Things that jerk my chain...

[Logo-Mechanix]

Wait a minute, you must be some kind of wife if you are letting your husband quit his job without something else lined up. No wonder your stressed if I were you I would be stressed too. Were about to have triplets and my wife has to go back to work because we can't afford to live on my check alone even though I make pretty good money, its so damn expensive to live in this state.

[The_Black_Knight]

...we can't afford to live on my check alone even though I make pretty good money, its so damn expensive to live in this state.Yeah. Tell me about it.

[Logo-Mechanix]

Hey, your'e in Jersey too, where abouts Black Knight?

[greyghost]

It is very stressful. I know it's why I can't sleep, and why we are both a little snippy with each other sometimes. But, he is burned out on teaching - when I got burned out on graphics in the corporate world, he let me quit and be a decorator for a few years until I went back to graphics full-time (I never stopped, I just did it on the side) starting 2005. I can't let him go through life miserable either.

We actually just moved too. We're in the midst of a massive remodel - we bought a house and an in-law suite, we finished the suite and are living in all of its 400 square feet right now. With 2 big dogs. Tell me that isn't tight.

But - the move allowed us to pay cash for our house, no matter how bad shape it is, it's nice not to have a mortgage. And we don't have kids. With the sale of everything in Florida, we have the cash to fix the house up. No car payments - so our monthly expenses are very low now.

But - starting a business costs money. That's what he wants to do - start a business. In what, he doesn't know. He wants a tree farm. I'd be thrilled with a tree farm. I suggested maybe he work at one of those for a year or so to learn the biz. He didn't like the thought of being paid so low (heck, sweetie, you're a special-ed teacher now and bringing in 2K a month.... are you KIDDING?). He thought of starting a trim shop. Well, saws cost money, and so does wood, and the insurance in case you get maimed... There is a guy in town who did start a cabinet-making shop and now has a large warehouse sized business (I mean, it's in the Mohawk Carpet complex, and looks as big as Mohawk's gig there). I'm friends with his wife- she said her hubby would be happy to talk to mine about how to start up or maybe even give him a job if he's as good at cutting with detail as I said he is. But he says, working for someone else - same old grind.

I don't think it is the same old grind. I think that's why I went into decorating for two years. Because it was hands-on and I got to do things a little differently, and still be creative.

[Logo-Mechanix]

A friend of mine did something like that. He sold his house here in Jersey, moved to Alabama, had a house built, paid for it outright so theres no mortgage and started his own business from home doing something similar to what we did at the company we both worked for. He had alot of cash left from the sale of his house here because of the high real estate prices and of course real estate is relatively cheap where he moved so it gave him time to get his business up and running. If you are anything like me I worry about things like fianances all the time. It must be great to not have a mortgage, I will find out in about 17 years.

[balou]

That's pretty scary but I hope it all works out for the two of you. A friend of ours just quit teaching to work at an Auto Parts Store. He was becoming the old grump teacher at age 40 because he hated his job. Loves what he's doing now and life their house is much happier.

[reuber1]

He was becoming the old grump teacher at age 40 because he hated his job.Kind of like me when I was at Target, except I'm 23.

[balou]

Kind of like me when I was at Target, except I'm 23.

:D That's ancient for Target!

[Logo-Mechanix]

Reuber doesn't retail suck? I worked at Toy R Us for 2 years when I was about 23 and man that job stunk.

[greyghost]

Damn, I WISH houses in my part of Fla had sold for what they do in Jersey. We did all right tho. Alabama really is a sweet state (very run down... but the northern part of it is just as beautiful as N. GA).

My hubby's a special ed teacher - the average teacher in that lasts 3 years, and he's on his 7th year. And yes he is a sour grouch right now.

Yeah I still worry about the money aspect of it. I make enough to cover the basics right now - but out to eat once in a while? A movie once on a blue moon? Satellite TV with all the extras? No, not really. Let's not talk about car repairs or dental.

[The_Black_Knight]

A friend of mine did something like that. He sold his house here in Jersey, moved to Alabama, had a house built, paid for it outright so theres no mortgage and started his own business from home doing something similar to what we did at the company we both worked for. He had alot of cash left from the sale of his house here because of the high real estate prices and of course real estate is relatively cheap where he moved so it gave him time to get his business up and running. If you are anything like me I worry about things like fianances all the time. It must be great to not have a mortgage, I will find out in about 17 years.I plan on doing something very, very similar one day. Maybe not starting my own business, but selling my house for a massive profit and buying some real land in the sticks where it's cheap and building a nice house is definitely part of the plan. Sometimes I feel like New Jersey is a giant experiment to see how high they can get the population density before people just start eating each other (like some rodents do in crowded situations).

I live in Hopatcong (just over the border of Sussex/Morris county), and I work in Madison. That situation has actually improved over the last year, because I used to work all the way the heck out in Wayne, practically in Franklin Lakes (my commute used to be 35+ miles and 1 1/2 hours each way. That SUCKED, and I nearly went insane).

What part of the state do you live in?

[Logo-Mechanix]

Damn Black Knight were practically neighbors I live in Landing right on the other side of the lake from you. I work in East Hanover and its about a 24 mile ride one way from home. Youre definitely right about this state its so over crowded I think that is part of the reason my friend moved, he loves it in Alabama. My wife would never go for that she hates the sticks, me I could do without people for the rest of my life I don't like most of them anyway. LOL.

[balou]

Yeah I still worry about the money aspect of it. I make enough to cover the basics right now - but out to eat once in a while? A movie once on a blue moon? Satellite TV with all the extras? No, not really. Let's not talk about car repairs or dental.

Just don't give up the health insurance. Now there's a good way to be poor for life if something goes wrong without it. Thank goodness my hub likes his job - he's got the health/dental/life through work for both of us. It's crazy expensive when self employed.

[greyghost]

Just don't give up the health insurance. Now there's a good way to be poor for life if something goes wrong without it. Thank goodness my hub likes his job - he's got the health/dental/life through work for both of us. It's crazy expensive when self employed.

Don't I know it! It's $225/month for ME, at 29, no health problems as of yet and no pregnancy coverage, with a 2K deductible.

[Logo-Mechanix]

I hear that I don't have any kind of retirement plan where I am so I started a mutual fund, thank goodness I am pretty savvy with finances and making my money work for me.
My health insurance is through my wifes company and its pretty good, and she also has a retirement fund where she works that the company matches up to a certain amount.

[balou]

It's just too dang expensive to be a grown up. Some days I just want to buy a Winnebago and sell logos on the road for gas money & pb&j's.

[The_Black_Knight]

Logo-Mechanix, we are practically neighbors! It would be physically impossible for you to live more than a couple of miles from my house.

The commute to East Hanover from Landing has to suck big time (do you take 10 or 280 to work? They're both nightmares during rush hour).

