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So who here has a real job???
Topic Started: Jun 21 2005, 06:20 PM (628 Views)
ivorythumper
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I was looking at post counts:

Todays Top 10 Posters
Member Joined Total Member Posts Posts Today % of todays posts
The 89th Key 19-May 05 738 77 13.97%
ivorythumper 24-April 05 815 66 11.98%
Jolly 19-April 05 578 44 7.99%
NAK 18-April 05 1332 32 5.81%
KlavierBauer 18-April 05 1123 27 4.90%
justme 18-April 05 922 26 4.72%
dolmansaxlil 19-April 05 901 20 3.63%
Dwain Lee 19-April 05 265 19 3.45%
Axtremus 18-April 05 220 17 3.09%
big al 19-April 05 241 16 2.90%

I work for myself -- I spend way too much time here (but it's because I love you all!) -- but I have to wonder how is it that we can all afford to spend so much time on NCR (not to mention you folks who also frequent WTF and Fat Shirley's).

Who here works for themselves?

I suspect that since I do work for myself, this is my virtual watercooler -- a place I can interact and gain information about events. As much as I disagree with the politics of some of the info posted (esp by you, Quirt! ;) ) I appreciate it greatly because it helps me to understand how others (read "liberals") think about issues. It also keeps me informed as to world events -- such as having a new Pope, what's happening in England, who is Clinton's latest flame, how Jodi's garden is blooming...

Also, since I work in relative isolation from home I miss the banter and crossing swords that I enjoyed while at Berkeley. So, again, even though we might so profoundly disagree on very elementary observations of the world (I am now thinking of you, Jeffrey ;) ), I find it very worthwhile to engage in these sorts of discussions. Where else I am going to find a post-Jewish, atheistic, anti-Catholic, materialist to debate? :D

Just a ramble -- but you all mean a lot to me.


The dogma lives loudly within me.
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The 89th Key
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Ivory, I'm currently on the job hunt, hence a lot of free time here.

The advertising company I'm starting actually just booked two clients (:woot:), but that's on a more truncated schedule now...but as I just posted earlier today, I'm going to cut down my CR activity to focus more on the job hunting.

Regarding the secondary purpose of your post...I think you articulated the beauty of this place perfectly - and I think everyone knows it. The main attraction of this place is the diverse opinions coming from some very smart people - one of which is you IT. No need to say it, but when people mention smart people around here, they always mention you...among many other deserving people.

Edit: Thanks to this thread, I have 84 posts today and counting... :leaving:
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dolmansaxlil
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Tee hee. Hey - I was doing interview prep all day! I needed the occasional break! :D

I'm home tomorrow. I wonder if I can go on a posting spree and break 1000?
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ivorythumper
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dolmansaxlil
Jun 21 2005, 06:29 PM
Tee hee. Hey - I was doing interview prep all day! I needed the occasional break! :D

I'm home tomorrow. I wonder if I can go on a posting spree and break 1000?

Go for it, Dolly -- but no padding!!!! We want SUBSTANCE from you!
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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jkeene
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Yep, real job here. Low post count to go with it, but I manage to read at least a third of the threads, even if it is on skim mode. There's an intangible quality about OCR and TNCR that I've not found elsewhere.
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Mark
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right back at ya Ivory!

I am self employed.

I should probably be a little quieter around here. Especially when it comes to matters of religion.

I do respect the living daylights out of anyone (you included) who can keep that child-like faith throughout their lifetime. I lost it long ago and nothing seems to draw me back in. I really cannot explain it very well except that I am just not interested in it I guess.

And, drum-roll please! I might be joining you as a member of the Estonia 190 Bubinga club! The one I am drooling over is a satin finish. What a beauty!
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dolmansaxlil
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I'll be good and not post pad too much. Promise!

And I'm shocked that I post so much here. I very rarely posted on the OCR. It was just the last couple of weeks there that I posted really at all. I've come out of my shell.
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Jeffrey
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IT: "Where else I am going to find a post-Jewish, atheistic, anti-Catholic, materialist to debate?"

I would think that Berkeley had a lot of those. :) Why again would anyone intentionally leave the Bay Area??

(BTW, I am not admitting I am anti-Catholic.)

How's business?

I don't ever post from work, and very rarely read from work (sometimes during lunch for some downtime).
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Mark
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and dol, we are better off because you did!
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Steve Miller
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I have a job - self employed.

