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  1. 1 hour ago, Sensitive Ponytail Man said:

    I got into a highly technical field after about 10 years in the workforce and I've constantly
    battled the lack of a solid early foundation that I should have gotten right out of school.  I've outworked a lot of people and been
    99.9% reliable, so my managers have typically liked me and paid me well, but I am constantly nagged by
    a feeling that I am a fraud and will be found out. 

    Right there with you.

    My technical background is lacking. My rise has been built solely on busting my ass and outworking people, but I always wonder if it will catch up, and I've been in the same org for 17 years.

  2. I work for a local government. I am 14 years in. I could retire in 6 years. I'd be 52, but my benefit would only be $3k a month. (This number supposes that I never receive another raise until I retire, which obviously will not be the case).

    If I stay until I hit 25 years of service/57 years old, it goes to $4800/month. 

    Aside from the money, I don't think I'd be ready to retire at 51 years old anyway.

    If I stay until I am 62, my benefit from my job is $7400/month and my current estimate from SS would be $2500/month.

    Right now, I am guessing I'll be ready to be done somewhere between 57-60, but obviously there are a lot of things that will factor into that decision between now and then. I do know that I will never be one to sit around and do nothing. That shit makes me crazy right now. I'd be one of those that died pretty soon after if I sat idle.

  3. On 5/25/2018 at 9:21 PM, bolverk said:

    Again, as a visitor (or even resident), I'd prefer my chances of not getting killed or harmed in Wyoming than New Orleans.

    In your particular case, I think the primary fear of being harmed or killed in New Orleans probably relates more to the person you are there visiting.

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  4. My GF and I are taking our sons to London next week. The GF's daughter is going to China for a school trip. All five of us had to renew our Passports/green cards before the trip. Two were pretty standard, two were absolute fucking nightmares.

    My renewal was smooth as silk. 17 days from the day I dropped it into the mailbox, I received the new one. My son's was the same way.

    GF's son's ran into several snags with different parts of the agencies not liking the copies of the birth certificate, ended up having to pay about $450 for the private super expedited. That was done on Monday of this week. They say we'll have it on Tuesday. Plane leaves Saturday.

    GF is actually a foreign citizen and has a resident alien card that we started the process of last August when we returned from Australia. Total time for renewal of that and a new green card to be delivered: 10 months. Thankfully they extended the expiration of the old card until the new card was processed.

    The daughters was the absolute shitshow.

    Mom and daughter go directly to the passport office, fill out all of the paperwork, hand over all of the documents pay the money, sign the papers etc. Two weeks later, a letter comes that says she was supposed to include the old passport. Well she did, she handed it to the mother fucker at the OFFICIAL PASSPORT OFFICE who mailed in the forms. The national bureau says, "sorry, we didn't get it, check with your local office". She goes back to that office, finds the manager, manager takes her to the desk of the guy that helped her, explains that he must have "forgotten" to include the passport in the envelope. No fucking shit, the assholes says "I can neither confirm, nor deny that the passport was provided to me, or placed in the envelope". REALLY MOTHERFUCKER??? Why would you send the envelope out without having the fucking old passport in it when you know damn well that it has to be included. Why would you even talk to the person across the table if they didn't bring it? Why give them a receipt saying that it was all provided? To the surprise of no one at all, the manager doesn't do shit and the guy that fucked up just sat there and stared. "We apologize for the inconvenience".

    Next step, she has to file a "Lost or stolen passport " form, which is good that both are on the same form, because we didn't fucking lose it, one of you're fucking employees stole it. 

    Total time to get that passport renewed and associated visas: one hundred and sixty fucking days. Not to mention there is a passport of my GF's daughter floating around in the wild ripe and ready for identity theft.

    Thankfully all five of us are now good for 10 more years.

  5. 4 hours ago, Modessit said:

     


    The Irish gave up 30 points per game from November onward. The only 2 games where they gave up less than 37 points was 17 pts to Navy and 17 pts to LSU in the bowl.

     

    Doesn't matter....Elko.

    Oh wait..

  6. My sister got kicked in the stomach by a horse one day when I was 13 years old. She was a bus girl at a restaurant out in Lakeway called "The Alpenhof". My parents were friends with the owner, so instead of the restaurant being without a bus person on a Friday night, 13 year old me began my restaurant career that last until I was 33.

    I'll start with a few and probably add more as they come to me.

    Had a guy at the Alpenhof get menu price shock (this was in 1986) so he found something cheap that looked good. Steak Tartar. He eventually sent it back to have it grilled and thrown on a bun. 

    Oasis in about 1990. Customer asked for manager. Manager arrives and the complaint is that there was a bloody band aid in their fajita meat. The manager offered to comp the entire meal, but they refused and said that they just "ate around it" and just wanted them to be aware.

    Not me, but a friend of mine was bar tending a private party at Christmas with an open bar. About 5 fellows walked up and ordered Courvoisier and Cokes. She asked if they wanted the regular or the XO. They simply said, "what ever is better". You got it. XO it is! Throughout the night, several other people joined them in their drinks. When the business owner (small business, probably 30-35 employees) went to pay the bill, he got a shock to see 40+ drinks at a pretty hefty sum.

    My own father will send the waiter back a second time after the waiter brings his change, to break a dollar, so that he can tip 10% to the penny. The few times I ever eat with him any more, I always sneak extra money to the wait staff.

    Good Eats Cafe about 1993. We had a family of four that came in once a week to eat fried catfish. All four family members (Mom, Dad, son, daughter) looked EXACTLY the same. Disgustingly obese (think 400 pound minimum) pale skin, freckles, bright red hair. The all ordered two fillets of friend catfish, onion rings, french fries, extra tartar sauce, extra cornbread, Dr. Pepper. One night, dad has a fucking heart attack while eating. Recovers a few minutes later and finishes his meal and doesn't miss any subsequent weeks. 

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  7. 1 hour ago, Leanderman said:

    "Tarp says we can't hire a new baseball(and basketball) coach because of money."

    What happened to all of the bravado about not having to ask the second choices and having unlimited money?

     

  8. Here's a Maudie's Pro Tip.

    Instead of ordering the Enchiladas Perfecto, order the Mexican Special.

    You lose one enchilada, but you gain a crispy taco and guacamole salad. And those two items are served before everyone else gets their plate, so you get a good feeling of rubbing it in their face that you are eating tacos and guac and they aren't.

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  9. 1 hour ago, BrickHorn said:

    That failure is not limited to commercial air travel.  We live our lives (generally) assuming that people aren’t homicidal maniacs.  But such maniacs exist, and occasionally one finds a way to kill a shitload of people.  They may do it by crashing a plane, driving a bus through a crowd, gunning people down from a hotel window, or bombing a federal building.  Fortunately, those events are relatively rare and the draconian policies needed to prevent any risk are not worth the significant costs.

    Truth.

    The vast majority of roads in this country have lanes of traffic going in opposite directions with no barrier to prevent the cars on one side from careening into the other lane and killing people. We all continue to drive on those roads because we trust that the vast majority on the other side A) Don't want to die. B) Won't kill anyone else when they die.

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