UKC

... apart from reading/typing/tutting/ranting/rummaging on UKC, that is...

What does your day involve today? If you're at work, what are you doing? If you're not at work, how are you spending your day?

In reply to Tall Clare:

I'm looking at UKC......

In reply to Tall Clare:

Preparing a presentation for a Local Access Forum meeting this evening

In reply to Tall Clare:

Currently waiting for lunch to finish cooking - a Vegetable Moussaka, downloaded from a free non BBC website.

In reply to Tall Clare:

At work in the school prep room presently cutting up some Sodium , Lithium and Potassium .

Off to bike around Carsington after work which I can't wait for .

TS

In reply to Tall Clare:

Designing a signalised junction in Runcorn. Woo!

In reply to Tall Clare:

I've just been for a sport massage and will be editing a GCSE Computer Science revision guide for the rest of the working day. And than I'll be getting on with some marathon planning.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Hopefully exchanging contracts on houses. Been a horrific three months of seeming in activity from our buyer, pressure from the upward chain to get a move on or they pull out with complete insecurity about whether it will happen or not. Now could be left with one week before completion to sort out moving, which isn't easy with 3 young kids and a dog!

In reply to the sheep:

Good luck!

In reply to Trangia:

Cheers, in the mean time and to distract myself from it all and work im off for a swim

In reply to Bulls Crack:

I bet that's a laff...

In reply to Tall Clare:

Putting together a gantt chart for a bid for a project involving the subsea development of a gas field off the coast of Egypt.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Got a day off with my missus. Sorted out daughter's birthday (14th!) for next week, went for coffee at my brother's restaurant and have just eaten half a watermelon. Heading off to a nearby NT gardens, then going running, walking the hound round the woods and probably watch a film tonight.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Looking at windmill aerartion for wastewater treatment as a way to reduce costs and environmental impact, drafting a technology evaluation process and reviewing a presentation on CFD of aerartion lanes. Only cos I'm waiting for a contractor to get back to me with a quote for some waterproofing and tarmacking and an about to switch projects.

It's not normally this interesting, I'm just seem to be on top of things (something's probably wrong...)

In reply to Tall Clare:

Recovering and awaiting the carrier, having built and packed my latest batch of electronic instruments. Pondering the next step in new developments, and preparing myself for the pain of the Bannister Mile time trial at the running club this evening.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Up at 6 to deliver my daughter to college for her A level so as to save her from public transport stress, then to the office for a series of strategy meetings and now commiserating with son over disappointing undergraduate chemistry exam. I can barely remember a time without exams. Feel more like a teacher than an entrepreneur.

In reply to David Riley:

About to smash a wall down, the best part is I have an "assistant" to take away the rubble for me...

I'm writing a plan for the methodology for my masters thesis, writing up field notes from yesterday's woodwork session, doing research for a cultural policy essay, dog-wrangling, and trying to muster up enough guts to go along to my local running club this evening. I've only been procrastinating on this last point for oh, eighteen months now...

In reply to Tall Clare:
I'm at work in an office in a suburb of Manchester. Writing software to extract information from MS Word documents and store it in a SQL Server database. Which is about as exciting as it sounds...

The 98% of my brain that isn't interested in the above is thinking about my plans for a backpacking trip to the far north of Scotland at the end of the month. This is slowing me down somewhat.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Just had my annual factory inspection for The Personal Protective Equipment directive 89/686/EEC. Several weeks of paperwork and worry put to bed.

The inspector's gone so I'm eating carrot cake and about to start building a fitted wardrobe for my next client.

Might buy a new camera as a reward to myself...

In reply to Tall Clare:

I've had a lovely corporate presentation of global tools we insist on no using in this office, I'm in the middle of auditing a colleague's project and once finished, I'm off to hunt some chemical engineers and explain why adding 4 new items of equipment two days before a model review is an issue. Apparently I can just "squeeze them in".....

In reply to Tall Clare:

Climbing

In reply to Tall Clare:

Hammer, wedges and axe attacking giant wood pile the farmer has given us - to move!

In reply to L'Eeyore:

Did you download it direct to your smart oven?

In reply to Tall Clare:

Trying to decipher endless spreadsheets and documents, then trying to put the stuff from them into a style where I can draw some sort of conclusion that I may or may not present to a court.
Later on I'm going to my first ever Pilates class, if I'm up to it I might play table tennis after that.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Sitting in my work van, waiting for my next customers premises to open, whilst nebbing in here and contemplating where to go this weekend.

