Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring ... Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work for shareholders ... job not boring

heh... the MR work mantra... all together now...

Check MR every 30 seconds. Drink lots of coffee or alcoholic beverages, depending on mood and time of day (no Zany Carter Deluxes before 10am). Quit job.

Cheers,
Marc (I hope this has been of some help)

*damn!!*

oh well, I tried. How's life around MR people ?

(resistance is useless)

*damn!!*

oh well, I tried. How's life around MR people ?

I'm sure Taylor514ce (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/member.php?u=14714) will be along any minute now to assist you with your question about life?

Cheers,
Marc

I'm sure Taylor514ce (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/member.php?u=14714) will be along any minute now to assist you with your question about life?

Cheers,
Marc

oh please, don't ask him about life...

oh please, don't ask him about life...

maybe, just maybe, if I use a small enough font he wont' see ??? shhhh ...

Luckily, I'm the Department Chair, so I don't have to worry about working all that much.

i knew there was something i was forgetting : DELEGATE. :smack:

Through iron determination, I don't put MR up on a tab till lunch time. Heck, if I brought it up any earlier it might interfere with my surreptitiously having a read on my Sony, er, I mean working hard. Yes, that's it.

I didn't get an eBook reader to sneak in the occasional chapter at work. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

I got the Kindle for interstitial reading. Then I got caught up here, and now I spend my lunch hours doing my notes becasue I keep putting them off.

Running my own company (fancy term for self-employed) leaves me less time for my own pleasures than I had when I was an officer of larger firms. Then I could shut my door and "work on papers." (That was fine as long as my bandwidth requirements didn't slow down the LAN Admin's on-line games.)

heh... the MR work mantra... all together now...

Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work or starve to death ... life not boring ... Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work or starve to death ... life not boring ... Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work or starve to death ... life not boring ... Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work or starve to death ... life not boring ... Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work or starve to death ... life not boring ... Must not check MR Forum every 15 minutes .... must work or starve to death ... life not boring ...

Had to make a few changes .... but other than that, it is a suitable mantra at that. ;)

My workflow nowadays:

Read MR, read, read, post, work, read, read, upload, read, read, oh yeah work, read, read, post... repeat!

:grin2:

Where did that work slip in? You really have to update your filter!

My workflow nowadays:

Read MR, read, read, post, work, read, read, upload, read, read, oh yeah work, read, read, post... repeat!

:grin2:

What's strange though, when I first started on MR, I primarily looked up information about the various readers available on the market so I could decide upon a device - oh exiting times when all's possible - even an Illiad !!

Than I spent a brief time just downloading some of the classics.

Nowadays I spend about 98% of my time in the lounge section ... and I can't get out :uhoh: And I'm not the only one: you need only check the number of posts in lounge compared to the other sections ..

So what's the next level, quo vadis, whereto next ???

Work is still a heckish nightmare, but the beginning of a new quarter is Tues. A light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe then my mood will brighten back up to pink.

... Nowadays I spend about 98% of my time in the lounge section ... and I can't get out :uhoh: ....
Its good to see that the glue we put on the chairs worked.

Seriously, I've just spent most of the day in the shower. The instructions on the shampoo said, "Lather, rinse, repeat" First the hot water ran out and I had to keep going with nothing but the cold water and the three-quarter full bottle of shampoo. At long last the shampoo did run out so I was able to stop.

Luckily, I'm the Department Chair, so I don't have to worry about working all that much.

Hope the department is gentle when they sit on you.

I got the Kindle for interstitial reading. Then I got caught up here, and now I spend my lunch hours doing my notes becasue I keep putting them off.

Remember, "A stitch in time saves nine." especially when reading. :cool:

This is all well and good, but I still don't have a reader yet and I cannot elude this place whatsoever! You fine folks are more addicting than crack or whatever your particular vice of choice may be.

Its good to see that the glue we put on the chairs worked.

Seriously, I've just spent most of the day in the shower. The instructions on the shampoo said, "Lather, rinse, repeat" First the hot water ran out and I had to keep going with nothing but the cold water and the three-quarter full bottle of shampoo. At long last the shampoo did run out so I was able to stop.

Are you all pruney now? ZP or I could probably loan you a towel.

Yes indeed -- this place ^H ^H ^H .... these PEOPLE are very addicting!!!

Are you all pruney now? ZP or I could probably loan you a towel.