At least with my current commute I cut through Randolph, Mendham, Morristown, and Harding, so it's a nice drive even though it takes an hour and I have to make about 50 turns.

If I ever have to commute on 80 East again on a regular basis, I think I'll wind up murdering someone.

[Logo-Mechanix]

I take route 10 and it usually is a nightmare. I told my wife I want a Humvee, you know the one with the 60 caliber mounted on top for those people who like to drive 35 miles per hour in the left lane with no one in front of them. That route is alot of turns but you are pretty much going away from traffic.

[greyghost]

It's just too dang expensive to be a grown up. Some days I just want to buy a Winnebago and sell logos on the road for gas money & pb&j's.


Give me a piece of land, a hut, a goat, some chickens and some veggie seeds, and I'll be happy as a lark. Screw this complicated life sh!t.

[reuber1]

Reuber doesn't retail suck? I worked at Toy R Us for 2 years when I was about 23 and man that job stunk.Yes it does. Was there for 5 years and a month. It was fine when I started college, but around 2003 it went downhill. That, and I had to go for a promotion to keep up with my student loan payments, and spending 40 hours a week there is 40 more hours than I would like to. Probably what I hated most about retail though is the holidays...the stress during that time just isn't worth it.

Oh well, been there, done that.

[balou]

Give me a piece of land, a hut, a goat, some chickens and some veggie seeds, and I'll be happy as a lark. Screw this complicated life sh!t.

Can I park in your driveway? :D

[Drorain]

...if i had a hammer

[The_Black_Knight]

I take route 10 and it usually is a nightmare. I told my wife I want a Humvee, you know the one with the 60 caliber mounted on top for those people who like to drive 35 miles per hour in the left lane with no one in front of them. That route is alot of turns but you are pretty much going away from traffic.
I told my wife I wanted a dump truck to intimidate all of the people driving massive SUVs. I would put a bumper sticker on it that says "Mine is bigger than yours."

She said she would divorce me if I ever actually did it.

I might still install a truck air horn in my car, just to scare the morons in front of me half to death when I use it. My wife wouldn't even have to know about that one if I set up a separate switch for it somewhere under the dash...

[greyghost]

Can I park in your driveway? :D

You betcha. I'll make the bread if you can supply the peanut butter & flour. If there's enough land we could make our own jam - strawberry, raspberry, blackberry.... mmmmmm.

[Booger]

I told my wife I wanted a dump truck to intimidate all of the people driving massive SUVs. I would put a bumper sticker on it that says "Mine is bigger than yours."

She said she would divorce me if I ever actually did it.

I might still install a truck air horn in my car, just to scare the morons in front of me half to death when I use it. My wife wouldn't even have to know about that one if I set up a separate switch for it somewhere under the dash...There is actually a company that sells the entire kits for cars
google car train horn kit
or something similar, pretty cheaply priced, but you can do better by getting parts at a salvage yard.

[Neballer]

getting pulled over by the cops on your bike! Yes it happened, and no I wasn't drunk.

[reuber1]

What for?

[morea]

Ok. I JUST gor to work. It took me over two hours to drive 50 miles and I very nearly ended up in a ditch. I am over an hour late for work and I won't get paid for it.

And I found out Saturday that I need to come up with over $400 to replace the wheel bearings in my car, so every penny counts at this point. Go figure.

[Drorain]

ya it took me a while this morn too Morea, nuts...I shoulda just called in dead X.X

[reuber1]

Crappy weather, or just the fact that the weekend is over? For me, it's the latter.

[Mynock]

bad haircuts mistaken for mullets

[morea]

it's both. And to add insult to injury, my boss and all the salespeople took today off, which means I get to sit here and answer the phones all day and have people scream at me because I can not help them.

[Logo-Mechanix]

Crappy weather reuber, it took me over an hour, alhtough I was expecting even worse it still wasn't pretty.

[morea]

anybody want to trade? I think I have the record.

Anybody else lose out on a much-needed hours pay today?

[Logo-Mechanix]

No thank you.

[morea]

I knew I should have added something "special" to my coffee this morning. :mad:

[Logo-Mechanix]

A little Khalua maybe? I wonder what our commute home is going to be like.

[morea]

maybe at least by then the lazy rotten bastards will have run a plow.

Why do I pay taxes again?

[G-Man79]

I just hate it when I'm behind people don't know how to drive in snow. The dude in front of me (w/ Florida plates) was driving two miles an hour. Here's a great idea buddy: stay in Florida!!!

It's great to see the city be so proactive with their snow plowing efforts. F' em.

[morea]

I would give them a piece of my mind a la my spiked club, but they're all still in bed.

[reuber1]

I can't say the same here. My commute is about 30 minutes normally, and that snow we got on Friday wasn't really that bad (nevermind what the local news' websites stated). I'm just tired as hell. Hopefully the day picks up for you.

[morea]

it's picking up all right... I get to be phone-biatch today. And since most of our clients have money, they don't like to be told that they can't have an answer the minute they want it. So they scream at me when I tell them I can't help them. Grr.

I should have called off today. The pay isn't going to be worth the headaches.

[Navian]

Maybe we should drive a CAT (http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=37840&x=7) to work, I mean look at the size of this thing:
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4628/untitled1copy5tz.jpg

[The_Black_Knight]

Maybe we should drive a CAT (http://www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=37840&x=7) to work, I mean look at the size of this thing:
Now that's what I'm talkin' about! But I think each one of those tires costs more than my entire car, so I don't know if I can swing it in the budget...

[The_Black_Knight]

I just hate it when I'm behind people don't know how to drive in snow. The dude in front of me (w/ Florida plates) was driving two miles an hour. Here's a great idea buddy: stay in Florida!!!I've been stuck behind people from Florida that can't even handle curves in the road on a sunny, dry day. Since all of the roads in Florida are long, straight, and flat, when they hit the hilly roads in New Jersey you can almost hear them screaming, "Oh my God! The road curves! What should I do!?!?!" BRAKE "AHHHH! It curves again!!!!" BRAKE "It's turning again!!!!!" BRAKE

[AlexNJ210]

you could build a house in the back of that thing! I heard once that the diesel engines that drive those things have like 6000 horsepower or somewhere near there!!! That would be the fastest most rugged off-road monstertruck/house ever created!!!
how do i think of these things..........

[Navian]

you could build a house in the back of that thing! I heard once that the diesel engines that drive those things have like 6000 horsepower or somewhere near there!!! That would be the fastest most rugged off-road monstertruck/house ever created!!!
how do i think of these things..........

Sad part is, where would you drive it with out making a mess? they are taller than powerlines. and taller than the tallest overpass or bridge that vehicles go under. a normal 6' man is half the height of 1 tire.

The 797B is about 21' tall, and about 48' long.

