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Started by Cain, November 10, 2015, 12:36:46 AM

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The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Meunster on November 13, 2015, 03:41:40 AM
Don't the other branches have that too?

Yes.  But every branch has it's own mentality, it's own things that it will accept.

Guys like you go in the army, they can't not do the passive-aggressive thing.  Then they get buried alive under 16 tons of horrible shit.  The air force is more prone to put up with that, but less prone to put up with brawling, etc.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Bruno

Just got my first paycheck for a full week of work. If I average 32 hours a week, I should only have to draw out about $300/mo from my 401k to make ends meet. So, assuming I don't have unexpected expenses, and my hours stay the same, I have about 2 years to live.

HUZZAH!
Formerly something else...

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Emo Howard on November 13, 2015, 09:59:28 AM
Just got my first paycheck for a full week of work. If I average 32 hours a week, I should only have to draw out about $300/mo from my 401k to make ends meet. So, assuming I don't have unexpected expenses, and my hours stay the same, I have about 2 years to live.

HUZZAH!

From a strictly legal point of view, I have about 60 days.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

Though I hope it doesn't come to that, I foresee the greatest 60 days ever experienced by a human being.

Bruno

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 13, 2015, 05:43:57 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 13, 2015, 09:59:28 AM
Just got my first paycheck for a full week of work. If I average 32 hours a week, I should only have to draw out about $300/mo from my 401k to make ends meet. So, assuming I don't have unexpected expenses, and my hours stay the same, I have about 2 years to live.

HUZZAH!

From a strictly legal point of view, I have about 60 days.

You having yourself declared legally dead for tax purposes? Like that guy from one of those Hitchhiker's Guide books?

I've been considering my options for an exit strategy. I'm thinking maybe a tragic yet hilarious jetpack experiment related "accident".
Formerly something else...

Bruno

A friend of mine suggested I go to an IT job fair next Thursday to try to get a job in programming. I have a Bachelor's in "Engineering Technology", and have written a little bit of code in Python and a couple of variants of C (C++, Interactive C, and whatever Arduino uses)

He thinks my chances are good that I could land a $40k -$50k job in Nashville. I'm skeptical, but it might be good for a laugh. Also, I just happen to have Thursday off.
Formerly something else...

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Emo Howard on November 13, 2015, 07:40:13 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 13, 2015, 05:43:57 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 13, 2015, 09:59:28 AM
Just got my first paycheck for a full week of work. If I average 32 hours a week, I should only have to draw out about $300/mo from my 401k to make ends meet. So, assuming I don't have unexpected expenses, and my hours stay the same, I have about 2 years to live.

HUZZAH!

From a strictly legal point of view, I have about 60 days.

You having yourself declared legally dead for tax purposes? Like that guy from one of those Hitchhiker's Guide books?

I've been considering my options for an exit strategy. I'm thinking maybe a tragic yet hilarious jetpack experiment related "accident".

No, I mean my explainable funds run out in 60 days.  After that, things could get dodgy.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Bruno

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 13, 2015, 10:23:00 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 13, 2015, 07:40:13 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 13, 2015, 05:43:57 PM
Quote from: Emo Howard on November 13, 2015, 09:59:28 AM
Just got my first paycheck for a full week of work. If I average 32 hours a week, I should only have to draw out about $300/mo from my 401k to make ends meet. So, assuming I don't have unexpected expenses, and my hours stay the same, I have about 2 years to live.

HUZZAH!

From a strictly legal point of view, I have about 60 days.

You having yourself declared legally dead for tax purposes? Like that guy from one of those Hitchhiker's Guide books?

I've been considering my options for an exit strategy. I'm thinking maybe a tragic yet hilarious jetpack experiment related "accident".

No, I mean my explainable funds run out in 60 days.  After that, things could get dodgy.

Ah, I'm considering similar options, myself.

