They sound like climbers

My boss - of less then a month - told me he is really setisfied with my work and really happy he hired me, compared me to employees who have been working there for years and how they still didn't get a lot of aspects of the job that I got instantly... He is already taking me advice on stuff, integrating my ideas for improvement. And I love the work environment... My own office, an AC, a fridge, a window to smoke from, and being allowed to bring my own laptop and do my own thing on low-stress times. Honestly now my fear isn't loosing it, it's getting too comfortable in it.

Also, the tagline under my nick here.. Not sure who is writing this or if it's a random generator, but I keep reading it as "knight of the ovaries"...

Also #2, this conversation:
:lol:

No, but the one who dies with the most toys wins

I finally found a work-around for printing B&W text when a color ink is out in my Canon printer. Happy dance.

Fucking printers. They are the cause of as much consternation as they are a helpful tool.

We've never had printer problems. We don't print a whole lot, though.

:fingerx:

Gravdigr is making me happy tonight.
Mr G is bloody funny.

And bona.

I do, I copy articles off the net into a word document and embiggen the print for my 95 year old aunt who doesn't have much to do but read. She was a schoolmarm and reading was a hobby. The articles come from a wide variety of sources on all kinds of subjects to keep her mind sharp, although she really likes things about Peru... don't know why and she can't explain it. :haha:
I mail them in the months I don't go to MA. I used to print twice as much as I used to send copies to my mother till she died a year ago.

I also print some photographs for friends (just shittin ya, I don't have friends) because it's a Canon five ink photo printer.

Oh, and make my own greeting cards because I don't care enough to send the very best.

Yours ARE the best! Make Hallmark look like tits on a dog.
I'd poke someone in the eye with my mascara wand if they said otherwise.

So there.

Big Travis' experience at the corner gas station is making me smile a bit:

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Likewise. :)

My great great great grandpappy fought bravely against that fuckin' flag so I am not all that impressed

Ohh, he was a Damn Yankee, did he know lola? :haha:

:D

:D

that is a marvelous sight, can he do mine next?

Just don't stop and figure out what it's cost you to get the lawn mowed :haha:

Your great great great grandpappy did not fight against a flag.

However, out of respect for Great-great-great-Grandpappy Shepps, I will not display mine whenever he is around.

:p::o

BTW, Toad just did what a lot of people are doing, tossing out everything else and concentrating on a piece of cloth.

:2cents:

Freelz.

I just did my first proper shift at my new part-time job (went in for induction and stuff last week).

So far I like it well enough. Doesn't rescue my finances in any way - in fact I'll probably be marginally worse off with busfares taken into account. But - it does mean I should be able to sign off from JSA (unemployment benefit) - once I've got the desperately needed dental work sorted out so I don't have to pay for it (otherwise would have to wait months, poss even a year and I need it sorting now) - and in the meantime it's got the work programme coach off my back.

It's three 5 hour shifts a week - but it's a 2 hour commute each way - so feels like three full days lol.

I like that it forces me to get up and ready and out of the house a few times a week - I'm so out of the habit of that kind of schedule that if I were to get a full time teaching post anytime soon it would probably floor me. So this gets me back into some good habits - and frankly, it's nice to go to a workplace and interact with work colleagues. I've missed that since I stopped teaching early last year. My most recent job was a homebased teleworking job - so I was working on my PhD at home, alone, then doing telesales shifts at home, alone. Much as I enjoy not having to interact with the world in any real way - it isn't good for me. I so easily slip into hermitage, that I kind of need forcing out of it sometimes.

The shift is intense - five hours on the phone with no breaks. But no selling - no getting anybody's bank details. We call on behalf of our clients to do customer satisfaction surveys with people who've used their services. Different jobs from day to day - sometimes it's calling mortgage brokers to ask about their experience of using that particular lender for that particular application, other times calling housing association tenants to get feedback on the repairs service, or insurance customers who've made a claim to see how that claim was handled etc.

It's intense, because you need to prompt for details if they score something low, and then after the call you have to write a report in the first person as if you were the customer, in full, grammatically correct sentences, covering all their main points and as far as possible using their phrasing and terminology - and it needs to be done fast.