Also getting a bit annoyed in a van driver type way, that the weather seems to be great during the week whilst I'm working, but crap or overcast at the weekend whilst I'm off, grrrrrrr

In reply to Tall Clare:

Doing child things with daughter, writing client notes and doing relevant research and preparation, half a day of therapy with clients who are obliged to end up happier, being an ear to all who feel the need to offload, cooking and eating, chasing daughter to bed, then introducing myself to some wine chilling in the fridge. Oh, and sulking about the weather forecast as tomorrow is my climbing day which now seems to be shared with the rain faeries.

In reply to Tall Clare:

am on a buddhist retreat...no seriously
Well, I'm actually the cook on it and feel i can sort of do what i want; including having a quick 10 mins online

In reply to Tall Clare:

A quick trip to the dermatology out-patients at Bath RUH has revealed that the small mole thing on my arm which had changed shape and colour and blistered is perfectly normal and nothing to be bothered about.

Otherwise, drinking tea. It's a tough life here on the margins of the Mendips.

T.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Spent this morning doing boring admin (applying for financey things, renewing driving licence etc) and fixing a busted tent pole. Next off to the wall to hurt myself in the training room.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Final day subbing at the local school. I finished my contract here (maternity leave cover) and am now just day to daying as a short term sub. Basically baby sitting.

They have wifi so I can just be online..

In reply to Tall Clare:

Relearning radar/radio/modulation stuff I should have bothered retaining first time around at uni.
jk

In reply to Tall Clare:


Go on, it will be fun and should be a lovely evening. First step s the hardest one and all that

In reply to Tall Clare:

Sitting down with a cuppa after doing supermarket run, then over to Mothercare to replace daughter's hat which she (I) managed to drop in the Lakes over the weekend. I will shortly be putting more slug deterrents in the garden after last night's slug patrol yielded a pot full, then reading/browsing/relaxing until daughter and husband get home. Back on shift tomorrow.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Chilling out in the sun after doing a few routes on Kaly

In reply to Tall Clare:

Currently winding down at work as I've handed my notice in, so not much. Arrived in the office late, had coffee/chat with a few people that are interested in taking my job, had a nice lunch with another colleague which included a short walk around Regents Park, answered a few emails, dialed in to a few calls, looked at a few routes that might be good for a 10 day trip to the Alps in June, then later I will run 6 miles to Brixton and catch the train the rest of the way home.

#livingthedream

In reply to Tall Clare:


whats your project ? I'm getting psyched to build some top-bar bee-hives

In reply to Tall Clare:

Verifying DSEAR assessments for 3 Malt Whisky Distilleries.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Tuesday is my weekly day off.
Have so far spent it blowing off the dust on a 20km cycle, my longest since I was a kid. Now laundering some gear, including my cycle wear as it was encrusted with the carcasses of the endless clouds of flies I had to cycle through.

Noe contemplating a Lorne sausage/poached egg/halloumi combo.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Spent the day looking mainly at flowers, grasses and trees, with a visit from the government's nature conservancy inspector type person.

Some frustration, but not their fault, they don't write the rules, the eu does. Overall far worse ways to spend a day, I learnt a bit and they left happy.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Sitting chilling, wondering whether to go to work tomorrow and trying to be positive after a failed drug infusion. Was going to go for a wee bike ride but it's now raining. Saved me watering the allotment at least.

In reply to Tall Clare:

I've got man flu, so I'm dying obviously.

Don't all cheer at once.

In reply to the sheep:

I wimped out this evening - spending a lot of time alone is only exacerbating my shyness - but I'm coming up with a plan to definitely go next week.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Riding my bike through bluebell woods and fields of wild garlic. Bit of naked wild swimming mid day to cool down. Reading a book in the shade late afternoon. Went star gazing under dark skies earlier. Just got in.

In reply to Lion Bakes:

Now that sounds like an amazing day!

In reply to Tall Clare:

Yesterday was great. started with a circuit training class then on to work.
Spent most of the day in a confined space on an Ozone generation plant servicing the machinery.

Today is going to be hell though. An area sales manager is coming to see me with a 6 hour (Wtf) presentation on new products and new ways to access information.
The only up side is he is buying lunch.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Shy? There was a time when you'd happily go climbing with complete strangers from ukc 'one-on-one'. That must be scarier than going to the running club
Get out there! Smash it!

In reply to Tall Clare:

Spent the day at work as an engineering manager doing appraisals, then on the way home took the adventure motorbike off road for a bit and nearly dropped it, home for dinner with the wife and kids then did an 8km solo run on the North Downs. Back home, shower, kissed my girls goodnight then Netflix and chill with the missus.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Revising for finals... (/wasting time thinking about climbing)

In reply to Tall Clare:

I'm working out our employees' profit-related bonus. I like doing this

In reply to Tall Clare:

Phase one - announcing publicly on here that that's what you're going to do. Committed now!

