Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)

[Jerry_Atrick]

I fell in love with another woman on Thursday... in a totally plutonic way, of course.

 

After alighting the morning train at Waterloo, I was walkign briskly behind the new love of my life, not really paying much attention to her, nor most things around me. Suddenly, she looked towards the train and, then darted towards it. As I was close to the train,  I couldn't see until I passed her, but she stopped her London frenetic paced walk to help an elderly man who was clearly struggling to step down from the train to the platform. It was a heart-melting moment. Seriously, if there was a flower vendor on the platform, she may well have had herself a bunch of flowers.

 

 

[nomadpete]

It's great to see there are still nice people around.

 

She probably thought she was just helping one old bloke. Never realising she made half a dozen others feel good all day at the same time.

[nomadpete]

Hey everyone.

Xmas is just around the corner.

 

The annual Qantas flight QF1330 went over my place this morning.

It must set some record for the most expensive and tedious 12 hour joyflight from Melbourne to, all the way to ....... Melbourne.

 

If there is enough demand they might offer QF1330 again on New Years Eve.

 

If 360 people have this kind of cash to spare (up to $8k per seat) there is no cost of living crisis.

 

Thank you Albo.

[facthunter]

Plutonic refers  to ROCKS formed deep below the earth's surface under great pressure. . Platonic means no "filth' like Bonking , Perving, touching up eroticism etc and is probably mostly Fictional..  Nev

[old man emu]

Little successes give you pleasure.

 

When I put down the vinyl floor covering in the boot room, the back door began to catch in one spot as it swung. The other day I took the door off and sanded about 2 mm off the bottom of the door. I also took the hinges off and removed the paint that was on them, and fixed them so that the pins moved in and out freely, making the hinges move freely. Then I put it back using larger gauge screws. 

 

To my surprise the door swung freely and the lock engaged perfectly where before it needed a bit if a shove. Win!

[facthunter]

The success is in the detail... Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

About 8 weeks ago, my best business analyst, and one of the most intelligent and contributing people I have worked with, came down from a meeting with our internal stakeholders, market risk, and said he was offered a one year secondment with the market risk team as a market risk manager and that he wanted to take it. I was a bit gutted as I investged a lot in him.. As a bit of a back frop, he has an at times debilitating menthal health condition. I worked alongside him about 6 years prior to joining this motley crew, and I had no idea he had a problem.

 

However, over lock down, it festered to the point he would go AWOL regularly. I have to say, the firm we work for were fantastic with him. I had become his manager about 3 or so months after joining and his ex manager gave me the low down, including how they threatened to rip up the heath corproate health insurer's contract if they didn't keep paying for his treatment.

 

One of my first meetings with the head of Market Risk was quite tense over his performance, and he was in a bad place. It turns out she also worked at the previous firm we both worked at and she was non-too-happy with him. She didn't know him that well, and I assiured her to have faith because when he is firing on all cylinders, he moves at twice the pace of anyone I have ever worked at.

 

Well, there were many bumps on the way, but with a bit of nurturing, and of course, him finding a partner (with kids, who reminded him he now has responsibilities), he has lifted himself right out of the hole and has hit the speed I knew he could. He has been like that for a bit, so he owes me nothing.. And that same head of market risk offered him the secondment! That was fantastic in itself. We don't expect him back because he was a market risk manager in what was one of the worlds biggest banks by balalnce sheete with very, lets say assertive traders, and he held his own well. Tio put it into context, his is only just now turning 40.. he has achieved far more than many, especially given his condition.

 

Well, having moved on Monday, my team had its Christmas dinner on Tuesday and of course he was coming.. it turned out to be a bit of a farewell dinner to him. It was weeird today speaking to him in a meeting as astakeholder.. darned gamekeeper has turned poacher.

 

But, on Tuesday night, we walked back to the office after dinner, and were yapping, and as we were on different floors, in the lift well, he turned around, grabbed my shoulder, shook my hand and said, "Thanks mate, I could never have done it without you." Iy was a genuine thanks, and I brished it off as his own doing.. I steel feel as chuffed as I did when he said it..

 

Edited December 5 by Jerry_Atrick

[nomadpete]

Very nice - it turned out to be a worthy investment of your time.

[facthunter]

Be wary of Ambitious men, Little Men and Cripples in business matters.   Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

Nev, to be honest I am not sure what you post means (genuinely).. .But my BA, who could probably out-trade most of the traders in our firm, is probably more "woke" (i.e. has a social conscious) than most people on this board. For him, risk management is a passion.. For me, working with risk management pays the bills..

 

For a reference point, I could probably out-trade.... none.

Edited December 5 by Jerry_Atrick

[facthunter]

It relates to Power seeking as a substitute for  acceptance in general terms.. Risk management is essential in any situation. OR you are just a Punter.  Nev

[onetrack]

We all have a part to play in training others, and handing on our gathered skills. It's when you get genuine appreciation for your effort that makes it all worthwhile. Hardly anyone stays in the same position for their entire life, we all feel the need to progress.

[facthunter]

Most of mine belong to a past ERA.  Nev

[pmccarthy]

The ERA was a great racing car, in the past as you say.

[facthunter]

I prefer the Offenhauser. Nev

[pmccarthy]

Always wanted a dog called Offenbach.

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, pmccarthy said:

Always wanted a dog called Offenbach.

Buy a chihuahua.

[onetrack]

You always wanted a dog that could compose music? That'd be nothing short of amazing!

[facthunter]

All musicians decompose in the end.  Nev

[old man emu]

14 hours ago, facthunter said:

All musicians decompose in the end.  Nev

It's a grave situation they are faced with.

[facthunter]

"I'll make a Note" of that .   Nev