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Post by I Five on May 8, 2007 7:57:05 GMT -5
I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to George Lucas, for had he not created Eps 1,2 and 3, I would not have had the desire to emulate the characters he calls "Jedi", and would never have had the motivation to learn to work a sewing machine to create a jedi costume. In turn, I would not have had the spare leather lying around, and the means to sew strips of said leather together when my 17 year old son called me from school this morning, stating he needed thirty, sturdy mobius strips by tomorrow for his physics project, and urgently begged me to help him, since he still had to finish the presentaion video, and it would likely take him all night. Hence, I have spent the better part of my unemployed afternoon cutting and sewing thirty strips of leather to become take-home mobius bracelets for his fellow students. Am I really unemployed? I think not.  ;D ;D  |
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Post by Solinbeb Newau on May 9, 2007 10:29:10 GMT -5
I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to George Lucas, for had he not created Eps 1,2 and 3, I would not have had the desire to emulate the characters he calls "Jedi", and would never have had the motivation to learn to work a sewing machine to create a jedi costume. In turn, I would not have had the spare leather lying around, and the means to sew strips of said leather together when my 17 year old son called me from school this morning, stating he needed thirty, sturdy mobius strips by tomorrow for his physics project, and urgently begged me to help him, since he still had to finish the presentaion video, and it would likely take him all night. Hence, I have spent the better part of my unemployed afternoon cutting and sewing thirty strips of leather to become take-home mobius bracelets for his fellow students. Am I really unemployed? I think not. I've always heard motherhood is a full time job...with benefits. |
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Post by Leda EmBorr on May 9, 2007 22:34:12 GMT -5
Well, the biggest thing is that you are responsible for another person... another life... that's the hardest thing to adjust to for new moms, I think.
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Post by Leda EmBorr on May 9, 2007 22:37:11 GMT -5
I was a 1st/2nd grade teacher in a very poor area of where I live. I was a teacher for 33 yrs. Wow! That's commendable! I didn't know you were a teacher. |
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Post by Mon-Jas Charan on May 10, 2007 10:51:04 GMT -5
For me what pays the bills right now, I am Software support Engineer for Oracle On Demand.
Otherwise I'm a Cub Master, weekend jazz musician and the occasional rock band, and a Rennie. This year I'm told, I'll be the kingdom sound "engineer" for all 7 stages and the joust. Also my wife and I have a home business helping people with Wellness and Weight loss.
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Post by Koda Vonnor on May 10, 2007 13:26:38 GMT -5
Well, the biggest thing is that you are responsible for another person... another life... that's the hardest thing to adjust to for new moms, I think. Permit me to rephrase: "Well, the biggest thing is that you are responsible for another person... another life... that's the hardest thing to adjust to for new dads, I think."
Equally valid, I'd warrant. ~ Koda |
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Post by Mon-Jas Charan on May 10, 2007 14:43:41 GMT -5
Permit me to rephrase: "Well, the biggest thing is that you are responsible for another person... another life... that's the hardest thing to adjust to for new dads, I think."
Equally valid, I'd warrant. ~ Koda |
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Post by Xana on May 13, 2007 12:14:25 GMT -5
I've been running my Pet Sitting business for 10 years now. Along with the feeding, walking, and scooping littier boxes, I also do things like this:  The cats must have their "bath time" evreyday!  |
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Post by Leda EmBorr on May 13, 2007 12:37:10 GMT -5
Well, the biggest thing is that you are responsible for another person... another life... that's the hardest thing to adjust to for new moms, I think. Permit me to rephrase: "Well, the biggest thing is that you are responsible for another person... another life... that's the hardest thing to adjust to for new dads, I think."
Equally valid, I'd warrant. ~ Koda Agreed. |
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Post by Leda EmBorr on May 13, 2007 12:38:29 GMT -5
I've been running my Pet Sitting business for 10 years now. Along with the feeding, walking, and scooping littier boxes, I also do things like this: The cats must have their "bath time" evreyday! .  |
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Post by Xana on May 13, 2007 12:45:34 GMT -5
lol! Oh jeez............ yeah, no pix of Stumpy. I was too traumatized to take a picture.  Next time...... |
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on May 13, 2007 18:46:49 GMT -5
Xana, you wash cats? Ooooooh, dangerous work.
I'm a civilian physicist for the Dept of the Navy, which means I do a lot of computer work for modeling and simulation for...well, Navy stuff. And fortran is not dead. I wouldn't mind switching to something else, but the latest version acquired all those object-oriented functions that you used to only be able to do in C, so no one wants to switch. The lab in Panama City specializes in mine countermeasures and my department specialized in R&D for underwater mine detection sensors. It's a nice job, regular hours, reasonable bosses, but I do wish it were in a different part of the country and not in a hurricane target zone.  Sun and beaches are really wasted on me. Oh, and don't get me started about NMCI, the Navy's Frankenstein-monster all-encompassing computer network .......  ......but that bit of stupidity started years ago in Washington, way above the pay-grades of anyone local.
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Post by Leda EmBorr on May 13, 2007 19:37:49 GMT -5
Leave it Washington..... |
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Post by I Five on May 14, 2007 13:13:28 GMT -5
lol! Oh jeez............ yeah, no pix of Stumpy. I was too traumatized to take a picture. Next time...... ...I so remember those days!!! The cats act like you are trying to skin them alive...you get claws broke off in your thigh...not fun times!!!! I don't envy you!!! |
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Post by I Five on May 14, 2007 13:14:12 GMT -5
Xana, you wash cats? Ooooooh, dangerous work.
I'm a civilian physicist for the Dept of the Navy, which means I do a lot of computer work for modeling and simulation for...well, Navy stuff. And fortran is not dead. I wouldn't mind switching to something else, but the latest version acquired all those object-oriented functions that you used to only be able to do in C, so no one wants to switch. The lab in Panama City specializes in mine countermeasures and my department specialized in R&D for underwater mine detection sensors. It's a nice job, regular hours, reasonable bosses, but I do wish it were in a different part of the country and not in a hurricane target zone. Sun and beaches are really wasted on me. Oh, and don't get me started about NMCI, the Navy's Frankenstein-monster all-encompassing computer network ....... ......but that bit of stupidity started years ago in Washington, way above the pay-grades of anyone local.
OMG...I don't mean this in a bad way Ani...but ou must be a [glow=red,2,300]brainiac [/glow]  |
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Next time......
Sun and beaches are really wasted on me. Oh, and don't get me started about NMCI, the Navy's Frankenstein-monster all-encompassing computer network ....... 
......but that bit of stupidity started years ago in Washington, way above the pay-grades of anyone local.