[greyghost]

I've been stuck behind people from Florida that can't even handle curves in the road on a sunny, dry day. Since all of the roads in Florida are long, straight, and flat, when they hit the hilly roads in New Jersey you can almost hear them screaming, "Oh my God! The road curves! What should I do!?!?!" BRAKE "AHHHH! It curves again!!!!" BRAKE "It's turning again!!!!!" BRAKE

Those same people in Florida drive 30 in a 45 and realize last second they are in the wrong lane... and take FOREVER to make a right hand turn - as if the road is uneven or something.

Heaven forbid it rain - the roads look like a Christmas tree with all the twinkling brake lights. AAAAHHHHHH! Rain! What do I do!????

[Logo-Mechanix]

It just goes to prove my theory that inclement weather cause amnesia, because everytime there is one rain drop or one snow flake, everyone forgets how to drive.

[morea]

My God. If I get torn one more a$$hole today because other people haven't done their jobs, I am quitting and going home to drink myself under the table.

[reuber1]

My God. If I get torn one more a$$hole today because other people haven't done their jobs, I am quitting and going home to drink myself under the table.That's funny. I just muttered the same thing here. Hopefully I get this press specialist job I just applied for.

[Logo-Mechanix]

When you guys get under the table i'll buy you a drink.

[morea]

I am honest to God ready to snap. I have put up with these broken promises and being otherwise taken advantage of for almost a year and a half now.

The girl who was just hired in sales sits at her desk giggling on her cell phone all day, and will not take calls when they come in, or return her messages. So I get stuck directing calls to her voice mail, and I get screamed at because she isn't doing HER job!

[reuber1]

The training at this job is pretty much non-existant. I'm still flying at the seat of my pants. And when one of the original techs screws up with their flippant responses to a customer, I wind up getting the call and have to fix it, or try to fix it even though I have no idea what I'm doing. This is better than my last job, but not by a lot.

[G-Man79]

Mo-
I know this wouldn't be the most ideal situation but couldn't you just up and quit and get a job at a restaurant, Wal-Mart, mall store? It's one thing to endure some b.s. for the sake of your career but your gig looks as though it's not even worth it. I would just take a poop in your boss' coffee mug and split.

[Neballer]

What for?
We looked like hoodlums that were theiving from a construction site.
Tax dollars hard at work.

[greyghost]

Mo-
I know this wouldn't be the most ideal situation but couldn't you just up and quit and get a job at a restaurant, Wal-Mart, mall store? It's one thing to endure some b.s. for the sake of your career but your gig looks as though it's not even worth it. I would just take a poop in your boss' coffee mug and split.

I am in complete agreement. I don't know how you take this sh!t, Morea, and kudos to you for being able to... but that place is sucking the life out of you. And driving 2 hours to get there? No way - I'd work at a restaurant or something. How can you be creative when you are interruped and BSed at all the time? Better off being closer to home and working on your portfolio.

[morea]

I am at a point where I am considering just that. Maybe I will end up taking a part time evening position waiting tables or something and try to spend more time doing freelance during the day. This is ridiculous.

[greyghost]

Will you take a poop in the boss' coffee mug too? I seriously laughed so hard at that idea! I WISH I had done that to one of my old bosses!

[morea]

I'll bring in some cat-box no-bake cookies. lol.

[G-Man79]

For real. Or if you want to take the semi-professional route you go into your bosses office, demand all the things you want by the end of the day (retroactive pay raise included) or you walk. If he does nothing, email him your letter of resignation (with "Effective Immediately" in the subject line) and move on to greener pastures.

I know this is easier said than done, but sometimes a librarian's gotta do what a librarian's gotta do.

[Navian]

Just give those to him Morea, and tell him its a "new cookie", and "yes they are supposed to smell like that."

Just have some normal cookie lookalikes with you so you could demonstrate the delicousness (chocolate with peanut crums).

[reuber1]

Seriously, you'd probably be happier working my old retail job. I would ditch that place like a retarded ditch monkey.

[morea]

I need to watch Office Space again...

[reuber1]

Holy crap, that's hilarious. I had planned on watching that tonight. I picked up the special edition because someone stole my regular edition, which is obsolete anyway because there's the special edition. I hate Hollywood and their 900 DVD versions of every movie.

[greyghost]

Or, rather than bake cookies (taking pity on your oven here) - just volunteer to make coffee and scoop the water out of the toilet.

Edit: I'm sure it's safe. I've heard many dogs prefer toilet water to the water in their bowl.

[morea]

lol! Would you believe we don't even have a coffee maker here?

[greyghost]

lol! Would you believe we don't even have a coffee maker here?

No COFFEE???
I think I'd die.

You need to go. I hate to advise someone on something so drastic as walking on a job - but your dignity is worth something too. I know a lady that kept on working for the same schmuck for 25 years - she was old and bitter and yet would not leave because she was afraid she wouldn't be able to find a job.

There are jobs. Heck, I actually enjoyed working produce and bagging groceries.

[morea]

yup, I fear it's time to dust off the old resume once again. Ah well. If only this job had been what he promised me if would be... <sigh>

[balou]

As tempting as it is to just walk, I'd advise to, as you said, dust off the resume and start looking. Don't quit until you have something else to go to. Do you have a creative temp service in town? I never did that but I always thought it would be a great experience. Is always good to not burn bridges - no matter how crumbly and bad that bridge is. My 2 cents.

[morea]

I will find something else before I leave... when the print shop where I used to work closed, I had the rug pulled out from under me and it took me 6 months to find another job. That's something I don't want to experience again. I'm still paying off the credit card debt from that.

[Patrick Shannon]

Not that this hasn't been said before, but Internet Explorer needs to die along with all the yuppies who insist on using it. I can't tell you how many times I've done something completely awesome that Mozilla, Safari, etc displays like a champ, but IE......

IE can't handle proper CSS. IE is a WIMP and a FAILURE. Mrs. IE is sleeping with bachelor Firefox because her husband can't get the job done.

*Whew* I feel better. (Goes back to HACKING his CSS to make it work with IE)

[Logo-Mechanix]

I once worked at al place like that. It was a print shop and the conditions were horrible. I spent five years of my life in that sh!t hole working 11 and 12 hour days. The kicker was when called everyone into his office one at a time and told us we would be put on salary with no increase but he still expected us to work 11 or 12 hours a day. I told him right then and there I don't work for free, so the next day when 5 rolled around I got up to leave. The numb nuts says to me where are you going there is still work to do. About a month later I found another job and gave my 2 weeks but I didn't work a minute past five for the remainder of time there.

[Booger]

Always remember, you were looking for a job when you found that one, you'll find another.

Maybe, depending on the alcoholic intake this evening ill post my stories..
arghhhhhh!

