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You don't get the provision from sales you don't excpect to make.My car died yesterday. Weirdly, in over 4 decades of being alive I've never had to actually deal with a dead car myself; someone else always handled this very adult chore. Ever realize you're a grown person with an adult task in front of you and you have no idea what you're doing?LOL. Our first "OK, we have to get rid of this" car died back around 1994, so I would have been 27. And it was just, "Call a tow company, have them tow it to the dealership, then get trade-in value while getting a new car."
And I'll never forget that purchase because the list price of the Celica was something like $26,000, and the dealer saw a couple of young rubes and wheeled and dealed his way all the way down to $19,500. While I was fully expecting to pay the whole $26k.
I'll never understand car salesmen.
And there's the mystery to me. Maybe it's just the way I carry myself, or the way I'm non-responsive to all their come-ons (cars don't excite me; they're a method of transportation, period. And I hate car salesmen with a passion).
But all I want is to go in, pay sticker price for the car, and be in and out in under an hour.
Instead, they do their song and dance, burn 2-3 hours until I'm ready to just walk out because I'm sick of them, and they cut 20-30% off the price of the car and give it to me quickly.
If they could read me at all, or if they listened to my original statement of, "I'd just like to pay sticker price, right now, and walk out the door, please," they'd make thousands more in commission.
The Prius was virtually the exact same story. I walked in. He asked, "What can I do for you?" I said, "I want that Prius, I'll pay full sticker price, and I want to walk out of here in under an hour."
Three hours later he'd knocked $5000 off sticker price before selling it to me.
I am angered and baffled by such...
Not having to deal with that crap is a nice side-effect of me not driving.
I hate when salesman hover over and try to push me anything. It can easily make me back off and leave the shop.
Lack of pesky staff bothering me is one of the reasons I am a big fan of super/hypermarkets where I can take my time picking things. Even if it means that I occasionally can't find what I wanted because I don't like asking staff.
This morning, after my run, I started to make banana pecan muffins.
Because I buy new bananas when we're down to just 2 or 3, because Teensy Valeros eats at least one a day. But Whingey Wizzard won't let him eat the new bananas until he eats all the old bananas, and he thinks if they have even one tiny brown speck, they're spoiled, so his solution is to not eat ANY at all until the old ones are so mushy that I bake with them, and then start in on the new ones.
So I made the batter, was starting to fill the tins, and realized I hadn't added the crushed pecans. So I put all the batter back in the mixing bowl, added the pecans, and was refilling the tins, when I noticed the two eggs sitting out on the counter. And had to dump all the batter back into the bowl to add the sodding eggs and start again.
Then while they were baking, I ran over to school to pick up a couple of things from my classroom before our online inservice meetings this morning, realized the water level in the turtle tank was low, started filling the pitcher in the sink while I rummaged in my supply closet, and came out to find my entire countertop flooded. Because I'm an idiot.
This is what I get for trying to do anything at all before coffee and a shower.
Everything about this makes me unhappy, but for various, and sometimes conflicting reasons.
Dang it.
(Also, I, too, mandate eating bananas. Unless they actually go soft. Yeach)
EDIT: AND NOW I'M HUNGRY, TOO, DANG IT
Yeah I'll be the first to admit there's no macho involved here, I am 100% bonafide wimp when it comes to spice.Probably won't like this, thenScint gets all the cookies today. That's one of my favorite PMJ covers.
(After Careless Whisper, and Thriller, and I Still Haven't Found what I'm Looking For, and Vonzell Solomon's sublime Every Breath you Take, and about a dozen others I'm too lazy to list.)
How am I just learning about PMJ for the first time? This is so completely up my alley.
Whelp... I know how I’m spending the next 2 hours of my life.
Hahah, he said, "two hours!"
My sweet summer child...
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Has anyone else noticed...** spoiler omitted **
Your sense of what "coherent" means is clearly dated.
Basically as long as you don't pull down your pants and start pissing on the press corps you're considered "coherent".
It's truly a magical time to be a politician.
