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Old 03-24-2011, 11:17 AM   #1
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Westboro Baptist Nutters would picket your memorial service and everything
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Old 03-24-2011, 11:18 AM   #2
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Hahahaha!

When my cat uses the litter box it sounds like the back door is opening.

What's up with the ventriloquist cats?
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Old 03-24-2011, 11:20 AM   #3
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What's up with the ventriloquist cats?
I dunno, but mine needs to snore louder, I'm hungry!
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Old 03-24-2011, 03:31 PM   #4
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Our next door neighbour washing down the skirting boards in her front bedroom sounds like my cat scratching to get out of my room apparently.

Mum went up to check on Diz a couple of times to find him snoozing happily in his drawer under my bed. Eventually she realised the noises were coming from BEHIND THE WALL! She knocked (bravely I think, although it was midday) and Maureen called back in answer. The walls aren't paper thin, but if everything else is silent and you are deliberately trying to contact the other person it's possible to do so. They went out and had a natter over the back fence about it.
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Old 03-25-2011, 07:24 AM   #5
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Today is my 20th anniversary with my current employer. How did that happen?
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Old 03-25-2011, 09:11 AM   #6
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Today is my 20th anniversary with my current employer. How did that happen?
Well done mate. It goes by faster than you think. I am 9 years out of my 20 years in the service and it seems like yesterday.
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Old 03-25-2011, 09:22 AM   #7
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Thanks everyone. Funny thing is that I never even chose this job. It all just kind of happened. I needed to pay rent, so I started temping. After a while, got hired. And they pay me just enough to make it not worth the hassle of going out and getting a better job. Plus, with all my seniority, I get tons of vacation time. So I'm never motivated to leave. Not exactly a glowing assessment of my job, but at least I'm employed and the future is looking fairly secure.

But man, 20 years! To be able to say that means I'm not a kid anymore. That's a serious amount of time.
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Old 03-25-2011, 08:27 AM   #8
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Wow, glatt. That doesn't happen so much these days. You should have a total meltdown and start throwing stuff and barking at people. They'd be like "what the heck happened to our mild-mannered glatt? Twenty years must be the breaking point!"

Congratulations!
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Old 03-25-2011, 09:07 AM   #9
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Wow. 20 years is a lot!
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Old 03-25-2011, 09:45 AM   #10
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dude, did you start just out of high school? You're, what, 40?
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Old 03-25-2011, 11:14 AM   #11
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I'm almost 44. I screwed around for one year after college, working in a furniture restoration place, then I started temping at law firms as a paralegal and got hired after temping for about 6 months. I always planned to just do the job for a couple of years, but they kept promoting me. And then by the time I hit the middle management glass ceiling, I was getting like 4.5 weeks of vacation a year. I didn't want to leave and start over with only 2 weeks a year somewhere else for just a little more money. Now I get 6 weeks of leave a year.
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Old 03-25-2011, 11:19 AM   #12
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You look younger, except for that shovelling photo from this winter. That's amazing. 20 years...
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Old 03-25-2011, 11:30 AM   #13
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glatt has only one fault: he's already married.

Just messin' with you, man. You're a good egg and deserve this awesome life you've forged. Bravo!
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Old 03-25-2011, 11:32 AM   #14
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gee. I've been at my law firm for 12 years, and I still get my original measly 10 days.

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Old 03-25-2011, 01:22 PM   #15
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Sorry!
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