Formerly something else...

rong

"a real smart feller, he felt smart"

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: rong on November 14, 2015, 12:15:19 AM
what about all that money you won at the casino?

That is reported to the IRS, and trackable.

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Bruno

#55
Quote from: rong on November 14, 2015, 12:15:19 AM
what about all that money you won at the casino?

I don't need much, maybe $5-6k, and I do have a kiln, and a verified history of using said kiln to generate small amounts of income. Also, I'm capable of basic appliance repair.

My day job pays just barely enough to cover the usual monthly expenses (mortgage, utilities, Obamacare, very basic food, and gas) paying for everything else with cash (like that $100 I spent at the vet today) would probably cover most of the grey money. For anything else, there's always Craigslist. I may need another thousand or two to qualify for Obamacare, though. Fortunately, 401k withdrawals count as income for the year in which they are withdrawn.
Formerly something else...

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

I just met with the director of the lab I want to do my graduate research in and it went almost terrifyingly well. Like, I loved them and they loved me and the director was basically making plans for me before I even left. I was like "I still have to get into the program!" and the postdoc gave me her email address and told me to keep in touch, and the director told me to keep him updated.

The research they're doing is GREAT. The project I would be put on is stellar. Like, completely novel Parkinson's research unlike anything I've ever heard of before, looking at epigenetic effects and therapies that utilize transgenic methods; totally a dream come true. I hope I get into the program!

Oh, and yesterday my job told my team to each bill HR for 35 hours. Technically, we didn't work 35 hours, but that's what they had budgeted for training and that's what we're getting paid.

So, basically, everything in my life is incredibly good right now. My kids are great, and my boyfriend is ridiculously handsome, ambitious, clever, and loving.

I'm almost afraid to breathe, in case I wake up and it turns out to all be a dream.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Meunster

Normaly regular people play fallout to role play as terrible people.

But I use it to role play as a good person.
Poe's law ;)

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 14, 2015, 12:37:16 AM
I just met with the director of the lab I want to do my graduate research in and it went almost terrifyingly well. Like, I loved them and they loved me and the director was basically making plans for me before I even left. I was like "I still have to get into the program!" and the postdoc gave me her email address and told me to keep in touch, and the director told me to keep him updated.

The research they're doing is GREAT. The project I would be put on is stellar. Like, completely novel Parkinson's research unlike anything I've ever heard of before, looking at epigenetic effects and therapies that utilize transgenic methods; totally a dream come true. I hope I get into the program!

Oh, and yesterday my job told my team to each bill HR for 35 hours. Technically, we didn't work 35 hours, but that's what they had budgeted for training and that's what we're getting paid.

So, basically, everything in my life is incredibly good right now. My kids are great, and my boyfriend is ridiculously handsome, ambitious, clever, and loving.

I'm almost afraid to breathe, in case I wake up and it turns out to all be a dream.

I know that feeling.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Chelagoras The Boulder

Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 14, 2015, 12:37:16 AM
I just met with the director of the lab I want to do my graduate research in and it went almost terrifyingly well. Like, I loved them and they loved me and the director was basically making plans for me before I even left. I was like "I still have to get into the program!" and the postdoc gave me her email address and told me to keep in touch, and the director told me to keep him updated.

The research they're doing is GREAT. The project I would be put on is stellar. Like, completely novel Parkinson's research unlike anything I've ever heard of before, looking at epigenetic effects and therapies that utilize transgenic methods; totally a dream come true. I hope I get into the program!

Oh, and yesterday my job told my team to each bill HR for 35 hours. Technically, we didn't work 35 hours, but that's what they had budgeted for training and that's what we're getting paid.

So, basically, everything in my life is incredibly good right now. My kids are great, and my boyfriend is ridiculously handsome, ambitious, clever, and loving.

I'm almost afraid to breathe, in case I wake up and it turns out to all be a dream.
Congrats, Nigel, i'm happy for you!
"It isn't who you know, it's who you know, if you know what I mean.  And I think you do."