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Art Vandelay

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  1. 4 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    During the deepest depths of 2020 I was being recruited for a very big job with a very big company that would have been a giant pain in the ass but also a huge increase in income. 
    Around that same time I was deep diving on the time between the world wars and rereading contemporaneous histories of the period, ie Churchill, Shirer etc.

    The recruiting process was secret, so things went out of order. I had a very promising discussion on zoom with the external recruiter, then an NDA, followed by a nearly two hour love fest with the hiring C-suite officer, followed the next day with a discussion of process and management styles with a global HR exec. All on Zoom. 
    During the HR discussion there was a strange moment where her face and tone changed sharply and went very much from a conversation between future colleagues to an awkward and uncomfortable encounter- from that moment she could not end the call soon enough.

    Even more odd given the need for secrecy- the process ended immediately with them going dark, which is not usually the case with executive hiring discussions. I found out they made a hire when the press release dropped. I wasn’t offended, I was almost certainly the least senior person they were talking to, and honestly they made a great hire. 

    That said, I moved this book off my middle shelf to avoid any possible future confusion.

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    I narrowly avoided a similar incident while working from my parent's house a few years ago. I noticed that book behind me just as the Zoom meeting was starting. Had to turn off my camera and remove it from the bookshelf lol.

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  2. 6 hours ago, Goredho said:

    So what says the Surl on 12 strings?  Acoustic or electric?

     

     

    I own a Martin Custom X Series 12-string (made in Mexico with the HPL back and sides) and it sounds really great, but I've been wanting to upgrade to something all solid wood, and that Guild F-1512 is on my shortlist.

    However, I've also recently started thinking about getting an electric 12-string. I don't know anything about the Reverend, but it looks great. I'm also really digging this Danelectro: 

     

     

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  3. 6 minutes ago, The Dog said:

    @evargastv: “But clearly, if you're taking out of the book, it's because it's untrue.”

    Noem: “I’ve given you my answer. No, and that's not the answer. I would say that, you know, I would say that, you know, this is something that I asked to have adjusted, and have the content and that name removed and that is — that is truly what the action has been.”

    ht: @curtishouck_
     

    https://www.threads.net/@gtconway3/post/C6pSd0sp6lC/?xmt=AQGzTqvIN-SWgkkfUBz7XdA84sy3ouUliugv20c6f-w2Cg

    Pretty sure this isn't how you're supposed to do damage control.

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