He strikes me as too private a man for it to continue.

[Aptorian]

Is there some kind of historical reference behind this tweet?