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*topic*

Over there.


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Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Pparker to All on Tue Nov 05 2019 01:29:52

*topic*

I'm still here.
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Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Pparker to All on Tue Nov 05 2019 01:29 am

*topic*

First time on a BBS editor? Step one P ost a message usually to A ll. Next type in the subject of your message. Type your message and the save it. The save command will depend on the editor you use.


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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Pparker on Tue Nov 05 2019 05:58 am

Pparker wrote to All <=-

*topic*

Over there.

... Move towards the unimportant

We're on the 3rd floor in the break room playing poker with the mailroom guys. Why what's up?


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Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Pparker to All on Tue Nov 05 2019 01:29 am

*topic*

The person in the two threads quit replying.

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Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Pparker to All on Tue Nov 05 2019 01:29 am

IDK, last several days it's been dead in here.

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Still here. :)


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Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Pparker to All on Tue Nov 05 2019 01:29 am

IDK, last several days it's been dead in here.

... Those who think they know it all, often upset those of us who do.

I got rehired for a job that is marginally better than my previous job. I do not
expect to get my previous job back because I sadly do not trust my previous employer to get back in business.

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Matt Munson to Denn on Sat Nov 09 2019 09:43 pm

I got rehired for a job that is marginally better than my previous job. I do not
expect to get my previous job back because I sadly do not trust my previous employer to get back in business.

Congrats! Isn't it great to be employed??

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: HusTler to Matt Munson on Sun Nov 10 2019 04:56 am

Congrats! Isn't it great to be employed??

Being unemployed was not fun, but I was vigilant. I hope to have a good second week at my 8-9 week job.

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: HusTler to Matt Munson on Sun Nov 10 2019 04:56 am

Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Matt Munson to Denn on Sat Nov 09 2019 09:43 pm

I got rehired for a job that is marginally better than my previous job. do not
expect to get my previous job back because I sadly do not trust my previous employer to get back in business.

Congrats! Isn't it great to be employed??

Havens BBS

i just got another side job doing floors [all i do is vac some black mats and mop a few floors] at a HUGE account at a well known brand.
this company is a bunch of clowns. they have 1 guy to clean the entire huge place 667,000+ sq ft offices, bathrooms,etc. there's only 3 of us and there's supposed to be 6+.

and the supervisor went on vacation.

it's a lot of money, i dont know what this business is thinking by dropping the ball like that.


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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Matt Munson to HusTler on Sun Nov 10 2019 11:10 am

Congrats! Isn't it great to be employed??

Being unemployed was not fun, but I was vigilant. I hope to have a good second week at my 8-9 week job.

Being unemployed is stressful, but at the same time, I feel like it can be a bit of a break from the usual day-to-day job. When I've been unemployed before, between applying for jobs & interviewing, I felt like I had a bit more time to work on some of my own projects. SlyEdit is something that I started working on at a time when I was unemployed..

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Nightfox to Matt Munson on Sun Nov 10 2019 05:20 pm

Being unemployed is stressful, but at the same time, I feel like it can be a bit of a break from the usual day-to-day job. When I've been unemployed before, between applying for jobs & interviewing, I felt like I had a bit

I am hoping for a successful term at this place so I can earn more gigs with the employment agency and some extra stuff to add to my resume.

I knew I was going to go insane like when I stayed at that retail job for over 10 years if i stayed another year or two longer at the warehouse. I know I will have to cancel spending on some expensive stuff and focus on the fundamentals until employment gets stable.

My freedom ended as someone unemployed until another 9 weeks. In January I hope to get some medical appointments caught up. I want to find out if im really screwed up physically where I need the silver plan instead of the bronze plan.

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Nightfox to Matt Munson on Sun Nov 10 2019 05:20 pm

bit of a break from the usual day-to-day job. When I've been unemployed before, between applying for jobs & interviewing, I felt like I had a bit mo time to work on some of my own projects. SlyEdit is something that I starte working on at a time when I was unemployed..

you felt like you had a bit more time? you most certainly did.
it's good that you apparently have a money buffer for when you are between jobs.

i've only been unempoyed a few times in my adult life and it was scarey and depressing. i was laid off in 2008 and even though i caught up on all the tv shows it made me feel like i was less of a man for not having a job.
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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Matt Munson to Nightfox on Sun Nov 10 2019 06:43 pm

I knew I was going to go insane like when I stayed at that retail job for ov 10 years if i stayed another year or two longer at the warehouse. I know I w have to cancel spending on some expensive stuff and focus on the fundamental until employment gets stable.

