{"id":6240,"date":"2025-03-23T21:07:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T21:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2025-03-23T21:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T21:08:17","slug":"edinburgh-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=6240","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This time I’m staying out near the airport, where the hotels are cheaper, but the tramline will take you into the city centre easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though one of the two catch-ups with folks went late enough that the last tram had gone, so I utilised their guest room.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wish more of the tramline had grass between & around the rails; it looks nice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One catch-up was with someone I knew, plus a few others, including a newly hired New Zealander; Apparently the one in my old team is recruiting people from the NZ equivalent of the former company. He’s only there for a one year contract to cover for someone who’s gone on sabbatical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insert screaming about the company here; For all that sabbaticals aren’t a given (though if your best response to “this is unfair” is to point out that you don’t have to allow one, I feel like you’re admitting to being a shit person), I’ve not heard of anyone being turned down for one, and neither had anyone else I’d aske<\/em>d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other was with a co-worker friend from Aylesbury who’s since moved to Edinburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Really? Or did you just not mow it?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just because I thought it was funny <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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