Ancient Rome's Sanitation System
AAAHHHHH I HAVE STUFF TO DO
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doesn'tmattercaughtupliterallynothingelsetoread(exceptallthestuffbeforewher eistartedreadingbutthatdoesn'texistrightnow)okaybyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeee
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Go away, Steam sales! I am not looking at you!
nanananana-nana-nanana-nana-not looking-nanana!
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The homeowners at the job site I'm working at think they're setting me back with their nitpicking and indecision, but unknown to them I'd already incorporated both into my day.
And even if they do change their mind I'd incorporated that too so there's literally no way for me to have to go back and fix something because they decided they didn't like it.
This is why I love working by myself.
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Hilariously tone-deaf moment of the day:
As with most global megacorporations, we work with a company that gets us global perks, like discount movie tickets or movie vouchers or whatnot.
This month's announcement?
Global Megacorporation Perks: Top Travel Offers for August!
Considering that hilarious web site from a few pages ago (as of COVID-19, we've gone from 179 countries that don't require visas to 4), this offer is one big "hmm" of tastelessness...
You don't get the provision from sales you don't excpect to make.My car died yesterday. Weirdly, in over 4 decades of being alive I've never had to actually deal with a dead car myself; someone else always handled this very adult chore. Ever realize you're a grown person with an adult task in front of you and you have no idea what you're doing?LOL. Our first "OK, we have to get rid of this" car died back around 1994, so I would have been 27. And it was just, "Call a tow company, have them tow it to the dealership, then get trade-in value while getting a new car."
And I'll never forget that purchase because the list price of the Celica was something like $26,000, and the dealer saw a couple of young rubes and wheeled and dealed his way all the way down to $19,500. While I was fully expecting to pay the whole $26k.
I'll never understand car salesmen.
And there's the mystery to me. Maybe it's just the way I carry myself, or the way I'm non-responsive to all their come-ons (cars don't excite me; they're a method of transportation, period. And I hate car salesmen with a passion).
But all I want is to go in, pay sticker price for the car, and be in and out in under an hour.
Instead, they do their song and dance, burn 2-3 hours until I'm ready to just walk out because I'm sick of them, and they cut 20-30% off the price of the car and give it to me quickly.
If they could read me at all, or if they listened to my original statement of, "I'd just like to pay sticker price, right now, and walk out the door, please," they'd make thousands more in commission.
The Prius was virtually the exact same story. I walked in. He asked, "What can I do for you?" I said, "I want that Prius, I'll pay full sticker price, and I want to walk out of here in under an hour."
Three hours later he'd knocked $5000 off sticker price before selling it to me.
I am angered and baffled by such...
Use Carvana. It was invented for people like you.
Use Carvana. It was invented for people like you.
Keep in mind that I only buy cars once every 20-25 years. I know such sites exist now, but they didn't back in 2006 when we bought the Prius...
EDIT: Seriously. I'm 53 and here's my complete car history:
1983-1991: Drove my family's 1970 Volvo station wagon (white, of course)
1991-1996: Drove the 1983 Chevy Nova GothBard inherited from her grandparents
1996: Bought our first car, a 1996 Toyota Celica. And we're still driving it
1996-2001: Drove the Celica
2001-2006: Leased a Toyota Echo for transporting the Impii, since putting them in the back of the Celica was Not Fun
2006: Bought our second car, a 2006 Toyota Prius. And we're still driving it.
So, 37 years of driving and I've only ever bought 2 cars and leased a third. I'm not what you'd consider an avid car-buyer.
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I have been drunk maybe 8 times in my life now.
Fully half of them are the last three days. Because of this stupid situation. I hate drinking, but I have to do something to dull my pain, and I have no weed. Or friends within 200 miles. (About four counties from my only true friend)
I'm really REALLY bad socially. Everyone says I talk down to them and I have spent 20 years trying to not sound like that. It's a physical concerted effort and it incorporates all my acting experience and my psychology knowledge just to pretend to be normal for a few hours. And I can but it's like tensing a muscle, figuratively speaking : I can't hold it forever.
And being yelled at when I'm actually really trying... F@*!, what do I do? Gotta numb the pain for that somehow.
