Mid-Morning Art Thread

Office in a Small City
Edward Hopper

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

2 "If I had a telescope, I could see what that chick on the 4th floor is doing."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

3 3d?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (xTRSc)

4 Wow, those are big windows.

Posted by: dantesed at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (88xKn)

5 How does one roll their sleeves up that far???

Posted by: Doof at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (2pH9T)

6 Admittedly, he has two more windows in his office than I do, but I still don't like the aesthetic here. Too sterile.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (YIVH2)

7 Always liked Hopper. His depictions of alienation within the crowded cities mirrors my feelings of urban life.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (QG3cQ)

8 Corner Office.

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

9 "I'm just gonna stare out into space until IT comes back with my computer."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (/EuRN)

10 5 How does one roll their sleeves up that far???
Posted by: Doof at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (2pH9T)

Jim Jordan has a seven part series on youtoob about it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (/EuRN)

11 8 Corner Office.

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (AwYPR)

Luxury!!

Posted by: davidt at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (SYTee)

12 Hopper? That looks more like a Sergi.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (5apCz)

13 That’s a weird-looking office building.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (xTRSc)

14 Wow, those are big windows.
Posted by: dantesed

Oh you say that to all the girls!

*bats eyelashes*

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 09:33 AM (QG3cQ)

15 Also, if he is facing the sun, then he is going to go blind eventually. I had an office like that once, where the sun blinded me for a few hours every day.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 07, 2023 09:33 AM (YIVH2)

16 Is the lack of glass to hasten one's escape from the dull office architecture. 'Cause I could understand that.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 07, 2023 09:33 AM (ttsdZ)

17 Eh, he is " working" from home like every government employee

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2023 09:33 AM (EKsjb)

18 He likes painting people in rooms, seen through the window.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at August 07, 2023 09:33 AM (ScR16)

19 That's pretty darn good.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at August 07, 2023 09:34 AM (MvF+J)

20 I'd be the guy hired to work on the top floor of the white building across the street -- the one with no windows.

Posted by: red speck at August 07, 2023 09:34 AM (0Id0S)

21 How does one roll their sleeves up that far???
Posted by: Doof at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (2pH9T)

By not getting any exercise whatsoever and having the biceps of a 2 year old.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

22 Wow, those are big windows.
Posted by: dantesed

Those are big openings. Doesn't look like glass is in it.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2023 09:34 AM (5apCz)

23 He's not getting any work done.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 07, 2023 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

24 Looks like he's got a model train set happening there.

Posted by: davidt at August 07, 2023 09:34 AM (SYTee)

25 Bet there's a hat rack in there, somewhere.

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 09:34 AM (AwYPR)

26 16 & 22. Horde mind.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2023 09:34 AM (5apCz)

27
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 09:35 AM (MoZTd)

28 Poor dude doesn't have anything on his desk...not even coffee for (judging be the angle of the shadow and lighting) a nice morning view.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 07, 2023 09:35 AM (JCZqz)

29 What a bleak and miserable way to spend you working life.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 07, 2023 09:35 AM (YRsIm)

30 Looks like there's a new cover sheet for the TPS report.

Posted by: Office Space at August 07, 2023 09:35 AM (NBVIP)

31 Is the lack of glass to hasten one's escape from the dull office architecture. 'Cause I could understand that.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 07, 2023 09:33 AM (ttsdZ)

Cuts down on the corporate costs of brokers hurling themselves out of office windows on the 12th floor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

32 Office in a Small City > Cubical Farm

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 07, 2023 09:35 AM (f6UzA)

33 He's about to do a "Kevin Bacon in Hollow Man" on some lady in that building.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2023 09:35 AM (0FoWg)

34
"It's all right, Jenkins. I can listen to your report, write this memo and fire this guy all at the same time."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (MoZTd)

35 Where are his 10 monitors?

Posted by: Some computer geek at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (lc5cP)

36 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. It's gonna suck when a bird craps on those windows and that's all he will be able to see afterwards.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (e4fEA)

37 That wooden chair he's sitting in doesn't look ergonomic or comfortable.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (4I/2K)

38 Painting compelled me to trace every line with my eyes. Now my eye muscles hurt. That's an indicator of Good Art.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (MvF+J)

39 So, no comments about the sniper on the roof in the left side of the painting.

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (taapK)

40 Office in a Small City > Cubical Farm
Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club

It's all in how you frame it... I like to think of my cube as a topless office.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (ttsdZ)

41 With rolled up sleeves, I would expect to see some big guns.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

42 The "work".... it's all in his mind. You can just tell.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (Q4IgG)

43 He's not getting any work done.
Posted by: redridinghood

He's ignoring the Zoom meeting on the laptop behind him - he cloned his image and it presenting that.

His earbud is in his hidden ear and he's listening to a Joe Rogan podcast.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 09:37 AM (QG3cQ)

44 Sniper is on the building to his left

Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 09:37 AM (lc5cP)

45 So, just how much does a starter-into-space make, anyway?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 09:37 AM (xTRSc)

46 Wow, those are big windows.

Posted by: dantesed

-----------

"Just wait 'til you see the knockers!"

[h/t Tonypete]

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 07, 2023 09:37 AM (f6UzA)

47 I'd say... 1930s. Has a very Man of Tomorrow kind of feel.

I hate that period of art. Art Deco (which I love) and commies/technocrats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:37 AM (zZu0s)

48 And he's just seen a guy fall by his window tossed from the executive meeting because he said, "Maybe Trump wasn't that bad after all?"

Posted by: andycanuck at August 07, 2023 09:38 AM (krqg6)

49 It's good to see King Harv is livin' larger than this dude......Bikini babes on a deep see fishing boat isn't a bad lifestyle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

50 Looks a bit like he's drafting designs. I bet he's the architect of the very building he's sitting in.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 09:38 AM (4I/2K)

51 I bet the heating/air bills on that office are outrageous.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2023 09:38 AM (Gf3mx)

52 He's thinking about summoning Christina Hendricks to take dictation.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at August 07, 2023 09:38 AM (MvF+J)

53 My baby takes the morning train, he works from nine till five and then...

Posted by: Sheena Easton at August 07, 2023 09:39 AM (NBVIP)

54 Swing and a miss.

1953. Although he painted as early as the 20s.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:39 AM (zZu0s)

55 21 How does one roll their sleeves up that far???
Posted by: Doof at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (2pH9T)

By not getting any exercise whatsoever and having the biceps of a 2 year old.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

Hey!

Posted by: David Hogg, unrolling his sleeves at August 07, 2023 09:39 AM (PiwSw)

56 Wow, those are big windows.
Posted by: dantesed at August 07, 2023 09:32 AM (88xKn)

You kinda asked for it...

Big Money.
From the album Power Windows.
https://youtu.be/qVnLWOg3Krs

Posted by: Doof at August 07, 2023 09:39 AM (2pH9T)

57
It's all in how you frame it... I like to think of my cube as a topless office.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (ttsdZ)

That's hot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

58 Alterate title:

"Homo Futurus: Has Nothing, Is Happy Living in a Work Cubicle and Waiting for His State-Supplied Cricket Surprise Swanson TV Dinner"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 07, 2023 09:39 AM (QzZeQ)

59 40 Topless office? Where do you work, She Hobbit?

Pics?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 09:39 AM (xTRSc)

60 If only he had a computer or cell phone then he could become a Hordemate.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 09:39 AM (e4fEA)

61 He's thinking about summoning Christina Hendricks to take dictation.

Why are you in your boxers sir?