My freedom ended as someone unemployed until another 9 weeks. In January I h to get some medical appointments caught up. I want to find out if im really screwed up physically where I need the silver plan instead of the bronze pla

i dont know what you mean by silver and bronze plans, but i do know you are at the age where you are quite a bit behind on having a job you should have stuck with.

you should try working at amazon. they are paying up to 20/hr now for over nights.

i worked there for a month until the schedule conflicted with my primary job. i left in good standing so i can go back.
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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Nov 11 2019 12:01 am

bit of a break from the usual day-to-day job. When I've been
unemployed before, between applying for jobs & interviewing, I felt
like I had a bit mo time to work on some of my own projects. SlyEdit
is something that I starte working on at a time when I was
unemployed..

you felt like you had a bit more time? you most certainly did.
it's good that you apparently have a money buffer for when you are between jobs.

That and unemployment benefits helped stretch things a bit longer too.

i've only been unempoyed a few times in my adult life and it was scarey and depressing. i was laid off in 2008 and even though i caught up on all the tv shows it made me feel like i was less of a man for not having a job.

Do you feel like it's the man's responsibility to have a job and provide for the family? There are a lot of women as well as men in the workforce - Sometimes because both want to work, and sometimes out of necessity in order to bring in enough money to pay the bills. And sometimes companies just need to let some of their employees go for budget reasons or whatever, which isn't your fault.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: MRO to Matt Munson on Mon Nov 11 2019 12:05 am

you should try working at amazon. they are paying up to 20/hr now for over nights.

i worked there for a month until the schedule conflicted with my primary job. i left in good standing so i can go back.

I've heard some semi-negative reviews about Amazon not always being a great place to work, at least for software/IT jobs.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Nov 11 2019 12:02 am

you felt like you had a bit more time? you most certainly did.
it's good that you apparently have a money buffer for when you are betw jobs.

That and unemployment benefits helped stretch things a bit longer too.

well in my state they dont pay that much. it's better to have a job than not.

and depressing. i was laid off in 2008 and even though i caught up on a the tv shows it made me feel like i was less of a man for not having a job.

Do you feel like it's the man's responsibility to have a job and provide for the family? There are a lot of women as well as men in the workforce - Sometimes because both want to work, and sometimes out of necessity in order

i think part of being a man is being a hard working person.
those guys that want to sit in their ass and get high or just work part time jobs are not men.
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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Nov 11 2019 12:05 am

Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: MRO to Matt Munson on Mon Nov 11 2019 12:05 am

you should try working at amazon. they are paying up to 20/hr now for o nights.

i worked there for a month until the schedule conflicted with my primar job. i left in good standing so i can go back.

I've heard some semi-negative reviews about Amazon not always being a great place to work, at least for software/IT jobs.

Nightfox

i worked in fulfillment, so it was the same work as any other place except everything you do is timed and there's a long walk anyplace.

amazon has a big turnover rate for all positions, no matter what.
dont know why, but they do. the insurance was great and got it day one. i never used it because i have it with my main employer and i dont get sick.
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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Nov 11 2019 12:01 am

Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Nightfox to Matt Munson on Sun Nov 10 2019 05:20 pm

bit of a break from the usual day-to-day job. When I've been unemployed before, between applying for jobs & interviewing, I felt like I had a bit mo time to work on some of my own projects. SlyEdit is something that I starte working on at a time when I was unemployed..

you felt like you had a bit more time? you most certainly did.
it's good that you apparently have a money buffer for when you are between jobs.

i've only been unempoyed a few times in my adult life and it was scarey and depressing. i was laid off in 2008 and even though i caught up on all the tv shows it made me feel like i was less of a man for not having a job.

My longest stretches of unemployment have been over the past 3 years, 4-5 months for each stint after a lay-off. I've found that the more experienced/senior I've become, the smaller the job pool. I was over-qualified or had too-high compensation requirements for the vast majority of the relevant jobs I found. I agree: it can be scary and depressing with major ups and downs ultimately, hopefully, resulting in the high of landing that dream job that you worked hard to find and get.

Looking for work is (or should be) a full-time job, but I did make time to implement some suggested coding algorithms which led to the creation of Synchronet Minesweeper and helped to keep my skills sharp for coding interviews.

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Nov 11 2019 03:59 pm

i think part of being a man is being a hard working person.
those guys that want to sit in their ass and get high or just work part time jobs are not men.

What if you won the lottery or something and could retire early?

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i've only been unempoyed a few times in my adult life and it was scarey and depressing. i was laid off in 2008 and even though i caught up on all the tv shows it made me feel like i was less of a man for not having a job.

I got laid off in 1994 and again in 1996. That second one lasted over 6 months. I know what you mean.


