grumpyoldclive.bsky.social
Retired mass spec bodger. Paintings of questionable worth.
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You got one of those reverse entropy fridges and recreated the grapes? Next time you might open it to a sunny vineyard.
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Drug delivery in vesicles of fine brandy. That’s my sort of medicine.
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The agency we used in Manchester, in the nineties, charged similar percentages. You’re paying them to take on a hefty slice of the selection process. You get loads of cv’s from an advert but only 10% would be valid (or approximately sane).
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Mrs receives about £10 a month from her nursing days.
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“Dad, Dave’s sent us his head again”. “Effing Parcel Force”.
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The competition set the bar very high.
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Boom Boom!
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Something to do with Eurovision.
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Also a reminder that shipping scientific samples internationally, with correct procedures and paperwork, can be highly complex.
In the pharma industry it was practically a full time job for one of the research services staff.
Don’t be persuaded to hand carry.
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Yep
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It should be a requirement that they are hand decorated with loads of chrome and bright colours.
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Temple
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Thought it was a bit quiet
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That’s a book I would read.
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It’s a cracking steak sauce though
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Thank god for that. I get tired of all the fake news that’s around.
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I thought it just rolled down the hill towards Barnsley.
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So the machine is working
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😂
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A novel where celebrities you thought were deceased keep turning up in local theatres.
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We don’t want them falling out of the skies.
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They can be a bit spiky.
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A large triangular vehicle did fly slowly overhead earlier. Presumably to establish that the flower pot had a hedgehog motif, then spiraled away. Noisy.
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Just wondering what the stats are for ordinance and direct hits on static caravans. Asking for a friend.
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If you see this, post the most recent picture of you from your camera roll.
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“Boss, I think there’s something in the hypocaust”
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Papa Trump
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Local garden centre. Coffee bar (converted Citroen van) is in the middle of a giant greenhouse. Lovely Americano at 33C. All the roof vents were open as well.
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The voluntary Cockapoo park run was short today.
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Doh!
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What sort of hell holds meetings at 7 am?
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Tie offerings to the mass spec for the ghosts. A man who always placed plastic giraffes on the machine he was working on was rewarded with an OBE.
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I think a repurposed Amazon van on DSA runway would do it.
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It’s worth contacting them directly. I think they’re pretty good at fitting people to roles.
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Might be worth giving VRS a call. www.vrsrecruitment.com/candidates
Applications specialist could work. An area where there’s a bit of sociability together with scientific challenges.
Feed ‘em pastries and they’ll buy kit.
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The people in the West can make everything they need out of wood and fur.
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Similar feeling to Hamilton the musical. It’s great but a pause button is necessary.
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Crisp watch
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How many centuries have we managed?
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Chocolate bar?
Classic paperback?
Thought the chicken was a bit odd?
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It crossed my mind but we don’t to alert the opposition that there are books with useful things in them.
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Still processing the banana slug we saw on Vancouver Island.
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Not to mention “lights out” factories, where everything is automated, supervised by 20 people.
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Outrageous. It’s Bloody Mary for breakfast.