Posted by: Christina Hendricks walking into the office at August 07, 2023 09:39 AM (lc5cP)

62
You kinda asked for it...

Big Money.
From the album Power Windows.
https://youtu.be/qVnLWOg3Krs
Posted by: Doof at August 07, 2023 09:39 AM (2pH9T)

Well played, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

63 What a bleak and miserable way to spend you working life.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

It's Russian. They pretend to pay him.
He pretends to work.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM (5apCz)

64 Suggestion: blindstogo.com

Posted by: redridinghood at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

65 Painting compelled me to trace every line with my eyes. Now my eye muscles hurt. That's an indicator of Good Art.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (MvF+J)

------------

GAINZZZZ!

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM (f6UzA)

66 I knew that was a Hopper the moment I saw it!

The painting has a "first crisp day of fall" look to it. I'd hate to work in that office during summertime, esp. if, in Hopper's day, it had no A/C.

He looks like he might be an architect or engineer; that wide flat table/desk resembles a drafting table.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM (J2vNu)

67 Wow, this guys gets to look at chimneys all day. He must be impotent.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM (fWTJL)

68 Hopper? I just met her!

[New sock put back on.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM (krqg6)

69 He's taking care of business. Everyday.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM (4I/2K)

70 Alternate title: An old-timey news anchor presses the button for his rape lock.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM (0FoWg)

71 52 He's thinking about summoning Christina Hendricks to take dictation.
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at August 07, 2023 09:38 AM (MvF+J)

Mmmmmmm.

You know the sad part? I never watched any of Mad Men. Never held any appeal for me. For some reason, I never wanted to watch a deconstruction of that decade and culture. May be cowardly, I dunno. Don't really care.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:41 AM (zZu0s)

72 It looks like Hopper placed an office desk in the corner of the top deck of a parking garage.

Posted by: mrp at August 07, 2023 09:41 AM (rj6Yv)

73 It's all in how you frame it... I like to think of my cube as a topless office.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM (ttsdZ)

--------------

"That's hot!"

/channeling my inner-Sponge

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 07, 2023 09:41 AM (f6UzA)

74 We can help.

Posted by: Next Day Blinds at August 07, 2023 09:41 AM (NBVIP)

75 You will own nothing, have no privacy and you will like it.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 07, 2023 09:42 AM (fWTJL)

76 68 Hopper? I just met her!

[New sock put back on.]
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM (krqg6)

Hopper didn't disappear- he was skinned ALIVE!
-Dutch

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:42 AM (zZu0s)

77 Looks a bit like he's drafting designs. I bet he's the architect of the very building he's sitting in.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023

***
And he's realized there was a crucial error in his calculations for it, and the building could fall down at any moment.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 09:42 AM (J2vNu)

78 Undaunted by the market failure of his Bakelite Tire invention, Clarence is back at the drawing board.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at August 07, 2023 09:42 AM (MvF+J)

79 as simple as his composition is, Hopper always fascinates. It's like a noir novel on canvas.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 07, 2023 09:42 AM (fiqOx)

80 I've never seen an office before.

Posted by: zombie edward hopper at August 07, 2023 09:43 AM (KFhLj)

81 He's thinking about summoning Christina Hendricks to take dictation.

-----------

That's "Mrs. Malcolm Reynolds" to you, sir!

Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 07, 2023 09:43 AM (f6UzA)

82 It's all in how you frame it... I like to think of my cube as a topless office.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 07, 2023 09:36 AM

Go on...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2023 09:43 AM (bXZzT)

83 Topless office? Where do you work, She Hobbit?

Pics?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Hahahahahah, only the cubes are topless and afraid giant corporationy-corporation doesn't allow pics inside.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM (IzLFb)

84 Just what is it you'd say you do around here?

Posted by: Obligatory at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM (NBVIP)

85 Hopper didn't disappear- he was skinned ALIVE!
-Dutch
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:42 AM (zZu0s)

Golf clap.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM (e4fEA)

86 You know the sad part? I never watched any of Mad Men. Never held any appeal for me. For some reason, I never wanted to watch a deconstruction of that decade and culture. May be cowardly, I dunno. Don't really care.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023

***
It was supposed to be a deconstruction and a "Look how silly and backward these '60s people were" kind of series. But viewers liked the look of the clothes and cars, the mores, the freedoms (to smoke in offices, as one tiny example) that we've lost. Big joke on the producers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

87 You know the sad part? I never watched any of Mad Men. Never held any appeal for me. For some reason, I never wanted to watch a deconstruction of that decade and culture. May be cowardly, I dunno. Don't really care.

/—

I ignored the deconstruction part and focused on the stories themselves.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM (BqIHC)

88 Has anyone ever determined if Christina Hendricks’ boobs are natural or not?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM (xTRSc)

89 Big joke on the producers.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

—

Yep.

Producers: omg can you believe how things were back then?

Viewers: I know right. Things were fucking awesome!!

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 09:45 AM (BqIHC)

90 Real and spectacular!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 07, 2023 09:45 AM (krqg6)

91 Has anyone ever determined if Christina Hendricks’ boobs are natural or not?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM (xTRSc)

iPhone hack says they're real and they're spectacular.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

92 That's "Mrs. Malcolm Reynolds" to you, sir!
Posted by: ShainS -- We're Happy Ace's Geriatric Club ... at August 07, 2023 09:43 AM (f6UzA)

That's Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore to you, bub.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:46 AM (zZu0s)

93 86 Good cast, compelling writing.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at August 07, 2023 09:46 AM (MvF+J)

94 67 Wow, this guys gets to look at chimneys all day. He must be impotent.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 07, 2023 09:40 AM

That's just cruel. I've never thought of chimneys as phallic, spewing their evil man-pollution onto the earth. Very symbolic.

Posted by: Lefty Art Professor at August 07, 2023 09:46 AM (JCZqz)

95 71 52 He's thinking about summoning Christina Hendricks to take dictation.
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at August 07, 2023 09:38 AM (MvF+J)

Mmmmmmm.

You know the sad part? I never watched any of Mad Men. Never held any appeal for me. For some reason, I never wanted to watch a deconstruction of that decade and culture. May be cowardly, I dunno. Don't really care.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:41 AM (zZu0s)

I'm an advertising copywriter, same as lead character, so everyone just assumed I loved it.

Watched one episode. Hated every character. Never watched again.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 09:46 AM (KbCG3)

96 Blah. This has all the excitement of a pair of muddy shoes.

1/10. Would burn.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2023 09:46 AM (mZ3xv)

97 It was supposed to be a deconstruction and a "Look how silly and backward these '60s people were" kind of series. But viewers liked the look of the clothes and cars, the mores, the freedoms (to smoke in offices, as one tiny example) that we've lost. Big joke on the producers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

Mad Men did for the Old Fashioned what Sex in the City did for the Cosmopolitan.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2023 09:46 AM (Gf3mx)

98 <100 and we've got a "boobs" mention.

Posted by: Hordelike at August 07, 2023 09:46 AM (NBVIP)

99 91 Has anyone ever determined if Christina Hendricks’ boobs are natural or not?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM (xTRSc)

iPhone hack says they're real and they're spectacular.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

Agreed. That hack...

So I've heard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:47 AM (zZu0s)

100 Inviting opportunity to jump.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 07, 2023 09:47 AM (Mzdiz)

101 He's watching the democrats in the street below riot, loot, burn, crap, rape, steal, fornicate, assault, rape and campaign for Joe Biden.

