The way I see it, is that life's too short. Keep a smile on your chops and get the balance right. Work to live, don't live to work. There's always somebody worse off and someone better off than you. Get happiness from the simple things. Family, friends, health, countryside, fresh air, day and night. If anyone tries to knock you down, particularly from employment, then move on; there is absolutely always something else better out there. They are the one's with the problem, not you.
I have known so many people who I have worked with, who have changed jobs after years at the same company (through redundancy and otherwise) and have been scared of the big wide world after the comfort of a stable (but shitty and stressful) job. Every single one of them has been better off, not necessarily financially but more contented.
Move on, don't let them get you down. Life is too short not to be happy.
well i'm off work sick today
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#61
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Posted 04 June 2007 - 09:46 pm
It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
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Posted 04 June 2007 - 10:22 pm
Wickygram:
He is 'avin a noice toime. Still thunkin aboot work a tad, but enjoyin himsen.
He is 'avin a noice toime. Still thunkin aboot work a tad, but enjoyin himsen.
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#63
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Posted 05 June 2007 - 10:53 pm
Yoda pissed off with work stressed out also is. Not good is, hmmm? Yoda chucking sicky tomorrow yesss! Going for ride on bike to straighten head out. Life too short even for Yoda. Wicky - must turn away from the dark side or destroy you it will!
Mark 8 - Back to basics with Gtuybrh dual drive chassis, Mnriuiu Higgs boson turbine uprated to 74,000rpm redline, Hoprhbhoierm integral self levitating device fitted and Oxford Hot grips. Thinking about fitting Givi lightsabre holder.
#64
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Posted 06 June 2007 - 06:04 am
I'm throwing a sickie today - essential maintenance needs to be done.
If I don't do it I can't get to work tomorrow - though they do say it's better to have 2 days off....hmmmm...what can I break tomorrow?
If I don't do it I can't get to work tomorrow - though they do say it's better to have 2 days off....hmmmm...what can I break tomorrow?
Who on earth made me get a ZX9R???? I'll get 'em....
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Posted 06 June 2007 - 09:49 am
QUOTE(tdmbrightonuk @ Wed 6th Jun 2007, 06:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm throwing a sickie today - essential maintenance needs to be done.
If I don't do it I can't get to work tomorrow - though they do say it's better to have 2 days off....hmmmm...what can I break tomorrow?
If I don't do it I can't get to work tomorrow - though they do say it's better to have 2 days off....hmmmm...what can I break tomorrow?
Higgs Boson Turbine always blowing particle accelerator gasket is and pinking a bit on cheap fuel. Maybe Yoda also need 2 days off.
Mark 8 - Back to basics with Gtuybrh dual drive chassis, Mnriuiu Higgs boson turbine uprated to 74,000rpm redline, Hoprhbhoierm integral self levitating device fitted and Oxford Hot grips. Thinking about fitting Givi lightsabre holder.
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Posted 06 June 2007 - 02:56 pm
QUOTE(Yoda @ Wed 6th Jun 2007, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Higgs Boson Turbine always blowing particle accelerator gasket is and pinking a bit on cheap fuel.
Creeping quantum effect? Heisenberg uncertainty? Strangeness?
"It's a TDM, Jim, but not as we know it"
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#67
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is it Jizzy Rascal time yet.....?
- Location:Parish of Cruwys (pronounced 'Cruise' just loike Tom) Morchard, Mid Devon.
