The Vent and Rant Thread

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Just remember, Mr. Chicken, that they're not "users and managers" but "losers and manglers". And try not to actually call them that to their face.

I doubt they'd even notice what I called them .....

Another day, another desktop set up for another 'loser' .....

BTW - just discovered Ninite! (https://ninite.com/) - makes set up somewhat of a breeze!

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I doubt they'd even notice what I called them .....

Another day, another desktop set up for another 'loser' .....

BTW - just discovered Ninite! (https://ninite.com/) - makes set up somewhat of a breeze!

Ah, yes. Ninite is a real blessing. And saves a lot of time and clicking.

[poohbear_nc]

Thoroughly, completely pissed off chicken tonight .... tired of everything/everyone around me ... will spend Labor Day weekend planning my departure .... reached my tipping point

[which may have had something to do with a coworker that has taken 4 days off from work (so far) for a boil!]

[guess who got saddled with the work - not asked - saddled]

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Thoroughly, completely pissed off chicken tonight .... tired of everything/everyone around me ... will spend Labor Day weekend planning my departure .... reached my tipping point

[which may have had something to do with a coworker that has taken 4 days off from work (so far) for a boil!]

[guess who got saddled with the work - not asked - saddled]

OUCH! Feel like coming to the Midwest and being a library director?

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

OUCH! Feel like coming to the Midwest and being a library director?

Thanks for the offer - but I'm through with the Midwest - but not libraries .... but definitely need a new locale ....
[I worked in a library all through grad school - wonderful jobs!]

[badgoodDeb]

It's cooler here than North Carolina!*

*Especially so during the winter.

[phenomshel]

It's all self-interest, LOL. Our director is retiring next May, and I'm trying to get a head start on a boss I'll love just as much.

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

It's cooler here than North Carolina!*

*Especially so during the winter.

That's one way to look at it!

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

It's cooler here than North Carolina!*

*Especially so during the winter.

After last winter, I'm not so sure ...

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Thanks for the offer - but I'm through with the Midwest - but not libraries .... but definitely need a new locale ....
[I worked in a library all through grad school - wonderful jobs!]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

After last winter, I'm not so sure ...

It's warm and green all year here, and they don't call this country 'The Land of Smiles' for nothing... You can live comfortably on $1,500 a month, and use the rest for vacations on tropical islands should you feel the urge. They are only a couple of hours away...

Stitchawl

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

It's warm and green all year here, and they don't call this country 'The Land of Smiles' for nothing... You can live comfortably on $1,500 a month, and use the rest for vacations on tropical islands should you feel the urge. They are only a couple of hours away...

Stitchawl

Decades ago, fresh out of college, I interviewed for a teaching job on the lovely tropical isle of Grenada (long before it was liberated by Ronald Reagan) - the recruiter glowingly described classrooms on the beach where you could lecture with your feet in the surf (translation: the buildings weren't done, and probably wouldn't be for quite some time), no US income tax, etc.

I asked about the political situation/safety and he replied: "Well, the governments do change more rapidly & frequently than you are probably used to."

But I was young, single, and adventurous ... and almost accepted ... until I discovered that quarantine regulations wouldn't let me bring Buster cat with me - I had rescued him from certain death after a lab on campus was closed and all its animal 'property' consigned to death. A group of us faked their deaths and adopted the critters - and I had promised Buster to take care of him for the rest of his life. So I kept my promise, and Buster, and we moved to NC instead ....

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I asked about the political situation/safety and he replied: "Well, the governments do change more rapidly & frequently than you are probably used to."

Yeah... That does happen. We are still under Martial Law here.

But I was young, single, and adventurous ... and almost accepted ... until I discovered that quarantine regulations wouldn't let me bring Buster cat with me.

When we left Thailand to move back to Japan, my wife went to set up the house and I had to stay another 6 months for Felicity to comply with Japanese Quarantine regulations (shots, blood tests, microchip,etc.) and 6 month quarantine. Fortunately, it could be an 'at home' quarantine, rather than at some veterinary impound in a cage. I was able to carry her into the airplane cabin, and the flight attendants changed my seat and seated us side by side. I had the vet at the airport giving her the final clearance give her a tranquilizer, and she either slept or helped me read my book all the way back to Japan.

Stitchawl

[cromag]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Thoroughly, completely pissed off chicken tonight .... tired of everything/everyone around me ... will spend Labor Day weekend planning my departure .... reached my tipping point

[which may have had something to do with a coworker that has taken 4 days off from work (so far) for a boil!]

[guess who got saddled with the work - not asked - saddled]

Why didn't you offer to boil him yourself?

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Decades ago, fresh out of college, I interviewed for a teaching job on the lovely tropical isle of Grenada (long before it was liberated by Ronald Reagan) - the recruiter glowingly described classrooms on the beach where you could lecture with your feet in the surf (translation: the buildings weren't done, and probably wouldn't be for quite some time), no US income tax, etc.

I asked about the political situation/safety and he replied: "Well, the governments do change more rapidly & frequently than you are probably used to."

But I was young, single, and adventurous ... and almost accepted ... until I discovered that quarantine regulations wouldn't let me bring Buster cat with me - I had rescued him from certain death after a lab on campus was closed and all its animal 'property' consigned to death. A group of us faked their deaths and adopted the critters - and I had promised Buster to take care of him for the rest of his life. So I kept my promise, and Buster, and we moved to NC instead ....

Hey! I got to play in that game lol!

Originally Posted by cromag

Why didn't you offer to boil him yourself?

Snicker snort!

[covingtoncat73]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Yeah... That does happen. We are still under Martial Law here.



When we left Thailand to move back to Japan, my wife went to set up the house and I had to stay another 6 months for Felicity to comply with Japanese Quarantine regulations (shots, blood tests, microchip,etc.) and 6 month quarantine. Fortunately, it could be an 'at home' quarantine, rather than at some veterinary impound in a cage. I was able to carry her into the airplane cabin, and the flight attendants changed my seat and seated us side by side. I had the vet at the airport giving her the final clearance give her a tranquilizer, and she either slept or helped me read my book all the way back to Japan.

Stitchawl

I kind of regret that I didn't take the job I could have gotten at a community college in Palau but I am not so young and not adventurous and I was worried about bringing Cinder-kitty. Plus, it didn't pay very well and no one would be able to visit me due to the incredible airfare and, with the low pay, I wouldn't really be able to do visits home (they would only fly me at their expense at the beginning of my job there and at its end). Still, if I had figured the quarantine thing out with Cinder, it might have been fun. My mom, a good friend, and one cousin thought it was a horrible idea. My brother thought I should've done it.