Freelancers Forum Messages on Sunday July 14th 2002
financial wellbeing...
date posted 14th July 2002 23:51
Hi all. As we are all here as freelance self-employed bods, I wondered what
provisions people may have made with regards to what happens when things go
wrong, ie when you're not able, for one reason o...
Re: FN-FORUM discussion group
date posted 14th July 2002 23:39
David McEwen [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Out of interest, what email client do you use?
saerEmail (don't ask... not yet, at least), but I read mailing lists through
newsgroups and a newsreader (too many...
Re: FN-FORUM discussion group
date posted 14th July 2002 22:40
Out of interest, what email client do you use?
Dave
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Re: FN-FORUM discussion group
date posted 14th July 2002 22:21
[EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Would this forum be better run as a discussion group with threads etc.
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1. My mail client threads etc. Perhaps yours is broke...
RE: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 21:50
Man I hope that bug doesn't wander south, just had that 24 hour
nil-by-mouth bug - couldn't even keep water down - hellish,
Hutch
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Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 21:18
I'd gladdly be in anyone of your shoes. I've spent the entire weekend
at home by myself in a darkend room in bed with a fever, blinding headache,
dizzy spells, zero energy and hot and cold chills. To...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 21:07
>just me, a sledgehammer and a crowbar against the rest of the world)
i get medication for that...
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RE: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 20:45
And I've been stuck in a hot kitchen, relaxing from all things computerised
by knocking up as many random dishes as I can manage in a day. Feel I might
have been better off outside though (mind you, a...
RE: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 20:43
And I've been stuck in a hot kitchen, relaxing from all things computerised
by knocking up as many random dishes as I can manage in a day. Feel I might
have been better off outside though (mind you, a...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 20:38
I did a rollout in York last year, so I got quite good at the town centre
(had to keep finding users in obscure buildings). My mother once persuaded a
coach driver to drive the coach (illegally) throu...
RE: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 20:27
Nice to see most of us have taken full advantage of the sunshine -
warmer still tommorow apparently,
Hutch
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RE: FN-FORUM [ot] I'm feeling happier than a gala on a billabong
date posted 14th July 2002 20:13
Ant,
How do you deal with delivery on breakables like that.
Ian
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. Antix
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Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 19:50
> Cold white wine, laptop, parasol etc...
>
> http://www.fatfriar.com/autocaretestimonial.html
>
I think he's smitten ;-)
Ah well, the sun's still out, the daughter is at a friend's and there are
G&Ts...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 19:36
just got back from racing at york, absolutely gorgeous weekend and i didnt
lose anything betting! (imo 3 quid ups better than being a ton down!) and
with both the sun and plenty of cleavage out it mad...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 19:11
I've been sitting here giggling at my latest testimonial from my "Easily
Pleased" client :-)
Cold white wine, laptop, parasol etc...
http://www.fatfriar.com/autocaretestimonial.html
John
Paul J W...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 19:03
> Now covered from head to foot in nettle stings thanks to an attack on my
> wilderness themed garden which is covered in vegetation so dense that
>
You lucky bastard! I've been stuck in an airless, w...
[OT] Phew! What a scorcher
date posted 14th July 2002 18:54
Now covered from head to foot in nettle stings thanks to an attack on my
wilderness themed garden which is covered in vegetation so dense that
the strimmer gave in and I had to use the hedge cutter. S...
kathy & carla
date posted 14th July 2002 18:06
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Kathy, thank you for your comments they have been very helpful and I would
not feel...
[ot] I'm feeling happier than a gala on a billabong
date posted 14th July 2002 12:55
Sold £100's worth of records to Aus, how cool is that!
just thought i'd share. even to the senior designer with
an AOL email address.
arf, Ant.
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Font Required
date posted 14th July 2002 12:51
Does anyone have a copy of the font Helvetica, specifically Helvetica 63
medium extended, available. Need it to fit in with an existing design
layout.
TIA
Steve...
Re: FN-FORUM any1 who has any more comments pls mail me offlist
date posted 14th July 2002 12:44
Kathy,
Whilst I agree with you for the most part - I find it impossible to comply
with your request to be "more grown up"!!!
It is my lifetime's ambition NEVER to grow up!
Regards,
Peter Pan...
Re: FN-FORUM (no subject)
date posted 14th July 2002 12:34
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[ot] I'm feeling happier than a gala on a billabong
date posted 14th July 2002 12:15
Sold £100's worth of records to Aus, how cool is that!
just thought i'd share. even to the senior designer with
an AOL email address.
arf, Ant....
Re: FN-FORUM any1 who has any more comments pls mail me offlist
date posted 14th July 2002 12:09
BTW. I am an aged embroiderer, who is/has been a retailer, so I should be
part of the target market for Coats's site. For me, apart from the text
being way too small, the main problem with the site wa...
RE: FN-FORUM hutch
date posted 14th July 2002 11:43
ARE YOU FROM OUR PLANET OR DID YOU TAKE A WRONG TURN MATE.
The forum is a very very helpful resorce for us freelancers especially for those who have only receantly started out and have no contacts....
RE: FN-FORUM hutch
date posted 14th July 2002 11:27
>I am still a freelancer as well as on a contract....all I was asking
for >was the opinions of ppl. This site was once for that
Still is, but ask once, and what you get is what you get.
You have no...
any1 who has any more comments pls mail me offlist
date posted 14th July 2002 11:16
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hutch
date posted 14th July 2002 11:14
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I am still a freelancer as well as on a contract....all I was asking for was
the op...
