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  #231  
Old January 17th 05, 10:03 PM
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I am a retired computer geek. And the slave of two cats named Sasha and Pheniox. Ops gotta go, Sasha is demanding scritches.

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Old January 17th 05, 10:11 PM
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Tanada wrote:
Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money?


Wow! What an eclectic (and large!) bunch. And I noticed we have a
pretty fair number of women doing non-traditional jobs. Cool!

I'm a proofreader. I've been in the business since the 70s, & have
watched it go from typesetting to desktop. Now I'm in
printing/publishing.

Katz

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Old January 17th 05, 10:32 PM
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Katz wrote:

Tanada wrote:

Ok, I'm curious. What does everyone in here do for tuna money?



Wow! What an eclectic (and large!) bunch. And I noticed we have a
pretty fair number of women doing non-traditional jobs. Cool!

I'm a proofreader. I've been in the business since the 70s, & have
watched it go from typesetting to desktop. Now I'm in
printing/publishing.


I had a feeling I couldn't be the only one... Where are you, Katz?

Nina in Texas, servant to: Snickelfritz (RB), Pixel (RB 12/03), Rusty
(RB 9/9/04), Seth (RB 12/27/04), Skeeter, Kyle, Jake, and Fred -- Lucas
has a wonderful new home!
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  #234  
Old January 17th 05, 11:07 PM
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On 2005-01-15, Yowie penned:
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Virgin daquiri's are quite good - well, the sugar might not sit well with
your diabetes.


I like Virgin Mary's *more* than Bloody Marys, really can't taste much of a
difference between a non-alcoholic margarita and one with alcohol. In fact,
I really don't a fig abouu alcojol in any liquer - it is *honestly* all
about taste.


Yup, I hear ya. I generally prefer virgin daquiris to the "fully leaded"
variety. I make myself kahlua and milk, but I never add the vodka -- the
taste is just too strong for me.

I've been tipsy, but never falling down drunk. I just don't drink alcohol
fast enough for that. Can't say that I feel I'm poorer for the experience =P

Wine is different, non-alocholic wine tastes bloody aweful.


I don't care for wine. No matter how good it is, it tastes like vinegar to
me, especially the red stuff. Then again, I don't care for beer either. I'm
slowly getting to the point where I can tolerate both, but it's just not
something I'd go out of my way to drink. I'll try a sip of Eric's just to get
a taste.

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Old January 17th 05, 11:19 PM
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On 2005-01-16, jmcquown penned:
Debbie Wilson wrote:

*whoo-ee*! (What is Goldshlager?)

Deb.


It's like clear cinnamon schnapps with flakes of 18 karat gold in it. Very
potent stuff.

Jill


Smells great, tastes awful. IMHO.

Oooh! But that does remind me of a great story!

My parents, who had retired to North Carolina, were visiting the DC area,
where my brother and I both live. My parents' best friends also still lived
in DC. We all got together for a local Oktoberfest, where pitchers of beer
were heartily consumed. I don't think anyone got drunk, but when we decided
to head back to our friends' place, for some reason I prevailed upon dad to
ride with me. I had to drop by the apartment to let Puma (RB) out.

Does anyone else have a dad who always, always knows better and can't be told
anything?

We got to the apartment, where I had bottles of various liquors arranged on
the kitchen counter. Dad says, "Boy, my stomach's feeling a little
unsettled." His gaze travels across the lineup and comes to rest on the
Goldschlager. "Some of that stuff will fix me up; get me a shot glass!"

Um.

"Dad, um, I really don't think-" "Hey! I know what I'm doing! Hand me that
glass!"

Okay. Far be it from me ...

Dad poured himself a shot, drank it down, and then the strangest expression
appeared on his face. "Bleccch! What IS that stuff?"

"I tried to tell you, dad. It's Goldschlager. Cinnamon-flavored liquor."

He thought it would be something like jagermeister, I guess, an aid to
digestion. Why he thought that, I still have no earthly idea. But I'll never
forget the look on his face.

