Down here at the US sales office of a computer hardware manufacturer - Page 2

Griff · 12-10-2014, 07:57 AM

Whoa!

Katkeeper · 12-10-2014, 09:39 AM

You are certainly meeting a higher class of people than at your previous job.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-10-2014, 01:14 PM

Hi Katkeeper.

Katkeeper · 12-10-2014, 05:10 PM

I've been lurking. I thought I had lost my password but found that it was EXACTLY WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN! Who knew?

lumberjim · 12-10-2014, 05:22 PM

'ello, katkeeper! good to see your name again. think i'll write you a pome

that right there is katkeeper
she's been missing, we thought she was asleep her
son is no longer working in a creeper
now he's a big shot working with pixel peepers
leave that tea bag in and let it steep her
cup is full and hot and she likes it strong enough to make you weep ...er
...something

Katkeeper · 12-10-2014, 06:16 PM

Outstanding!! Thanks!!

Pamela · 12-10-2014, 07:33 PM

Hiy Katkeeper! Been ages since I've seen you!

Undertoad · 04-21-2015, 11:00 PM

Oh there is so much I want to tell you!

And so much I can't say.

I will say this. It's not bragging. I think I like being my age. The perspective is marvelous, to look at the bigger picture and be able to see so much more of it.

That's the luxury of 50-something. More self-awareness. More other-awareness. The great benefit of humility. It's all very interesting. We have a 20-something in the office now, young sales gent, and he so plainly has none of any of that, it's really kind of amazing. I mean, he has all the benefits of 20-somethingness and I appreciate that. You need that. I'm happy to be past it. That's all I'm saying.

~

These days, because I work in this particular bit of technology and it's all new, I get a lot of nirvana-like moments, where I come to understand it all in new ways. I think all of us have these moments. Someone explains a piece of technology, or something, and suddenly, the bigger picture becomes more clear. It's fun to have this happen, if you're geeky. But technology jobs usually find some way to wring all the joy part out of it. These days, I'm a little ahead of that curve, so I'm getting the enjoyable part without the greedhead joy-wringing part.

Griff · 04-22-2015, 06:27 AM

Sweet. There is something about making 50. I feel more balanced.

fargon · 04-22-2015, 05:09 PM

Life begins at 50.

BigV · 04-23-2015, 10:55 AM

I was surprised and flattered when one of the other guys at work (he's 21) spoke to me in private and started by saying "I think you're the wisest guy here." "Wow, thanks" I said, and then we talked about some heavy personal stuff in his life.

The work duties certainly don't require anything like that, though the balance and lower center of emotional gravity I've developed over the decades does help me. I'm reminded of how this idea was expressed by Lazarus Long, as recorded by Robert Heinlein.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lazarus Long

It’s amazing how much “mature wisdom” resembles being too tired.

Gravdigr · 04-23-2015, 03:33 PM

Quote:

lower center of emotional gravity

Undertoad · 05-22-2015, 03:16 PM

Guess whose gear was adding an almost-imperceptible black vertical line to one of these displays:

http://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregio...k-skyline.html

It doesn't do that any more... just in time for the opening

I was involved in fixing it, but only phase one support (basically saying, "oh this will be one for the engineers...")

glatt · 05-22-2015, 03:24 PM

That is so fucking cool! I love it. I want to ride that elevator.

classicman · 05-24-2015, 10:28 AM

Wow ... very cool.

12-10-2014, 07:57 AM	#16
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Whoa! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-10-2014, 01:14 PM	#18
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hi Katkeeper. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-10-2014, 05:22 PM	#20
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	'ello, katkeeper! good to see your name again. think i'll write you a pome that right there is katkeeper she's been missing, we thought she was asleep her son is no longer working in a creeper now he's a big shot working with pixel peepers leave that tea bag in and let it steep her cup is full and hot and she likes it strong enough to make you weep ...er ...something __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-22-2015, 06:27 AM	#24
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Sweet. There is something about making 50. I feel more balanced. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-22-2015, 05:09 PM	#25
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Life begins at 50. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

12-10-2014, 09:39 AM	#17
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	You are certainly meeting a higher class of people than at your previous job.

12-10-2014, 05:10 PM	#19
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	I've been lurking. I thought I had lost my password but found that it was EXACTLY WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN! Who knew?

12-10-2014, 06:16 PM	#21
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	Outstanding!! Thanks!!

12-10-2014, 07:33 PM	#22
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	Hiy Katkeeper! Been ages since I've seen you!

04-21-2015, 11:00 PM	#23
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh there is so much I want to tell you! And so much I can't say. I will say this. It's not bragging. I think I like being my age. The perspective is marvelous, to look at the bigger picture and be able to see so much more of it. That's the luxury of 50-something. More self-awareness. More other-awareness. The great benefit of humility. It's all very interesting. We have a 20-something in the office now, young sales gent, and he so plainly has none of any of that, it's really kind of amazing. I mean, he has all the benefits of 20-somethingness and I appreciate that. You need that. I'm happy to be past it. That's all I'm saying. ~ These days, because I work in this particular bit of technology and it's all new, I get a lot of nirvana-like moments, where I come to understand it all in new ways. I think all of us have these moments. Someone explains a piece of technology, or something, and suddenly, the bigger picture becomes more clear. It's fun to have this happen, if you're geeky. But technology jobs usually find some way to wring all the joy part out of it. These days, I'm a little ahead of that curve, so I'm getting the enjoyable part without the greedhead joy-wringing part.

05-22-2015, 03:16 PM	#28
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Guess whose gear was adding an almost-imperceptible black vertical line to one of these displays: http://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregio...k-skyline.html It doesn't do that any more... just in time for the opening I was involved in fixing it, but only phase one support (basically saying, "oh this will be one for the engineers...")

05-22-2015, 03:24 PM	#29
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That is so fucking cool! I love it. I want to ride that elevator.

05-24-2015, 10:28 AM	#30
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Wow ... very cool. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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