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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Mon Nov 11 2019 01:51 pm

I got laid off in 1994 and again in 1996. That second one lasted over 6 months. I know what you mean.

I was laid off in January 2009 and it took me about a year to find another job. That was durring the recession in the US, and the US even extended unemployment benefits another 6 months (beyond the usual 6 months) at the time because so many unemployed people were still looking for work.

The next time I was laid of, it took me about exactly 6 months to find another job.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Nov 11 2019 04:01 pm

i worked in fulfillment, so it was the same work as any other place except everything you do is timed and there's a long walk anyplace.

I was about to do that in a warehouse in my area, but I was lucky to get that 9 week gig scanning thousands of folders of documents recently.

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Nov 11 2019 02:25 pm

Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Nov 11 2019 03:59 pm

i think part of being a man is being a hard working person.
those guys that want to sit in their ass and get high or just work part time jobs are not men.

What if you won the lottery or something and could retire early?

i would still keep some type of job to keep myself active and sane.
it's nice to take vacations but when all of life is a vacation that becomes boring.

my mom got into a situation where she could retire really early and i think it affected her mind. my son mentioned that too. it's like not working made her mind and body soft.
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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Mon Nov 11 2019 01:51 pm

i've only been unempoyed a few times in my adult life and it was scarey an depressing. i was laid off in 2008 and even though i caught up on all the shows it made me feel like i was less of a man for not having a job.

I got laid off in 1994 and again in 1996. That second one lasted over 6 months. I know what you mean.

even worse was i was with a woman and she was laid off of work too. once she got a job she ditched me and told me my job would never take me back.
(that's a whole nother story because she had borderline personality disorder. that was a long on and off relationshit that i'm glad i'm rid of.)


well they did take me back a few months after that and now i'm making 4x the pay i was back then.

during that time i was applying to lower skilled jobs and they were hiring engineers for menial tasks and passing me up. i had the stink of the loser and i couldnt get a job anywhere.
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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Utopian Galt to MRO on Mon Nov 11 2019 08:11 pm

Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Nov 11 2019 04:01 pm

i worked in fulfillment, so it was the same work as any other place exc everything you do is timed and there's a long walk anyplace.

I was about to do that in a warehouse in my area, but I was lucky to get tha week gig scanning thousands of folders of documents recently.

working in a warehouse isnt bad. you get to meet a lot of cool people. i did have one job that paid a lot where i was loading and unloading trucks inside a building. there were over 60 truck bays and about 30 other forktruck drivers and they would zip around real fast like bumpercars.

their 'it's been X days since an accident' was reset on a routine basis.

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Being unemployed is stressful, but at the same time, I feel like it can
be a bit of a break from the usual day-to-day job. When I've been unemployed before, between applying for jobs & interviewing, I felt
like I had a bit more time to work on some of my own projects. SlyEdit
is something that I started working on at a time when I was
unemployed..

I went through a period of unemployment recently. It's a break from the
usual day-to-day job, but with 2 kids and a mortgage the stress builds up.

I found a good therapist to help work through some of the issues from the
last job and to manage the stress, and it's helped with the new one.


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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Nov 12 2019 01:13 am

What if you won the lottery or something and could retire early?

i would still keep some type of job to keep myself active and sane.
it's nice to take vacations but when all of life is a vacation that becomes boring.

my mom got into a situation where she could retire really early and i think it affected her mind. my son mentioned that too. it's like not working made her mind and body soft.

Yeah, it would be good to still keep busy. I'd probably do more of the work I'd really enjoy doing - Probably work on software projects I like to work on, or do more of some other stuff I've done as a hobby. I started to get into modding electric guitars (swapping out pickups & other electronics) and could probably do some of that work for other people who don't want to bother doing soldering, etc..

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even worse was i was with a woman and she was laid off of work too. once she got a job she ditched me and told me my job would never take me back.
(that's a whole nother story because she had borderline personality disorder. that was a long on and off relationshit that i'm glad i'm rid of.)

People with BPD have trouble holding jobs (and relationships). I dated a
woman with BPD for a while... honestly, I still miss her at times because,
when she was not going sideways she was really sweet, thoughtful, and
had a really good sense of humor. She eventually got laid off her job and wandered off for good (or, at least, for nearly 3 years now <grin>).

during that time i was applying to lower skilled jobs and they were hiring engineers for menial tasks and passing me up. i had the stink of the loser and
i couldnt get a job anywhere.

I had that coming out of college, and again after the second layoff. Or it
may have been the stink of death... I worked at a pork packing company when
I got laid off that time. :)


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my mom got into a situation where she could retire really early and i think it >affected her mind. my son mentioned that too. it's like not working made her >mind and body soft.

