Musha_Soturi
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Oooooh you're an American. Makes perfect sense now. Yes your use of the word 'like' before the word 'unpatriotic' clearly shows you as being American now.
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UK/R.O.I GAF - Thread of geopolitical confusion
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Oooooh you're an American. Makes perfect sense now. Yes your use of the word 'like' before the word 'unpatriotic' clearly shows you as being American now.
we dunt like yurr kind aarand hurr
zomgbbqftw
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Why not? It's hardly top secret information. The industry has known for a while that Sony have been scouting around to open up a European finance unit since finance and insurance is their only profitable division they want to expand it. I was just surprised that they approached me to work for them.
We've been saying at work that Sony are on their way to becoming a bank with an electronics, game and content business on the side. Now that they are expanding their finance unit, it pretty much secures their future as a company since they will easily make $2bn+ annually from financial services.
Yeah we do. The Americans that find their way into this green and sceptred topic are welcome because they are the bold, the adventurous and the inquisitive.
Just as long as they don't start posting on the wrong side of the page or something.
better you than me, I wouldn't want to talk about industry stuff online like this.
Musha_Soturi
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I thought we only made exceptions for Americans that live here?
Darren870
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Sounds almost like what GE did/does. Their stock got killed (and still hasn't recovered really) because of their finance division.
zomgbbqftw
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Indeed. GE Capital was poorly run, I expect Sony Finance to be more conservative given the Japanese roots. Hence the low yield $2bn annually.
Ah nice! It really does look sophisticated. Will definitely keep an eye out for it
I'm currently in Glasgow but will be at the London Meetup next month. We should get some UK-Gaffers and have a board game session at some point in the distant future.
Even BBC News are ok with the word. Ok, maybe not but it's so frequently used in everyday conversation here and this guy used the word in a positive manner.
Not that its frequently used here but what is your opinion on the word "schmuck"? Its not really THAT offensive these days but its original meaning is still offensive.
Guys, BGBW works for MI5, confirmed.
Life is tough in the offworld colonies.
like sneaking into the girls' locker room?
Probably for the best, it gets rough 'round 'ere at night-time.
Even iapetus doesn't come and visit us.
Nope, you've got The Home Counties represented in here now, there'll be none of that, thank you.
Yes, precisely.
And it isn't really like some other subcommunity topics where you can be a non-member and still participate.
Jedeye Sniv
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I know, and he lives just down the road from me! our scary euro mod has abandoned us!
Jedeye Sniv
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Nah man, you can participate all you like in here. This is one of the weirdest, free-est threads on the board, we talk about everything. Sometimes we even talk about games (but shhhh, otherwise we'll get moved).
Yeah, blahblah...blah says nintendo only make silly, kiddy games and he only plays big boy stud like Call of Duty. Ban him, Mumei!
I've heard tell of plenty of others to the North and the West, but I try not to venture too far - I hear they're populated by savages who don't even know the Queen's post-code
I stick to Essex, Hampshire, Surrey and The Garden of England myself. The Holy Quadrinity. These tales you've been hearing of faraway homeless counties, I'd keep them to yourself if I were you.
Throw Berkshire in there for good measure, as it's the Royal County and all. The Holy Quintinity?
Yeah, I try not to think about elsewhere, lest the nightmares come back.
Can have Sussex for Arundel too. Sextinity?
Like monsters from fairytales, if you ignore them, they go away. So just keep doing that.
Sounds hot, I like it. Did you say 'The Garden of England' because you got confused and thought that KENT was the banned word?
...hmmm, there's a pun there. Kent, garden... lady garden...
Running it on sky high my wigsta, so you have xbox live I'm addicted to that new fears of war game. Fears because I bring the pain.
Six days clean from benzo fury folks. I'm a new man.
PrematureQuiche
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Hampshire? More like HEMPshire, amirite??
Oh god, turns out this job interview isn't just an interview, I have to prepare a 10 minute presentation on "What key information would you include in the Online Course Rep training and how would this information be presented" (the job is helping to develop an online course rep training module).
Damn, I thought this was just gonna be developing/programming, at least I have a week and a half to prepare, and they've put resources on the email.
Damn, I thought this was just gonna be developing/programming, at least I have a week and a half to prepare, and they've put resources on the email.
Your fucked. I would be fucked anyway. Fuck trying to sell my self for ten minutes.
Hampshire is indeed the best, sea, plenty of beautiful countryside (and Portsmouth, but that just makes everything look even nicer).
Indeed it is. Unless you live in central Southampton which can be a bit sketchy at times.
And the less said about Portsmouth the better.
Everywhere else here is lovely though.
Great to see some other Saints supporters in here as well, gonna be an "interesting" season for us for sure, just hoping we can keep the score down on Sunday against Manc City.
Little Old Man
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I appreciate the optimism and support
Just make sure you are a walking encyclopedia about the topic, and your ideas. Anticipate the questions they will probably ask, and any criticisms of your ideas.
Most important- if it needs to be ten minutes, do several timed run throughs of your presentation. Don't get caught with your balls swaying in the wind by having too little/much You'll be fine!
I appreciate the optimism and support
You know I'm messing lad, gotta get the worse possible situation presented first. Nothing like starting a post with your fucked.
Going to a wedding tomorrow. Apparently it's four, five quid a pint. Oh. My. Days.
I'm predicting 3.20 a pint. That's the standard in my experience for worse case.
Who knows.
Haha <3
Central is OK now really, with all the new apartment developments, especially down Ocean Village. Of course i'd still swerve away from St. Mary's
Fancy us for a point, Super Sunday, Champions vs Newly promoted outfit, sky will fix it.
Went to a wedding reception in a fancy hotel down here last year.
Bought a round of Vodka & Coke (Single) 2 Bottles of Corona and a bottle of Magners.
£34.50.
Little Old Man
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Ouch- where is it being held? A golf club/hotel?
My friend is getting married in a few months. Really happy for him, but at 22 it is a huge commitment to make at such a young age. I'm still thinking part of the reason is to get his finance a green card so she can stay here (she's a yank).
What the fuck do I buy him as a wedding gift?
zomgbbqftw
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What kind of wedding doesn't have an open bar!
The worst kind.
Best wedding I went to was a friend's where the bar was open, but only at random times to save the tab getting too huge.
You'd go up and order a pint, try to pay and they'd say "no, tab's open"
"Oh... did I say a pint? I meant 3 pints, 2 vodka and cokes and a bottle of white wine, please?......oh and can I grab a few bags of Walkers?"
So drunk...
blahblah...blah
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Haha, I'm both amazed and alarmed that you remembered that post from so long ago. I mean, it's not what I said, but it's a close enough summary.
zomgbbqftw
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You will get used to GAF-stalkers. Don't worry about it. It's a good thing...
Sadly for me that's just the standard price around here. Hell, it's quite cheap.
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