[Drorain]

some a-hole keeps stealing our art supplies...I think I need to call in the reinforcements...like this guy

http://i360.com/events/ax2005/photos/ja-IMG_1548.jpg

[AlexNJ210]

uhhh.......what or who is that??????:eek:

[reuber1]

It's Captain Snarfglab, dictator of the Sewer-World. He only surfaces at night to feast on the flesh of the homeless and to steal cartons of cigarettes from convenience stores for his minions to smoke during their diabolical meetings for world domination. This photo is unique because it's daytime; this is most likely a decoy.

[balou]

He forgot to take the tag off his sword.

L.A.R.P.ing? (live action role playing?)

Photo taken by his P.L.P. (plutonic life partner *but they're both into girls)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7521044027821122670

[balou]

Having to be a salesperson as well as a designer. That's the biggy that I don't like about working for myself.

OK. Got that off my chest. I'll go make my sales call now.

[EC]

Having to be a salesperson as well as a designer. That's the biggy that I don't like about working for myself.

OK. Got that off my chest. I'll go make my sales call now.

Amen to that. I've got a stack of proposals that need attending to and that's a job in itself.

I really want a personal assistant sometimes. Somebody that can do all the stuff I don't wanna do, and for very low pay. lol

[danedawg99]

Amen to that. I've got a stack of proposals that need attending to and that's a job in itself.

I really want a personal assistant sometimes. Somebody that can do all the stuff I don't wanna do, and for very low pay. lol
My wife takes care of all my organizational/office crap. ;) when i have work to do...

[Drorain]

Having to be a salesperson as well as a designer. That's the biggy that I don't like about working for myself.

OK. Got that off my chest. I'll go make my sales call now.

actually part of what i do as a small business is sell very low cost printing, somehow I get more business for this than for actual design work as of yet...sigh Sales does suck, thank goodness I dont need to do it here at my full time job

[balou]

I need a wife like that. Wait, I have a hubby who's more mechanically inclined and office work declined. He might like that 2 wife thing though.:D

[EC]

I need a wife like that. Wait, I have a hubby who's more mechanically inclined and office work declined. He might like that 2 wife thing though.:D

I'm not a lesbian (not that there's anything *wrong* with that lol), but I believe everyone wants a wife like that, I know I do.

I'd also like a man around the house that can fix things -- my boyfriend is useless in that regard. lol

So -- back to the personal assistant idea. ;)

[balou]

actually part of what i do as a small business is sell very low cost printing, somehow I get more business for this than for actual design work as of yet...sigh Sales does suck, thank goodness I dont need to do it here at my full time job

I did some of that at first. For me I wasn't getting compensated well enough for the time & effort.

[morea]

I told Neuro that we need to get ourselves a mail order bride and get her to keep up the housework. :D

[balou]

It's a dilemma...do I work more so I can afford to pay someone to help out or do I work less so I can do it all?

[Logo-Mechanix]

I used to do everything but I fired myself from most of it.

[Satchel]

I told Neuro that we need to get ourselves a mail order bride and get her to keep up the housework. :D

That's a great idea... no more laundry for me!

[morea]

I can't remember the last time I had a cupcake. :(

[Mynock]

mmmmmmmmm I've been called a cupcake before

[morea]

oh REALLY? *raises eyebrow*

:D

[Logo-Mechanix]

Here you go Morea.

[morea]

*drooooolllll*

ooh, thank you! :p


Edit: shoot... licking the monitor just isn't the same. :o

[Logo-Mechanix]

I always though they should come up with tasto-monitors.

[greyghost]

Husbands that don't remember the flush-early-flush often rule.... and overflow the toilet as a result... and then they grab your good new white towels to wipe up the resulting mess with rather than grab the PAPER TOWELS that are right there in the bathroom! So now my new good white towel is soaking in bleach overnight... I hope that kills the bacteria! AAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHH!

[AlexNJ210]

One thing that jerks my chain,

When a woman does something wrong, minor or major, the punishment is always less. Especially in relationships.(excluding abusive relationships im talking normal functioning relationships) When a man forgets something about what groceries were supposed to be bought or what the woman said in a short conversation a week ago, he becomes a complete an utter idiot in the eyes of the woman. Suddenly he has a total lack of respect for her, he NEVER listens to her say anything at all. A woman feels it a totally fair situation when she is feeling angry or po'ed on a particular day to proceed to rip her man a new one for saying "hey honey how was your day." She will treat the man this way for quite a while till she calms down, only to finally express what was peeving her in the first place. Now, in relationship ethics, the man either should get out of the situation by leaving the house or coming up with an excuse to go somewhere else or he stands there and takes it. After all is said and done, the woman rarely, if ever, will apologize for behaving so irrationally. She may do something nice, but will NEVER say the words "I WAS WRONG AND IM SORRY." Even IF her day sucked worse than any day that month, shes got no right to treat the man like sh*t. Why you ask???
Reverse that situation. how would the woman react to a man venting his frustrations that way???? .......Exactly.

*deep breath*

Having to hold your tongue while being whipped sucks.

[AlexNJ210]

By the way im one to feel that men and women should hold equal levels of respect for each other. Im no pig or anything. Sorry for the long rant.

[Neballer]

hangovers.
The need to invent Soma.

[rockem]

its 11pm friday and just leaving work....oh wait thats fun right

[John G]

Sleeping.

I love it, I hate it.
Think of all the time I could be doing something enjoyable besides work that I have to spend dreamless sleep. Its so boring.

[ecsyle]

I wish I could sleep more :)

[UDesignWePrint]

What about printers -- what really gets you crazy about them? I am a printer and I want to always do better. I think us printers need to be more patient at times. And start to listen to clients better.

[Drorain]

your being modest, usually printers need to clean up after designers

[UDesignWePrint]

People I think have to really think hard before they call themselves designers - that is always the challenge - when printers handle their "press ready" work.

[balou]

People I think have to really think hard before they call themselves designers - that is always the challenge - when printers handle their "press ready" work.

I think "press ready file" is really a non-existent thing. Files have to go through a pre-press check & prep process regardless of the shape a file is in. Way back when it was called "camera-ready" work which held more true as "ready" art. If it was truly camera ready, could take it directly to shoot the artwork on camera and burn a plate.

[UDesignWePrint]

Very true. We the term Press Ready -- meaning -- all components are there - fonts not missing, files converted to CMYK if need be, bleeds are correct.

Devo rocks!

[balou]

Devo rocks!

Ya. Or at least they used to. Now I think it's more like "Devo pebbles!"

[Logo-Mechanix]

Ya. Or at least they used to. Now I think it's more like "Devo pebbles!"

That made me laugh.

[reuber1]

Going online to my Student Loan provider to see my remaining balance after a year and a half. Oh well, it's down to $34,000 now!!!

[balou]

Ouch!

[reuber1]

Yeah; I know some people's are worse. But hey, when you're making $10 an hour before the taxes and insurance comes out, that's a butt-load of money. I remember expecting to have a job that pays $40,000 a year by now. Boy, am I gullible!