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 07, 2023 09:47 AM (5L/TD)

102 That's Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore to you, bub.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:46 AM (zZu0s)
---
I thought her name was YoSaffBridge....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 07, 2023 09:48 AM (YIVH2)

103 Those are big openings. Doesn't look like glass is in it.
Posted by: rickb223

The building contractor hired the same glazing installer as the John Hancock building circa mid '70s.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 09:48 AM (QG3cQ)

104 It's 11AM already, and Clarence still hasn't come up with even one new WPA slogan today. He'll have to bear down if he's to make the dozen quota by noon.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at August 07, 2023 09:48 AM (MvF+J)

105 85 Hopper didn't disappear- he was skinned ALIVE!
-Dutch
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:42 AM (zZu0s)

Golf clap.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 09:44 AM

GET TO THE HOPPER!!

Posted by: Guy at the Art Gallery showing this painting, really excited to see it at August 07, 2023 09:48 AM (JCZqz)

106 Might as well jump.

Posted by: Van Halen at August 07, 2023 09:48 AM (NBVIP)

107
He's watching the democrats in the street below riot, loot, burn, crap, rape, steal, fornicate, assault, rape and campaign for Joe Biden.

Would Hang.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 07, 2023 09:47 AM (5L/TD)

You said "rape" twice.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 09:48 AM (MoZTd)

108 Boobs are never OT, and therefore never a violation of the 100-comment rule. Right?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 09:49 AM (xTRSc)

109 I like rape.

Posted by: Blazing Saddles at August 07, 2023 09:49 AM (NBVIP)

110 That's Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore to you, bub.
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Fake boobs would explode in outer space!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 07, 2023 09:49 AM (krqg6)

111 107
He's watching the democrats in the street below riot, loot, burn, crap, rape, steal, fornicate, assault, rape and campaign for Joe Biden.

Would Hang.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 07, 2023 09:47 AM (5L/TD)

You said "rape" twice.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 09:48 AM (MoZTd

I've be worn out before the second round. Geez.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2023 09:49 AM (mZ3xv)

112 It's not rape rape.

Posted by: Karen Johnson at August 07, 2023 09:50 AM (NBVIP)

113 Monday. Ugh.
Can we legislate that summer weekends shall be be a 3 day weekend? Any politician who promises that has my vote.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 09:50 AM (BqIHC)

114 20 I'd be the guy hired to work on the top floor of the white building across the street -- the one with no windows.
Posted by: red speck at August 07, 2023 09:34 AM (0Id0S)

*********

That's our regional headquarters.

Posted by: Bob from NSA's supervisor at August 07, 2023 09:50 AM (xxG/v)

115 Mad Men did for the Old Fashioned what Sex in the City did for the Cosmopolitan.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2023

***
I would have thought the Mad Men drink of choice would have been the dry martini!

They did quite a few things right. In one episode, a girl, I think it's Don Draper's daughter, watches an episode of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. and being, ah, inspired by Illya Kuryakin. The MfU episode being shown is roughly correct for the date (late winter/early spring 1965) given for the MM episode.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 09:50 AM (J2vNu)

116 He's watching the democrats in the street below riot, loot, burn, crap, rape, steal, fornicate, assault, rape and campaign for Joe Biden.

Would Hang.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 07, 2023 09:47 AM (5L/TD)

You said "rape" twice.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 09:48 AM (MoZTd)

That's because they do it again at the Number 6 dance later on.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2023 09:51 AM (Gf3mx)

117 Female Secretary just out of frame: Oh, poor Mr. Johnson. He has the weight of the world on his shoulders trying to keep this company afloat. He must be so worried. I can't imagine what he's thinking about right now, what with his wife and baby on the way.

Mr. Johnson: I bet I could throw a football to the roof of that building.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 09:51 AM (KbCG3)

118 Thought Bubble: "I need to go to the diner tonight."

Posted by: Question authority bumper sticker at August 07, 2023 09:51 AM (Rbu5d)

119 Darren Stephens >>>>> Don Draper

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 09:52 AM (xTRSc)

120 In space, there is no boob-sagging due to gravity.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 07, 2023 09:52 AM (xxG/v)

121 117 Female Secretary just out of frame: Oh, poor Mr. Johnson. He has the weight of the world on his shoulders trying to keep this company afloat. He must be so worried. I can't imagine what he's thinking about right now, what with his wife and baby on the way.

Mr. Johnson: I bet I could throw a football to the roof of that building.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 09:51 AM (KbCG3)

Hah! That is worthy of the Far Side.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:52 AM (zZu0s)

122 R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts 15h
🚨#BREAKING: A Massive fire has broken out at a plastic warehouse recycling industrial plant
📌#Albuquerque | #NewMexico
Currently, multiple firefighters and other emergency personnel‘s are responding to a massive two alarm fire that has broken out at a plastic recycling warehouse industrial plant in Albuquerque New Mexico the thick black heavy plumes of smoke can seen billowing into the sky 20+ miles way police and firefighters say winds are unpredictable and the fire is not contained they are asking everyone to avoid the area

R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts 14h
🚨#UPDATE: Evacuations are in progress as crews from Bernalillo County and Albuquerque work to control a massive fire at a recycling plant. Multiple large piles of tires have ignited, and officials have expressed concern about potential hazardous materials at the site. The fire is anticipated to worsen and persist for some time, emitting thick black smoke that has been detected on Weather Doppler radar. Witnesses report visibility of the smoke up to over 30 miles away.

https://tinyurl.com/4fduu86k
two videos

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 07, 2023 09:52 AM (krqg6)

123 Damn, that crowd audibly raped Mitch McConnell twice.

That's brutal. Five minutes of straight boos and heckling.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2023 09:52 AM (mZ3xv)

124 Best line of the entire series, when Peggy complains about not getting recognition from Don. And Don says “That’s what the moneys for”.

I’ve said that many times to people acting Peggy.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 09:53 AM (BqIHC)

125 120 In space, there is no boob-sagging due to gravity.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 07, 2023 09:52 AM (xxG/v)

Apropos of Sponge's citation, she seems to have very stout bras.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:53 AM (zZu0s)

126 Don Draper, provider of one of the greatest quotes of all time "That's what the money is for!"

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 09:53 AM (CIS44)

127 118 ISWYDT

*golf clap*

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 09:53 AM (xTRSc)

128 What's the half life of a Megan Rapinoe?

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 09:53 AM (AwYPR)

129
He's going to go home to his wife Ethel, have meatloaf for dinner, light his pipe full of Carter Hall tobacco and watch Milton Berle on the Philco.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 09:54 AM (MoZTd)

130 Thought Bubble: "Maybe I should invest in one of those fancy new Apple computers."

Posted by: CEO dude at August 07, 2023 09:54 AM (NBVIP)

131 128 What's the half life of a Megan Rapinoe?
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 09:53 AM (AwYPR)

Seems to be about 2.5 Lena Dunhams.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:54 AM (zZu0s)

132 124 Best line of the entire series, when Peggy complains about not getting recognition from Don. And Don says “That’s what the moneys for”.

I’ve said that many times to people acting Peggy.
Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 09:53 AM (BqIHC)

That was the best explanation of Gen Z I've ever read.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2023 09:54 AM (mZ3xv)

133 In space, there is no boob-sagging due to gravity.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 07, 2023 09:52 AM (xxG/v)

With the high cost per pound of launching to escape velocity, only slim, flat-chested waifs can be sent into space.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 09:54 AM (4I/2K)

134 Best line of the entire series, when Peggy complains about not getting recognition from Don. And Don says “That’s what the moneys for”.

I’ve said that many times to people acting Peggy.
Posted by: Montec

Horde Mind

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 09:55 AM (CIS44)

135 131 128 What's the half life of a Megan Rapinoe?
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 09:53 AM (AwYPR)

Seems to be about 2.5 Lena Dunhams.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:54 AM

Coincidentally, that also happens to be my mass.

