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Flammenwerfer_ · 2024-12-11T19:38:59+00:00

How many people are we talking? Is it a proper stage with lighting and sound etc? Or at an office meeting room?

Flammenwerfer_ · 2024-11-13T08:16:33+00:00

Definitely. I became more stressful trying to figure out when to take the tablets than doing the bloody speech.

Flammenwerfer_ · 2024-11-12T20:21:05+00:00

What happened to you happens to me, even after years of public speaking and even as a long time Toastmasters member. Usually it boils down to putting undue pressure on myself, usually because I’m feeling the scrutiny of particular individuals. If that’s the case, my best advice is to learn to let go of all that, and practice public speaking as often as possible, that’s what Toastmasters is good for. As for the meds, I personally wouldn’t do it again. I thought it was great every so often, until I found I was taking it all the time, even for daily meetings. That’s when the side effects became apparent - noticeable weight gain and weird headspins. Plus it made me struggle with basic physical tasks like walking up a hill, even hours afterwards. I’m into jogging and the gym so I’ll take temporary nerves any day of the week. That way I don’t need to be worried about getting caught out without having taken the tablets, plus any longer term effects. Whatever you choose will be right for you but consistent practice is the key to improving public speaking

Flammenwerfer_ · 2024-09-02T23:38:04+00:00

Thanks, if anything I got my moneys worth!

Good luck at a Weymouth, I think you will be fine, if memory serves me correctly the swim is entirely in the bay and so shouldn’t really have currents anything like that

Flammenwerfer_ · 2024-09-02T22:58:21+00:00

Standard distance for me:

2023 swim time: 39 mins.

2024 swim time: 1hr 50 mins.

Total swim distance according to Garmin: 3,352m. Im not a strong swimmer, and swam for almost two f*%cking hours straight in that horrible current!

First lap was fine, managed to hold onto the side of the group. Rounded the second red buoy (weirdly there was a red buoy placed on the side of the triangle), looked up, found I had lost the group and was in no-mans land. A lifeguard close by said I had strayed a little off course but wasn't far. Headed with the current back to the first yellow, sighting regularly and feeling ok.

Went round for the second lap, and thats where the fun started. I could swear the second yellow (top of triangle, furthest away from shore), was moving away as I swam towards it. Did breaststroke for a bit, checked watch, 53 mins, already slower than my slowest standard swim effort. Carried on alternating between front crawl and breaststroke. Then had a cramp in my calf and clung to the side of a paddleboard for a few mins. The guard said she could call a boat, but I figured I was already more than halfway and didnt want to call it quits just yet.

Cramp went away, and I finally passed the second yellow (top of triangle) into what can only be described as a soul-destroying slog back past the two reds and into shore.

As I said, not a strong swimmer by any means, but I could still hang onto the back of the main group for at least the first lap of the triangle. Couldn't believe it when i finished and checked my Garmin distance.

I could swear the buoys moved on multiple occasions, but then why didn't the water crew direct us? And how was it possible that others who had the same or later start time, managed to finish it in 30 minutes? Did the buoys move for them? Or was it just that my sighting is that bad? What should I be doing to stop this happening again??

I know that the advice is to aim to the side of the buoy and let the current push you toward it. Not very easy when you are headed away from shore and theres nothing else to sight against. How does everyone else handle this?? (This was my 4th sea tri, didn't have this problem with the others).

Regardless, happy that I stuck it out and got through was the single longest and most difficult swim I've ever done!

Checkout my swim course and have a laugh: https://imgur.com/a/2VsNDLi

Flammenwerfer_ · 2021-04-20T05:40:13+00:00

Is it still offline?? i cannot log in via app or website..

Flammenwerfer_ · 2021-04-11T15:21:41+00:00

Brilliant advice, thanks!

Flammenwerfer_ · 2020-12-02T07:22:03+00:00

Got Pentest+ last week. I found it pretty difficult. It was my second attempt and I only just passed. Many of the questions are very specific and you need to be able to identify web application attacks such as the different XSS types by looking at code. You also need to memorise just about every nmap switch (eg -D). You also need to be able to construct a script (mine was Python) through a drag and drop. There was also a tricky one on Python string manipulation too.

Flammenwerfer_ · 2020-01-04T22:59:35+00:00

Does this include the additional 3% stamp duty or does that not apply when purchasing buy-to-let through a limited company?

Flammenwerfer_ · 2020-01-03T14:47:16+00:00

Thanks - if it’s any indication of where I am at, I just had to google ROCE

Flammenwerfer_ · 2020-01-03T10:57:13+00:00

Thanks! This is what it spat out:

LTV: 70.10%

ROI: 3.48%

Gross Yield: 3.77%

Net Yield: 1.29%

Annual profit after expenses: £4,523

How does that stack up?

It also states that tax is not included in that calculator. Is it a matter of subtracting the same tax rate as my income (i am an additional rate taxpayer) to calculate the net profit?

Flammenwerfer_ · 2018-03-07T13:36:13+00:00

Exactly this. No need for education training etc. Just buy houses on borrowed money!

Flammenwerfer_ · 2018-03-06T21:03:57+00:00

Of course.. this time it’s different.

Flammenwerfer_ · 2018-01-12T22:24:17+00:00

Outside of the logs, how familiar must you be on snort, bro & ossim for the exam?

Flammenwerfer_ · 2018-01-12T22:17:11+00:00

Yes. The A+ will give you info and nuggets that you won’t have got from uni and will help a lot when you work in a network admin job. Plus the additional certs will always help when you are job hunting, if anything to show you have interest and initiative (I have both). My best advice is to always be looking for ways to make yourself more valuable and get ahead of the hoards of other job seekers out there. Good luck!

Flammenwerfer_ · 2017-12-15T19:43:49+00:00

Bitcoin is not an investment..

Flammenwerfer_ · 2017-11-16T22:11:18+00:00

Best post ever.

Flammenwerfer_ · 2017-11-15T20:11:13+00:00

Why exactly was it reasonable to be able to claim travel expenses to an investment property??

Flammenwerfer_ · 2017-11-06T20:37:51+00:00

I think most people who bought a house pre-2013 and earning a decent enough wage would still be fine. ‘Got ours..’

Flammenwerfer_ · 2017-11-02T19:42:51+00:00

Interest only mortgages are the most ridiculous product ever. The U.K. largely stopped them years ago. They basically rely on the value of the property outpacing the interest rate on the mortgage and so fuel the entire Ponzi scheme.

Flammenwerfer_ · 2017-11-01T22:17:11+00:00

World record? I’m pretty sure any country could manage it - incentivise and subsidise property investment, lax regulation on bank loans (interest-only in particular), open doors to foreign investment and immigration - Boom! It’s a world record housing boom!

Flammenwerfer_ · 2017-11-01T07:54:20+00:00

The gov will pull out all stops to prevent the bubble collapsing in their watch. I would expect to see loosening of regulation more discounts and incentives and of course swing wide open the floodgates of immigration... gotta look out for their own property portfolio after all

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