There are actual times to yell and fight.
Humility is not necessarily revoked in a fight, either.
Generally, I prefer solutions where my friends don't actively harm themselves.
I'm sorry you're going through so much stress, man. That is not okay.
You must've skipped earlier posts - part of the reason I can't have an opinion is my daughter will be homeless if I do.
...You don't get the provision from sales you don't excpect to make.My car died yesterday. Weirdly, in over 4 decades of being alive I've never had to actually deal with a dead car myself; someone else always handled this very adult chore. Ever realize you're a grown person with an adult task in front of you and you have no idea what you're doing?LOL. Our first "OK, we have to get rid of this" car died back around 1994, so I would have been 27. And it was just, "Call a tow company, have them tow it to the dealership, then get trade-in value while getting a new car."
And I'll never forget that purchase because the list price of the Celica was something like $26,000, and the dealer saw a couple of young rubes and wheeled and dealed his way all the way down to $19,500. While I was fully expecting to pay the whole $26k.
I'll never understand car salesmen.
And there's the mystery to me. Maybe it's just the way I carry myself, or the way I'm non-responsive to all their come-ons (cars don't excite me; they're a method of transportation, period. And I hate car salesmen with a passion).
But all I want is to go in, pay sticker price for the car, and be in and out in under an hour.
Instead, they do their song and dance, burn 2-3 hours until I'm ready to just walk out because I'm sick of them, and they cut 20-30% off the price of the car and give it to me quickly.
If they could read me at all, or if they listened to my original statement of, "I'd just like to pay sticker price, right now, and walk out the door, please," they'd make thousands more in commission.
The Prius was virtually the exact same story. I walked in. He asked, "What can I do for you?" I said, "I want that Prius, I'll pay full sticker price, and I want to walk out of here in under an hour."
Three hours later he'd knocked $5000 off sticker price before selling it to me.
I
indeed. CARVANA FOREVER
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You must've skipped earlier posts
Just a heads up - when Tac starts playing catch-up, he replies to posts as he reads them. He's one of the few people who has read well over 95% of this entire thread. It's not that he skipped over any, but he just hasn't gotten that far yet.
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Ohhh,he's going BACKWARDS!
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Use Carvana. It was invented for people like you.Keep in mind that I only buy cars once every 20-25 years. I know such sites exist now, but they didn't back in 2006 when we bought the Prius...
EDIT: Seriously. I'm 53
Doesn't that decimal point need to be moved to the right a bit?
1991-1996: Drove the 1983 Chevy Nova GothBard inherited from her grandparents
That is a very important car to me. It was the car associated with my father, my earliest memories are of wandering about that humongous red car, being amazed at the push-button door lock, the sound of the engine, and the way it smelled like him. I can almost hear his voice, even now.
"You've always got your nose in a book!"
2001-2006: Leased a Toyota Echo for transporting the Impii, since putting them in the back of the Celica was Not Fun
Come on. You haven't really gone for vacation with kids unless you drove two kids in Maluch.
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Baby screeching, and when I express frustration, B#~&$zilla replies:
"Try and deal with two at a time."
"Um, no."
"You aren't a real parent unless you've got two kids"
"I guess I don't want to be a real parent, then, do I? To be honest, I didn't even want one, you know. I love her with all my heart and soul, but you DO know that,right?"
Shut her the f@~$ up.
Now that I have a job, I've got a little more wiggle room to stand up for myself.
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...You don't get the provision from sales you don't excpect to make.My car died yesterday. Weirdly, in over 4 decades of being alive I've never had to actually deal with a dead car myself; someone else always handled this very adult chore. Ever realize you're a grown person with an adult task in front of you and you have no idea what you're doing?LOL. Our first "OK, we have to get rid of this" car died back around 1994, so I would have been 27. And it was just, "Call a tow company, have them tow it to the dealership, then get trade-in value while getting a new car."
And I'll never forget that purchase because the list price of the Celica was something like $26,000, and the dealer saw a couple of young rubes and wheeled and dealed his way all the way down to $19,500. While I was fully expecting to pay the whole $26k.