Posted by: Stacy Abrams at August 07, 2023 09:56 AM (24j6Z)

136
I’ve said that many times to people acting Peggy.
Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 09:53 AM (BqIHC)

I can proudly say that in my 35 years of professional employment, I never received any recognition, plaque, award, laurel or hearty handshake.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 09:56 AM (MoZTd)

137 With the high cost per pound of launching to escape velocity, only slim, flat-chested waifs can be sent into space.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 09:54 AM (4I/2K)

Sigourney Weaver?

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 09:56 AM (AwYPR)

138 If you’re in the New England area there is currently an Edward Hopper special exhibit at the Gloucester Maritime Museum. Love his paintings from his time in Gloucester!!

Posted by: BEN at August 07, 2023 09:56 AM (VsSfg)

139 He sees Megan Rapinoe missing a penalty kick... and smiles inwardly.

"Nice shot Megan"
Donald Trump

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 07, 2023 09:57 AM (TGPs7)

140 Always liked Hopper. He could he a little weird once in a while , like this painting. Like it though

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 07, 2023 09:57 AM (Nkpwx)

141 I can't even imagine the freedom of working in the corporate world in the 60s.

You don't have to self filter when surrounded by trannies, gay pride, or feminazis.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 09:57 AM (lc5cP)

142
You said "rape" twice.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 09:48 AM (MoZTd)

I used 2 fingers.

Posted by: Joey Fingerstick McShitpants at August 07, 2023 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

143 I would have thought the Mad Men drink of choice would have been the dry martini!

It definitely revitalized the interest in martini culture as well, but the martini never really fell out of fashion.

In the 1990s, I might have made one Old Fashioned a week on average.

Now every other millennial male orders OFs.

Mad Men, for a niche show, definitely bumped interest in cocktail culture.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2023 09:58 AM (Gf3mx)

144 I can proudly say that in my 35 years of professional employment, I never received any recognition, plaque, award, laurel or hearty handshake.

I got a bunch of mouthfuls of thanks.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at August 07, 2023 09:58 AM (lc5cP)

145 You don't have to self filter when surrounded by trannies, gay pride, or feminazis.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 09:57 AM (lc5cP)

Well, you weren't even in contact with trannies, gay pride or feminazis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 09:58 AM (zZu0s)

146 Organization Man surveys his domain, thinking of new things that need organizing.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Pep at August 07, 2023 09:58 AM (MvF+J)

147 From the Great Moments In Science series, here's Kate Upton demonstrating that boobs won't sag in microgravity situations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKq-tScUWdg

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 07, 2023 09:59 AM (xxG/v)

148 I can proudly say that in my 35 years of professional employment, I never received any recognition, plaque, award, laurel or hearty handshake.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 09:56 AM (MoZTd)

I got a big piece of engraved plastic...meant to look like glass...every 10 years.

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 09:59 AM (AwYPR)

149 "it is my privilege to extend to you a laurel and hearty handshake!"

Posted by: Blazing Saddles at August 07, 2023 09:59 AM (NBVIP)

150 Dude should be munching on a red Twizzler while contemplating this stuff.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2023 09:59 AM (isNL8)

151 Martinis are high octane.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 07, 2023 10:00 AM (DmtxH)

152 Must be tough to keep his stuff from blowing around in the wind.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2023 10:00 AM (ZLI7S)

153 136
I’ve said that many times to people acting Peggy.
Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 09:53 AM (BqIHC)

I can proudly say that in my 35 years of professional employment, I never received any recognition, plaque, award, laurel or hearty handshake.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 09:56 AM (MoZTd)

How about this:

Co-worker quits. Manager asks what they can do to keep her from leaving.

A few months later I quit. Manager says, "Good luck!"

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:01 AM (KbCG3)

154 Sponge, how is your dad doing?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 10:01 AM (xTRSc)

155 GET TO THE HOPPER!!
Posted by: Guy at the Art Gallery showing this painting, really excited to see it

***********

Must See - a lamerick

Edward painted scenes with great impunity
Compelling cityscapes of our community
If you get a chance to see 'em
When you go to the museum
You don't want to miss a golden Hopper-tunity

Posted by: Muldoon at August 07, 2023 10:01 AM (l4B/J)

156 137 With the high cost per pound of launching to escape velocity, only slim, flat-chested waifs can be sent into space.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 09:54 AM (4I/2K)

Sigourney Weaver?
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 09:56 AM

We can grow massive titties once in space. We have the technology!

Posted by: Science! at August 07, 2023 10:01 AM (24j6Z)

157 Hopper was easily one of the best American Painters.

Always interesting, always making the observer think about what was the subject thinking and by extension, what was the artist thinking and what did he want you, the observer to think.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 07, 2023 10:02 AM (rc3Z7)

158 Must be tough to keep his stuff from blowing around in the wind.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2023 10:00 AM (ZLI7S)

Paper weights!....remember them?

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 10:02 AM (AwYPR)

159 He's working on the Penske file.

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 07, 2023 10:02 AM (NBVIP)

160
One of my guilty pleasures is reading the AKC Secretary's Page for disciplinary actions taken against exhibitors, judges and breeders for various kinds of lamentable, if sometimes entertaining, violations.

Event violations are often of the heat-of-the-moment type, like criticizing a judge's decision. These are often given a reprimand or an event suspension of a month or two and a fine of $100. Then there are the ones that make you say, "Damn, wish I'd been there to see that."

"Action was taken by the Greater Ocala Dog Club for conduct at its November 16, 2013 event. Mr. X was charged with verbal abuse (inappropriate, abusive or foul language) directed personally to a judge and disruptive behavior at an event. The Staff Event Committee reviewed the event committee’s report and the penalty was set at a five year event suspension and a $10,000 fine, effective November 16, 2013.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:02 AM (MoZTd)

161 Bob Newhart did the all-time best bit on retirement parties.

https://youtu.be/skGxsnXv_84

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 10:03 AM (4I/2K)

162 144 I can proudly say that in my 35 years of professional employment, I never received any recognition, plaque, award, laurel or hearty handshake.

*********

I once received a plaque with one of the corners chopped out that was painted red and had a plastic award stating something or other. I think it cost 27 cents to produce and it was for working 80+ hours for about 25 weeks in a row.

It was like, "Gee Thanks - how about buying us a Sprite, too?" when management handed these to us peons.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 07, 2023 10:03 AM (xxG/v)

163 The only thanks I ever needed from management was continued employment.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 07, 2023 10:03 AM (rc3Z7)

164 SEIU Local 721, a union representing county and city employees across Southern California, said that more than 11,000 Los Angeles city workers will participate, including sanitation workers, heavy duty mechanics, traffic officers and engineers.

The city work stoppage comes amid a frenzy of organized labor activity in Los Angeles and across the country, including the first simultaneous strike of Hollywood writers and actors since 1960. Los Angeles and Orange County hotel workers have also engaged in intermittent work stoppages since contracts expired for more than 15,000 hotel workers at some 60 properties.

Posted by: SMOD at August 07, 2023 10:04 AM (RHGPo)

165 147 From the Great Moments In Science series, here's Kate Upton demonstrating that boobs won't sag in microgravity situations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKq-tScUWdg
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 07, 2023 09:59 AM

Over 300k views, and only 42 comments. I guess there's not really much to say.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 07, 2023 10:04 AM (JCZqz)

166 161 Bob Newhart did the all-time best bit on retirement parties.

https://youtu.be/skGxsnXv_84
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 10:03 AM (4I/2K)

(From memory)
'...This crummy watch!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 10:04 AM (zZu0s)

167 If you’re in the New England area there is currently an Edward Hopper special exhibit at the Gloucester Maritime Museum. Love his paintings from his time in Gloucester!!
Posted by: BEN at August 07, 2023 09:56 AM (VsSfg)

Lemme guess -- that town's name is NOT pronounced "GLOU-cess-ter"??

