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OnDoutside

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46. I don't know how you could do that ! I did it for 10 years and I was

Sat Jun 18, 2022, 01:03 PM

Jun 2022

completely burnt out from it. I left contracting in 2019 and haven't looked back.

If you do visit Ireland, please ask me and I can give you advice. Actually you can fly from Frankfurt Hahn to Kerry, which is a very easy flight.

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That makes two of us!! DFW Jun 2022 #15

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Thanks, you've reminded me why I'm so lucky to now work from home !!! OnDoutside Jun 2022 #44

Every week for months? DFW Jun 2022 #45

I don't know how you could do that ! I did it for 10 years and I was OnDoutside Jun 2022 #46

I could do it for several reasons DFW Jun 2022 #47

Speaking the language makes such a difference without a doubt. OnDoutside Jun 2022 #50

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