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Posted 09 June 2007 - 09:49 pm
FFS YER ALL NUTS ON HERE SO "I AM NOT ALONE" !!!!!!!! TANKS FER ALL THE REPLIES AND ENCOURAGING PM'S FOLKS. this is all h'interesting reading indeed. well Tunisia is ok oi suppose, shoite, bland, tasteless food though as it's been "sanatised for the masses". 1 week was enuf there fer me though and i'm glad to be back home. i did ponder work alot and managed to sort me head out and lay me cards on the table and i now have a plan of action. some serious curvy bitches over there too i tell ya 
spyball alarm/immob, bluespot brake calipers and Stainless hoses, Fournales air adjustable shock with Remote Resevoir, forks raised 10mm thru yokes, racetech linear fork springs in 15 wt oil, Kappa wingrack/luggage, heated grips, Kedo handguards, dual heat controller to power heated jacket liner and or pants!!, Stebel 136DB horn, K&N air filter, colour matched Baglux tank cover (magnetic tank bag modified to fit cover), osram +50% headloight bulbs, headlight protector,"NitramSpecial" parking loight, tail light indicators all running on LED's & incorporate "Lite Buddies", MK7 Scottoiler fitted, taller screen, 2-2 stainless steel CCC's, Devil stainless down pipes. MKI Renntec engine crash bars & sump guard.
engine changed july 2007 on a dyno run it made 79.1BHP / Torque 59.9Had a brief flirtation with a 1999 MKIIa but it blew an exaust valve on the M5 so was sold on to be repaired.
I loike tay and hang sangwiches !
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Posted 09 June 2007 - 09:56 pm
so....are you gonna be a lumberjack? i sure Mole has some high heels you could borrow
"Never argue with an idiot. They just bring you down to their level and beat you with experience"
My TDM :
Black 1991 850 MK1, 160k+ miles(ish, best guess really, gave up trying to keep count after 3rd set of clocks and 3rd engine), PilotRoad2 tyres, custom stubby exhaust system, bluespot calipers & goodridge braided hoses with dunlopads, maxton forks, Ohlins shock, kedo handguards, stainless TDM grill, Scottoiler with lubetube & dual nozzle thingy, Givi Wingrack2 with E45 & 2xE36s, renntec crash bars, Autocom with blueteeth & PMR radio, TomTom Rider2, Optimate IIIsp, Bagster tank cover, anti-dazzle coating
to fit : led spotlights, heated grips, new braided lines and rear caliper that actually has bleed nipples
Silver-ish 2003 900, 70k miles, PilotRoad3 front tyre (new@65k) & PR2 rear(new at 69k), Renthal 755 bars with KTM handguards, oxford unheated grips, power commander 3usb, scorpion titanium exhausts, standard screen with vario winglet thingy, stainless grill, oem centre stand, bagster tank cover, givi monokey topplate mounted on grabrail with V46 topbox, Givi PL pannier rails with E21s, crash bungs, mirror extender thingys, Halfords Advanced Laser Blue brillance bulbs, 21w led spotlights, touring scottoiler with leehenty dual nozzle, Autocom with blueteeth & PMR radio, TomTom Rider3 Urban, winter style anti-dazzle coating
to fit : led brake light strip, replacement heated grips
current rides : TDM850 3vd/mk1=tourer&scratcher, TRX850=weekend twisty toy, 2003 TDM900=commuter, 2005 TDM900=unmolested. Gone but not forgotton : XTZ750=overland touring toy, GS500e, GS125
If a strange looking truck driver honks at you & gives you the thumbs up, its could be me 
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Posted 09 June 2007 - 10:05 pm
QUOTE(wicklamulla @ Sat 9th Jun 2007, 10:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
FFS YER ALL NUTS ON HERE SO "I AM NOT ALONE" !!!!!!!! TANKS FER ALL THE REPLIES AND ENCOURAGING PM'S FOLKS. this is all h'interesting reading indeed. well Tunisia is ok oi suppose, shoite, bland, tasteless food though as it's been "sanatised for the masses". 1 week was enuf there fer me though and i'm glad to be back home. i did ponder work alot and managed to sort me head out and lay me cards on the table and i now have a plan of action. some serious curvy bitches over there too i tell ya
Listen Wicki, since you're a Xerox man, can't you just make a copy of yourself and let that do the work instead?
Bloody obvious if ya ask me ..............
RIP STORMY - killed by careless driver Oct 2009
currently owned ....