[EC]

Going online to my Student Loan provider to see my remaining balance after a year and a half. Oh well, it's down to $34,000 now!!!

I am still about 2,000 shy of paying mine off. And I'm really old, and have been paying it down over 10 years now. lol

(PS it DOES get easier to make this payment though, that's one good thing.)

[EC]

Yeah; I know some people's are worse. But hey, when you're making $10 an hour before the taxes and insurance comes out, that's a butt-load of money. I remember expecting to have a job that pays $40,000 a year by now. Boy, am I gullible!

Hahaha yeah you are. But I think a lot of us are *that gullible*. Well, if you listened to people in academia that is. They way they made it sound, I thought I'd have a corner office at Leo Burnett by age 24. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhahaha.

Boy, I slay me.

[reuber1]

Yeah, by now I should be training interns and looking into becoming an art director. :rolleyes:

[Mynock]

EC and you didn't even get the degree that goes with the debt :P

[Logo-Mechanix]

Hahaha yeah you are. But I think a lot of us are *that gullible*. Well, if you listened to people in academia that is. They way they made it sound, I thought I'd have a corner office at Leo Burnett by age 24. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhahaha.

Boy, I slay me.

There is a reason the people in academia are in academia, because its a safe secure job and they don't have to live paycheck to paycheck trying to get their foot in the door in the design business. Judging from what alot of people are saying these instructors could not possibly know the real world if they are only lving in the world of teaching. The two are vastly different, I took me almost 10 years out of school to be making more than 40,000 a year. The opportunities are out there but the good ones are hard to come by. Be prepared to work from the bottom up.

[Drorain]

well said logo

[Logo-Mechanix]

Thanks, it just kills me that these kids are being deceived so badly by these schools. I mean come on 40,000 a year right out of school, that depends on so many variables I can't beleive they can tell someone that with a straight face. I wish someone would attempt to sue them for false advertisement or something, I mean somewhat honest with people, I am not saying nobody ever made that kind os money right out of school I imagine it has happened but those cases are few and far between trust me.

[Patrick Shannon]

One thing that jerks my chain,

When a woman does something wrong, minor or major, the punishment is always less. Especially in relationships.(excluding abusive relationships im talking normal functioning relationships) When a man forgets something about what groceries were supposed to be bought or what the woman said in a short conversation a week ago, he becomes a complete an utter idiot in the eyes of the woman.

Which is why I am all too glad not to be married ;) I don't get the whole marriage thing where one person just dumps on, or has to answer to the other. It gets real annoying when someone tells you they can't go out tonight because they don't have the wife's permission. And hell, what do they do then, just sit around and watch TV? (And while the potential fantasies are there, somehow I don't think it boils down to that)

That is what's great about single couples, they keep each other in line because one or the other can walk away at any time if the other faulters. As for me, I answer to no one. (Guess that means I'll never be married then, yeah? ^_~)

Anyway, I'll vent......what jerks my chain is friggin thieves. I just realized that my bicycle just got stolen. What annoys me is not so much that it's gone (I can always get another), but the thought that 1.) some greasy @#$% is riding around on it now, and 2.) I'm sort of embarrassed that it took me this long to figure out it was gone since it's winter (I don't ride around in winter, naturally) and I've been so distracted by work and other things lately that I haven't really paid much attention to what's out (or in this case, what's missing) on my porch lately.

[rockem]

Thanks, it just kills me that these kids are being deceived so badly by these schools. I mean come on 40,000 a year right out of school, that depends on so many variables I can't beleive they can tell someone that with a straight face. I wish someone would attempt to sue them for false advertisement or something, I mean somewhat honest with people, I am not saying nobody ever made that kind os money right out of school I imagine it has happened but those cases are few and far between trust me.

40,000 a year is not that unreachable by a student right out of college, I didnt make that much right out of college, I was making about 32,000 out of college. I was making 40 after about 3 -4 years of hard work, lay offs, countless resumes sent out, etc. Now there are alot of kids that go to design school because they think it is cool and they are no good at it, it will take them a long time to be getting paid well for design. I know of a bunch of students from my class that shouldnt have been doing design, and they are either still looking for work, or got out of design because they couldnt find a job, or are stuck in prepress work.

[panzer]

Give me a piece of land, a hut, a goat, some chickens and some veggie seeds, and I'll be happy as a lark. Screw this complicated life sh!t.

what about bird flu tho

[greyghost]

what about bird flu tho

Don't ruin my fantasies.

[Neballer]

40,000 a year is not that unreachable by a student right out of college....
It's true, I made 40,000 right out of school. But then again I did work for one of the largest corporations in Minneapolis.

[rockem]

It's true, I made 40,000 right out of school. But then again I did work for one of the largest corporations in Minneapolis.

lol theres alot of large corporations in mnpls

[Neballer]

and one of them employed me. :D

[MD]

It was Prince wasn't it. You were the graphic designer for Paisley Park Studios.

[rockem]

It was Prince wasn't it. You were the graphic designer for Paisley Park Studios.

thats in chanhassen not mnpls

[Neballer]

not even close, but I did work with a guy who is totally obsessed with Prince.

[rockem]

paisley park is not even close to a large corporation, man that would be the day, prince having some power, lol

[Logo-Mechanix]

I am with Grey, to hell with this thing called life I want to live off the land in some uninhabited piece of wilderness with just the basic tools to survive....as long as I have my laptop and a pretty fast internet connection.

[rockem]

haha i get a kick out of that saying, live off the land

[Logo-Mechanix]

Yeah very few people are capable of living without what we have become accustomed to as life necessiteis

[rockem]

could you live off the land?

[Logo-Mechanix]

I am a pretty avid outdoorsman, hunting, fishing and I took a course once on trapping (I can hear the redneck jokes already) and I know about things like hypothermia and how to start a fire without matches and also how to build a temporary and longer term shelter. So I think I could do it but would I want to ummmm no.

[balou]

could you live off the land?

If I could hover or if there wasn't that dang gravity thing, yeah.

as long as I have my laptop and a pretty fast internet connection.

Have to sell a lot of strawberries to pay for the monthly connection.;)

[morea]

or other "natural" substances... <evil grin>

[Logo-Mechanix]

Its kind of gross but you can eat most kinds of insects and survive for quite sometime. The basic things you need are food water and shelter, in fact you should construct a shelter even before trying to build a fire which if you have ever tried it without matches it is not easy.

[greyghost]

insects= yuck.
If you have chickens, you at least have eggs every day.

If you have a cow, you have milk for 3 months or so before you need to breed her again to get more milk.

if you have fields and know how to can... you can eat veggies and fruits anytime. :)

Please let me keep my fantasies, ok?

[Patrick Shannon]

It was Prince wasn't it. You were the graphic designer for Paisley Park Studios.

