Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

silvercar

purch wrote: »

They probably check here http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/rail/default.html before leaving home

Alternatively there is an App that will do all that and narrow it down just for your train line. You can even set an alert for a particular train so it will message you without you needing to do anything if there is a problem.

silvercar

Generali wrote: »

Saw the specialist. He reckons that it's not a Whartin's Tumour although that it's probably a tumour.

I need to wait a couple of weeks and then go for another biopsy. Then he'll probably cut whatever it is out.

Sorry to hear that you are being messed around. Is there no option to say "cut it out and then analyse it"?

tomterm8

Generali wrote: »

https://www.hot_naked_economists.com is going to be the last of my worries if I'm dead.

That site isn't anywhere as good as https://www.karlmarxnaked.com .

Edit: when the 2000 .com crash happened I wanted to start up a website called titsup.com showing !!!!!! photographs of desperate former .com millionaires. But the project never got off the ground because they just weren't as good looking as old doc Marx.

michaels

Generali wrote: »

The doctor said that Leon is likely to be benign but I guess what the hell else are you going to say?

I guess if more than 50% of such tumours turn out to be benign then he was only telling the truth.

It has already been covered but how is your DW coping - would your health insurance cover counsellign for her (or you) if you need it?

Generali wrote: »

Deleting my password for www.hot_naked_economists.com is going to be the last of my worries if I'm dead.

As for my bank details? If you want my overdraft you're welcome to steal it!

Which of course set me thinking whether there are any 'noted' economists I would want to see naked. My list got about as far as the Asian economics journalist at the BBC and stopped - Christine Lagarde doesn't do it for me

chewmylegoff

michaels wrote: »

I guess if more than 50% of such tumours turn out to be benign then he was only telling the truth.

It has already been covered but how is your DW coping - would your health insurance cover counsellign for her (or you) if you need it?



Which of course set me thinking whether there are any 'noted' economists I would want to see naked. My list got about as far as the Asian economics journalist at the BBC and stopped - Christine Lagarde doesn't do it for me

Is this what you are looking for (safe for work, I promise):

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2009/04/01/hot-economists.html

bugslet

Generali wrote: »

I can understand why she wants to vent, that . I made the mistake of accepting all those 'friend' requests from people I've not spoken to since I was 12. Now I've got all this faux sympathy in my life.

Delete them. I always work on the idea that I've kept in touch with the ones I want to anyway. My favourite are the head tilters in real life, you know, concerned look, head over to the side, whereas closer people tend not to do that.

silvercar wrote: »

Sorry to hear that you are being messed around. Is there no option to say "cut it out and then analyse it"?

Sounds like a better plan.

Chin up, old fruit.

bugslet

lemonjelly wrote: »

anyone heard off bugslet? Seems a while since she was here. Hoping she's ok...

I'm about LJ:). I missed a couple of days, then looked at the thread, got overwhelmed and went away again. I now have a policy of going back no more than 3 pages if I miss some:o Fine other than BP not quite as good as it should be and very tired, probably the last 18 months catching up. Would love to walk away from work, but since that is the entirety of the plan, I may have to do some further thinking on that one.

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

My Dad had a rush of blood to the head a couple of years ago and bought two pairs of cordurory trousers, in different colours of violent stomach upset.

They spend an extraordinary amount of time at the bottom of the dirty washing basket between being clean.

Mr Bugs had a couple of shirts which were interesting. I used to find that if I left them long enough at the bottom of the laundry basket, they would get forgotten about completely.

chewmylegoff wrote: »

We try (pointlessly in my opinion) to recruit people with quite specific experience that they don't really need. I would much rather recruit intelligent people without the experience (not necessarily graduates either just anyone who is literate, numerate and interested...) and train them up but no one will let me do that. .

A friend is a forensic scientist ( always good to introduce at dinner parties) and her firm have pretty much given up on taking on grads with a forensic science degree, finding it far better to get someone with strong A level results and a bit of get up and go that can be trained up.

Generali

silvercar wrote: »

Sorry to hear that you are being messed around. Is there no option to say "cut it out and then analyse it"?

Not yet.

Basically the Doctor wants to know if the diagnosis is:

1. What it was
2. Something else known
3. Something else unknown

in which case the response will be:

1. leave well alone
2. cut it out (probably) whilst understanding what he's cutting into
3. cut it out (probably) only without a map

I suspect that the next biopsy is more for his comfort than mine. I also suspect that he is doing it because he thinks he can get a better outcome for me.

neverdespairgirl

michaels wrote: »

Which of course set me thinking whether there are any 'noted' economists I would want to see naked. My list got about as far as the Asian economics journalist at the BBC and stopped - Christine Lagarde doesn't do it for me

Stephanie Flanders? She's gorgeous.

chewmylegoff

bugslet wrote: »

A friend is a forensic scientist ( always good to introduce at dinner parties) and her firm have pretty much given up on taking on grads with a forensic science degree, finding it far better to get someone with strong A level results and a bit of get up and go that can be trained up.

I do think we could do really well with a sort of apprenticeship program taking on school leavers (with a levels, not at 16...) and moving them around our department as there are three slightly different teams which do similar work but which would benefit from experience received whilst working in each of the other teams.

The trouble is that we would have one or two roles a year and due to the profile and size of the organisation, probably a few hundred candidates so no-one will even consider going down that route.