I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.

30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying yourself.

[1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote in news:uq5ks1$2n5nu$1
@dont-email.me:

>
> I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.
>
> 30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying yourself.
>
> [1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.

Oh, many happy bananas.

--
Peter
-----

On 09/02/2024 in message <XnsB113BA68ED07CFactura3476@135.181.20.170>
Peter wrote:

>Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote in news:uq5ks1$2n5nu$1
>@dont-email.me:
>
>>
>>I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.
>>
>>30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying yourself.
>>
>>[1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.
>
>Oh, many happy bananas.

And a happy New year :-)

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Did you know on the Canary Islands there is not one canary?
And on the Virgin Islands same thing, not one canary.

On 09/02/2024 in message <uq5ks1$2n5nu$1@dont-email.me> Richard Robinson
wrote:

>
>I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.
>
>30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying yourself.
>
>[1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.

Was Malcolm Muir the very helpful techie at Demon?

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
How does a gender neutral bog differ from a unisex bog ?
It has a non-binary number on the door.

In article <uq5ks1$2n5nu$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
<richard@qualmograph.org.uk> on Fri, 9 Feb 2024 at 16:45:53 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>
>I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.
>
>30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying yourself.
>
>[1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.
>
Your well ahead of me, June 1996 (subject to the Biden defence).
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

Jeff Gaines wrote:

> Was Malcolm Muir the very helpful techie at Demon?

Yes, from Sunderland IIRC?

Nicholas D. Richards said:
> In article <uq5ks1$2n5nu$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
><richard@qualmograph.org.uk> on Fri, 9 Feb 2024 at 16:45:53 awoke
> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>
>>I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.
>>
>>30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying yourself.
>>
>>[1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.
>>
> Your well ahead of me, June 1996 (subject to the Biden defence).

I was lucky. My brother had got hold of Steve Jobs' next box (with daft
cApitaLs), which more or less required a connection. So he'd asked and
they'd told him about this new company ... I think he claims to be a
single-number customer.

In 1986, the first thing that happened when he fired the machine up was
that it received an email from Mr. J. Which played a video.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

Peter said:
> Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote in news:uq5ks1$2n5nu$1
> @dont-email.me:
>
>>
>> I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.
>>
>> 30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying yourself.
>>
>> [1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.
>
> Oh, many happy bananas.

And many returns to you too, and may they not be just left on the doorstep.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

Jeff Gaines said:
> On 09/02/2024 in message <XnsB113BA68ED07CFactura3476@135.181.20.170>
> Peter wrote:
>
>>Richard Robinson <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> wrote in news:uq5ks1$2n5nu$1
>>@dont-email.me:
>>
>>>
>>>I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.
>>>
>>>30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying yourself.
>>>
>>>[1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.
>>
>>Oh, many happy bananas.
>
> And a happy New year :-)

Thank you.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote:

> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
> > Was Malcolm Muir the very helpful techie at Demon?
>
> Yes, from Sunderland IIRC?
>
A fiend of ArFrank. RIP.

--
braind

On 09/02/2024 22:16, Richard Robinson wrote:
> Nicholas D. Richards said:
>> In article <uq5ks1$2n5nu$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
>> <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> on Fri, 9 Feb 2024 at 16:45:53 awoke
>> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>
>>> I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.
>>>
>>> 30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying yourself.
>>>
>>> [1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.
>>>
>> Your well ahead of me, June 1996 (subject to the Biden defence).
>
> I was lucky. My brother had got hold of Steve Jobs' next box (with daft
> cApitaLs), which more or less required a connection. So he'd asked and
> they'd told him about this new company ... I think he claims to be a
> single-number customer.
>
> In 1986, the first thing that happened when he fired the machine up was
> that it received an email from Mr. J. Which played a video.

December 1994 for me, when I got made redundant from ICL (just in time
for Christmas).

