The good news is that Agencies are ringing again!! Certainly in the UK the seems to be a lot more activity on the contract = front and rates seem to be on the rise, if only very slightly. John -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Howard Latham Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 3:58 PM To: Oracle-L@Freelists. Org (E-mail) Subject: Hi this is funny honest! An Agency just rang and asked what I was doing I Said DBA and he said "OH! Ok mate" and got of the phone Pretty Quick .Maybe he =3D thought DBA=3D20 was short for something rude? Don't B***Y Ask? Howard A. Latham=3D20 DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR RSMB Television Research Ltd,=3D20 The Communications Building,=3D20 48 Leicester Square,=3D20 London. WC2H 7LT=3D20 =3D20 Tel: +44 (0)20 7808 3619 SW: +44 (0)20 7808 3600 Fax: +44 (0)20 7839 7446 mailto:Howard.latham@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.rsmb.co.uk Email Disclaimer This email has been sent from RSMB TV Research , a UK limited liability partnership. The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful.=3D20 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l