A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort………..Herm Albright.
“Prejudices are what fools use for reason.”……….Voltaire
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Einstein : Not everything that can be counted counts. And not everything that counts can be counted.About me.
I know enough to know that at 04.00am it gets dark out on the streets. It has done this for the last twenty odd years, to my knowledge and will probably continue for the forseeable future. At some stage in this ‘future’ I shall retire and probably won’t give a damn if it still gets dark at 04.00am. Until then I shall be out there, somewhere, lurking in the shadows because someone, somewhere will be doing stuff they shouldn’t and then, well then I will introduce myself. In the meanwhile I shall try to remain sane and remember why I joined in the first place and try to ignore all the people who piss me off by making the job more complicated than it should be.Opinions
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WEB thank you, thank you, there is no reason is prejudice….
no reason in prejudice……
You cannot beat the system,but you can have a lot of fun trying.
“Jobs F**ked”
A thougth of the moment for probably every force (service) in the country!
MB
Hi WEB, I’ve posted this message here as I can’t find an email for you, and this won’t irrelevantly get in the way of any of your posts.
Do you mind if I use your Einstein quote in my PhD thesis? The bit just before I talk about why I’m using qualitative not quantitative methods. Do you know where the quote comes from, or is it just one of those word of mouth things? Anyway, you’ll be in my acknowledgements for introducing me to it (and in the text if I can’t find any other source).
Thanks
It could be argued that a quote is a ‘thought for the moment’, hence posted here.
Hello,
I am writing a blog about my experiences of a probationary PC and how I am finding life outside of training school. I wondered whether you might be willing to consider putting a link to my blog on your site and I of course would do the same? It is still in progress but the address is http://www.pcbillnewman.blogspot.com
Kind regards,
Bill Newman