1996 YAMAHA TRX850 gone away for little holiday with Andrea
1997 YAMAHA TDM850 which are obviously an acquired taste. I fink I'm starting to get it now.....
1998 DUCATI 748 ... one way of keeping an old man broke.
1999 YAMAHA Thunderace there is STILL no finer motorcycle
2008 SUZUKI Bandit 1250SA ...... fecked by yours truly, but ......... still fitted with the worlds most uncomfortable bike seat. ouch!
currently owned ....
1996 YAMAHA TRX850 gone away for little holiday with Andrea
1997 YAMAHA TDM850 which are obviously an acquired taste. I fink I'm starting to get it now.....
1998 DUCATI 748 ... one way of keeping an old man broke.
1999 YAMAHA Thunderace there is STILL no finer motorcycle
2008 SUZUKI Bandit 1250SA ...... fecked by yours truly, but ......... still fitted with the worlds most uncomfortable bike seat. ouch!
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Posted 09 June 2007 - 10:16 pm
They don't make a machine big enuff to copy his fat @r$e. 
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is it Jizzy Rascal time yet.....?
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Posted 09 June 2007 - 10:21 pm
QUOTE(stormy @ Sat 9th Jun 2007, 10:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Listen Wicki, since you're a Xerox man, can't you just make a copy of yourself and let that do the work instead?
Bloody obvious if ya ask me ..............
Bloody obvious if ya ask me ..............
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa well i did try to clone mesen like dolly the sheep ! i loike sheep shaped cakes.........
Tony dunno if the Lumberjack ting is gonna work out but i'm sniffing udder pussies too.
spyball alarm/immob, bluespot brake calipers and Stainless hoses, Fournales air adjustable shock with Remote Resevoir, forks raised 10mm thru yokes, racetech linear fork springs in 15 wt oil, Kappa wingrack/luggage, heated grips, Kedo handguards, dual heat controller to power heated jacket liner and or pants!!, Stebel 136DB horn, K&N air filter, colour matched Baglux tank cover (magnetic tank bag modified to fit cover), osram +50% headloight bulbs, headlight protector,"NitramSpecial" parking loight, tail light indicators all running on LED's & incorporate "Lite Buddies", MK7 Scottoiler fitted, taller screen, 2-2 stainless steel CCC's, Devil stainless down pipes. MKI Renntec engine crash bars & sump guard.
engine changed july 2007 on a dyno run it made 79.1BHP / Torque 59.9Had a brief flirtation with a 1999 MKIIa but it blew an exaust valve on the M5 so was sold on to be repaired.
I loike tay and hang sangwiches !
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Posted 09 June 2007 - 10:34 pm
QUOTE(wicklamulla @ Sat 9th Jun 2007, 10:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
some serious curvy bitches over there too i tell ya
I think you'll find one or two avatars here have changed to your taste!
Welcome back.
"It's a TDM, Jim, but not as we know it"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAHmEWim3to
Diamond black TDM 900A TRIKE, 2006 ABS model converted by Trike Design (Caerphilly, South Wales) prior to first registration in March 2007.
#73
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Posted 09 June 2007 - 10:34 pm
Wicky was thunkin of bein a blacksmith. I asked him if he knew how to shoe a horse, he replied "no but I told a donkey to F**k off once"
"Whats up", "Piston Broke", "Yeah me too...hic"
If you want to mark your location on the Carpe map: http://www.carpe-tdm...opic.php?t=5117
Doin valve clearances? Use dappers valve shim exchange program and the job will be carroty - Free (other than you postin me yer shims) for sporting members.
Active member of TPLQHCSRSFC and TSRMCMAS (even though a year off) and avid fan of PM not sent.
If you want to mark your location on the Carpe map: http://www.carpe-tdm...opic.php?t=5117
Doin valve clearances? Use dappers valve shim exchange program and the job will be carroty - Free (other than you postin me yer shims) for sporting members.
