What do you do (when not posting)?

[MirrorInTheSky]

I get the distinct feeling that some of you have turned posting on the Ledge into your career. Others, like myself, probably have a job only to ignore the actual work component and instead continue posting on the board. In any event (and I really hope I'm not repeating a previous thread), I'm curious as to what everyone here on the board does to earn a living and pay for all of those concerts we've been attending. I'll go first....

I've been working at the Texas Capitol since I was a freshman in college. I didn't have a car, and the Capitol was walking distance from the dorm, so I got a job as a messenger. Then I interned for a state senator for my remaining three years, and after a post-graduating backpacking trip through Eruope two years ago, I came back to work full-time for the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. After this biennial legislative session, which begins next week and ends in May, I hope to attend grad school to get a masters in public policy and eventually go on to garner world peace. Oh, and I'm single.

[GypsySorcerer]

I'm a full-time graduate student, so I'm on winter break right now. Classes start again next week, so I probably won't be on here as much. (Or at least I shouldn't be.) :laugh:

I graduate in May, though, so I'm also looking for a job. In fact, I'm sending in a resume today.

[DeadliestPoison]

I'm a Junior in High School. And I'm in Study Hall right now. Woot.

[hayley]

I'm a cog (albeit an important one) in a corporate machine that sells watered-down sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the form of plastic to today's youth.

Blah blah boring jobcakes.

[estranged4life]

Trade music

Being an Asshole/Smart ass/Smart Aleck/Sarcastic/etc.

Stay sick (Lately, Which sucks ass...But what can ya do?)

Work (Manufacturing...So much fun!)

Trade even more music

[GateandGarden]

I'm an undergrad student on my winter break like Krista. I've been able to spend an insane amount of time on here over the break because I have no schoolwork and no job! :] But classes start again soon for me as well, and I'm going to miss being on here constantly. This place has made my break so fun! :)

[ryan8472]

Well, I have no school today, so I have a lot of time on my hands. Moreso than ususal. :laugh:

I'm a junior in high school though.

[DrummerDeanna]

I am a reporter/progam host. I work at a public radio station (an NPR member station) - and by day I'm a news reporter, I go out and cover stuff or I do phoners...and then at 4pm - I local host All Things Considered - I fill breaks and do two newscasts per hour - the newscasts aren't too long though - 2.5 -3 minutes long...

So when I'm not out covering stories I am usually sitting at my computer - and therefore check into the Ledge constantly while putting off work..such as right now when I should be pulling soundbytes and writing a story on consumer confidence....BUT the vending machine guy just got here and announced that our coffee machine would be free all day!!!! Woo hoo....it's horrid stuff - but it's free :blob1:

[strandinthewind]

Be Fabulous :p :D :wavey: :D :laugh: :thumbsup:

[markolas]

I work for a life insurance company. Though, I don't have Internet access at work, so if I'm on here, I'm at home. Thankfully however, I only live about five minutes from work, so I usually come home for lunch and get on here then. :D

Usually, if I'm not at work, then I'm home on the computer, either online or playing The Sims 2. I make occasional outings...I go the Austin Zen Center semi-regularly, I go out on a date every once in a blue moon, and I'm no stranger to the Zachary Scott Theatre or the Alamo Drafthouse.

[½ ¡Ñ§ÅñË ®]

I own 2 businesses and work for a third when my services are needed. My main business involves working with defense contractors and I can’t say much about it. My second business is part time. I’m a process server for a few law firms. I do skip traces on people that refuse to appear in court and I’m one of the guys that come to your door with papers saying you need to appear when no one else can seem to find you. The third involves working with bail bond agents and parole violations officers. I won’t say much about that either.

[GODDESS6]

Be Fabulous :p :D :wavey: :D :laugh: :thumbsup:
too cute, i love that answer!!!~

when not posting?!?!?...well i read what u guys have posted :xoxo: , & i am a stay @ home mom w/ a homedaycare business, so i can look here quite often during the day, especially nap-time :nod: ~ i also scan ebay quite often thru out the day~

[MirrorInTheSky]

I make occasional outings...I go the Austin Zen Center semi-regularly, I go out on a date every once in a blue moon, and I'm no stranger to the Zachary Scott Theatre or the Alamo Drafthouse.

Ack! I didnt realize that you're in Austin, too. :thumbsup:

[dissention]

Be Fabulous :p :D :wavey: :D :laugh: :thumbsup:

Keep trying. While you lowly people attempt to be fabulous, I have already mastered the art of being truly divine. Look it up, my picture is next to it. ;) :wavey:

[markolas]

Keep trying. While you lowly people attempt to be fabulous, I have already mastered the art of being truly divine. Look it up, my picture is next to it. ;) :wavey:

You're the gayest straight guy I've ever met. :lol: ;)

[dissention]

I work, of course. :laugh:

I was supposed to have a few months off, but I got roped into coming back early. And I've been in the office more times in the past two weeks than I have been in two years. :cool: Most of the time, I work from home because it's easier to get stuff done here. I hate the computers in the office and their CAD software sucks ass. Not to mention the fact that the place is always at a subzero temperature.

[dissention]

You're the gayest straight guy I've ever met. :lol: ;)

True divinity knows no sexual preference. ;)

[wondergirl9847]

:lol:

Sesly tho, I work at home, doing data entry...boooooring job, but I love it, because I get to be where I am most comfy and don't have to answer to an assy boss. :thumbsup:

[Mari]

I'm ... uh... a bookkeeper...
Didn't train to be one, just happened to roll into it after I dropped out of sociology studies. Maybe I'll get my degree one day (uh yeah, when pigs fly!) and become a uh... sociologist. Whatever that may be.

[BTFLCHLD]

sex...drugs...rocknroll

8-5 for funds
(accepts donations)
:cool:

[sparky]

You're the gayest straight guy I've ever met. :lol: ;)

He totally is.

[dissention]

He totally is.

