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Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#1826: Feb 24th 2014 at 9:17:01 PM

Yeah, it would. That's a bit of a stretch.tongue

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#1827: Feb 25th 2014 at 6:10:32 PM

No high school volunteers, it was just a rumor. I'm tired but at least I have extra money.

Beholderess from Moscow Since: Jun, 2010
#1828: Feb 25th 2014 at 7:55:22 PM

Is there any way to get passive income unless you are already crazy rich?

As of now it feels I'd do anything to not have to work (that doesn't mean I won't work if I didn't need money. But I would be doing what I want, not this)

If we disagree, that much, at least, we have in common
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#1829: Feb 25th 2014 at 7:57:12 PM

In the majority of locals no.

Who watches the watchmen?
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#1830: Feb 25th 2014 at 7:57:31 PM

Not that I can think of. I'd really like some now

Oh really when?
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#1831: Feb 25th 2014 at 8:09:02 PM

So would lots of people. But the boring fact is you need to do something to earn your living. Keep looking around your respective locals for work. It took more then a few years to get my current job. Before that I had a string of shit jobs for shit pay.

Who watches the watchmen?
InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#1832: Mar 3rd 2014 at 12:52:09 AM

Working in a coastguard operations room is more or less passive income most days. I just have to sit here drinking coffee and wait for disaster to strike.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#1833: Mar 3rd 2014 at 2:08:11 AM

After skipping paper work, not this last Saturday but the one the week before, due to being sick and the tech guys taking down the network for testing. I got caught up on nearly three weeks of paper work this last Saturday. I hate paper work. I am glad they at least let me generate most of the documents to my liking and need as well as let me organize it all my way.

edited 3rd Mar '14 2:11:28 AM by TuefelHundenIV

Who watches the watchmen?
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#1834: Mar 3rd 2014 at 7:30:35 AM

Asking here because it's work related, but not really directly so.

Anyway, one of the requirements at the plant is steel toed safety shoes. The problem is that the ones I have (safety shoe versions of hightop Reeboks, which in retrospect weren't the best decision but it's $100 or so for replacements that meet BMW guidelines) tend to eat socks, in the form of making my big toenails tear holes in them.note 

Now, I did a little searching online, but realized that I have no idea which brands of steel toed socks are good or are crap. Any suggestions, short of either biting the bullet and buying new shoes and continuing with buying ordinary socks on a regular basis and throwing them out after they get holey (so to speak)?

edited 3rd Mar '14 7:31:09 AM by Nohbody

All your safe space are belong to Trump
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#1835: Mar 3rd 2014 at 2:07:19 PM

Try boot socks or thick wool socks instead. They protect your feet and tend to be more durable.

Who watches the watchmen?
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#1836: Mar 3rd 2014 at 2:33:31 PM

[up][up] and [up] And regular clipping and filing wouldn't go amiss, either.

edited 3rd Mar '14 2:34:42 PM by Euodiachloris

Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#1837: Mar 3rd 2014 at 3:17:14 PM

I do keep them regularly trimmed, as close down to the skin as I can without drawing blood. Still causes problems.

As for wool socks, didn't even think of that, and I do have a couple of pairs that I rarely wear, left over from my boot camp issue from 2 decades ago.

(For the most part, stuff accumulates and then goes to hide in the dark corners of my room to keep from getting thrown out. tongue )

edited 3rd Mar '14 3:18:04 PM by Nohbody

All your safe space are belong to Trump
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#1838: Mar 3rd 2014 at 3:55:42 PM

Oooh: fighting the weredustbunnies of doom! Good luck. smile

Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#1841: Mar 5th 2014 at 11:45:12 AM

Yesterday one of my students was asking me a million questions about how to go to a show. He is an ESL student and has never been to a show before.

He wanted to go see the touring ballet Moulin Rouge. I couldn't figure out why he wanted to see a ballet but then he told me that he always wanted to go to the theatre the show is going to be at. It's a beautifully refurbished Vaudeville house that was built about a 100 years ago. I tried to steer him toward the touring version of Beauty and the Beast. We talked for about 15 minutes about what to wear, what to expect, how much tickets were, where the best seats were, all kinds of stuff. I came out of the conversation feeling like I had actually succeeded at doing my job. It doesn't happen a lot.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#1843: Mar 5th 2014 at 12:43:47 PM

[up][up]Sounds like a fine plotting session had by all, actually. smile

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#1844: Mar 5th 2014 at 5:31:48 PM

BC; Good job. Helps when they are enthusiastic about it.

Who watches the watchmen?
blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#1845: Mar 6th 2014 at 7:37:09 PM

I started a second job this past week, working in a butcher shop. I am learning a lot. And the dogs think I smell delicious.

The job will close the gap for the summer and I hope I can save some money to do some traveling with the Baroness.

It's been seven years since I've done any food work so I am hurting in spots. It's also weird not to have the autonomy I'm used to having. But I gotta say the 25% discount is freaking awesome.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#1846: Mar 6th 2014 at 7:50:44 PM

BC: My wife would kill for that discount. Learning stuff is handy too.

Who watches the watchmen?
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#1847: Mar 6th 2014 at 7:55:20 PM

Can I have your job?

I'm poor and steaks are expensive

Oh really when?
Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#1848: Mar 6th 2014 at 8:30:55 PM

I have a new playpretty for Four White Horses/Bipolar Tailoring. After three different people let me down at different times, I got tired of carrying the new-old sewing machine and table around in the back of the car, and wrestled it into the house alone, by what Mr Maddy would have called "sheer bloody-minded determination".

It's a Juki. Industrial machine. Won't choke on anything less than about six layers of canvas. Haven't got it all hooked back together yet — that's tomorrow's expedition in madness.

The table support is made of 2-inch square iron stock and weighs about 15 or 20 pounds. It was awkward to handle but not too heavy.

The machine head is — well, it's entirely iron. It's about the overall size of a 10-pound sack of potatoes, but weighs somewhere around 40 or fifty pounds. I managed it, but not easily, and I had to give some real thought to where I set it down, so that I'd be able to lift it up again.

Then there was The Tabletop. Ah, the tabletop. Thing damn near killed me. It's a slab of particle board, roughly 2 inches thick, 2 feet wide, and 4 feet long, with a formica surface, and an iron tray that the machine head sits down into. And a four-hp iron motor bolted to the underside of one end. It weighs more than the machine head. And it's hideously unbalanced, to boot. And large enough to be difficult even if it wasn't as heavy as a small child. But I got it out of the car. And I got it into the kitchen (that involved stairs. 5 of them). I got it into the loving room. And then I looked at the base and said to myself, "Self, just how in bloody hell are you going to get that thing three feet up in the air and onto that table base? Hmmmmmm?" And myself said back to me "Sheer bloody-minded determination. Let's do this thing." So I did.

My back is killing me.[lol]

Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#1849: Mar 6th 2014 at 8:33:29 PM

Oh, I forgot to mention... It was given to me. As a gift. Free. I had to pay for the check-over and tune-up, which was $100. But it checked out perfectly. A Juki industrial, for free.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#1850: Mar 6th 2014 at 8:44:31 PM

Wow that is damn nice. You can theoretically sew body armor with the right needles and thread.

Who watches the watchmen?

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