Saturday chat - just a conversation - The Book-keepers Forum (UK)

pDm · Senior Member

Saturday chat - just a conversation

pDm · Senior Member

Very cooler!

Reminds me of a new book series I started reading a few years back; Orcs.

-- Edited by pDm on Saturday 18th of February 2012 01:00:04 PM

pDm · Senior Member

Moring all - I've been up since the crack-of-sparrows this morning. Although not a particularly strenuous week I was pooped after work yesterday and woke up on the sofa at 11pm last night! I needed to finish todays blog post so got up early and I'm still rewriting/polishing etc.

Later I've got to board out the loft - Stage 2 of tidying/organising the house after the garage sort-out last week. Will my power-tool weilding days never end?

Spamkebab · Expert

I recommend counting your fingers before the start of any DIY nd then counting them again afterwards too. Sort of a bank rec for fingers.

pDm · Senior Member

Ha! Just hope my fingers (or limbs) don't have to be "carried down" - ahaha (ahem).

How's your day Neil?

Spamkebab · Expert

Well......
I'm looking forward to getting my Financial Statement study material out later this afternoon. I have planned to study the rest of the afternoon and all day tomorrow, hopefully get 12 hours study time in. I wouldn't say i'm struggling exactly as yet as i have barely scratched the surface of this text, life seems to be getting in the way somewhat at the moment. It's a miserable day here in Manchester and possibly the best kind of day for studying. As long as that kettle keeps boiling i'll be a happy chap.

Now wheres this blog? lol

pDm · Senior Member

Demanding much - I'm still writing the bloody thing!

Funny you should mention study, my Lv2 Manual Bookkeeping study text just landed on the doormat. Got any home-study/distance learning tips? Last time I did distance learning was at OU, and that didn't go very well at the time...

pDm · Senior Member

I should say that I'm going back and re-doing Lv2 for my own piece of mind (see today's blog, when I eventually pull my finger out and publish the damn thing).

Spamkebab · Expert

Home study requires one thing, and that is "the right frame of mind" you've got to be in it before attempting study or else you don't tend to retain the info.

Finding the right time, ambience, silence, opportunity, interest, determination, dedication are all excuses lol.

Seriously, different strokes for different folks.

Good luck though, and enjoy.

Neil

Sammy76 · Senior Member

Good morning folks. I am taking a cheeky 5mins out to look on here. My hubby has taken the older two boys to see Star Wars Ep 1 in 3D, so its just me, my youngest and the dog. Need to tackle the hell that is Tesco-on-a-Saturday as we have no food, and then take the dog for a well deserved walk. Oh and do some work - I've had two weeks to do it and have spent most of that just setting up spreadsheets for it though it should all just be very straight forward now.

pDm · Senior Member

I really want to go and see that too! My partner has ZERO interest, so I have to rely on my sci-fi mate to come with me, and he's buggered off to Barcelona for the weekend... grumble, grumble - how dare he?!

Good luck with Tesco on a Saturday (shudder) - not my favourite pastime at all.

Spamkebab · Expert

You know, with the amount of Tesco's popping up all over the place, your chances of being locked in a supermarket during a zombie attack have increased dramatically.

Brrrrr. scary thought.

pDm · Senior Member

You know that has to be my favourite mind-experiment - How to survive the zombie apocalypse. Some blokes secretly want to be spies or assassins (you know you do really), I have a plan in case of zombie attack. Good job we cleared out the garage for easy access to all those power tools last week! lol

Spamkebab · Expert

Ahhhh chainsaw strapped to one arm, strimmer strapped to the other. Theres nowt quite like strimming the face from a zombie.

Bit hard to take a tinkle though.

pDm · Senior Member

Turn them off first. Helps tonnes.

