Paul Nicholls

One more month then I finish work…

One more month. I can’t believe I’ve worked there over a year now, its been such an eventful time but it has totally flown by. I’ve been so fortunate to have had this experience to work with some fantastic people, learn a lot of new skills and develop my existing ones further as well as - most importantly of all - have a good time.

One more month then I go to Uni…

One more month. Despite what I’ve just said I can’t wait to get to University, and to think its just a month away is pretty scary. It didn’t really hit home until last week when I went shopping for cutlery and bed linen, now things are quickly snowballing (Glasses, a Dinner Set, Mugs, Kettle, Water Cooler, Stationary, TV License, Iron) and I’m trying to keep up but I can sense the reality of the situation slipping away from me. In a months time I won’t live in Kent. I’ll be on the other side of the country. I’ll only know one person when I get there. I can’t “just pop home for some laundry”, “just pop to the pub and see Moira or Kim”.

I know its not exactly Timbuktu (although, I do have to be vaccinated before I’m allowed to go up north? Against Geordie-itis perhaps?), and I know I want to be away from here. I just don’t think everything has quite sunk in yet.

Obviously when disposing of old hardware in an environment where staff frequently handle sensitive and confidential information it is critical that proper measures are taken to ensure no data could be recovered from computers, laptops, etc.

We were on the roof doing some cabling, when an idea just came to us….

Disposal #3
Date of Disposal: 15/08/2007
Goods Disposed Of: RM Laptop
Method of Disposal: Seeing How Far We Can Throw a Laptop/Throwing Laptops at Mr Jennings.
Tools Used: a roof
Wielder of Destruction: Mr Nicholls, Mr Burrows and Mr Jinks… Mr Jennings was the one dodging the laptops and throwing it back to us.

Outcome: The first few throws didn’t seem to inflict much damage, the laptop just looked a little battered. Mr Jinks however employed a different throwing technique, which caused the laptop to shatter into pieces on landing… it was un-salvageable.