Useless Conversation

[Strazos]

So I have to go get all sorts of sworn in in the morning. I pray I do not somehow sleep through 2 alarms.

[stray]

RIP Jim

[Murgos]

nm

You were ragging on his spelling, weren't you?   

[Yegolev]

I have not done this little work at a job ever.  Ever.

[Cyrrex]

Have you technically been given the axe at this point, or is it still in the territory of blantantly obvious but not yet official?

[Yegolev]

No real info, just suspicions.  I expect very little work is going to be done by anyone in IT before 2010.  I'm not getting any requests for anything except silly shit like "how can I tell which server takes a 15-character password" and "do you want to get thai for lunch".  It's not just me.

[Signe]

Are you looking around for a more interesting job?  It would drive me nuts.  I can't have a job where there's not enough to do.  Luckily, I don't have to worry about that now as I don't have a job at all. 

[Yegolev]

My job is very interesting (to me) and that's a good part of why I don't want to do something else.  Not that I know if I will still have it or not, otherwise I could get on with my life instead of waiting.  However, I'm not married to IT.  I'm interested in learning metalworking, for example.  I'd also love to do programming except I'm not a programmer and that might make it hard to get hired as one.  I'd like to race cars but I might be too old, and the wife would not like that.  I have also had an interest in driving freight trains for years, notably the ones after I was married.

[Signe]

Good luck then.  I hope it's just a lull and not anything more serious.  In the mean time, you are never too old for NASCAR, even though it doesn't look very interesting.  I doubt you'd be suitable for IRL or F1, though.  Maybe you should just drive your own car in circles really fast until work picks up.

[Yegolev]

I doubt you'd be suitable for IRL or F1, though.

 

[IainC]

If you know how to turn right then you're already overqualified for Nascar.

[voodoolily]

I know and love Maine.  I grew up in the north of Scotland with fortnights at a time of being off school due to snow, and with months of getting up in the dark and getting home in the dark. 

We, too, have this thing in Oregon called winter, and during that time it's dark in the morning and in the afternoon. It's not limited to the woods.

To answer Signe's question, out west people live in the woods so they can grow pot. That's pretty much it.

[Strazos]

So I was sworn in today, and I would like to thank all of my fellow US-based citizens for paying their taxes. This would not be possible without you.

[Ingmar]

I have not done this little work at a job ever.  Ever.

Me neither. Sadly, the SOX auditors show up next week. 

[Sky]

So I was sworn in today, and I would like to thank all of my fellow US-based citizens for paying their taxes. This would not be possible without you.

Now you're a socialist, too!

[Nevermore]

My job is very interesting (to me) and that's a good part of why I don't want to do something else.  Not that I know if I will still have it or not, otherwise I could get on with my life instead of waiting.  However, I'm not married to IT.  I'm interested in learning metalworking, for example.  I'd also love to do programming except I'm not a programmer and that might make it hard to get hired as one.  I'd like to race cars but I might be too old, and the wife would not like that.  I have also had an interest in driving freight trains for years, notably the ones after I was married.

You should set up a metalworking shop right in your office. 

[Pennilenko]

So I was sworn in today, and I would like to thank all of my fellow US-based citizens for paying their taxes. This would not be possible without you.

Are you talking about new citizenship swearing in? If so Congrats. If not, what do you mean?

[Yegolev]

You should set up a metalworking shop right in your office. 

There's that whole thing about how they are requiring forms to remove items from the office, so I'll probably just do it in my personal workshop.   That's the one that is currently just the attic space over the garage, which needs some light fixtures installed and a workbench constructed.  I'll be getting right on that if I am laid off, which makes me very sure I won't really be laid off since it would be all too sweet to get some fucking time to myself.

[Cyrrex]

So I was sworn in today, and I would like to thank all of my fellow US-based citizens for paying their taxes. This would not be possible without you.

Are you talking about new citizenship swearing in? If so Congrats. If not, what do you mean?

Pretty sure he's referring to his new job as an assassin for the gubmint.

[Signe]

You should have toys all over your desk like some do.  Then you'd always be entertained.  There are even some that can teach you stuff!

