If I get that room de-cluttered, how much do you charge for rent? It's just me and two wonderful cats.
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I might have room for your stereo gear too.
I used to offer up our shed, but it got demolished and removed with all this outdoor construction ... it was __spooky__. When my BIL was having issues with his psycho wife, I told him he could move in there, for real, he thought I was nuts, I figured it was way better than dealing with her.
Speaking of, once she snuck up on us while were were outside, on our deck, she was having problems with him, so we let that big bunch of crazy stay over ... and, well, I'll need a few more drinks and a non-public forum to go into that ...
If there is ONE thing that I truly miss about Europe, it's measurements. Ounces, Yards, Cups, Teaspoons, Tablespoons, Pounds, Gallons,.. kill me now.
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Solving a problem makes the topic less interesting! Look at Jack The Ripper... the coolest thing is trying to figure out who is he/she (*)
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In the Star Wars universe, either Earth doesn't exist (unlikely, given the intro to every movie reads "Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away...") or a statistical improbability has occurred where two populations of humans (Earth humans and the humans in the Star Wars galaxy) evolved to be nearly identical (if not identical) completely independently of one another.
FYI, Robert Bloch, who wrote that original Trek Episode, is the author who wrote Psycho Not his first Jack the Ripper story either, check out his contribution to the Ellison edited Dangerous Visions short story collection from '67.
He wrote a second TOS episode, Catspaw, another "spooky" episode, great stuff.
Not his first Jack the Ripper story either, check out his contribution to the Ellison edited Dangerous Visions short story collection from '67.He wrote a second TOS episode, Catspaw, another "spooky" episode, great stuff.
I just noticed the Allstate commercials have a disclaimer at the bottom that says “not available in all states”. The irony.
I just downloaded 33 anime wallpapers (I now have 108 total) and I will likely not ever use all of them... Good to have variety I guess
I like wallpapers for my desktop sometimes that are natural landscapes or critters, birds, flowers... and end up downloading dozens and dozens in a single month before settling on one of them. Probably have gigabytes of them by now, the stuff adds up after awhile.
Haha! And that's the funny thing. When I first started reading about Gout, years ago, it mentioned heavy meat and beer drinkers. And, that is not me...
Currently, my mind is wondering how April seemed to take forever to come to an end. Yet, here we are, halfway through May. May is zooming by.
Fingers crossed 'businesses' are allowed to get back to normal soon. Financial help is needed for quite a few...
[automerge]1589422115[/automerge]Good luck. If you are going to get gout every so often for reasons unknown, may as well have a few binges on red meat and wine to introduce a modicum of pleasure into the equation
Currently, my mind is wondering how April seemed to take forever to come to an end. Yet, here we are, halfway through May. May is zooming by.
Fingers crossed 'businesses' are allowed to get back to normal soon. Financial help is needed for quite a few...
I have always used only my own original images as wallpapers for my desktops on my computers and also on my iOS devices; just something I've done from pretty much Day One.....
But your photos are so wonderful... I'm a clip-and-attribute kinda girl. Maybe once or twice I got photos worth a desktop layout. Some ferns out back once caught my fancy and that photo turned out great. MOst of my stuff though is just docu of work in progress or a pic of some wildlife out the window some morning or evening that I wanted to remember I saw at a certain time of year.
Jeepers - just realized that the last PC I brought was in April 2009, and is still going strong today.
Yikes! I only paid $1300 for it as well and it came with the first i7 (quad core) and 16 Gigglebits of RAM.
Pretty chuffed about that!
Yikes! I only paid $1300 for it as well and it came with the first i7 (quad core) and 16 Gigglebits of RAM.
Pretty chuffed about that!
That's what I am going to refer to it as from now on.
Aw. thanks! I have been shooting for years, with a brief time out here-and-there, and now, yeah, I'm really back into everything full-steam-ahead..... For me the thing about choosing the right wallpaper for a desktop, laptop or for iOS devices is based on how vaguely generalized the subject of the original photo is, and whether it is one which is interesting to look at on its own, preferably with a few interesting colors thrown in for good measure. It has to be something which is not going to be distracting from the icons which I have on the desktop, and it has to be somewhat universal in appeal......
Same here. I like to be unique.
🙂That is the Tigger way of describing gigabytes don’tcha know...
Well, I have been very rudely reminded of if something is too good to be true it is...
New job: I keep making mistakes which isn’t like me at all and the culture there is very old school. The training is very haphazard, I have been belittled and insulted, removed from learning new tasks and they went ballastic when I took notes...They want perfection.
I’ll keep trying and hang in as long as possible...I just asked for today off though.
So I reached out to my previous employers yesterday who are delighted I want to come back. My old jobs are waiting for me, which is a miracle. It only depends on when these law firms will open again. My health is everything and money is not.
Grateful mom and I are doing well considering.
As far as desktop wallpapers conversation, my wallpapers are usually stuff I like. Occasionally, it will be a piece of my artwork or fan art I make (Latest is a Mac - Gatchaman hybrid). I change them frequently.