But so far I like it. Getting out of the house at 7:15 am is a bit of a shock to the system. It's 3 buses but that gives lots of time for listening to podcast interviews. I finish @2:30, so I get back around 4:30 - leaving mid aft makes it feel like half a day even though I still have 2 hours of travel ahead.

I may like that aspect less when the weather turns nasty and 7am looks like the middle of the night :P but right now it's nice.

Congratulations on the new gig!

I totally agree with your points about getting the fuck out of the house. That part of me was rescued too when I started at the oil change shop. And it's led to this new job which I start on Monday. But my experience with long commutes is very different than yours, and I have a completely different reaction. Traveling four hours each day *without pay* makes for a very un-lucrative position (as you said...). But when I had to do it, 80 miles each way, it was murder. My life had been reduced to driving, working, driving again, eat,shower,sleep, then repeat the process. Never again. At least you have the "luxury" of being able to do something else instead of driving, but it's still close to a dead loss.

I hope you continue to reap benefits from this gig, and I sincerely hope you can find something closer to home. I'm happy you're happy.

Thanks V:)

It's not that it's so terribly far away - if I were a driver I could get there in 40 mins. It's that I have to go three buses - one down into the town from my village, then one to a couple of towns over and then one from that town to the little village where the place is.

It helps that i don't start work until 9:30. If this were an 8:30 start like most call centre/ office-based jobs it'd be too much for me. It also helps that I only have to throw Carrotchops out for a quickie in the morning, because Mum picks him up around 10am.

The solution.

Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes your way
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

xoB, exactly right.

But this is the one I want:

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It makes me think of someone wearing a swastika and performing small acts of kindness for Jewish children...

Sounds like a Tom Green sketch.

New bra & knickers. But especially the new bra.
And I am a completely different size than I thought (smaller back size, larger cup size)
I got more wiggle than jiggle now.

I won't be able to eat for the next fortnight, because it's wiped me out financially.
And okay I didn't actually need the matching knickers, and I didn't need to order the same set in black...

But hey, I was going to diet anyway.
And they are beautiful.

Lingerie: a hidden way of making me happy since forever.

I didn't notice but I ended up double-double-shifting (quad-shifting?) my way into not having any work until the weekend, and I found out my near by gorcery store does free deliveries.
For the next few days I have absolutely no reason to leave my apartment. If I had a robe to accept deliveries or take out the trash, I would also have no reason to put on clothes.

Conclusion: I need a robe.

Hehehe. That really made me laugh.

It's a vicious cycle, no food for a fortnight and you'll need a new, smaller bra.
New bra and you'll not be able to eat for a fortnight... ad infinitum.
83

What happened to 81 & 82?

I don't know where that number came from, it was 80 when I first posted.

Yeah I saw the 80 and 83, that's why I asked. Do you have a cat? :haha:

Weird, here it is again.

http://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p...1&postcount=13

WTF?

Does your gut hang over the keyboard?
Are some of your keys a little... uh, sticky?
Do you have spiders on the ceiling?
Have you ever been to Manchuria?

Went white water rafting down in Jim Thorpe, PA today. Hot day cold water. Nice.

Beautiful day for it. :thumb:

My sister just checked in from the top of Devil's Tower. She is ON TOP of Devil's Tower at this very moment.

Woo Hoo, you went girl. http://cellar.org/2015/willy_nilly.gif

Glatt's sister's name is David.

:p:

It's bullshit, though. Anyone who has seen "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" knows Devil's Tower is hollow.:right:

Momdigr came back a couple weeks ago from a trip to see family. For one, I'm happy she made the 700 mile round trip with no complications, as she's 65 and drove there by herself.

For two, GreatAuntieDigr sent me, ME, a quilt made by my great-grandmother before my mother was born.

I was stunned just by her generosity. And then I saw the quilt.

:eek:

It looks like it was made yesterday. Not so much as a popped stitch anywhere. The colors absolutely pop, no fading, or aging. None. Even the white backing, no stains, no discoloration, whatsoever. Nice and heavy, too, I mean, you could roll this thing up and really clobber somebody.

It's kind of mindboggling, really. This is a ~70-75+ year old quilt that, literally, looks brand new.

Go, go, Greatgrandmadigr!!!

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That's worth the drive. :thumb:

And it's good looking! I'd put that on my bed.

For that quilt, I'd join Grav underneath it!

