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by Laura M
Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:21 am
Forum: Jobs/work experience - wanted/available
Topic: Experience in the Diplomatic service wanted
Replies: 2
Views: 3884

Re: Experience in the Diplomatic service wanted

I recently took the civil service fast stream assessments (not actually for the civil service but for the police, long story and irrelevant), in order to get into the diplomatic service you must be the best of the best, my advice would be to start prepping now for the assessment process (I was kinda...
by Laura M
Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:39 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2956

Re: Help!

Good News, I have just got a job that I applied for ages and ages ago that I actually really wanted working for a large wine merchant, I get to do various training course for WSEP qualifications and its a great way to get into the industry, I am thinking about putting off the RAF for a bit so I can ...
by Laura M
Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:25 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2956

Re: Help!

Excellent, thankyou will try the paralegal suggestion, I can be bored for a few months!! I have looked into a few of the department stores christmas temp jobs but sadly many seem to be filled already, but I will keep trying.
by Laura M
Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:22 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2956

Re: Help!

Cheers, sadly I don't have any money at all, but am appreciative of the suggestion, thinking outside the box is what I need to do I think.
by Laura M
Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:49 am
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Help!
Replies: 9
Views: 2956

Help!

Hello everyone, I really need some help. I've just graduated from uni and although I am hoping to get into the RAF my OASC date is not until next month and if I pass that my entry won't be for at least three months or so. I am in serious need of a filler job for that time and depensing on how things...
by Laura M
Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:12 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Becomming a New Dep
Replies: 605
Views: 102508

Re: Becomming a New Dep

Aww I loved the biscuit tin, it was rather legendary!!
by Laura M
Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:46 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: A new line manager - what to do?
Replies: 26
Views: 5357

Re: Housey 'Peaceful Revolution'

Professional Poker player!!!
by Laura M
Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:59 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Becomming a New Dep
Replies: 605
Views: 102508

Re: Becomming a New Dep

Hopefully Mrs C will be there to provide the new members of Grecians West with biscuits!! (as long as that doesn't change all will be well in the land of Housey) I actually miss taking breaks from working and hijacking the tin of biscuits!!
by Laura M
Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:50 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Just a glimpse...
Replies: 369
Views: 67039

Re: Just a glimpse...

Sometimes when I read about awesome things like that the world really does seem a better place! (for the record I also feel a similar way about Dog the Bounty Hunter)
by Laura M
Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:46 am
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Housey 'Peaceful Revolution'
Replies: 143
Views: 27851

Re: Housey 'Peaceful Revolution'

While I agree that some of the pupils gripes are with things that I do agree needed changing (smoking etc) and that there are those pupils who are simply resisiting the behavioural changes expected of them, I disagree with your views on headmasters assembly. Collecting my colours and having my house...
by Laura M
Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:08 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Jokes, please.....
Replies: 2390
Views: 411283

Re: Jokes, please.....

Late last week, I was rushing around trying to get some last minute shopping done. I was stressed out and not thinking very fondly of the Christmas season right then. It was dark, cold, and wet in the parking lot as I was loading my car up with gifts that I felt obligated to buy. I noticed that I wa...
by Laura M
Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:33 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Housey 'Peaceful Revolution'
Replies: 143
Views: 27851

Re: Housey 'Peaceful Revolution'

What's with the no cheering in Headmasters assembly!! Someone needs to present the new head with a fun sponge!
by Laura M
Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:18 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Jokes, please.....
Replies: 2390
Views: 411283

Re: Jokes, please.....

5 minute management course Lesson 1: A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, the re stands Bob, the next-door neighbor. Before she says a word, Bob s...
by Laura M
Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:43 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Becomming a New Dep
Replies: 605
Views: 102508

Re: Becomming a New Dep

I'm sure you'll have a great time, Idgie. It looks like an excellent, and happy school. Which houses are you all in? They would just have been names to me before OB Day, but having located 5's Mons' Board, I've become a Barnes A fan :) Of course you're a Barnes A fan its clearly the best house on t...
by Laura M
Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:34 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Jokes, please.....
Replies: 2390
Views: 411283

Re: Jokes, please.....

In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Mbembe approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and i...