Hope the funeral went as well as these things can Heath.
Yes; it was really nice, and my wife got to see all her family.
My partner has been having a really tough time with being unemployed. I'm trying my best to keep him positive, but he's heard the usual chin-up stuff too many times. If you don't mind my asking, what sort of coping method would you recommend?After a month of waiting, I just found out I didn't get the job. Only thing I can do now is re-apply at all of the other places I applied at before.*job stuff*
Anyplace he could volunteer - Habitat for Humanity, charity work, free tutoring, etc? Oftentimes feeling useful is an excellent cure for the unemployed blues.
The coping method gets tougher when the unemployment lasts longer. There are times I'm sure I'm 'unemployable' because of the length of time spent in it. It's almost a discrimination in its own right as you see jobs posting that they prefer 12 months of previous continuous employment - as if this was an indicator that I have attendance issues. :/
Volunteer work - the only problem is that it doesn't pay the mortgage and auto loan. I apologize if it sounds cynical, but it's the reality that some folks are in.
Pretty early into my MAC 2311 (Calculus with Analytic Geometry I) course, I figured out I had little-to-no chance of achieving a passing grade on the final, which was 70%-80% percent of the class grade. So I instead spent most of the semester learning to program my TI graphing calculator with all the formulas... which I then used to pass (cheat) the test (A-).
Depends on the professor. I've had one professor that didn't care how you got the answer as long as you got it. Now if your answer was incorrect, you'd best have some work to show how you came to your conclusion to get partial credit.
The current professor I have wants to see the work. There are a couple things that I can work out very quickly w/o doing all the graphing or tables, but I get the answer right yet get dinged for not showing the work.
Hey! Our sports teams are pretty good. Even the lowly Lions have found some roar!
Spot on the rest....
The sports teams were the difference - half the movies made in Sweden are produced here, so at least we get the occasional Hollywood star showing up on the main street.
And good to see you! However briefly! :)Morning allGood morning! Nice to see you. :)
I can't stay, since I have to get to work, and then back to the hotel to work on revision 4 of my round 4 entry.
I'm the wind!
A badger in briefs... oh dear...
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*blink*
Friday!
First convention evar Saturday
Squee!
*blink*
Condolences on the loss, Heath. My own uncle passed away last year at 94+ years of age. Great man, if a bit horny...when his wife passed, he married his mistress...there's a deeper story there, I'm sure, but there seems to be noone left alive to tell me more.
Has anybody seen Jess around the boards?She's been posting over in Treppa love fest lately.
EDIT: Scratch that, it was the Imagine gamers looks thread.
Hopefully we will be able to put together an entire hidden weapon-based ensemble for her. I really want to see if a tiara laser(preferably voice activated- Jess BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAM!!!!!) is doable.
Pretty early into my MAC 2311 (Calculus with Analytic Geometry I) course, I figured out I had little-to-no chance of achieving a passing grade on the final, which was 70%-80% percent of the class grade. So I instead spent most of the semester learning to program my TI graphing calculator with all the formulas... which I then used to pass (cheat) the test (A-).Depends on the professor. I've had one professor that didn't care how you got the answer as long as you got it. Now if your answer was incorrect, you'd best have some work to show how you came to your conclusion to get partial credit.
The current professor I have wants to see the work. There are a couple things that I can work out very quickly w/o doing all the graphing or tables, but I get the answer right yet get dinged for not showing the work.
This is just one of my numerous problems with math. There were just times where I knew the answer was 52, for example, but I just couldn't explain how.
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*blink*
Friday!
First convention evar Saturday
Squee!
*blink*
POP THAT CHERRY!!!!!!!
Not looking forward to going to work today....
Oops...
Yeah Heathy, +1 on the condolences for your loss.
And +1 to Urizen, Shiny, and Freehold on the rough job market right now. Freehold, I know it's gnawing at your reserves of restraint, but stick with the job as long as you can, or until you can line up something concrete to replace it.
And good luck to Badger on SupaStah! Round 4. Break a leg, rip off a face, whatever badgers due to appease the gods, luck, and fate.
Thanks Ambrosia Slaad. Reassurance helps.
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Not looking forward to going to work today....If I had a dollar for every time I said that I'd be a rich man. :/
~swipes Moorluck's imaginary wealth~ [Daffy Duck]Mine! All mine! I'm Rich! Rich![/Daffy Duck]
What convention, Monkey?
Where in OK, Heath?
Why is there no winter storm, canceling schools and forcing me back into bed to hibernate this morning?
I guess those are the only questions I have for now.
Why is there no winter storm, canceling schools and forcing me back into bed to hibernate this morning?
The Illuminati's weather control machine blew a circuit the other day, and they've been having a hard time fixing it.
What convention, Monkey?
Where in OK, Heath?
Why is there no winter storm, canceling schools and forcing me back into bed to hibernate this morning?
I guess those are the only questions I have for now.
I'm trying!
Faster! FASTER!!!
Warrens of the Stone Giant Thane. WARRENS? Doesn't anybody over at that other place have an English dictionary to help them in the naming department?
Highland Fastness of the Stone Giant Laird? Okay.
Coastal Crag of the Stone Reaver King? Okay.
Burg of the Stone Giant Elders? Okay.
Or of course, just go with Fortress of the Stone Giants.
