MTS, did you get my PM?

For the record I recommended Stella and Bayona, if anyone was interested

First day at the new job in the oil indusrtry. First assignment, design the welds on the pipes related to the relief well on Deepwater Horizon.

 

So cool!

 

Wow, what an important job. A really cool one, at that. Congrats. You must be really smart and skillful to be put on a mission like that.

Saw a couple trainwrecks within the past couple days.

 

The first:  I was driving down Chester on my way to work a couple days ago, when in the center median, I spotted a guy in hot green shorts, a hot yellow shirt, and a hot green beret wearing boxing mitts of some sort jogging down the center median throwing undercut punches.  Riiiiiiiiight.

 

The second:  We were at Cadillac Ranch last night, when a group/family of rather, um, large people decided they wanted to ride the mechanical bull.  The guys were having to push/lift the girls and their giant badonkadonks up onto the bull, which was generally at least a 5 minute process.  Of course they all went flying off immediately.....

Saw a couple trainwrecks within the past couple days.

 

The first:  I was driving down Chester on my way to work a couple days ago, when in the center median, I spotted a guy in hot green shorts, a hot yellow shirt, and a hot green beret wearing boxing mitts of some sort jogging down the center median throwing undercut punches.  Riiiiiiiiight.

 

The second:  We were at Cadillac Ranch last night, when a group/family of rather, um, large people decided they wanted to ride the mechanical bull.  The guys were having to push/lift the girls and their giant badonkadonks up onto the bull, which was generally at least a 5 minute process.  Of course they all went flying off immediately.....

 

Pictures?

Saw a couple trainwrecks within the past couple days.

 

The first: I was driving down Chester on my way to work a couple days ago, when in the center median, I spotted a guy in hot green shorts, a hot yellow shirt, and a hot green beret wearing boxing mitts of some sort jogging down the center median throwing undercut punches. Riiiiiiiiight.

 

The second: We were at Cadillac Ranch last night, when a group/family of rather, um, large people decided they wanted to ride the mechanical bull. The guys were having to push/lift the girls and their giant badonkadonks up onto the bull, which was generally at least a 5 minute process. Of course they all went flying off immediately.....

 

Pictures?

 

Ha, no, sorry.

Saw a couple trainwrecks within the past couple days.

 

The first:  I was driving down Chester on my way to work a couple days ago, when in the center median, I spotted a guy in hot green shorts, a hot yellow shirt, and a hot green beret wearing boxing mitts of some sort jogging down the center median throwing undercut punches.  Riiiiiiiiight.

 

The second:  We were at Cadillac Ranch last night, when a group/family of rather, um, large people decided they wanted to ride the mechanical bull.  The guys were having to push/lift the girls and their giant badonkadonks up onto the bull, which was generally at least a 5 minute process.  Of course they all went flying off immediately.....

 

Pictures?

 

Ha, no, sorry.

 

Drats!  :whip:

I’ve never stepped foot inside Cadillac Ranch, but that’s pretty much what I imagined it would be like.

someone sent me this -- yeah its juvenile!

 

How far can you get?

 

http://www.maniacworld.com/maze_game.htm

How far can you get?

 

http://www.maniacworld.com/maze_game.htm

 

You're a d*&^!

How far can you get?

 

http://www.maniacworld.com/maze_game.htm

 

You're a d*&^!

 

Si a Grande Pinga!  LOL  :P

Did anyone notice that when you copy a quote from the Cincinnati Business Courier's website, it automatically adds a link back to the article after what you copied?

 

i.e.:

The city of Cincinnati will receive $25 million in federal funding for its planned streetcar line, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown announced Thursday.

 

Read more: Cincinnati streetcar plan wins $25M in federal funding - Business Courier of Cincinnati

 

(The article name is actually a link if you paste into a rich text field.)

 

Pretty smart, really.

I have this square-shaped, light-brown discoloration in the center of one of my top teeth, about 2 mm wide. I don't know if it's decay or damage from an injury. I did black-out a couple months ago, out of nowhere. I lost my vision and motor control and ran my head into a pole. I wonder if it chipped off a layer of enamel or something. Has anyone ever had anything like this happen before? If it doesn't go away soon I'm definitely going to a dentist. There has to be something they can fill it in or bleach it with.