[Brogarn]

 

[Yegolev]

You should have toys all over your desk like some do.  Then you'd always be entertained.  There are even some that can teach you stuff!

I have three M* Potato Head, a Teradata beachball, four Incredibles figures, a roll of packing tape, and a windup robot dinosaur.  Also several Hiragana Times magazines that I have not read.  Somehow I am managing to be bored.

[Nevermore]

Sounds like you need a Rubik's Cube.

[Yegolev]

No, I would just peel the stickers off and rearrange them.

[chargerrich]

So on my commute to work there is a highway (55-65mph) that runs right through some urban areas of downtown. On this route there are 3 photo enforced stop lights. Now keep in mind I have had one ticket in my 20+ years of driving, I do not speed and in an irony or ironies I have been hypermiling in my new 09 truck (yeah I know).

Yet despite this I get a "photo" ticket last month for not locking up my truck in a driving rain storm and crossing the line (according to photo they so kindly sent me) by about 6-8 inches. $100 please... ok fine.

Low and behold, coming into work today, hypermiling and doing about 58 mph when the light changes to the FASTEST yellow I have ever seen, 1 to 1.5 seconds max. The little mazda to my right locks up the brakes to avoid crossing, but my truck in heavy traffic with a dodge ram on my ass... no way. BAM I see the flash and will be expecting my SECOND ticket in the coming weeks.

However its all complete bull$%^&... I do not know how I could have avoided the light change. I was not speeding, I was in heavy traffic and the yellow light changes so fast, that I am certain its on purpose to increase revenue. I know the camera "does not lie" but come on, thats damn near entrapment.

Only lucky part is that the ticket they give you clearly states that "no points will be taken for this violation".

Little solace...

[schild]

You gotta stop making threads for your stupid bloggy crap.

[Yegolev]

The best solace is that you can just ignore the ticket and nothing will happen.

[Pennilenko]

Wah Wah I get caught by the lights and am innocent even though thousands and thousands of people manage to function around them without getting camera shot violations.

First you are Hyper Miling, which is shit and starts habits that arent friendly to other drivers. Second, you said you drive a pick up truck. Not once in all my time have i ever come across a courteous pick up truck driver who was paying attention. You all drive those behomoths way too damn fast. I bet you do 5 to 10 over without even realizing it. Also if you have to lock up your tires to make a yellow light stop you were going too damn fast or you were trying to push the intersection before the light change. I have no sympothy for you.

I grew up driving around those red light cameras, and i drive fast, I have never had a camera violation despite them being on damn near every corner where i grew up. I call bullshit on you.

Also regarding the rainstorm, if you for any moment in time thought you had to lock up your tires to stop in time then you were driving too god damn fast in the rain.

[Viin]

What the hell is hyper milling?

Add'l: I drive a truck (Dodge Dakota) and go 5 over on normal roads. But I also do that in my Subaru. Where do you live that folks don't drive 5 over?

[schild]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermiling

Something assholes do, given the description.

[Viin]

What? Screw that.

You are driving a fucking truck for godsake. If you want to save gas go buy a Prius.

[schild]

Like I said, assholes.

[Pennilenko]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermiling

Something assholes do, given the description.

THey are assholes, I drive a little tiny car with a spoiler, I drive 5 over like every other damn human being. I constantly have dudes in pick up trucks right on my fucking bumper. There are tons and tons of people tailgaiting because of that hyper miling bullshit.

I have great all weather tires on my car, and i live in florida now, the only place in the states that can get rain like south texas. I constantly see pick up drivers screaming past me in the rain, its not safe, you assholes who do that need to slow down for the rest of us.

/pent up frustration

[Viin]

They might be doing that because they can see better. I notice I drive faster in my truck in snow/rain simply because I'm up higher and it's easier to see the lanes.

[schild]

They might be doing that because they can see better. I notice I drive faster in my truck in snow/rain simply because I'm up higher and it's easier to see the lanes.

Well then, Viin, you're an asshole.

I have truck drivers all fucking day in Texas try to keep up with my SI. Every single one of them has about 900x less control than I do and there's absolutely no way they can break in time to stop from killing someone.

Shit, just owning a truck these days makes you an asshole.