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Things settle down after work...

Unread postby Pops » Fri 30 May 2008, 23:45:48

...when people go home and don't have the Bosses dime to dial into PO.com.



I wonder what they do?
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby SpringCreekFarm » Sat 31 May 2008, 00:37:24

They dial in to peakoil.com on their other boss' dime and / or they are doing their preps or just having a beer.

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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby SchroedingersCat » Sat 31 May 2008, 01:42:10

Tonight we went to see our daughter's elementary school's "talent" show. 3 hours of uninterrupted music and laughs.

I have now quit prepping because after that the the camps no longer scare me.
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby BigTex » Sat 31 May 2008, 02:23:59

Placing aluminum tape on my attic A/C unit which is leaking cold air out of every crack, seam and opening.

It's amazing that any cold air is actually getting into the house.
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby TWilliam » Sat 31 May 2008, 02:51:23

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SchroedingersCat', 'T')onight we went to see our daughter's elementary school's "talent" show. 3 hours of uninterrupted music and laughs.

I have now quit prepping because after that the the camps no longer scare me.


Oh man, I feel for ya. Our 3rd grader's is Monday night.

Thank god I have an MP3 player. Does videos too. Hmmm... might have to rip and convert one of my dvds over the weekend...
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby vision-master » Sat 31 May 2008, 09:26:39

DVD decrypter?
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby Cog » Sat 31 May 2008, 10:07:36

I have found a nap after work kinda therapeutic.
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby Ludi » Sat 31 May 2008, 10:28:49

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'P')lacing aluminum tape on my attic A/C unit which is leaking cold air out of every crack, seam and opening.

It's amazing that any cold air is actually getting into the house.


"A/C"? What a baby! :lol:
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby PrairieMule » Sat 31 May 2008, 14:11:07

I am a response specialist for BMW(Think Onstar for BMW). I'm allowed to surf in between airbag and navigation calls.
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby Eli » Sat 31 May 2008, 14:55:18

Well everyone needs a break from PO now and then.

The aren't as many good news stories over the weekend usually and if there are it usually late Sunday when things get hopping again.
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby CarlinsDarlin » Sat 31 May 2008, 19:33:27

AFTER work? When's that? 8O

Actually, my work IS home, so I'm off and on here all day and night, whenever I can grab a minute. Right now taking a break from working outside all day (and I look like a lobster, I am SO sunburned), but everyone else just walked back out the door, so I guess I better get off here and get back at it...
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby Lumpy » Sat 31 May 2008, 20:02:44

I am NEVER on PO.com from my office(s). I work non-stop, 9-10 hours a day, not counting the commute. (Lunch 'break' means returning phone calls to patients, etc, while munching on whatever my dear husband has packed in my lunch bag.)

I have to admit, I am envious (okay, and sometimes a little resentful) of the fact that he (and some of you others) can get on these boards during the day when you want to.

Most of my time on the boards is weekends.

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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby Ludi » Sat 31 May 2008, 20:11:54

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lumpy', '
')I have to admit, I am envious (okay, and sometimes a little resentful) of the fact that (you) can get on these boards during the day when you want to.


But you probably earn more money than we do (more than I do anyway!) :)
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby Lumpy » Sun 01 Jun 2008, 10:27:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lumpy', '
')I have to admit, I am envious (okay, and sometimes a little resentful) of the fact that (you) can get on these boards during the day when you want to.


But you probably earn more money than we do (more than I do anyway!) :)


Yeah, maybe so -- but I have become an ardent non-fan of "the revenuers" -- and it often (mostly) feels like the Red Queen says in Alice in Wonderland -- I have to run as fast as I can just to stay in the same place.

I am thankful for my work, especially as it has made it possible for certain preparations to happen. But please, please do not think of me as you would someone living in even a moderate-sized city, practicing psychiatry. Rural psych does NOT equal big bucks. And rural psych is what I practice.

Thank God I am paid mileage, as I drive about 1500 miles/month in commutes to the four locations away from my office at home. I live in my little truck, it sometimes seems. And that gets real old. (It's not as bad a heavy traffic commuting, though, that's for sure!)

Ah, enough with the complaints. It's good, valuable work, I believe, and I know it won't last forever. I will look back on these days with a certain longing soon enough, I would suspect.

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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby Pops » Mon 02 Jun 2008, 12:40:39

I usually log on when I'm supposed to be working too, like now.

Even though it is my dime, if the Real Boss catches me on too long she starts giving me a hard time about finishing the porch, the cabinets, the...

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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby bodigami » Tue 03 Jun 2008, 01:10:32

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'D')VD decrypter?


no, DVD ripper, like HandBrake... usually ripping falls under "fair use".
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby bodigami » Tue 03 Jun 2008, 01:57:37

I will like to have a job... I've being quite unlucky with respect to jobs in this past years. And I'm studying in just 2 courses! Just 2 days!
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby TWilliam » Tue 03 Jun 2008, 04:28:48

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'D')VD decrypter?


K3b recompiled to enable DVD ripping on Kubuntu Linux to an avi file, then a little program I found called Avi2iPod for converting it to the correct format for my mp3 player.
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby FoxV » Tue 03 Jun 2008, 14:24:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'I') do most of my po.com stuff when I'm not at work. When I'm at work I'm actually working, as long as there's stuff to do.

wow, actually working at work? what a concept. Although I feel sorry for those of you that can't get work in these times.

I've done what I can for PO prep at the current house so I spend my single hour of free time in the day usually playing a computer game.

However I'm looking forward to moving to the new house (in 10 days) were I can start a whole new list of PO projects, including a few I couldn't start in the current house because I knew I would be moving soon. (And this time I'm going to get the Home energy audit guy into the house before I start changing things :oops: )
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Re: Things settle down after work...

Unread postby WildRose » Thu 05 Jun 2008, 18:14:39

Can't tell you how many times I wish I could log on while I'm at work. I would lose my job if I did. Sometimes it would be nice to visit PO.com when I'm having a little break, but any internet usage at all is strictly prohibited, unless it's a medical site that I need for my work.
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