Yes indeed -- this place ^H ^H ^H .... these PEOPLE are very addicting!!!

It's just because the women are soooo good looking!! & nice, well read & intelligent too!:cool:

I don't have internet at work. :cry: Unless you count that wifi signal I get on a laptop every no and then and i don't because its connected the connection is so bad that i hit refresh and have to wait 15-20 minutes for a site to load if it does at all :cry:

Luckily, I'm the Department Chair, so I don't have to worry about working all that much.

Are you glued to the chair or are you the actual chair. Is the chair itself cemented or glued to the floor ?

I don't have internet at work. :cry: Unless you count that wifi signal I get on a laptop every no and then and i don't because its connected the connection is so bad that i hit refresh and have to wait 15-20 minutes for a site to load if it does at all :cry:

Where do you work ? Zimbabwe ?? ... oh I see ... Venezuela. Well, I still think Venezuela is a better place to be than Zimbabwe

Are you glued to the chair or are you the actual chair. Is the chair itself cemented or glued to the floor ?
No glue. And since I've lost weight, I'm no longer the size of an over stuffed chair.:p

No glue. And since I've lost weight, I'm no longer the size of an over stuffed chair.:p

YAY! Congrats!

On the "similar threads" box, there is a book recommended: "Premature Burial and How it May Be Avoided."

Hmmm...

On the "similar threads" box, there is a book recommended: "Premature Burial and How it May Be Avoided."

Hmmm...

isn't that brilliant ?

and pertinent to so many of us.

Well, as the world economies tank a lot of us will cease to be irritated by employment it seems.

Well, as the world economies tank a lot of us will cease to be irritated by employment it seems.

We'll then be able to irritate other people by starving on the street (US version)/lazily hanging around all day paid for by the Welfare State (EU version).

I've found myself check MR for new posts every couple of minutes at times, especially when I am trying to avoid getting back to work or studying :).

As you may notice by my posting pattern, it goes way up during exam times:D

We'll then be able to irritate other people by starving on the street (US version)/lazily hanging around all day paid for by the Welfare State (EU version).

Really? I'm using my last paycheck to move to the EU, then.

No glue. And since I've lost weight, I'm no longer the size of an over stuffed chair.:p
OK then, we will just have to send out a new casting call for who will play Santa this year.

OK then, we will just have to send out a new casting call for who will play Santa this year.
I'm too cranky to play Santa. I got relieved of that duty forever when I said, "Ho, ho, f***ing ho!!"

No one got the humor in that, for some reason.:D

On the "similar threads" box, there is a book recommended: "Premature Burial and How it May Be Avoided."

Hmmm...

isn't that brilliant ?

and pertinent to so many of us.

Yes -- if we are reading our e-reader books so avidly that the only movement is that ever so slight pressing of the "next page" button, I suppose we might be in danger of being prematurely entombed. By the non-observant onlooker. :chinscratch:

Christmas - not that many days to go...

(for those who believe in Santa Claus - of course)

Christmas - not that many days to go...

(for those who believe in Santa Claus - of course)
My Christmas present is coming 25 days late this year...

My Christmas present is coming 25 days late this year...

The penalty for playing about with time - as we are all guilty of in the Lounge...

The penalty for playing about with time - as we are all guilty of in the Lounge...
Oh, but this is worth waiting for. On so many levels.

1. No more Shrub the Lesser

2. Darth Dickie no longer a heart beat away...

3. State Dept no longer run by Condenasty

4. Justice can go back to being about justice, rather than politics.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....:xmas:

Oh, but this is worth waiting for. On so many levels.

1. No more Shrub the Lesser

2. Darth Dickie no longer a heart beat away...

3. State Dept no longer run by Condenasty

4. Justice can go back to being about justice, rather than politics.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....:xmas:

I thought the Lounge was a political-free zone...

by-the-by, what's work, again ?

I thought the Lounge was a political-free zone...
Sorry, I just noticed on my countdown calendar that on 4 July it is exactly 200 days until 19 January, 09.

I'll shut up now.

I'll shut up now.

Sorry, not allowed...

It appears that you job is boring...just as the shareholders intended so that your mind will become numb and useless.

Don't have time to get bored...look at the Lounge - all the intellectual exchanges between persons of a certain intelligence...

:rofl::rofl:

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:vanish::laughboom::grin3::grin2::shocked:
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