In reply to Tall Clare:


It was, more mundane activities today

In reply to Tall Clare:
Was up at 5.30 to watch otters (I'm a wildlife guide). Picked up the clients at half six. It was pishing down, and my clients were very reticent about the whole thing until we saw some otters, then they were very happy.

Now at home and on 2nd breakfast and a bucket of coffee.

Appointment for rabies vaccination this afternoon.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Cool, if the weather was anything like Leicestershire last night you didn't miss out. It was pishing down when I took the pooch out yesterday evening!

In reply to Tall Clare:

I work for an R&D company, so I've a few meetings about new product development, then later on me and a few more industry people have a meeting with the local council on ideas to create more jobs and growth. The local council will listen sagely and then ignore us.

I did go to Cratcliffe bouldering yesterday though, which was much more rewarding than anything I'm likely to do at work today or indeed this week.

In reply to Tall Clare:
Currently, working hard (as a retired volunteer) to secure a REMAIN vote in the EU referendum in our area. If you want to join in visit http://www.strongerin.co.uk/

Martin

In reply to LeeWood:

I'm looking at how we learn with one another in an amateur workshop environment, thought learning some (very) basic woodwork skills. Really enjoying it so far - we're making trivets using half-lap joints.

In reply to Tall Clare:

At work in Philadelphia (for one week only). Walked into work with a friend, couple of meetings to sort out some issues we are having a loading dataset, a pair programming session, then some beers with colleagues after work.

I am probably being more sociable than I usually am because I am working with people who I only physically see once or twice a year, although I work with them remotely all the time so I am making an effort to socialise as well as work.

In reply to Tall Clare:
I'm cramming ridiculously hard for a stats exam tomorrow. I've spent all of my time up till now revising for my pure maths exams (Topology, Groups, Rings and Fields) which I care about because I enjoy the modules and so I chose to do them. The exams for my pure maths modules have finished and I'm left with stats. The stats module was compulsary and I haven't particularly enjoyed it and have done the bare minimum of work required for me to get by. Though this has come back to bite me now....

Been revising almost non stop since 8pm last night!

Speaking of cramming I should probably get back to work....

In reply to RyanOsborne:

Are you resolving the current clusterf*ck that exists when accidentally going into the main village after crossing the bridge and then realising that there's no obvious way back out again?

In reply to Tall Clare:

Day off today, early start with first aero press coffee in bed and radio 4, then up for breakfast, bit of house work and second coffee, then arranged to go climbing with a mate despite the forecast. Got a couple of routes done (local sports crag) before it chucked it down. Back home, fire on, 6music on tea at hand....and ukc!

In reply to RyanOsborne:


That actually sounds rather interesting. What do you have to take in to account? As a cyclist, I've seen examples of great junction infrastructure and awful to frankly dangerous infrastructure. Do bicycles get much of a look in in the design standards? Or is it entirely up to the designers or commissioners?

In reply to Tall Clare:

Revising for exams and day-dreaming of being outdoors on bike or in boots!

In reply to Yanis Nayu:


very good!

In reply to Tall Clare:

No climbing today, been to osteopath for a lot of treatment...........now back in studio painting.

In reply to Tall Clare:
Finally exchanged contracts today on the house , now need to pack up and move on Tuesday! Still at least got a 2k swim in at lunchtime. Pretty much the only peace in a mental day
Now making pizza with champagne chilling in the fridge

In reply to munro90:

Depends on the context really. This is a really busy dual carriageway with an off-carriageway cycle route, so other than upgrading a pedestrian crossing to a toucan, there's not really much to encourage cyclists to cycle on the carriageway; no advanced stop lines or anything.

If it was a slower road, in a city centre for example, then there would be plenty of cycle infrastructure going in. Most designers (and councils) are quite keen on providing for cyclists, and as I cycle to work every day, I certainly am.

In reply to ex0: no, sorry, that some seriously impermeable highway network though!

In reply to Dax H:

6 hours!!!! That is a long time to sit and listen.

In reply to marsbar:

Yes it was and the only new thing I learned was how to specify a pump to run fine vacuum (less than .5 mbar) depending on the hight the customer is from sea level.
So if I happen to find a customer who does medical testing on top of a mountain I can get my notes out and do the calculations based on the formula.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Work, mainly meetings about pallets...but then...

Karate!
Subbuteo!
pickled herring!
akvavit!

I am fairly heavily into the herring and akvavit right now, which is nice.