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Alex Brown. Byronic Mister Toad. He/him

Lincs, UK
Joined June 2010
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TV special idea: scrapheap bake-off. Contestants build confectionery seige weapons to destroy a gingerbread house.
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Researching pain relief thingies (specifically penthrox) has led to the discovery that many probably wouldn't exist if the processing of elemental fluorine hadn't been developed for the Manhattan project. So that's wrinkled my brain.
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The minimum requirements for a job are two GCSEs, you must bring proof of your qualifications if you get selected for interview, but all I can find are a degree, three A levels and (literally) 1.5 GCSEs. RE was a short course.
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Years of applying for jobs after the financial crisis (and recruitment now is a dehumanising exercise devised by Kafka himself) means I have zero faith that common sense will prevail.
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Who wore it better
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Last day of 14 straight at work, and 76 hours last week. I have kept sane by not listening to the news or reading twitter, and apart from being tired, I'm not feeling like total shit?
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Linked my phone to the fire truck so now I can do circuit set-up whilst listening to Hole.
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A rare day where all of the medics are just smoking hot. They're all ace at the job, but this takes pressure off me as the only available eye candy.
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Seven years doing BSB at Cadwell Park and the number of girls at the circuit has noticeably increased. Tiny ones on balance bikes, teens asking questions at the fan forums. Makes me happy.
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Also, a pride flag flying at the Gooseneck was uplifting to see.
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Forgot I was running a bath because I started watching Blondie videos and now it is exactly FULL
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Looking good 😎
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I don't think there's a maintenance team that works harder than ours. Andy, Ben, Charlie, Pete, Brad and Matt, plus all the other members of staff that have chipped in with painting, cleaning and all the rest. Very long nights. So much respect for their work ethic. 👌
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Day three of the 12 day run at work. My timesheet is going to be unreal.
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Running a trackday whilst troubleshooting an entirely new light signal system while joiners repair the control room door 😖 but then painting and pizza so fair
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Lots of highlights over the holiday, but we finished up by going from the Irish to North Sea non-stop. Had the best navigator too.
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Holiday over, back to business.
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Playing Betrayal at the House on the Hill and the scenario is 'Buried Alive and now my 75yo mum is singing it to a certain Beegees song.
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It's difficult to say without sounding incredibly creepy, but a colleague has bought me a gift that's going make cutting people's clothes off a lot easier.
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