"mode of living"
I'm thinking they mean things along the lines of "apartment, townhouse, suburban house, stately Wayne Manor...."
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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.
dcp - Aug 22, 2017 4:38:30 pm PDT #15760 of 30002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
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..."
Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2017 5:26:40 pm PDT #15763 of 30002
brillig
Oh, I did have a cop show up at my front door to ask what kind of neighbor a potential cop was. I said, "Is it good that he's never done anything to attract my attention? Though they do like to work on their cars on the weekends."
meara - Aug 22, 2017 5:30:10 pm PDT #15764 of 30002
I've done a lot of security clearance interviews given I lived in DC and went to the college I did...Navy, CIA, FBI...
beekaytee - Aug 22, 2017 6:28:08 pm PDT #15765 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
Oh boy, I've had lots of clients in the alphabets and their clearance interviews have become kind of annoying. I don't mind at all doing them because they are usually precursors to promotions. But.
My DExH and I used to conduct background checks as a side business and I remember us being way more thorough.
These days, I get the inevitable call that they need to do an interview in my office. Every single time, I ask if they are sure they need to come. Can't we do it over the phone. Nope. Gotta come in.
So. I schedule for it and it takes less than 5 minutes. I am not even kidding that one agent didn't even make it all the way up the second floor stairs before he was done and headed back out the door.
Protocol, man. Sheesh.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 23, 2017 12:43:35 am PDT #15766 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I had to do one with an FBI agent for a former student and my boss's boss freaked out because we are only supposed to give dates of employment.
Sue - Aug 23, 2017 3:37:51 am PDT #15767 of 30002
hip deep in pie
You know what mysteriously works for a lot of my tension headaches, like yesterday's? Leaving work at the end of the day. (That it also coincides with getting to take my bra off might also be a factor.)
Jessica - Aug 23, 2017 4:22:23 am PDT #15768 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've definitely gotten headaches that were caused by dehydration, but once an actual headache appears, the only cure is painkillers. Drinking water after the fact doesn't help me much.
Calli - Aug 23, 2017 4:36:49 am PDT #15769 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I have a headache now, and I'm pretty sure it's being caused by a weather front moving in. On the upside, the weather front will probably kill 90+F temps for the rest of the summer, and I'm willing to live with a few hours of pain for that.
Water may help in that it's washing down the ibuprofen. But not on its own.