Time for Action...

... or maybe not! It was our local PCS Action Group Meeting at lunch time. We had some visitors from the Socialist Party who were wondering if there were some local issues regarding public services that we can campaign on together! Our group members vary greatly in their political view point, but we all get along just fine. Today was rather controversial, it led to quite a debate ;-)

Test Drive

I eventually went for a test drive and I must have enjoyed it, I seem to have been a bit rash and ordered one! After seeing their computer systems in operation I don't feel nearly so bad about my struggle with publisher the other day. They struggled with it so much they eventually gave in and knocked some more money off, so I got an even better deal ;-) :-)

Something Good and Something Bad

The something good, it was our TU AGM today which went well without any hitches. Well apart from the usual winging! I wouldn't mind but after a two year campaign we managed to overturn the proposed relocation of our work and get an early release scheme for the people who want to leave anyway!!! I thought that meant everyone had what they wanted?!?!?

The something bad, my colleagues in another department heard their announcement on compulsory redundancies today... Not good news!!!

Time for reflection:

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Simple Task...

Today I received a newsletter to review, which should have been a fairly simple task you would think. Well sadly not where I work… It had been created in publisher, which I don’t have on my work machine, but it is on our Trade Union computer (it was a TU newsletter). Easy! I thought I would email it to the TU account and open it up on the TU machine. The email bounced!!! Normally I would just copy the file onto a disc to use on the on the other PC, but at work my drives are disabled…. However we do have a stand alone PC on my section that does have the drives enabled and the appropriate software for burning discs so I saved the email somewhere it could be accessed on the other computer copied the file and went to the TU office. It took about 10 minutes for the computer to start up and log me in only to find that our version of publisher was too old to open the file…

I am rather puzzled to have received the newsletter in the first place because I was supposed to be writing it in conjunction with another person. Oh well I guess it saves us a job ;-)

I nearly forgot to mention, I found out why the email bounced, there were 399 emails in the in box exceeding the storage limit so the account had been closed, it’s sorted now…

Sunset

Just after taking this weeks self portrait for the 52 week flickr group challenge there was an amazing sunset just behind where I had been taking the picture. It made me forget about wishing for summer sun and realise how beautiful February can be ;-) :-)

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"Once upon a time"

I found this picture on flickr today. I know some of you will love this, so I thought I would share it with you :-)

The work is by Ben Visbeek who created it in photoshop using two photographs!

"Once upon a time", originally uploaded by Bēn.

A Busy Day!

It's AGM season, mmm silly season so much to do... Today I was a guest at the PCS Cosford AGM. It was nice to be there to show support because they are facing the same threats as we did 18 months ago. Hopefully it gives some hope, they just need to try many angles and then the right person will hear and realise the decision is wrong for everyone!!!

& it was nice to catch up with my friends again ;-) :-) xxx

ps: I did go to check out the car today ;-) the dealer is getting my choice model in to do a test drive next week :-)