Hey M!
You haz Gmail!
Sweet! Oh my way to school, but I will hit it when I get home.
She likes you to show the work before you get to the answer... ;)
Yep, no sexual innuendo here..... ;P
Faster! FASTER!!!
That's what she said!
Sweet! Oh my way to school, but I will hit it when I get home.
And the Gmail too!
::doing Jazz hands with Urinsane to banjo accompaniment::
Good evening, FRIENDS!!!!
The sports teams were the difference - half the movies made in Sweden are produced here, so at least we get the occasional Hollywood star showing up on the main street.Hey! Our sports teams are pretty good. Even the lowly Lions have found some roar!
Spot on the rest....
j/k Sweden makes movies j/k
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My partner has been having a really tough time with being unemployed. I'm trying my best to keep him positive, but he's heard the usual chin-up stuff too many times. If you don't mind my asking, what sort of coping method would you recommend?After a month of waiting, I just found out I didn't get the job. Only thing I can do now is re-apply at all of the other places I applied at before.*job stuff*It sounds cheesy, but I was going through a f+@$ed up time last year.
You have no idea how much I needed this right now. *I* had no idea how much I needed this right now.
Thank you.
hi everyone
sometimes I HATE my work
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Morning, all. What did I miss?
Well, Bob's attempts to claim workman's comp for his back injury were put to a halt after he was seen over the weekend playing in a miniature golf championship tournament. Meanwhile, Al thought he was finally going insane and hearing voices, only to later realize that his hearing aid had somehow become attuned to a coworkers ipod. And, across town, Bill was convinced that several of his employees were planning to....No, wait! That's my soap opera.
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All day long, I talk to people whose job it is to maintain their companies' employee databases and payroll records. I would take that job.
Here's a clue, if you don't know how to operate a web browser, send an email with an attachment, or copy and paste a piece of data in Excel, THAT JOB IS NOT FOR YOU! GIVE ME YOUR JOB! I WANT IT! I WOULD DO IT BETTER!
I AM NOT MICROSOFT TECH SUPPORT! IF I WERE, I WOULD PROBABLY BE MAKING MORE MONEY! SERIOUSLY, GIVE ME YOUR JOB!
It's not like this is complex programming. It's basic computer functionality being asked of people who are essentially database administrators. How can you track a company's payroll if you don't know how to use Excel? Do you use an abacus?
Anyway, after that 25 minute phone call, I had to get that off my chest.
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Wowsers! You are definitely right about that point. I manage data records and have to correct/save the HR schmucks from messing up their own files on a regular basis.
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It was just one of those calls...
Me: "Just copy and paste the data into the correct row."
Them: "You're going to have to tell me how to do that."
Me: "Why don't you just email me the spreadsheet."
Them: "Is that something I do in the website?"
Me: "No, it's something you do using your email service. Do you use Outlook?"
Them: "Yes, but I have the website open. How do I get to Outlook from here?"
Me: "Minimize the browser window."
Them: "What do you mean 'minimize'?"
Me: HULKSMASH!
So I'm taking a basic computer course this semester because I wanted to learn the finer points of Excel and Power Point and so help me that conversation sounds almost exactly like some of my classmates. The first week of class was....there aren't words. I'm not sure if they're that stupid or they've just been living under a rock, with one free pass for the two people in their seventies who have an at least understandable excuse. The guy who was retaking the class because he'd failed it once...HOW?!
It was just one of those calls...
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15 years ago I would have said it happens, but someone in 2012 in a HR position with that PC knowledge *facepalm*
So I'm taking a basic computer course this semester because I wanted to learn the finer points of Excel and Power Point and so help me that conversation sounds almost exactly like some of my classmates. The first week of class was....there aren't words. I'm not sure if they're that stupid or they've just been living under a rock, with one free pass for the two people in their seventies who have an at least understandable excuse. The guy who was retaking the class because he'd failed it once...HOW?!
I fondly remember my first computer class, around 93 I guess, one of my classmates managed to "format C" roughly 5 minutes before we where allowed to even start the computer :-) teacher said it was a new record
So I'm taking a basic computer course this semester because I wanted to learn the finer points of Excel and Power Point and so help me that conversation sounds almost exactly like some of my classmates. The first week of class was....there aren't words. I'm not sure if they're that stupid or they've just been living under a rock, with one free pass for the two people in their seventies who have an at least understandable excuse. The guy who was retaking the class because he'd failed it once...HOW?!I fondly remember my first computer class, around 93 I guess, one of my classmates managed to "format C" roughly 5 minutes before we where allowed to even start the computer :-) teacher said it was a new record
lol. Yeah, my first computer class was...uh, junior high? I remember it not so fondly. Oregon fricking trail. Basically you had an hour to complete a mindlessly simple assignment. So I was usually done in five minutes. And if you were done early you got to play Oregon Trail as a reward....it's not that rewarding when you're done early every day. I'm still trying to figure out how some people actually had a hard time finishing in the hour alloted...
Too bad I forgot most of the crap I learned back then and have to retake it all now anyways. :)
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This. So much this.
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This will certainly date me - My 1st computer class used a paper ribbon to record the programs. It was a major upgrade when we started using cassette tapes later on.
10 Go To 20
20 Go To 10
Meltdown! MWAHAHAHA!