GLOO-ster?
GLOU-ster?
GLUSS-ter?

Posted by: Doof at August 07, 2023 10:04 AM (2pH9T)

168 I've received several Starbucks Cards worth $20 from my current employer (soon to be former employer). I just give them to my son.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 07, 2023 10:05 AM (4vi12)

169 > Martinis are high octane.
__________

Nods....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 07, 2023 10:05 AM (Q4IgG)

170 >>GLOU-ster?

Lose the "r".

Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2023 10:05 AM (ZLI7S)

171 I do like Edward Hopper.
There's something voyeuristic about his work, more than usual for a painting. Lots of looking and out of windows, lack of eye contact with the audience.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 07, 2023 10:05 AM (xcxpd)

172 Over 300k views, and only 42 comments. I guess there's not really much to say.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 07, 2023 10:04 AM (JCZqz)

I am surprised it is only 300k. Hmmm, I wonder how much that lip sync show she did has?

*pages away from Bomb effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki*

18M

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 10:06 AM (zZu0s)

173 #Albuquerque | #NewMexico
Currently, multiple firefighters and other emergency personnel‘s are responding to a massive two alarm fire that has broken out at a plastic recycling warehouse industrial plant in Albuquerque New Mexico the thick black heavy plumes of smoke can seen billowing into the sky 20+ miles way police and firefighters say winds are unpredictable and the fire is not contained they are asking everyone to avoid the area. . . .

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 07, 2023

***
Have they said where the warehouse is located in ABQ -- I mean, what is the area to avoid? ABQ is spread out and is not a tiny or compact city.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:06 AM (J2vNu)

174 If you’re in the New England area there is currently an Edward Hopper special exhibit at the Gloucester Maritime Museum. Love his paintings from his time in Gloucester!!
Posted by: BEN at August 07, 2023 09:56 AM (VsSfg)

Lemme guess -- that town's name is NOT pronounced "GLOU-cess-ter"??

GLOO-ster?
GLOU-ster?
GLUSS-ter?
Posted by: Doof at August 07, 2023 10:04 AM (2pH9T)

We need big boat. Please to get from streets.

Posted by: Lt. Rozanov at August 07, 2023 10:06 AM (4I/2K)

175 The Staff Event Committee reviewed the event committee’s report and the penalty was set at a five year event suspension and a $10,000 fine, effective November 16, 2013.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Is the $10K fine (why do they call it a 'fine', anyway?) enforceable?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 10:07 AM (QG3cQ)

176 29 What a bleak and miserable way to spend you working life.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 07, 2023 09:35 AM (YRsIm)

One's working life is generally bleak and miserable.

Posted by: Lots of redundancy in the original statement at August 07, 2023 10:07 AM (q1Zxb)

177 168 I've received several Starbucks Cards worth $20 from my current employer (soon to be former employer). I just give them to my son.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 07, 2023 10:05 AM (4vi12)

I noticed on my pay stub last week that my pay rate had changed. (fairly substantial) I texted my boss:

'Wait, did I get a raise?'

'Yes.'

'Well, thanks.'

That was the end of the conversation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 10:08 AM (zZu0s)

178 Los Angeles and Orange County hotel workers have also engaged in intermittent work stoppages since contracts expired for more than 15,000 hotel workers at some 60 properties.
Posted by: SMOD

How would one be able to tell those folks are on strike?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 10:08 AM (QG3cQ)

179 I can proudly say that in my 35 years of professional employment, I never received any recognition, plaque, award, laurel or hearty handshake.

My company used to award an Employee of the Quarter. Came with a pot metal cup and, I think, a gift card for dinner. The next quarter they would take the cup back because, ya know, spending $39.99 on a new one each quarter would be fiscally irresponsible. I don't think it's been mentioned since the start of covid and nobody cares.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 07, 2023 10:08 AM (nfrXX)

180
Is the $10K fine (why do they call it a 'fine', anyway?) enforceable?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 10:07 AM (QG3cQ)

No, but if you ever again want to participate in whatever you got fined for, you'd better pay it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:08 AM (MoZTd)

181 *Have they said where the warehouse is located in ABQ -- I mean, what is the area to avoid? ABQ is spread out and is not a tiny or compact city.*

Google Maps Traffic is your friend

Posted by: Bob from the NSA at August 07, 2023 10:09 AM (NBVIP)

182 I was watching a story yesterday on the crystal clear, see-through ice that naturally forms in glaciers in the northern oceans.

I thought to myself, "I guess it's true what they say, ice are windows to the sole."

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2023 10:09 AM (Gf3mx)

183 If you’re in the New England area there is currently an Edward Hopper special exhibit at the Gloucester Maritime Museum. Love his paintings from his time in Gloucester!!
Posted by: BEN at August 07, 2023

***
I think it's pronounced "GLOSS-teh"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:10 AM (J2vNu)

184 It's pronounced "Owt-SIGH-da BAAH-stin"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2023 10:10 AM (/EuRN)

185 >>I think it's pronounced "GLOSS-teh"

Now try Billerica

Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2023 10:11 AM (ZLI7S)

186
Good luck putting out that plastic recycling fire. All that stuff does when it burns is generate more heat. Try to cool it down, smother it, deprive it of oxygen and it'll just re-ignite.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:12 AM (MoZTd)

187 Now try Billerica
Posted by: JackStraw

Bell-rick-ah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:12 AM (CIS44)

188 I think it's pronounced "GLOSS-teh"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:10 AM (J2vNu)

Va. has one, too. They pronounce the "r".

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 10:12 AM (AwYPR)

189 I think it's pronounced "GLOSS-teh"

Now try Billerica
Posted by: JackStraw

Or 'Peabody'.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 10:12 AM (QG3cQ)

190 Right before the mushroom clouds appear.

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 10:12 AM (gmo/4)

191 That's one fancy office and, likely, a well paying job in the 1950's. I would like to see several of this artist's works displayed at one time to get the overall connection to urban life.

Interesting but doubt I'd hang just one paintings.

Used to get little pins signifying 5, 10, 15, 20 years of 'service' and so on. Very early on, they were made in the USA. All such pins were eventually made in China.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy at August 07, 2023 10:12 AM (GshMh)

192 Dawt-uh FOSS-teh went ta GLOSS-teh.

Posted by: Childhood memories at August 07, 2023 10:13 AM (NBVIP)

193 Or 'Peabody'.
Posted by: Tonypete

Pee-ba-dee. that one drove me INSANE

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:13 AM (CIS44)

194 Good luck putting out that plastic recycling fire. All that stuff does when it burns is generate more heat. Try to cool it down, smother it, deprive it of oxygen and it'll just re-ignite.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Strictly speaking, a fire is a type of recycling.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 10:13 AM (QG3cQ)

195 Sponge, how is your dad doing?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 10:01 AM (xTRSc)

I thought he was doing better with home health now being back on site, but I learned over the weekend, he's not eating and is depressed again.

