Meenzer

Podcasts are my insomnia-time friend.

Well that was quiet. But sort of nice. Went out for two separate long walks and passed about two people on the way. Cracking!

Ask Rob W... enjoyed the last supper with him by all accounts. He's served up better in Club Class mind.

It must be the season of goodwill, I'm agreeing with Leazes on something. A very merry Christmas to all of you, and may it be a fine '09. You're all lovely.

Rydhsys rag Kernow lemmyn!

My company has a policy of not paying bonuses at all, instead "reflecting the company's performance in your salary throughout the year". Which is a fine load of bollocks.

My lot locked me in to a contractually agreed moderate pay raise to keep me on board for the next few years shortly before the financial crisis properly kicked in. And they denominated it in euros even though my salary's in sterling. Bet they're kicking themselves now. Similar story here anyway, lots of customers going to the wall/merging/scaling back their operations/suspending production etc. so it's all a bit hairy.

FYP LOL ETC. But seriously, this is the problem I invariably have (even with Oxford Street sometimes). Was on Northumberland Street today with some parental money to burn and, between HMV and Zavvi, I literally found one of the dozen or so CDs I had on my list (and I'd have had to queue up for god knows how long to pay even if I had found what I wanted).

Yesterday lunchtime was bad enough. Take booze!

Threads like this are why I love this place, swear to Invisible Cloud Being.

I fell into a coma before I could finish, etc. etc.

Jesus christ man, how long did it take you to work out what he meant? I don't know, you can't get the staff these days...

Hope you had a good one m'dear.

Oh you are awful...

Could be worse, we could be talking turkey basters. Well I suppose it's sort of festive...

She's certainly got a few of this lot by the short and curlies.

Her cock.

A neat little DVD stand from Argos, since space is at a premium (and he keeps buying Star Trek box sets ). Assembled it all by myself. My thumbs will have Allen key imprints for weeks.

P.S. I fucking rock at Paint.

Good man yourself.

Don't you work from home though? Like you've ever been subtle about drinking on the job! It tends to improve the standard of my work to be honest.

Yes, it's about time, Meenz Too right. I'll even give it a polish for the occasion.

Aye, the market for plywood shoeboxes is positively booming.

Cheers all. Will take those tips and have a good old-fashioned Actually Trying Stuff On In Shops session at some point over the festive period.