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so what's your backup plan in case they let you go? trust fund? rich boyfriend/husband? smokin good looks to one day attract rich husband?

I was going to post this in that other thread ("bastard"), since we were talking about amounts of vacation time from various jobs/sectors.... but since that one drifted in so many directions, I'll start a new thread. What I want to know is how you people spray all day and still HAVE jobs.... I long ago stopped posting on CC.com at work (some lurking, no posting tho)...... FIRST of all cuz it eats up so much time and I wouldn't get shit done, and ALSO cuz my monitor is in full view of the cube hallway. My boss rarely if ever comes by to visit, but farting around on the 'net too much can also be bad for "coworker relations", shall we say. Shit, I spend/waste enuf time just writing personal emails each day, but that can be done covertly ..... write it in Outlook, then quickly paste it into Yahoo Mail. Oh, and I guess that's a THIRD reason I don't login here at work.... in case "they" end up tracing my CC.com login to my LAN login and find I say things like what I just said..... or stuff I post here which they might deem, for whatever reason, "unsavory". (I've got today off, which is the only reason I'm saying ... er, spraying, ... all this.) Oly, Archie, Selkirk, Knotzen, Dru, DeC..... I'm not even sure I totally believe you guys HAVE jobs... I figure you must work at night, and/or have private offices, and/or have the ability to time-warp, and/or work at places where you're SURE they don't monitor web traffic from client machines. (???)

a large portion lives in thirld world conditions? Get a fucking grip man. I don't see any Japanese Encephalitis outbreaks in the US. No cholera, malaria, yellow fever either. No favelas in the US. No famines strike our country. That said, conditions in New Orleans are now like the third world. you don't have to have famines or diaseses to have "third world conditions". even before Katrina, the Mississippi delta region was, compared to the rest of America, pretty much third world.... at least when it comes to shit like high infant mortality and low literacy rates. and for those who might say (or think) "infant mortality rates high?... well that's good.... means them darkies will be have fewer mouths to feed".... SORRY, it doesn't work like that. Statistics show that, when infant mortality rates go down, so do birth rates; people know the chance of the kids growing up is lower, then tend to make fewer kids.

Or just go work for a decent corporation. do you know of any which start you at 4 weeks vacation? if so I want to know about them... so I can go beg plead and grovel for a job there! plenty will work you up to 4 wks, but that's after having worked there like 10+ years.

unless you work for a nonprofit. or move to Canada or Europe.... which is looking more and more appealing actually.

OMFG that is too funny. thing is, tho, Jon... why'd ya cut out the part of that picture with Butthead!?? (I'm assuming he was originally in that pic with Beavis?) ...... cuz I think that GWB, in that pic at least, looks sorta like HIM!!! .... i guess it's sorta the curled-up-lip smile or something.

one of my few beefs about my cube farm involves the knobs on the sinks in the restroom. the men's room near my cube has three sinks. one one of them, the hot turns on clockwise and the cold turns on counter-clockwise...... on another one it's just the opposite...... and on the third one, both knobs turn on counter-clockwise (which is of course the way most sinks all over the goddam world are!) ... or at least should be! .... jeezis h. CHRIST we have some moronic plumbers working in our building..... how hard is it to make ALL THREE SINKS HAVE THE SAME GODDAM KNOB-DIRECTION-CONFIGURATION!?? it doesn't matter which way they turn, but you'd think they could at least make ALL THREE SINKS do the same thing!! the other men's rooms in the building also have such inconsistencies. on the bright side ... I'm happy to say that this is one of the few minor annoyances about my workplace (besides the bitchy, obese Puerto Rican secretary, and the fact that I can't spray all day).

That's word,we pray(pray,pray) We got to pray Just to make it today I said we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray(pray) We got to pray Just to make it to pray That's word,we pray All my life I wanted to make it to the top (That's word,we pray) Some said I wouldn't They told me no,but I didn't stop (That's word,we pray) Working hard,making those movies everyday (That's word,we pray) And on my knees every night,you know I pray That's word,we pray(pray) Ah,yeah,pray(pray) we got to pray Just to make it today I said we pray(pray) ah,yeah,pray(pray) We got to pray Just to make it today That's word,we pray [etc etc]

Damn, Josh. Just when I think you're a lost cause, you reveal your true self. Football I .... (sniff sniff)... I just love it how JoshK and FW always seem to get along so well ... it's so nice to see liberals and conservatives playing nicely. just makes me so ... so ..... warm and fuzzy.

another mournful Zeppelin song... "In My Time Of Dying" (and yes, i DO realize they didn't write this either... but neither did Dylan, and no one seems to badmouth him for covering it on his first album.) why does Zeppelin always get so much heat for covering so many great blues songs? I think they rock. In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do is take my body home Well, well, well, so I can die easy [X2] Jesus, gonna make up my dyin' bed. Meet me, Jesus, meet me. Meet me in the middle of the air If my wings should fail me, Lord. Please meet me with another pair Well, well, well, so I can die easy [X2] Jesus, gonna make up.. somebody, somebody... Jesus gonna make up... Jesus gonna make you my dyin' bed Oh, Saint Peter, at the gates of heaven... Won't you let me in I never did no harm. I never did no wrong Oh, Gabriel, let me blow your horn. Let me blow your horn Oh, I never did, did no harm. I've only been this young once. I never thought I'd do anybody no wrong No, not once. Oh, I did somebody some good. Somebody some good... Oh, did somebody some good. I must have did somebody some good... And I see them in the streets And I see them in the field And I hear them shouting under my feet And I know it's got to be real Oh, Lord, deliver me All the wrong I've done You can deliver me, Lord I only wanted to have some fun. Hear the angels marchin', hear the' marchin', hear them marchin', hear them marchin', the' marchin' Oh my Jesus... [repeat] Oh, don't you make it my dyin', dyin', dyin'... [studio Chatter:] "That's gonna be the one, isn't it? " "Come have a listen, then. " Oh yes, thank you." speaking of music... gotta get out the door and get me down to Bumbershoot!!!! happy 3-day weekend, all.

