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[paulWTAMU]

4 days a week? You suck!

[superjawes]

I would enjoy a 10hr/4day schedule... I wouldn't take Fridays off, though. 3 day weekends are nice, but having a free day on Wednesday always worked out well for me.

[derFunkenstein]

Ugh. Have to work on Friday. This 4 day/week man is quite used to not working on Friday (3rd time in 16 years). It's also a 3:30PM engagement. Those who understand the regulatory business know what that means.

Black Friday? (sorry, couldn't find a video)

[Captain Ned]

Ugh. Have to work on Friday. This 4 day/week man is quite used to not working on Friday (3rd time in 16 years). It's also a 3:30PM engagement. Those who understand the regulatory business know what that means.

Black Friday? (sorry, couldn't find a video)

In a way.

[Captain Ned]

Courtesy of the Ace of Spades, a replacement for Lorem Ipsum.

Bacon ipsum dolor sit amet andouille pork chop tri-tip pork belly chicken capicola strip steak jowl shank meatloaf filet mignon kielbasa pork loin beef ribs sirloin. Shank pastrami capicola brisket beef ribs filet mignon.

Prosciutto corned beef filet mignon brisket turkey. Short ribs t-bone shank hamburger. Tri-tip sausage ham hock pork meatball jerky. Prosciutto corned beef cow ribeye beef sirloin tri-tip chicken pork loin.

Cow t-bone shankle, shoulder bresaola chicken chuck ham. Turducken jerky meatball brisket, drumstick chicken leberkas tail beef ribs prosciutto bresaola tri-tip jowl filet mignon sirloin. Venison 'Food Fight'.

[SpotTheCat]

so.... hungry...

[MaxTheLimit]

Well the next month or so is gonna be really interesting. Not only are we being sold, my boss broke his hip yesterday and will be laid up for several weeks. I'm the interim department head until he's able to come back to work. Wheee!

Sure hope things work out. We were bought out about two years ago. A lot of our contracts are headed over to the sister company now though. I'm still busy enough, but there is a lot of people looking lost and who are running out of things to do. It's a bummer. I don't think place is going to be around much longer.

Hope your buy out leads to added strength to the company.

[lonleyppl]

Did anyone else have a chance to view Jupiter tonight? I tried to get some pictures, but an 18-55mm not-overly-sharp kit lens doesn't work out too well for that. Also, cheap filters can be annoying, but they're cheap, so I can't complain too much.

Sort of in the same frame, any photography people have luck mounting M42 lenses on Canon DSLR's? If so, any brands of glass to specifically look for? Its documented on the Internet that it can be done and adapters are sold, so I'm thinking I may do that to pick up a few different primes. I think I can live without AF, and I've read good things about Takumar, as well as seen some beautiful photos, so I'm hoping I'll be able to find a few lenses in my price range of $20 or less, including shipping.

[Captain Ned]

Great. I get to spend tomorrow morning teaching basic financial institution accounting and funds flow to a couple of newbie FBI types. I sure hope they're quick learners.

[Captain Ned]

Well, they learned quick:

http://www.dfr.vermont.gov/press-releas ... edit-union

"Examiners"? Hello!!

[paulWTAMU]

You the examiner?

[Captain Ned]

You the examiner?

Ding Ding Ding!!

[paulWTAMU]

lol have fun Ned. Better you than me. I think I've been in maybe half a dozen local news stories over the year sin my job and talking to the media always makes me scared ****. So, you gotta testify before a jury for this mess?



On a semi-related note: our CEO juwst left unexpectedly. We were supposed to keepq uiet till our interim told the press (and he just found out yesterday) but it's arleady leaked and yes I'd like to know who!

I don't know if this means good or bad. I like our interim guy though. He's fun, and a lot mroe sane.

on arelated note, I've had a lot to drink and still cant'just sleep liek I wnt to.

[Captain Ned]

lol have fun Ned. Better you than me. I think I've been in maybe half a dozen local news stories over the year sin my job and talking to the media always makes me scared ****. So, you gotta testify before a jury for this mess?

It'll start with the Federal Grand Jury to get an indictment (Fifth Amendment prohibits Federal criminal charges unless they come from a Grand Jury). That's easy as it's not an adversarial process, it's simply me telling my story to the US Attorney and a group of citizens who then decide if there's enough evidence of a crime to lay formal criminal charges. If an indictment comes down and the person in question doesn't plead out, I'll then testify in the criminal trial. Done it before and it's pretty simple.

As for media contact, I just say "no comment" and "go find my boss".

[idchafee]

I've been in the local news a couple times being on the school board. Always (mis)quoting my comments in open session. Whenever they try to talk to me directly, I point them at the board president.

[paulWTAMU]

As for media contact, I just say "no comment" and "go find my boss".

That's the approach I settled on More often than not I give my boss the talking points, but at least it means I'm not talking to the cameras. Thank heavens.

[Arclight]

500

500 anime series, that's the number i figured when i started watching anime. 500 anime series and you can consider yourself a legitimate otaku. You need them for experience. To develop leather skin (against Jappanese crazyness). So i got started. But ofc along the way you stop thinking about being an otaku and all that. It stopps being the point. You get past the sillyness of it all. But then, after, you realize that's what you are.

