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"In 1997, with no band and no album to record, this proved to be Bruce’s lowest point in his solo career. Bruce was also informed by his mother that he was an “Accident of Birth”. In other words, while his mother was impregnated with Bruce, she had taken an abortion pill that was to get rid of the growing embryo, but it safe to say, the pill did not work and the world was not robbed of one of the greatest singers of all time."
~ http://www.oocities.org/demon_913/biographies.html

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I used to almost religiously follow Rugby Union when I was younger. It became quite a slow game compared to League, but it's picked up really well since they allowed professional players in Union. The play keeps on moving now, rather than the ball being killed every few seconds. More players who are fast and agile in addition to being built like brick shithouses. At one time, it was purely about having stocky/fat blokes at the front, ridiculously tall ones in the lineout, and smaller fast ones on the wing.
 
Diesel 11 said:
"In 1997, with no band and no album to record, this proved to be Bruce’s lowest point in his solo career. Bruce was also informed by his mother that he was an “Accident of Birth”. In other words, while his mother was impregnated with Bruce, she had taken an abortion pill that was to get rid of the growing embryo, but it safe to say, the pill did not work and the world was not robbed of one of the greatest singers of all time."
~ http://www.oocities.org/demon_913/biographies.html

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There's an interview on YouTube somewhere in which Bruce mentions this - I'll try and find it again and post a link when I get home this evening.
 
A member of my team is a Bangladeshi who lives in Poland and has a family there. He is terrified of losing his job and has thus adopted such a servile attitude that he would literally crawl in shit if any other team member told him to. He has been in this position for over 20 years and although his current activity does have an uncertain outlook, the company would never fire him and simply move him to another team - but he doesn't seem to believe that. Earlier today, he sent me an email in such a begging and pleading tone that it genuinely disgusted me. It's really horrifying to think about the kind of life he must lead.
 
Compassion always comes first, but ask yourself if your team was made of that kinda guys, what would be the leverages against the management?

One of the trademark Croatian quotes is - "be quiet, at least you have a job". Minimum wages, non-registered overtime and weekends, no vacations, but at least you have a job. That kind of dogma leaves a responsible worker on the edge, you aren't getting your full rights because others seem to be OK with theirs fucked up, so why are you such a snowflake?

Because of this shit I did a spectacular fuck you I quit, back in 2012. It was the apex of crisis back here, job engine served me an ad or two weekly, for the whole "ICT" category for the region of 1 million people. After a few months jobless my balls really started shaking and I even started questioning my capabilities. But I never questioned the quit.

It turned out good in the end, but back then I was a guy with no loans and no commitments. I was the worst employee ever - young, experienced, educated, self-reliant, and no house, no wife, no kid. Today I already have some, tomorrow I'll have a full set of those.

Tomorrow I might not hate the guy for what he is, but I'd still tell him, as a friendly colleague, what kind of situation is he putting others into.

Also makes me think of a former team lead, who had a personal arrangement with the company and worked a lot of extra hours for cash - below the counter ofc. The company conjures up some shitty time tracking system, and of course they're gonna test run it internally, lucky us. Anyways he was logging 12+ hours daily, we just came up to his office and said look mate that's not ok - whatever arrangement you have with them it's yours, they look at dumb charts and your 12+ hours makes our 7-8h look bad. He said uh yeah didn't think from that angle and it was resolved in 1 minute.
 
Here you go, @Diesel 11 - sound quality not perfect but the subject you enquired after is discussed (briefly) right at the start:
This is from 1998. Later in the interview Bruce talks of more cheerful things - like a long list of reasons he'll never rejoin Maiden ...
 
I need a one-syllable word that more or less carries the same meaning as infinite or endless. Any ideas?
 
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I just found out that I had been sleeping next to a three-quarter eaten, dried up pancake with a dried up slice of salami inside. Upon investigation I was told, "I thought I lost it but I couldn't find it so I thought I ate it without knowing."

The joys of parenting...

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I need a one-syllable word that more or less carries the same meaning as infinite or endless. Any ideas?
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Vast, deep.
 
Ditched it completely. I was working on a lyric about the fear of death. The meter ended up all over the place in the end, just can't be arsed. Work of two hours ended up leading to nowhere. :(
 
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