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veritablequandary
02-26-2013 at 01:39 PM.
02-26-2013 at 01:39 PM.
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My vibrams shipped
And my $1 yoga mats and dog pillow for Sass from BonTon Whee
$1 yoga mats? :perk:

I need one for the gf...
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Frogstar
02-26-2013 at 01:42 PM.
02-26-2013 at 01:42 PM.
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Bravo to Portland, Maine!

They cited a frequent downtown whistler for disorderly conduct since he bugged the shit out of shoppers and business owners laugh out loud

And in theory I think it's wrong, but I really hate whistling THAT MUCH!
Interesting Scratchchin
Is "no whistling" in your bedmate agreement?
Only some whistling annoys me. There was a guy working at Taco Bell for a little while that whistled loudly and tunelessly, bugged the fark out of me since I was trying to read.
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i just got off the phone with the unemployment people Head Bang
And?
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02-26-2013 at 01:47 PM.
02-26-2013 at 01:47 PM.
Quote from veritablequandary :
$1 yoga mats? :perk:

I need one for the gf...
Deal was live for about 10 minutes- there were 62 in stock. they were close out pink ribbon ones. For a buck I can always use spares.

A couple of years ago I ordered a mat/block combo for CHEAP (<10$) -some sort of gift set. I opened it, and one side if the mat was like a towel. It's Gaiam, well known yoga accessory maker- not junk. At first I was Mad then the hot yoga place opened and its PERFECT!
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vviles
02-26-2013 at 01:50 PM.
02-26-2013 at 01:50 PM.
Quote from veritablequandary :
$1 yoga mats? :perk:

I need one for the gf...
I got one from Modell's for $5 shipped Pre-Christmas. Target website has $3 off Gaiam coupons but they are ~$15 I think. I haven't seen any on sale there recently... TJ Maxx or Marshall's are pretty good for mat deals sometimes too.
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AbbyGabby
02-26-2013 at 01:51 PM.
02-26-2013 at 01:51 PM.
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And?
i'm receiving severance pay until March 15th, so i'm not eligible to receive unemployment benefits until the severance pay stops. however, in order to go ahead and get the ball rolling on the whole thing, i went online and filed the initial claim 3 weeks ago. he told me that i need to go online and submit all the weekly certifications for the last 3 weeks, with contact information about who i talked to and stuff, to prove i've been searching for work. but i can't collect unemployment for another few weeks, and i certainly couldn't have gotten unemployment over the last 3 weeks since i first filed the claim - so why do i need to submit any work search information? you submit the work search information each week to prove you are looking for work, and that is required if you want to be eligible to receive benefits in that week. i'm already not eligible for benefits because of the severance pay, so.....why do i need to submit the work search information? the guy just kept telling me i have to do it in order to be eligible for benefits for those weeks. but i'm not eligible. but i have to do it so i can be eligible. but i'm not eligible. farking hamster wheel Stress
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02-26-2013 at 01:51 PM.
02-26-2013 at 01:51 PM.
Quote from Frogstar :
Interesting Scratchchin
Is "no whistling" in your bedmate agreement?
Only some whistling annoys me. There was a guy working at Taco Bell for a little while that whistled loudly and tunelessly, bugged the fark out of me since I was trying to read.

And?
Oh man absolutely. I hate to sound like a picky jerk but that's a deal breaker. He'd need to quit the whistling or I'd have to put something in his face ALL THE TIME to keep him quiet :hmmmm:
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02-26-2013 at 02:01 PM.
02-26-2013 at 02:01 PM.
Chewy
I just saw a recently added documentary on Netflix

Eating With Cannibals

http://channel.nationalgeographic...cannibals/
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AbbyGabby
02-26-2013 at 02:02 PM.
02-26-2013 at 02:02 PM.
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Chewy
I just saw a recently added documentary on Netflix

Eating With Cannibals

http://channel.nationalgeographic...cannibals/
oh wow, that looks kinda awesome
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02-26-2013 at 02:02 PM.
02-26-2013 at 02:02 PM.
Oh and as a bonus, tribal nudity Lust

Iagree
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02-26-2013 at 02:03 PM.
02-26-2013 at 02:03 PM.
Rofl2

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AbbyGabby
02-26-2013 at 02:21 PM.
02-26-2013 at 02:21 PM.
they're doing Harry Potter for one of the rounds at trivia tonight Annoyed

guess i'll be staying home Roll
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02-26-2013 at 02:22 PM.
02-26-2013 at 02:22 PM.
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they're doing Harry Potter for one of the rounds at trivia tonight Annoyed

guess i'll be staying home Roll
Wow you get early categories?
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AbbyGabby
02-26-2013 at 02:25 PM.
02-26-2013 at 02:25 PM.
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Wow you get early categories?
if you are part of their Facebook page, then you can see what 1 of the categories will be if you check it out the day of trivia. they also post a bonus question (with the answer) so you have a little bit of advantage over others that are not part of the Facebook page.

they just want to get more people going to trivia laugh out loud
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02-26-2013 at 02:39 PM.
02-26-2013 at 02:39 PM.
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if you are part of their Facebook page, then you can see what 1 of the categories will be if you check it out the day of trivia. they also post a bonus question (with the answer) so you have a little bit of advantage over others that are not part of the Facebook page.

they just want to get more people going to trivia laugh out loud
Do they get a nice turnout?
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02-26-2013 at 02:40 PM.
02-26-2013 at 02:40 PM.
Quote from veritablequandary :
I read a long time ago about a Cisco (or maybe he was Oracle) guy who was pulling down six figures from a company that decided he was too expensive. He'd built [complicated infrastructure requiring extensive technical and institutional knowledge] for them and they basically dumped him after [multiple years with that company].

A few months later the whole [complicated system he'd built] took a dump and nobody could fix it, not even [Cisco/Oracle/Juniper/whoever] - and NOT because the guy had obfuscated anything or maliciously designed it that way. It was just that complex and he was just that good.

So, tail between their legs, the company came back to him begging for help. They were losing millions per day while the system was offline. And he came back, on a contract, at something like half his annual salary PER WEEK with a month's minimum or something similarly outrageous. AND demanded they pay him a stipend until such time as they replaced the system he'd built.

The moral of the story is: let them fark it up, and come back begging you to fix it. nod
Yup, I'm seriously considering that option. Someone else at my office who retired a few months ago came back for a consulting gig at the client's request, and she DIDN'T swing a sweet deal but came back, anyway. I don't know if she's just a glutton for punishment or can't negotiate well enough, but I sure as shit would NOT have come back if they didn't pay me well enough for it.
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