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The absolutely brilliant employee - part 3

January 1, 2008 – 9:08 pm

I wasn’t much of a wine drinker back then. But that was all they had. They rummaged in the cellar but not a single bottle of beer was to be found. I survived a couple of hours but finally cracked. I persuaded one of the waiters to drive me down to an off-license.
We were met [...]

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The absolutely brilliant employee - part 2

January 1, 2008 – 5:29 am

I actually did go sightseeing that morning. Well I stood on Princes Street and looked up at the Castle for a minute or two. That’s nice. Now where’s that bar near the bookies? The girl on the plane was spot on with her suggestion. A big shiny Guinness sign in the window and a bookies [...]

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The absolutely brilliant employee - part 1

December 31, 2007 – 9:06 am

It was the mid-nineties and I was working for large multinational. I had won a prize for being absolutely brilliant or something. Being the heady days of the dot com boom, the prize was equally heady. Myself and the other absolutely brilliant employees from all around Europe and the Middle East were to be brought [...]

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Stuff

October 24, 2007 – 6:41 am

For those of you who liked my Making Movie Magic series and would like to try your hand/arm/leg at it, well now’s your chance - Annie Rhiannon is looking for volunteers to act in two student films in early November. Full details here.
In other news, Grandad’s not giving up blogging, even though a lot of [...]

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I once was lost

September 6, 2007 – 7:59 am

Yesterday took me to a town south of here I hadn’t been to in a long time. A pleasant drive. Fine weather. Good roads. I seen very few idiots, which means I have no new stuff to post on ShiteDrivers.com. But that’s a good thing.
I just had to pick up a cheque. Collecting cheques is [...]

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Under mouse arrest

August 13, 2007 – 5:18 am

No. Still no news. Not a stir despite Kathy trying to hurry things along by trying a variety of tricks from old wives tales. And some from new wives tales too, which are a heck of a lot more fun I’m told.
My being confined to barracks the long weekend and the one just gone hasn’t [...]

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