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The New Hobbit Hole
Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: RosieCotton
With all the humidity down your way, you must have to cut your lawn about every couple hours, no?During the late spring, entire summer you are correct. Things are cooling down, and drying out down here now though. I'll probably have to mow my lawn 5 or 6 more times between now and March.
27,741
posted on
09/26/2002 10:29:19 AM PDT
by
ksen
To: Overtaxed
What!?!? Your company is closing down? How are your future job prospects?
27,742
posted on
09/26/2002 10:30:57 AM PDT
by
ksen
To: ksen
Your company is closing down? How are your future job prospects? Prospects should be okay....lots of lab type stuff around. But then I could always stake out a spot on the sidewalk with my whistle and tin cup. :)
We "merged" (ie got bought out) by another company that already had a facility in Kansas. They decided to move to Kansas. And if you think I'm going to uproot and move all the way to Kansas just for some job, you're crazy! We should still be open well into next year so I have some time.
To: All; HairOfTheDog; Penny1
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27,744
posted on
09/26/2002 10:47:08 AM PDT
by
ksen
To: Overtaxed
Hey! Kansas is just right above Oklahoma!!! We could meet in Bartlesville for a novice jam they have going there.
To: 2Jedismom
Sorry, not moving to Kansas! We can just do a web jam.
To: Overtaxed
We "merged" (ie got bought out) by another company that already had a facility in Kansas. They decided to move to Kansas. Sounds like they've given you some time, but that's still not fun. Have you known long?
To: RosieCotton
Have you known long? A couple of weeks. It is a bummer, I really like it here. Co-workers are nice, laid back atmosphere, my own lab, picture window, computer....[sigh].
To: Overtaxed
Isn't there some sort of "Mad Scientist" type practical jokes you could play on those responsible?
27,749
posted on
09/26/2002 11:29:38 AM PDT
by
ksen
To: Overtaxed
We've gotten over our edgy stage.... We're just at the point that we know people are going. But we don't know who.
To: Overtaxed
Sorry, not moving to Kansas! Can't blame you. Who would want to live in black and white?
To: ksen
Isn't there some sort of "Mad Scientist" type practical jokes you could play on those responsible? We could always nuke Germany. :)
To: Corin Stormhands
Can't blame you. Who would want to live in black and white? Hehehe....not to cast any aspersions on Kansas or anything but....
1. I don't know a soul in Kansas
2. This company has already announced layoffs of 40,000 + worldwide
3. I don't know what the lab geek market is like out in Kansas
4. I'm not moving to Kansas just to be laid off
To: Corin Stormhands
For us, they've just said three positions in another department will be consolidated...nothing but rumors about other departments. So it's not so bad.
I'm just frustrated by other changes...we no longer have a local president, I don't like and don't like or get along well with my boss much of the time (no one really does, but since he reports directly to the president and the president doesn't see him on a daily basis, we can't do anything). He's a new manager, so a big part of the problem is just that he doesn't know what HE'S doing, but it doesn't make it easier on us. Sigh. I used to love coming to work.
To: Overtaxed
5. Can't get North Carolina barbecue in Kansas.
6. Do they even know what NASCAR is in Kansas?
7. Who wants to live in a state that is a rectangle?
8. Living in Kansas would add at least another 500 miles to have to drive in order to get to the RoTK Entmoot.
9. No ocean beaches.
10. Would rather deal with the occasional hurricane than Tornado Alley.
27,755
posted on
09/26/2002 11:42:25 AM PDT
by
ksen
To: ksen
Do they even know what NASCAR is in Kansas? Well, I can make my own barbecue and they race in Kansas City.
No beaches!
We do get tornadoes now and again but not as strong or as many as the Midwest. Did I tell you about the time I snatched a pork shoulder from the grill the time a tornado came within a half mile of the house?
To: RosieCotton
Only one thing left to do........retire to the country.
27,757
posted on
09/26/2002 11:46:29 AM PDT
by
ksen
To: ksen
I'm looking for someone to pay me to retire. :)
To: ksen
5. Can't get North Carolina barbecue in Kansas. LOL...I'm on a guitar related list, and that's a topic that comes up once in a while - what entails proper barbecue. Being a darn Yankee, I don't have a dog in that fight, but it's a lot of fun watching from the sidelines!
To: ksen
Only one thing left to do........retire to the country. Hey, I'm there already! Except that I gotta work to pay the bills. Life isn't so bad.
I'll be calmer tomorrow after our music night tonight. Today, I'm the resident whiny hobbit, I guess!
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