On 2 May 2012 21:19, Aaron Trevena aaron.trev...@gmail.com wrote:
Speaking of which - both my employer and Dominic's are recruiting perl
people (we're in cornwall, they're in london overlooking Tower Bridge
and the Shard)
He gets a much better referral bonus than I do, but I'm only 15 mins
On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 12:00:27PM +0100, Dominic Thoreau wrote:
On 2 May 2012 21:19, Aaron Trevena aaron.trev...@gmail.com wrote:
Speaking of which - both my employer and Dominic's are recruiting perl
people (we're in cornwall, they're in london overlooking Tower Bridge
and the Shard)
On 3 May 2012 12:31, Nicholas Clark n...@ccl4.org wrote:
On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 12:00:27PM +0100, Dominic Thoreau wrote:
On 2 May 2012 21:19, Aaron Trevena aaron.trev...@gmail.com wrote:
Speaking of which - both my employer and Dominic's are recruiting perl
people (we're in cornwall,
On 3 May 2012 12:31, Nicholas Clark n...@ccl4.org wrote:
Has your glorious employer actually mailed the job spec to the jobs list?
No. They engaged some recruiters, who in turn don't seem to be enough
into the community to know about such things.
I should probably post it myself and claim it as
On 3 May 2012, at 13:19, Dominic Thoreau wrote:
On 3 May 2012 12:31, Nicholas Clark n...@ccl4.org wrote:
Has your glorious employer actually mailed the job spec to the jobs list?
No. They engaged some recruiters, who in turn don't seem to be enough
into the community to know about such
On 3 May 2012 14:48, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote:
Dragging this back on topic, are either of these jobs contract?
I believe at least a couple of the London ones will be, yes.
They should be on jobs.perl and the london jobs list soonish
A.
--
Aaron J Trevena, BSc Hons
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Mark Fowler m...@twoshortplanks.com wrote:
On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 10:20, abhishek jain wrote:
Are there any contract roles in UK in your knowledge? ... please suggest
me a way to get one :)
We have our own jobs mailing lists that you might want to
On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 02:06:09PM +0530, abhishek jain wrote:
this link http://london.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs-discuss dont saw
archives to me, is it a valid mailing list! i am already a member of jobs
one though.
It's deliberately not archived. It's where we discuss the short-comings
On 2 May 2012, at 09:53, David Cantrell wrote:
On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 02:06:09PM +0530, abhishek jain wrote:
this link http://london.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs-discuss dont saw
archives to me, is it a valid mailing list! i am already a member of jobs
one though.
It's deliberately not
On 1 May 2012 11:44, Dominic Thoreau domi...@thoreau-online.net wrote:
On 1 May 2012 11:28, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote:
I have heard agents complaining that they interview contractors then make
permie offers, but this is hearsay.
My current gig, I was told by the recruiter that
Hi,
Slightly off topic.
Are there any contract roles in UK in your knowledge? If yes please do pass
me the reference offline, if no, please suggest me a way to get one :)
I am looking for one.
Will appreciate help from a fellow london perl monger.
I have searched jobs.perl.org but couldnt find
On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 10:20, abhishek jain wrote:
Are there any contract roles in UK in your knowledge? ... please suggest me a
way to get one :)
We have our own jobs mailing lists that you might want to check out:
http://london.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs
On 1 May 2012, at 10:32, Mark Fowler wrote:
On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 10:20, abhishek jain wrote:
Are there any contract roles in UK in your knowledge? ... please suggest me
a way to get one :)
We have our own jobs mailing lists that you might want to check out:
On 1 May 2012 11:28, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote:
I have heard agents complaining that they interview contractors then make
permie offers, but this is hearsay.
My current gig, I was told by the recruiter that of three identical
positions, two were permanent and one was a
On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 11:28:41AM +0100, Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
[...]
That smells like Lovefilm. I believe they're hiring direct if you want
to sidestep agents:
LOVEFiLM *are* hiring quite a few Perl developers, and there's a fat hiring
bonus on offer to any staff who recommend a successful
In particular I had a mail a couple of days ago from everyone's favourite we
don't use Perl any more - it's all Java and PHP now broadcaster. It was about
a Perl role.
