Brrring Brrring....

[peterbirks]

People who work in offices seem to get all sorts of training opportunities these days, so how come so many people make an unmitigated balls-up when they record answerphone messages?

The classic error is to waste 30 seconds on irrelevant tittle-tattle (a bit like the opening levels of a live Hold em tournament) only to be forced to a rushed "all-in" conclusion, when the absent telephone answerer says "I can be contacted on my mobile at 7blubba64blubba2blub". End of message. So you call the number again, and have to listen to the 30 seconds of rubbish, to try to get the mobile number down as quickly as possible. Tossers.


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The immaculate first episode of the last nine episodes of The Sopranos had the reviewers focusing on the fight that breaks out between Tony and his brother in law. But the cognoscenti would have been more interested in the "Free Parking" rule that Edie Falco uses in the Monopoly game, whereby fines went into the middle of the board and the money that accumulated was "scooped" if you landed on Free Parking.

The Steve Schirippa character observed that Parker Bros put a lot of work into designing the game, and you shouldn't just change the rules on a whim. Of course, what he should have said was "for god's sake, this game takes long enough without us inserting an inflationary rule whereby more money gets injected into the game". Then again, it's so long since I played Monopoly, perhaps the game also ends when the bank runs out of money, like in 1830.

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Man, too tired, too tired. What was the saying? "Work to live, don't live to work". I seem to have taken a wrong turning somewhere. I want out from it all.

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[jaybee66.livejournal.com]

Man, too tired, too tired. What was the saying? "Work to live, don't live to work". I seem to have taken a wrong turning somewhere. I want out from it all.

Yeah, yeah. Somehow I can't see you downsizing and leaving London. You and all the others I once knew or heard of (yourself, young, gryko, ward and engels) love it. You are Gordon Brown's bitches. He owns you.

Now, take a cold shower, get into bed and be up bright and early for shifting paper and cash tomorrow morning. You are Gordon's best friends. Without robots moving money around then Gordon and his friends don't get to cream anything off for themselves.

Stop whining, I have a house in Madrid to look for.

Have a nice day!

JayBee xxx

[peterbirks.livejournal.com]

James, I sometimes think that, despite the opinions of several esteemed physicians, you are the sanest one of the lot of us.

PJ

[(Anonymous)]

Tell me how I get made from Reuters then, Oh wise one.

[(Anonymous)]

Tell me how I get made redundant from Reuters with a nice severance deal then, Oh wise one.

[real-aardvark.livejournal.com]

Certainly sounds more sane than you are. At least he has a realistic aim.

[jaybee66.livejournal.com]

The obvious parallel between poker and life is knowing when enough is enough. There will be those eeeking out a living in tournaments (if you can call matching a salary at McDonalds a living) but they will go on and on until they win "the big one" as if being as lucky as a lottery winner and a fragment of Bobby George's jewellery is the Zenith of poker ability.

Life is about getting what you want and being satisfied with no more. If owning everything and the attendant wage slavery is your bag then fine but don't whine about it.

Considering how many millions I made for that pinche puta compania called Reuters then they still owe me. I piss on their grave whilst the Baron turns in it.

JayBee

PS - Of course they did it. I knew it from the start. First rule of Columbo "Watch how they grieve". I think they liquidised her and flushed her down the lav. Enjoy your TV meals. Kisses.

[andy-ward-uk.livejournal.com]

Have I missed your point somehow James ? I don't have a job and I don't pay tax. Neither do Allan, David or Richard. If anything, Gordon Brown is our bitch :-)

Andy.

[jaybee66.livejournal.com]

Andy,

You may not be salaried or pay taxes (neither do I) but you certainly pay Gordon off by buying any of the guff the "modern" world has to offer.

Hence my downsizing and the "lifestyle" I have adopted.

I think Gordon makes a lot of money from poker players. The turnover, rake and attendant company taxes make him a happy boy. That is why he reacts differently to the evangelist law makers in the US.

JayBee.

[andy-ward-uk.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not I almost completely agree with you. The vast majority of the stuff being hawked to us is just tat. I have downsized quite a bit (no car, no TV for example) but I like living in London (or on the edge of it anyway). I would find it a lot easier to up sticks to the country if I had a family, on my own I like my football, gigs and occasional live poker. Even so I would advise anyone to jump off the treadmill as soon as they possibly can. Job security is a myth anyway.

Andy.

[jaybee66.livejournal.com]

I think all of us living on the "fringe" of society are finding new ways of living. Sooner rather than later. Society is changing faster than many people can cope with.