Andy bain

Obstinate procrastinator, caller out of bullshit and fairly optimistic human.

[Andy bain @triguy1970]

@mahrukh2872 2

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@LIVGolfNation 1. The Open
2. The US Open
3. The Masters
4. The Scottish Open
5. The Players
6. Australian Open

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But when he asked for flexible hours so he could take her to treatment, his manager denied it.

When he used unpaid leave anyway, they threatened to fire him.

His daughter died six months later.

Leonard came back to work because he needed the health insurance for his wife.

A year later, the company gave itself an award for community compassion.

“That was when I learned,” he said quietly, “companies can say beautiful things while doing cruel ones.”

I didn’t know what to say.

He closed the box.

“That’s why I help people leave.”

On Leonard’s final day, the department gathered around his desk.

Someone brought a cake.

Someone else gave him a card.

It felt small compared to everything he had done.

Then one of the interns walked forward with a folder.

Inside were letters.

Dozens of them.

Each from an employee Leonard had helped over the past month.

Some had already found new jobs.

Others had interviews lined up.

One woman wrote that Leonard had convinced her to apply for a role she never believed she deserved.

Another wrote that his reference had helped her double her salary.

At the end of the folder was one final page.

It was signed by nearly everyone in the department.

It said:

“You taught us that loyalty should never mean staying somewhere that does not value you.”

Leonard read it silently.

Then he smiled.

Not politely.

Not awkwardly.

A real smile.

Before leaving, he looked around the office one last time.

“You’ll be okay,” he said.

“How do you know?” someone asked.

He picked up his bag.

“Because now you know your worth doesn’t belong to this building.”

Then he walked out.

A few months later, I got a new job.

A better one.

More money.

Better hours.

On my first day, I found a note tucked inside my desk drawer.

It was from Leonard.

He had mailed it to me after hearing I’d been hired.

It said:

“Never confuse being needed with being valued. A company may need your work. The right people will value you.”

I still have that note.

And whenever someone calls Leonard bitter, I correct them.

He wasn’t bitter.

He was awake.

[Andy bain @triguy1970]

@mrmarksteel Saxa Vord, strongest wind in the UK. Even blew the equipment away!

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@JohnCooperDG It's not the HoC mate, lying in public makes you accountable!

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@TavernFootball Stein & Jackson

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@AndrewBowie_MP Watch your loved ones die a prolonged, painful death and then make your decision!

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@M1L4GRO You need to look up Davie Cooper, enough said!

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@SimonCalder I'll call Aberdeen. The railway station is actually on the opposite side of the airport from the terminal, £20 taxi ride once you leave the train...

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@SeafarerMichael @EuropaLeague Let's have Milan and play the "real", first champions League final!

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@OliLondonTV Need to check your calcs mate, way more than 3t CO2e.

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@scotlandscoeff1 Enjoyed that, thanks for the subjectivity.

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@jamierkennedy 16th @ DHR has to be up there.

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@GrahamSpiers Possible penalty for shirt pull but block on Tavenier prior. Second one is not a penalty on Duk. Graham Shinnie was fortunate to see out 90 minutes. Poor game, but "best" team won.

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@KerryFail If this is real then their grasp of maths is shocking. A 9.34 average with the largest being 12.5 is statistically improbable.

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@SimonCalder Aberdeen surely, the terminal is on the opposite side of the airport to the railway station.

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@niktaluap Looks like Ballater?

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@grasmeresports Fred's record from 1978 at the #BallaterHighlandGames fell to Jamie Crowe two weeks ago. Nice symmetry if someone manages similar at #Grasmeresports.

[Andy bain @triguy1970]

@DeadlineDayLive Stanley Matthews

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@CAnNyBeAtIt @spartansfc Was talking in this instance but upon looking into this it appears that Rangers are in the opposition half (spfl only) for approximately 7% more time than any other team. May not correlate to penalty awards but suggests they may gain more attacking positions.