Re: FN-FORUM (no subject)
date posted 14th July 2002 11:06
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RE: FN-FORUM (no subject)
date posted 14th July 2002 11:02
Oh man. You're too funny. You write like a 12 year old Counterstrike
player (ur, any1, thru etc) and you bombard us with the same message 15
times on the go . You claim that the messages aren't coming...
Re: FN-FORUM (no subject)
date posted 14th July 2002 11:02
Paul
It would appear your efforts towards educating those ignorant in aspects of
design are being focused in the wrong direction - if you were to put this
amount of effort into directing your comment...
Re: FN-FORUM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date posted 14th July 2002 10:55
You've got to admire his tenacity - pity he doesn't use it trying to
convince his employers that he THINKS he's right.
Help he needs, but not from us!!!!!...
Re: FN-FORUM FAO e-WebSwift
date posted 14th July 2002 10:55
I obviously missed the start of this thread somewhere - where are they
advertising?
Keith Budden
www.conceptadesigns.co.uk
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date posted 14th July 2002 10:43
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Darren, ur comments have been noted and are appreciated and believe me my
position...
i wasnt getting the feedback!
date posted 14th July 2002 10:41
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Darren, I wasnt getting the feedback, I received about 5 replies that were
very use...
RE: FN-FORUM (no subject)
date posted 14th July 2002 10:38
Paul
This group does act as a rational and stable resource for developers. The
combined knowledge and skill which the forum possesses is unrivalled and is
also very generous if it is not abused.
Wh...
Re: FN-FORUM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date posted 14th July 2002 10:33
Darren,
blessings on you my son.
if it wasn't people would have already mailed his client :-)
John
Darren Spink wrote:
>Nice to see the Christian spirit is alive on Sundays.....Quick...Throw hi...
RE: FN-FORUM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date posted 14th July 2002 10:26
Nice to see the Christian spirit is alive on Sundays.....Quick...Throw him
to the lions....
Regards
Darren Spink
TEL: +44(0)113 253 4750
FAX: +44(0)113 253 1686
EML: [EMAIL REMOVED]
ICQ: 5666764...
(no subject)
date posted 14th July 2002 10:24
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my apologies, i am not getting ur messages thru and I find some of ur
messages offe...
Re: FN-FORUM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date posted 14th July 2002 10:23
Dear mr client,
I attach an e-mail that your senior designer has been sending constantly
to the freelancers forum for the last two days.
Regards,
A proper designer
:-))
Keith Budden wrote:
> De...
RE: FN-FORUM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date posted 14th July 2002 10:17
How about we all email his boss and tell him what a jerk his senior
designer is?
Would that work?
At least he'd have a new job where he might fit in with their ideas....
Re: FN-FORUM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date posted 14th July 2002 10:16
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Deja vu!
If you...
Need - sys admin / support
date posted 14th July 2002 10:08
Seems like the list is playing up again hence reposting this again.
Originally posted on Friday 12/07 17:05
Hi,
This is for posting for a friend. Please contact me off list with your
details so I...
Re: FN-FORUM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date posted 14th July 2002 10:00
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Re: FN-FORUM Re General Question
date posted 14th July 2002 09:52
Chas,
thanks for that and especially thanks for the figit link, I feel much
better about autocarecroydon now :-)
John
Chas Walton wrote:
>john anslow asked:
>
>>do I showcase it for the technical...
Re: FN-FORUM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date posted 14th July 2002 09:47
You have *GOT* to be kidding me! Being one of the shortest words in the
dictionary, which part of NO don't you understand? If people were willing to
help out they would have done so on the first post!...
Re: FN-FORUM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date posted 14th July 2002 09:47
Oh FFS !!!!!!
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> Hi fellow creative/new media/marketing/strategy industry types.
>
> I come to you (again) a designer in need. I am currently employed by a
> company called Co...
Re: FN-FORUM FAO e-WebSwift
date posted 14th July 2002 09:34
...and now you seem to be placing ads on my behalf - very strange!
Regards,
Steve
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Steve Webster
Freelance Web Developer
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PHP, MySQL, Flash, Perl...
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
date posted 14th July 2002 09:30
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Hi fellow creative/new media/marketing/strategy industry types.
I come to you (agai...
Re: FN-FORUM FAO e-WebSwift
date posted 14th July 2002 09:26
Hiyall,
cunning strategy hogging those links didn't occur to me to hog 'em all...
let the games commence!
only did it for a sunday am laff, won't do it again, promise...
Nigel
>Hiya,
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM FAO e-WebSwift
date posted 14th July 2002 09:23
No, you are not out of order. I think it's funny that e-WebSwift think
people will give away their client's names for roughly £1.20 to a website
which is just a contact form. Good try though
Right I...
FAO e-WebSwift
date posted 14th July 2002 09:03
Hiya,
I've noticed that you've been playing the Additions Sponsored Link game too.
I guess no one can really blame you for trying, but don't you think that
hogging 3 of the available 5 free ad spaces...
Re: FN-FORUM Latest Freelancers Game
date posted 14th July 2002 08:28
Hey John,
I've been playing the same game too - but for me it looks like this (being a
PHP junkie)...
while ($interest > 0) {
addFreeAdvertisement();
watchItGetWipedOff();
dealWith50Noti...
Re: FN-FORUM Re General Question
date posted 14th July 2002 00:33
john anslow asked:
> do I showcase it for the technical side or do I leave it off
> because the design is shitty?
Depends how desperate you are to add substance to a thin portfolio.
One way round t...
Re: FN-FORUM Re General Question
date posted 14th July 2002 00:15
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Subject: FN-FORUM Re General Question
> Thanks guys,
>
> I appreciate all...
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