I've been working for the same company for 19 1/2 years. A couple of title changes/promotions and switches in responsibility over the course of that time, but we're small enough that I'm still doing some of the things I did back in the late 80s.
That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 22, 2007 11:34:12 am PDT #8417 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Vortex - Mar 22, 2007 11:41:41 am PDT #8418 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I've been at the same university for five years. Not the same position, but the same employer. of course, I just applied for another job.
Ginger - Mar 22, 2007 11:43:56 am PDT #8419 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Congratulations, Allyson! What are those scientists going to do without you?
Allyson - Mar 22, 2007 11:45:11 am PDT #8420 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Man, it's hard to focus. I have a ton of work, and I'm just thinking about all the crap I need to do.
Vortex - Mar 22, 2007 11:45:37 am PDT #8421 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
What are those scientists going to do without you?
look at catalog porn?
Rick - Mar 22, 2007 12:14:38 pm PDT #8422 of 10001
I just realized that I have not been at a company for more than 2.5 years. EVER!
Me too.
You are the normal ones. I've had the same job for 20 years, and I'll almost certainly be here another 20 years. Forty years in a job is almost unAmerican at this point. The University is not quite part of the real world.
Fortunately, it's not a crazy-making job. My main job description is "Think up with some ideas about why people act the way they do, and then come up with a way to figure out if your ideas are right." It's only boring when my ideas turn out to be boring, although that does happen more often than I would like.
-t - Mar 22, 2007 12:16:05 pm PDT #8423 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Bones: The balloon was funny. And I would call that parkour, I think. Why are y'all bringing up secrets - are there secrets that could be kept but aren't, or are you just generally pleased that that isn't a common plot point?
Connie Neil - Mar 22, 2007 12:38:29 pm PDT #8424 of 10001
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Bones: I get tired of plot points hinging on "Oh, we mustn't admit what we're feeling" or "I can't possibly tell X about Y!" Actually addressing issues is refreshing. And I don't think Bones and Booth would work together, because they do frustrate each other something awful, and not in a good way.
I wonder if we'll see Bones' dad again this season.
-t - Mar 22, 2007 12:45:23 pm PDT #8425 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, okay. I agree, I was just afraid I was missing something. I don't always focus my whole brain on every episode.
Hil R. - Mar 22, 2007 12:45:51 pm PDT #8426 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
On the Amtrak thing from a while back, I take the train between DC and NJ fairly often, and it's definitely faster than driving. When my father drives me from our house in NJ to my apartment in DC, it generally takes around 5 hours, more if there's a lot of traffic. It takes 45 minutes to drive from our house to the train station in NJ, then 2 1/2 - 3 hours on the train, and maybe 15 minutes from the train station to my apartment.
I sometimes take a plane, but once I factor in the extra time to get to the airport, get though security, wait at the gate, get to the exit of Newark Airport, spend 20 minutes on cell phones with my mom as she drives in circles around the airport trying to find me (not allowed to just park outside and wait), and drive to the house from the airport, it takes just about as long as a train. Plus, way more hassle, IMO.