And proud of it. :D

I am so on the verge of tears because my satellite dish won't pick up a signal and I can't watch the **** hit the fan on CSPAN. I need comforting. :laugh:

[DrummerDeanna]

And proud of it. :D

I am so on the verge of tears because my satellite dish won't pick up a signal and I can't watch the **** hit the fan on CSPAN. I need comforting. :laugh:

wellllll...even though you don't listen to NPR - they're carrying it live on NPR right now :xoxo: :wavey:

[HomerMcvie]

I do sound for bands, and also play in a band. An average week is 2-3 days, so I've got lots of free time. I've got a few rental properties that I take care of, too. All the free time is great in the summer, but it gets a little boring in the winter....

[amber]

Do? Not Posting? what are these things????? :confused: :lol:
I work as an admin. However, this is the only job i've ever had where there is almost nothing to do. I hate it. If i condensed all the work i do in a normal day, it would probably take me 1 hour, 1.5 tops. Of course, I can't work like that. I have to sit here all day for when the phone rings :lol: Luckily, I don't feel bad, cause my pay is commensurate with the amount of work... :laugh:
I'm in school right now for paralegal studies. well, not right now, but, currently. Soon, I will have a better job.
I think it would be cool to work for a PI, though. I want to learn how to do skip traces! :D But, working for a PI is probably more fun in my head then in real life.
I drink and go out with my friends and sing and watch TV and do schoolwork and read and eat when i'm not posting. during various points of the year I go to chico.
I'm also waiting to inherit something... :laugh:
When my income increases, what i will be doing when i'm not posting is TAKING FRICKING TRIPS!!!! I gotta get outta here!!!! help!!!! :laugh: :laugh:

[DrummerDeanna]

I'm also waiting to inherit something... :laugh:
When my income increases, what i will be doing when i'm not posting is TAKING FRICKING TRIPS!!!! I gotta get outta here!!!! help!!!! :laugh: :laugh:


I'm waiting to marry into money :p

--and will do the same thing for the same reason as above :laugh:

[ryan8472]

For now, I work as a dietary aid at a nursing home. I basically make sure the patients get everything they need during their meals, deliver meals, pick up trays, do all the dishes, sometimes clean the kitchen. Nothing too strenuous. But I hate it anyways. And I have to work at 4:30. Ugh.

[dissention]

For now, I work as a dietary aid at a nursing home. I basically make sure the patients get everything they need during their meals, deliver meals, pick up trays, do all the dishes, sometimes clean the kitchen. Nothing too strenuous. But I hate it anyways. And I have to work at 4:30. Ugh.

That's quite admirable. Most people would turn up their noses at that kind of job. Helping the elderly has to give you some kind of personal satisfaction.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I'm in my last semester of Nursing school (BSN baby). I'm in the process of looking for a job and getting the hell outta dodge.

[HomerMcvie]

That's quite admirable. Most people would turn up their noses at that kind of job. Helping the elderly has to give you some kind of personal satisfaction.
I had an aunt try to get me into doing that when I was in High School(as a part time job). When I heard some of the things they HAD to do, (when I heard stories about cleaning feces off of walls), I quickly declined. More power to ya!

[strandinthewind]

For now, I work as a dietary aid at a nursing home. I basically make sure the patients get everything they need during their meals, deliver meals, pick up trays, do all the dishes, sometimes clean the kitchen. Nothing too strenuous. But I hate it anyways. And I have to work at 4:30. Ugh.

If your great personality here is anything like your personality in real life, those elderly people are fortunate to have you and you being there will make a better person later in life !!!!!!! :woohoo:

(I sound like my parents :eek: :laugh: - but am sincere :cool: )

[amber]

That's quite admirable. Most people would turn up their noses at that kind of job. Helping the elderly has to give you some kind of personal satisfaction.
I agree. Old people make me really sad, though, but i would get tons of satisfaction from helping them. :nod:

[StevieNicksEO17]

I am also a Junior in high school...Whoa two other people are Juniors! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! No job for me or anything. Just school, friends, colorguard practice and the computer :)

[SuzeQuze]

I edit computer-type manuals (text books :rolleyes: ) for a publishing firm. I usually get a chapter a day and I go through the steps as written, with the software/hardware, make notes on errors as necessary, and then submit a report. Sometimes it seems boring, another day another chapter. But I learn so much, every single day I learn something new. I wish my company would give me a degree for that! I got mine in psych a "while" back, hehe.

I hop online while installing stuff, when I have an easier chap that didn't take too long, or when I am just plain procrastinating (right now), hi Deanne, hehe :wavey:

Oh and Amber, I feel your pain, I used to do admin work and the downtime drove me crazy. Sometimes there is downtime here but notsomuch right now.

This is an interesting thread!

[Serrart]

I'm a reporter for a small movie magazine. :)

Romy

[amber]

I'm a reporter for a small movie magazine. :)

Romy
you have a great job.

[Serrart]

you have a great job.

It's my dream job. For now they let me do it, hope my chief-editor, one of these days, wouldn't ask me "who are you?" "What are you doing here?" :D

Romy

[GypsySorcerer]

you have a great job.


Ditto. I'd love that job.

[amber]

Ditto. I'd love that job.
wait! we're all Cancers again! :shocked: ooo, spooky... :laugh:
JK, probably tons of people would love that job... :D

[amber]

It's my dream job. For now they let me do it, hope my chief-editor, one of these days, wouldn't ask me "who are you?" "What are you doing here?" :D

Romy
I was under the impression that you were very young. But you must have a degree, right?

[Serrart]

I was under the impression that you were very young. But you must have a degree, right?

I think I'm two years older than you :p . I have a degree in Humanities (I think you call it this way) with a specialization (I have no idea how would you call it :o ) in Cinema and Theatre Studies.

Romy

[Hawkeye]

I'm in my last semester of Nursing school (BSN baby). I'm in the process of looking for a job and getting the hell outta dodge..
.
A nurse, wow that's proabably the winner here for Ledgie with most difficult job.