Was it a permanent or contract role? I spotted a senior perl person
job advertised today, about an hour after I'd had the
On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 23:23 +, Victoria Conlan (vi...@comps.org)
wrote:
In particular I had a mail a couple of days ago from everyone's favourite
we
don't use Perl any more - it's all Java and PHP now broadcaster. It was
about
a Perl role.
Was it a permanent or contract role?
The contract market is looking a bit down still and I'm not used to
not having my phone go off every 5 minutes.
Do we know any perl-using companies in london who are looking for the
services of contractors at the current time?
--James
On 11 Nov 2009, at 13:21, James Laver wrote:
The contract market is looking a bit down still and I'm not used to
not having my phone go off every 5 minutes.
Mine has been fairly busy the last few days. And only one timewaster
too: a permie junior PHP/JOAT role somewhere rural on the
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 01:42:58PM +, Peter Corlett typed:
On 11 Nov 2009, at 13:21, James Laver wrote:
The contract market is looking a bit down still and I'm not used to
not having my phone go off every 5 minutes.
Mine has been fairly busy the last few days. And only one timewaster
On 11/11/2009 01:21 PM, James Laver wrote:
Do we know any perl-using companies in london who are looking for the
services of contractors at the current time?
Seems to me that all of the usual suspects are still looking. My phone
isn't ringing off its (metaphorical) hook any more but I'm
On 28 Jun 2003 at 5:15, Paul Makepeace wrote:
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 11:53:13AM +0100, David Hodgkinson wrote:
Bah, duodecimal is the way to go.
http://base12.org/
Interesting.
Cheers,
Philip
--
Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 26 Jun 2003 at 7:01, Dave Cross wrote:
Half a crown = 2 and a half shillings = 30 pence
Also known as two and six.
Cheers,
Philip
--
Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 03:01 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
From: Andy Mendelsohn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/26/03 1:26:15 PM
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 02:04 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
A quid is made up of 20 shillings, each of which contains
12 pennies.
Sorry to correct you Dave, but i think
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 03:01 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
From: Andy Mendelsohn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/26/03 1:26:15 PM
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 02:04 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
A quid is made up of 20 shillings, each of which contains
12 pennies.
Sorry to correct you Dave, but i think
On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 05:39 AM, David H. Adler wrote:
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 02:33:52PM +0100, Andrew Wilson wrote:
It was a UK system, not exclusively english. We (the UK) abandoned
this
madness sometime in the 1970's I'm 37 and I barely remember it.
I'm 38 and I don't remember it at
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 11:53:13AM +0100, David Hodgkinson wrote:
Bah, duodecimal is the way to go.
http://base12.org/
P
--
Paul Makepeace ... http://paulm.com/
If I wore a dress, then I would, if I could, but I can't.
--
Hi folx,
Do any of you wild 'living life on the edge' contractor types have a
standard contract that you use (and, by extension, that I can use)? I'm
looking for normal monthly work contracts rather than fixed-price job
type contracts.
Jon
P.S. If these are things that you all have to pay
Jonathan Peterson wrote:
P.S. If these are things that you all have to pay solicitors hundreds of
quid to draw up for you then just say, I'm not trying to get stuff on
the cheap.
I'm curious.
Elaine just used the term 'quid' a few emails ago, and now Jonathan.
Could someone please explain
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote:
Jonathan Peterson wrote:
P.S. If these are things that you all have to pay solicitors hundreds of
quid to draw up for you then just say, I'm not trying to get stuff on
the cheap.
I'm curious.
Elaine just used the term 'quid' a few
From: Luis Campos de Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/26/03 12:50:46 PM
I'm curious.
Elaine just used the term 'quid' a few emails ago, and now
Jonathan.
Could someone please explain what is a 'quid'?
Quid is the real name of the UK's monetary unit. You might
hear it called a pound by
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 12:50, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote:
Elaine just used the term 'quid' a few emails ago, and now Jonathan.
Could someone please explain what is a 'quid'?
A quid is another word for a pound (UKP).
One of the things that I found hardest to explain to Tracy was when you
Dave Cross wrote:
Quid is the real name of the UK's monetary unit. You might
hear it called a pound by people who don't know what they are
talking about, but quid is the proper term.
