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| Journo job going (again) [message #788246] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 12:53 |
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One of my bods has been lured away by London, so I need another pair of
hands. Can't think of anything more to say than what's in the blurb
sheet we have, so here goes.
I can be contacted myself today (Thursday 20 July) and tomorrow, but
then not for a fortnight.
Trainee Reporter wanted
FOODNEWS, the global food commodity weekly newspaper, is looking for a
trainee reporter. Based in Tunbridge Wells, FOODNEWS is part of the
Agra Informa Group and covers the world markets and industries for
fruit juices, canned foods, dried foods, dairy products, essential
oils, herbs and spices, nuts, dried fruits and others. Our readers are
food manufacturers, processors and traders on every continent. We also
produce glossy monthly supplements that may focus on an industry sector
or a particular part of the world.
FOODNEWS is a global title, sold on subscription only, and enjoys a
superb reputation. It is respected for its up-to-the-minute and
informed reporting. It stands or falls by the quality of the news and
market information gathered by its editorial team of five. We hardly
ever rely on press releases - we get the stories ourselves. Thus if,
as happened recently, a hurricane devastates an important fruit crop,
then our staff will talk to growers, traders, processors and commodity
brokers to determine the effect on the world industry and prices. They
will then write a report so accurate and tight that it will be quoted
on the largest industry website and/or in Fleet Street broadsheets.
Your job will mainly be to cover canned foods, which means canned
fruits, vegetables, fish and occasionally meat. Using our worldwide
contacts, you may be talking to a Greek peach grower one day, an
Italian tomato processor, and a Thai tuna fisherman the day after that.
And then you'll be analysing a page of statistical data from
Brussels. You'll also be expected to learn something of other sectors
so that you can provide emergency cover in the event of holidays,
illness, meteor strikes from the Van Allen Belt, etc. An important part
of the job includes putting daily news stories up on our
subscribers-only website.
Your predecessor has done a superb job on this sector, and has masses
of experience and contacts to pass to you. He's been snapped up by a
glossy magazine publisher in London, so there's this vacancy.
We have two prerequisites. First, you must be able to write flawless
English. All candidates interviewed will be tested on this. If you
still can't recognise a feral apostrophe, or you start sentences
after commas, forget it. Secondly, you must be prepared to talk to
total strangers over the phone, and at length, to get the information
you need. They may not know you, but they will know FOODNEWS, and
sooner or later you will meet them in the flesh anyway. And as the
Thais or Chinese or Americans will be doing business when you should be
at home asleep, you may find yourself working some odd hours in the
pursuit of a good story. And no overtime!
Familiarity with PCs, Apple Macs and DTP is useful, as is a rough
understanding of how markets and businesses work. However, you will be
expected to learn both of these components on the job. The job involves
a lot of foreign travel, so a passport is essential, and a foreign
language would be handy. Our staff, in the last few years, have been to
the US, Russia, China, Chile, Spain, France, Germany, South Africa,
Thailand, Greece, the Netherlands, Brazil, Serbia, Portugal, Colombia,
Poland and Malaysia. And the editor's off to Ecuador next month. There
are airlines that don't travel as far.
Starting salary? =A316,000 or so. Prospects? Excellent: this is a large
company with over 50 titles, and promotion for talented staff may be
expected. The man who came straight from university to do this job less
than five years ago was promoted to editor of our sister title, and is
now a managing editor. We also have editorial offices in the US,
Russia, South America and on the European continent, and staff may move
there. Or you may move up the ladder elsewhere (but we hope you'll
stay!) Colleagues? A scruffy mercurial editor and three charming and
frighteningly competent journalists, all of whom are fighting to get
their stories on the front page.
In short, this is an opportunity to die for. Vacancies like this, to
get into quality journalism right from zero, come up very rarely.
Send your CV with a covering letter by post to Teresa King, Agra
Informa, 80 Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 2UN or by email
to teresa.king [at] informa.com
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788247 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 13:09 |
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On 20 Jul 2006 03:53:20 -0700, TOG [at] toil ,
chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com , <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com>
wrote in <1153392800.333806.296740 [at] i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>:
> FOODNEWS, the global food commodity weekly newspaper
....
> meteor strikes from the Van Allen Belt, etc.
Just as well it's not a science journal.
(Looks like I missed that last time you posted it, if googlegropes is to
be trusted.)
