From time to time, drinking water has helped a tension headache, but a migraine is another beast entirely. Water definitely doesn't help migraines, except when it allows me to take meds.
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
Spike ,'Showtime'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Aug 22, 2017 3:12:57 pm PDT #15753 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
aurelia - Aug 22, 2017 4:11:44 pm PDT #15754 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Dear upstairs neighbor, if your goal is to find all the squeaky spots in the floor you are doing great! However, is it necessary to march in place for 5 minutes in each squeaky spot?
Jesse - Aug 22, 2017 4:14:02 pm PDT #15755 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
How do they even find out stuff about my character, reputation, etc. What is "mode of living"?
In a serious background check, like for the CIA or whatever, they interview people who know you. For a regular job, they probably just check you have the degrees you claim and maybe a credit check.
aurelia - Aug 22, 2017 4:16:21 pm PDT #15756 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
In a serious background check, like for the CIA or whatever, they interview people who know you.
I saw one of those interviews happening in a Dunkin Donuts once.
sarameg - Aug 22, 2017 4:25:13 pm PDT #15757 of 30002
We once had the FBI descend to do a background on a former coworker. Basically everyone freaked out (complicated by only supposed to confirm dates of employment per HR, but fed agency cooperation...) Former coworker got the job in FBI IT.
Supposably, my first smartphone arrives Thursday. Bets on whether I'll ignore it until the weekend... have to enter in all contacts manually, set up apps & passwords (oh fuck, what's my pwd here?) and all that...
Amy - Aug 22, 2017 4:36:53 pm PDT #15758 of 30002
Because books.
Some of my brother's friends and teachers, etc., were interviewed when he was getting Navy security clearances. Very weird feeling.
askye - Aug 22, 2017 4:37:58 pm PDT #15759 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
When our old neighbor back in FL was getting her law license back Mom and some neighbors were interviewed. She didn't get her license back.
Edited to add she lost it for breaking into her ex husbands house and stealing and trashing the place and I think stalking. She was erratic and that came through in the interviews
dcp - Aug 22, 2017 4:38:30 pm PDT #15760 of 30002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
"mode of living"
I'm thinking they mean things along the lines of "apartment, townhouse, suburban house, stately Wayne Manor...."
Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2017 4:46:21 pm PDT #15761 of 30002
brillig
"This says he lives in Stately Wayne Manor."
"Huh, Mr. Wayne didn't strike me as the kind to sublet to some guy looking for a security job."
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 22, 2017 5:19:26 pm PDT #15762 of 30002
"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
I've told the tale of getting to dash my entitled princess former neighbor's hopes of a security clearance during an FBI interview, haven't I? Best part was I didn't even say anything about personal conflict with her, relating the one thing that actually had bearing on security issues made the interviewing agent say something to the effect of "Oh, that's not good..."