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| 5-19-05
Posted on 05/19/2005 7:14:18 PM PDT by LouAvul
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:14:19 PM PDT
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LouAvul
To: LouAvul
People like Renee Link, 30, who five years ago requested time off for future "Star Wars" premieres when she interviewed for her job at a Sacramento printing company. "I related to Princess Leia since I was a kid because we both had long brown hair," she said...What are the odds.
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:16:21 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Leftists would have no standards at all)
To: Texas Eagle
I took off a few hours early...It's my friggin vacation time, not some metric for productivity
Alot of people went at midnight and took a half day /shrug
To: LouAvul
One Chicago-based consulting firm estimates that "Star Wars"-induced absenteeism will cost employers as much as $627 million in lost productivity, ranging from employees who schedule a day off in advance to those who covertly convert a "Sith" to a "sick" day.A lot of companies make employees use either a PTO day (Paid Time Off) or a personal day (just about the same thing) even when they're sick. So, it really isn't lost productivity as SOMETIME during the year, workers are going to use their PTO, vacation time, personal days or flex days off anyway.
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:18:59 PM PDT
by
xrp
(Executing assigned posting duties flawlessly -- ZERO mistakes)
To: LouAvul
My personal feeling is that long holiday weekend is in order for this film.
No bias here of course.... :-)
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:20:48 PM PDT
by
JediForce
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: LouAvul
The only part I can't ever seeing myself doing is waiting in line for 13 hours. Now sometime in the future I could see setting up times for me and my friends to switch off holding down a spot. But it would have to be one great movie. Like Godfather good.
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:22:09 PM PDT
by
Mr. Blonde
(You know, Happy Time Harry, just being around you kinda makes me want to die.)
To: LouAvul
People like Renee Link, 30, who five years ago requested time off for future "Star Wars" premieres when she interviewed for her job at a Sacramento printing company. That was polite of her, but I'd personally consider anyone making such a request to be somewhat deranged and not offer her the job.
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:24:21 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: LouAvul
I saw the movie today. It was 2:30pm in Manhattan. The place was PACKED. Totally packed. And you should have heard some of the conversations before the movie began. Here's one statement I heard:
"Dude, my server is totally down."
Another one:
"There are 2 internet's so if one goes down, there's a back-up."
The response to that statement:
"Yeah, but one internet is only for p-nis enlargement ads."
We are such dorks. The movie was pretty darn good though. Especially the end. Pulls everything together nicely.
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:31:31 PM PDT
by
thefactor
To: thefactor
"Yeah, but one internet is only for p-nis enlargement ads."That and anti-spyware ads.....
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:39:00 PM PDT
by
freebilly
(Go Santa Cruz Baseball! Win CCS!)
To: freebilly
"Yeah, but one internet is only for p-nis enlargement ads."What does a popup blocker do to a penis enlargement ad...?
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:40:45 PM PDT
by
freebilly
(Go Santa Cruz Baseball! Win CCS!)
To: freebilly
Did you just ask yourself a question?
To: thefactor
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:46:12 PM PDT
by
freebilly
(Go Santa Cruz Baseball! Win CCS!)
To: LouAvul
I think some people really need to get a life!
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:53:10 PM PDT
by
Conservatrix
("He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.")
To: LouAvul
To: SShultz460
"Alot of people went at midnight and took a half day /shrug" And some people actually think it is possible to catch the movie during regualrly scheduled off hours. Imagine that.
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posted on
05/19/2005 8:14:08 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
(Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.)
To: sweetliberty
I think it's stunning...Just the Midnight showings did over 17 Million
I saw it during normal hours though :)
To: thefactor
Do the ads offer a do it yourself product? I could try it while waiting in line for a showing of Star Wars 3?
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posted on
05/19/2005 8:31:23 PM PDT
by
em2vn
To: em2vn
I don't know. You'd have to ask the massive toolboxes sitting behind me at the movie. They are surely sitting in their parents basement playing Risk and going over every mistake they observed in Episode III.
Incidentally, I am 99% sure I saw the Millenium Falcon during one scene. I guess I'll have to watch it again to make sure.
To: thefactor
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posted on
05/19/2005 11:56:13 PM PDT
by
Maigrey
(I rather have egg on my face than blood on my hands - gonzo news service)
To: Maigrey
the scene near the beginning when the rescued chancellor is landing with obi-wan and anakin, right? i thought so. that was neat.
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