After years of working with engineers, I've concluded that most of them need translators.
A lot of the staff are Vietnamese, so that might literally be true.
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Dana - Oct 15, 2013 1:06:10 pm PDT #9141 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
le nubian - Oct 15, 2013 1:06:35 pm PDT #9142 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
But you are speaking to someone who didn't open her retirement statements after the big crash because I couldn't take it.
Zenkitty - Oct 15, 2013 1:10:31 pm PDT #9143 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm torn between "I could totally do this" and "they really need someone with an engineering background."
I edit engineering journals, and my background is anthropology! They probably need someone who can grammar right. You'd learn enough of the terminology as you go.
Juliebird - Oct 15, 2013 1:11:09 pm PDT #9144 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I think when my mom makes Concord grape pie, it's fairly simple, barely if any sugar, and maybe flour to thicken, pie crust of choice. The hard part is skinning and sieving out the seeds.
Jesse - Oct 15, 2013 1:12:21 pm PDT #9145 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, ugh, Dana. Not enough money, short term, nothing else on offer (YET) is a terrible combination.
Zenkitty - Oct 15, 2013 1:14:02 pm PDT #9146 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
how close are you to retirement? If I were going to retire within 5 years, I might have put all my holdings in cash long before now. Given my time horizon, I should be fine leaving everything where it is and waiting for the markets to come back in 2-3 years.
12 years, if all goes as planned. (bwahahaha) Last time a crash loomed, I did just that: left it alone, bought some stuff when it got cheap, and waited. My fear this time is a nebulous fear that it won't come back, or that I'll be wiped out so far I won't be able to recover.
Sheesh, I sound like I actually have a lot of money to worry about! Maybe I should just relax.
Ginger - Oct 15, 2013 1:14:24 pm PDT #9147 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Timing the market is a fool's game.
SuziQ - Oct 15, 2013 1:15:59 pm PDT #9148 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
At our big silent auction we have a dessert auction. I won a "Fruit of the Forest" pie. Had no clue what it was until we broke into it today. It is a combo of rhubarb, apple, and strawberry. At least that is what I've identified so far. It is also NOM!!!
Zenkitty - Oct 15, 2013 1:17:16 pm PDT #9149 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Timing the market is a fool's game.
That is true.
le nubian - Oct 15, 2013 1:19:39 pm PDT #9150 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yep, Ginger's right.
Zenkitty, not to add to your worries, but in the short term we will have bigger things to worry about than the stock market if this shit doesn't get handled.