I have this square-shaped, light-brown discoloration in the center of one of my top teeth, about 2 mm wide. I don't know if it's decay or damage from an injury. I did black-out a couple months ago, out of nowhere. I lost my vision and motor control and ran my head into a pole. I wonder if it chipped off a layer of enamel or something. Has anyone ever had anything like this happen before? If it doesn't go away soon I'm definitely going to a dentist. There has to be something they can fill it in or bleach it with.

A trip to a dentist for the tooth is appropriate, but unless you understand why you blacked out, (alcohol, low blood sugar, stood up too quickly after sitting or lying down, etc.) you should be more concerned about that and take it up with your doctor.

more signs of america's growing fat-azz-ness from the wsj  :-o

 

 

NEW YORKJULY 12, 2010.Playing to Plumper Audiences

 

"A study to be released Monday by Theatre Projects Consultants, a theater-development firm, found that the average standard width of seats in performing-arts theaters has expanded from 21 to 22 inches over the last two decades, "primarily due" to the concurrent rise in obesity. Over the course of the entire last century, the average width increased from 19 to 21 inches."

 

 

 

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703580104575361281784399058.html?mod=WSJ_NewYork_NewsReel

 

 

 

^ Interesting.  If I remember correctly, 18" is still the code required width.. that's what we used when I used to work at a firm that designed churches.  One person per every 18" of pew.  I think with theaters, the bigger seats are more so just for luxury, though.  People don't want to be crammed in to watch a movie they just paid $12 for.

How about giving us tall people some damn leg room?!  :whip:

I have this square-shaped, light-brown discoloration in the center of one of my top teeth, about 2 mm wide. I don't know if it's decay or damage from an injury. I did black-out a couple months ago, out of nowhere. I lost my vision and motor control and ran my head into a pole. I wonder if it chipped off a layer of enamel or something. Has anyone ever had anything like this happen before? If it doesn't go away soon I'm definitely going to a dentist. There has to be something they can fill it in or bleach it with.

A trip to a dentist for the tooth is appropriate, but unless you understand why you blacked out, (alcohol, low blood sugar, stood up too quickly after sitting or lying down, etc.) you should be more concerned about that and take it up with your doctor.

 

I think it was from getting up fast, in scorching heat and being dehydrated. After I snapped out of it, I immediately walked into the store near me and chugged a giant Gatorade before I could even pay for it. Gatorade never tasted so good!

How about giving us tall people some damn leg room?! :whip:

 

Clearly something needs to be done to the tall people to bring them in line with the rest of us.

How about giving us tall people some damn leg room?!  :whip:

 

Clearly something needs to be done to the tall people to bring them in line with the rest of us.

 

Silence Lilliputian!

When the Donatos delivery guy gets here I'm gonna ask him if he'll run up the street to the store for me if I give him the money up front and a very generous tip. He can do it after his deliveries. I trust him. You guys think he'll go for it? I don't feel like going out in this rain lol

How about giving us tall people some damn leg room?! :whip:

 

Clearly something needs to be done to the tall people to bring them in line with the rest of us.

 

Silence Lilliputian!

 

Being 6'5" I agree totally. How's life from under the toadstool Dan? Have a pot of gold? Shop in the youth section? I bet it's nice being able to choose from the seven million medium everythings at the store while us height advantaged people have to fight over the one solitary large tall shirt? Can ya even reach the top shelf? ;)

 

How about giving us tall people some damn leg room?!  :whip:

 

Clearly something needs to be done to the tall people to bring them in line with the rest of us.

 

Silence Lilliputian!

 

Being 6'5" I agree totally. How's life from under the toadstool Dan? Have a pot of gold? Shop in the youth section? I bet it's nice being able to choose from the seven million medium everythings at the store while us height advantaged people have to fight over the one solitary large tall shirt? Can ya even reach the top shelf? ;)

 

The "youth section"?  ROFLMAO 

Laugh all you want, but I can stretch my legs and not touch the seat in front of me!  Sometimes I can't even touch the floor, but that's another problem!

 

 

So annoying for us tall people when people recline the seat in front of us on an airplane! I just want to kick the back of the seat and sometimes will give a little push back with my knees.

It's annoying for EVERYONE when people do this.  I'm only 5'3" and I feel cramped when this happens!  What is the POINT, really, oh, those 2 inches, do you feel so much better now?

It's annoying for EVERYONE when people do this.  I'm only 5'3" and I feel cramped when this happens!  What is the POINT, really, oh, those 2 inches, do you feel so much better now?

