"Temporary" Venting Thread II - Page 17

Spock · 07-28-2006, 12:13 PM

I hope I can enjoy my cup of Starbucks Decaf coffee with my chocolate donut, in peace.

durinsbane2244 · 07-31-2006, 12:28 AM

i hate the fact that i can't get a job in america at the age of 14 that isn't fast ****ing food our grocery stores...it sucks!

Spock · 07-31-2006, 09:36 AM

It's called "child labor laws" and DEAL WITH IT

The Telcontarion · 07-31-2006, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spock

It's called "child labor laws" and DEAL WITH IT

It's called cheap labour creation, learn how to understand it.

brownjenkins · 07-31-2006, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by durinsbane2244

i hate the fact that i can't get a job in america at the age of 14 that isn't fast ****ing food our grocery stores...it sucks!

I worked at a local farm when I was 14. It wasn't an easy job, or good pay, but it was different.

Spock · 07-31-2006, 10:29 AM

Right, I remember programs like that when I was in school also. They aren't mainstream and give a youngster a taste of the work a day world. Hard work, early hours but a great experience according to several of my friends who did go on exactly that type of program.

If you don't mind me asking, what kind of farm did you work on?

brownjenkins · 07-31-2006, 10:45 AM

This wasn't a program. I just wanted to make some money.

I think it was around $3.15 an hour in 1981.

It was an old family farm in the town I went to High School in. Primarily an apple farm with a farm store, but they also did peaches, pears, all kinds of berries, along with xmas trees and plants, etc.

Early in the season it was a lot of clean up, pruning, and thinning. Thinning peaches in mid-july was pretty nasty. Basically, to get a big peach you have to only leave one every four inches or so, which meant picking off the 4-6 other mini-peaches around the one you choose to leave. Sweat and peach fuzz is a pretty nasty mix.

Later in the season, we did picking along with the occasional "easy" days running the register for "pick-your-own" days.

Spock · 07-31-2006, 10:55 AM

Thanks, brownjenkins, for sharing that. The program my friends went on involved dairy farms and they were up before the sun....well you can guess the rest. Your experience should have smelled better than theirs.

Good memories.

***Earniel*** · 07-31-2006, 12:34 PM

Offensive posts removed. I do not wish to see any more of them.

Now back on topic, please.

Rosie Gamgee · 07-31-2006, 01:41 PM

VENT: What else?--boyfriends. That is, those of my friends.
*sigh* Two more of my friends just got... shall we say, emotionally entangled? I'm not entirely unhappy about it. I'm very happy that I know both of them (the last time one of my girl friends got a guy, I didn't know him, and he didn't care much to know me--come to think of it, neither did my friend pretty soon). I told Tom that I would have to hate him for stealing Emily... but really it's not all that bad. I love both of them and hope everything works out between them.
It just seems like every couple out there is just shouting at me, "What's wrong with YOU?" *sigh* At any rate, that's what I keep asking myself.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 07-31-2006, 04:27 PM

i have a really important rant - i have had toothache for nearly 4 weeks,
and i mistrust dentists so i am not going to see one

lol

also it has been unbearably hot of late, and i had severe dehydration for half a week

Spock · 07-31-2006, 08:27 PM

Gee, you could really hurt yourself in not going if it gets infected.

I hope you get relief soon.

Nerdanel · 07-31-2006, 09:49 PM

BeardofPants · 08-01-2006, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

No, don't think I have any vents. I've been called back for a second interview on a Geospatial Analyst position with the NZ Navy which I'm really excited about. Although, I'm trying not to be, cos that might jinx it. *tard*

I GOT THE JOB. [/state of shock]
I got the freakin' job. It will be a top secret security clearance job, and I will be working with the NZ Defense Force (in the Joint Geospatial Support Facility) to provide maps and data to the various NZDF branches as well as providing data to LINZ which is the 'state' data provider (Land Information NZ). They're also taking part in the Digital Earth project - mapping for the Asia and Pacific region. Wow. I just gotta let them know when I can start. Somebody pinch me.

***Jonathan*** · 08-01-2006, 04:44 AM

Hehe, top secret clearance sounds really cool. Congratulations BoP! Bottle up the champagne.

Now be sure to post all the top secret goodies here

[edit] Don't point that satellite at my house!