A quid is made up of 20 shillings, each of which contains 12
pennies.
Thank you very much, Dave.
Please allow
snip
Quid is the real name of the UK's monetary unit. You might
hear it called a pound by people who don't know what they are
talking about, but quid is the proper term.
A quid is made up of 20 shillings, each of which contains 12
pennies.
There are also larger amounts called a monkey and
Sam Smith wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote:
Jonathan Peterson wrote:
P.S. If these are things that you all have to pay solicitors hundreds of
quid to draw up for you then just say, I'm not trying to get stuff on
the cheap.
I'm curious.
Elaine just
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 02:04 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
A quid is made up of 20 shillings, each of which contains 12
pennies.
Sorry to correct you Dave, but i think you'll find a quid is made of of
20 bob.
From: Luis Campos de Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/26/03 1:19:39 PM
Thank you very much, Dave.
Please allow me just one more question.
I would like to know the relation stated below:
(\d+) monkey == (\d+) pony == 1 quid == 20 shillings == 240
pennies
A pony is 25 quid and a
Redvers Davies wrote:
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 12:50, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote:
Elaine just used the term 'quid' a few emails ago, and now Jonathan.
Could someone please explain what is a 'quid'?
A quid is another word for a pound (UKP).
One of the things that I found hardest to explain
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 10:19:39AM -0300, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote:
Dave Cross wrote:
Quid is the real name of the UK's monetary unit. You might
hear it called a pound by people who don't know what they are
talking about, but quid is the proper term.
A quid is made up of 20
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote:
Redvers Davies wrote:
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 12:50, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote:
Hmm, sounds like Acme::Quid to me.
Interesting.
And what such a module would do?
Interestingly enough, almost exactly the same as Math::Units?
S.
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote:
Jonathan Peterson wrote:
P.S. If these are things that you all have to pay solicitors hundreds of
quid to draw up for you then just say, I'm not trying to get stuff on
the cheap.
I'm curious.
Elaine just used the term 'quid'
Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote:
Hmm, sounds like Acme::Quid to me.
Interesting.
And what such a module would do?
Interestingly enough, almost exactly the same as Math::Units?
I don't know.
Math::Units is able to use UK measures and convert UK money as it was
presented on the last emails?
From: Andy Mendelsohn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/26/03 1:26:15 PM
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 02:04 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
A quid is made up of 20 shillings, each of which contains
12 pennies.
Sorry to correct you Dave, but i think you'll find a quid is
made of of 20 bob.
Bob and
Luis Campos de Carvalho said:
This is the first time I meet a monetary system that is not based on
[base ten numbers]
that's because the english system in question dates from a time when doing
things in a metric/decimal way hadn't been discovered to be a generally good
idea.
i believe they
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:01:29AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
From: Andy Mendelsohn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/26/03 1:26:15 PM
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 02:04 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
A quid is made up of 20 shillings, each of which contains
12 pennies.
Sorry to correct you
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 03:09:19PM +0100, Joel Bernstein wrote:
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:01:29AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
From: Andy Mendelsohn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/26/03 1:26:15 PM
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 02:04 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
A quid is made up of 20
(\d+) monkey == (\d+) pony == 1 quid == 20 shillings == 240
pennies
A pony is 25 quid and a monkey is 500 quid.
Does £1000 == a 'Gorilla'?
--
Nigel Hamilton
Turbo10 Metasearch Engine
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tel:+44 (0) 207 987 5460
fax:+44 (0) 207 987 5468
Nigel Hamilton wrote:
Does £1000 == a 'Gorilla'?
No, but £2000 is an Archer. :-)
-Dom
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On Thursday, June 26, 2003 14:26 +0100 Andy Mendelsohn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 02:04 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
A quid is made up of 20 shillings, each of which contains 12
pennies.
Sorry to correct you Dave, but i think you'll find a quid is made of of
20 bob.
So is
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 15:33, David Cantrell wrote:
On Thursday, June 26, 2003 14:26 +0100 Andy Mendelsohn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 02:04 pm, Dave Cross wrote:
A quid is made up of 20 shillings, each of which contains 12
pennies.
