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What is Wish app?
If you're unarmed, you are a victim
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10 on form, 6 on content and creativity, couple more fleshing out lament could get you to 8.
What is Wish app?
If you're unarmed, you are a victim
Some shopping app. Pandora runs a commercial about it every commercial break. You hear it a few times an hour. You can imagine how irritating that is on 8 hour road trips.
Can't find it on YouTube, but if you heard it, you'd understand. It's a Haku about the app. I'll post it up next time I hear it.
No need to post, I understand.
I also hate almost all commercials.
If you're unarmed, you are a victim
Well my post was in the exact form of the commercial, word for word (except for the Haku). The guy even reads it in a dead pan voice.
Oh yeah, I'll be in Kansas during next week's match. :(
Heya brothers... :)
*paid Brutal $20 to smack Kazoo on the ass.....firmly*
Sup cat?Quote:
Originally Posted by Otterbatcat
Trying to pimp brutal or the old guy?
If you're unarmed, you are a victim
I like Haku. Get an Irishman drunk, teach him what Haku is and he'll put it to limericks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Spend enough time in Kansas and you will eventually have to hide from tornados.
Weather may not cooperate for match next week anyway. If you can believe the weather forecasters.[emoji33]
If you're unarmed, you are a victim
Heavy Metal on ELREY channel.
If you're unarmed, you are a victim
I've recently decided that I have a bucket list, and right next to "Go to Antarctica" on the list, is "see a tornado in person." So I hope I do see one. I have a claim down near Joplin sometime this week. Perhaps I'll get lucky. They've already had tornadoes this year.
No volume control on that slopar van ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Witnessed 2, they get your attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
My buddy and I passing each other on I-70. Him returning from KC, me going.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oM...=w1634-h919-no
If and when i remember ( my old timers has been real bad thi) the name of the place. There is a killer rib shack that does amazing real (not those crap minced things) onion rings. Chase it down with a super thick chocolate shake. OH YEAHQuote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Also, we went and looked in the trash can to see if it was full of weed from people leaving Colorado. There actually was one empty weed canister in the trash can.
Near the border, or in Kansas City? If in Kansas City, then there are probably ten of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
KC has a lot of bbq joints [panic]Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Sounds like you have some great skills, just maybe not the most recent ones. I am kind of in the same boat, early 50s, IT and behind on the latest skill sets. The only difference is my job will last a few more years. I have looked around and most of the openings are paying 25-30% less than what I make now. Have you thought about working for IBM directly? They are one of the few companies that appreciates and retains older workers.Quote:
Originally Posted by brutal
Very recently, I have kept my eye on their postings. In the past, hadn't given it much thought just because I was always so busy and have also seen them cut old workers off early during big layoffs of 10-15-25K people at a crack. They also chased off a lot of old timers with pension pay and benefits cuts. There's also a bit of nepotism in the ranks for some of the juicy positions.Quote:
Originally Posted by William
It's not that I haven't kept up with the core technology changes in my field, in fact I'm fairly advanced in my specialty in most respects over the average "AS/400 guy" when it comes to the virtualization technologies and storage.
Most of the virtualization jobs are rapidly becoming a commodity position that just doesn't pay well. Infrastructure jobs are getting harder to get as more companies move into the public cloud. While our company provides infrastructure and implementation services for a lot of that, it's all becoming less and less vendor centric and more a software defined commodity product and we're seeing a decline in the need for folks like me.
The recent public cloud failures have spurned a bit of course change for some organizations, but hasn't necessarily steered the ship towards a different destination.
That's great that you have kept up in your specialty. I am behind on technologies in my field both from a development and system engineering perspective. Angular baffles me and we are still mostly a rack and stack shop so I don't have much virtulization experience. I used to be a jack of all trades kind of guy, but the last couple years I have focused on the data side and think that might get me through till retirement.
It doesn't help that they're increasing our utilization (billable hours) requirement, disallowing hourly rate discounts unless it's absorbed by product margins (which are stupid slim to begin with), even for large projects, while also slashing and burning our pipeline.
The client base isn't going to pay our full on rates for projects lasting months or years. Not sure what they're thinking.
Pretty much doing all they can IMHO, to force people to make a move. If you're not part of the Fortune 30 "Program Accounts," you're chaff. They're just building a paper trail to show how we're not working hard enough. After 25 years of being measured on revenue, stupid utilization models suck balls anyway and breeds inefficiencies.
Meh, WTF do I know. I'm not one of the fat cat executives or board members making decisions based on a questionable career at one of the top 5 consulting firms. We got rated one of the top IT strategy consulting firms by Forbes and now they've got a big head.
ETA: Am I bitter? Yes. When we were first acquired, I already had a great customer base, was told I would have so much work in my area I would have to turn much away. I kept busy for the past 8 years, but that never really happened, and the work has dwindled since. If it wasn't for the QA project work I did last year, I would have gotten tossed.
I'm at the Sirloin Stockade in Missouri right now. Interesting to see whole groups of people who still wear overalls as their work attire. No namby pambies out here. Except me, lol.
And there is a guy in here (wearing overalls) whose screen name would be HBARredneck. Lol.looks just like him, only taller, fatter, and paler.
Redneck PrivilegeQuote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Damn....Im not entitled to be part of that club?
Im gonna write my congresspussy about it right now as a matter of fact.
I think wearing overalls upside down would look like wearing Hot Pants with really giant flappy extensions of cloth from your shoulders.
Discuss.
Heya Brotha... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalobo
Nah, just tryin to get a rise outta Kazoo.
Wooooo Hooooooo...... I still work 7 days a week, but now I have 2 days off from my second job. It's like prison release or something.......lol
Work release, or what the hell ever.
Happy Tuesday, fellers... later.
Later man, check in more often.
If you're unarmed, you are a victim
You'd get more work outta brutal (I heard he's a slut), but Kazoo is pretty funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Otterbatcat
If you're unarmed, you are a victim
I have GOT to stop asking people who work at gas stations where to eat.
Slut's don't ask for payment.Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalobo
Surprised you made it past the gas station Sushi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
I'm eating a Hungryman Mexican Fiesta. Pretty good. Probably just as awful as whatever Stu ate, but way cheaper.
Rollerfood FTMFW.Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
I always eat WAY more than I even want at a buffet as well. I haven't enjoyed probably the last 10 buffets I've eaten at (not counting casinos and cruises). Being a slow learner sucks. At least I got to visit a new part of the country. Well, new to me. Tornadoes not withstanding, I'm sure that Joplin, MO isn't new.
You keep eating thinking something will eventually taste good??Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Sad that I know exactly what that tastes like. And no it is not very pleasant.Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983