It's a lie. Now go purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

[morea]

you know what jerks my chain? When I'm trying to take a nice hot bath, and my cats keep ramming themselves into the bathroom door until they pop the latch and it opens... then they pull my towels down onto the floor and sleep on them, so when I get out of the tub I pick up my towel and all the cat hair sticks to me, so I have to get BACK in the shower and rinse it all off.

[greyghost]

When I take a hot bath, the dogs run for cover out of fear the bath is for them.
Once they realize it's for ME, one of them feels she must open the door and check on me every so often. "Mom, you okay in there? Okay just checking."

[urstwile]

Cell phones! And the people who use them just to "chat" while you're in the elevator or on the trolley, listening to them talk all loud and one-sided. Not saying they're all bad, just over-used.

[urstwile]

Oh, forgot another one. People who drive into the crosswalk when you're waiting for the light to change, so you have to scooch betweent them and another car. I think I'm done now. :)

[greyghost]

Pancaking, rude, inconsiderate relatives jerk my chain!!!
THIS is part of the reason why we MOVED to Georgia, so we didn't have to go through this BS.. but no, they want us to drive 3 hours to Stone Mountain for dinner tonight "Mapquest says it's only 2 hours." Well, Mapquest doesn't take into account ATLANTA PANCAKING TRAFFIC AT 5PM.

In fact, it's taken us 3 pancaking hours to drive through Atlanta before. By itself. Thank you very much. Mapquest can stick it where the sun dont shine.

We suggested meeting IN Atlanta, good places to eat there... would be only a half hour for them and make it more like 2.5 for us.

Six hours on the road, just for dinner with a selfish pancaking b!tch and her two AWFUL kids (the hubby is the actual relative, he's okay) is an AWFUL lot.

And I'm sure I'd be more okay with it were it Dave's brother and sister in law, but they are nice, normal people and their three kids are great.

Thanks for letting me vent, I feel better now. :)

[balou]

Family guilt trips are the worst! If nothing else, enjoy the 6 hours of undivided DH time.;)

[greyghost]

I will try.
Neither of us wants to go. :(
These folks are consistently inconsiderate of everyone. A few months back the two of them wanted to go to a Bucs game together, so hubby's mom volunteered to babysit. They live an hour and a half's drive from her house in Sarasota. Well, she got there, and Marie was in the pool and Doug was not home. So she asked what was going on, why were they not getting ready to go, and apparently they had an argument and decided not to go at all.
Gee, thanks for calling my mother in law to let her know she didn't need to drive all that way!
Happens all the time. That's probably a large reason for my angry state.

[balou]

Grey, you don't look so good, I think you're coming down with something. Here, touch the screen, I licked my screen :p and I've got a bit of a cold so you can have it too.

[Logo-Mechanix]

I have a sister in law in the same category and so does my wife so I feel for ya Grey.

[greyghost]

Grey, you don't look so good, I think you're coming down with something. Here, touch the screen, I licked my screen :p and I've got a bit of a cold so you can have it too.


LOL!!

Oh, I'll get over it. The whole family bites their tongues around them, and this one time in 4 months is better than say, once a month or the occasional 3x a month as was expected when we lived there (they lived an hour and a half from us there).

Logo, I know we all have people in our families like this. I have a large number of family members I'd love to see, but unfortunately for the locals... all they have seen so far is the people we DON'T like.

[Logo-Mechanix]

The idiots always stand out more than the decent folks.

[morea]

^ that really jerks my chain :D

[Drorain]

"In atlanta there is 6 lanes of traffic....Nobody moves"

~ Louis Black

[Logo-Mechanix]

In NJ snow and rain cause amnesia, when it happens everyone forgets how to drive. God I hate traffic.

[greyghost]

"In atlanta there is 6 lanes of traffic....Nobody moves"

~ Louis Black


LOL!
Well, we're on our way... I even have HER present, and presents for the ROTTEN KIDS too. All wrapped up all sweet and everything.
Bye bye now. I'm off to see the witch...

[morea]

be safe!

[flutterby nut]

dang pancaking relatives!

all my family is in the midwest (thankfully!)...my brother planned a several-week long road trip to bring my niece out west to college...see all the sites/friends/wife's relatives along the way...so they get to my city, call me up, say "we're sight-seeing downtown for a couple hours, come see us".....i do all my traveling by city bus, it's a 1/2 hr trip...my son is already coming home from his grandma's and can't be reached...never mind anything else i had to do.....when i said no, i can't come...i get billed as the anti-social, unaccomodating "bitch" relative to all the folks back home.....ick!

[reuber1]

Having a slew of co-workers that remind you of Jimmy Fallon's computer guy dude from SNL (BTW, Jimmy Fallon sucks).

For our FTP I've been able to go directly through IE, add folders for our clients, and back out, no problems at all. Well, recently "something" changed, but I'll be damned what because no one told me about it, and when I tried going in I got a 503 error and I'm like WTF? I've only FTP'ed via web browser or an FTP client, which we don't have. When I asked for help, I was promptly treated like sh!t from co-workers. I know little about hardware, but I still don't need to be talked down to about it. I may have hated the big T, but at least there I had friends and wasn't treated like a black sheep from them.

[Satchel]

I hate flash and it's jerky pancaking motion tween! Grrr!!!

[Drorain]

flash blows, there has got to be a more intuitive program

[reuber1]

Everybody hatin' on Flash. I love that program. I would do it if I could.

[Satchel]

Having a slew of co-workers that remind you of Jimmy Fallon's computer guy dude from SNL (BTW, Jimmy Fallon sucks).

I won a bet over Jimmy Fallon with a friend of mine - now he owes me drinks for life (he said in the fine print it says one drink, per night we're BOTH out) I love Jimmy Fallon!

[Satchel]

Everybody hatin' on Flash. I love that program. I would do it if I could.

I've been working on a redesign of an animation and I have tried everything to get an idea of mine to work - it looks like JUNK because flash cant make an object move smooth, instead it's jerky as hell. I dont mind the program for the most part, but it's hard as hell to teach someone how to use because of all it's little quarks... I agree there has got to be a more intuitive program.

[Neballer]

Everybody hatin' on Flash. I love that program. I would do it if I could.
I'll second that rübs.
jerky motion tween my arse (http://www.2advanced.com/flashindex.htm)

[rockem]

yah but would you use it correctly? I think most of the people hating on flash have a reason to at times, there are way to many websites out there that are just total crap and think flash animation is cool and think it will carry there design.

[Satchel]

I'll second that rübs.
jerky motion tween my arse (http://www.2advanced.com/flashindex.htm)

That looks like it's done in some 3D program, looks real nice, I wish I knew how they made it look so smooth. I'd show you what I've been working on *but I cant*, it's super simple, and shouldnt look as bad as it does but for the life of me I just cant get it to look good...

here's an example of a jerky tween (http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Animations/Other/The_Dr-Magn-2208/index.php) (flashkit)

[Satchel]

I'm not using it on a webpage, I am using it for some LCD monitors- no choice but to use flash. (at certain frames per second, and lenght of animation)

[reuber1]

I totally agree with you rockem, I've seen my share of shit flash sites. But, as I always say (and did not come up with myself), I think people shouldn't dislike the technology because someone doesn't use it right. People don't hate the pencil, even though you can't carve out a plaster sculpture with it. Well, I suppose you could, if you were a masochist.

