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03-01-10, 12:35
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World Class Flame Warrior
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Originally Posted by blindman
.. Me, but I have a date for the weekend who I fully intend to fawn over and pander to obsessively.  |
You will do that until you think she is hooked then you will go back to your normal "incessant houding" |
Problem is, I'm the one that is totally hooked. What am I supposed to do now?
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03-01-10, 13:25
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Throwin' the steel to SQL
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Put up with her incessant hounding???
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Non est ei similis.
// Dear maintainer:
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// total_hours_wasted_here = 13
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03-01-10, 14:49
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Throwin' the steel to SQL
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Gotta take a timed test today on the company's main product. Looks to be a test for all director-level folks and above. Gotta do it, they say it is to "identify the need for further training/education". Time will tell. Has nothing really to do with my ability to do the job I was hired to do, but oh well. I'd like to learn the system we are being tested on, but just have not had the time (or money) to do so on my own.
It's stress-inducing because of the way it was dumped on our laps with a week's notice...but I am not too worried about it (for better or worse). Wonder if the boss can put up with a study day rather than a work day? 
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Non est ei similis.
// Dear maintainer:
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// total_hours_wasted_here = 13
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03-01-10, 19:40
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SQL Server Street Fighter
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that story gives me the doosh (i do not know how to spell that) chills.
be out and out honest and tell them you do not know the software because you have never needed to but you are than happy to learn.
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03-01-10, 19:47
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Throwin' the steel to SQL
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I don't actually have a chance to tell them anything....we have a URL and the instruction to "finish by the end of the day". Fortunately I I have had some exposure to pieces of the product during my everyday work, although that will just help me make edjumicated guesses rather than knowing the answers outright.
If it becomes an issue later, I will certainly bring up your point...it is ours as well - those of us that have discussed it today. *L* Fortunately I am not the only one in this position, Seems everyone in the company at director level and above have to take the test. Hopefully they grade on a curve
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Non est ei similis.
// Dear maintainer:
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// total_hours_wasted_here = 13
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03-02-10, 05:23
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King of Understatement
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Originally Posted by Thrasymachus
that story gives me the doosh ... chills.
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I cannot wait to try that out at my next dinner party.
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ur codings are working excelent.
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03-02-10, 10:26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pootle flump
I cannot wait to try that out at my next dinner party.
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The doosh or the chills??? Chills I know about, doosh, well I can only assume....
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03-02-10, 10:51
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World Class Flame Warrior
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Originally Posted by TallCowboy0614
Put up with her incessant hounding???
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Done. What's the next step?
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03-02-10, 12:37
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SQL Server Street Fighter
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Originally Posted by blindman
Done. What's the next step?
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you have not been together long enough for the witty banter to turn into incessant nagging. don't worry the chemical reaction of attraction only last 2 years., so you will get there.
why is everyday turning into a mosh pit at the office? I spinning so hard lately I am dizzy by lunch.
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03-02-10, 15:51
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Wait a second...my chemical reactions are still working OK and it's been 3 years already!!! OMG...can you believe it? It's been 4 since I came in here all weepy about my impending separation from the ex. Wow...time really wounds all heels....errr..wait...that can't be right.
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Non est ei similis.
// Dear maintainer:
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// total_hours_wasted_here = 13
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03-02-10, 16:06
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World Class Flame Warrior
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you have not been together long enough for the witty banter to turn into incessant nagging.
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Actually, I made a decision when I started dating last year that I would engage in NO "put-down" jokes with whoever I was seeing. Likewise, I would not engage in any self-deprecation in her presence. With my buddies, everything is still fair game. But nothing but support between us. I'm witty enough to find other things to joke about.
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03-02-10, 16:28
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SQL Server Street Fighter
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Originally Posted by tosscrosby
The doosh or the chills??? Chills I know about, doosh, well I can only assume....
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it's 1 thing. the doosh chills.
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03-02-10, 17:11
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SQL Server Street Fighter
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Originally Posted by blindman
Actually, I made a decision when I started dating last year that I would engage in NO "put-down" jokes with whoever I was seeing. Likewise, I would not engage in any self-deprecation in her presence. With my buddies, everything is still fair game. But nothing but support between us. I'm witty enough to find other things to joke about.
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I thought girls loved jerks. You should be mackin'. ;-).
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03-02-10, 20:14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blindman
Problem is, I'm the one that is totally hooked. What am I supposed to do now?
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hmm .. I can't give you an advice other than be nice and be prepared to spend a lot of money. I am probably in the same situation too.
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03-03-10, 08:56
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SQL Server Street Fighter
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I dunno. there are a lot of girls that want their men to be men and not these wishy washy metrosexual touchie feelie emotional types. I had this girl tell me once that her ex could not make her climax after she saw him cry.
yeah. money. a lot of them dig that.
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