The boss is a mean SOB so I don't post much during the day.
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dolmansaxlil
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Mark
Jun 21 2005, 10:36 PM
and dol, we are better off because you did!

:wub: Thanks, Mark!



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Dewey
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Yep, self-employed here, too, although you did pick one of my most "prolific" days here in quite a while to check on. I'm like you, Ivory, this is a place where I can take my eyes off of work and "regroup" for a few minutes at a clip. Today, I checked in here in between a replying to a dozen or so biz-related emails; one precon kickoff meeting for a hospital roof replacement project; preparing two change orders on another job, reviewing a shop drawing submittal for a ballistic-resistant window on another project; working on a cross section for a small residential addition; doing some research for the synagogue design interview we have coming up shortly; preparing a revised proposal for an elevator addition to a small office building; tracking down a building permit; checking on a survey that we'd ordered a week ago; and several other things. Checking in here as much as I have today helped keep me focused and sane through all that!
"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685.

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plays88keys
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Self employed as well. Run a hot lunch business within a private school, so am off during the summer, half of December and a week in March.
You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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ivorythumper
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plays88keys
Jun 21 2005, 06:50 PM
Self employed as well.  Run a hot lunch business within a private school, so am off during the summer, half of December and a week in March.

Dang -- I wish I had a hot lunch lady like you when I was in school!!! :hearts: :devilgrin:
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apple
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a real job? I had one when I was a chef and ran restaurants.. Otherwise, I've always had 1/2 to 3 jobs to give me the freedom to live artistically.

Now I help in my husbands business (altho I've been thankfully fired from the bookkeeping)... I maintain and rent houses, landscape, paint, write proposals and calculate the bottom lines.. whatever that means at the time.. I'm an accompanist for a church group, have 5 piano students and volunteer coach a diving team. I also cook dinner for my father in law and help him visit the doctor and stuff.... and of course am needed as a wife and mother.

my personal job is practicing the piano.
it behooves me to behold
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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
I think most of us are just stealing time and afraid to admit it to ourselves.

:D
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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katie
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ivorythumper
Jun 21 2005, 08:30 PM
Go for it, Dolly -- but no padding!!!!  We want SUBSTANCE from you!


I've never needed padding personally ... probably have too much substance. Thus this why I'm so wired & so uplifting ...

But alas ... another story for another time ...

I'm presently a domestic slave, full time wife, and mother to 2 boys born 30 years apart ;) . Hence, when not experiencing total bliss and contentment concerning my happy life situation, I post here ...

I'm so totally serious & brutally honest ... that I've even frightened TomK on occasion ;)

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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
And you own a Sauter, which makes you and I family. :thumb:

it also means you're better than everyone else
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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katie
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So true KB .... :thumb:

And I'd bet you & I are the only Sauterians here too ...

That makes us unique :sombrero:

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kenny
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KlavierBauer
Jun 21 2005, 08:03 PM
I think most of us are just stealing time and afraid to admit it to ourselves.

:D

Who?
Me?

I have a real job and should be ashamed of myself. :redface:
I have cut WAY back though.

I'm only anti-Catholic to the degree they are anti-Kenny.
They started it.
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justme
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self-employed. Somedays I post more than others. Yesterday I posted more than I probably will today. I worked over the weekend and felt free to take the day off yesterday. It was raining and therefore not much to do outside. Today I have to play catch up for being naughty yesterday.
"Men sway more towards hussies." G-D3
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Fizzygirl
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I'm self employed as well. I am a full time mother and grandmother of 3. (My kids are 14 years apart) I sell on Ebay part time and I type manuscripts for computer illiterate authors. Yes, there are still a few out there who are afraid of computers. Go figure. I gave up my corporate job working for Cargill about 6 years ago. So I spend entirely too much time here when I should be working. In the summer I spend more time with my son and we fish and swim together. So I am also a professional hooky player. :wink:

For the most part, I enjoy the posts here when they don't go too overboard on religion and politics. Too many dead horses were getting beat in the OCR and I see some of that surfacing here from time to time. I enjoy the variety of personalities here and I love hearing a good joke!! It keeps me smiling. :D
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big al
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I do have a real (translated - in a company office) job and have been here more than usual because I'm backed up waiting on other people to finish their jobs so I can do mine.