--
Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid [at] [brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788249 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 13:15 |
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788254 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 13:29 |
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"dwb" <parc_erom_tey [at] crossdata.co.uk> wrote in news:4i96ufF2olp9U1
[at] individual.net:
> TOG [at] toil, chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com, wrote:
>> We have two prerequisites. First, you must be able to write flawless
>> English. All candidates interviewed will be tested on this. If you
>> still can't recognise a feral apostrophe, or you start sentences
>> after commas, forget it. Secondly, you must be prepared to talk to
>> total strangers over the phone, and at length, to get the information
>> you need. They may not know you, but they will know FOODNEWS, and
>> sooner or later you will meet them in the flesh anyway. And as the
>> Thais or Chinese or Americans will be doing business when you should
>> be at home asleep, you may find yourself working some odd hours in the
>> pursuit of a good story. And no overtime!
>
> I am sure I was told in school that starting a sentence with "And" was
> something to be avoided - is that not the case?
>
Language evolves, unlike grammar teachers.
H G Wells started a book with
"And first, before we begin the history of life, let us tell something of
the stage upon which our drama is put and of the background against which
it is played."
H. G. Wells, Outline of History
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wessie at tesco dot net
BMW R1150GS
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788257 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 13:28 |
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dwb wrote:
> TOG [at] toil, chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com, wrote:
> > We have two prerequisites. First, you must be able to write flawless
> > English. All candidates interviewed will be tested on this. If you
> > still can't recognise a feral apostrophe, or you start sentences
> > after commas, forget it. Secondly, you must be prepared to talk to
> > total strangers over the phone, and at length, to get the information
> > you need. They may not know you, but they will know FOODNEWS, and
> > sooner or later you will meet them in the flesh anyway. And as the
> > Thais or Chinese or Americans will be doing business when you should
> > be at home asleep, you may find yourself working some odd hours in the
> > pursuit of a good story. And no overtime!
>
> I am sure I was told in school that starting a sentence with "And" was
> something to be avoided - is that not the case?
If you know the rules, you can break them for the sake of effect and
emphasis.
And?
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788266 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 13:44 |
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TOG [at] toil wrote:
> > I am sure I was told in school that starting a sentence with "And" was
> > something to be avoided - is that not the case?
>
> If you know the rules, you can break them for the sake of effect and
> emphasis.
>
> And?
Wot he said.
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788268 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 13:49 |
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dwb wrote:
> TOG [at] toil wrote:
> > We have two prerequisites. First, you must be able to write flawless
> > English. All candidates interviewed will be tested on this. If you
> > still can't recognise a feral apostrophe, or you start sentences
> > after commas, forget it. Secondly, you must be prepared to talk to
> > total strangers over the phone, and at length, to get the information
> > you need. They may not know you, but they will know FOODNEWS, and
> > sooner or later you will meet them in the flesh anyway. And as the
> > Thais or Chinese or Americans will be doing business when you should
> > be at home asleep, you may find yourself working some odd hours in the
> > pursuit of a good story. And no overtime!
>
> I am sure I was told in school that starting a sentence with "And" was
> something to be avoided - is that not the case?
But you're a bokker so WTF would you know about the English language ?
;-)
P.
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788282 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 14:55 |
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Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote:
> On 20 Jul 2006 03:53:20 -0700, TOG [at] toil ,
> chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com , <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com>
> wrote in <1153392800.333806.296740 [at] i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>:
>
>> FOODNEWS, the global food commodity weekly newspaper
> ...
>> meteor strikes from the Van Allen Belt, etc.
>
> Just as well it's not a science journal.
Ssssh! It's not often we get to see a feral "from" in the wild.
--
AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788296 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 15:58 |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember TOG [at] toil,
chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com, <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com> saying
something like:
>meteor strikes from the Van Allen Belt,
That's a new one on me.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
Every post contains Nutri-Ceramide-R and Pre-Biotics
for your reading pleasure.
Folding [at] Home Team UKRM http://www.tinyurl.com/jkxwv
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788319 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 17:19 |
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TOG [at] toil wrote:
> One of my bods has been lured away by London, so I need another pair
> of hands. Can't think of anything more to say than what's in the blurb
> sheet we have, so here goes.
>
Dear Mister,
I reckon id be good at your job that your advetising. my mumsays i can talk
the arse offa doinkey and me writins not to bad - gcse d. Thats a pass.
Im only in ramsgit so i can come for an inteview when you want.
cheers
Dave Oggshit.
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788325 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 17:30 |
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TOG [at] toil, chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com, chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com
wrote:
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> In short, this is an opportunity to die for. Vacancies like this, to
> get into quality journalism right from zero, come up very rarely.
Or about once a year at Agra Informa. YMMV.
--
ogden
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788326 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 17:34 |
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Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
> TOG [at] toil wrote:
>> One of my bods has been lured away by London, so I need another pair
>> of hands. Can't think of anything more to say than what's in the
>> blurb sheet we have, so here goes.