Hope everyone here is okay.
Atmospherics matter in the workplace, as does being treated with respect.
In my teaching days, I stayed with an employer I liked, (loved?) admired, respected, learned from, listened to, was advised by and mentored by - for a few extra years at a lower salary (rather than move elsewhere) - simply because I loved working for him, it was clear that his staff were happy and enjoyed working for him, they had autonomy and were trusted and respected; it was an absolute pleasure to head into work, and I did so with a spring in my step, which, in turn, made me a better teacher on the stuff I did for him, because I was happy while I worked for him.
The best of luck with whatever you decide to do.
What the hell. What's the business? (i.e., your current employment) I don't know about the salary difference, but not being miserable is worth quite a bit.
I've always owned my own business or worked as a contractor so I generally haven't been in that position - though one of my previous companies, a side thing I had going with an old partner, we got hooked up to do this several week contractor gig, I normally don't do those, pay was crazy, I'm like, OK fine, this one time.
So the environment is a little intense, plus, it's one of those Valley startups where everyone thought they were the next big thing, and the SOP was F-bomb management, you know, everyone was a Zuckerberg/Jobs/Musk in training.
After the first week, there was this issue, the mid-level guy brought his team, us with their own employees, raged, we walked out, by partner stayed behind, said, "Look, this is a good gig, but we'll walk away if you speak to us like that again, and I'd also warn you, I'm not sure what kind of tech people you're used to, but I wouldn't make eye contact with DT the rest of the day", hahahaha, I remember the rest of the week I had to engage with that guy a few times, and I'd get like super close to talk to him, I'm talking way into his personal space and not blink.
🤗 Thanks @D.T. and @Scepticalscribe
I work as a law library assistant - have an associates degree (tried for bachelors but became so stressed and sick from it on top of everything else, I stopped). I have been in this industry for decades. I worked with horrendous people and great people. My favorite place was the firm that eliminated my position 3 years ago. This current firm is achingly old school (including being very unkind as the norm) and do things in an our-way-or-the-highway style.
They use ancient tech and methods, and do not want any of their firm’s materials altered or saved to non work devices. Okay, this I get. I even understand their robotic, ruler-to-the-knuckles manner to a point. The abusive, nasty tone and constantly removing me from tasks because of mistakes I make due to missing things, unclear instructions and teachers keeps mounting.
Every other day I am in tears or very angry. After everything I’ve been through physically and emotionally since 2017, I cannot go back to a job where I am treated like this.
My former supervisor whom I consider a friend and mentor said, “You learn tasks very quickly. You adapt.”
The law library outsourcing company where I went after being laid off from the job with the former supervisor, loved my work ethic and really liked me, despite the occasional mistake. They are very happy I have asked to come back and are holding those jobs for me. Yes, the money is less, but hours are flexible, both sites like me and know I work hard. Also, given how the corona virus has decimated the legal industry I actually think it is smarter to go back to the outsourcing company.
I have to do what is right for me and the money will come again. When I interviewed at this current firm last year and got very bad vibes (Danger! Danger! Will Robinson vibes), I should have heeded that.
Oh and I couldn’t take today off because I am not past the three month probation. And today’s bs, being chided that my ISP goes down at least twice a week. “Have you thought about such and such, we do not have these issues. You need to do something about this.“
Yes, I have thought about it, but I am not letting people into the house when mom and I are vulnerable. I am also waiting to get a new desktop before we switch ISPs.
So I will hang in at this job and collect the paycheck as long as possible. If that is only for the three months, then I will collect unemployment and wait until the outsourcing company calls me back. If I have to get something else for interim, I will do that too.
I am glad that I have this option, because I cannot and will not take this kind of crap for the long term again. I am too good a person and employee for that.
Anyway...Thanks everyone.
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Leave as soon as possible, and for one reason that is not the bullying or the bad people: they have zero interest in improving you as a worker or a person.
Working for a jerk, or an unreasonably demanding individual, is doable IF this person can push you in a way to make you stronger and better (see Steve Jobs, or Bill Gates, or Kissinger, or many others).
To make my point a bit clearer, read this story (confirmed by Winston Lord):
Many Thanks. I am only staying for the money, I realize that they have zero intentions of teaching me anything new (I got back up to speed with Excel within days and I’ll figure this Adobe PDF thing out fast too). These are of my own initiative.
Yes, I’ve worked with several unreasonably demanding and nasty people and learned a little from them. I know what you mean, but like @Scepticalscribe I truly flourish with good instructions, mentors and a more positive atmosphere.
Things being as they are, I just have to hang in as looking for another job right now isn’t an option.
At least I know this isn’t a dead end now and I’ll use what very little I am learning to my advantage. I am not afraid to butt heads either (I remember former supervisor and peers freaked when I stood toe-to-toe with a difficult attorney and said attorney respected me after that. We had a great working relationship going forward.)