Interesting graphs and charts department - Page 33

orthodoc · 02-12-2013, 10:06 AM

Yes, thank you. I hope to have the chance to advise. What I mean about there being nothing I can do is that she presented us with a fait accompli, so the decision to drop out is not up for discussion. She didn't register for the spring semester last October and let the final deadlines go by before telling us in late January. (She lied to us all through winter break, telling us about the courses she was taking in the spring, how she would be on the judging team, etc.) She can always apply to return to her studies in future; however, with what she has said so far I think the chances are remote. The longer she's out of school the harder it will be to return.

I do want to keep connected, although in spite of saying how much she loves me, she has mostly dropped communication. She isn't interested in hearing anything she doesn't want to hear.

I will let her know that I am always here for her and if she ever needs a safe place, she can come here no questions asked. I see many red flags with the current bf and I believe he will quickly become abusive. I can only hope that she'll be open to listening to some advice and thoughts.

footfootfoot · 02-12-2013, 02:00 PM

deprogramming?

I'm grasping at straws here.

orthodoc · 02-12-2013, 02:12 PM

Me too. And losing lots of sleep.

orthodoc · 02-13-2013, 12:25 PM

She called last night, very excited, to say she landed a job selling whole-house air filters evenings and weekends. She says there's a base salary that will cover her rent and utilities, plus bonuses. Training is today through Friday so - she isn't flying home this weekend. She thinks perhaps in May. So much for the Excel chart.

She sounded excited enough that I think the job is real. Do companies pay salaries of $26,000 plus bonuses at entry-level for selling air filters at pre-booked appointments on evenings and weekends? Is this plausible?

footfootfoot · 02-13-2013, 12:49 PM

parts of it sound plausible. In bold

Quote:

say she landed [there is] a job selling whole-house air filters evenings and weekends. She says there's a base salary that will cover her rent and utilities, plus bonuses. Training is today through Friday so - she isn't flying home this weekend. She thinks perhaps in May. So much for the Excel chart.

She sounded excited enough that I [want to]think the job is real. Do companies pay [base] salaries of $26,000 plus bonuses at entry-level for selling air filters at pre-booked appointments on evenings and weekends? Is this plausible?

/buzzkill

glatt · 02-13-2013, 12:53 PM

Whatever you do, don't buy a whole house air filter. Who needs that? You probably already have a filter as part of your HVAC system. In fact, it's probably dirty and in need of changing. I know ours is.

orthodoc · 02-13-2013, 01:57 PM

Yeahhh ... I know.

Gravdigr · 02-19-2013, 01:21 PM

Hmmm...

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AmmoLand says these are both United Nations maps.

ZenGum · 02-19-2013, 05:03 PM

The data may well be from the UN, but how they choose to group the data is up to them.

Especially, not the murder rates in the second graph. The first category is 0 to 5 per 100,000. This puts the entire OECD in one category, lime green. So (numbers from memory here) Australia's 1.2 per 100,000 and the US's 4.8 per 100,000 are made to look the same, when one is four times as much as the other.

So ... half truth. Homicide rates are a result of *many* factors - economic factors, social cohesion, effectiveness of police, cultural practices, medical facilities AND availability of means to kill. Focus on the OECD only, rejig the colour scale to give better resolution at the OECD end of the data, and you'd find the US not quite so rosy after all.

Griff · 03-10-2013, 11:19 AM

Just in case we have a false vision of ourselves.

Gravdigr · 03-24-2013, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

...you'd find the US not quite so rosy after all.

Naaaahh...We're rosy as fuck.

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Gravdigr · 03-24-2013, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

...you'd find the US not quite so rosy after all.

Naaaahh...We're rosy as fuck.

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from 38 Maps You Never Knew You Needed (at BuzzFeed)

The U.S. map, redrawn (and renamed) for equal population distribution:

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All these areas would have the same number of people.

Lamplighter · 03-24-2013, 05:00 PM

Judging by what used to be called the Pacific Northwest,
that map is also the equal distribution of "medical" marijuana.

(Map # 19 is the nighttime glow of all the tokes).

Pete Zicato · 04-30-2013, 10:47 AM

Languages of the united states:

http://www.muturzikin.com/cartesusa/usa.htm

Lamplighter · 04-30-2013, 12:18 PM

But they totally missed San Fernando Valley and the rad beaches of Kalifornia...

02-12-2013, 10:06 AM	#1
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Yes, thank you. I hope to have the chance to advise. What I mean about there being nothing I can do is that she presented us with a fait accompli, so the decision to drop out is not up for discussion. She didn't register for the spring semester last October and let the final deadlines go by before telling us in late January. (She lied to us all through winter break, telling us about the courses she was taking in the spring, how she would be on the judging team, etc.) She can always apply to return to her studies in future; however, with what she has said so far I think the chances are remote. The longer she's out of school the harder it will be to return. I do want to keep connected, although in spite of saying how much she loves me, she has mostly dropped communication. She isn't interested in hearing anything she doesn't want to hear. I will let her know that I am always here for her and if she ever needs a safe place, she can come here no questions asked. I see many red flags with the current bf and I believe he will quickly become abusive. I can only hope that she'll be open to listening to some advice and thoughts. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

02-12-2013, 02:00 PM	#2
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	deprogramming? I'm grasping at straws here. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-12-2013, 02:12 PM	#3
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Me too. And losing lots of sleep. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

02-13-2013, 12:25 PM	#4
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	She called last night, very excited, to say she landed a job selling whole-house air filters evenings and weekends. She says there's a base salary that will cover her rent and utilities, plus bonuses. Training is today through Friday so - she isn't flying home this weekend. She thinks perhaps in May. So much for the Excel chart. She sounded excited enough that I think the job is real. Do companies pay salaries of $26,000 plus bonuses at entry-level for selling air filters at pre-booked appointments on evenings and weekends? Is this plausible? __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

02-13-2013, 01:57 PM	#7
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Yeahhh ... I know. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

02-13-2013, 12:53 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Whatever you do, don't buy a whole house air filter. Who needs that? You probably already have a filter as part of your HVAC system. In fact, it's probably dirty and in need of changing. I know ours is.

02-19-2013, 01:21 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Hmmm... AmmoLand says these are both United Nations maps. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-19-2013, 05:03 PM	#9
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	The data may well be from the UN, but how they choose to group the data is up to them. Especially, not the murder rates in the second graph. The first category is 0 to 5 per 100,000. This puts the entire OECD in one category, lime green. So (numbers from memory here) Australia's 1.2 per 100,000 and the US's 4.8 per 100,000 are made to look the same, when one is four times as much as the other. So ... half truth. Homicide rates are a result of many factors - economic factors, social cohesion, effectiveness of police, cultural practices, medical facilities AND availability of means to kill. Focus on the OECD only, rejig the colour scale to give better resolution at the OECD end of the data, and you'd find the US not quite so rosy after all. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-10-2013, 11:19 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Just in case we have a false vision of ourselves. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-24-2013, 05:00 PM	#13
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Judging by what used to be called the Pacific Northwest, that map is also the equal distribution of "medical" marijuana. (Map # 19 is the nighttime glow of all the tokes).

04-30-2013, 10:47 AM	#14
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Languages of the united states: http://www.muturzikin.com/cartesusa/usa.htm __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

04-30-2013, 12:18 PM	#15
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	But they totally missed San Fernando Valley and the rad beaches of Kalifornia... Last edited by Lamplighter; 04-30-2013 at 12:24 PM.

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