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HungLikeJesus · 12-19-2010, 01:03 PM

Bruce, you're just cracking me up lately.

footfootfoot · 12-19-2010, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

One thing is for sure, the term African American is not accurate anymore.

I met an elderly black woman who went on a ten minute rant about how she wasn't African American, she was black. She was American. Her ancestors weren't from Africa, etc. etc. and She rounded up the whole thing with a slight leer and an Alberta Hunter quote "You can't tell the difference after dark."

If she'd been even 30 years younger I'd have gone for it.

Perry Winkle · 12-19-2010, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

What kind of work are you doing?

Really shitty enterprise software in the Justice/Court System domain. Basically a lot of "systems integration" instead of programming. For the foreseeable future, I'm writing exchanges for brokerages (e.g., make the police department and the court's systems talk to each other).

It's not programming. I end up writing 300 lines of code and 10,000 lines of XSLT, and spend hours futzing with XML configurations.

I'd leave, but I've already switched jobs twice this year (made a huge upgrade in jobs, but they started missing payroll and I moved to the place I'm at now). Won't have a choice, if I get fired.

monster · 12-19-2010, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Oh, the layers, the layers. Thank goodness for the layers. Glad you get to see the meet!

So when is her ETA?

Still NFI-maybe tomorrow. Apparently we need to try phoning Delta all night to try and get her on the flight as soon as it shows up on the system -which it isn't doing yet. She's going to get up around 5:30 and call us, so I think we're in for a long night. On the plus side, Hector's team won.

That was the meet from hell, I've never been to one so hot! It's a 24-lane pool how on earth can it be so hot in such a large space in the middle of winter? And it was crappily organized and the results weren't given properly. NEVER AGAIN, I don't care if the alternative is a half hour drive.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-19-2010, 11:55 PM

At this rate, the bananas will be brown before she gets here.

monster · 12-20-2010, 07:25 AM

The bananas are past brown and the pears are on hold in the refridgerator, but not looking good.....

SamIam · 12-21-2010, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

classicman is on facebook for those who want to keep up with him during his absence. Aliantha started a cellar group there.

Curious. How do you find the Cellar group on fb? There's about a zillion "cellars" listed on there.

monster · 12-21-2010, 12:06 PM

I think this post has the right link:

http://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=10

monster · 12-21-2010, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

At this rate, the bananas will be brown before she gets here.

I think I got it all as fixed as I can from here, but they're forecasting more snow and she's panicking

The flights she is taking on Thurs went fine today, small delays but nothing unmaneagable. My BIL (not her son or SIL) is picking her up in Manchester from the train and taking her home for the night and to the airport next morning, so she won't have to be alone or worry about a taxi not showing up.... Hurrah for Uncle Elvis and Aunty Scary!

HungLikeJesus · 12-21-2010, 01:27 PM

Now that I know that monster is a Dr. I keep thinking of Frankie.

kerosene · 12-21-2010, 06:01 PM

Headache!

morethanpretty · 12-22-2010, 07:22 AM

Boyfriend has to work from 6 am to....whenever today.
His asshole boss tried to take more money from his paycheck yesteday (if he even pays them on time). B/F is an autotech at a small shop. There is only his boss (an auto tech), my B/F, and the manager(who knows minimal about cars). B/F is the only one working this week cuz his boss is taking off to take care of his daughter (he does this ALL the time). B/F has a tons of cars he alone has to have done by Friday, which is stressful enough. He got done putting back together a transmission, only to discover there is a new clicking noise now. So he has to rework it, but didn't have time to yesterday trying to finish other cars. No one thinks to inform him the car is promised for this morning (it should be written on his ticket but its not). The boss calls yesterday and tell the manager to take the car to a neighboring shop and have them fix it, then bill B/F for the price. WTF? You don't even give him a chance to fix it, call up and tell the other worker there to take the car somewhere else, and plan on charging it to your employee without their consent? I wouldn't think that is even remotely legal. Fortunately the manager isn't a dick, and told B/F what was going on so he could stop it. Then again if the manager (who wrote the ticket on the car) had told him the deadline in the first place...it might not have ever been an issue. Anyway, that is why B/F went into work at 6am, to try to get this stupid car done, no one told him had to be done this am.

Griff · 12-23-2010, 09:19 AM

He definitely needs a new gig.

footfootfoot · 12-23-2010, 05:02 PM

shit doesn't even sound legal. He should let them bill him and then sue the shit out of them.

Perry Winkle · 12-23-2010, 08:28 PM

Yeah, it's definitely illegal. (I'm not a lawyer. I base all of my legal knowledge on what people say on Hacker News.)

12-19-2010, 01:03 PM	#3076
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Bruce, you're just cracking me up lately. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-19-2010, 11:55 PM	#3080
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	At this rate, the bananas will be brown before she gets here. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-20-2010, 07:25 AM	#3081
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The bananas are past brown and the pears are on hold in the refridgerator, but not looking good..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-21-2010, 12:06 PM	#3083
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I think this post has the right link: http://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=10 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-21-2010, 01:27 PM	#3085
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Now that I know that monster is a Dr. I keep thinking of Frankie. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-21-2010, 06:01 PM	#3086
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Headache!

12-22-2010, 07:22 AM	#3087
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Boyfriend has to work from 6 am to....whenever today. His asshole boss tried to take more money from his paycheck yesteday (if he even pays them on time). B/F is an autotech at a small shop. There is only his boss (an auto tech), my B/F, and the manager(who knows minimal about cars). B/F is the only one working this week cuz his boss is taking off to take care of his daughter (he does this ALL the time). B/F has a tons of cars he alone has to have done by Friday, which is stressful enough. He got done putting back together a transmission, only to discover there is a new clicking noise now. So he has to rework it, but didn't have time to yesterday trying to finish other cars. No one thinks to inform him the car is promised for this morning (it should be written on his ticket but its not). The boss calls yesterday and tell the manager to take the car to a neighboring shop and have them fix it, then bill B/F for the price. WTF? You don't even give him a chance to fix it, call up and tell the other worker there to take the car somewhere else, and plan on charging it to your employee without their consent? I wouldn't think that is even remotely legal. Fortunately the manager isn't a dick, and told B/F what was going on so he could stop it. Then again if the manager (who wrote the ticket on the car) had told him the deadline in the first place...it might not have ever been an issue. Anyway, that is why B/F went into work at 6am, to try to get this stupid car done, no one told him had to be done this am. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

12-23-2010, 09:19 AM	#3088
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	He definitely needs a new gig. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-23-2010, 05:02 PM	#3089
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	shit doesn't even sound legal. He should let them bill him and then sue the shit out of them. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-23-2010, 08:28 PM	#3090
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Yeah, it's definitely illegal. (I'm not a lawyer. I base all of my legal knowledge on what people say on Hacker News.)

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