I'll never understand car salesmen.
And there's the mystery to me. Maybe it's just the way I carry myself, or the way I'm non-responsive to all their come-ons (cars don't excite me; they're a method of transportation, period. And I hate car salesmen with a passion).
But all I want is to go in, pay sticker price for the car, and be in and out in under an hour.
Instead, they do their song and dance, burn 2-3 hours until I'm ready to just walk out because I'm sick of them, and they cut 20-30% off the price of the car and give it to me quickly.
If they could read me at all, or if they listened to my original statement of, "I'd just like to pay sticker price, right now, and walk out the door, please," they'd make thousands more in commission.
The Prius was virtually the exact same story. I walked in. He asked, "What can I do for you?" I said, "I want that Prius, I'll pay full sticker price, and I want to walk out of here in under an hour."
Three hours later he'd knocked $5000 off
You can't possibly own a car. You're a New Yorker. I thought you weren't allowed, or they kicked you out and took away your Cool Kids card.
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Raising a baby is like trying to evolve a Magikarp.
I'm sure eventually it will all be worth it, but it's a pain in the ass trying to make any progress with a drain on your experience resources that flails around uselessly and will die if you don't constantly attend to it, while contributing nothing towards your progress in the meantime.
I don't love her even the slightest bit less than with my entire heart but to my friends who never want to have one similar to how I was - stick to your guns! You have those justifiable feelings for a reason, and people who are trying to change your mind are just trying to have one more person to hang out with that has kids - because nobody voluntarily without kids wants to hang out with someone else's children.
Bet you haven't heard a happy parent tell you that in a while.
...You don't get the provision from sales you don't excpect to make.My car died yesterday. Weirdly, in over 4 decades of being alive I've never had to actually deal with a dead car myself; someone else always handled this very adult chore. Ever realize you're a grown person with an adult task in front of you and you have no idea what you're doing?LOL. Our first "OK, we have to get rid of this" car died back around 1994, so I would have been 27. And it was just, "Call a tow company, have them tow it to the dealership, then get trade-in value while getting a new car."
And I'll never forget that purchase because the list price of the Celica was something like $26,000, and the dealer saw a couple of young rubes and wheeled and dealed his way all the way down to $19,500. While I was fully expecting to pay the whole $26k.
I'll never understand car salesmen.
And there's the mystery to me. Maybe it's just the way I carry myself, or the way I'm non-responsive to all their come-ons (cars don't excite me; they're a method of transportation, period. And I hate car salesmen with a passion).
But all I want is to go in, pay sticker price for the car, and be in and out in under an hour.
Instead, they do their song and dance, burn 2-3 hours until I'm ready to just walk out because I'm sick of them, and they cut 20-30% off the price of the car and give it to me quickly.
If they could read me at all, or if they listened to my original statement of, "I'd just like to pay sticker price, right now, and walk out the door, please," they'd make thousands more in commission.
The Prius was virtually the exact same story. I walked in. He asked, "What can I do for you?" I said, "I want that Prius, I'll pay full sticker price, and I want to walk out of here in under an hour."
Three hours later
Its interesting. There are parts of Brooklyn, and even Manhattan, that are easier to navigate by car. Naturally the people living there are wealthier and almost entirely white, but they are parts of the city nonetheless. I know of at least one that is fascinating to walk through, and I will show you when you visit. I have yet to drive into Manhattan since COVID19 issues, but I have always wanted to drive into certain parts of town, although my fear of an accident is not small. Bumps and bruises happen between the bridge and...well, all the way up to the heights, I assume. Public Transportation has a poor reputation at the moment.
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Raising a baby is like trying to evolve a Magikarp.
I'm sure eventually it will all be worth it, but it's a pain in the ass trying to make any progress with a drain on your experience resources that flails around uselessly and will die if you don't constantly attend to it, while contributing nothing towards your progress in the meantime.
I don't love her even the slightest bit less than with my entire heart but to my friends who never want to have one similar to how I was - stick to your guns! You have those justifiable feelings for a reason, and people who are trying to change your mind are just trying to have one more person to hang out with that has kids - because nobody voluntarily without kids wants to hang out with someone else's children.
