WC 1M Post Challenge - You Ready?!

[snowmutt]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

You know, it has been a long time since I posted on this thread. Think it was still in the 60K range the last time.

I feel like I have failed Sahib...

 

[N_LaRUE]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

You know, it has been a long time since I posted on this thread. Think it was still in the 60K range the last time.

I feel like I have failed Sahib...

LOL! You obviously have a life.

I typically don't post in the evenings and on weekends. I'm currently at work and bored...

 

[snowmutt]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

Yep... at work as well. Have 2 boilers to fix, and a long list of testing to do.

Instead, I want to be post 84,530. I am SURE this will last forever...

Where do you work, LaRue?

 

[N_LaRUE]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

Yep... at work as well. Have 2 boilers to fix, and a long list of testing to do.

Instead, I want to be post 84,530. I am SURE this will last forever...

Where do you work, LaRue?

I work for a large US engineering firm in the UK. I'm working on some ridiculously large project but it's not that exciting.

It's going to be one of 'those' projects which will be a complete mess, get built regardless and then people will proclaim it to be the best project ever.

I'm an electrical design engineer.

 

[Laura Knotek]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

Here in the Danville Illinios school district, they have passed a dress code for the first time ever. Teachers and adminstrators wanted them for years. So, I was fine with them. Went to a school board meeting and said so. Let's do it if it helps teachers deal with one last thing. A real basic, easy to follow dress code- Collared shirts, no blue jeans for boys, shorts and skirts have to be longer then your fingertips as your hands are resting on their sides, nothing low cut for girls, no t-shirts, certain colors a no-no. That is it. Nothing hard.

Parents lost their ever-living minds over it. I was shocked. "MY KID NEEDS TO BE ALLOWED TO EXPRESS HIMSELF!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!"

That was the basic scream. Over and over. A few parents were worried about being able to afford all new clothes on a budget for all their kids- that one I understood. But the rest? Sweet mother, I was embarrassed to be a parent....

Wow! The school uniform items required by most schools here are sold in Walmart, and they're cheaper than most of the regular children's clothes.

Also, it can be cheaper for families with several children, since the younger children are able to wear the uniform clothes that their older brothers and sisters outgrow.

 

[N_LaRUE]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

Wow! The school uniform items required by most schools here are sold in Walmart, and they're cheaper than most of the regular children's clothes.

Also, it can be cheaper for families with several children, since the younger children are able to wear the uniform clothes that their older brothers and sisters outgrow.

That's the thing most parents don't think about in regards to the uniform thing. It's more important that a child can express themselves with high end fashion rather than learn something.

 

[snowmutt]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

Wow! The school uniform items required by most schools here are sold in Walmart, and they're cheaper than most of the regular children's clothes.

Also, it can be cheaper for families with several children, since the younger children are able to wear the uniform clothes that their older brothers and sisters outgrow.

Yep, that was the school boards response. For the most part, it is one of the few times a school board was basically right. The uniforms were stocked very quickly in our local WalMart and Meijer. Worked out decently.

 

[Laura Knotek]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

Yep... at work as well. Have 2 boilers to fix, and a long list of testing to do.

Instead, I want to be post 84,530. I am SURE this will last forever...

Where do you work, LaRue?

I could've used you back in the mid-90s. One of my friends lived in an old apartment building that had steam heat. Her radiators always sounded like someone was hitting them with a hammer. I never would've been able to live in that place. She ended up moving, but not because of the radiator noise.

 

[snowmutt]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

I work for a large US engineering firm in the UK. I'm working on some ridiculously large project but it's not that exciting.

It's going to be one of 'those' projects which will be a complete mess, get built regardless and then people will proclaim it to be the best project ever.

I'm an electrical design engineer.

I work at the Veterans Association Hospital here in the US. It is a federal government run establishment.

Which means EVERYTHING is one of "those" projects. Our goverment doesn't know how to do any other kind.

It would be funny if it was someone elses job. Since it is mine, I do not giggle as much about it.

You have my sympathy.

 

[snowmutt]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

I could've used you back in the mid-90s. One of my friends lived in an old apartment building that had steam heat. Her radiators always sounded like someone was hitting them with a hammer. I never would've been able to live in that place. She ended up moving, but not because of the radiator noise.

Well, if needed- I am about 7 hours from your stomping grounds. I am here for your steam producing needs.

It takes a real talent to convince someone to let you boil water for a living. I am just such a con-man.

 

[N_LaRUE]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

I work at the Veterans Association Hospital here in the US. It is a federal government run establishment.

Which means EVERYTHING is one of "those" projects. Our goverment doesn't know how to do any other kind.

It would be funny if it was someone elses job. Since it is mine, I do not giggle as much about it.

You have my sympathy.

Oh I know about government projects and military ones as well. Both can be painful.

With this particular project we're working with offices all over the place so there's that issue, then there's the way it's being run. You know how MS has decided to get away from the silos? Well our project is running in silos. That should give you and idea of what the project is like.

 

[snowmutt]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

With this particular project we're working with offices all over the place so there's that issue, then there's the way it's being run. You know how MS has decided to get away from the silos? Well our project is running in silos. That should give you and idea of what the project is like.

Job security? Makes you think?

Trying to find that silver lining for you.

Ummmm.... Great inside jokes??

Running out of ideas.

Plenty of time for WPC on the clock? Let's face it... getting paid to talk mobile phones ain't bad.

 

[N_LaRUE]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

Job security? Makes you think?

Trying to find that silver lining for you.

Ummmm.... Great inside jokes??

Running out of ideas.

Plenty of time for WPC on the clock? Let's face it... getting paid to talk mobile phones ain't bad.

Well to make things even sillier...

The industry is rather buoyant at the moment here in the UK. Contractor rates have gone up and there's lots of work around. I, stupidly, decided to become staff. Main reason was because my wife's work is not very stable and both of us being contract workers seems to stress her. The other was that working contract here is a bit different than Australia. A bit more painful.

As for job security, no such thing really. It's a big project that will probably run for the next 5-7 years and I'll probably be on it the whole time.

I'm sort of in this weird position where my work load is rather flat. I'm waiting for them to give me something meaty to do but what I have is rather dull and repetitive. It's the kind of thing that would usually drive me to look for another position elsewhere just to alleviate the boredom.

The atmosphere where I work is very 'business' like and there's not much fun going on. It's rather dull that way. I use this here as an escape from the dullness.

So, even though the project is large, it's I get the feeling it's going to be a drag.

 

[Sport Driver]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

Anyone noticed?
The thread
http://www.thefrontloader.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/359582.jpg

Sent from my Nokia Lumia 820 Tapatalk

 

[N_LaRUE]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

It's breathing, not sure if it's alive or has a breathing apparatus though.

 

[WanderingTraveler]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

I saw the Apple vs. Samsung ad for WP on Facebook.

Then, I saw that it had at least 75k shares.

 

[N_LaRUE]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

I saw the Apple vs. Samsung ad for WP on Facebook.

Then, I saw that it had at least 75k shares.

Did I miss something in the description? You mean a Samsung WP? Or what?

 

[WanderingTraveler]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

Anyone noticed?
The thread
http://www.thefrontloader.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/359582.jpg

Sent from my Nokia Lumia 820 Tapatalk

You jinxed it!

 

[WanderingTraveler]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

Did I miss something in the description? You mean a Samsung WP? Or what?

You know that Wedding ad? The one that Microsoft made to promote the 920? 77k shares and counting.

 

[N_LaRUE]

re: WC 100K Post Challenge - You Ready?!

You know that Wedding ad? The one that Microsoft made to promote the 920? 77k shares and counting.

That's.... not good considering how old it is....