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Vasudus posted:Nah, I'm fine now. It took some time getting used to things like "responsibility" and "deadlines" but as I've taken to telling people "The building might be on fire but my job is to wash the windows". Our most formidable institutions getting shellaked. Sounds like they can't afford to lose you.
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Jamming out to James Taylor at work while trimming plants. My trim lead shifted departments and we're short a few hands today. I'm working on negotiating a raise to go to the remote site permanently, instead of two days here, three days there. Gonna put on some Gordon Lightfoot after break and croon along. The trimmers and vacs are loud enough to drown me out.
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Kawasaki Nun posted:Our most formidable institutions getting shellaked. Sounds like they can't afford to lose you. There's a constant battle between specialists and generalists on most defense projects. You need the nerds to do their specific thing, and you need people to manage them. If you stack the deck in either direction too much you get a poor result. I literally had to yell out that the Emperor has no clothes before my leadership realized it. holocaust bloopers posted:Thanks. It’s a little stressful. I’ve bounced around a lot since finishing college to get my salary up to a high level for someone with barely 3 years experience. I’ve been very unsatisfied so far, and I think a lot of it has to due with my precious clients being such a mess to work with. I missed this earlier, good luck my dude. One of the things I've battled with is that I felt behind given my age and the age of my peers. So I redlined my career (admittedly because my personal life completely disintegrated) to get where I am now. I can't say if it was worth it. Maybe.
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The trick to not feeling that old at work is to be with a bunch of vets with 10+ of service. They all may be 10 years younger than me but their bodies are all piles of poo poo. I don’t think the 4 other guys have one fully functional knee between them.
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Vasudus posted:I missed this earlier, good luck my dude. One of the things I've battled with is that I felt behind given my age and the age of my peers. So I redlined my career (admittedly because my personal life completely disintegrated) to get where I am now. I can't say if it was worth it. Maybe. Appreciate it. Yea I definitely have felt pressure to get further because of my age. I think at this point, I need to settle into a role instead of chasing money.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Appreciate it. Yea I definitely have felt pressure to get further because of my age. I think at this point, I need to settle into a role instead of chasing money. Money isn't everything bro. I left bigger money behind me to come to the ferries but my QOL has improved as a result.
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LingcodKilla posted:Sounds dope. I have about 5 in my home city I take a walk through once a quarter. Thrifting/antiquing is cool because you can find neat furniture, artwork, books, electronics, and video games and satisfy a bunch of collector urges at once. Just gotta go in with the mindset that you might only make a big find once every few months. Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Jan 8, 2019 |
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TF CURES GENERATOR posted:Money isn't everything bro. I left bigger money behind me to come to the ferries but my QOL has improved as a result. Yeah I'm pretty happy making just over half the money than some of my Army peers because I am way less stressed out than from their weird tech jock companies/departments.
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holocaust bloopers posted:Appreciate it. Yea I definitely have felt pressure to get further because of my age. I think at this point, I need to settle into a role instead of chasing money. I know I don’t *technically* know you but we’ve been on this gay little forum a long time, so in a way I feel like I sort of know you. And from what I do know of you I believe you’ll succeed at whatever you endeavor to do, and I genuinely wish you the best of luck man.
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I'm just really banking on getting a robot body that I'll.be able.to work forever in so I can pay for upgrades
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My entire goal/ambition has always been to make enough money to live comfortably and have enough expendable income to be able to enjoy life to which I would consider to be what the "average american" spends on frivolous expenses for entertainment and whatnot. I make a pretty good wage as a nurse. But let me tell you, shilling out $1550 a month for rent and having to pay for two individuals student loans on a single income is a huge hamstring on the ol' pocket book. Top on a $250 car payment and the small expenses that come with a permanent dog and foster dog...The money that you take home every two weeks disappears very fast. I know it's kinda out of context but I really loving hate how much I spend on housing on top of the student loans. Just getting rid of the student loans would save us around $450 a month, and living where we do we are actually in the low percentage of rental costs for the area. I completely understand as well that $450 a month for student loans is nothing compared to some people, but a single income really makes a big difference when the overall income/output ratio is put into perspective. Oh well, this is my white person privileged rant. I'll go back to drinking my brand name soda and wiping my rear end with quality toilet paper while hoping that my tax refund is decent this year.
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Kawasaki Nun posted:I'm just really banking on getting a robot body that I'll.be able.to work forever in so I can pay for upgrades At this point I'll settle for just the loving spine so I can keep playing with my kids.
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Melthir posted:At this point I'll settle for just the loving spine so I can keep playing with my kids. Dude for real.