Mike Fleming said:
> On 09/02/2024 22:16, Richard Robinson wrote:
>> Nicholas D. Richards said:
>>> In article <uq5ks1$2n5nu$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
>>> <richard@qualmograph.org.uk> on Fri, 9 Feb 2024 at 16:45:53 awoke
>>> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>>
>>>> I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.
>>>>
>>>> 30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying yourself.
>>>>
>>>> [1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.
>>>>
>>> Your well ahead of me, June 1996 (subject to the Biden defence).
>>
>> I was lucky. My brother had got hold of Steve Jobs' next box (with daft
>> cApitaLs), which more or less required a connection. So he'd asked and
>> they'd told him about this new company ... I think he claims to be a
>> single-number customer.
>>
>> In 1986, the first thing that happened when he fired the machine up was
>> that it received an email from Mr. J. Which played a video.

Brain fart, sorry. I should have said '92.

> December 1994 for me, when I got made redundant from ICL (just in time
> for Christmas).

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 13-Feb-24 15:40, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 09/02/2024 22:16, Richard Robinson wrote:
>> Nicholas D. Richards said:
>>> In article <uq5ks1$2n5nu$1@dont-email.me>, Richard Robinson
>>> <richard@qualmograph.org.uk>  on Fri, 9 Feb 2024 at 16:45:53 awoke
>>> Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>>
>>>> I just noticed ... I signed up with Demon in Jan. 1993.
>>>>
>>>> 30 years. How time flies [1] when you're occasionally enjoying
>>>> yourself.
>>>>
>>>> [1] Be very careful not to think about bananas.
>>>>
>>> Your well ahead of me, June 1996 (subject to the Biden defence).
>>
>> I was lucky. My brother had got hold of Steve Jobs' next box (with daft
>> cApitaLs), which more or less required a connection. So he'd asked and
>> they'd told him about this new company ... I think he claims to be a
>> single-number customer.
>>
>> In 1986, the first thing that happened when he fired the machine up was
>> that it received an email from Mr. J. Which played a video.
>
> December 1994 for me, when I got made redundant from ICL (just in time
> for Christmas).

Surprising how many firms decide to celebrate Christmas by 'Letting
people go'. Sentimental old sods.

(Yes I know the feeling)

--
Sam Plusnet

On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:36:56 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
> On 13-Feb-24 15:40, Mike Fleming wrote:
>>
>> December 1994 for me, when I got made redundant from ICL (just in time
>> for Christmas).
>
> Surprising how many firms decide to celebrate Christmas by 'Letting
> people go'. Sentimental old sods.
>
> (Yes I know the feeling)

I think I have lost count of the number of times I have been sacked
right before Crimbo.

There was one time I was fired right before Christmas that was a
relief, the company had decided that as a special treat they were flyimg the
staff out to Las Vegas for a couple of days.

Over another Christmas I was working for a company staffed and
managed by Mormons. What a terrible party, bad food and no booze, I have
attended more cheerful funerals.

--
"Our men and women in uniform are fighting terrorists in Iraq so
we do not have to face them here at home." G. W. Bush State of
the Union 2005

On 13/02/2024 20:48, Julian Macassey wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:36:56 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>> Surprising how many firms decide to celebrate Christmas by 'Letting
>> people go'. Sentimental old sods.
>>
>> (Yes I know the feeling)
>
> I think I have lost count of the number of times I have been sacked
> right before Crimbo.
>
> There was one time I was fired right before Christmas that was a
> relief, the company had decided that as a special treat they were flyimg the
> staff out to Las Vegas for a couple of days.
>
> Over another Christmas I was working for a company staffed and
> managed by Mormons. What a terrible party, bad food and no booze, I have
> attended more cheerful funerals.
>
In my industry it is common as business drops off drastically after New
Year, so they can't afford the wage bill, so they give their drivers
notice just before Christmas. Many businesses go out of business
completely in March, when they can't afford the fuel bills when they get
busy again after the lull.