Wella · Expert

pDm wrote:
You know that has to be my favourite mind-experiment - How to survive the zombie apocalypse. Some blokes secretly want to be spies or assassins (you know you do really), I have a plan in case of zombie attack. Good job we cleared out the garage for easy access to all those power tools last week! lol

Mine is surviving on a canibal infested "lost" island Just in case I take a cruise that runs into trouble

pDm · Senior Member

Also there are a lot of very good (and funny) podcasts on zombie attacks - I think my favourite is "You've got dead on you." - funny as a chainsaw on a stick! rofl

Spamkebab · Expert

Are you mad?

Theres a thousand and eleven zombies out there man!

Great slice fo blog again pDm, always an interesting read. You're determined i'll give you that, and determination always wins through.

Like you mentioned, it could be a case of hare and tortoise. I can actually visualise a point from now where

all you're clients will appear at once leaving you somewhat stressed to another degree. I hope this happens in the near future.

Neil.

pDm · Senior Member

Thanks mate - always good to get feedback/advice. Just hope is wasn't to bitty this week.

(*smirk* - I said bitty, lol)

Sammy76 · Senior Member

Love a good zombie film (I'm not a normal girl, according to my hubby). Have any of you read Warm Bodies - very good book.

Spamkebab · Expert

Who's the author, Sammy? might be a kindle moment.

Sammy76 · Senior Member

Its by Isaac Marion.

pDm · Senior Member

I never got into zombie books - although my interest has been piqued with your recommendation, Sammy - I'm currently racing through all of Iain M. Banks Culture series and am loving them. But the chance to read zombies? hehehe, let me that them!

Sammy76 · Senior Member

Its a Zombie book with a difference, in that its told from the Zombie's point of view.

Spamkebab · Expert

Cooler.

Cheers Sammy.

Rhianrach · Expert

Sammy76 wrote:
Its a Zombie book with a difference, in that its told from the Zombie's point of view.

evileye Surely that would just be a wall of text involving the words kill, blood and eat.

Spamkebab · Expert

You have no imagination Steve lol.

Rhianrach · Expert

Spamkebab wrote:
You have no imagination Steve lol.

You're right smile

It sounds like an interesting book though, you've got to wonder about anyone who can right a book from a zombies perspective, I wouldn't like to meet them on a dark night.

Shamus · Forum Moderator & Expert

Zombies?

You want to see something really mind numbing?

Have a look at this music video for the soundtrack to the Plants vs Zombies game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N1_0SUGlDQ

pDm · Senior Member

... reminds me of the last festival I went to about 6am Sunday morning! lol

Wella · Expert

Spamkebab wrote:
Are you mad?

Theres a thousand and eleven zombies out there man!

Great slice fo blog again pDm, always an interesting read. You're determined i'll give you that, and determination always wins through.

Like you mentioned, it could be a case of hare and tortoise. I can actually visualise a point from now where

all you're clients will appear at once leaving you somewhat stressed to another degree. I hope this happens in the near future.

Neil.

"Who Dares Wins, Rodney, Who Dares Wins"

Spamkebab · Expert

Bought the zombie book for me Kindle, thanks for the heads up Sammy. Unfortunately i didn't stop there and i bought "50 management ideas...." that Shaun recommended a while ago. Thanks Shaun! lol.

Shamus · Forum Moderator & Expert

Its a good read.

No more than four pages per idea and written in an easy to understand manner.

The one that was in there that I hadn't realised before was that the Japanese quality methodologies were actually introduced to Japan by the Americans after the last war when they were helping to rebuild the country... and it wasn't even as if the Japanese had any oil... And it was the Americans who had the weapons of mass destruction!

Now there's a case of "Oops, maybe we shouldn't have done that" if ever I saw one!!!! (although equally applicable to either I'm talking about teaching the Japanese quality production techniques, not dropping WMD's out of the back of the Enola Gay).

Wella · Expert

The Japanese are world leaders in taking some one else's process and making it better.

One of the philosophies that was drummed into us was Kaizen, which means - continuous improvement. Which they fully embrace.

Another major difference is that most European businesses develop plans for say the next five years. They look at the next 25.

One thing they are, that is bit strange, is that they are very superstitious. The original founder of Toyota was a Dr Toyoda but because in Japanese Toyoda contains 13 characters, they spelt it differently.