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Melthir posted:At this point I'll settle for just the loving spine so I can keep playing with my kids. Every loving morning. No kids though
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yo can we just take a second to acknowledge, again, just how amazing Fury Road was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr6wdTPGFmI I mean, gently caress. At 2:30, just don’t think we’ll see a scene like that in cinema for a while. I love showing Fury Road to people for the first time and watching them become reborn. Everything about it: absolutely perfect. Love the ideas around Max not even being an actual person, but more of a legend in this post apocalyptic world
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:yo can we just take a second to acknowledge, again, just how amazing Fury Road was My only thought is that is the quietest V8 I have ever heard
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is this loud enough for ya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxYBGoGX6Dc
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:is this loud enough for ya 
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:yo can we just take a second to acknowledge, again, just how amazing Fury Road was Watched it again last week. Still a religious experience. http://i.imgur.com/aUmV3Rn.gifv Slim Pickens fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Jan 8, 2019 |
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Havent seen it yet
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Soulex posted:Havent seen it yet mods?? Should be a GIP prerequisite Who cares if you’re a vet or AD, ya down with the Fury Road or what ??
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:mods?? I think you are getting trolled
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Slim Pickens posted:Watched it again last week. Still a religious experience. Took me three or four watches for what they were doing with their hands/fingers to finally click..
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Who do you guys use for car insurance? I’ve only ever had USAA but they’re kinda going down the shitter lately so I’m thinking of shopping around.
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:I know I don’t *technically* know you but we’ve been on this gay little forum a long time, so in a way I feel like I sort of know you. And from what I do know of you I believe you’ll succeed at whatever you endeavor to do, and I genuinely wish you the best of luck man. same
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:yo can we just take a second to acknowledge, again, just how amazing Fury Road was https://youtu.be/HClM8YvNljo One of my favorite action sequences ever filmed. Not at all embarrassed to say that I listen to this song on repeat when I need to amp myself up for something.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:https://youtu.be/HClM8YvNljo Brothers in Arms (the track name) is also great for your daily commute
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Currently waiting for a numbing agent to do it's thing so I can get snipped  Gonna go home and ice my balls after, drink beer and play a bunch of Spider-Man.
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Edit: ^^^^^^^^^^^ Best decision I ever made, tied with getting outnwin posted:Who do you guys use for car insurance? I’ve only ever had USAA but they’re kinda going down the shitter lately so I’m thinking of shopping around. How so? I haven't had any issues with them at all. I haven't had to file a claim in a while, though, so they might be flying under my suckage radar. Anyway, recommendations: I used Geico until around 2008, and never had anything to complain about. My brother and sister in law get a good rate with Esurance, and I guess the claims process has been pretty painless the three times they've ever had to use it. Other brother uses Mercury, because it was the only company that didn't try to gently caress him over for having a (non DUI) record. Girlfriend uses General, and seems to be the only person I've ever met that doesn't hate them outright, though that might have something to do with going through a local broker. If you don't do a lot of driving, a friend of mine pays pennies for his truck with Metromile. I don't think he's had to do anything with them yet except give them money, but it works in concept. Suntan Boy fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Jan 8, 2019 |
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Nice! I had that done back in Sept. Followed the doc's recommendation of ice and not doing much of anything for 3 days, and no PT for a week and have had no complications. The whole thing was pretty quick and easy. No more pain than a flu shot, and even that was just the anesthetic injections.
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orange juche posted:I think you are getting trolled Nope. Havent had time. Havent seen a lot of topical movies for the past 3-5 years.
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I'll send you the extra DVD copy I got with my bluray if you have something to play it on Then when you finally witness you can buy it on bluray for yourself
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just a heads up geico and usaa are both part of travelers so its worth checking out all 3
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Trip report: Owww my balls. Actually just a dull ache but otherwise, nothing too bad. Forced myself to not look down while it was happening though, figured that might have been something that would freak me the gently caress out.
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I’m gonna die like my great grandpa. In the sack, 85, balling my third teenage wife who married me for food and shelter in a blasted wasteland. That’s the family story at least. Somebody else said the real father was actually a ranch hand and Hefe had been shooting blanks for decades.
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Slim Pickens posted:Watched it again last week. Still a religious experience. I like how George Miller realized that people idolized Max as a "hero tale" after the first movie was released, and then he studied hero myths when he built the subsequent stories, where Max always begins the story alone, and slowly returns and regains his humanity by helping people he encounters in his wandering, and then is cast adrift again to wander the wasteland.
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I just quit my job because I can’t do this work. There’s too much and I cannot separate work/home. I’d get home at 6:30-7:00 most nights and immediately fall asleep from exhaustion. I’m miserable and feel like a complete moron at work. I don’t know what I’m going to do, but I know criminal defense is not for me.
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Two and a half months ago.
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