In'eresting: The Jobs Of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations
And we wonder why there are no jobs to be had!
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 08, 2010 11:16:11 am PST #14803 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
tommyrot - Mar 08, 2010 11:19:59 am PST #14804 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And we wonder why there are no jobs to be had!
Ban the refrigerator! Let's put icemen back to work!
DavidS - Mar 08, 2010 11:23:34 am PST #14805 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In'eresting: The Jobs Of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations
My Dad was both a pinsetter and a river driver when he was a teenager. He was also a soda jerk and bragged about his subtle and complex soda mixes (I think the Lemon Coke best.)
tommyrot - Mar 08, 2010 11:26:44 am PST #14806 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 08, 2010 11:28:41 am PST #14807 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
One of my mom's jobs was working in an accounting office at a department store. Then the clerk made the sale, she put the sales slip and the money or charge card or whatever in a pneumatic tube, and it want to the accounting office, who recorded it and sent it back down!
DavidS - Mar 08, 2010 11:30:51 am PST #14808 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't really need a jet pack to be happy, just pneumatic tube systems and zeppelins.
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2010 11:32:13 am PST #14809 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You know what's wrong with this "modern" world? Not enough pneumatic tube systems.
tommyrot - Mar 08, 2010 11:32:13 am PST #14810 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't really need a jet pack to be happy, just pneumatic tube systems and zeppelins.
Hec, are you watching Caprica?
§ ita § - Mar 08, 2010 11:33:20 am PST #14811 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You know what's wrong with this "modern" world? Not enough pneumatic tube systems.
You should get more hospitals in your life then. UCLA's flashy new hospital (the one where MJ got brought to) uses them. They're still au courant.
amych - Mar 08, 2010 11:34:55 am PST #14812 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
but when it comes to wearing swords they must be stopped.
Hrrmph. Just fucking try it.