>>
>
> Dear Mister,
>
> I reckon id be good at your job that your advetising. my mumsays i
> can talk the arse offa doinkey and me writins not to bad - gcse d.
> Thats a pass.
> Im only in ramsgit so i can come for an inteview when you want.
>
So far I think it's a chioce between you and Sir Doggy
--
Alex
Piece by piece the penguins have taken my sanity
www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788336 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 18:19 |
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In article <44BFA193.F2E06349 [at] pre.org>, ogden says...
> TOG [at] toil, chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com, chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com
> wrote:
> >
> > In short, this is an opportunity to die for. Vacancies like this, to
> > get into quality journalism right from zero, come up very rarely.
>
> Or about once a year at Agra Informa. YMMV.
You have to admit "I write articles about tinned food" isn't exactly
cool, as jobs go, is it?
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788338 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 18:26 |
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ginge wrote:
> ogden says...
> > TOG [at] toil wrote:
> > >
> > > In short, this is an opportunity to die for. Vacancies like this, to
> > > get into quality journalism right from zero, come up very rarely.
> >
> > Or about once a year at Agra Informa. YMMV.
>
> You have to admit "I write articles about tinned food" isn't exactly
> cool, as jobs go, is it?
As opposed to 'I work for a large multinational blue chip company, and
I earn money talking bollocks all day' ?
P.
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788340 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 18:22 |
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ginge wrote:
> In article <44BFA193.F2E06349 [at] pre.org>, ogden says...
> > TOG [at] toil, chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com, chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > In short, this is an opportunity to die for. Vacancies like this, to
> > > get into quality journalism right from zero, come up very rarely.
> >
> > Or about once a year at Agra Informa. YMMV.
>
> You have to admit "I write articles about tinned food" isn't exactly
> cool, as jobs go, is it?
<VVBG>
Indeed not. But a job that pays for you to go to South Africa,
Malaysia, Thailand, Greece, Spain and Germany to do it can't be all
bad.....
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788341 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 18:30 |
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In article <1153412537.063392.36050 [at] p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>,
says...
>
> ginge wrote:
> > In article <44BFA193.F2E06349 [at] pre.org>, ogden says...
> > > TOG [at] toil, chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com, chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In short, this is an opportunity to die for. Vacancies like this, to
> > > > get into quality journalism right from zero, come up very rarely.
> > >
> > > Or about once a year at Agra Informa. YMMV.
> >
> > You have to admit "I write articles about tinned food" isn't exactly
> > cool, as jobs go, is it?
>
> <VVBG>
>
> Indeed not. But a job that pays for you to go to South Africa,
> Malaysia, Thailand, Greece, Spain and Germany to do it can't be all
> bad.....
That would be the plus, until the travel got boring.
After 3 years of minimal travel I'm getting the urge to work out and
about a bit more again, but I'd rather do the 1 or 2 days a week thing
than the 2 months+ at a time thing that most IT projects seem to
require.
Maybe I should just do some long weekends away.
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788343 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 18:30 |
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says...
>
> ginge wrote:
> > ogden says...
> > > TOG [at] toil wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In short, this is an opportunity to die for. Vacancies like this, to
> > > > get into quality journalism right from zero, come up very rarely.
> > >
> > > Or about once a year at Agra Informa. YMMV.
> >
> > You have to admit "I write articles about tinned food" isn't exactly
> > cool, as jobs go, is it?
>
> As opposed to 'I work for a large multinational blue chip company, and
> I earn money talking bollocks all day' ?
If you remove the "blue chip" bit then you've described my job
perfectly.
--
Lozzo
GSX-R1000 K1
GSF600SW
"Loz has a god, and this god of his has 16 valves" (tm) Pip, May '06
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788344 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 18:35 |
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In article <1153412810.384848.158130 [at] m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
says...
>
> ginge wrote:
> > ogden says...
> > > TOG [at] toil wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In short, this is an opportunity to die for. Vacancies like this, to
> > > > get into quality journalism right from zero, come up very rarely.
> > >
> > > Or about once a year at Agra Informa. YMMV.
> >
> > You have to admit "I write articles about tinned food" isn't exactly
> > cool, as jobs go, is it?
>
> As opposed to 'I work for a large multinational blue chip company, and
> I earn money talking bollocks all day' ?
Were I in sales that'd be the case.
I'm a lot closer to reality, and get to tell the sales monkeys they're
talking (or attempting to sell) bollocks.
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788363 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 19:25 |
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TOG [at] toil wrote:
SNIP
Not The Boy?
