Hi there,

Have you got a great organisational tip you could share?  

If you have then DYMO would love to hear it.  They are looking for your best tips and in return you  could win one of the 10 label makers that DYMO are giving away and, if that's not all, you could also win a SPA day worth £250.

To enter or to check out the tips from our first two winners :- http://www.deskdemon.com/pages/uk/office/dymo-competition

Jane
DeskDemon Team

DeskDemon is looking for two PAs who are super organised, love labelling in the office and who could write a product review of the the DYMO Touch Screen label maker for publication on DeskDemon.

If you would like to have a go, please enter your details http://www.deskdemon.com/pages/uk/office/dymo-review and we will contact you soon.

As well as seeing your review in print, you'll also get to keep the DYMO Touch Screen label maker, as a thank you for your feedback.

Many thanks 


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Also, if you are in the medical or legal sectors there's AMSPAR & the Association of Legal Secretaries.  Details of both are available on DeskDemon

The email server has been causing us problems today and the technical guys are working to fix it.  Apologies for any inconvenience and of course, DD will get email working again, as soon as possible.

Jane

Have you checked out the London venues displayed on DeskDemon's VenueDesk?  It's listed in the  menu on the left side of the home page.

Has anyone mentioned loo for toilet or maybe you call it lavatory?   What about finding the 'the ladies room' or Powder room for the US.  Then there's lift for elevator and I seem to remember a different word for Esculator in the US too.  

There was an article on DD last year about how untidiness at work may be holding you back when it comes to your appraisal.  Companies across the UK were asked whether they take the state of employees' desks into consideration as an indicator of wider organisational skills during appraisals.

If you work in London or the SW make sure your desk is pristine....  over half of bosses take the state of your desk into consideration!

http://www.deskdemon.com/pages/uk/career/wantpromotion

The following e-mail was sent to me, which in light of yesterday, I think is an excellent idea.  

East Anglian Ambulance Service have  launched a national 'In case of
Emergency (ICE)' campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon
Weston .
The idea is that you store the word 'ICE' in your mobile phone address
book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted 'In Case of Emergency'.  In an emergency situation ambulance
and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next
of kin are and be able to contact them.

My 15 year old daughter was in London yesterday,  working with my sister at a publishing company in Shaftesbury Avenue as part of her work experience - luckily I was able to contact them both very quickly.  The company were superb in establishing whether anyone of their several hundred staff were missing, across many different London based buildings and organised 'walking' trips home, so that people going in the same direction walked together.  My daughter, sister and her colleagues walked from Shaftesbury Avenue to Acton in just over 3 hours, chatting to many strangers along the way.

I love London and having grown up in the city, absolutely know that nothing will ever, ever conquer its spirit.

There's no doubt about it - it's just awful when you have to make the decision to put a dog or cat down, I could quite easily have sobbed my way through these posts.
I have two labs, a chocolate whose 9 and definately getting on and a black of nearly two, still a baby.  I have never been a cat lover until....
Flik, who came into our lives last year, to keep down mice on the farm and has simply taken over, ruling the roost of not just the dogs but also two children!   She's just had 5 kittens (not planned!) and we're going to keep one of them.  We're off to a country show on Saturday, where we're planning to get some chickens....  can't imagine I will get as attached to them as I have the rest of the managerie
Will post piccies of the kittens, on the new pet corner on the UK site (Lifestyle)  in a few days - they haven't yet opened their eyes
My Best wishes to all of you who have lost their loved animals, sometimes it's a good idea to get another quickly, doesn't replace them, but does take some of the heartache away.

Hi Dettu,
DeskDemon's UK site has an editorial feature about  car hire, 'Easy Rental'  in the Travel Section, which you may find helpful.  It's also got some quick links to car hire companies.

You could also try your luck in the Europcar win a £15 voucher off your next car hire game.  You'll find a link on the UK home page.

Hope this helps.

Jackie,
I'm not at all surprised to hear that he's a lovely man.  His books are so delightful, gentle and, presented with such kind humour, only a really lovely person could have written them!  

Just remembered two other recent books I've really enjoyed were The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger) and Girl With the Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier), the latter was much better than the movie.  But, isn't it always the case with books vs Movies?  I remember being soooo disappointed when I went to see Chocolat.
Jane

Like others on this thread, once I find an author I like, I devour everything they've written.  My current favourite is the Alexander McCall 'The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series.  They're wonderful gentle books, can't wait for the next!  

I love thrillers too and  enjoyed all of James Patterson's, John Grisham's, Robert Goddard's and of course Dan Brown's - The Davinci Code being one of the best. Most recent book was The Alchemist, Paul Coelho and currently reading Andrea Levy, 'Small Island' but haven't really got into yet, just didn't grab me in the first few pages.

I've already noted some comments on posts above to check out for the next read.

I would have interpreted this as a need to focus on something other than her illness.  Maybe she felt that work was the only way she could cope.  What were her alternatives?  sitting at home and moping around?  Sounds to me like she just wanted to keep on going, staying active and feeling (if not being)  productive.  When a friend of mine had cancer she also had a tunnel vision approach and worked like the clappers, even though she was really, really sick. She said later it was what had pulled her through - she would not be defeated by the Big C.
Jane

Hi Peana,

Have you tried Visit London  or MWB Exchange?   You'll find Visit London's details on DD's Events category and if you click on the venue sub menu in Events, you'll also find information on MWB.

Hope either one can help.
Jane

This one made me groan!  When my son was 7, we moved to a house that backed on to fields.  Each field was surrounded by a hedge, with a gap that led into the next field.  Unless you knew exactly where the gap was, you had to walk aournd the hedge until you found it ... and they were fairly large fields and the gaps were in different places.  There were several acres of fields, which finally let down to a railway line.  
We'd only been in the house for a about a week when my son asked if he could go search for clay pidgeons, which I allowed him to do PROVIDING he stayed in the first field, where I could keep an eye on him and knew he wouldn't get lost.  Then the phone rang......  
20 minutes later, my son was gone.  My daughter and I searched and shouted and called and couldn't find him.  
Many of you will know that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach and having searched for 30 mins  I called the police, trying to allay images of him lost and on the railway line.
No problem, don't worry, we'll send out the helicopter immediately madam said the police.  And sure enough, just as the helicopter hovered by the house, my son turned up with a huge stack of clay pidgeons balanced in his hands - with a great grin on his face.
The police were very kind....