# Daily updates 3 # by aidie

today i have nothing planned apart from trying to fix my favourite boots  -- way to have ago

cut down some diseased ash trees --- could not  save them 

Desmond79

are people in Magherafelt wearing so much american style clothes ?

It just looks kinda out of place ? Has Magherafelt got a new basketball team ?

Haven't been on here for a few days. It's been very very hot at work and somehow avoided having a meltdown (no pun intended). Karate was very hard work this morning but happy I persevere with it. Hopefully going for my next belt in a few months. 

all morning watering my garden with my river water ----- its hard work shifting water

got load of work done today... from my window i saw a dragonfly and a new Buzzard circling in the heat currents

Thats good, haven't heard from her for a few days.

that  wound be an interesting experience ---- i was talking to Adele M today.  she might be coming back watch this space.

Went to a photography exhibition in Christchurch and spoke to the photographer herself.

got load of work done today... from my window i saw a dragonfly and a new Buzzard circling in the heat currents

you did well  ----  try some other IQ tests to see if they match

While browsing I was invited to take a knowledge test.

Here is a screen shot of my result.

I only got 39 out of 50.

I didn't cheat, if I had I would have got 50 out of 50.

They suggest it's PhD level knowledge, although the questions were GCSE level.

back at work today and did some work also did a ling function test today and my lungs are 9% better than the average person. i was given asthma drugs to see if that could be improved as an experiment ---- i got another 1% 

basically i have a good set of lungs   Chatted with various people in PM and ASDirect.  

yes the double glazing people i worked for pushed the finance packages  ( loans ) which they trained you to do. Its where they made the real money.  In our case your windows would be removed if you stopped your payments ! ( because they technically still owned them )

oddly the company i worked for went bust,  i dont know why.  i hope someone took them to court 

i was busy selling their windows house to house and wasnt told they where gone 2 weeks ago

This company offered to replace doors and windows at no cost to yourself.

Their figures were completely false,. They even offered high interest loans and then threatened people when they couldn't pay.

They gave people high interest unsecured loans and pretended that the loans were secured on your property.  Pay up or lose your home!

i have done some double glazing sales which was cold calling which was ok.

then i moved to another sales company ------ calendar/diaries/advertisement sheets and yes you had to be ruthless and lie all the time 

the calendar/diaries/advertisement sheets pretended to help charities but they only got 5% of the money taken. You where telling companies ( the people I rang )  that their money would help a certain charity but it was a complete lie. 

I was so glad to get away from them  i took the next temp civil service job to get away from them.

if u didnt meet certain targets you where fired

The only job I turned down that was offered to me, was many years ago.  The job centre description was that it was marketing.  I was looking forward to analysing data in an office.

The actual job turned out to be 100% cold calling Tele sales of double glazing using very forceful techniques.

A year later the company was featured on one of these rouge traders TV program and described as the worst they've seen, who took advantage of elderly and vulnerable people.

ok then go for it ---- actually try to get a job  ---- u will find 50% of the jobs in the jobmarket will disappear when u apply. maybe because either they never existed or are withdrawn for some reason.

i am saying its kind horrible applying and applying for nothing to actually happen.

you never know what the future holds u could get someone nice and easy going.

Yes.  If it was legal and moral 

if someone offered u a job would u take it ?