Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Thought of the day

You shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more screwed up than you think

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Saturday, November 24, 2007

Thou shalt forgive

In relation to yesterday's post, in order to ensure fairness and set the record straight, I shall mention that my boss has just brought me a cup of tea and double chocolate muffin! I don't know if it is to make me feel better with the fact that I'm stuck in the office on a Saturday or because he's feeling guilty about yesterday.....
But, and I don't say that often, HE'S JUST MADE MY DAY! (and he's just told me that I'm cheap, but it is true so I don't really care.....)

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Friday, November 23, 2007

AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!

My boss just came to my desk.... My Toblerone was sitting there....
Without a word, without asking, without any shame he helped himself to a piece!!! I am a very tolerant person, and I think I've put up with a lot already, but this is way beyond the limit of decency!
You don't steal a woman's chocolate, it's not rocket science!

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

It strikes me...

...that it is getting difficult to travel in Europe nowadays..
I'm sending people from my team over to France and Germany for business purposes. It involves flights and trains, and I'm having issues:
- Aer Lingus are threatening strike action for Tuesday (I had the same problem on my last business trip)
- SNCF are on strike again... it's only been a month since the last one
- Deutsche Bahn are also on strike
Is it just me, or is it becoming ridiculous???

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Friday, September 07, 2007

Lesson 1 - Cats don't learn.


Samedi dernier, Obi tenait sa queue bizarrement, et n'avait pas l'air dans son assiette. Hop! Chez le véto, Mémère. La véto lui tâte la queue (pas de mauvais jeu de mots, Obi est une demoiselle...) et là tombe le verdict: "she got into a fight". Quoi???? My baby in a fight???
Le choc de me rendre compte qu'Obi est un chat qui mène sa propre vie loin de la maison (c'est un peu comme avoir un ado, sauf que mon chat elle a un an, c'est un peu précoce pour les emmerdes). Quelques piqûres plus tard (et un nombre considérable d'Euro en moins sur mon compte bancaire), on la ramène à la maison, et elle se remet tranquillement.
Jusqu'ici tout va bien.
Hier, Obi rentre à la maison (par la fenêtre, les joies du RdC) en pleurant, la patte toute amochée. Et hop, rebelotte, sauf que là elle y reste la nuit chez le véto, à attendre de savoir si on opère on non... J'en connais un qui doit bien arrondir ses fins de mois grâce à mon chat.
Si je chope l'horrible matou qui lui fait des misères, il peut être sûr d'avoir la trace de mes semelles sur sa tronche! On s'en prend pas à Mémère! Cours, Obi, cours!!!!
Bref, en attendant, je ne sais pas si c'est positif ou non, ça dépend des points de vue, mon véto est bien meilleur que tous les médecins généralistes que j'ai vu en Irlande (il fait un vrai diagnostique et soigne et tout et tout, comme si c'était son métier!!!)

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Learning French....

...through Wiki

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Saturday, September 01, 2007

Paris in Jail

Here's a good one...

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Friday, June 29, 2007

LiechtenWHAT?????

This week at work, I found out I was also responsible for distribution to Liechtenstein. LiechtenWHAT????? I am indeed handling the Alpine countries (Austria + Switzerland), but I didn't know Liechtenwhatever was part of the deal.
Now, I am confused because:
- I can't even write the word (or hardly!)
- I haven't heard of this place in about 15 years and completely forgot about its existence
- I was made fun of by my Swiss girl because I didn't know its Capital city (Vaduz FYI)

For those of you who are as clueless as me about this place, Wikipedia to the rescue!

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