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07-19-2011, 01:05 PM | #3661 | |
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07-19-2011, 01:10 PM | #3662 |
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infi's system is doing the hokey pokey
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07-19-2011, 04:01 PM | #3664 | |
To shreds, you say?
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PC LOAD LETTER?
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07-19-2011, 04:22 PM | #3665 |
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WHAT THE FUCK IS PC LOAD LETTER?
(I got a surprising amount done even with the downtime, but not nearly what I wanted to get done. Ha, and the auditors are here and I had to keep logging Audit Man back in about every half hour.) |
07-19-2011, 08:07 PM | #3666 |
To shreds, you say?
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07-19-2011, 10:10 PM | #3667 |
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I survived. Turned into 58 hours after I went to another job. A 12 hour break and back in the grind for 8 more, a 16 hour break and back into a 24+10 hour session. Life goes on.....
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07-20-2011, 10:55 AM | #3668 |
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The Bobs!
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07-20-2011, 02:51 PM | #3669 |
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I STILL haven't finished the gazillion page form that the government wants me to fill out to attempt to qualify for voc rehab training. I am supposed to list in stunning detail every step I propose to take toward re-training for the next 3 years - I kid you not. I must also include estimates for all costs involved, no matter how great or how small. Hell, the program (through the University of Northern Arizona) hasn't even accepted me yet, nor have they informed me regarding any financial aid I might qualify for. I have been trying to reach the voc rehab worker who is responsible for a population of 30,000 workers or would be workers in my area. Love those budget cuts, especially when they prevent people from getting help to free themselves from Uncle Sam's assistance programs.
I'd like to dump the Colorado legislature out here on the desert all by themselves so they could see up close and personal how much fun it is to make your way in a region of the state that has 13% unemployment and climbing. |
07-21-2011, 03:34 PM | #3670 |
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The heat wave is here. Today 97 (36C), tomorrow 100 (38C).
That's fine, but what really gets to me is the overnight low temperature of 80 (27C). That's just unreasonable. |
07-21-2011, 03:37 PM | #3671 |
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We're on...Day 3 or 4? It's pure hell.
Heat indices 110 or higher. One can barely breathe outside. It's so humid that sweat pours off you the second you walk out the door! I want to go swimming, real swimming in a quarry where the temp isn't artificially kept at body temperature and you may as well take a bath. Cold and clear. Yep. That's what I want. |
07-21-2011, 03:52 PM | #3672 |
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I feel a little bad. We're dropping my daughter off at camp on Saturday. It's in the mountains, and there's a lake, but there is no AC. I hope it cools down a bit next week. I can imagine her lying in a bunk in a hot stuffy cabin just sweating in the stifling heat.
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07-21-2011, 04:39 PM | #3673 |
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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There are (or at least were as of about 7 years ago) old dorms on the A&M campus here in Texas that still have no air conditioning.
I know it sounds impossible, but you really do get used to it. (And then when you get back, you wonder why in the hell everyone wants to keep the house so cold...) She's going to find herself drinking a lot of water though. |
07-21-2011, 05:45 PM | #3674 |
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So, I went in for my interview for paper delivery lady this AM. Another hopeful aspirant for the job arrived a bit after I did, so we shot the breeze while we waited. Turned out that he has a family - wife and two small sons - and all he's been able to find around town is a part time job - 20 hours at minimum wage. I felt really bad for him and almost just split to give him a better shot at the job.
But then I thought, "Heck, I'm an old lady with a bad back, and he's a young, strong kid. No contest." So, I went into the interview anyway, since I was already there. Tell you what - that publishing company is run by a bunch of vultures. They told me up front that it takes 7 hours to deliver all the papers - at least while you're learning the route - but the current delivery guy who is quitting does the whole route in 3 hours. The paper pays a flat $90.00/week for 3 - 7 hours of work, 4 nights a week. The mileage adds up to about 200 miles/week. Let's see. If I'm super girl, I only need to work 12 hours/week. My truck gets around 20 mpg which comes to 10 gallons of gas per week if I don't get lost or anything and add extra miles. Gas is roughly $4.00/gal around here, so that's $40.00/wk, leaving me with $50 remaining. $50/12 = $4.17/hour and that's if I can fly through the route like a bat out of hell. As for wear and tear on the truck? Whatever. This is what happens if you live in a small town with 13% unemployment and in the middle of nowhere. There's no help for it. I've got to get it together and move to Durango where they have real jobs that probably even pay the minimum wage. Housing is a bitch, but I could always go camp on the forest service land which is right outside of town. I have to break my financial impasse SOMEHOW! |
07-21-2011, 09:52 PM | #3675 |
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ugh, I'm sorry. You like gardening IIRC, can you start up a small plant raising business on the side, maybe? Or something like that?
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