Active member of TPLQHCSRSFC and TSRMCMAS (even though a year off) and avid fan of PM not sent.
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Posted 09 June 2007 - 11:31 pm
QUOTE(dapleb @ Sat 9th Jun 2007, 11:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wicky was thunkin of bein a blacksmith. I asked him if he knew how to shoe a horse, he replied "no but I told a donkey to F**k off once"
QUOTE(wicklamulla @ Sat 9th Jun 2007, 11:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa well i did try to clone mesen like dolly the sheep ! i loike sheep shaped cakes.........
Tony dunno if the Lumberjack ting is gonna work out but i'm sniffing udder pussies too.
Tony dunno if the Lumberjack ting is gonna work out but i'm sniffing udder pussies too.
Good to see yer back yer silly old Can't.
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Posted 10 June 2007 - 09:30 am
Glad to hear you're back with us wicky.
Reading this thread you don't have to be a brain surgeon, or a tree surgeon, to realise that a lot of jobs these days are pretty sh*t, you either have to get out, and possibly find a jobs that slightly less cr*p, or learn to live with the sh*t. To find someone who is 100% happy with their job, the pay, the working hours, the prospects, is becoming rare. Its a frame of mind thing - if your customers think you're doing a good job then take satisfaction from that, regardless of what the boss thinks. Some bosses are never satisfied regardless of what you do.
Look on the bright side, you've still got a job whereas some don't. My boss walked into my office last friday at 4:30 and told me I was redundant! You lucky fecker wicky. So if you need a third bloke for the tree felling business give me a call.
Reading this thread you don't have to be a brain surgeon, or a tree surgeon, to realise that a lot of jobs these days are pretty sh*t, you either have to get out, and possibly find a jobs that slightly less cr*p, or learn to live with the sh*t. To find someone who is 100% happy with their job, the pay, the working hours, the prospects, is becoming rare. Its a frame of mind thing - if your customers think you're doing a good job then take satisfaction from that, regardless of what the boss thinks. Some bosses are never satisfied regardless of what you do.
Look on the bright side, you've still got a job whereas some don't. My boss walked into my office last friday at 4:30 and told me I was redundant! You lucky fecker wicky. So if you need a third bloke for the tree felling business give me a call.
#76
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- Location:Parish of Cruwys (pronounced 'Cruise' just loike Tom) Morchard, Mid Devon.
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Posted 29 July 2007 - 10:27 pm
hey i'm still off and the weather is picking up now, yeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwww !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
spyball alarm/immob, bluespot brake calipers and Stainless hoses, Fournales air adjustable shock with Remote Resevoir, forks raised 10mm thru yokes, racetech linear fork springs in 15 wt oil, Kappa wingrack/luggage, heated grips, Kedo handguards, dual heat controller to power heated jacket liner and or pants!!, Stebel 136DB horn, K&N air filter, colour matched Baglux tank cover (magnetic tank bag modified to fit cover), osram +50% headloight bulbs, headlight protector,"NitramSpecial" parking loight, tail light indicators all running on LED's & incorporate "Lite Buddies", MK7 Scottoiler fitted, taller screen, 2-2 stainless steel CCC's, Devil stainless down pipes. MKI Renntec engine crash bars & sump guard.
engine changed july 2007 on a dyno run it made 79.1BHP / Torque 59.9Had a brief flirtation with a 1999 MKIIa but it blew an exaust valve on the M5 so was sold on to be repaired.
I loike tay and hang sangwiches !
www.kenhogantreeservices.co.uk
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full o shoite
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Posted 30 July 2007 - 11:46 am
Hey Wicks, you still got that falling down flu? Lot of it about I hear.
#78
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is it Jizzy Rascal time yet.....?