Sorry to correct you Dave,
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Joel Bernstein wrote:
There must be others...
Guinea, 21 shillings, or 1 pound, 1 shilling.
Still used in horse racing or perhaps pony racing?
T.
Elaine just used the term 'quid' a few emails ago, and now Jonathan.
Could someone please explain what is a 'quid'?
My contributions to this thread:
A quid is to pound as a buck is to dollar.
An ounce of feathers is heavier than an ounce of gold.
My favorite measurement for windspeed is
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 20:37, Andrew Beattie wrote:
Elaine just used the term 'quid' a few emails ago, and now Jonathan.
Could someone please explain what is a 'quid'?
My contributions to this thread:
A quid is to pound as a buck is to dollar.
An ounce of feathers is heavier than an
Dirk Koopman wrote:
Which weighs more, an ounce of lead or a fluid ounce of mercury?
Mercury (at a guess), it is anyway (now) certainly more valuable.
You are right, but I won't let you away with a guess.
Why is it heavier?
Andrew
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 10:23:31PM +0100, Andrew Beattie wrote:
Dirk Koopman wrote:
Which weighs more, an ounce of lead or a fluid ounce of mercury?
Mercury (at a guess), it is anyway (now) certainly more valuable.
You are right, but I won't let you away with a guess.
Why is it heavier?
From: Andrew Beattie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:23:31 +0100
Dirk Koopman wrote:
Which weighs more, an ounce of lead or a fluid ounce of mercury?
Mercury (at a guess), it is anyway (now) certainly more valuable.
You are right, but I won't let you away with a guess.
Why is it
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 02:33:52PM +0100, Andrew Wilson wrote:
It was a UK system, not exclusively english. We (the UK) abandoned this
madness sometime in the 1970's I'm 37 and I barely remember it.
I'm 38 and I don't remember it at all. Of course, I don't actually live
in the uk. I only
What part of I don't give a monkeys about IR35 as I have no intention of
being an evil tax-evader did you not understand? :-)
Have you thought about going through an umbrella company? I started
contracting six months ago, and I am now looking for a new job, permanent
or contract! Anyway, as
On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 16:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, cold-callers.
Eh? Ok, I'm normally a lurker but I'm no salesman. Just trying to be helpful.
No, prosperity4. By a strange co-incidence I got a cold call on my
mobile from them that morning.
The conversation finished: ...and die. But
What part of I don't give a monkeys about IR35 as I have no intention of
being an evil tax-evader did you not understand? :-)
Have you thought about going through an umbrella company? I started
contracting six months ago, and I am now looking for a new job, permanent
or contract! Anyway, as I was
On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 09:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What part of I don't give a monkeys about IR35 as I have no intention of
being an evil tax-evader did you not understand? :-)
Have you thought about going through an umbrella company? I started
contracting six months ago, and I am now
Hey contractory people, I might get some short-term work next week, can
anyone point me at a sensible standard contract I can use? Bear in mind
that I don't give a monkeys about IR35 as I have no intention of being
an evil tax-evader.
If its short term work it isn't covered by ir35 anyways.
At 16:00 20/11/02, Nigel Hamilton wrote:
the problem with permanent employment status is there
is an implicit assignment of copyright to your employer - it is not so
clear cut when contracting - and here is where artistic freedom lies!
Every contract I have ever signed had a statement
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Alex McLintock wrote:
At 16:00 20/11/02, Nigel Hamilton wrote:
the problem with permanent employment status is there
is an implicit assignment of copyright to your employer - it is not so
clear cut when contracting - and here is where artistic freedom lies!
Every
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:28:28AM +, Alex McLintock wrote:
At 02:14 20/11/02, Paul Makepeace wrote:
the pay-offs (executive pension, NI dodging)
And no one honest does NI dodging :-)
No, they plan their income to be tax-efficient - which is a more polite
way of saying the same thing.