[Satchel]

Well I am a guy who is hating the technology not because of anything even web-based, but rather from my experience with it.

[morea]

bird flu.

[balou]

having to shovel snow...again.

[reuber1]

Evidently it's sticking north. Not here, it's melting as it touches the ground.

[Logo-Mechanix]

People who ask me when the triplets come if we are going to keep them all. Yes people have actually asked that question.

[Mynock]

But balou what if you knew it was the last time? Snow must fall on a robin's back three times before spring can start. This is our third snowfall since last Sunday when I saw my first robins in the area.

[Mynock]

People who ask me when the triplets come if we are going to keep them all. Yes people have actually asked that question.You can return them? How long? 90 days? 18 years? I might have some people I know interested in returning theirs.

[John G]

People who ask me when the triplets come if we are going to keep them all. Yes people have actually asked that question.

woah. that'd be kinda weird. Imagine running into your twin somewhere, hey don't I know you?

To continue the thread, why can I never get enough sleep? I hate being tired.

[balou]

But balou what if you knew it was the last time? Snow must fall on a robin's back three times before spring can start. This is our third snowfall since last Sunday when I saw my first robins in the area.

They're talking another big dump of snow on Sunday/Monday. 19 inches on Monday, 4 inches today and I heard another foot for Sunday/Monday. I wish I had a snowmobile. They've got great trails around us. But no, I only get to shovel it. So good riddens! (until next fall and I'll look forward to the first snow again!)

[rockem]

sweet more snow bring it on, cuz in a couple weeks its gonna be gone in a second, man the roads were really bad last night to

[morea]

People who ask me when the triplets come if we are going to keep them all. Yes people have actually asked that question.

I bet they think they're really clever when they ask that, too. :rolleyes:
Tacky.

Along similar lines, it jerks my chain when people find out I have nine cats and say things to me like, "oh my GAWD, doesn't your house smell?"
Also tacky.

And no, it doesn't. Because I clean up after the cats.

[Logo-Mechanix]

I usually tell them we will be selling one on ebay and then ask if they would like me to send them the link.

[jimintn]

do you sell kids by the pound or what?

[Kool]

Hey Morea if people ask you "oh my GAWD, does your house smell?" tell them no my hose doesn't have a nose does yours? PARAMPAAH!! :D

[reuber1]

Not to snow on your parade, or rain in our case, Balou but we were supposed to get six to eight inches (ha ha "that's what she said" ha ha) today and it wound up being less than an inch and the roads were merely wet. And it was coming down HARD (ha ha "that's what she said" ha ha) at one point, but it was just too damn warm to make a difference.

[HunterGFX]

chavs really get up my nose...... thats about 90% of britain accounted for :P

[Logo-Mechanix]

What are chavs?

[HunterGFX]

burberry, hoody wearin knob heads who hate moshers/metal fans and cover themselves in gold rings/chains englands swarmin with em, its actually a big problem (they're also known as yobs/townies)



http://www.fat-pie.com/devvoasowt.htm

this should make it clearer ;)

[Logo-Mechanix]

If they hate moshers/metal fans they ain't my kind of people either.

[reuber1]

Moshing is alright. There's some people who go a little too damn far with it though, and will promptly get the business end of my fist into their face.

Metal is alright. Don't LOVE it, but I don't hate it either.

[Drorain]

sound like yuppies or snobs or preppies

so what kinda music do these knobs listen too

[Logo-Mechanix]

I don't mosh anymore but still love to go to a good metal show once in awhile, when you are 36 years old and try to mosh all you get is really sore for a really long time.

[HunterGFX]

sound like yuppies or snobs or preppies

so what kinda music do these knobs listen too

hardocre dance/rave music (T.F.I is the most popular over here) or as they call it "****in proper bangin choons mayte!"

hip hop/rap is also the chavvy music

[Drorain]

dance and rave..sounds like a lot of the local greeks I know in boston

wanna trade?

[HunterGFX]

anyday, you americans dont have these hooded tw4ts, your lucky, "ugh whats 2 + 2?..... f-in ell dik ed i dont f-in know, ill f-in knock ya out dik ed, come on then!!" all i did was say hi......

pure english class mi dear chaps, tallyho!

[Logo-Mechanix]

Trust me man, we got 'em here too. They are just called something different.

[Satchel]

anyday, you americans dont have these hooded tw4ts, your lucky, "ugh whats 2 + 2?..... f-in ell dik ed i dont f-in know, ill f-in knock ya out dik ed, come on then!!" all i did was say hi......

pure english class mi dear chaps, tallyho!

whoa... I didn't understand any of that!!

[Logo-Mechanix]

I guessing you have to think like a punk from England to get it, thats what I did anyway

[reuber1]

Just watch some more "Lock Stock", "Snatch" (the one with Brad Pitt, not the other one), and "Sean of the Dead". Us Americans that speak English v2 don't always quite get that stuff.

[MD]

It makes sense if you imagine Brad Pitt's character from snatch saying it.

[reuber1]

Wasn't he Scottish in that movie though?

[MD]

I don't think so - his characters name was Mickey O'Neil

[reuber1]

Arghh...I meant Irish. But I typed Scottish.

[Satchel]

My scroll ball stopped working... or at least it halfway stopped working - it still goes up, but not down!!!

Who needs to go up??

[morea]

never! Up is the past. You don't want to live in the PAST, do you? ;)

[jimintn]

Jethro Tull did a song "Living in the Past"

One of my favorites by them (him)

[Satchel]

Exactly my point - no one needs to go up. Stupid rolly ball! This is torture, having to go over and grab the little side scroll dealy (sorry I'm not much of a web guy, what's it called?) I forgot it even existed until today when I had to resort to using it again!

[reuber1]

The mouse-wheel-click to scroll makes me a happy panda. :)

[Satchel]

The mouse-wheel-click to scroll makes me a happy panda. :)

my mouse wheel click brings up my dashboard!

[Patrick Shannon]

St. Patrick's Day was a few days ago, but it still burns me as I see a coworker walk by and I think about it again....I said this on a SPD thread, why does every damned moron jump on you when you don't wear green that day? (I don't think I have a green piece of clothing in my closet, ugly color) Can't tell you how many times I've heard....

"Hey....your name is Patrick! It's St. Patrick's Day! Why aren't you wearing green?"

(Ahem).........DO I LOOK LIKE A FRIGGIN' LEPRECHAUN TO YOU, JACK**S?!?

