Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[atdc21]

HAHA that song is just brilliant lol

[RedFox]

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A few years ago Pete said to me ' you look busy, is there anything I can do to help ? '

I replied ' Yes, could you create ten email addresses for me ? '

Pete : ' Hmmm, ask me to build a wall or thump someone, but email addresses, nah '

So a few years later and we needed a wall building.

Pete : ' Who are we going to get to do it, do you know any brickies ? '

And I haven't found anyone for him to thump yet who I don't think would thump him back.

Then a few weeks ago Skye said ' Daddy will you build me a treehouse ? '

Less than a week later this is what she had.

Oh to be 4 years old with big brown eyes.

wow what a lovely tree house and lucky girls - I always wanted to build something similar for mine when they were younger but alas no suitable trees and certainly no competent skills to do the job

[Redsgirl]

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A few years ago Pete said to me ' you look busy, is there anything I can do to help ? '

I replied ' Yes, could you create ten email addresses for me ? '

Pete : ' Hmmm, ask me to build a wall or thump someone, but email addresses, nah '

So a few years later and we needed a wall building.

Pete : ' Who are we going to get to do it, do you know any brickies ? '

And I haven't found anyone for him to thump yet who I don't think would thump him back.

Then a few weeks ago Skye said ' Daddy will you build me a treehouse ? '

Less than a week later this is what she had.

Oh to be 4 years old with big brown eyes.

wow what a lovely tree house and lucky girls - I always wanted to build something similar for mine when they were younger but alas no suitable trees and certainly no competent skills to do the job

Lucky Pete to have beautiful girls to do stuff for! 

[Machka]

#Invalid YouTube Link#

Could someone point me towards the many explanations of how to do this please ?

Short answer remove the s in https.

Long answer...

If you put a link like this it's not pretty:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ

To show what I have done I have inserted spaces inside the square brackets below, remove the spaces in [ youtube ] when you create links.

If you try and use the [ youtube ] brackets with the copied and pasted youtube link like this [ youtube ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ[/ youtube ] it doesn't work: #Invalid YouTube Link#

The trick is to use the [ youtube ] brackets with the copied and pasted youtube link but remove the s from https like this [ youtube ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ[/ youtube ] then it will work:



There may be an easier way but I didn't see it written anywhere.

[Rod Paradise]

#Invalid YouTube Link#

Could someone point me towards the many explanations of how to do this please ?

Short answer remove the s in https.

Long answer...

If you put a link like this it's not pretty:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ

To show what I have done I have inserted spaces inside the square brackets below, remove the spaces in [ youtube ] when you create links.

If you try and use the [ youtube ] brackets with the copied and pasted youtube link like this [ youtube ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ[/ youtube ] it doesn't work: #Invalid YouTube Link#

The trick is to use the [ youtube ] brackets with the copied and pasted youtube link but remove the s from https like this [ youtube ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ[/ youtube ] then it will work:



There may be an easier way but I didn't see it written anywhere.

There is a bit easier - copy the bit after v= in the youtube address http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmWs6Jf5dc[/ youtube ] & put that in the youtube link brackets then it will work:

{youtube}qbmWs6Jf5dc{/youtube} - with square brackets instead of the {}

[mulhuzz]

I'll just leave this photo I took today here:

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The building so worthy of such commendation?

Praha Nádraží Holešoviče Railway Station

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[BigAdz]

So the International Federation of Concrete present an award to a railway in Czech Republic when in Japan.

No wonder we can't get more concrete roads here.

[mulhuzz]

So the International Federation of Concrete present an award to a railway in Czech Republic when in Japan.

No wonder we can't get more concrete roads here.

And the federation seems to be French. Or at least Franophone. Prolly as crooked as FIFA!

[BigAdz]

For sure.

The boss retires next year and I have to sit on a Euro Concrete council in Brussels when he goes. Am hoping to shake it up a bit. Either that or get on the gravy train!!

[tikay]

Now, where was I?........

Still owe my Stakers  a couple of Reports, plus an End Of Term Summary, once work started I just did not have the time.

I also need to finish the Pacific Adventure tale. Don't you just love other folks holiday tales & pics? 

As to repayments to Stakers, the good news is that you do at least have some money due, the bad news is that it is far less than you invested. Excuses will follow in due course.

Mere has tallied everything up, including what is owed to whom - I'll ask him to publish the information soonest. (It'll likely be later today).

I'll then start processing the refunds, with the aim of paying everyone by the end of this week. Please send me your Bank Details if I don't already have them. 

[RED-DOG]

Welcome home.

[redsimon]

Welcome home.

[tonytats]

Welcome back tikay the video reports were great this year
How long does it take you to get rid of jet lag / feeling tired ??
It seems to take longer for me each time as I only had 8 nights this year in Vegas , is it easier if you've been there for 5/6 weeks ??

[MereNovice]

Settlement.

The final schedule came to $13,280 and the return was $6,770.
Everyone gets 51% of their money back!

See: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lo83qbNr29QM07dTb4QjWRwomRnHDIzf2qUW5aGS6DI/edit#gid=2

The individual sums are:

redsimon - 1%   43.35
NAKOR - 1%   43.35
Sharplea - 1%   43.35
Mohican - 1%   43.35
Knottikay - 1%   43.35
booder   43.35
Forth Thistle - 1%   21.68
MANTIS01 - 5%   216.75
sonour   86.70
engy   86.70
Longines 1%   43.35
Redbull 1%   86.70
EvilPie   43.35
rfqqqabc   44.12
Sue & Dave 1%   51.00
Greekstein   43.35
MMD (Anon) 5%   216.75
Arbboy   43.35
Eso Kral   43.35
BobAlike 1%   43.35
Sicilian   43.35
Doobs 1%   43.35
Aaron Gale 5%   216.75
Animal Poker   43.35
Shipitgood 1%   43.35
MereNovice   43.35
RedFox   43.35
scotty77   43.35
chompy   Already settled
Lucky   86.70
Fraser   108.38
Mr Dickie   43.35

[MereNovice]

Who said this?

Working on an idea for a routine but seeing if my observation has legs.

Do you think there's any validity in my theory that if the boss of a company is nice then it filters down to the staff?

For example after using these two companies in the past week:

Michael O'Leary of RyanAir, bit of a nob = staff disinterested, unhelpful and rude.

Whereas Virgin trains, Richard Branson, bit of a dude = staff who are helpful, friendly and seem to actually care?