Date   : Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:24:45 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Risc PC (Was 'Minitel in France')

On 27 July 2011 01:12, Rick Murray <rick@...> wrote:
> Back in the day, I'd have demanded this in writing, and then walked the
> lot to the CAB to see about unfair termination practice...

I could recommend some rather high priced solicitors in Manchester
city centre.... :-) :-) :-)

>
>
> Do you remember the Win95 days when the standard response to anything
> going badly wrong was to "reformat your harddisc and reinstall Windows",
> neatly sidestepping the possibility for TOTAL loss of data if you didn't
> realise quite what reformatting actually meant, plus flippin' FOR-EVER
> reinstalling Windows, and then EVERYTHING ELSE.

It still is!  Had to re-load the wife's laptop a few months back
because they wouldn't believe it really had an overheat problem and
issue me with a warranty repair authorisation until I had done so.
Grrrr....


>
>> Popped into the Job Centre on the way home.
>
> Heh, good luck there too. My memories of Job Centres (hello Aldershot!)
> is that people who couldn't find a job anywhere else ended up in the
> jobcentre as "advisors". Hell, I had one twit that didn't know the
> difference between a care assistant and a nurse!

Last time I looked they only had reams of dead end jobs with nothing
above minimum wage.  I'd suggest registering with all the IT agencies
you can find; get enough keywords in your CV and they'll eventually
suggest relevant jobs ..

(Had one call a few months ago, a mere ten years after I sent them my
CV.  Must have been scraping the barrel to call me, but they were
after someone with knowledge of a rather esoteric programming language
that I actually knew.  Pity I wasn't in a position to take them up on
it, might have been able to name my price!)

Rob.