That is how many days there are to go.
That is how many days there are to go.
We are a week away from the 2015 Duty Contract bid deadline at noon today. We remain in saturation diving mode in the e-portal and are unable to bring you any great assistance here right now. Even from these depths there does seem to be a lot of panic and irrational decision making going on. […]
To all Duty Contract bidders we are working with. We booked this long weekend thinking that there was no chance that this damned bid round would be live at this time. The tall son also seems absurdly enthusiastic about us visiting him and so whilst I cant really afford to lose these 4 days I […]
I spent much of the last year avoiding committing to any immovable dates. The stop-start nature of this damned bid round providing the reason. Inevitably there was one, booked for a time we assumed would long post-date the deadline which slipped through. That is a long, Friday-Monday weekend trip to see the tall son in […]
I have stopped buying CDs on the basis of one good song heard on the radio. So last Xmas I distributed a list of such albums and got a selection from the short son, which included “Everybody Down” by Kate Tempest. This is the song which sparked my interest and the album as a whole […]
Yes we still exist, its just that we are all a bit busy at present. The lads are strung out with SQM preparations and Lexcel V6 conversions and me….. “Oh another batch of ‘exam essays’ has landed for me to mark”. Another update soon.
Currently this is a quiet place where I can seek a moment or two of relaxation. It is likely to remain so most of this month. When time permits we will bring you any thoughts we are having on the Duty Bid round beyond the obvious; this is a colossal waste of everybody’s time on […]