[amber]

I think I'm two years older than you :p . I have a degree in Humanities (I think you call it this way) with a specialization (I have no idea how would you call it :o ) in Cinema and Theatre Studies.

Romy
oh. well, that explains your job.... :D
I am 30. Don't know why i thought that you were younger, but.

[WildInTheWind]

I work at the franchise office for a St. Louis pizza Chain. Accounting work, mostly. Right now it's alot of year end stuff and W-2s.. Fun. Even more fun I I asnwer the complaint line and listen to people bitch endlessly about cold pizza. The rest of my days I watch cartoons, have tea parties and play play doh. :thumbsup:

~*~Becky~*~

[Sugar]

I have recently left behind the world of pharmaceutical market research in order to find something more in line with my English degree. So now I'm working as an editorial assistant for the editoral page editor of the local paper. I sort out the letters to the editor and the guest opinions and write a few editorials a week. It's cool, just wish I made more money!!!

[½ ¡Ñ§ÅñË ®]

I work at the franchise office for a St. Louis pizza Chain. Accounting work, mostly. Right now it's alot of year end stuff and W-2s.. Fun. Even more fun I I asnwer the complaint line and listen to people bitch endlessly about cold pizza. The rest of my days I watch cartoons, have tea parties and play play doh. :thumbsup:

~*~Becky~*~You my friend sound like a party animal. :nod: I’ve seen you ya know. :thumbsup:

[sara1998]

I work at a pharmaceutical company doing data entry and materials management. Any raw material that comes in that building I process in the computer system, and all the final product (and all inbetween) I account for. Pretty boring, but it pays well.

Other then that, I was playing Balloon Lagoon with my lil one tonight, laundry, dishes, and all other house-hold chores. I regularly chauffeur Sara around to school and doctor and dentist appointments, gymnastics... blah, blah, blah. For myself, if I'm not cleaning the house on the weekends, I go shopping!!!! :D :D

[sara1998]

I do sound for bands, and also play in a band. An average week is 2-3 days, so I've got lots of free time. I've got a few rental properties that I take care of, too. All the free time is great in the summer, but it gets a little boring in the winter....

Ever play in Indianapolis??? Do you do clubs or bars?

[sparky]

For now, I work as a dietary aid at a nursing home. I basically make sure the patients get everything they need during their meals, deliver meals, pick up trays, do all the dishes, sometimes clean the kitchen. Nothing too strenuous. But I hate it anyways. And I have to work at 4:30. Ugh.

When I was a high school lad, I worked in a nursing home too. First, I played in the garden mowing lawns, pulling weeds, and laying barkdust. Then, I swept and mopped the floors. The coup de grace was working in the laundry my last year of high school. Nutty ! It was harrowing at times, but I had some fun and it resulted in great stories.
Now, I make sets pretty for film and television. On the side, I am attempting to build my own empire of rental propery. Sparky Trump.
As for the rest, y'all know WAY too much about that already.

[ryan8472]

That's quite admirable. Most people would turn up their noses at that kind of job. Helping the elderly has to give you some kind of personal satisfaction.

If your great personality here is anything like your personality in real life, those elderly people are fortunate to have you and you being there will make a better person later in life !!!!!!! :woohoo:

(I sound like my parents :eek: :laugh: - but am sincere :cool: )

Ha, I feel like such a do-gooder :) . Thank you, guys. But I usually don't interact with the patients as much as the CNA's do, I just bring down the food. I do chat once in a while with some of the people that are totally with it (which not many of them are) though. It's my co-workers, who I absolutely hate, that make work miserable.

[Violet]

I'm a court reporter. Not in a courtroom, though. I do depositions and the occasional arbitration. Most kind of work I do is personal injury, med/mal, workers comp, employment stuff...boring. My job in FL was much more interesting. They do criminal depos down there.

Other than that I'm a wife and mom; ie, wiping away tears, doing dishes, laundry, driver, cleaning. But I don't usually have to cook. My hubby prefers to do it, thank God, 'cause I suck at it!

Carol

[½ ¡Ñ§ÅñË ®]

My job in FL was much more interesting. They do criminal depos down there.


CarolCriminals in Florida? No way. :o

[Violet]

Criminals in Florida? No way. :o

Yeah, tell me about it. :rolleyes:

[SuzeQuze]

I'm a court reporter. Not in a courtroom, though. I do depositions and the occasional arbitration. Most kind of work I do is personal injury, med/mal, workers comp, employment stuff...boring. My job in FL was much more interesting. They do criminal depos down there.

Other than that I'm a wife and mom; ie, wiping away tears, doing dishes, laundry, driver, cleaning. But I don't usually have to cook. My hubby prefers to do it, thank God, 'cause I suck at it!

Carol

Oh my roommate is also a court reporter and takes the same type of testimony. I proofread some of her stuff and you're right, snooze fest. But sometimes things can get juicy. It's a decent living though. She doesn't really like it, lol. But she doesn't hate it, pays the bills.

[WildInTheWind]

You my friend sound like a party animal. :nod: I’ve seen you ya know. :thumbsup:

Oh trust me, I have my moments!!! :]

~*~Becky~*~

[WildInTheWind]

Ever play in Indianapolis??? Do you do clubs or bars?
I'll be in Indy next weekend! My friends like to drag me to this dive called the Alley Cat...we have a great time though :nod:
~*~Becky~*~

[HomerMcvie]

Ever play in Indianapolis??? Do you do clubs or bars?
I'm now working on a PR package for a couple of clubs in Indy. B'ton went completely NON smoking on 1/1/5(I'm thrilled, but I don't "pay" my mortgage!), and a few places are starting to panic. Live music has really been drying up around here the past couple of years, and, as bad as I hate to say it, the smoking ban IS probably going to hurt business,.......soooo, you gotta do what you gotta do. Now, where's that Lotto ticket? :laugh:

[amber]

I'm now working on a PR package for a couple of clubs in Indy. B'ton went completely NON smoking on 1/1/5(I'm thrilled, but I don't "pay" my mortgage!), and a few places are starting to panic. Live music has really been drying up around here the past couple of years, and, as bad as I hate to say it, the smoking ban IS probably going to hurt business,.......soooo, you gotta do what you gotta do. Now, where's that Lotto ticket? :laugh:
wow, just now the smoking ban? hmmm. I don't think it hurt bar business here, too much...good luck!