Sorry but I don't have any more candidates
--
Hog
'96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788382 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 20:53 |
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ginge wrote:
> I said
> > ginge wrote:
> > > ogden says...
> > > > TOG [at] toil wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > In short, this is an opportunity to die for. Vacancies like this, to
> > > > > get into quality journalism right from zero, come up very rarely.
> > > >
> > > > Or about once a year at Agra Informa. YMMV.
> > >
> > > You have to admit "I write articles about tinned food" isn't exactly
> > > cool, as jobs go, is it?
> >
> > As opposed to 'I work for a large multinational blue chip company, and
> > I earn money talking bollocks all day' ?
>
> Were I in sales that'd be the case.
>
> I'm a lot closer to reality
<narrows eyes>
Hmm, I was sure you were some sort of project manager ..
P.
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788389 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 21:05 |
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Hog <hogSPAM [at] freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote:
> TOG [at] toil wrote:
>
> SNIP
>
> Not The Boy?
Indeed. He'll be missed.
> Sorry but I don't have any more candidates
Bugger.
--
Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F CD250 Z650
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788392 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 21:08 |
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In article <1153421627.705554.26080 [at] s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
says...
>
> ginge wrote:
> > I said
> > > As opposed to 'I work for a large multinational blue chip company, and
> > > I earn money talking bollocks all day' ?
> >
> > Were I in sales that'd be the case.
> >
> > I'm a lot closer to reality
>
> <narrows eyes>
>
> Hmm, I was sure you were some sort of project manager ..
You can fuck *right* off. :-)
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788411 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 22:41 |
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TOG [at] toil wrote:
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> A scruffy mercurial editor
"mercurial"?
Like this, but with added socks?
http://www.nationalmuseum.se/upload/F%20Forskning%20mall%204 /B%20Forskning%20mall%206/6.NM1073_Merkurius_Hans_Baldung_Gr ien_web_72p.jpg
--
platypus
and there's nothing I can do
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788430 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 23:24 |
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:22:17 -0700, TOG wrote:
>
> ginge wrote:
<SNIP>
>> You have to admit "I write articles about tinned food" isn't exactly
>> cool, as jobs go, is it?
>
> <VVBG>
>
> Indeed not. But a job that pays for you to go to South Africa, Malaysia,
> Thailand, Greece, Spain and Germany to do it can't be all bad.....
Not forgetting the latin charms of Colombia.
--
Simon - UKRM~verdigris,plus,com
Tiger - A return to good sense.
Z1000 - Less sense, more sensation.
MAG BOTAFOT#36 two#22 HLR#pi BONY#62 BHaLC#3 LotR#7
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788452 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 00:32 |
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Verdigris <verdigris [at] deadspam.com> wrote in news:44bff773$0$3526
$ed2619ec [at] ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net:
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:22:17 -0700, TOG wrote:
>
>>
>> ginge wrote:
> <SNIP>
>>> You have to admit "I write articles about tinned food" isn't exactly
>>> cool, as jobs go, is it?
>>
>> <VVBG>
>>
>> Indeed not. But a job that pays for you to go to South Africa, Malaysia,
>> Thailand, Greece, Spain and Germany to do it can't be all bad.....
>
> Not forgetting the latin charms of Colombia.
>
You've met Arturo, too?
--
wessie at tesco dot net
BMW R1150GS
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788563 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 11:08 |
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The Older Gentleman wrote:
> Hog <hogSPAM [at] freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> TOG [at] toil wrote:
>>
>> SNIP
>>
>> Not The Boy?
>
> Indeed. He'll be missed.
Hmm I'm slightly surprised. Considering what's happening here you will
be missing a useful source of gossip!
--
Hog
'96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400
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| Re: Journo job going (again) [message #788820 ] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 23:08 |
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:32:33 +0000, wessie wrote:
> Verdigris <verdigris [at] deadspam.com> wrote in news:44bff773$0$3526
> $ed2619ec [at] ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:22:17 -0700, TOG wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> ginge wrote:
>> <SNIP>
>>>> You have to admit "I write articles about tinned food" isn't exactly
>>>> cool, as jobs go, is it?
>>>
>>> <VVBG>
>>>
>>> Indeed not. But a job that pays for you to go to South Africa, Malaysia,
>>> Thailand, Greece, Spain and Germany to do it can't be all bad.....
>>
>> Not forgetting the latin charms of Colombia.
>>
>
> You've met Arturo, too?
Not knowingly.
--
Simon - UKRM~verdigris,plus,com
Tiger - A return to good sense.
Z1000 - Less sense, more sensation.
MAG BOTAFOT#36 two#22 HLR#pi BONY#62 BHaLC#3 LotR#7
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