I.T Bods and Scoobys.
26 May 2000, 08:26 PM
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Is it my imagination or are a disproportionate number of you guys, when compared with the unwashed masses :-
1. Working in the I.T industry or
2. Called Ian or
3. Both
Maybe I've just wandered into the twilight zone.
Cheers, Ian (I.T Bod)
P.S Sorry if this is off topic.
1. Working in the I.T industry or
2. Called Ian or
3. Both
Maybe I've just wandered into the twilight zone.
Cheers, Ian (I.T Bod)
P.S Sorry if this is off topic.
26 May 2000, 09:18 PM
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WIth so many of us in IT makes you wonder why we haven't designed, built, programmed, debugged, issued Y2K patches for and announced the new improved version of a replacement ECU.
Ken
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27 May 2000, 09:15 AM
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Only IT managers can sit looking at Scoobynet all day without getting a roasting from the IT Manager! 
Chris
Not in IT exactly, but can justify being on the net all day if I'm careful.
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27 May 2000, 03:48 PM
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only IT people where i work know how to use the net anyway
its good to be in control isn't it
its amazing how many drivers and patches need downloading to sort out users problems !
Steve
IT
its good to be in control isn't it
its amazing how many drivers and patches need downloading to sort out users problems !
Steve
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27 May 2000, 09:04 PM
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At least I spell my name the correct way I work at a largish computer firm in Newbury, and there are at least 4 Scoobs (including mine). I went karting the other week with a team from work, (it was an I.T. themed race meet) and there must have been half a dozen of the things in the car park. I guess us I.T gurus just have impecable taste 
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Iain
I work at a largish computer firm in Newbury, and there are at least 4 Scoobs (including mine). I went karting the other week with a team from work, (it was an I.T. themed race meet) and there must have been half a dozen of the things in the car park. I guess us I.T gurus just have impecable taste Cheers,
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27 May 2000, 09:18 PM
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Think you're right - does seem to be an IT thing (I get the feeling that there are a lot of petrolheads in the IT business).
At my (IT) firm we've got two Impreza turbos (we've also got a couple of TVRs and a T5 - we end up taking the TVR owners down to the garage when their cars break down).
C
[This message has been edited by Chris L (edited 27-05-2000).]
At my (IT) firm we've got two Impreza turbos (we've also got a couple of TVRs and a T5 - we end up taking the TVR owners down to the garage when their cars break down
).C
[This message has been edited by Chris L (edited 27-05-2000).]
27 May 2000, 10:30 PM
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Our company are up to 4 turbos and a couple of sports with a least two more on the way. Company supplied cars are A4's, BMW's (don't park in Birmingham) and Mercs. I opted out, took the monthly allowance and got a real car. Its the BMW drivers that drool over the Scoobies the most.
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27 May 2000, 10:59 PM
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Couldn't agree more Ken.
I do a lot of work with Motorola in Crawley. Their car park is full of the usual BM/Audi saloons. Guess who's car gets more comments than anyone else's?
I do a lot of work with Motorola in Crawley. Their car park is full of the usual BM/Audi saloons. Guess who's car gets more comments than anyone else's?
28 May 2000, 01:41 PM
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we've got 2 turbos where i work now as a m8 just bought a MY99 to add to MY00.
and another one up the road a bit at another office.
plus a sport and a legacy.
perhaps i better do a survey of the whole company and see how many turbos exist in an organisation of about 9000 employees ?
another turbo on the way i reckon as one of our IT contractors has been wanting one for a while to.
adds a bit of class to the lease cars cluttering up the car park..........astras, vectras, a3's and a4's
and another one up the road a bit at another office.
plus a sport and a legacy.
perhaps i better do a survey of the whole company and see how many turbos exist in an organisation of about 9000 employees ?
another turbo on the way i reckon as one of our IT contractors has been wanting one for a while to.
adds a bit of class to the lease cars cluttering up the car park..........astras, vectras, a3's and a4's
28 May 2000, 03:56 PM
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My names certainly not Ian, but I was a contractor and now I'm a Project Manager for a web-site solutions company...
What a perfect excuse for sitting on this BBS all day, eh?
All that and I can still afford to keep my MY99...As long as I don't eat !!!
Squizz (Starving!)
What a perfect excuse for sitting on this BBS all day, eh?
All that and I can still afford to keep my MY99...As long as I don't eat !!!
Squizz (Starving!)
28 May 2000, 04:02 PM
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well i was a IT contractor so thats how i bought my new scoob.
now i've gone full time with the same company so i just afford to run it.
dont worry about eating squizz. as long as the scoobs running and you can go out driving in it thats all u need
now i've gone full time with the same company so i just afford to run it.
dont worry about eating squizz. as long as the scoobs running and you can go out driving in it thats all u need
29 May 2000, 12:19 AM
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Hey Steve, why on earth would you wish to go permie after contracting ????
(just interested as i have a company hassling me to do the same thing, the money's almost as good as contracting as well now !)
(just interested as i have a company hassling me to do the same thing, the money's almost as good as contracting as well now !)
29 May 2000, 05:35 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by ptholt:
<B>Hey Steve, why on earth would you wish to go permie after contracting ????
(just interested as i have a company hassling me to do the same thing, the money's almost as good as contracting as well now !)[/quote]
IR35 ?!?!
Cheers, Ian
<B>Hey Steve, why on earth would you wish to go permie after contracting ????
(just interested as i have a company hassling me to do the same thing, the money's almost as good as contracting as well now !)[/quote]
IR35 ?!?!
Cheers, Ian
29 May 2000, 07:01 PM
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From my side its great that IT people are to busy surfing and miss all the intercompany **** and socially incorrect email/ attachment. How many were on Scoobynet when the last Virus Hit and missed it 
Jonathan
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29 May 2000, 08:11 PM
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well pt, toward end of last yr my place were getting rid of lots and lots of IT contractors.
they'd been offering me a FT job for a while so i thought it was the time to say yes and negotiate a reasonable (but still very low compared to contracting) salary.
i'm too attached to living down here to want to go elsewhere and i've done my few years of being somewhere different 3 days of the week every week !
still it bought me a scoob and some other stuff so i'm not complaining.
if you being offered nearly the same to go permanent perhaps its worth it ? it was for me.
yeah IR35 didn't look good at the time neither so i made me choice and i'm happy.
they'd been offering me a FT job for a while so i thought it was the time to say yes and negotiate a reasonable (but still very low compared to contracting) salary.
i'm too attached to living down here to want to go elsewhere and i've done my few years of being somewhere different 3 days of the week every week !
still it bought me a scoob and some other stuff so i'm not complaining.
if you being offered nearly the same to go permanent perhaps its worth it ? it was for me.
yeah IR35 didn't look good at the time neither so i made me choice and i'm happy.
30 May 2000, 09:26 AM
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My names not Ian but I work in IT......
As I am an eCommecre type, I need to spend all day lookng at the WEB coz its my job to have a sound undestanding of what people are doing on it!
An I am sat on a nic fast 2mb link.
Lovley.
As I am an eCommecre type, I need to spend all day lookng at the WEB coz its my job to have a sound undestanding of what people are doing on it!
An I am sat on a nic fast 2mb link.
Lovley.
30 May 2000, 09:45 AM
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I have a friend called Ian, does that count?
I work with Big Blues finest with good ole fashioned batch systems!
I have to spend all day on the net to, er, familiarise myself with new technology, yes that's it!
Geezer
I work with Big Blues finest with good ole fashioned batch systems!
I have to spend all day on the net to, er, familiarise myself with new technology, yes that's it!
Geezer
