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Sigh Aug 2023 1:01pm, 24 Aug 2023 22,007 posts	0 Sigh Similar things happened to Mr Ness when he worked for the FFS. ... The whole of the FFS was shut down a few months later so the 'second wave' ended up being everyone else! What was the FFS? I only know those initials as an expression, not a place of work
Ness Aug 2023 1:07pm, 24 Aug 2023 33,694 posts	0 Ness Doh. Slipped up. Probably because of things Mr Ness said about the place! 🤪😂 haha! Should have put FSS or actually the Forensic Science Service, which was part of the Home Office when Mr Ness initially worked for them. It was disbanded as oart of government cuts.
EvilPixie Aug 2023 1:08pm, 24 Aug 2023 46,015 posts	0 EvilPixie Baz I'm no where near that money as only been here 5 yrs Ness everyone has been saying for weeks that there must be more cuts - upstairs was hardly touched and apparently the company has been told the budget will be a LOT lower so there will be cuts Mr Pix's boss was unaffected this time and is hoping to go next year - he's on the exec team so has some good knowledge Sigh I believe Mr Ness was in forensics?
Ness Aug 2023 1:08pm, 24 Aug 2023 33,695 posts	0 Ness as part of government cuts. Definitely can't type!
Ness Aug 2023 1:09pm, 24 Aug 2023 33,696 posts	0 Ness You were right Pix. Was having a senior moment with it's initials though.
Steve NordRunner Aug 2023 1:21pm, 24 Aug 2023 3,270 posts	0 Steve NordRunner Almost as bad as confusing FSA with SFA.
Sigh Aug 2023 1:24pm, 24 Aug 2023 22,008 posts	0 Sigh Thanks, I just wondered. At work I did once deal with a customer, Petroineos Manufacturing Scotland Ltd, who abbreviated their name to PMSL and didn't seem to notice the humour in it.
Hanneke Aug 2023 1:24pm, 24 Aug 2023 109,039 posts	0 Hanneke I am not great with acronyms Forensics! Oh how I'd love to...
Sigh Aug 2023 1:25pm, 24 Aug 2023 22,010 posts	0 Sigh When I worked at ABB, it was often known as "Acronyms Beyond Belief"
Ness Aug 2023 1:32pm, 24 Aug 2023 33,700 posts	0 Ness Lol Sigh! Mr Ness did enjoy a fair bit of the work there. The DNA fingerprinting was fairly routine lab work though. I'm not 100% sure but I think most of the work went to private labs, apart from the Met lab (which Mr Ness visited a few times). I think that ended up being taken over by the Met Police force. The lab was in their building anyway iirc.

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