--
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 07:35:41PM +, Simon Wilcox wrote:
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, David Cantrell wrote:
Hey contractory people, I might get some short-term work next week, can
anyone point me at a sensible standard contract I can use? Bear in mind
that I don't give a monkeys about IR35 as
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:55:40PM +, Dirk Koopman wrote:
It is a debatable point these days whether it is is still actually worth
while becoming a contractor. The only way it is likely to to work for
you is if you truely are an independant entity; i.e. IR35 does not apply
to you (or
able to work on
stuff on their own time. Sure, employment contracts have that anything
you do ever we own clause, which amongst other things gives them the
copyright in letters to your grandmother. I always change that to something
more reasonable before signing. After I change it to them owning
on anything open source again too.
The question you have to ask yourself if you discover this after the
event is, are you feeling lucky? :-(
Sure, employment contracts have that anything
you do ever we own clause, which amongst other things gives them the
copyright in letters to your grandmother. I
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:54:04PM -0600, Nigel Hamilton wrote:
This is also one of the few advantages of contracting ... you can
negotiate to retain your IP ... and over time your professional library
will grow (in theory)... which gives you more to offer future clients.
I've been in pretty
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:54:04PM -0600, Nigel Hamilton wrote:
This is also one of the few advantages of contracting ... you can
negotiate to retain your IP ... and over time your professional library
will grow (in theory)... which gives you more to offer future clients.
I've been in
At 02:14 20/11/02, Paul Makepeace wrote:
the pay-offs (executive pension, NI dodging)
I don't believe that anyone recommends an executive pension for ltd company
directors any more.
And no one honest does NI dodging :-)
Alex
Openweb Analysts Ltd, London.
Software For Complex Websites
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 02:14, Paul Makepeace wrote
If you still want to go ahead, my accountant persuaded me some years ago
that a change from self employment back to [my dormant] limited company
would be best for me (IR35 doesn't apply here [so far]).
I'm in this situation - I have a
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:08:26PM +, Graham Barr wrote:
For a while now I have been doing small jobs on the side, while
being employed. But I have been thinking about leaving my full time
job and doing contracting. Now before you all tell me I am crazy,
I have my reasons for wanting to
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:28:28AM +, Alex McLintock wrote:
At 02:14 20/11/02, Paul Makepeace wrote:
the pay-offs (executive pension, NI dodging)
I don't believe that anyone recommends an executive pension for ltd company
directors any more.
Isn't that because no new ones were
Thanks to all those who gave answers, they were certainly helpful.
As I am moving, I will not be planning to do this anytime soon. However maybe
sometime next year. So those that offered direct advice, I may contact you
closer to the time. Doing so now will just be a waste of both our time
Hey contractory people, I might get some short-term work next week, can
anyone point me at a sensible standard contract I can use? Bear in mind
that I don't give a monkeys about IR35 as I have no intention of being
an evil tax-evader.
--
Lord Protector David Cantrell |
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, David Cantrell wrote:
Hey contractory people, I might get some short-term work next week, can
anyone point me at a sensible standard contract I can use? Bear in mind
that I don't give a monkeys about IR35 as I have no intention of being
an evil tax-evader.
Would this be
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 07:35:41PM +, Simon Wilcox wrote:
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, David Cantrell wrote:
Hey contractory people, I might get some short-term work next week, can
anyone point me at a sensible standard contract I can use? Bear in mind
that I don't give a monkeys about IR35
/lurk
It is a debatable point these days whether it is is still actually worth
while becoming a contractor. The only way it is likely to to work for
you is if you truely are an independant entity; i.e. IR35 does not apply
to you (or rather: you pass the tests in it that say it doesn't apply).
If
Intellectual property (IP) may be a slightly dirty word ... but I think
it's important when it comes to the choice of 'contracting' vs 'working
for the man' in the UK.
For IR35 purposes it helps if you can show that you retain intellectual
property rights in the work for the contract (i.e., a
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:54:04PM -0600, Nigel Hamilton wrote:
This is also one of the few advantages of contracting ... you can
negotiate to retain your IP ... and over time your professional library
will grow (in theory)... which gives you more to offer future clients.
And means that you
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:55:40PM +, Dirk Koopman wrote:
[...]
Unless you can guarantee an increase in income which will make it worth
while - or you fall outside IR35 (which essentially means having lots
customers [at once], your own premises and equipment) I wouldn't bother.