I worry about that. I will be eligible for retirement 2023. I had not
planned on leaving as soon as I became eligible but, as over the past few
years they have started monkeying with our retirement, I think now that it might be best to get out as soon as I can. I figure I will need to find something at least part time to keep some money coming in and to keep
myself from going nuts or senile.

My father was forced to retire a little earlier than he had planned. He
kept himself busy for a number of years, especially after he and my mom got divorced. He remarried two years ago, to someone close to his age but with more physical issues than he has. So, he has not stayed as active and I am starting to notice little things that worry me.


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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Mon Nov 11 2019 01:51 pm

i've only been unempoyed a few times in my adult life and it was
scarey and depressing. i was laid off in 2008 and even though i caught
up on all the tv shows it made me feel like i was less of a man for
not having a job.

I got laid off in 1994 and again in 1996. That second one lasted over 6 months. I know what you mean.

I got laid off in 2005, I had $5,000 buffer and my wife was working full time, I went on unemployment for 3 months and went on a good fishing vacation in Alaska.
Then the money buffer started to run out so I got a job:(

... Bend the facts to fit the conclusion. It's easier that way.

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Nightfox to MRO on Tue Nov 12 2019 01:29 pm

Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Nov 12 2019 01:13 am

What if you won the lottery or something and could retire early?

i would still keep some type of job to keep myself active and sane. it's nice to take vacations but when all of life is a vacation that becomes boring.

my mom got into a situation where she could retire really early and i think it affected her mind. my son mentioned that too. it's like not working made her mind and body soft.

Yeah, it would be good to still keep busy. I'd probably do more of the work rs (swapping out pickups & other electronics) and could probably do some of

Nightfox

I haven't played in awhile, but I've noticed there's a market for boutique guitar pedals. Seems like everyone has their own spin on a Tube Screamer or
a Klon Centaur. Back in college I made a Way Huge Red Llama variant using a 4049 cmos hex inverting buffer IC instead of an op amp. Recently I've been playing with Guitarix on one of my linux boxes, and it's fun swapping around preamp and output tubes, and playing with the pre-made approximations of various effects pedals and cabinets.

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Tue Nov 12 2019 04:27 pm

even worse was i was with a woman and she was laid off of work too. once s got a job she ditched me and told me my job would never take me back. (that's a whole nother story because she had borderline personality disord that was a long on and off relationshit that i'm glad i'm rid of.)

People with BPD have trouble holding jobs (and relationships). I dated a woman with BPD for a while... honestly, I still miss her at times because, when she was not going sideways she was really sweet, thoughtful, and
had a really good sense of humor. She eventually got laid off her job and wandered off for good (or, at least, for nearly 3 years now <grin>).

borderline is one of the worst ones and it's not treatable by medication. the only way to treat it is various types of self correction.


with a borderline personality disorder person you are either the greatest in the world or a total piece of shit. there is no inbetween.

everything they experience gets filtered through their stress and negativity.

i suggest anybody that meets someone with this to run the other way.
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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Moondog to Nightfox on Tue Nov 12 2019 08:22 pm

I haven't played in awhile, but I've noticed there's a market for boutique guitar pedals. Seems like everyone has their own spin on a Tube Screamer or a Klon Centaur.

A friend of mine exited IT and makes a living selling his own pedals and rebuilding amps and guitars. Euthymia Electronics - not sure of his domain these days.

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Moondog to Nightfox on Tue Nov 12 2019 08:22 pm

I've been playing with Guitarix on one of my linux boxes, and it's fun swapping around preamp and output tubes, and playing with the pre-made approximations of various effects pedals and cabinets.

I've been looking at Spark, because I don't think I have a powerful enough computer to do this. You run just though the computer, or do you output to the amp?

Grease

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Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Grease to Moondog on Wed Nov 13 2019 11:50 am

Re: Re: Where'd everyone go?
By: Moondog to Nightfox on Tue Nov 12 2019 08:22 pm

I've been playing with Guitarix on one of my linux boxes, and it's fun swapping around preamp and output tubes, and playing with the pre-made approximations of various effects pedals and cabinets.

I've been looking at Spark, because I don't think I have a powerful enough c

Grease

... Not tonight honey, ...I feel a modem coming on.

Right now it's the pc speakers. I'm running it on an AMD 5000+ X2, and I'm getting an acceptable 10ms delay. I was getting too much input noise on the input of the onboard card, so I installed a spare Soundblaster
Live I had sitting around. The difference was night and day. I installed in on an older 10y/o laptop, and still get a good 10ms response.

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