Not sure why that is happening, but I will go visit and see what I can learn....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

196 Now do Worcester college.

Posted by: Wister? at August 07, 2023 10:14 AM (NBVIP)

197 194 Good luck putting out that plastic recycling fire. All that stuff does when it burns is generate more heat. Try to cool it down, smother it, deprive it of oxygen and it'll just re-ignite.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Strictly speaking, a fire is a type of recycling.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 10:13 AM (QG3cQ)

Transitioning to a lower energy state.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 10:14 AM (zZu0s)

198 I've collected a Howard Miller clock, a weather station, and a boombox from various companies as service anniversary "awards"

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 10:15 AM (4I/2K)

199 I haven't been paying attention to politics for a bit.

Have they executed Trump yet?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 07, 2023 10:15 AM (E8LGY)

200 I've always liked Hopper. His painting "NIghthawks" is in the Art of Institute of Chicago, and I loved to visit it when I lived there. Hopper's day job was as a magazine illustrator, and his paintings (apart from his paintings of lighthouses) seem to me to be illustrating a story that hasn't been written yet. I'm sure the Horde could do a good job with this one ...

Posted by: Nemo at August 07, 2023 10:15 AM (S6ArX)

201 Or 'Peabody'.
Posted by: Tonypete

Pee-ba-dee. that one drove me INSANE
Posted by: BruceWayne

When my mom lived in southern CA, she waited for hours for a bus to 'La Hoya'. Lots of buses for 'La Jolla' went by during that time though.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 10:15 AM (QG3cQ)

202 GLOU-ster?

GLOU, GLOU-chester, CLOU-chester Island! Da, Da!

- Soviet Submarine Boat Captain

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 10:15 AM (gmo/4)

203 Pronounced “Glaw-ster”

Posted by: BEN at August 07, 2023 10:15 AM (VsSfg)

204 When my mom lived in southern CA, she waited for hours for a bus to 'La Hoya'. Lots of buses for 'La Jolla' went by during that time though.
Posted by: Tonypete

*snort*

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:16 AM (CIS44)

205 And that piece of furniture in the bedroom where you keep your socks?
A chest of dwaahs.

Posted by: Gets me every time at August 07, 2023 10:16 AM (NBVIP)

206 Our engineer/architect's office faces roughly east. I surmise this because there is something about the light that says morning rather than afternoon. I'm guessing later morning, too, since the sun itself is not glaring into the office. At least, not now.

Guy's hair is thinning, too. Since people often stayed at one company for their whole working careers in the Fifties, I've been led to believe, this suggests he's been an employee there for some years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:16 AM (J2vNu)

207 "...including the first simultaneous strike of Hollywood writers and actors since 1960"

With 100+ cable channels, there was nothing of interest on when they were working. With their simultaneous strike, still nothing on. Not seeing any difference before/after.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 07, 2023 10:16 AM (N39Ws)

208 We have now advanced to the bonus round where your score can really skyrocket.

Pronounce Lake Chaubunagungamaug.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2023 10:17 AM (ZLI7S)

209 Guy's hair is thinning, too. Since people often stayed at one company for their whole working careers in the Fifties, I've been led to believe, this suggests he's been an employee there for some years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Maybe he started going bald in High School.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:17 AM (CIS44)

210 Guy's hair is thinning, too. Since people often stayed at one company for their whole working careers in the Fifties, I've been led to believe, this suggests he's been an employee there for some years.
-------------
So he spent that much time trying to figure out how to get windows installed?

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 07, 2023 10:17 AM (DmtxH)

211 I'll bet the Albuquerque NM recycling plant fire started because the sun hit a glass piece just so, and the concentrated beam of light focused just so on a combustible / flammable item and, whoosh! Thar's a fire!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 10:18 AM (4I/2K)

212 Pibbidy Pobbidy Poo.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2023 10:18 AM (/EuRN)

213 We have now advanced to the bonus round where your score can really skyrocket.

Pronounce Lake Chaubunagungamaug.
Posted by: JackStraw

hahahah I could never say Narragansett properly until I left.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:18 AM (CIS44)

214 Poo is a funny word.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

215 I'll bet the Albuquerque NM recycling plant fire started because the sun hit a glass piece just so, and the concentrated beam of light focused just so on a combustible / flammable item and, whoosh! Thar's a fire!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 10:18 AM (4I/2K)

hahahahahaha! Asshole humans! - The Ants

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 10:19 AM (gmo/4)

216 Wife can't pronounce New Braunfels, Texas correctly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

217 Pahk the cah in Hahvahd yahd.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 10:19 AM (xTRSc)

218 He is thinking "That building across the street is too bougie. Needs square windows and more concrete."

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 07, 2023 10:19 AM (slgIg)

219 Love Hopper

Posted by: It's me donna at August 07, 2023 10:20 AM (bs+z0)

220 When my mom lived in southern CA, she waited for hours for a bus to 'La Hoya'. Lots of buses for 'La Jolla' went by during that time though.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023

***
Oh, Da Swamp's got some head-scratchers.

Burgundy St. is pronounced "Bur-GUN-dee"
Calliope St. is "CAL-ee-ope," not "ka-LIE-oh-pee"
Melpomene St. is "MEL-poh-mean," not "Mel-POM-uh-nee" or "MELP-oh-meh-nee"
Socrates St. is, according to legend, pronounced "SO-krats"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:20 AM (J2vNu)

221 219 Love Hopper
--------------
As long as he doesn't put people in his pictures I like him, too.

Posted by: Puddinhead at August 07, 2023 10:20 AM (DmtxH)

222 Dowagiac, Michigan

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 10:20 AM (xTRSc)

223 I saw Love Hopper open for A Tribe Called Quest at Lulu's Bait Shack in '92.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)

224 hahahah I could never say Narragansett properly until I left.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:18 AM (CIS44)

"Na-ra-GANN-set, right?"

"No, dumbass, it's NRRRRGH-nstttt!"

"Ok, who's really the dumbass here?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2023 10:20 AM (/EuRN)

225 Poo is a funny word.

Say goodbye to your family. You'll never see them again.

Posted by: Chairman Xi at August 07, 2023 10:21 AM (nfrXX)

226 >>hahahah I could never say Narragansett properly until I left.

'Gansett.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2023 10:21 AM (ZLI7S)

227 We have now advanced to the bonus round where your score can really skyrocket.

Pronounce Lake Chaubunagungamaug.
Posted by: JackStraw

***
[Points] "That lake over there."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:21 AM (J2vNu)

228 Norfolk

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 10:21 AM (gmo/4)

229

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:22 AM (J2vNu)

230 Love Hopper

Posted by: It's me donna at August 07, 2023 10:20 AM (bs+z0)

could be a song title.

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 10:22 AM (AwYPR)

231 Wife can't pronounce New Braunfels, Texas correctly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck

Pronounced "East San Antonio"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 07, 2023 10:22 AM (slgIg)

232 Norfolk

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 10:21 AM (gmo/4)

NAH-fuk

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

233 Love Hopper

Posted by: It's me donna at August 07, 2023 10:20 AM (bs+z0)

Bunny Rabbit

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 10:22 AM (gmo/4)

234
Pronounced "East San Antonio"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 07, 2023 10:22 AM (slgIg)

"Where the water park is."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

235 hahahah I could never say Narragansett properly until I left.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:18 AM (CIS44)

"Na-ra-GANN-set, right?"

"No, dumbass, it's NRRRRGH-nstttt!"

"Ok, who's really the dumbass here?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko

No, that's in Ives.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 07, 2023 10:23 AM (slgIg)

236 209 Guy's hair is thinning, too. Since people often stayed at one company for their whole working careers in the Fifties, I've been led to believe, this suggests he's been an employee there for some years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Maybe he started going bald in High School.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:17 AM (CIS44)

Yes, but if this were a Twilight Zone episode, he'd be a 28-year old executive.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:23 AM (KbCG3)

237 Corporate America has done a fantastic job brainwashing yuuutes into taking less money in exchange for “work life balance and company culture”. Oooooh your company is devoted to fighting climate change? Cool. I’ll happily work for 10% less for you vs that other company that doesn’t give a fuck about climate change.

