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Post by derdle » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:56 pm

Fuel in Egypt was about 10p litre last time I was there. Will get an update in 8 days time. Mind you the roads are carp and at night they drive with no lights!
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Post by Jarv » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:23 pm

derdle wrote:Fuel in Egypt was about 10p litre last time I was there. Will get an update in 8 days time. Mind you the roads are carp and at night they drive with no lights!
What a bummer Paul, cheap petrol, but roads made of fish.
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Post by JohnW » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:25 pm

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(I can say that, being a technical consultant / System architect too )
Now about that ISP, got any cheap deals...
:beerchug: Who do you work for John?
One of my clients is Astrium. I'm currently working on a number of commercial & military projects for them, ranging from Galileo (provider of european gps), Skynet 5 (secure military satellite communication modem), and some airborne imaging radar systems.
http://www.astrium.eads.net/press-cente ... erm=skynet

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Post by spen » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:17 am

I wonder how many IT consultants there are on here?. I'm guessing the ratio of IT consultants to modified S/RS is quite high!
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Post by AdamS4 » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:52 am

S4TAN wrote:
Didn't know you where working for BT now ?
I'm not! I believe the VirginMedia hype!
I've painted an image of S4TAN standing at the pearly gates awaiting judgement with a speech bubble ..... "bollocks"
Cool! Post it up dude! :lol:
(I can say that, being a technical consultant / System architect too )
Now about that ISP, got any cheap deals...
:beerchug: Who do you work for John?
BT are the UK's largest ISP provider, VM/NTL 2nd and AOL 3rd ;) (Who i work for)
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Post by S4TAN » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:03 am

Yeah but BT are <beep> :lol:
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Post by derdle » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:39 am

Yeah but BT are <beep>
If we're all honest about it...aren't they all?
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Post by S4TAN » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:58 am

If we're all honest about it...aren't they all?
Yep - Most definitely!
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Post by AdamS4 » Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:33 am

Yep, which is why i switched from BT to Virgin Media :D :lol:
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Post by jeffw » Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:54 am

Aaahh....I'm doing work for BT at the moment (note: not working for but doing work for) ...not on the ISP side though.

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Post by derdle » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:00 pm

jeffw wrote:Aaahh....I'm doing work for BT at the moment (note: not working for but doing work for) ...not on the ISP side though.
Yeah...cos eveyone knows that "working for BT" is an oxymoron!
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Post by S4TAN » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:13 pm

Aaahh....I'm doing work for BT at the moment (note: not working for but doing work for) ...not on the ISP side though.
Digging holes for Openreach then Jeff ... ? :lol:
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Post by rolskii » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:46 pm

derdle wrote:Yeah...cos eveyone knows that "working for BT" is an oxymoron!

If 4 pints are not consumed at lunchtime ... shakes & the day dont start .....
After 4 pints at lunchtime - fuk it - tomorrows another day ..... :lol:

BT lifestyle ....... :lol:
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Post by jeffw » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:48 pm

Digging holes for Openreach then Jeff ... ?
Sadly no....Security TDA work for their outsource clients in the City.

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Post by S4TAN » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:53 pm

If 4 pints are not consumed at lunchtime ... shakes & the day dont start .....
After 4 pints at lunchtime - fuk it - tomorrows another day .....

BT lifestyle .......
Nail on the head! :lol:
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