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You all will be getting a txt like this from the government
But if you dont here it is


GOV.UK CORONAVIRUS ALERT
New rules in force now: you must stay at home. More info & exemptions at gov.uk/coronavirus Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.
 
You all will be getting a txt like this from the government
But if you dont here it is


GOV.UK CORONAVIRUS ALERT
New rules in force now: you must stay at home. More info & exemptions at gov.uk/coronavirus Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.
I didn’t get one. I pay my taxes - I am not happy.




Oh hold it - I don’t pay my UK taxes. As you were.
 
Quite enjoying this homeworking. Got to office today to find I had forgotten it was Nyepi (a public holiday) so had to go home again. Normally that would have taken me 2 hrs - today 5mins.

Quite an appropriate holiday at the moment
Observed from 6 a.m. until 6 a.m. the next morning, Nyepi is a day reserved for self-reflection, and as such, anything that might interfere with that purpose is restricted. The main restrictions are no lighting fires (and lights must be kept low); no working; no entertainment or pleasure; no traveling; and, for some, no talking or eating at all.

Every day is Nyepi!
 
Quite enjoying this homeworking. Got to office today to find I had forgotten it was Nyepi (a public holiday) so had to go home again. Normally that would have taken me 2 hrs - today 5mins.

Quite an appropriate holiday at the moment
Observed from 6 a.m. until 6 a.m. the next morning, Nyepi is a day reserved for self-reflection, and as such, anything that might interfere with that purpose is restricted. The main restrictions are no lighting fires (and lights must be kept low); no working; no entertainment or pleasure; no traveling; and, for some, no talking or eating at all.

Every day is Nyepi!
No pleasur(ing)!! Some holiday that is!<laugh>
 
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Quite enjoying this homeworking. Got to office today to find I had forgotten it was Nyepi (a public holiday) so had to go home again. Normally that would have taken me 2 hrs - today 5mins.

Quite an appropriate holiday at the moment
Observed from 6 a.m. until 6 a.m. the next morning, Nyepi is a day reserved for self-reflection, and as such, anything that might interfere with that purpose is restricted. The main restrictions are no lighting fires (and lights must be kept low); no working; no entertainment or pleasure; no traveling; and, for some, no talking or eating at all.

Every day is Nyepi!


just walk then
 
Day 2

I'm crawling up the wall wanting something to do
going to email a friend who is still working to see if I can volunteer to do anything at his place

One thing I did notice when I was returning from work yesterday was a small car with 5 workers inside
they all had their Hi-vis jackets on with the name of the company they worked for printed on the back
the three in the backseats had no safety belts on and one of them wasn't even sitting on the seat as there was a childs seat attached
to the seat
you wonder whether to name and shame the company or ring them up and say what the hell are you playing at

by the way all my staff are off work on full pay (I may get 80% back from government but waiting for clarification)
and I alone go to my works in my car / van to check up on the place
as It's an easy time for people to take advantage
Looters should be shot
 
Day 2

I'm crawling up the wall wanting something to do
going to email a friend who is still working to see if I can volunteer to do anything at his place

One thing I did notice when I was returning from work yesterday was a small car with 5 workers inside
they all had their Hi-vis jackets on with the name of the company they worked for printed on the back
the three in the backseats had no safety belts on and one of them wasn't even sitting on the seat as there was a childs seat attached
to the seat
you wonder whether to name and shame the company or ring them up and say what the hell are you playing at

by the way all my staff are off work on full pay (I may get 80% back from government but waiting for clarification)
and I alone go to my works in my car / van to check up on the place
as It's an easy time for people to take advantage
Looters should be shot
Is there nothing workwise you can do from home? I am loving it - no commute, no staff to bother me, except for a half hour online meeting and plenty of technical stuff to do.
Day consist of a core workout at 6-6.30, shower, breakfast and BBC World catch up, start work at 7.30, coffee at 9.45, daily meeting at 10, more work then lunch, back to work, another coffee at 2pm, take wife’s mother out for a walk at 4.30pm, cardio work out from 6pm, dinner at 7.30pm, some TV and bed. Add in 5 prayer times and I am knackered at the end of that lot.
 
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nope nothing I can do
all the companies I supply are closed except Thales who run the trackside railways
I hate sitting around doing nothing
I have some data digitising if you want. It works out at 40000/hr in your hand with paid time for 2 prayer sessions.


Thats Rp by the way!
 
What's data digitising?
I give you a report with tables of numbers and you put them into an Excel spreadsheet.

You are in Turkey though so the rate may be lower depending which side of the Bosphorus you are (Asian rates lower!)
 
I give you a report with tables of numbers and you put them into an Excel spreadsheet.

You are in Turkey though so the rate may be lower depending which side of the Bosphorus you are (Asian rates lower!)
Are you Mike Ashley's brother by any chance?
 
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I give you a report with tables of numbers and you put them into an Excel spreadsheet.

You are in Turkey though so the rate may be lower depending which side of the Bosphorus you are (Asian rates lower!)
When does your next ship full of slaves set sail for the New World?<laugh>