[HomerMcvie]

wow, just now the smoking ban? hmmm. I don't think it hurt bar business here, too much...good luck!
Amber, we are SO far ahead of the Midwest! We're the first city in Indiana to ban smoking in bars! My experience this week has been: most places are allowing- "concealed" smoking. :distress:

[amber]

Amber, we are SO far ahead of the Midwest! We're the first city in Indiana to ban smoking in bars! My experience this week has been: most places are allowing- "concealed" smoking. :distress:
Wow! I suppose that's good. Actually, I know some bars here with concealed smoking as well, but...I smoke, and when people can smoke in bars it gets waaaaaaaaay to smoky for me, I don't like it either... :nod:

[HomerMcvie]

Wow! I suppose that's good. Actually, I know some bars here with concealed smoking as well, but...I smoke, and when people can smoke in bars it gets waaaaaaaaay to smoky for me, I don't like it either... :nod:
Somehow- no offense- I knew you were a smoker! You're so.....free and open....it had to be. Again, - no offense-! :xoxo:

[amber]

Somehow- no offense- I knew you were a smoker! You're so.....free and open....it had to be. Again, - no offense-! :xoxo:
oh! non taken. I'm not really one, though! :mad: lol, worst thing i ever tried. :rolleyes: I didn't start until i was almost 21, which is even lamer... :) Glad you don't smoke, though. Hope the bars are more pleasurable for you now! second hand smoke is really bad for you, as i'm sure you know... :rolleyes:
I hate when i'm smoking somewhere, though, and someone i don't know passes by and says..."you know that's bad for you?" Yaaargggghhhh!!!! :lol:
"thanks for the big, secret tip! :rolleyes: "

[HomerMcvie]

oh! non taken. I'm not really one, though! :mad: lol, worst thing i ever tried. :rolleyes: I didn't start until i was almost 21, which is even lamer... :) Glad you don't smoke, though. Hope the bars are more pleasurable for you now! second hand smoke is really bad for you, as i'm sure you know... :rolleyes:
I hate when i'm smoking somewhere, though, and someone i don't know passes by and says..."you know that's bad for you?" Yaaargggghhhh!!!! :lol:
"thanks for the big, secret tip! :rolleyes: "
I love ya anyway! :woohoo:

[sara1998]

I'll be in Indy next weekend! My friends like to drag me to this dive called the Alley Cat...we have a great time though :nod:
~*~Becky~*~
Wow.... that place is weird. I've been there once or twice.

[sara1998]

I'm now working on a PR package for a couple of clubs in Indy. B'ton went completely NON smoking on 1/1/5(I'm thrilled, but I don't "pay" my mortgage!), and a few places are starting to panic. Live music has really been drying up around here the past couple of years, and, as bad as I hate to say it, the smoking ban IS probably going to hurt business,.......soooo, you gotta do what you gotta do. Now, where's that Lotto ticket? :laugh:

Can't help with the lotto ticket... :laugh: If you play here in Indy, let me know where. I'll round up some people and come watch. I love local bands.

[Violet]

Oh my roommate is also a court reporter and takes the same type of testimony. I proofread some of her stuff and you're right, snooze fest. But sometimes things can get juicy. It's a decent living though. She doesn't really like it, lol. But she doesn't hate it, pays the bills.

Yeah, that's about the way I feel. The best thing is, being an ind. contractor, I can take off whenever I want. Plus I've been doing this 18 years, and I don't think I could do a 9-5 job, where it's the same thing every day.

Carol

[Vianna]

I am a full-time tutor who works with special needs kids. I read and post when I don't have a student=:-)

You'll notice I never post between 3-6 PM. I do aftercare and have about 16-17 middle schoolers I dearly love and I am busy with them.

[GateandGarden]

I make fudge.Does that pay well? It sounds like it might be more fun than being a history professor. :nod: :cool:

[dissention]

Amber, we are SO far ahead of the Midwest! We're the first city in Indiana to ban smoking in bars! My experience this week has been: most places are allowing- "concealed" smoking. :distress:

Our whole state has smoking ban for bars and restaurants. :woohoo:

[DrummerDeanna]

Our whole state has smoking ban for bars and restaurants. :woohoo:

I love the smoking bans on bars - they passed one in my hometown (Las Cruces, NM) and it outraged people- so then they spent tons of money on a special election and it got overturned....it sucked....so there's smoking everywhere there but in restaurants...blah....

I've enjoyed the no smoking in bars here in New York - I don't come home smelling horrid and feeling like my lungs are going to collapse :D

[strandinthewind]

I love the smoking bans on bars - they passed one in my hometown (Las Cruces, NM) and it outraged people- so then they spent tons of money on a special election and it got overturned....it sucked....so there's smoking everywhere there but in restaurants...blah....

I've enjoyed the no smoking in bars here in New York - I don't come home smelling horrid and feeling like my lungs are going to collapse :D

I flip flop on this one. I think if a bar wants to allow its patrons to smoke, they should be allowed. I think if they want to prohibit it, it should be prohibited. I think that way if you do not want to go to a smoking bar you do not have to go - no one has a constitutional right to a smoke free bar :laugh: This fits in with my "get the govt. out my personal life" thing" :laugh: I do have to say though, it is not horrendous to have to go outside to smoke and it does make the juke joint's atmosphere (all of it) MUCH better.

Also, I get that second hand smoke is bad and all of that, but if it is that bad for you then do not go. The problem is with the work staff - but there again, get another job :shrug:

Hopefully, this post will not encite Strand hate :laugh:

[The Tower]

Hopefully, this post will not encite Strand hate :laugh:

I agree with everything that you said. Banning smoking is p.c. thuggery. The only one I agree with is on commercial airlines because there is absolutely no escape from it with all the recycled air.

