German is great with portmanteau words.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
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.
Theodosia - Jun 05, 2007 9:49:27 am PDT #1177 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
tommyrot - Jun 05, 2007 9:55:05 am PDT #1178 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.
Is the difference between using right away and waiting six months also a difference between hourly and salaried?
I always thought that it was that prior to six months you are on "probation."
Theodosia - Jun 05, 2007 10:00:59 am PDT #1179 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hey! I just filled out a do-it-yourself will at Legalzoom.
I somehow resisted the idea of asking for a Viking boat funeral. Instead I asked for minimum embalming and a cheap coffin. (Too bad they don't have coffins at IKEA....)
Ginger - Jun 05, 2007 10:03:12 am PDT #1180 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Costco has coffins.
Toddson - Jun 05, 2007 10:03:43 am PDT #1181 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
But then you'd be left with the choice of either assembling it yourself and having it kicking around (what's Swedish for memento mori?) or leaving your loved ones with the task of assembling it as well as going through all the legal hassle.
meara - Jun 05, 2007 10:05:00 am PDT #1182 of 10001
But no vacation or paid sick days until 6 months in, which is twice the waiting period at either of my last gigs.
Yeah, my current place, you started accumulating right away, but couldn't take any paid vacation or sick for 90 days. But then at the end of 90 days, you've got a decent chunk.
Of course, years 0-5, you only get 18 days--sick, personal, vacation, whatever. And you have to "earn" it throughout the year, which annoys me.
My last company, you started at 24 days (sick+vacation) and then at 3 years went to 26. AND you just got it straight up at the beginning of the year. You couldn't carry it over, either. Sigh. I miss that many days.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 05, 2007 10:07:57 am PDT #1183 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
German is great with portmanteau words.
Case in point: backpfeifenesicht.
I don't think it changes anything for me personally, but they've passed a law in MA requiring people to get health insurance. They will be fining people who do not get insurance (fined 50% of the lowest cost health care plan offered through the State). That just seems wrong on so many levels.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 05, 2007 10:09:09 am PDT #1184 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
what's Swedish for memento mori?
Ikea?
lisah - Jun 05, 2007 10:11:00 am PDT #1185 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
hmm I also don't know if at new company my vacation time comes all at once or is accumulated. I accumulate at current job and can carry over 40 hours a year.
Theodosia - Jun 05, 2007 10:14:39 am PDT #1186 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Frank, it seems they're taking the pooling idea very seriously. It's on a sliding scale, and the pay-in/fine starts at 300% of the poverty rate, IIRC. It's sort of like having to buy insurance if you have a car, except of course, you automatically have a carbody to insure.
Incidentally, my very attractive health insurance COBRA payment when my severance period ends will be $438 for a single person. Which seems very high, but evidently it could be much much worse.