The surviving companies re-hire the drivers in the Spring. Rinse and repeat.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On 2024-02-13, John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
> On 13/02/2024 20:48, Julian Macassey wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:36:56 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>> Surprising how many firms decide to celebrate Christmas by 'Letting
>>> people go'. Sentimental old sods.
>>>
>>> (Yes I know the feeling)
>>
>> I think I have lost count of the number of times I have been sacked
>> right before Crimbo.
>>
>> There was one time I was fired right before Christmas that was a
>> relief, the company had decided that as a special treat they were flyimg the
>> staff out to Las Vegas for a couple of days.
>>
>> Over another Christmas I was working for a company staffed and
>> managed by Mormons. What a terrible party, bad food and no booze, I have
>> attended more cheerful funerals.
>>
> In my industry it is common as business drops off drastically after New
> Year, so they can't afford the wage bill, so they give their drivers
> notice just before Christmas. Many businesses go out of business
> completely in March, when they can't afford the fuel bills when they get
> busy again after the lull.
>
> The surviving companies re-hire the drivers in the Spring. Rinse and repeat.
>

I am on a summer contract, April to October, sometimes extra winter
work is offered and then I do January - October. It suits me at the
moment.
--
Simon

RLU: 222126

On 13-Feb-24 20:48, Julian Macassey wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:36:56 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>> On 13-Feb-24 15:40, Mike Fleming wrote:
>>>
>>> December 1994 for me, when I got made redundant from ICL (just in time
>>> for Christmas).
>>
>> Surprising how many firms decide to celebrate Christmas by 'Letting
>> people go'. Sentimental old sods.
>>
>> (Yes I know the feeling)
>
> I think I have lost count of the number of times I have been sacked
> right before Crimbo.
>
> There was one time I was fired right before Christmas that was a
> relief, the company had decided that as a special treat they were flyimg the
> staff out to Las Vegas for a couple of days.
>
> Over another Christmas I was working for a company staffed and
> managed by Mormons. What a terrible party, bad food and no booze, I have
> attended more cheerful funerals.

Odd that. Y'd think they would sort of compensate for the lack of
alcohol by having decent food.

--
Sam Plusnet

Sam Plusnet said:
> On 13-Feb-24 20:48, Julian Macassey wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:36:56 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>> On 13-Feb-24 15:40, Mike Fleming wrote:
>>>>
>>>> December 1994 for me, when I got made redundant from ICL (just in time
>>>> for Christmas).
>>>
>>> Surprising how many firms decide to celebrate Christmas by 'Letting
>>> people go'. Sentimental old sods.
>>>
>>> (Yes I know the feeling)
>>
>> I think I have lost count of the number of times I have been sacked
>> right before Crimbo.
>>
>> There was one time I was fired right before Christmas that was a
>> relief, the company had decided that as a special treat they were flyimg the
>> staff out to Las Vegas for a couple of days.
>>
>> Over another Christmas I was working for a company staffed and
>> managed by Mormons. What a terrible party, bad food and no booze, I have
>> attended more cheerful funerals.
>
> Odd that. Y'd think they would sort of compensate for the lack of
> alcohol by having decent food.

or for the lack of good parties by having cheerful funerals ?

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:44:26 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
> On 13-Feb-24 20:48, Julian Macassey wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:36:56 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>> On 13-Feb-24 15:40, Mike Fleming wrote:
>>>>
>>>> December 1994 for me, when I got made redundant from ICL (just in time
>>>> for Christmas).
>>>
>>> Surprising how many firms decide to celebrate Christmas by 'Letting
>>> people go'. Sentimental old sods.
>>>
>>> (Yes I know the feeling)
>>
>> I think I have lost count of the number of times I have been sacked
>> right before Crimbo.
>>
>> There was one time I was fired right before Christmas that was a
>> relief, the company had decided that as a special treat they were flyimg the
>> staff out to Las Vegas for a couple of days.
>>
>> Over another Christmas I was working for a company staffed and
>> managed by Mormons. What a terrible party, bad food and no booze, I have
>> attended more cheerful funerals.
>
> Odd that. Y'd think they would sort of compensate for the lack of
> alcohol by having decent food.

Had they been Moslems that would tend to be true, but the Mormons
tend to be somewhat abstemious. The muslems at least enjoy coffee, tea and
cola, but not the Mormons.

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having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. - Napoléon
Bonaparte