Bet you haven't heard a happy parent tell you that in a while.
Poke her nose.
Dad apparently used to do that to me, when I was being a bit much.
Not that that was often. I am naturally reserved and quiet of nature. I am sure I was even more quiet as a child.
indeed. CARVANA FOREVERYou can't possibly own a car. You're a New Yorker. I thought you weren't allowed, or they kicked you out and took away your Cool Kids card.
{scribbles in new conspiracy on whiteboard:}
Edit:
While I normally avoid confirming or denying my employment at a particular global megacorporation, there are a few I'll happily deny. I don't work for Apple, Google, Microsoft, nor Facebook.
I'd make a lot more money at Google or Facebook, but I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror every morning. (Which I don't do, but I could if I wanted to...)
I am pretty sure you already denied Google and Microsoft, and quite possibly Apple too. Anyway, the profile of your tasks (making business/company-targeted software) would be only barely close to Microsoft and exclude Facebook.
<.<
>.>Adobe?
One one hand, Adobe has its NA Headquarters mere 70 km away from where NH lives. On the other hand, I am almost certain that NobodysHome was quite vocal about Flash, and definitelly not in a good way...
Though it could explain his less than stellar opinion of his company at times.
While I normally avoid confirming or denying my employment at a particular global megacorporation, there are a few I'll happily deny. I don't work for Apple, Google, Microsoft, nor Facebook.
I'd make a lot more money at Google or Facebook, but I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror every morning. (Which I don't do, but I could if I wanted to...)
I am pretty sure you already denied Google and Microsoft, and quite possibly Apple too. Anyway, the profile of your tasks (making business/company-targeted software) would be only barely close to Microsoft and exclude Facebook.
<.<
>.>Adobe?
One one hand, Adobe has its NA Headquarters mere 70 km away from where NH lives. On the other hand, I am almost certain that NobodysHome was quite vocal about Flash, and definitelly not in a good way...
Though it could explain his less than stellar opinion of his company at times.
If I have NobodysHome to thank for Super Mario Crossover(and certain...other...games), that would be humorous.
{scribbles in new conspiracy on whiteboard:}indeed. CARVANA FOREVERYou can't possibly own a car. You're a New Yorker. I thought you weren't allowed, or they kicked you out and took away your Cool Kids card.
I do not transform when eating spicy food.
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I am naturally reserved and quiet of nature. I am sure I was even more quiet as a child.
I can't put my laughter into a textual format. The font won't go big enough and the character limit is too short.
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It's been a long dirty hot week.
I want a drink and a nap, but it's not quite over.
Also: working really hard to avoid reading/getting sucked into things while writing this and running bye:
1) does anyone know if the Faction Guide’s Prestige Award system was ever used in any other product outside of a) Serpent’s Skull, and b) Inner Sea Intrigue (which seemingly tries to stealth-replace it by referencing it and suggesting you use it, too - sort of)?
EDIT: PM me! I don’t have time to give all the e-huuuuuugsssss (gotta get these two childs bak’inskül
2) I made two threads, recently, one about southern Garund and one about how to pronounce Jaidi/other Azlanti words if you click on my name, and “threads” you could find them and add to them, maybe, please (if, of course, you know)?
3) I’m tired and forgot what I was writing here after the word “I”
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My own 2+2 observations.
Long ago, NH commented about strip bars and noted that his company figured prominently in one such reported anecdote about abuse of corporate cc. I think he said that it was in the first five hits on Google if you put in a reasonably pointed query.
Fast forward to our more recent strip club discussion and NH did in fact link an article about corporate card abuse in strip clubs.
My conclusion is my own.
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I'm abstaining because I know the answer. I was going to apply for an opening in his department before they decided to send it offshore.
*sees 90 new posts, raises eyebrow*
*sees TL catching up, lowers eyebrow*
We’ve covered this, TOZ, I may have a problem aaaaahhhhhgggggotta goooooooooooooo
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My own 2+2 observations.