here's part of one of their less-cheery, and lesser-known, songs ("That's the Way") ..... and one of their many songs which mentions rivers. And yesterday I saw you standing by the river, And weren't those tears that filled your eyes, And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying, Had they got you hypnotized? And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers, But all that lives is born to die. And so I say to you that nothing really matters, And all you do is stand and cry. I don't know what to say about it, When all you ears have turned away, But now's the time to look and look again at what you see, Is that the way it ought to stay? may the countless victims of Katrina RIP. my bro and his wife have some close friends who live in New Orleans, but fortunately they had the money, cars, and intelligence to get away in time... many didn't.

we need a friggin' constitutional amendment mandating a minimum IQ for presidential candidates.

first thing that Google turned up for "Maxine" was this main reason I was LMAO was cause, in the very first split-second after I saw that pic, it looked like Kathleen Turner (the actress) farting. second items on Google's list was The [very] Honorable Maxine Waters.

funny, some of the bizarre, random animal attack stories you hear. I read a story in the newspaper a few years ago about how some river otters attacked someone at some lake in Washington. I'm dead serious, I'm not just trying to "funny". (I think it was The Olympian ... also known as "The Daily O", a name further mutated into "The Daily Zero" ... lame newspaper, but still a newspaper, not a tabloid.) a state wildlife biologist was quoted as saying it was very rare, but not unheard of, for otters to attack.

at least OC sprays day and night.... with some chronic sprayers, it seems they only spray between 8 am and 5 pm, when they can get paid for it. and yes, in case you're wondering... I am just jealous. I would spent all day farting around on the 'net if I could get away with it too.

Prenuptial Misgivings Prevent Me from Pursuing Matrimony

very nice.

nice pics, and report, Fairweather!! that's gotta be one of my favorite mountains anywhere. have hiked to the Blue Glacier three times... twice just to see the glacier, and once, the most recent, to actually cross it and climb the mountain. way to go having kids when you're young ... my dad taught me to love the mountains all right, but ..... being 40 years older than me, he was pretty much done with hiking/climbing by the time I turned 20, cause of back problems and other shit.

nice TR. Bretherton was one of my only, and definitely my trickiest, solo climbs.. about 5 years ago. Milk Lake was beautiful.... found myself wishing I'd camped there. (camped at Upper Lena).

First of all... anyone been up it lately? How many, if any, crevasses would the glacier have this time of year? Most sources just recommend axe/crampons, but some indicate rope & full glacier gear. Also, would you call the summit scramble class 3, or "3-4"?? I've heard/read both. Some of my class 3 climbs include Washington, Stone, and Seven Fingered Jack... how would it compare to those? (actually Beckey says SFJ is only class 2, but I remember the last section being a little hairier than class 2 .... for me at least). thanks!

I think it's hilarious when one of Tom's callers launches into a tirade about how much they hate him, and then he says: "So why do you keep LISTENING to me then??" or ...... "Yeah but I must be doing something right cause I captivate enough morons like YOU to keep listening to me!!!!" And clearly, there are a lot of CC.commers who listen to the guy. Whether they love him or hate him, they DO seem to listen to him. I think me and Thinker and CBS should start a club called "Nice Guys For Tom Leykis." (well, I've never met CBS, but I have met Thinker once, and he seemed nice enuf.) I know, I know. Some may find it hard ... nay, impossible (?) .... to comprehend that a nice, sensitive guy could potentially agree with anything that Leykis says. And if so, I truly pity those with such a simplistic, superficial outlook on life. Personally.... 30% of the shit Tom says annoys me ..... 40% of it is, IMO, just plain fluff (not annoying, but still all the same)..... and then about 30% of it is just incredibly funny ... and/or just DAMN good social commentary; he has some good points to make. ...........when I've told people this in the past, sometimes they say shit like: "yeah but is it even worth it, sifting thru all the bullshit to get to that worthwhile 30%?" Well, um... Yeah. Absolutely. Can't say that I really make it a point to listen much these days (not like I use to at least) .... just sporadically, when NPR gets slow and tedious.. or when they've got a fund-drive on.

"... don't hate me cause I'm spoofable" PS... happy birthday, Snugtop. (same birthday as one of my good friends from high school, actually).

BIG misconception there about the Leykis-Limbaugh connection. You always hear that, but I wonder if people who say that have ever actually listened to either of them. I get the impression that they have a few small similarities, but a lot of differences. (Admittedly, I've never actually listened to Limbaugh..... just basing this on what I've heard about the bastard on the news.)

Hello capitalist! town names don't have to be risque to be funny. how 'bout: George, Washington Boring, Oregon Weed, California Hot Coffee, Mississippi Sheboygan, Wisconsin Pahrump, Nevada Smackover, Arkansas Happy Jack, Louisiana Chevy Chase, Maryland thank you for allow geographer to post.