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I thought you'd already started. semiconductor testing yea ?

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by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 01:44:01 PM EST
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Yeah I've been back since early December. Monday sarcasm, I guess.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 01:46:00 PM EST
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sorry, having my own form of monday-itis. spent the morning persuading computers that (wisely) refuse to run Vista that it is, in fact, in their interest to do so. It's kinda fun and it's what I like doing, but it's not actually what I'm paid to do. So I was frustrated cos it had to be done, but my actual work was falling behind.

Then I was shouted at for not having doneg something else that isn't my job and which doesn't have to be done till Friday and I spent the afternoon feeling frumpy and hard done by.

Not helped by discovering that Johann Hari, otherwise good and wise egg, thinks that all would be well between the transgender community and Julie bindel if only we weren't so rude and uppity. Or, as a much wiser than me friend, wrote

In the end, what you are arguing is that we are making a good argument in the wrong tone of voice. As I am sure you are aware, this is a standard trope of arguments about prejudice and is a classic derailment technique

So I probably wasn't ever going to spot the minor sarcasm in your post.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 01:56:53 PM EST
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"...frumpy and hard done by ?"

Well, yes, but I meant grumpy.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 01:58:58 PM EST
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something else that isn't my job

Of all the shit that happens at jobs that one is the most maddening. Happened a lot at my job back in Boston and it had a really bad effect on me.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 03:34:53 PM EST
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