My attitude has always been fuck you, pay me. The rest is all bullshit.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:23 AM (BqIHC)

238 We don't drink, we don't smoke, Nor-Fuk! Nor-Fuk!

Norfolk HS cheerleader team

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 10:24 AM (gmo/4)

239 As long as he doesn't put people in his pictures I like him, too.
Posted by: Puddinhead at August 07, 2023 10:20 AM (DmtxH)

I don't know... There are people in Night Hawks and I really like that one... Something nostalgic about his work

Posted by: It's me donna at August 07, 2023 10:24 AM (bs+z0)

240 At some point in the past there was an advertisement by a cable company for a remote control that was voice activated called "The Hopper." It had a stylized kangaroo logo and the commercial featured guys with strong Boston accents.
Prolly on the market for about five minutes.

Posted by: Obscure factoid at August 07, 2023 10:24 AM (NBVIP)

241 Dowagiac, Michigan
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 10:20 AM (xTRSc)

Da-wah-jack. Michigan has got a lot of fun ones. Ocqueoc for example.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:24 AM (CIS44)

242 My attitude has always been fuck you, pay me. The rest is all bullshit.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:23 AM (BqIHC)

It's clear that you need a struggle session.

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 10:25 AM (AwYPR)

243 Dish network had the hopper

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:25 AM (BqIHC)

244 >>[Points] "That lake over there."

I didn't know you spoke Algonquin.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2023 10:25 AM (ZLI7S)

245 I’ve gotten a few awards in my 27 years in manufacturing. Mostly when I worked for Sony as an engineer in the coating department at a tape manufacturing plant.

I guess my favorite award was for designing and installing a fix for the “MA drip” issue. It was a quality improvement award that I didn’t even know I was on the list of nominees. I like that award because I did the opposite of other attempts at fixing the issue.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 07, 2023 10:25 AM (scAkO)

246 195 Sponge, hang in there. Best wishes for you and your dad.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 10:26 AM (xTRSc)

247 Speaking of Massachusetts, I'm reading an insane article from their local leftist rag.

Apparently the state is paying towns to ban cheap and effective fossil fuels and only allow electric for heating/cooking in new construction - but only a few towns at a time...likely because its expensive and people that live there hate the idea.

But the way the newspaper covers this is people are being denied the option to...ban fossil fuels.

Note you can build a new all electric house/apartment. This is just banning people from NOT doing that. And the leftists call this freedom...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 10:26 AM (lc5cP)

248
Strictly speaking, a fire is a type of recycling.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2023 10:13 AM (QG3cQ)

Many, many moons ago, when I worked in the polyolefins industry and recycling was the new hot thing, I mentioned to my lords and masters that you'd just be better off tossing all that stuff into a refinery cracker and breaking it back down to light olefins, as it couldn't be worse than heavy petroleum fractions. Naturally, since it was my idea and not theirs, my lords and masters pooh-poohed it. Now it's that new hot thing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:26 AM (MoZTd)

249 Poor Glitch McConnell.

WATCH: Mitch McConnell was mercilessly booed in his home state ... his speech was drowned out by chants of "RETIRE!" and "DITCH MITCH!"

https://tinyurl.com/46367x6k

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:27 AM (FVME7)

250 237 Corporate America has done a fantastic job brainwashing yuuutes into taking less money in exchange for “work life balance and company culture”. Oooooh your company is devoted to fighting climate change? Cool. I’ll happily work for 10% less for you vs that other company that doesn’t give a fuck about climate change.

My attitude has always been fuck you, pay me. The rest is all bullshit.
Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:23 AM (BqIHC)

I've always enjoyed the old, "We can give you a promotion in title but we cannot increase your pay."

Hey, how about we reverse that? I'll even let you bump me down a few levels if you want. Ya know, for the good of the company. I'm selfless like that.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:27 AM (KbCG3)

251 It's Norfolk Christian Academy, but yeah.

Posted by: Axshually at August 07, 2023 10:28 AM (NBVIP)

252 The Hopper v. The Barrel

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 10:28 AM (xTRSc)

253 >>>[Points] "That lake over there."

I didn't know you spoke Algonquin.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2023

***
By the Seven-Eleven that is open late,
We will drink, and seal our fate

Posted by: Modern Algonquins at August 07, 2023 10:29 AM (J2vNu)

254 Remember the turbaned dude who beat the crap outta the guy robbing the store last week?
Yup
He's now under police investigation.

This is where 10,000 people need to show up at the courthouse.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 10:29 AM (e4fEA)

255 We don't drink, we don't smoke, Nor-Fuk! Nor-Fuk!

I remember a Saturday Night Live bit where Chevy Chase was just repeating the name over and over. Because I guess that was considered edgy comedy in the early 80s.

Posted by: Chairman Xi at August 07, 2023 10:29 AM (nfrXX)

256 /chicomm sock

Posted by: Oddbob at August 07, 2023 10:30 AM (nfrXX)

257 We don't drink, we don't smoke, Nor-Fuk! Nor-Fuk!

I remember a Saturday Night Live bit where Chevy Chase was just repeating the name over and over. Because I guess that was considered edgy comedy in the early 80s.
Posted by: Chairman Xi at August 07, 2023

***
So is "Suffolk" pronounced the same way?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:30 AM (J2vNu)

258 Science just published an article claiming that the reduction of sulfur-particulate pollution from ships diminished the cloud coverage and resulted in even more global warming than the dreaded fossil-fuel-generated carbon dioxide generated by itself.

Posted by: SMOD at August 07, 2023 10:30 AM (RHGPo)

259 There's only been one year in my sorta-kinda career that I was actually paid what I should've been paid. That was pure luck. The rest I just took what they gave me even though it really wasn't market because I'd always been taught not to make waves and just be happy with whatever I got. Some of the worst advice I've received in my entire life.

Posted by: The working life generally sucks. Use it to fund stuff that you like. at August 07, 2023 10:30 AM (q1Zxb)

260 Remember the turbaned dude who beat the crap outta the guy robbing the store last week?
Yup
He's now under police investigation.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 10:29 AM (e4fEA)

Un-registered stick?

Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2023 10:30 AM (AwYPR)

261 This is where 10,000 people need to show up at the courthouse.

With broomsticks.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2023 10:30 AM (Gf3mx)

262 245 I’ve gotten a few awards in my 27 years in manufacturing. Mostly when I worked for Sony as an engineer in the coating department at a tape manufacturing plant.

I guess my favorite award was for designing and installing a fix for the “MA drip” issue. It was a quality improvement award that I didn’t even know I was on the list of nominees. I like that award because I did the opposite of other attempts at fixing the issue.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 07, 2023 10:25 AM (scAkO)

Father worked at a glass manufacturing plant. They had incentive awards if employees created new processes/tools that would save the company money.

My father created a few and each time they denied him the award because they said that it didn't fit the spirit of it.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:31 AM (KbCG3)

263 I've always enjoyed the old, "We can give you a promotion in title but we cannot increase your pay."

—

Heh. Promotions even with an increase in pay usually aren’t worth it. At least for me they haven’t been. I got one bigly big exciting promotion offered to me once. The bump in salary was $20k. The bump in headaches would have also been about 20k. So I said thanks but nah. And everyone acted like I was a crazy person for not accepting it.