I despise smoking- it reeks and is nazzty as all hell. However, if a restaurant were to allow smoking in every corner of it's establishment I just wouldn't patronize them.

[amber]

I flip flop on this one. I think if a bar wants to allow its patrons to smoke, they should be allowed. I think if they want to prohibit it, it should be prohibited. I think that way if you do not want to go to a smoking bar you do not have to go - no one has a constitutional right to a smoke free bar :laugh: This fits in with my "get the govt. out my personal life" thing" :laugh: I do have to say though, it is not horrendous to have to go outside to smoke and it does make the juke joint's atmosphere (all of it) MUCH better.

Also, I get that second hand smoke is bad and all of that, but if it is that bad for you then do not go. The problem is with the work staff - but there again, get another job :shrug:

Hopefully, this post will not encite Strand hate :laugh:
I see your point, but i kind of don't agree. Also, I like the going outside thing. everyone pops outside, there's people to chat with... :laugh: Also, I like that then, more non smoking and smoking people will be in the same bars.. :laugh: But also i think smoke is so dangerous, especially the level it gets to when people are drinking, that it's kind of like having tear gas/no tear gas bars to have smoking/non smoking bars. It is a bit of PC thuggery, but, just because smoking is one of 2 very dangerous legal drugs. (the other being alcohol). I mean, we don't have crack/no crack bars, or heroin/no heroin bars. :shrug: Hopefully someone will be able to discern my point - I just woke up... :laugh: oops, and sorry about the threadjack.

[BTFLCHLD]

I see your point, but i kind of don't agree. Also, I like the going outside thing. everyone pops outside, there's people to chat with... :laugh: Also, I like that then, more non smoking and smoking people will be in the same bars.. :laugh: But also i think smoke is so dangerous, especially the level it gets to when people are drinking, that it's kind of like having tear gas/no tear gas bars to have smoking/non smoking bars. It is a bit of PC thuggery, but, just because smoking is one of 2 very dangerous legal drugs. (the other being alcohol). I mean, we don't have crack/no crack bars, or heroin/no heroin bars. :shrug: Hopefully someone will be able to discern my point - I just woke up... :laugh: oops, and sorry about the threadjack.

Goodmorning sleepyhead...go outside for a smoke...and get back to bed...it's early for you! ;)

[amber]

Goodmorning sleepyhead...go outside for a smoke...and get back to bed...it's early for you! ;)
ha, i'm already running late for work...I wish! lol. on to the shower!!!! :p

[strandinthewind]

I see your point, but i kind of don't agree. Also, I like the going outside thing. everyone pops outside, there's people to chat with... :laugh: Also, I like that then, more non smoking and smoking people will be in the same bars.. :laugh: But also i think smoke is so dangerous, especially the level it gets to when people are drinking, that it's kind of like having tear gas/no tear gas bars to have smoking/non smoking bars. It is a bit of PC thuggery, but, just because smoking is one of 2 very dangerous legal drugs. (the other being alcohol). I mean, we don't have crack/no crack bars, or heroin/no heroin bars. :shrug: Hopefully someone will be able to discern my point - I just woke up... :laugh: oops, and sorry about the threadjack.

LOL - you are fine :nod:

I just think about the people in my building that complained because people (not me - I do not smoke at work - it really is just a weekend thing and not even that often) were smoking like 50 yards from the door, they were going to get cancer that very day with the three seconds of exposure from 50 yards away. That type of tommyrot deserves a :rolleyes:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[amber]

LOL - you are fine :nod:

I just think about the people in my building that complained because people (not me - I do not smoke at work - it really is just a weekend thing and not even that often) were smoking like 50 yards from the door, they were going to get cancer that very day with the three seconds of exposure from 50 yards away. That type of tommyrot deserves a :rolleyes:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
true. :rolleyes: But i'm sure (well, not sure, but) you would think that in the close quarters of a bar, etc, it's way dif.

[strandinthewind]

I agree with everything that you said. Banning smoking is p.c. thuggery. The only one I agree with is on commercial airlines because there is absolutely no escape from it with all the recycled air.

I despise smoking- it reeks and is nazzty as all hell. However, if a restaurant were to allow smoking in every corner of it's establishment I just wouldn't patronize them.

Smoking on a plane is just about the grossest thing I can thing of :laugh: same for a hotel room - though I have done both :eek:

[BTFLCHLD]

ha, i'm already running late for work...I wish! lol. on to the shower!!!! :p


DON'T FORGET YOUR CAMERA :]

[strandinthewind]

true. :rolleyes: But i'm sure (well, not sure, but) you would think that in the close quarters of a bar, etc, it's way dif.

Totally :nod: :nod:

[DeeGeMe]

I'm a researcher and writer who works with non-profits and school districts. I write grant proposals that create afterschool programs and early childhood education programs and similar programs for low-income, or otherwise disadvantaged children. I work from home and I'm on the internet almost constantly doing research or actual writing for various projects so I log a lot of time in from of the computer. And I take "mental health" breaks to check out The Ledge (and Ebay).

[dissention]

I flip flop on this one. I think if a bar wants to allow its patrons to smoke, they should be allowed. I think if they want to prohibit it, it should be prohibited. I think that way if you do not want to go to a smoking bar you do not have to go - no one has a constitutional right to a smoke free bar :laugh: This fits in with my "get the govt. out my personal life" thing" :laugh: I do have to say though, it is not horrendous to have to go outside to smoke and it does make the juke joint's atmosphere (all of it) MUCH better.

Also, I get that second hand smoke is bad and all of that, but if it is that bad for you then do not go. The problem is with the work staff - but there again, get another job :shrug:

Hopefully, this post will not encite Strand hate :laugh:

But don't forget, no one has a constitutional right to a bar that permits smoking, either. ;)

[Emmeline]

I work in a toy store. Gotta love it :thumbsup: Yu-Gi-Oh and Bob the builder and Lotta littles and what's their names all day long...Will start studying on Jan 24 though, part time.