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Posted 18 November 2007 - 01:28 pm
partial update,
I'm still off work since the end of May.... (full pay....) but tings are a changin' and at the moment i can't elaborate too much but oil report back here in about 1 weeks time and tell all. chow fer now, WiCkS
I'm still off work since the end of May.... (full pay....) but tings are a changin' and at the moment i can't elaborate too much but oil report back here in about 1 weeks time and tell all. chow fer now, WiCkS
Edited by wicklamulla, 18 November 2007 - 01:28 pm.
spyball alarm/immob, bluespot brake calipers and Stainless hoses, Fournales air adjustable shock with Remote Resevoir, forks raised 10mm thru yokes, racetech linear fork springs in 15 wt oil, Kappa wingrack/luggage, heated grips, Kedo handguards, dual heat controller to power heated jacket liner and or pants!!, Stebel 136DB horn, K&N air filter, colour matched Baglux tank cover (magnetic tank bag modified to fit cover), osram +50% headloight bulbs, headlight protector,"NitramSpecial" parking loight, tail light indicators all running on LED's & incorporate "Lite Buddies", MK7 Scottoiler fitted, taller screen, 2-2 stainless steel CCC's, Devil stainless down pipes. MKI Renntec engine crash bars & sump guard.
engine changed july 2007 on a dyno run it made 79.1BHP / Torque 59.9Had a brief flirtation with a 1999 MKIIa but it blew an exaust valve on the M5 so was sold on to be repaired.
I loike tay and hang sangwiches !
www.kenhogantreeservices.co.uk
http://s33.photobuck...77/wickla/?sc=6
http://reg.imageshack.us/v_images.php
#79
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Posted 18 November 2007 - 02:22 pm
QUOTE(wicklamulla @ Sun 18th Nov 2007, 01:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
partial update,
You 'won' employee of the month?
"Whats up", "Piston Broke", "Yeah me too...hic"
If you want to mark your location on the Carpe map: http://www.carpe-tdm...opic.php?t=5117
Doin valve clearances? Use dappers valve shim exchange program and the job will be carroty - Free (other than you postin me yer shims) for sporting members.
Active member of TPLQHCSRSFC and TSRMCMAS (even though a year off) and avid fan of PM not sent.
If you want to mark your location on the Carpe map: http://www.carpe-tdm...opic.php?t=5117
Doin valve clearances? Use dappers valve shim exchange program and the job will be carroty - Free (other than you postin me yer shims) for sporting members.
Active member of TPLQHCSRSFC and TSRMCMAS (even though a year off) and avid fan of PM not sent.
#80
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is it Jizzy Rascal time yet.....?
- Location:Parish of Cruwys (pronounced 'Cruise' just loike Tom) Morchard, Mid Devon.
- TDM model: 1999
Posted 18 November 2007 - 02:40 pm
QUOTE(dapleb @ Sun 18th Nov 2007, 02:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You 'won' employee of the month?
kunt of the month more loike 
spyball alarm/immob, bluespot brake calipers and Stainless hoses, Fournales air adjustable shock with Remote Resevoir, forks raised 10mm thru yokes, racetech linear fork springs in 15 wt oil, Kappa wingrack/luggage, heated grips, Kedo handguards, dual heat controller to power heated jacket liner and or pants!!, Stebel 136DB horn, K&N air filter, colour matched Baglux tank cover (magnetic tank bag modified to fit cover), osram +50% headloight bulbs, headlight protector,"NitramSpecial" parking loight, tail light indicators all running on LED's & incorporate "Lite Buddies", MK7 Scottoiler fitted, taller screen, 2-2 stainless steel CCC's, Devil stainless down pipes. MKI Renntec engine crash bars & sump guard.
engine changed july 2007 on a dyno run it made 79.1BHP / Torque 59.9Had a brief flirtation with a 1999 MKIIa but it blew an exaust valve on the M5 so was sold on to be repaired.
I loike tay and hang sangwiches !
www.kenhogantreeservices.co.uk
http://s33.photobuck...77/wickla/?sc=6
http://reg.imageshack.us/v_images.php
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