The New Hobbit Hole

[HairOfTheDog]

A search on google indicates that couches are not just for sitting in anymore.... the are a means of transport too:

Ask your guys at the hardware store if they can build one of those!

[HairOfTheDog]

Sounds like you interrupted their talking... How rude of you! ;~D

[HairOfTheDog]

Now, why do you hate women again?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Evening all...

Home for work and finished with dinner here. It was kind of nice for a last day at work, everyone kept telling me how much they wished I wasn't leaving. Maybe, if they shake some money loose, they'll be able to re-hire me... I wouldn't mind that at all.

Sorry you had a rotten day, Jen. Hope tomorrow goes better for you!

[JenB]

Now, why do you hate women again?

Because women are bad at computer science and mostly fluff-brained liberals (present company and missing friends excepted)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Boy, it's a good thing Rose isn't here to read what you just said!

[HairOfTheDog]

I have done a lot of temporary contract work, and when you find a good group, it does feel sad to leave it... I tell ya though, there were a lot of places where I was glad it was temporary! - It is a great way to test whether you really want to work in a place!

I helped a company switch from DOS to Windows once. (That dates me!) It took a month to convince the secretary at the front desk that her files were moveable and were not located "IN" Wordperfect...

Her: But all my files are in Wordperfect.
Me: I moved your files, they will open in Word.
Her: Did you put Wordperfect on my new machine?
Me: No, you have Word on your new machine. You can open the files in Word.
Her: But how do I get them out of Wordperfect?
Me: [whack!]

Next day: Repeat.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Yes, the contract I worked just before this one, I was glad when it finished. But, I have to admit that I'm mercenary enough to be missing the paycheck more than the people right now. ;) Still, it was a nice ego-boost to have everyone tell me that I'd done a nice job and they'd be glad to have me back.

As for "remember when's"... you and I are of an age, as the saying goes. The first version of Windows I ever installed was 1.0; I installed it on a DOS 3.2 system, so that the company I worked for could run PageMaker 1.0. Oh, those were the days! ;)

[ksen]

I just got off the phone with LCS. He had some more computer trouble, corrupted files, etc. He said he should be back soon, hopefully by the weekend.

We talked for a minute about how Daschle made a jerk of himself. It was pretty neat to finally "talk" to a FReeper. I am really looking forward to our moot.

LCS said to tell you all hi and he is ok.

"Hi everybody! I'm ok!" - LCS ;^)

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, in defense of my youth, I am pretty sure we were installing Windows 3.0. These guys at waited a long time to switch.

I remember how wonderful even that was compared to the old way!

It was a little bit of a scary place to work... It was a Morton chemical plant that was making some unpronounceable susbstance that was so caustic they had weekly random evacuation drills with sirens and everything! We all had to go across the street while they went through a whole containment drill. It was usually good for a couple hours if we had errands to run.

They had to conform to IPO 9000 standards on their procedures, even office procedures... Have you ever worked in that environment? - It was unimaginably tedious.

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh Good! - I am glad he is well, and I hope he gets his computer all fixed!

Thanks for checkin' on him for us!

[ksen]

You are very welcome.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Well, that's some good news! Glad to hear nothing serious was wrong!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Windows 3.0 was so much better than the previous version... and 3.1 was ever better.

I've never worked in an ISO 9000 house, but the place I was working at back in '96 was just starting to work on qualifying for it (they were a government contractor) at the time I left them... the preliminary steps struck me as being very unnecessary, especially in a small company (which it was).

I once interviewed at a nuclear plant in Ohio... everyone had to wear dosimeter badges (even me, as a visitor). One of the big questions at the interview was whether I had any moral objection to working at a plant that helped produce nuclear weapons. I didn't, but I wound up not taking the job anyway. I'd read the book "Nerves" by Lester del Rey at an early age (it's about an accidental meltdown at a nuclear plant.)

[HairOfTheDog]

You're right.... ISO, not IPO.... my memory of the experience is (thankfully) foggy. thanks for reminding me ;~D

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I just figured it was a typo...

[HairOfTheDog]

The only nuclear plant I ever worked in was one that never became operational..., in fact, I was working for the law firm that was suing WPPS over it. It was never finished. (our Nuclear power authority had at that time the unfortunate acronym "whoops!" ;~D)

[Corin Stormhands]

I see the Guild is still upset that the Emmys weren't news.

Let's see headline comparison:

"Friends wins Emmy" vs. "Gore and Daschle undermine America's Future"

I dunno. Maybe I wish the Emmys were news too...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

lol, with a name like that maybe it was a good thing they never became operational... ;)

[Corin Stormhands]

I get there, there's a bunch of old men talking about cement.

Was this them?