 

I don't know if it's through design or wear but sometimes there's a slight concaveness to an airplane seat. The headrest then seems to stick out too far and I don't have the body mass to fill out the gap, so I almost end up being forced to look at my feet.  These moments are the only time I really feel I need those 2 inches.

 

It's annoying for EVERYONE when people do this. I'm only 5'3" and I feel cramped when this happens! What is the POINT, really, oh, those 2 inches, do you feel so much better now?

 

I agree!

Laugh all you want, but I can stretch my legs and not touch the seat in front of me!  Sometimes I can't even touch the floor, but that's another problem!

 

 

 

LMAO!  OK Tattoo!

So annoying for us tall people when people recline the seat in front of us on an airplane! I just want to kick the back of the seat and sometimes will give a little push back with my knees.

 

Normally I dont have that problem, because I buy upfront cause I need the space.  But I hate that when I fly on the EM-145's I always try to get seat 1A.  Usually If someone tries to recline I tell them to sit up because they are crushing my knees and give them the "evil black man" stare.

I do the same thing. I'll just stop the seat from reclining, and if they keep trying I tell them ' it ain't happening'.

 

I haven't tried the evil black man stare yet, but I'm going to see how it works next time.

I do the same thing. I'll just stop the seat from reclining, and if they keep trying I tell them ' it ain't happening'.

 

I haven't tried the evil black man stare yet, but I'm going to see how it works next time.

 

If it doesn't work.  Just stand up, and stand next to the person who is trying to recline and then in a calm voice say, "Please don't recline your seat as its extremely uncomfortable." and just as they are about to speak say, "No..no. This is not a request"  then finish it up with a blank stare! 

 

Free airplane etiquette tips from MTS 

 

 

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On another more ridiculous note.  I thought I got fired without knowledge.

 

I went to a meeting at Rock Center with some staff.  When we returned and I went to swipe my badge, a silent alarm went off and the (cute) security guard ask me to step to the side.  I just look at him and don't say a word.

 

So I move to the side and he says that my security card has been deactivated and I shouldn't be let in the building.  I don't even hear the rest of what he says and turn around and walk right out the building.

 

I call Thing No. 2 and ask him where he is?  He's in the office but not in our office.  I tell him to go to our office, lock the doors and pack everything up like we've discussed, in the event something like this was to happen.

 

At this point I'm seething and my staff is like WTF.  I'm speaking Spanish (I'm that pissed) So I call my boss.  His assistant answer sand says he's en route somewhere.  I told her, put him on the phone now!  So I wait for a few minutes.  He answers

 

Me: What's going on?  I ask him "Why am I calling you from outside the building?" 

Boss:  "What are you talking about about".

Me: Why was my access revoked? 

 

dead silence.  Just as I was about to go Gilbert on his ass.  I see the security guards outside looking around. 

 

Boss: Why would I have your access revoked?"

Me:  We don't have the best relationship and often don't see eye-to-eye, you scrutinize some of my business decisions then attempt to take credit when they turn out to be fabulous and/or make the company a ton of money - so you tell me.

 

Just as I started to say, "Since you weren't man enough to fire me face-to-face......." *  Thing No. 2 calls on the other line, I tell my boss "hold" (and I click over).  Thing No. 2 says there was a security system malfunction and everyone who swiped out earlier was deactivated.  Security has just been alerted to the situation and security manager is outside looking for me to escort me back im.  I click back to my boss and tell him we'll finish this later as I have some thing I need to discuss with him.

 

When I come back into the building, Thing No. 2 is in the middle of the floor all the security people are just looking down. 

:whip: 

 

The SVPs for security, facilities, human resources and the security system manager are here now telling me some BS.  There will be openings in the security department!

 

*  the last part of that was going to be "....you can take this job and stick it up your ass.  I'm not someone you want to discard and wash your hands of. Nobody treats me in this manner and I'll bring this entire company to it's knees."

 

I am not a happy camper right now!

Sounds like for a brief moment the corporation was finally going to do the right thing then chickened out!!!

 

Sounds like for a brief moment the corporation was finally going to do the right thing then chickened out!!!

 

LMAO!!  I'll get paid for the next 2.5 years regardless.

Nice parachute...When my uncle "left to pursue other interests" as a VP of Marketing at a major NEO company that SOB didn't work or do anything besides screw around and travel for 12-18 months. The funny thing is the guy who forced him out only lasted  6 more months and then his friend took over and begged him to come back. He said no, getting canned was the best thing that happened to him.