Nerdanel · 08-01-2006, 09:53 AM

Congrats, BoF!

olsonm · 08-02-2006, 01:21 AM

Congratulations Anna! I'm so happy for you! You deserve it.

I sent you a PM. Hope you got it. It's not tracking right.

[/vent]

Gwaimir Windgem · 08-07-2006, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Nerdanel

War.

I hear you.

Congrats, Shee! The new job sound really cool. Best wishes for you, and good luck in your top secret job, that you told us about!

Lief Erikson · 08-08-2006, 10:00 AM

Excellent, BoP! I'm very happy for you

. That will be a really exciting place to work.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 08-08-2006, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

Gee, you could really hurt yourself in not going if it gets infected.

I hope you get relief soon.

haha, too late, it has developed into an abscess, and gave me a bit of pus-leakage earlier, oh well, lol

07-31-2006, 12:28 AM	#322
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	i hate the fact that i can't get a job in america at the age of 14 that isn't fast ***ing food our grocery stores...it sucks*! __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

07-31-2006, 10:45 AM	#327
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	This wasn't a program. I just wanted to make some money. I think it was around $3.15 an hour in 1981. It was an old family farm in the town I went to High School in. Primarily an apple farm with a farm store, but they also did peaches, pears, all kinds of berries, along with xmas trees and plants, etc. Early in the season it was a lot of clean up, pruning, and thinning. Thinning peaches in mid-july was pretty nasty. Basically, to get a big peach you have to only leave one every four inches or so, which meant picking off the 4-6 other mini-peaches around the one you choose to leave. Sweat and peach fuzz is a pretty nasty mix. Later in the season, we did picking along with the occasional "easy" days running the register for "pick-your-own" days. __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

07-31-2006, 12:34 PM	#329
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07-31-2006, 01:41 PM	#330
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	VENT: What else?--boyfriends. That is, those of my friends. sigh Two more of my friends just got... shall we say, emotionally entangled? I'm not entirely unhappy about it. I'm very happy that I know both of them (the last time one of my girl friends got a guy, I didn't know him, and he didn't care much to know me--come to think of it, neither did my friend pretty soon). I told Tom that I would have to hate him for stealing Emily... but really it's not all that bad. I love both of them and hope everything works out between them. It just seems like every couple out there is just shouting at me, "What's wrong with YOU?" sigh At any rate, that's what I keep asking myself. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

07-31-2006, 09:49 PM	#333
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07-28-2006, 12:13 PM	#321
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I hope I can enjoy my cup of Starbucks Decaf coffee with my chocolate donut, in peace.

07-31-2006, 09:36 AM	#323
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	It's called "child labor laws" and DEAL WITH IT

07-31-2006, 10:29 AM	#326
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Right, I remember programs like that when I was in school also. They aren't mainstream and give a youngster a taste of the work a day world. Hard work, early hours but a great experience according to several of my friends who did go on exactly that type of program. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of farm did you work on?

07-31-2006, 10:55 AM	#328
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Thanks, brownjenkins, for sharing that. The program my friends went on involved dairy farms and they were up before the sun....well you can guess the rest. Your experience should have smelled better than theirs. Good memories.

07-31-2006, 04:27 PM	#331
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	i have a really important rant - i have had toothache for nearly 4 weeks, and i mistrust dentists so i am not going to see one lol also it has been unbearably hot of late, and i had severe dehydration for half a week

07-31-2006, 08:27 PM	#332
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Gee, you could really hurt yourself in not going if it gets infected. I hope you get relief soon.

08-01-2006, 04:44 AM	#335
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Hehe, top secret clearance sounds really cool. Congratulations BoP! Bottle up the champagne. Now be sure to post all the top secret goodies here [edit] Don't point that satellite at my house! __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻ Last edited by Jonathan : 08-01-2006 at 04:49 AM.

08-01-2006, 09:53 AM	#336
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Congrats, BoF! __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

08-02-2006, 01:21 AM	#337
olsonm Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: minneapolis MN Posts: 920	Congratulations Anna! I'm so happy for you! You deserve it. I sent you a PM. Hope you got it. It's not tracking right. [/vent] __________________ Gandalf lives...oh and Frodo too. Haldir Lives!!!

08-08-2006, 10:00 AM	#339
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Excellent, BoP! I'm very happy for you . That will be a really exciting place to work. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."