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New job… In February 2017 a new manager joined the team I was a senior social worker in. They came with a bad reputation. I was in a very specialist role, had contributed to the development of new legislation (it has just received Government ascent). Long story short, and after a long period of bullying I decided to move to another team.
I'd been asking a senior manager colleague at the local authority close to where we live, who I've known for years, to let me know if anything comes up there. My specialist role had a long term employee in post, and I'd given up on getting that same post.
A job came up in the new local authority, I applied, and got the job (senior practice leader). I started 3 weeks ago. After 2 weeks in post, I was informed that the person in my dream job was retiring, and it was going to be advertised internally. Long story short, I applied, was interviewed, and got the job!. I took a chance, and somehow it has paid off. I'm super happy about it! I'll now get a chance ti impliment the legislation I contributed to where I work.
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Onwards and Upwards Stuart, well done.
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Having had the pleasure of living in a roach infested apartment in NYC,cockroaches are my least favorite insect. At least they don’t bite you. I guess.
But they’re obnoxious and come from anywhere and everywhere, even if your apartment is immaculate! Makes me feel like a dirt ball. Thanks next door building demolition for displacing the critters and rehoming them in my building [emoji52]
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Currently in Bologna,Italy on vacation. Took the Lamborghini factory/assembly line tour today. Talk about attention to detail. No wonder they cost so much. Thought about IH when we passed the station where the women were hand sewing leather pieces for the seats and other parts of the interior. Surprised to hear that Japan is their 3rd biggest market,behind the US and Germany.
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@Jett129 Sounds like a cool tour
I found this doing a google search of Lamborghini and man, this thing is amazing. I don't know if it's real, or a concept car, or some photoshop job but this would be awesome to ride around in…..minus the Tron logo
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Guy at work did that tape to his subaru. Über stupid looking during the day but cool at night.
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Did you get any pics. The history/beginning of Lamborghini is fascinating.
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Absolutely no cameras or cell phones allowed on the tour, everything had to be checked. Didn’t take any pictures in the museum part, but my wife did. Also visited Ferrari,where the people were tripping over you to take selfies with the cars. Enjoyed Lamborghini much more,and the history is quite fascinating. The cars are insanely cool. They were really hyping their new SUV,which you can have for a starting price of 167,000 euros.
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I recently spotted the new Urus just one day after I saw a review of it. It's not a beautiful SUV but one can definitely tell it's a Lambo which is always a good thing. I'm also curious what the Aventador successor will look like because they always manage to bring a new (more crazy) distinctive styling to their cars so that the predecessors even start to look dated.
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Surprised to hear that Japan is their 3rd biggest market,behind the US and Germany.
i wouldn't be surprised. have you seen the amount of imported european cars in tokyo alone?! they seem to have a knack for LHD american and european cars. i've read something about it but i can't remember. people seem to buy the LHD versions compared to the RHD ones sold in japan..
also did you order one while you were at the factory?
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They spoke about the fact that most Japanese buyers ordered LHD versions of the car, suggesting that might make them easier to resell. The favorite color in Japan is purple,and they make at least 1 purple car every day for the Japanese market. I’m totally out of touch with what’s popular in Japan.
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They spoke about the fact that most Japanese buyers ordered LHD versions of the car, suggesting that might make them easier to resell. The favorite color in Japan is purple,and they make at least 1 purple car every day for the Japanese market. I’m totally out of touch with what’s popular in Japan.
I'm surprised that anyone is crazy enough to drive a Lamborghini in Tokyo, or anywhere in Japan. Their streets are incredibly narrow compared to US streets.
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to be fair, the symbol is a factor in that a LHD vehicle is imported and thus gives off the aura of being more expensive even if the same model is available in RHD and sold in japan. (eg. c250/a4/ 320i)
however, most of the common LHD that you see being driven around are usually sports cars. from the cars that i see around tokyo, they're usually mustangs or G63AMG and the like that are driven and imported in LHD form. the good thing about japan is, unlike australia, they have no restrictions on importing LHD models. this means that they get allocations for cars that are only built in LHD form. (eg. P1/LaFerrari/918)
i've also driven in tokyo before. took a rental GTR35 up to Mt. Fuji. For the brief time i was getting out of tokyo, traffic didn't seem mad. although it wouldn't be a logical decision to drive everywhere given the ease of public transport..
