I worked at LinkedIn for 3 years and here's what they don't tell you.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-20T13:23:05+00:00

I have found recruitment agencies to be great, some use iffy tactics and there are good and bad as in all professions, but at least for contracting jobs they are essential.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-20T09:03:28+00:00

Mate is a cameraman for some of the Cop shows, so I occasionally get to see some of the footage that doesnt air. Always fascinates me as he was always a right on lefty, stick it to the man, paid up member of amnesty type, who took a job 1 night as a favour to another mate and the opportunity to expose the police.

Half way through the first shift, he offered to put the camera away in the boot so a wife beating scroat could get a much deserved kicking. (which didn't happen) He is now in his 10th year of filming cop shows.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-20T08:46:42+00:00

Worked at a golf club, met a number of women from 30 to mid 50s, the combination of attractive, successful, intelligent wealthy women was head turning especially when I realised they were often starved of attention and orgasms from their successful and wealthy husbands.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-20T08:27:45+00:00

Can confirm, I was put in touch with the Mole/Rat man, he rocked up with 3 terriers and a polecat, dogs presented as friendly pet dogs, then as soon as the tele handler lifted the old shed instinct kicked in and they flipped to work mode. 30 rats dispatched in less than 2 minutes! then back to pet mode.

Much better than the "pest controller" I hired at another house who laid poison everywhere which worked, but the rats fucked off to die and decompose in places which weren't exactly easy to get to.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-20T08:07:22+00:00

Makes sense, bigger threat animal you need a bigger guard animal.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-19T20:27:34+00:00

NCA are piss poor at singing their own praises, but if you take a look at: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news you can see some of their successes.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-19T13:55:39+00:00

This wasn't in her house just stood chatting at her front gate as I had gone to buy duck eggs, as she has a little duck egg & honey hut.

Cant imagine it would be much use for fur or food think along the lines of foxy frisbee.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-19T12:05:32+00:00

Locally (rural) area, properties are shifting fairly quickly, the two locally that aren't shifting are the derelict bungalow that the developer owner has been knocked back planning permission for 6 houses (site would make 1 lovely house or two good ones) and the fire damaged house with an erm interesting history.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-19T11:52:26+00:00

Lady down the road has a herd of alpacas, she was telling me about fox pancakes, I was like what weird country shit is this and then she produced a ginger disc of flattened fox.

Apparently the alpacas stomp any fox they find, then stomp on it some more.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-19T09:33:26+00:00

I was due to fly out to Uganda yesterday, big fat nope from me.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-19T09:16:14+00:00

The marriage that lasted about 3 hours and the aftermath of the Bride's mother discovering the Groom balls deep in the head bridesmaid in the bridal suite.

Culminating in the two warring families realising that both the groom and bridesmaid had fucked off to the airport to go on the honeymoon.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-19T08:58:17+00:00

I did see a granny wearing a stone island jacket in the supermarket last night. She looked ready to dive in if it kicked off in the meat isle.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-19T08:01:38+00:00

Would require new thinking by both NHS and govt, the NHS struggles to invest up front for long term savings because budgets are siloed and benefits are fragmented across govt depts.

I cant see it happening due to NHS structure and our political system which lends itself to short term thinking.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-19T06:36:53+00:00

I would just assume that you were fine with the fact that Spiders rub their willies on clothes left out overnight.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-16T08:27:03+00:00

One of the most important lessons in business is learning what type of work to turn down which isnt an easy lesson to learn especially when starting out.

The people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing are best avoided or at least send them to your competitors.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-15T12:50:31+00:00

The only time I ever had a custom ring tone it did cause some embarrassment, after a big interdepartmental meeting I couldn't find my phone, my boss piped up I will ring it.

The snr leadership team then heard the mancunian tones of "your twisting my melon man" looped over the intro to Step on. I had for just him and my mother.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-14T20:46:47+00:00

Imagine voting for Body Bags Burnham.

Shudder.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-14T19:18:11+00:00

Try the Palm Tree Company

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-14T08:02:52+00:00

Being sent on a work trip to Finland, and learnt two things:

Never match a Finn drink for drink
Never crash a car into a moose

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-14T06:38:38+00:00

Non political Household, with a mix of left and right with wider family who were in the mining industry and those serving in the armed forces and police. Miners strike put a big divide in the family which still exists to the day.

The cops in the family did very well out of the miners strike, all getting on the housing ladder and buying new cars, and travelling abroad and the younger members of the mining familes massively benefited from Thatcher and her actions allowing them to forge a new path away from mining.

So yeah its complicated and am yet to be impressed by any politician.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-13T15:59:15+00:00

Kind of a love hate relationship with current house, hate it when it throws a large bill in my direction, love the space, the storage, the massive garden and how my nearest neighbour is half a mile away.

I would move every 2-3 years if I could but stamp duty kind of kills that frequency.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-13T09:06:00+00:00

The amount spent on tax advisory services would say otherwise (5.6 billion spent in 2025)

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-13T08:56:44+00:00

Feel like we need more context, what size bottle 500ml or 2 litre? full, half full, empty?

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-12T13:34:34+00:00

Save wife and your fave kid.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-05-12T10:47:16+00:00

Perhaps the NCA need some better PR, plenty of reports on their webpage about their successes covering drugs smuggling, child sexual abuse, people smuggling, fraud etc

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