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Old January 17th 05, 11:21 PM
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On 2005-01-17, bonbon penned:
I freeze my butt off. It's been rather chilly here in Houston lately, and
although I'm actually a seamstress, for the past 6 months or so, I've been
installing marble flooring and just recently began working with natural
slate also. It's pretty cold running that wet saw outside in 35 degree
temperatures, but it's very gratifying work at the end. (Well, aside from
the callouses, broken off fingernails, and rather embarrassing arm muscles.)


I'll trade ya! I'd love to have those embarrassing arm muscles! (Without all
of that, you know, pesky *work* that goes along with them)

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Old January 17th 05, 11:39 PM
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On 2005-01-15, jmcquown penned:

LOL! Reminds me of one of the few jokes I can remember. Southern U.S.
woman is sitting in the airport waiting area next to a northern U.S. woman.
The southern woman asks the northern woman, "So, where are you from?" The
northern woman sniffs and replies, "I am FROM where we don't end our
sentences with a preposition." The southern woman thinks about this a
moment, then says sweetly, "Okay, where are you from, bitch?"


And *that* reminds me of a "southern" joke I was told.

So there are two southern belles sitting in rocking chairs on the front porch.
One says to the other, "See that horse out there? My husband bought him for
me after I gave birth to our first son." The second lady says, "How nice."

Hoping for a better response, the first lady continues, "And this beautiful
house? My husband bought it for me after the birth of our second child." The
other lady says, "How nice."

Getting nettled now, the first lady says, "And see this beautiful ring on my
hand? My husband bought it for me after the birth of our third child. Now,
what did your husband get you for the birth of your little one?"

The second lady replies, "My husband sent me to finishing school."

"Why, that's odd. Why would he do a thing like that?"

"I used to say, '**** you.' Now I just say, 'How nice.'"

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Old January 17th 05, 11:45 PM
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On 2005-01-16, Karen Chuplis penned:

Well, I somewhat disagree that you are not a "real" artist. Being artistic
is not just about being wildly imaginative and experimental (although, I
must admit, normally with my students, I have to push them away from more
realistic art to get them looking at more abstracted work to see it's true
measure). For instance, your natural history montage of Arctic flora and
fauna displays a real artistic eye for composition and balance. In fact, it
reminds me of the Native American school of art before Oscar Howe.

At any rate, don't belittle that you are artistic. Anything that funnels
through your brain and comes out of your core is artistic. Remember the
original definition of art (originating from "ars") is skill. You simply are
not an artist that imbues any kind of metaphysical or philosophical messages
in your work. There is a place for all things. The fact is, if it weren't
for the thyillustrator's ability to spatially change how that frog sits to
get the best advantage for demonstration purposes, some poor photographer
would have to be taking four million angles of shots to get the one that
best gets some author's point across


My brother and I are both computer programmers. He found a quote somewhere
something to the effect of, "An artist uses a pencil to create art. I use a
keyboard."

Non-computer folk might think that software is all about logic and analysis,
but there's a lot of creativity in all aspects of the software lifecycle.
Everyone's brain works a little bit differently, to the extent that professors
can tell when a student has copied a solution from a fellow student, even
though everyone's work should produce the same results.

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Old January 17th 05, 11:48 PM
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On 2005-01-15, JB penned:

Getting vaguely off-topic here, but for some reason, I also do some of my
job duties as an overgrown hobby. Computer control freak that I am, I can't
stand using an ISP's mail service, web server, whatever, so a like-minded
friend and I bought a server and stuck it in a well- connected ISP's
co-location facility. So we operate our own little web-and-mail deal for
our families and did a lot of web/database programming to set up what's
really a pretty nice service for everyone. But what on earth is wrong with
me (us)?


I know what you mean. I run my own mail server from home, mostly so that I
can completely customize my own spam-filtering solutions.

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monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch
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Old January 17th 05, 11:49 PM
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On 2005-01-15, Karen Chuplis penned:

I have a bachelor in music and an MFA in Theater (acting). Indeed, my day
job uses every bit of what I learned in theater in handling people,
improvising solutions, troubleshooting and much much more. Never a wasted
effort.


Boy, do I know what you mean. I minored in philosophy and often wish that
others had done the same. A little bit of the "humanities" side of the world
goes a long way, and most of the people I work with are pure engineering.

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monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch
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Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!*
 




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