I'll tell you learn a lot of things on the way to 500, none more important than this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyV3SksAKRY

[paulWTAMU]

So, with windows 8 coming out...and it being an older model...I got an Acer Aspire One-725 for 175 dollars. It's in the nursery so my wife can listen to music while feeding Samuel every 3 hours. We'd debated a tablet but this was so much less, and well, for these uses...


It isn't high end but it works OK for that. About 30 minutes to decrap it (die MacAfee, DIE). I figure I can also probably stream video through Prime. I may upgrade the speakers marginally because, wow, that thing sounds awful...but I'm not sure my wife cares at all. I'm also not sure why they paired 4 gigs of ram to a 1 gig dual core CPU but eh, whatever.

[tanker27]

Courtesy of the Ace of Spades, a replacement for Lorem Ipsum.

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Prosciutto corned beef filet mignon brisket turkey. Short ribs t-bone shank hamburger. Tri-tip sausage ham hock pork meatball jerky. Prosciutto corned beef cow ribeye beef sirloin tri-tip chicken pork loin.

Cow t-bone shankle, shoulder bresaola chicken chuck ham. Turducken jerky meatball brisket, drumstick chicken leberkas tail beef ribs prosciutto bresaola tri-tip jowl filet mignon sirloin. Venison 'Food Fight'.

This is awesome.....I use Loren Ipsum in most of my wireframes for the apps I build....I think I will use this instead.

[DancinJack]

Woo! Got a new job offer today.

Title of Associate Engineer. Let's hope it doesn't suck.

[superjawes]

Congrats and good luck, DancinJack!

[sweatshopking]

THREAD HIGHJACK!!!
Hey! vote for that contest thing for that cool guys daughters african village! i hear all the cool kids are doing it!! vote once a day for the next week! Josh P.! help some of the worlds most vulnerable people! vote once a day for the next week! he promises to provide updates, pictures, etc! (if you want them!)

https://www.facebook.com/Rogers/app_103139599851953

please don't murder me for thread highjack, guys! i'm in 3rd, and i stand a real chance of winning this, and it would be AMAZING for the village! it's 250 years of salary for one villager that we could put to work!

Thanks guys! i made a thread too! i won't bug you again about it here!
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=85163

[Captain Ned]

My "new" home office phone. Still trying to find the right mask for the number card in the center of the dial.



A Western Electric Model 500 complete with a proper mechanical bell ringer, and better sound quality than any other hard-wired phone I've had in the house (the TrimLine Touch-Tone is now a backup). The 15YO daughter thinks this to be but one more bit of evidence that her father is irretrievably insane.

For those who are wondering about the lack of pushbuttons. In the infinite wisdom of the FCC and earlier telecoms regulatory bodies here in the US there is a simple rule. If it was ever able to access the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), it must be able to do so in perpetuity.

[steelcity_ballin]

My "new" home office phone. Still trying to find the right mask for the number card in the center of the dial.

A Western Electric Model 500 complete with a proper mechanical bell ringer, and better sound quality than any other hard-wired phone I've had in the house (the TrimLine Touch-Tone is now a backup). The 15YO daughter thinks this to be but one more bit of evidence that her father is irretrievably insane.

For those who are wondering about the lack of pushbuttons. In the infinite wisdom of the FCC and earlier telecoms regulatory bodies here in the US there is a simple rule. If it was ever able to access the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), it must be able to do so in perpetuity.

You are the equivalent of the guys who gush over Vinyl sounding better than modern digital

[BiffStroganoffsky]

As if your daughter needed any more evidence. I've always wondered if there are anymore operators still alive. Maybe you could dial them to see.

[Captain Ned]

You are the equivalent of the guys who gush over Vinyl sounding better than modern digital

Equivalent? Hardcore vinyl enthusiast here and it does sound better than digital. The current turntable/cartridge combo comes from the college days and I've been given permission to purchase the "last" turntable.

[just brew it!]

For those who are wondering about the lack of pushbuttons. In the infinite wisdom of the FCC and earlier telecoms regulatory bodies here in the US there is a simple rule. If it was ever able to access the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), it must be able to do so in perpetuity.

Yup. From what I've read, you can even take a 100-year-old crank phone, splice a modern phone cord onto it, and plug it into a POTS line. Turning the crank should (in theory) connect you with an operator.

You are the equivalent of the guys who gush over Vinyl sounding better than modern digital

He's not the *equivalent* of one of those guys. He *is* one of those guys! Edit: Ahh, he beat me to it.

[Captain Ned]

You are the equivalent of the guys who gush over Vinyl sounding better than modern digital

And you were the one amazed that I was wearing tye-dye at last August's BBQ?

[steelcity_ballin]

You are the equivalent of the guys who gush over Vinyl sounding better than modern digital

And you were the one amazed that I was wearing tye-dye at last August's BBQ?

Haha was I? I must have seen picture - I haven't been to a BBQ to date. They sound like a good time but I just can't get out there with work demanding how they do. I need a new career so badly, I just have no clue what I want to do and with student debt being what it is, I can't simply start over or go back to school. I'm ahead of the game, but just barely.

[ludi]

A Big Red Telephone? I assume you just lift the receiver and the president picks up on the other end.