Grumpy Old Man
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Anyway, I grumpy (again), having a quiet afternoon, been to watch a bit of secondary school rugby, and now just having a relax, wife is doing a walk up Mt Taranaki. Then get a message from wife saying she sitting on mounatain wating for a helicopter to pick her up as she had a fall and done her ankle.
F*** me there goes my quiet afternoon as I waiting to hear if they taking her to New Plymouth hospital and will have to go and get her. Bet she expects me to get bloody tea tonight too!!! -
@Machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
At least she gets a heli ride
That's what I said, just being drama queen so she gets ride. Unfortunately chopper couldn't land because of low cloud, they have got her a bit lower, chopper had to go away and refuel, so still waiting. I guessing now light maybe a problem.
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones LinkedIn is like Facebook, but less
trollscat videosI just had another look and deleted a bunch of connections who used bullshit hyperbolic headlines. Appreciate perception management in an attention economy, but fuck me these people are deluded lying fluffybunnies. I've also noticed a strong correlation between people with actual skills simply listing their current position e.g. engineer, head of risk and compliance, etc. The others say shit like "AI evangelist", "thought leader" or "I help executives deliver"...
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
The others say shit like "AI evangelist", "thought leader" or "I help executives deliver"...
it's because 'I sell bullshit sprayed with vanilla air freshener' doesn't map to LinkedIn
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@Dan54 said in Grumpy Old Man:
Anyway, I grumpy (again), having a quiet afternoon, been to watch a bit of secondary school rugby, and now just having a relax, wife is doing a walk up Mt Taranaki. Then get a message from wife saying she sitting on mounatain wating for a helicopter to pick her up as she had a fall and done her ankle.
F*** me there goes my quiet afternoon as I waiting to hear if they taking her to New Plymouth hospital and will have to go and get her. Bet she expects me to get bloody tea tonight too!!!Excuse for takeaways
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
The others say shit like "AI evangelist", "thought leader" or "I help executives deliver"...
it's because 'I sell bullshit sprayed with vanilla air freshener' doesn't map to LinkedIn
Hence why I'm not very good on linkedin
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Yes, the bullshit-ometer is constantly registering high.
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@nzzp fake it till ya make it...or get sacked
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nzzp fake it till ya make it...or get sacked
my career in 9 words
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@Dan54 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Machpants said in Grumpy Old Man:
At least she gets a heli ride
That's what I said, just being drama queen so she gets ride. Unfortunately chopper couldn't land because of low cloud, they have got her a bit lower, chopper had to go away and refuel, so still waiting. I guessing now light maybe a problem.
Well anyway the story still goes on , because the helicopter couldn't pick up mrs becasus of low cloud, she had to walk/limp/ slide for 3 hours down the mountain to where the police had been able to drive up to, and cop drove her back to friends car etc. Anyway decided maybe it was sprained ankle etc. Took her to hospital yesterday as leg was swelling more, and after xrays etc she has ankle broken in 2 bloody places. So now up at New Plymouth hospital waiting for swelling to go down enough so they can pin ankle etc. And seems is a bit of a star up there as well as Hawera hospital, noone can believe she actually walked down mountain on the broken leg, She a fairly tough old bird and has a pretty high pain threshold etc.
Now we have to cross fingers etc as we meant to be doing our trip to Europe/UK in 6 1/2 weeks! And I got to keep cooking the meals by the look! -
@Dan54 Thanks for a succession of such endearing snippets. Love shines brightly through your description of your drama queen old bird
It'll be tough and go whether the ankle will mend in time but even if it has your mrs won't have full mobility for months so get used to cooking and cleaning and (hopefully) carrying all your luggage round Europe. Hope you are avoiding stairs
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@dogmeat Mate, I just got back from seeing her at hospital, and I am somewhat upset. Checking on after the op etc and when she come home. They are very good saying the phisio dept will come around to house and see if she needs anything while recovering. That is all very well, but they also asked her if she had someone to do the cooking and housework?
She said yes, and I asked who the hell it was, and would this person cook etc for me?? -
@Dan54 said in Grumpy Old Man:
She said yes, and I asked who the hell it was, and would this person cook etc for me??
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She looks as though she is struggling to reconcile the corporate smiling requirement with the embarrassment factor of being photographed in her uniform.
I can understand that.
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@Dan54 said in Grumpy Old Man:
That is all very well, but they also asked her if she had someone to do the cooking and housework?
She said yes, and I asked who the hell it was, and would this person cook etc for me??You new age men are an inspiration to us all..
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Speaking of being productive in the Aussie Politics thread: Imagine taking the time to write me an email asking me to invite another person (in the same organisation as you) to a meeting rather than just forwarding the invite onto them.
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oh we have a new one that is doing my head in
someone walking in to your office to tell me they just sent me an email
fuck. all. the. way. off.
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@mariner4life had you not replied to it yet?