~Emma~

[GateandGarden]

(not me - I do not smoke at work - it really is just a weekend thing and not even that often) I'm wondering about this. I have a friend who smokes occasionally, only when she's writing. She says it helps her to write. How does one only smoke occasionally and never become addicted? I have never done it, so I have no clue whatsoever.

[½ ¡Ñ§ÅñË ®]

I might as well admit it. When I’m not posting I pick my nose. :o :shocked:

[dissention]

LOL - you are fine :nod:

I just think about the people in my building that complained because people (not me - I do not smoke at work - it really is just a weekend thing and not even that often) were smoking like 50 yards from the door, they were going to get cancer that very day with the three seconds of exposure from 50 yards away. That type of tommyrot deserves a :rolleyes:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Keep in mind that it's a matter of consideration and common decency. No one should be forced to endure second-hand smoke anywhere, it's a health issue. People should have enough manners to take it outside when they're in a restaurant or a bar. We don't **** where we eat (hopefully), so we shouldn't smoke where we eat, either.

[golden braid]

I'm working. Teaching lessons, riding horses. Being outside at the barn with the horses is my favorite thing to do. :D

[ryan8472]

Keep in mind that it's a matter of consideration and common decency. No one should be forced to endure second-hand smoke anywhere, it's a health issue. People should have enough manners to take it outside when they're in a restaurant or a bar. We don't **** where we eat (hopefully), so we shouldn't smoke where we eat, either.

Ugh, my mom smokes, and we always make her go outside. Not only is it unhealthy for her AND us, but it stinks up the house, and leave nasty stains all over the ceiling and walls. I could puke thinking about it....

[ontheEdgeof17]

I work in a toy store. Gotta love it :thumbsup: Yu-Gi-Oh and Bob the builder and Lotta littles and what's their names all day long...Will start studying on Jan 24 though, part time.


~Emma~


I would love to work in a toy store. Kids don't get on my nerves at all. :angel:


What are you going to study?

[amber]

DON'T FORGET YOUR CAMERA :]
:laugh: :lol:
"Showercam!" It only reaches about 3 feet from the USB port, which is not in my bathroom... :laugh:

[ontheEdgeof17]

:laugh: :lol:
"Showercam!" It only reaches about 3 feet from the USB port, which is not in my bathroom... :laugh:


The bedroom is good enough then. :o :shocked: :p

[dissention]

Ugh, my mom smokes, and we always make her go outside. Not only is it unhealthy for her AND us, but it stinks up the house, and leave nasty stains all over the ceiling and walls. I could puke thinking about it....

Exactly. :nod:

There's nothing worse than the smell of stale cigarettes permeating throughout the house, not even the smell of ass. I helped my downstairs neighbor move last year and her walls were so yellow that I almost puked. It was hysterical when she pulled off her hideous wall border to reveal a white wall. The contrast between the white and the urine-yellow was striking.

[strandinthewind]

Keep in mind that it's a matter of consideration and common decency. No one should be forced to endure second-hand smoke anywhere, it's a health issue. People should have enough manners to take it outside when they're in a restaurant or a bar. We don't **** where we eat (hopefully), so we shouldn't smoke where we eat, either.

I agree - but I think if someone wants to open a smokers' rest. bar - they should be able to :shrug: You do not have to go :shrug:

[HomerMcvie]

Keep in mind that it's a matter of consideration and common decency. No one should be forced to endure second-hand smoke anywhere, it's a health issue. People should have enough manners to take it outside when they're in a restaurant or a bar. We don't **** where we eat (hopefully), so we shouldn't smoke where we eat, either.
Exactly. THIS is a HEALTH issue. It's not about taking away the personal rights of smokers. It's about everyone having the right to frequent any business without involuntarily having their lives shortened.
And I, more than anyone, HATE the gov't enforcing any more PC laws on us, but this really is common sense legislation.

[strandinthewind]

But don't forget, no one has a constitutional right to a bar that permits smoking, either. ;)

backwards logic - you goon :xoxo: :D :xoxo: :angel: :) :D

Interestingly, it could be phrased as a freedom of expression issue - would you the liberal think that - i think not :laugh:

[HomerMcvie]

I agree - but I think if someone wants to open a smokers' rest. bar - they should be able to :shrug: You do not have to go :shrug:
But what if they ALL (bar owners) want smoking bars? Oh wait, 99% of them DO! I suppose if they could allow, say 20% of bars, a smoking permit, I guess I could see that.
I cannot believe that you are a smoker, Strand. It blows my mind. Seriously. :confused:

[amber]

But what if they ALL (bar owners) want smoking bars? Oh wait, 99% of them DO! I suppose if they could allow, say 20% of bars, a smoking permit, I guess I could see that.
I cannot believe that you are a smoker, Strand. It blows my mind. Seriously. :confused:

But you thought I was? :confused:

[dissention]

Exactly. THIS is a HEALTH issue. It's not about taking away the personal rights of smokers. It's about everyone having the right to frequent any business without involuntarily having their lives shortened.
And I, more than anyone, HATE the gov't enforcing any more PC laws on us, but this really is common sense legislation.