Here's one just for you, Fizzy. Tell me more about fishing. I really enjoyed the time I spent (1972-1973) in Minnesota. I developed a liking there for perfect brandy manhattans that I indulge occasionally to this day.

HR Heaven and Hell

One day while walking down the street a highly successful HR Director was tragically hit by a bus and she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where she was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself.

"Welcome to Heaven," said St. Peter. "Before you get settled in though, it seems we have a problem. You see, strangely enough, we've never once had a Human Resources Director make it this far and we're not really sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," said the woman. "Well, I'd like to," replied St. Peter, "but I have higher orders. What we're going to do is let you have a day in Hell and a day in Heaven and then you can choose whichever one you want to spend an eternity in."

"Actually, I think I've made up my mind, I prefer to stay in Heaven," said the woman.

"Sorry, we have rules..." And with that St. Peter put the executive in an elevator and it went down-down-down to hell. The doors opened and she found herself stepping out onto the putting green of a beautiful golf course. In the distance was a country club and standing in front of her were all her friends - fellow executives that she had worked with and they were all dressed in evening gowns and cheering for her. They ran up and kissed her on both cheeks and they talked about old times. They played an excellent round of golf and at night went to the country club where she enjoyed an excellent steak and lobster dinner. She met the Devil who was actually a really nice guy (kinda cute) and she had a great time telling jokes and dancing. She was having such a good time that before she knew it, it was time to leave. Everybody shook her hand and waved good-bye as she got on the elevator. The elevator went up-up-up and opened back up at the Pearly Gates and she found St. Peter waiting for her.

"Now it's time to spend a day in heaven," he said. So she spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds and playing the harp and singing. She had a great time and before she knew it her 24 hours were up and St. Peter came and got her. "So, you've spent a day in hell and you've spent a day in heaven. Now you must choose your eternity," he said. The woman paused for a second and then replied, "Well, I never thought I'd say this, I mean, Heaven has been really great and all, but I think I had a better time in Hell." So St. Peter escorted her to the elevator and again she went down-down-down back to Hell.

When the doors of the elevator opened she found herself standing in a desolate wasteland covered in garbage and filth. She saw her friends were dressed in rags and were picking up the garbage and putting it in sacks. The Devil came up to her and put his arm around her.

"I don't understand," stammered the woman, "yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and a country club and we ate lobster and we danced and had a great time. Now all there is, is a wasteland of garbage and all my friends look miserable."

The Devil looked at her and smiled. "Yesterday we were recruiting you, today you're staff..."


Big Al
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"jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen."
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Fizzygirl
Jun 22 2005, 12:15 PM
So I am also a professional hooky player.  :wink:

Fizzy, when I first read this, I thought I saw hockey player.

This reminded me of the salesman just back from Duluth who said to his boss, "Man, there's nobody in Duluth but whores and hockey players."

The boss said, "Well, my wife comes from Duluth."

The saleman replied, "So what position did she skate?"

Big Al
Location: Western PA

"jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen."
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Fizzygirl
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big al
Jun 22 2005, 03:30 PM
Fizzygirl
Jun 22 2005, 12:15 PM
So I am also a professional hooky player.  :wink:

Fizzy, when I first read this, I thought I saw hockey player.

This reminded me of the salesman just back from Duluth who said to his boss, "Man, there's nobody in Duluth but whores and hockey players."

The boss said, "Well, my wife comes from Duluth."

The saleman replied, "So what position did she skate?"

Big Al

LOL Al - good joke! I think almost everyone in Duluth is involved in hockey, either playing or a fan! It's just a part of Minnesnowta.

You mentioned fishing,
Well my father taught my brothers and me how to fish at a very young age. We started out with cane poles and progressed up to casting. Once, when throwing out my line, I hooked my father in the head. He didn't even get mad at me. He just made me run back to the house to get a bandaid for his head!

We have great fishing here in MN. Walleye is the favorite among most fisher people, I believe. But we fish for whatever will bite. Our local lake is loaded with sunnys and blue gills and bass. There are a few northern here too. Further up north the Walleye fishing is prime. My father used to go on a fishing trip every year with his buddies to Lake of the Woods on the Canadian border. He came home with his limit every year and we would have a big cookout in the backyard. He cooked them over a fire in a cast iron frying pan, dipped in cracker crumbs and egg batter. Nothing tasted better in my book!!

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