It's only slightly worse than the fencing jokes I've heard three million times before ("You're a fencer? Well, I need one for my front yard....").

[reuber1]

St. Patrick's Day was a few days ago, but it still burns me as I see a coworker walk by and I think about it again....I said this on a SPD thread, why does every damned moron jump on you when you don't wear green that day? (I don't think I have a green piece of clothing in my closet, ugly color) Can't tell you how many times I've heard....

"Hey....your name is Patrick! It's St. Patrick's Day! Why aren't you wearing green?"

(Ahem).........DO I LOOK LIKE A FRIGGIN' LEPRECHAUN TO YOU, JACK**S?!?

It's only slightly worse than the fencing jokes I've heard three million times before ("You're a fencer? Well, I need one for my front yard....").I got the same thing all day Friday, merely because of my red-hair.

[MD]

Because you did not dye it green?

[balou]

...sleep - a human design flaw.

[reuber1]

Because you did not dye it green?
No, because I didn't wear any. Their logic was that I have red-hair, therefore I am Irish, so I should have been wearing green. I am German/Scottish.

[Stever]

clicks

[reuber1]

^ ?

You mean cliques?

[morea]

clichés. :p

[Stever]

^ ?

You mean cliques?
Yes. Thank you.

[reuber1]

I hear ya there. Beat of my own drum. I have no friends. :cool:

[G-Man79]

clichés. :p
Quiches?

[morea]

squishes.

[Satchel]

clicks

I dont know where I would be if I couldn't click!

you ever set the thing in Illy to show how many mouse clicks you do - sometimes it's crazy how many times you click that little bugger!

[reuber1]

Or if something told you how many times you touched your other "little bugger", if you know what I mean. I know you do.

[morea]

you have a small bladder, reuber? ;)

[Stever]

I dont know where I would be if I couldn't click!

you ever set the thing in Illy to show how many mouse clicks you do - sometimes it's crazy how many times you click that little bugger!
clever.

Edit to insert quote

[reuber1]

you have a small bladder, reuber? ;)Nope, I'm just a red-blooded male.

[EC]

Isn't it "For God's Sake" not "For God Sakes"? Just curious.

[Satchel]

Or if something told you how many times you touched your other "little bugger", if you know what I mean. I know you do.

I do know what you mean!

[Satchel]

Isn't it "For God's Sake" not "For God Sakes"? Just curious.

I think so!!

On orgazmo he says "just kiss her for God's sake", and he replies, "how would god benefit from me kissing her", so I believe it is God's

Edit: Speaking of how people say things. I dont know if this is just in the midwest or what, but when people are trying to say "for" and they say "fur" it just makes them sound retarded. I actually catch myself doing this sometimes, and I flick myself in the throat everytime..

"durr, what's that there button fur?"

[reuber1]

I'll have to play it again. That's a Sean Connery quote (Finding Forrester I think, it's on a lot of http://ytmnd.com projects and it's funny as hell), and I think that's how he says it.

[Satchel]

I'll have to play it again. That's a Sean Connery quote (Finding Forrester I think, it's on a lot of http://ytmnd.com projects and it's funny as hell), and I think that's how he says it.

Who the hell are you talking to?

[reuber1]

Who the hell are you talking to?EC and you. "PUNCH THE KEYS FOR GOD SAKES" or however the hell it's said is a Sean Connery quote. I think it's from Finding Forrester. I said I'd have to play it again to find out. I've heard it said both ways before, so I really don't know.

[Satchel]

ohhh... I thought you were talking about the fur... but was lost because I couldn't see Sean Connery saying that!

[reuber1]

Would be funny though.

"Durr, what that button thar fur" would have been an odd James Bond quote for him.

[reuber1]

I'm in the mood to punch some co-"workers". :mad:

Those quote positions are VERY intentional.

[MD]

You have anger issues.
http://www.blitzbargains.co.uk/acatalog/stressbuster.jpg

[morea]

how ironic... they put "desktop punching ball" in comic sans, to make SURE people want to punch it! :p

[reuber1]

We have one of those MD from my Target days. Someone took one out of the box and no one wanted it for months and months and months, so we just gave it away. It doesn't stick well to the surface. Then again, I don't think it was expecting my power. :cool:

[Logo-Mechanix]

The woman in the ad looks like she's wearing a trash bag.

[Crimson]

Getting a whole bunch of freelance opportunites dropped on your lap but not being able to do them cause your wife won't work a job and when you get home to work on your freelance stuff - she thinks you are there to service her or sit around and watch movies so you don't get your new projects done and recover the money she is not making. I'm so scared- I feel like things are really getting off the ground but I might not have the time to get it done.

[Mynock]

Missing GDF's 15 minutes of fame being in the cities and not in the office on St. Patty's day.

[LeftBrain Artist]

The woman in the ad looks like she's wearing a trash bag.

Either that or she just escaped from the Phantom Zone.

[morea]

ugh, daytime television. You're not missing ANYTHING! :p

[Stever]

^^
Exactly... garbage in garbage out. And TV is about 90% garbage these days! Taking in the crap that comes out of that box these days makes it a real challenge to maintain a positive attitude.... Don't get me started. :lol:

[Jriddim]

haha watching tv these days really makes you want to love yourself, or not

[morea]

lol, I'm not even tempted to turn it on, which is helping me focus on my job search. :)

[Stever]

what a coincidence...i've been doing the same thing. It's amazing how much I can get done in a day by not watching the vast wasteland, or even having it on in the background. I'm not watching at night either. Not only am I doing more of the things I like to do, I feel much better. Seems to me tv perpetuates fear. I'd rather not give that concept any power, if I can help it that is. :)

[Kool]

ugh, daytime television. You're not missing ANYTHING! :p

I love the commercials, nothing but cheesy "colleges" and lawyers. I guess they figure if you're home during the day you either need some more education or you need to sue somebody. :D

[morea]

^ well said!

Stever - there are a few evening shows I enjoy. Mostly comedies and whatnot. Life can be tough enough, I want my entertainment to be positive! :p

I haven't taken my mountain bike off the trainer yet, so I usually make myself exercise while I watch tv. At least that way I don't feel like I am wasting time!

[balou]

Or that you need to clean your house, get a pregnancy test or buy underwear.

[morea]

here's the trainer: http://neuros-photos.********.com


ah, it seems that GDF is no longer blogger friendly... we must have got spammed, huh? Well, substitute the letters b - l - o - g - s - p - o - t for those asterisks and then add the following:

/2005/11/cycleops-mag-trainer-and-more.html


that should work, if you *really* want to go look at it. LOL.

[Stever]

^ well said!

Stever - there are a few evening shows I enjoy. Mostly comedies and whatnot. Life can be tough enough, I want my entertainment to be positive! :p

I haven't taken my mountain bike off the tr!
I agree, there are some postives shows... that's the 10%. ;)