BINGO! You deserve a cookie! :woohoo:

[GateandGarden]

I suppose if they could allow, say 20% of bars, a smoking permit, I guess I could see that.And then I don't see how it could be fair. :shrug:

[HomerMcvie]

But you thought I was? :confused:
I don't know. Amber, you seem to me like a party girl.....tatts and piercings. That, IMO, screams smoker! :xoxo: I'll wager I've spent a higher percentage of my life on a barstool than most, yet I never got the smoking bug. I just don't get it.
AMber(whatever happened to the capital M?), I will nominate you for the Ledgie I'd most like to party with! :xoxo: :nod: :nod:

[½ ¡Ñ§ÅñË ®]

Yeah they banned smoking Cannabis a while back too. :rolleyes:

[dissention]

I cannot believe that you are a smoker, Strand. It blows my mind. Seriously. :confused:

I know. And he probably thinks us liberals should support him when he decides to sue the tobacco companies over his health problems. :laugh:

Joking, of course, Jason. ;)

[HomerMcvie]

BINGO! You deserve a cookie! :woohoo:
I hope it's a regular cookie, not one of those from the perv thread! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Wait, on second thought...... :rolleyes:

[amber]

I don't know. Amber, you seem to me like a party girl.....tatts and piercings. That, IMO, screams smoker! :xoxo: I'll wager I've spent a higher percentage of my life on a barstool than most, yet I never got the smoking bug. I just don't get it.
AMber(whatever happened to the capital M?), I will nominate you for the Ledgie I'd most like to party with! :xoxo: :nod: :nod:
You should nominate Strand, he has deep pockets... :laugh: :laugh: and could drink me under the table four times over, i'll wager... :D It just confused me cause he clearly parties more than me. Tats and piercings mean i like jewelry and body art. :)

[dissention]

You should nominate Strand, he has deep pockets... :laugh: :laugh: and could drink me under the table four times over, i'll wager... :D

He's also, what, almost 250 pounds, dear? :laugh: He could swig moonshine like John Boy on a bender and suffer no effects.

[HomerMcvie]

And then I don't see how it could be fair. :shrug:
Exactly! You can have my cookie! It's NOT fair. Maybe if they allowed bars to be completely segregated, and I mean completely(heating, a/c, ventilation and all) will smoking in public be acceptable in the 21st century.

[GateandGarden]

AMber(whatever happened to the capital M?)I think she once said she accidentally put the capital M whenever she was in a hurry.

[amber]

He's also, what, almost 250 pounds, dear? :laugh: He could swig moonshine like John Boy on a bender and suffer no effects.
:lol: isn't he down lower than that now? anyways, yes, it's pretty much no comparison for a 5'3" girl, who weighs about 100+ lbs less to say. Still, i am a bit of a lightweight. or as i like to call it, "cheap date" :lol:

[GateandGarden]

You can have my cookie! Yay! What kind is it? I like the homemade chocolate chip kind. Peanut butter is nice, too. :nod:

[HomerMcvie]

You should nominate Strand, he has deep pockets... :laugh: :laugh: and could drink me under the table four times over, i'll wager... :D It just confused me cause he clearly parties more than me. Tats and piercings mean i like jewelry and body art. :)
I think you'd be more fun.

[GypsySorcerer]

:lol: isn't he down lower than that now? anyways, yes, it's pretty much no comparison for a 5'3" girl, who weighs about 100+ lbs less to say. Still, i am a bit of a lightweight. or as i like to call it, "cheap date" :lol:

:lol:

That reminds of me of Roxie's line in Chicago: screwing around is just messing around, but without dinner. :laugh: :woohoo:

[amber]

I think you'd be more fun.
:xoxo: perhaps. I'm sure the whole thing would have less of a "broadway musical" quality.... :lol: :wavey:

[amber]

I think she once said she accidentally put the capital M whenever she was in a hurry.
Yes, one day i realized that i don't have to continue to sign my posts, because my name is uh, my name. :shrug: can you feel the brainpower from there? :lol:

[HomerMcvie]

:xoxo: perhaps. I'm sure the whole thing would have less of a "broadway musical" quality.... :lol: :wavey:
And that's bad? :lol:

[GateandGarden]

Yes, one day i realized that i don't have to continue to sign my posts, because my name is uh, my name. :shrug: can you feel the brainpower from there? :lol: :xoxo: :xoxo:

[amber]

:lol:

That reminds of me of Roxie's line in Chicago: screwing around is just messing around, but without dinner. :laugh: :woohoo:
lol, I like that movie. Man, Qeen Latifah sure kicked it out, didn't she?

[GypsySorcerer]

lol, I like that movie. Man, Qeen Latifah sure kicked it out, didn't she?

:nod: She has some pipes on her. I'm a sucker for musicals, though. :)

[dissention]

lol, I like that movie. Man, Qeen Latifah sure kicked it out, didn't she?

She was even better in Living Out Loud with Holly Hunter. Her opening rendition of Lush Life was magnificent. :woohoo:

[amber]

:nod: She has some pipes on her. I'm a sucker for musicals, though. :)
I loved her swagger and attitude. I'm a sucker for dancing in movies...and thirties clothes... :)

[ryan8472]

I'm a junior in high school. I go to physical therapy twice each week to help get my walking ability back to normal. I enjoy reading, listening to music, and seeing movies in my spare time. Especially independent films, lately. :shrugs: My life is fairly boring...

What happened to your walking ability, Justin? :distress:

[DeadliestPoison]

I enjoy reading, listening to music, and seeing movies in my spare time. Especially independent films, lately.
Mmm, indie films. I loooove the little arthouse cinema near where I live. The cleanest theater I've ever been in. Swoon. If I had digital cable, I'm sure I would always be on the indie film channel. Or VH1Classic. ;)

Juniors represent! Woot.

[GypsySorcerer]

I'm a junior in high school. I go to physical therapy twice each week to help get my walking ability back to normal. I enjoy reading, listening to music, and seeing movies in my spare time. Especially independent films, lately. :shrugs: My life is fairly boring...

Oh, wow. I thought you were older. Not in bad way - you just seem very mature. :)

[dissention]

Mmm, indie films. I loooove the little arthouse cinema near where I live. The cleanest theater I've ever been in. Swoon. If I had digital cable, I'm sure I would always be on the indie film channel. Or VH1Classic. ;)

Junior represent! Woot.

The Sundance Channel kicks ass, too.