There is
getting things done. doubling the tax on fuel would be a good incentive to
discover better ways of handling this.
And backrupting the rural parts of the country where the average wage in
the county is minimum wage and average commuting distance is 10 miles.
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 09:18:37PM +, robin szemeti wrote:
if we doubled the tax on fuel
Hasn't this one been tried? At least once?
:-),
Wesley.
From: David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 09:36:04AM -, Robert Shiels wrote:
The main advice is to buy fruit and veg that is in season, and that's
your
best bet for getting something that is actually fresh.
And in February when NOTHING local is in season? Well,
Bzzt wrong :-)
You *can* sign away your rights under the working time directive. However,
I could be wrong on this but I am pretty sure that you cant anymore. During
the introduction of the Working Time Directive companies could request that
workers could sign away their rights and, as you
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 09:36:04AM -, Robert Shiels wrote:
The main advice is to buy fruit and veg that is in season, and that's your
best bet for getting something that is actually fresh.
And in February when NOTHING local is in season? Well, I suppose you can
always get fresh fish and
Robin Szemeti wrote:
the best bet is to buy it at a local market [ should you find one ] or
smaller shop.
/me recommends farmers markets [0], street markets[1] or your local non 24-hour
grocer[2].
The prices are usually cheaper and the quality much better than supermarkets in
my experience.
On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 08:30:55PM -0500, Kirrily Robert wrote:
Every now and then someone says Pssst, did you know that... Skud's...
into... that *kinky* stuff? and people say duh, *everyone* knows
that. That's what I want.
This tactic works well for gossip-squelching too. Starting out on
No useful content contained here. Move along please.
The boy Clamp said:
and then they themselves go into the selling from storage buisness.
One word: Cider.
(Yes, I know this is one of those one line irc comments that I so
wholehartedly hate myself. And I am aware of the actual sillyness
From: robin szemeti [EMAIL PROTECTED]
rubbish. the most efficient way is to buy local produce. most of what we
do
in this country is haul stuff up and down the motorways. food, parts,
parcels.
Being in the cft brigade, I've been spending an awful lot of it listening to
Radio 4. (R4 +++).
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 11:28:07AM +, robin szemeti wrote:
the best bet is to buy it at a local market [ should you find one ] or
smaller shop.
I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but if you really think market sellers
are using a completely different supply chain than supermarkets and
their
On 10/11/01 13:16 +, Richard Clamp wrote:
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 11:28:07AM +, robin szemeti wrote:
the best bet is to buy it at a local market [ should you find one ] or
smaller shop.
I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but if you really think market sellers
are using a completely
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 02:06:00PM +, Simon Batistoni wrote:
This is certainly true of London markets, as much as anything
because they're so damned far from anywhere where food is actually
produced.
Actually I was basing that on my experience of the rural parts of the
midlands, where I
In lists.community.perlmongers.london, you wrote:
With the standard everything you do we 0wn clause, I simply point out that
that would mean they own the copyright in the letters I write to my granny,
and that that is clearly silly, before excising it.
My work's pretty good. They don't claim
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 09:46:56AM -0500, Kirrily Robert wrote:
I was slightly annoyed. I would have *so* enjoyed Cc'ing some poor
manager on everything I wrote, and seeing their head explode.
Um. leakage on quasi-private communications?
MBM (knows all about this)
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Matthew Byng-Maddick
Simon Batistoni wrote:
On 08/11/01 09:25 -0500, Wesley Darlington wrote:
o You will have no other loyalty but us:
+ no directorships of private limited companies;
+ not even any shareholdings in ltd coys;
+ no more than (say) a 5% shareholding in any given plc;
+ don't even
to
care about evil employment contracts.
This may not always be the case. What happens when we get old (ie. over
forty, fifty even)? Will we always be in demand?
To change pace slightly, when motor cars were new-fangled things, being a
mechanic was worth money. Is there an analogy
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Simon Batistoni wrote:
Hmm. Maybe, except for the fact that motor cars are not, and never
have been as central to the workings of our society as computers
are, and are continuing to become.
Hmm. Methinks you haven't really been paying attention. Don't you
remember when
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