'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'

Jayne ,'Safe'


Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?  

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.


shrift - Jun 05, 2007 7:56:14 am PDT #1137 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Please do.

I plan to tonight, but I'm not sure where to post it. Natter, I guess? F2F?


Kat - Jun 05, 2007 7:56:53 am PDT #1138 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

95% of the terrain is covered by mobile towers?

seems most logical.


Kat - Jun 05, 2007 7:57:15 am PDT #1139 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I'm so hungry I could gnaw my own arm off. What's a cheese pie?


bon bon - Jun 05, 2007 7:59:27 am PDT #1140 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

95% of the potential market has a phone? 95% of the terrain is covered by mobile towers?

95% of the time, it works every time. No, I would guess that you can get a signal in 95% of their coverage area.


§ ita § - Jun 05, 2007 8:00:53 am PDT #1141 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What's a cheese pie?

I imagine it's like a cheese danish. Could even be cheesecake. Both wins, in my book.

The mocha latte I ordered is disappointing me on many fronts. ::sniff:: And it's cheese-free.

seems most logical.

That's where I was going, but my brain can't get "market penetration" (which'd be the former) off the field.

I can't believe I updated Wikipedia again! They had Jamaican history wrong. My family would laugh if they knew I was doing stuff like that. I am patently the most ahistorical of the bunch.

Turns out my cousin didn't qualify for the US Open. Also turns out no one told me she was in the running. I feel somewhat robbed.


tommyrot - Jun 05, 2007 8:01:13 am PDT #1142 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

95% of the time, it works every time.

The signal penetrates through 95% of your mobile device before it craps out....


lisah - Jun 05, 2007 8:11:19 am PDT #1143 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

OK, say one is employed in the computer/tech industry and been working for the same company for more than 10 years (11, actually). What's the usual/common amount of vacation/PTO/sick time that one might get per year?

I don't know if it's normal but I've been with my company for 7 years now and I get 4 weeks vacation time (I think my original small company was pretty generous w/ the vacation time and people got to keep what we'd accrued when we were purchased by a much larger company a few years ago). We used to have unlimited sick time but I think it's 10 days a year now.

In negotiating an offer from the company I'm going to work for I emphasized how important keeping all that vacation time was for me and they offered me the same 4 weeks there. They only have 40 hours sick/personal time though.

Now we'll have to see if I'll actually be able to take the time off when I want it!


brenda m - Jun 05, 2007 8:14:17 am PDT #1144 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

What's the usual/common amount of vacation/PTO/sick time that one might get per year?

Three at my Michigan job, four or five at my last job, and more than that here. All the jobs were tech jobs, but only the first one was at a tech company.

Is that just sick time? I can't believe that's all the time off you got.


shrift - Jun 05, 2007 8:16:20 am PDT #1145 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I usually get two weeks vacation, one week sick time. I haven't been anywhere more than 3 years in a row, though, and that was an improvement over being a contract worker for years and getting no PTO other than a handful of holidays.


sarameg - Jun 05, 2007 8:18:39 am PDT #1146 of 10001

The large tech company that pays me has a schedule of accruing 10 days/year until year 4, 15/yr until year 14, and 20 days after that.