Nice parachute...When my uncle "left to pursue other interests" as a VP of Marketing at a major NEO company that SOB didn't work or do anything besides screw around and travel for 12-18 months. The funny thing is the guy who forced him out only lasted  6 more months and then his friend took over and begged him to come back. He said no, getting canned was the best thing that happened to him.

 

Thats why it's always important to make your first contract iron clad so that when it's time to renegotiate it's easier.  Hell they can't even stop me from going to another media company right away if I chose to do so.

 

  >:D >:D

What's a contract?????

A document for those whom lack power in their workplace.  At least that's what Don Draper says. ;)

Sounds like for a brief moment the corporation was finally going to do the right thing then chickened out!!!

 

LMAO!! I'll get paid for the next 2.5 years regardless.

 

Wait a second.  You thought you were fired when your security card was not accepted.  A person at your level would never get fired in such a way.  There is no way.  Especially considering you work for a ginormous media outlet (I believe).  What would even make you think this is the way they would do it.   

 

* the last part of that was going to be "....you can take this job and stick it up your ass. I'm not someone you want to discard and wash your hands of. Nobody treats me in this manner and I'll bring this entire company to it's knees."

 

I am not a happy camper right now!

 

You don't access this site from a corporate computer do you? I'm always paranoid what I say or do on this laptop. There's remote access software for the IT dept for security reasons or real-time help. Your boss probably wouldn't like knowing that you're talking ill of him on a public forum! *before you arrive fashionably late to a meeting* hah!

A document for those whom lack power in their workplace.  At least that's what Don Draper says. ;)

 

LOL!

 

Sounds like for a brief moment the corporation was finally going to do the right thing then chickened out!!!

 

LMAO!!  I'll get paid for the next 2.5 years regardless.

 

Wait a second.  You thought you were fired when your security card was not accepted.  A person at your level would never get fired in such a way.  There is no way.  Especially considering you work for a ginormous media outlet (I believe).  What would even make you think this is the way they would do it.   

This is cut throat corporate America!  I've seen much worse.  WAAAAY worse.  Hell, when I was SOHIO they fired a whole division, while they were out at a corporated paid lunch!

 

Considering I was not hand picked by the person I report to, nothing would surprise.

 

 

*  the last part of that was going to be "....you can take this job and stick it up your ass.  I'm not someone you want to discard and wash your hands of. Nobody treats me in this manner and I'll bring this entire company to it's knees."

 

I am not a happy camper right now!

 

You don't access this site from a corporate computer do you? I'm always paranoid what I say or do on this laptop. There's remote access software for the IT dept for security reasons or real-time help. Your boss probably wouldn't like knowing that you're talking ill of him on a public forum! *before you arrive fashionably late to a meeting* hah!

 

Please, after the Miranda Priestly-esq verbal lashing I gave out yesterday....

 

Have you guys seen this show American Pickers? These guys own an antique store and travel the country meeting all these weirdos, going through the old junk they just let rot and hoard in their basements, garages or just out in their yards. I don't know why but I love that show. Every time I watch it I'm like "I wanna do that!". They come across some really interesting, random old stuff. Then the fat guy always gets burned by accidentally buying something fake or paying way too much and can't flip it lol.

 

Pawn Stars is another good one. It's cool that these people know so much about random stuff. Even on Pawn Stars, this is a pawn shop in Vegas and the sons can spot fake sculptures and assess the value or know what to pay for it. One guy brought in keys that were used for a soviet rocket launch. Clearly, people in Vegas get REALLY desperate for cash!

Have you guys seen this show American Pickers? These guys own an antique store and travel the country meeting all these weirdos, going through the old junk they just let rot and hoard in their basements, garages or just out in their yards. I don't know why but I love that show. Every time I watch it I'm like "I wanna do that!". They come across some really interesting, random old stuff. Then the fat guy always gets burned by accidentally buying something fake or paying way too much and can't flip it lol.

 

Pawn Stars is another good one. It's cool that these people know so much about random stuff. Even on Pawn Stars, this is a pawn shop in Vegas and the sons can spot fake sculptures and assess the value or know what to pay for it. One guy brought in keys that were used for a soviet rocket launch. Clearly, people in Vegas get REALLY desperate for cash!