Long ago, NH commented about strip bars and noted that his company figured prominently in one such reported anecdote about abuse of corporate cc. I think he said that it was in the first five hits on Google if you put in a reasonably pointed query.
Fast forward to our more recent strip club discussion and NH did in fact link an article about corporate card abuse in strip clubs.
My conclusion is my own.
Amusingly enough, 2 of the 3 tech companies I've worked for have had issues with salespeople and strip clubs, so it's not an uncommon problem...
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Finished my last online meeting for the day. Whee!
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I'm abstaining because I know the answer. I was going to apply for an opening in his department before they decided to send it offshore.
Why does this make me think of the Bugs Bunny sawing off Florida cartoon/meme?
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EDIT: Seriously. I'm 53 and here's my complete car history:
1983-1991: Drove my family's 1970 Volvo station wagon (white, of course)
1991-1996: Drove the 1983 Chevy Nova GothBard inherited from her grandparents
1996: Bought our first car, a 1996 Toyota Celica. And we're still driving it
1996-2001: Drove the Celica
2001-2006: Leased a Toyota Echo for transporting the Impii, since putting them in the back of the Celica was Not Fun
2006: Bought our second car, a 2006 Toyota Prius. And we're still driving it.So, 37 years of driving and I've only ever bought 2 cars and leased a third. I'm not what you'd consider an avid car-buyer.
1983: Took Mom's Ford Escort for a "joy ride". It was an '83 Escort, so by definition there was no joy to be had, other than it had a stick shift, I clearly wasn't supposed to be driving it, and I was 9.
It doesn't get much better from there.
I mean...I was doing paid valet parking gigs when I was 13...
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I'm abstaining because I know the answer. I was going to apply for an opening in his department before they decided to send it offshore.Why does this make me think of the Bugs Bunny sawing off Florida cartoon/meme?
My company has a lot of remote employees in Florida. I'll have to sacrifice the in-laws, but I'm in favor of this overall decision. The needs of the many saw off the incoherent few.
I suppose we can run a covert rescue/relocation mission for our chosen few FAWTLs who would otherwise be affected by this perfectly rational decision.
Freehold's Abscondicar could use the miles.
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*sees 90 new posts, raises eyebrow*
*sees TL catching up, lowers eyebrow*
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I typically don't like to dump on my co-workers teammates, but recent retiree really wasn't going to make it much longer in any case.
22 days before forced early retirement:
Co-worker: I can't get any of these imports to work.
NobodysHome: It's a firewall issue. Use this prefix to bypass the firewall. I've tested all your stuff and it works fine with the prefix.
20 days later:
Manager: Did you test any of NobodysHome's suggestions?
Co-worker: No; I was waiting for the PMs to get back to me and to get a newer image so I could try again. I'll email the PMs again.
So she got laid off, a bunch of her labs didn't work and she reported that we wouldn't be able to release the course...
...so I added the prefix and of course it all works fine.
*SIGH*
EDIT: Seriously. I'm 53 and here's my complete car history:
1983-1991: Drove my family's 1970 Volvo station wagon (white, of course)
1991-1996: Drove the 1983 Chevy Nova GothBard inherited from her grandparents
1996: Bought our first car, a 1996 Toyota Celica. And we're still driving it
1996-2001: Drove the Celica
2001-2006: Leased a Toyota Echo for transporting the Impii, since putting them in the back of the Celica was Not Fun
2006: Bought our second car, a 2006 Toyota Prius. And we're still driving it.So, 37 years of driving and I've only ever bought 2 cars and leased a third. I'm not what you'd consider an avid car-buyer.
1983: Took Mom's Ford Escort for a "joy ride". It was an '83 Escort, so by definition there was no joy to be had, other than it had a stick shift, I clearly wasn't supposed to be driving it, and I was 9.
It doesn't get much better from there.
I mean...I was doing paid valet parking gigs when I was 13...
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Hilariously tone-deaf moment of the day:
As with most global megacorporations, we work with a company that gets us global perks, like discount movie tickets or movie vouchers or whatnot.
This month's announcement?
Global Megacorporation Perks: Top Travel Offers for August!