I bought some popcorn from a local discount store. Cost me 40p. 40p wasted, as it was grim - a new flavour they are trying out which I don't think works.

Anyway, as it was made by the largest English crisp makers, who pride themselves on their name and the quality of their products, although they are now owned by Frito-Lay.
I returned the empty bag explaining I didn't like the taste or texture ("It was like something you would find at the back of a dead relative's wardrobe") and sat back to see if I would get anything back.

I did.
2 x £2.50 vouchers.
Only to be used on their products, no change given. But still. They make Doritos in this country, as well as the standard crisps everyone thinks of automatically. And Wotsits (cheesy puffs) and Monster Munch and the rest.

Bless you, Walkers Crisps. This was not a cynical exercise - I really didn't expect a refund of such munificence. But they have done exactly what I'd hoped; redeemed themselves in my eyes and made me willing to try any new lines which they bring out. Except maybe popcorn.

Looks my great, great, great grand daddy's axe; the handle's been replaced seven times and the head has been replaced twice. Yep, that's a fine axe. They don't make em like that any more...

That quilt looks unused, maybe they only bring it out for special occasions.

Here's another squirrel/hunter/tree...

Is it still the same axe ?

.

When someone brought back an axe with a broken fiberglass handle, to Dad's hardware store, the manufacturer's instructions were to give them a new axe, and dispose of the head. I had so many axes I rehandled, I was giving them away down here. :haha:

Giving Clodfobble a tingle, familiar or otherwise, would make the day of any number of male dwellars (prolly some of the ladies too... not judging). Today, it makes *my* day.

Oh yeah! [/Kool-Aid voice]

I just discovered youtube speed settings... Everything still audioable at 1.5 and flows so much more nicely. If only I could do this to people IRL...

Oh, man, wouldn't this be cool...*Pause Button*, and then just walk away.

I want this.

For some reason, I find this just cool as hell:



:D:D:D

I saw that when it was aired, and was worried he was going to crash through the door with the white BelAir behind him earlier. :unsure:

Quick catch-up if we're not friends on Twitter or FB: I had gastric bypass in June...I've been battling weight issues for years. Separately, I lost my job 4 weeks ago, as it was a one-year grant-funded position and I wasn't offered a "replacement" or similar position.

So on the weight front, I'm down 90 pounds since January, which is when I started the bypass program...48 pounds since the actual surgery. Goal is to be down another 100 pounds by Christmas.

On the job front, I've had several interviews over the past 4 weeks, and was offered one job. Unfortunately, I had to turn it down due to a pay impasse. Fortunately, I have a job interview for a position I REALLY want on Monday...in Chicago. Then I got a call today to interview for a position on Tuesday...in St. Louis, which is my hometown. Then there is the possibility that the Mrs. might be getting a promotion to a position that could take us to another fine American city.

Just hopeful that everything works out for the family in the end.

Then there is this fantastic episode of On Point with Sarah Palin that I am watching...featuring Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Orrin Hatch and Donald Trump. It has been a hot mess so far and Donald is about to come up!

Wow, rollercoaster of a year so far for you then. Hope all works out and congrats on the weight loss. Also, good for you sticking to your guns on pay.

wtg elSic!

Great to hear your news elSic.
Get the camera out, stat! We need photos.

Making me happy?
My weekend.
I haven't been happy all weekend, as I've started a new prescription and it does have side effects to start with. But I've had support.

And my colouring books.
Can't stay precisely inside the lines, because am currently a bit shaky. But I'm tidy enough to smile and smile at the end result.
These are the adult style books, with intricate patterns and drawings, not the kind you give to five year olds with crayons btw.

Congrats on the weight loss, elsic! Best wishes on the job front for you and the family.

Glad to hear about your weekend, Sundae. I never could do a good job on those intricate designs. Take a pic of one and post it!

you know how book is a collection of crazy stunts that have worked when people were stuck in situations that going by the book couldn't provide a solution? My boss made a decision I made at the spur of the moment into a default procedure.

I can now die knowing that I have left a lasting stamp (on a department that's probably going to be replaced by AI in a municipality that's probably going to be consumed into a larger municipality within a country that's probably going to get bombed in a nuclear holocaust within an area of Asia that's probably going to get covered with the rising sea line).