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Tuesday - おはようございます

beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,063
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Though some of you might still be up from yesterday if you see what I mean.

Another long day ahead. Hopefully more delicious grub. Maybe a walk, but it looks warm out...

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  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,439
    Morning Beany, not got a clue on Japanese and cba to translate. To early. WFW then finish packing ready to go north tomorrow. Looking damp outside at the minute. Enjoy the company booze up Mr B.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,574
    'ning

    nippier, pouring

    stroll, cafes, wfh, laze and bubbly outing


    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,326
    Awesome sleep and now run one of todays programme with the hounds and the eldest joining in - good start to a day 😎

    Work snizzle, run two and then gym
  • Charlie_CrokerCharlie_Croker Posts: 1,583
    Moaning,

    currently bright sunshine out there, don't expect that to last but hey...
    WFW soon so pedalling and hope to stay dry
    beer or cider later :)

  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,447
    beansnikpoh said:

    Though some of you might still be up from yesterday if you see what I mean.

    Another long day ahead. Hopefully more delicious grub. Maybe a walk, but it looks warm out...

    Hi beany. Can you really buy used girls knickers from vending machines?
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • pinnopinno Posts: 49,176
    tlw1 said:

    Awesome sleep...

    First time in... 13 years?

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinnopinno Posts: 49,176
    seanoconn said:

    beansnikpoh said:

    Though some of you might still be up from yesterday if you see what I mean.

    Another long day ahead. Hopefully more delicious grub. Maybe a walk, but it looks warm out...

    Hi beany. Can you really buy used girls knickers from vending machines?
    Do they come in 3 packs?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinnopinno Posts: 49,176
    Windy, sunny and showers sort of day.
    Wind is in the North. You can tell - the blue is different.

    Prospective tenant viewing already (despite there being a few things to finish off).
    Maybe I should put them to fight in the front garden. The one who looses first gets it.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinnopinno Posts: 49,176
    All that: おはようございます is 'good morning'. Seems a hell of a lot of work.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,063
    pinno said:

    All that: おはようございます is 'good morning'. Seems a hell of a lot of work.

    indeed it is - ohayo gozaimasu.
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,063
    pinno said:

    seanoconn said:

    beansnikpoh said:

    Though some of you might still be up from yesterday if you see what I mean.

    Another long day ahead. Hopefully more delicious grub. Maybe a walk, but it looks warm out...

    Hi beany. Can you really buy used girls knickers from vending machines?
    Do they come in 3 packs?
    Not seen any yet, but I've not looked yet to be fair.
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,063
    seanoconn said:

    beansnikpoh said:

    Though some of you might still be up from yesterday if you see what I mean.

    Another long day ahead. Hopefully more delicious grub. Maybe a walk, but it looks warm out...

    Hi beany. Can you really buy used girls knickers from vending machines?
    Ooops, meant to reply to you Seano - dunno - not seen any. Beer comes in vending machines though. If I see any grimy pants, do you want some?
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,326
    pinno said:

    tlw1 said:

    Awesome sleep...

    First time in... 13 years?

    I’m not great at it but a score of 84 😎


  • pinnopinno Posts: 49,176
    beansnikpoh said:

    Though some of you might still be up from yesterday if you see what I mean.

    You're only 1 hour behind Wheelspinner time.
    'Hobart'. That's one for the quizzers.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,489
    edited May 2022
    pinno said:

    beansnikpoh said:

    Though some of you might still be up from yesterday if you see what I mean.

    You're only 1 hour behind Wheelspinner time.
    'Hobart'. That's one for the quizzers.

    Someone out there likes Hobart...
    https://youtu.be/FBAhG0FNqO0

    Busy morning, starting with early hound walk then wfh while others panic and rush around like headless chickens.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • orraloonorraloon Posts: 11,658
    Clear out ongoing. Just took benefit of the fuel in the temp loan car to drop off a couple sets of wheels, unused and won't be used, at a bike repair charity in The City, via a load of junk drop at the tip.

    Annoyance of the day. Ambulance blue lights appears behind, I pull over as one should, but there's a [email protected] in one of those BMW X things tailgating the ambulance. No it's not a medic. Traffic lights at red ahead, ambulance waiting, [email protected] goes tight up next to it in the right turn lane, hindering progress. [email protected] received the obligatory hand gestures as I went past. Plonker.
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,063


    Pic = Starter. Shabu shabu (you cook beef slices in stock) and various sashimi, plus a savoury egg custard dish. Then some fish stew with ginger and bamboo shoots. Then some rice dish, where you eat half, then mix with tea and slurp the rest. All with sake. Bloody delicious.

    Glad I'm home early. Going to hook myself up to iv saline. Sake has a bit of a kick...

  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,063
    I'm actually looking forward to working until 10 p.m. Japanese time tomorrow, so I can just have some noodles and sparkling water and go to bed. I must be getting ancient.
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,617
    Afternoon interneturds, second funeral in three weeks this morning followed by Peroni.
    Back in work now, hopeful of a ride in the morning before work if the weather holds...
    Bikeshed bike show on Saturday at Tobacco Dock followed by Ride London on Sunday.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,489
    beansnikpoh said:

    I'm actually looking forward to working until 10 p.m. Japanese time tomorrow, so I can just have some noodles and sparkling water and go to bed. I must be getting ancient.

    How did the presentation to the 'Grand Fromages' go, Beano?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,063
    That's tomorrow....
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,439
    Good luck.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,489
    beansnikpoh said:

    That's tomorrow....

    Good luck. What are the potential outcomes if it goes well or badly or whatever?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 1,063
    Nothing really. Reflects well on my boss if I perform well. All a game of face. The CFO hates bullshyyte apparently, so I'm just going to explain what I want to do in Europe, and what's getting in the way of that, who I need to do what, and how I intend to eliminate obstacles politely.

    I think it's more to see how well my boss is managing me and my accounting counterpart, and potentially to see if one of us can step up to his role next summer when he returns to Japan. Or whether they send another expat.

    I will look good compared to my accounting counterpart, who can waffle for hours in jargon about "dialogues" and "activities" without ever hitting the point he wants to make. My boss had to wave a piece of paper at him in the conference today saying "FINISH", when he was only half way through. I had a stopwatch going, and did my 10 minutes in 9 mins 34.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 54,489
    edited May 2022
    beansnikpoh said:

    Nothing really. Reflects well on my boss if I perform well. All a game of face. The CFO hates bullshyyte apparently, so I'm just going to explain what I want to do in Europe, and what's getting in the way of that, who I need to do what, and how I intend to eliminate obstacles politely.

    I think it's more to see how well my boss is managing me and my accounting counterpart, and potentially to see if one of us can step up to his role next summer when he returns to Japan. Or whether they send another expat.

    I will look good compared to my accounting counterpart, who can waffle for hours in jargon about "dialogues" and "activities" without ever hitting the point he wants to make. My boss had to wave a piece of paper at him in the conference today saying "FINISH", when he was only half way through. I had a stopwatch going, and did my 10 minutes in 9 mins 34.

    We used to have a piece of paper in the annual budget presentations for the board which had 'GAFMO' on it.

    If it helps get you a promotion down the line then good - assuming you like managing accountant anoraks as well as tax anoraks.

    They never invite us over there, but are happy to visit here...although on the plus side my boss isn't an expat.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinnopinno Posts: 49,176
    Did you do it like you don't really care about the outcome? - and you don't really care. That's because you've pined for an alternative life and you are looking at how green the grass is in another field.
    If you delivered it in the succinct and articulate manner to which you are capable of, then you may be prime candidate.
    If offered, that will leave you in a quandary.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
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