Laura, that's probably a question the people on that boat would ask seriously.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
Toddson - Oct 28, 2021 5:59:45 am PDT #10249 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
meara - Oct 28, 2021 7:40:08 am PDT #10250 of 30000
$3 million to buy in, and I wonder what the monthly fee is? And if you always have to pay it or if you can not be on the boat some months and not pay as much?
Tom Scola - Oct 28, 2021 7:59:34 am PDT #10251 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
And if you don't pay your monthly fee, are they going to strand you in Antarctica?
Toddson - Oct 28, 2021 8:01:15 am PDT #10252 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Worse - they'll strand you in some coastal area with (shudder) THOSE people.
Laura - Oct 28, 2021 8:20:26 am PDT #10253 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
It did say on the website that it is generally just one residence for their owners. So they aren't there all the time, but they own the space as a vaca home. If out to sea they probably have a heliport or something. The owners get together to decide where they will be cruising. They also said no celebrities are allowed as the owners want privacy, not paparazzi. I'm telling you, we did something wrong that we don't live this way.
Jesse - Oct 28, 2021 8:24:20 am PDT #10254 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"No celebrities allowed" hahahahah. That is amazing.
she was very concerned about two of the “lower than average” results, one of which was “the amount of work required for my job is reasonable” (I’m shocked even half said “yes”! I think I either said neutral or no) and the other was “I am excited to go to work every day”, which I was like “I’m glad to be paid and have health insurance but excited every day seems like a big stretch”
Yeah, that is ridiculous. I really like my job and even I would never say I am excited to go to work every day!
-t - Oct 28, 2021 8:34:28 am PDT #10255 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
When we did one of those surveys last, the VP of my department was annoyed that "I am provided with the tools I need to do my job" got a favorable rating because he gets complaints about our ERP all the time...
...speaking of, still down, and one of my co-workers is at the outlet sale to help turn away customers so there are only 2 of us left and the one that isn't me is leaving for a dentist appointment so THIS IS A GREAT FUCKING DAY SO FAR
-t - Oct 28, 2021 8:50:31 am PDT #10256 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just realized that the people on The World (what a name for the ultimate gated community, the whole ocean is your moat!) are pretty close to one of the villains from Archer this season in some ways
Jessica - Oct 28, 2021 8:51:27 am PDT #10257 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I also don't know what to be when I grow up, so while I could change careers, not working at all seems like a really attractive option. Unsustainable, but attractive.
So I dealt with this feeling a few years ago by applying for a masters degree and when I started the program I called myself a "career changer", and now when the other grad students ask why I'm in the program and I say "I'm having an expensive midlife crisis" which they all think is a joke.
Toddson - Oct 28, 2021 9:11:33 am PDT #10258 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In re work - I read Ask A Manager regularly. One recent question from a manager was for an industry that routinely requires 100-hour work weeks (!). They were complaining that they hire young people, spend 18 months training them and then, when they're getting good at their jobs, they leave. It makes the manager's life difficult. One of the commenters suggested the company was in investment banking and I was reminded of the person who worked for, I think, Goldman Sachs and died of overwork.