 

I've been dumpster diving for years.  I hate shows like this are going to expose tips on how to find stuff!  :x

Well, they're in the antiques business so it's probably more systematic. I know they send out ads to different parts of the country where they are traveling and when they find good stuff from a collector, they ask the collector if they have any connections to other people who might have stuff they're looking for and pay them a finders fee for the connect. It's crazy how some stuff is really hot (like old gas/oil signage). To me, something like that is completely worthless. I think "who the hell cares?  :? " I can see why people are into the bikes, motorcycles, furniture and toys though.

Have you guys seen this show American Pickers? These guys own an antique store and travel the country meeting all these weirdos, going through the old junk they just let rot and hoard in their basements, garages or just out in their yards. I don't know why but I love that show. Every time I watch it I'm like "I wanna do that!". They come across some really interesting, random old stuff. Then the fat guy always gets burned by accidentally buying something fake or paying way too much and can't flip it lol.

 

Pawn Stars is another good one. It's cool that these people know so much about random stuff. Even on Pawn Stars, this is a pawn shop in Vegas and the sons can spot fake sculptures and assess the value or know what to pay for it. One guy brought in keys that were used for a soviet rocket launch. Clearly, people in Vegas get REALLY desperate for cash!

 

Seen and like both.  I even went so far as visiting the pawn shop in Pawn Stars last time I was in Vegas.  The store is smaller than it looks and it essentially was a tourist spot and they were doing more business in the back selling shot glassed, t-shirts, etc.  Chumlee came out and every was getting pictures with him.  I doubt any of the "stars" actually do much work there anymore.  The old man was behind a desk but you were not allowed to take pictures in that direction.

That sucks. I guess they did these sales before they were famous? I mean, guys come into that store wanting cash for real sunken treasure worth 700,000! People are always coming in with cool stuff. I always thought that would be so cool to work there and get to see all that random stuff come in. Or it could be staged I guess.

I know it sounds dumb but I also love Man vs. Food and Ghost Adventures or anything else on the travel channel. I like seeing what restaurants and food items other cities are known for. It isn't just about a guy eating a giant sandwich or whatever even though that part is pretty entertaining. Ghost Adventures has that steroided-out looking guy that always talks sh!t to the ghosts! Like "come over here, I'll smack ya" while they're locked in there at night; or he'll put up a latter and threaten to renovate the building to p!ss off the ghosts and get an EVP response lol. No way in hell I would go into the most haunted buildings in America known for poltergeist activity and act like that. It's fun as hell to watch though.

 

Here's a clip. This guy is out of control lol

 

Ghost Adventures - Best Moments

 

D@mn, I have weird taste in shows.

... This is cut throat corporate America!  I've seen much worse.  WAAAAY worse.  Hell, when I was SOHIO they fired a whole division, while they were out at a corporated paid lunch!

...

 

In 1988 I left a 21-year career at GE that had taken a turn in the wrong direction, to go to work for a small but growing systems integration company that was getting good local press.

 

Eight months later at the company Christmas party, a Saturday-evening suit-and-tie sit-down dinner for 64 employees plus their spouses at the country club of one of the owners, no one had a clue the business was in trouble because of fraudulent sales pitches and pyramid schemes with clients' up-front money by said owner. The first workday of the new year, sixteen of us were called in, one-by-one, to the CFO's office and told that cutbacks probably would be coming. When we got back to our offices, we discovered that our computers had been logged off and our logins no longer worked.

 

It turned out the sixteen of us were the lucky ones; we got out with severance pay. The ones who stayed agreed to work for deferred compensation to help turn the company around, and the deferral turned out to be permanent. The turnaround came when the Feds hauled away the computers and records and locked the doors. The company had been using employees' 401K deductions and tax withholdings to cover business expenses.

 

The upside was that in the eight months that job lasted, I learned the technology (Computer-Aided Software Engineering) that got me a good job at a respectable company, where I stayed ten years until I retired.

That sucks. I guess they did these sales before they were famous? I mean, guys come into that store wanting cash for real sunken treasure worth 700,000! People are always coming in with cool stuff. I always thought that would be so cool to work there and get to see all that random stuff come in. Or it could be staged I guess.

 

I'm pretty sure it is fake. Somebody over at Columbus Underground explained how the show works and it made sense. The "experts" that they bring in are the real owners of the stuff and they just hand it to some schmoe who acts like he's coming into the store to sell the item.