Considering that hilarious web site from a few pages ago (as of COVID-19, we've gone from 179 countries that don't require visas to 4), this offer is one big "hmm" of tastelessness...
Ha! At least our corporate perks partner has gracefully been promoting delivery items/services.
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While I normally avoid confirming or denying my employment at a particular global megacorporation, there are a few I'll happily deny. I don't work for Apple, Google, Microsoft, nor Facebook.
I'd make a lot more money at Google or Facebook, but I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror every morning. (Which I don't do, but I could if I wanted to...)
I am pretty sure you already denied Google and Microsoft, and quite possibly Apple too. Anyway, the profile of your tasks (making business/company-targeted software) would be only barely close to Microsoft and exclude Facebook.
<.<
>.>Adobe?
One one hand, Adobe has its NA Headquarters mere 70 km away from where NH lives. On the other hand, I am almost certain that NobodysHome was quite vocal about Flash, and definitelly not in a good way...
Though it could explain his less than stellar opinion of his company at times.
My guess was Cisco, but I could see Oracle as a possibility as well. I don’t expect NH to confirm or deny.
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I'm abstaining because I know the answer. I was going to apply for an opening in his department before they decided to send it offshore.Why does this make me think of the Bugs Bunny sawing off Florida cartoon/meme?My company has a lot of remote employees in Florida. I'll have to sacrifice the in-laws, but I'm in favor of this overall decision. The needs of the many saw off the incoherent few.
I suppose we can run a covert rescue/relocation mission for our chosen few FAWTLs who would otherwise be affected by this perfectly rational decision.
Freehold's Abscondicar could use the miles.
So, like, Floridlantis sank below the waves, thanks to their irresponsible use of Astral Vril (it looked like MadDog 2020... possibly it was just MadDog 2020), but the survivors climbed on the back of a giant albatross and flew through a gap in the clouds to a place where peace & happiness reigned and music played ever so loudly... gurgle... crystal pyramids... gibber... cyclopean structures constructed solely from Coors Lite cans far beyond the primitive technology of the untutored natives... superhuman giants, glowing with cosmic energy and surrounded by an aura of Eternal Wisdom and Tranquility, running around naked with lit sticks of dynamite clenched between their bumcheeks for a dare...
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CC: Ah'm pointin' ma gun at ma peepee!
JT: Ah'm pointin' ma gun at mahn too!
CC: Took off the safety catch, cuz Ah'm no dang byatch,
JT: Got Facebook ready too!
CC: Ah'll make sure there's a round in the chamber,
JT: You've got out ya phone to take a pic,
CC: Press down the shutter now - *BANG! BANG! BANG!* OWW!!!
JT: Aw Chuck, ya just shot off yer dick! (We gonna be famous!)
Yodel aydee aydee, yodel aydee aydee yodelooohoo.
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It’s like you know me.Speaking of things that infuriate me, as a long-time Linux/Unix/Windows/MacOS user, people who don't know which way the slashes go and act like it doesn't matter drive me NUTS.
NO! It is NOT C:/LabData/MyFile, no matter how much you want it to be!
There are instances where the slash gets reversed to support certain languages (I want to say Java, but I'm too lazy to double-check), but when you're telling me, "In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:/LabData/MyFile" I just want to slap you.
Yes, it matters THAT much. Because it HAS mattered for 40+ years now...
browser goes /
file system goes \user goes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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While I normally avoid confirming or denying my employment at a particular global megacorporation, there are a few I'll happily deny. I don't work for Apple, Google, Microsoft, nor Facebook.
I'd make a lot more money at Google or Facebook, but I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror every morning. (Which I don't do, but I could if I wanted to...)
I am pretty sure you already denied Google and Microsoft, and quite possibly Apple too. Anyway, the profile of your tasks (making business/company-targeted software) would be only barely close to Microsoft and exclude Facebook.
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>.>Adobe?
Since he's doing courses I've been thinking Oracle.
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Freehold's Abscondicar could use the miles.
I'm pretty sure Freehold's Abscondicar already has the Q Branch upgrades demonstrated in The Spy Who Loved Me.