h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hmm I was just looking at the who's online list and sorted it by ID, wasn't really surprised to see I wasn't too far down as I know I've been here for a few years now (erk), but I clicked on one of the "new this week" people and realised thier ID number was a whole order of magnitude bigger then mine, I mean flipping heck!

Its quite worrying isn't it to see just how high the numbers have got, and just how high up the list we seem to be now; I feel sometimes like I'm becomign a bit of furnature on H2G2 anyhow; how are things? I don't see you on here too often

I just got a similar comment from Mina

I do come and go and do pop in every so often but don't always post, but at the mo my job is really boring so have taken to H2G2ing more.

Deja Vu?

Remember when you joined and saw people like Mina with 5 figure U numbers...

so hows married life going? <biggrin Where do you live now, I forget somewhere in East Anglia I think We will have to make you come along to the London summer meet this year I think

Married life is good, pretty much the same as unmarried life. We live near Cambridge which is why the East Midlands meet caught my eye but not much point if it's not in the East Midlands...

Ahh thought you lived somewhere near me; I'm in central CAmbridge, just off East road Well I'm not even sure yet how far it'l be to the midlands meet, but as I'm a 'hardened' meet atendee I'll travel just about anywhere seeing as how I've nothign relaly on at the moment; I've still failed misserabably to find a job

Oh dear, I'm looking for a new one but only since the new year, so not surprised not found anything yet.

I've not even found a job to apply for in mothhs and months though at the moment I've a lot of stuff o do in the house so that should keep me busy for a while, plus bits of the course to finish off that I did last year

You must be looking for something very specific

No not really I wouldn't mind what I did partucularly, but Its useless me applying for basic administration or office jobs as I have a BSc and an MSc, and they don't consider me as I'm too qualified I'm thinking of going back to college and doing the cirty and guilds qualification in teaching, and tryign to do a job teaching in a college of FE I wonder what time today my new sofas are going to turn up?

"Its useless me applying for basic administration or office jobs as I have a BSc and an MSc"

Ok then, I'll tell my friend you don't want that job working in the beer tasting office of a brewery....

no! No! I want that* job!

I have a masters, but in engineering which is as they put it a more "vocational subject" so it wasn't so hard to find stuff, but I did still end up doing jobs which could be considered beneath me, they certainly don't stretch me or require any use of my degree.

I've also come to realise that although I liked my degree to study, I'm not so bothered about it as a job so I looking at more admin type jobs but it's difficult as meny would mean a drop in pay.

I've applied for a project management job and a facilities officer recently so we'll see what happens.

Problem is with me I've no real previous work experiance, and I'm unlikely to get a job that has much or anything really to do with my degrees and I need to find a decent, solid job really, as once I' come off my benifits and start working, I won't be able to go back onto them, as the main one I am on doesn't exist anymore as such except for those that are already on it and I've too much savings to get the benifits that replaced it and I still don't have a clue as to what I'd relaly* like to do, I could 'see' myself doing the teaching at FE college, or doing somethign at a university, but beyond that

I made a point of working in my summer holidays from uni so I did at least have some experience when i got out of uni, it also meant had a bit of spare cash.

I wouldn't have been able to get a job in the hols

oh an oddity, I picked up the free jobs paper last night and was flicking through it at lunch and there was my old job being advertised, over a year after i left, that was a bit of surprise to see.

you should apply for it, just for fun

oh god no, i hated that place