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monster · 03-24-2011, 11:17 AM

Westboro Baptist Nutters would picket your memorial service and everything

infinite monkey · 03-24-2011, 11:18 AM

Hahahaha!

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

What's up with the ventriloquist cats?

monster · 03-24-2011, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

What's up with the ventriloquist cats?

I dunno, but mine needs to snore louder, I'm hungry!

Sundae · 03-24-2011, 03:31 PM

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.

glatt · 03-25-2011, 07:24 AM

Today is my 20th anniversary with my current employer. How did that happen?

TheMercenary · 03-25-2011, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

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.

glatt · 03-25-2011, 09:22 AM

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.

infinite monkey · 03-25-2011, 08:27 AM

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!

Clodfobble · 03-25-2011, 09:07 AM

Wow. 20 years is a lot!

footfootfoot · 03-25-2011, 09:45 AM

dude, did you start just out of high school? You're, what, 40?

glatt · 03-25-2011, 11:14 AM

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.

footfootfoot · 03-25-2011, 11:19 AM

You look younger, except for that shovelling photo from this winter. That's amazing. 20 years...

infinite monkey · 03-25-2011, 11:30 AM

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!

Cloud · 03-25-2011, 11:32 AM

gee. I've been at my law firm for 12 years, and I still get my original measly 10 days.

glatt · 03-25-2011, 01:22 PM

Sorry!

03-24-2011, 11:17 AM	#1
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03-25-2011, 09:07 AM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Wow. 20 years is a lot! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-25-2011, 09:45 AM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	dude, did you start just out of high school? You're, what, 40? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-25-2011, 11:19 AM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	You look younger, except for that shovelling photo from this winter. That's amazing. 20 years... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-25-2011, 11:32 AM	#14
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	gee. I've been at my law firm for 12 years, and I still get my original measly 10 days. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-24-2011, 11:18 AM	#2
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Hahahaha! When my cat uses the litter box it sounds like the back door is opening. What's up with the ventriloquist cats?

03-24-2011, 03:31 PM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	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.

03-25-2011, 07:24 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Today is my 20th anniversary with my current employer. How did that happen?

03-25-2011, 09:22 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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.

03-25-2011, 08:27 AM	#8
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	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!

03-25-2011, 11:14 AM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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.

03-25-2011, 11:30 AM	#13
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	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!

03-25-2011, 01:22 PM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sorry!

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