And my local arthouse theater is a rats nest. And I love it. The floors look like someone pulled a Jackson Pollock on them. :lol:

[ryan8472]

Let's see...How to make a long story short. In early October of 2002, I woke up and I felt really disoriented and dizzy, started walking into walls...Over the next week or so I just got weaker and weaker, eventually having to use a wheelchair. To be honest no one is sure exactly what happened. For a while some doctors claimed it was a psychiatric problem with me, which drove me NUTS, but now the general medical consensus is: something happened, we just don't know what. :shrug: I've been through, let's see, four neurologists and I'm going to see a new one in a couple weeks. Doctors are like people in every other occupation, some are good and some aren't so good, it's just that with doctors the stakes are higher when they AREN'T good. If only there were more people in the medical profession who were more open-minded like Curtis...Anyway, in a nutshell, that's what happened.

And, in case you all are wondering, I'm expected to fully recover eventually. :woohoo:

That's totally weird. Unfortunate too. I'm relieved to hear you're getting better though! :xoxo: :thumbsup:

[golddustwoman77]

For fun: Work out, play guitar, listen to music, read, hang out with friends, head the democratic party in my county, and drink and study wines.

For work: grade papers, plan lessons, review textbooks for my county's textbook adoption committee (I'm the chairperson for my school), coach the Scholar's Bowl Team, and choreograph dance routines for our cheerleaders and the dance team.

[dissention]

Let's see...How to make a long story short. In early October of 2002, I woke up and I felt really disoriented and dizzy, started walking into walls...Over the next week or so I just got weaker and weaker, eventually having to use a wheelchair. To be honest no one is sure exactly what happened. For a while some doctors claimed it was a psychiatric problem with me, which drove me NUTS, but now the general medical consensus is: something happened, we just don't know what. :shrug: I've been through, let's see, four neurologists and I'm going to see a new one in a couple weeks. Doctors are like people in every other occupation, some are good and some aren't so good, it's just that with doctors the stakes are higher when they AREN'T good. If only there were more people in the medical profession who were more open-minded like Curtis...Anyway, in a nutshell, that's what happened.

And, in case you all are wondering, I'm expected to fully recover eventually. :woohoo:

Did you ever go to an Epstein Barr/Chronic Fatigue specialist? I had the some of the same symptoms years ago (disorientation, dizziness, etc.) and that's what I was diagnosed with. Took me a few years to kick that ****.

[Mari]

Let's see...How to make a long story short. In early October of 2002, I woke up and I felt really disoriented and dizzy, started walking into walls...Over the next week or so I just got weaker and weaker, eventually having to use a wheelchair. To be honest no one is sure exactly what happened. For a while some doctors claimed it was a psychiatric problem with me, which drove me NUTS, but now the general medical consensus is: something happened, we just don't know what. :shrug: I've been through, let's see, four neurologists and I'm going to see a new one in a couple weeks. Doctors are like people in every other occupation, some are good and some aren't so good, it's just that with doctors the stakes are higher when they AREN'T good. If only there were more people in the medical profession who were more open-minded like Curtis...Anyway, in a nutshell, that's what happened.

And, in case you all are wondering, I'm expected to fully recover eventually. :woohoo:

Oh.. that really drives me mad, when people (doctors or not) will tell you it's psychiatrical just because they can't find another cause! :mad:
Wish you well, though :)

[GateandGarden]

And, in case you all are wondering, I'm expected to fully recover eventually. :woohoo:I'm glad to hear that. :)

[DrummerDeanna]

Oh.. that really drives me mad, when people (doctors or not) will tell you it's psychiatrical just because they can't find another cause! :mad:
Wish you well, though :)


Hey...that happened in a Golden Girls episode...with Dorothy - and I believe she ended up having Epsein Barr :nod:

[dissention]

No...Thank you for the recommendation! We've suspected Chronic Fatigue, but every doctor goes red in the face and little veins pop out of their foreheads when we bring it up. :rolleyes: Someone just asked me two days ago if I was ever tested for Epstein-Barr, and I realized that I don't know if I have been or not. I'm going to have to check that out today...:)

Most doctors know next to nothing about it, that's why they start to sweat you bring it up. What you should do is call your insurance company and ask them to give the name of a specialist in your area, they should have a few names at least. If you do have it, though, expect to take 50 vitamins a day. :laugh: And be sure to collect Social Security if you're diagnosed with it, you automatically qualify for it.

[amber]

For fun: Work out, play guitar, listen to music, read, hang out with friends, head the democratic party in my county, and drink and study wines.

For work: grade papers, plan lessons, review textbooks for my county's textbook adoption committee (I'm the chairperson for my school), coach the Scholar's Bowl Team, and choreograph dance routines for our cheerleaders and the dance team.
Gaw, Lazy people like you really make me sick!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: JK, obviously...good job!!!! :thumbsup:

[macmar71]

At Work: I answer phones, set up appointments, take Xrays of the foot and ankle, clean and stock rooms, set up surgeries, contact insurance companies about coverage of surgeries and orthotics, autoclave instruments and make plaster impressions of feet for orthotics and molded shoes.


At Home: I relax and sleep when I can, when I am awake I surf the web, shop online, watch TV, listen to music, read a book ~ always have one with me no matter where I go, clean the kitchen and my bathroom ~ my bedroom is cluttered as always, go shopping, talk on the phone with a couple of friends, cook a nice meal once or twice a week, get my nails done or do them myself, when it is nice out go for walks

[golddustwoman77]

Gaw, Lazy people like you really make me sick!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: JK, obviously...good job!!!! :thumbsup:

Wow! Thanks for the compliment. It is just a "normal" thing to me. :D

[Emmeline]

I would love to work in a toy store. Kids don't get on my nerves at all. :angel:


What are you going to study?
I'm taking a course in psychology, hopefully in the end I'll work with health issues.


~Emma~

[strandinthewind]

I'm taking a course in psychology, hopefully in the end I'll work with health issues.


~Emma~

and how do you FEEEEEEL about that :laugh:

Sorry - couldn't resist - I wish you well!!!!!!! :cool:

[DownOnRodeo]

Me help teach English at a junior high in Japan!

[ontheEdgeof17]

Me help teach English at a junior high in Japan!


Sounds like they are in good hands, Joe. :lol: