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FlorenceArt · 03-03-2010, 10:21 AM

Checking that I can access MR from my new workplace

zelda_pinwheel · 03-03-2010, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Checking that I can access MR from my new workplace :P

if you couldn't, i imagine you would quit on grounds that the working conditions were unacceptable ?

FlorenceArt · 03-03-2010, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

if you couldn't, i imagine you would quit on grounds that the working conditions were unacceptable ?

Of course

Lady Blue · 03-03-2010, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Checking that I can access MR from my new workplace

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

if you couldn't, i imagine you would quit on grounds that the working conditions were unacceptable ?

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Of course

So . . . the new job is going well, then?

FlorenceArt · 03-03-2010, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Lady Blue

So . . . the new job is going well, then?

OK so far. I can't access my e-mails, but MR is not on the black list yet. The people are very friendly and the canteen is good

zelda_pinwheel · 03-03-2010, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Katti's Cat

After I came back from Europe I worked out that cold is better than hot & sticky. You can always rug up but there is only so much you can take off before they arrest you when going to the shops.

that's how i feel about it too.

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Ok so I feel really bad, well, maybe not too bad.

I just found a big pricing error on Sony. I was waffling on telling people, but considering I already feel bad buying it, since I know both Sony and the publisher are going to lose money on it, I can't bring myself to do it. Stupid guilt.

will you at least tell us what it was after they fix it ? (alternately, if i promise not to take advantage --i've imposed a book-buying moratorium on myself until my to read list diminishes a bit-- will you tell me now ?

) i'm dying of curiosity, here.

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

My To Do List is coming out in hardback this year!
(It's comforting to notice that despite the large number of Not-Done items on it, the world still goes on) (Perhaps somewhat badly, but goes on)

we could publish mine as a companion volume. 2-tome works are so much more impressive than single tome ones !

(and yes, it's a good thing for the world it's not depending on my list !)

Lady Blue · 03-03-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

OK so far. I can't access my e-mails, but MR is not on the black list yet. The people are very friendly and the canteen is good

Wonderful!

So far, so good.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-03-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

OK so far. I can't access my e-mails, but MR is not on the black list yet. The people are very friendly and the canteen is good

sounds almost perfect (except for the emails.) ! those are the only important criteria anyway, right ?

kindlekitten · 03-03-2010, 11:12 AM

right now playing "fetch" with Strider (you know, big kittie?). I knew this could be a game he might like, but he is quite serious about it. you know how some dogs are single focused; "throw the ball, throw the ball...!"? he kind of is that way as well. when I throw the toy he lets off a little "mrrrRRRpp" and then runs after it. he brings it back usually to my lap, sometimes my feet and purrs until I throw again. if for some reason I don't respond right away I get "MRAOW" which I do believe means "NOW DAMNIT!". this activity normally goes on for about a half hour ending with him panting but carefully guarding his toy so he knows I know he didn't abandon it!

FlorenceArt · 03-03-2010, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

sounds almost perfect (except for the emails.) ! those are the only important criteria anyway, right ?

Pretty much, yes. There's also the location, and I'm still reserving my judgment on that but it should be OK once I manage to figure out how to get there from the train station. I got lost this morning of course, but I'll try to get one of the strapping young men here to show me the way back

zelda_pinwheel · 03-03-2010, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Pretty much, yes. There's also the location, and I'm still reserving my judgment on that but it should be OK once I manage to figure out how to get there from the train station. I got lost this morning of course, but I'll try to get one of the strapping young men here to show me the way back

all that, and strapping young men too ?? sounds perfect to me !

kazbates · 03-03-2010, 12:37 PM

I'm skipping over several days of posts and feeling kind of guilty about it!

Right now I'm celebrating Shannon's victory over the housing market.

It's been a struggle, but we (well, Shannon) finally put a bid on a townhouse where she wasn't kicked out by an investor and was accepted by the seller. Now it goes to the bank for their approval because it's a short sale. This particular house has already gone through the bank process once but the original buyers backed out after it took them 9 months to come to a decision. Hopefully, things should go much more quickly for Shannon. The crumby part of the whole process was investors coming in and out bidding new home buyers. I feel bad for young people who want to buy a house but can't because the investors are buying up the inventory in the lower price ranges.

I also just put down a deposit on a Pomeranian puppy for Shannon's 23rd birthday in two weeks. She was really thinking about getting a BIG dog (her first choice was a Newfie, KK) but since her new house is a townhouse with no real yard, she decided on getting a lap dog now and getting a bigger dog with her next house. She chose the breed but she doesn't know that I found a black Pomeranian puppy which she could pretend was a REALLY tiny newfie!

The nice thing is, I'll be able to housetrain the puppy for her before she moves into her new place. More work for me, but a great gift for her. Hey! That's what mom's are for!

Lady Blue · 03-03-2010, 12:53 PM

Well, congrats kaz, Shannon and the little black newfie Pom (Newfie's not a bad name for a Pom).

Good luck all, and hope things start settling down and smoothing out for you all soon.

Enjoy all the new stuff in your lives.

David.Niall.Wils · 03-03-2010, 12:57 PM

Watching the daughter-thing cut up paper on the floor of my office (school closed for slush, so I get kid-time) ... and watching the spinny thing on the screen as I try for the THIRD TIME TODAY to get one of my novels formatted properly on SMASHWORDS...grrr (lol).

Wetdogeared · 03-03-2010, 01:04 PM

Slush Day! (That just doesn't sound worthy of a day off school.)

03-03-2010, 10:21 AM	#11836
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	Checking that I can access MR from my new workplace Last edited by FlorenceArt; 03-03-2010 at 10:24 AM.

03-03-2010, 11:12 AM	#11844
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	right now playing "fetch" with Strider (you know, big kittie?). I knew this could be a game he might like, but he is quite serious about it. you know how some dogs are single focused; "throw the ball, throw the ball...!"? he kind of is that way as well. when I throw the toy he lets off a little "mrrrRRRpp" and then runs after it. he brings it back usually to my lap, sometimes my feet and purrs until I throw again. if for some reason I don't respond right away I get "MRAOW" which I do believe means "NOW DAMNIT!". this activity normally goes on for about a half hour ending with him panting but carefully guarding his toy so he knows I know he didn't abandon it!

03-03-2010, 12:37 PM	#11847
kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	I'm skipping over several days of posts and feeling kind of guilty about it! Right now I'm celebrating Shannon's victory over the housing market. It's been a struggle, but we (well, Shannon) finally put a bid on a townhouse where she wasn't kicked out by an investor and was accepted by the seller. Now it goes to the bank for their approval because it's a short sale. This particular house has already gone through the bank process once but the original buyers backed out after it took them 9 months to come to a decision. Hopefully, things should go much more quickly for Shannon. The crumby part of the whole process was investors coming in and out bidding new home buyers. I feel bad for young people who want to buy a house but can't because the investors are buying up the inventory in the lower price ranges. I also just put down a deposit on a Pomeranian puppy for Shannon's 23rd birthday in two weeks. She was really thinking about getting a BIG dog (her first choice was a Newfie, KK) but since her new house is a townhouse with no real yard, she decided on getting a lap dog now and getting a bigger dog with her next house. She chose the breed but she doesn't know that I found a black Pomeranian puppy which she could pretend was a REALLY tiny newfie! The nice thing is, I'll be able to housetrain the puppy for her before she moves into her new place. More work for me, but a great gift for her. Hey! That's what mom's are for!

03-03-2010, 12:53 PM	#11848
Lady Blue the snarky blue one Posts: 6,001 Karma: 3877825 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: deep in the heart Device: PRS500, 505 & 600, PRST1 & T2, Kindle PW, Moto Razr, Galaxy Tab 2-10"	Well, congrats kaz, Shannon and the little black newfie Pom (Newfie's not a bad name for a Pom). Good luck all, and hope things start settling down and smoothing out for you all soon. Enjoy all the new stuff in your lives.

03-03-2010, 12:57 PM	#11849
David.Niall.Wils Author & Digital Publishe Posts: 90 Karma: 534770 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hertford, NC Device: Kindle	Watching the daughter-thing cut up paper on the floor of my office (school closed for slush, so I get kid-time) ... and watching the spinny thing on the screen as I try for the THIRD TIME TODAY to get one of my novels formatted properly on SMASHWORDS...grrr (lol).

03-03-2010, 01:04 PM	#11850
Wetdogeared Storm Surge'n Posts: 5,781 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Polar Vortex Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1	Slush Day! (That just doesn't sound worthy of a day off school.)