I gotta say GenZ and the tail end of millenials have caught on to this. Shrugging at promotions is a thing now. And kudos to them.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:31 AM (BqIHC)

264 Don’t pooh-pooh Chairman Xi.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 10:32 AM (xTRSc)

265 No one needs more than one stick a month.

Posted by: Karen down the street at August 07, 2023 10:32 AM (NBVIP)

266 251 It's Norfolk Christian Academy, but yeah.
Posted by: Axshually at August 07, 2023 10:28 AM (NBVIP)

Strict morality and non-fraternization policies?

Posted by: Can't stop the hormones, Mal at August 07, 2023 10:32 AM (q1Zxb)

267 So is "Suffolk" pronounced the same way?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:30 AM

Yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2023 10:32 AM (FVJNG)

268 Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 10:29 AM (e4fEA)

Not surprised. In NYC you're just supposed to do nothing while thieves rob you blind.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM (Keyt1)

269
My father created a few and each time they denied him the award because they said that it didn't fit the spirit of it.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:31 AM (KbCG3)

Bet the guy getting groomed for upper management got a few awards - like, for "leadership" - for other people's work.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM (MoZTd)

270 Only way to make money as an employee is job hop. If you’re in a job more than 3 years chances are you’re leaving money on the table.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM (BqIHC)

271 WATCH: Mitch McConnell was mercilessly booed in his home state ... his speech was drowned out by chants of "RETIRE!" and "DITCH MITCH!"

https://tinyurl.com/46367x6k
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:27 AM (FVME7)

———

Back in the old days they would throw rotten tomatoes. Older days tar and feathers. Older older days hanging. Older older older days drawn and quartered.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM (scAkO)

272 I just posted my latest desert landscape oil painting to my website.

Now that I think about it I would actually describe it as Hopper like if he did landscapes.

Posted by: polynikes at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM (RI8TG)

273 There's only been one year in my sorta-kinda career that I was actually paid what I should've been paid. That was pure luck. The rest I just took what they gave me even though it really wasn't market because I'd always been taught not to make waves and just be happy with whatever I got. Some of the worst advice I've received in my entire life.
Posted by: The working life generally sucks.

You don't get paid what you're worth. You get paid what you negotiate.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM (CIS44)

274 There's only been one year in my sorta-kinda career that I was actually paid what I should've been paid. That was pure luck. The rest I just took what they gave me even though it really wasn't market because I'd always been taught not to make waves and just be happy with whatever I got. Some of the worst advice I've received in my entire life.
Posted by: The working life generally sucks. Use it to fund stuff that you like. at August 07, 2023

***
When I interviewed for my current job in '18, I should have investigated and found out what my predecessor was making. I was offered about $5K/year less. True, she had something like thirty years' experience and seniority, but I had sixteen, and my future boss was aware of the quality of my work.

And what they offered was one heck of a jump up from what I was making.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:34 AM (J2vNu)

275 Note you can build a new all electric house/apartment. This is just banning people from NOT doing that. And the leftists call this freedom...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 10:26 AM

Forget it, 18-1. It's Beantown.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2023 10:34 AM (FVJNG)

276 Remember the turbaned dude who beat the crap outta the guy robbing the store last week?

There is a line from The Simpsons of all places were Marge goes to the cops to ask for hep with something. The cops tell her they can't help. She says so I have to take this into my own hands?

The cop responds, "I said I couldn't help you, I didn't say I couldn't hurt you if you tried to resolve the issue"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 10:34 AM (lc5cP)

277 Corporate leadership is to find a parade and jump in front of it.

Posted by: It is known at August 07, 2023 10:34 AM (NBVIP)

278 No one needs more than one stick a month.
Posted by: Karen down the street at August 07, 2023 10:32 AM (NBVIP)

That's a sturdy f*ckst*ck!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2023 10:35 AM (4I/2K)

279 I guess my favorite award was for designing and installing a fix for the “MA drip” issue. It was a quality improvement award that I didn’t even know I was on the list of nominees. I like that award because I did the opposite of other attempts at fixing the issue.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 07, 2023 10:25 AM
***

Congrats!

As an army intelligence guy I would frequently sit with the commander and the operations dude and wargame. They were always asking "What will the Enemy do." Sometimes the best results came from me responding "What is the Enemy NOT going to do?"

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 10:35 AM (e4fEA)

280 Back in the old days they would throw rotten tomatoes. Older days tar and feathers. Older older days hanging. Older older older days drawn and quartered.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM

Horde wisdom...old ways are best ways.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2023 10:35 AM (FVJNG)

281
Only way to make money as an employee is job hop. If you’re in a job more than 3 years chances are you’re leaving money on the table.
Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM (BqIHC)

After getting laid off at 62 from my last position, I reflected on what would have happened if I'd stayed with my first job. My conclusion was I would have been laid off at 62.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:36 AM (MoZTd)

282 Heh. Promotions even with an increase in pay usually aren’t worth it. At least for me they haven’t been. I got one bigly big exciting promotion offered to me once. The bump in salary was $20k. The bump in headaches would have also been about 20k. So I said thanks but nah. And everyone acted like I was a crazy person for not accepting it.

I gotta say GenZ and the tail end of millenials have caught on to this. Shrugging at promotions is a thing now. And kudos to them.
Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:31 AM (BqIHC)

I just hit a point where I think I'm making enough money where the cost-benefit ratio of a promotion would be awful. I see the work those above me have to do and nope, no thanks.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:36 AM (KbCG3)

283 Lol I knew an actual Peabody from MA. We were all like gtfo here with that pronounciation dude are you serious?

And then of course the DYE-az vs DEE-az and Lopes vs LO-pez silliness.

And it isn't Nuh-vahhhhhh-duh either.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 07, 2023 10:36 AM (rwE7j)

284 @271

>>Older older older days drawn and quartered.

And going back to the dawn of man, they would beat you over the head with a femur and then eat you.

Then dance around an obelisk.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 07, 2023 10:36 AM (rc3Z7)

285 Many states have implemented pay transparency laws where job postings have to have pay ranges. So now you see ridiculous ranges like $75k to $375k, lol. Which satisfies the law, but is really useless information for someone looking at the job posting.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:36 AM (BqIHC)

286 249 Poor Glitch McConnell.

WATCH: Mitch McConnell was mercilessly booed in his home state ... his speech was drowned out by chants of "RETIRE!" and "DITCH MITCH!"

https://tinyurl.com/46367x6k
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:27 AM (FVME7)

======

And then all of them will vote for him because they've never heard of his primary opponent, and then it'll be all Team Red in the general election.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 07, 2023 10:37 AM (LvTSG)

287 The military also gives awards for accepted recommendations or product creation. At least they did when my father was in. I still have the military newspaper clippings when we were stationed at Ellsworth AFB.

Posted by: polynikes at August 07, 2023 10:37 AM (RI8TG)

288 Jamie Foxx Apologizes for Instagram Post Saying ‘They Killed This Dude Named Jesus’ Following Accusations of Anti-Semitism

-
It was the Romans! The Romans! (I'd hate them for it but, well, Italian food.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:37 AM (FVME7)

289 The cop responds, "I said I couldn't help you, I didn't say I couldn't hurt you if you tried to resolve the issue"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 10:34 AM

I like the recent meme that says something like "I'm going to let God handle this problem. Because if I do, I'm going to jail."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2023 10:37 AM (FVJNG)

290 Hello. You guys playing cards?

Posted by: Hay Points at August 07, 2023 10:37 AM (4I/2K)

291 Poor Hippo!

Pop Star Lizzo Sees Record Sales And Streaming Numbers Collapse In Wake Of Sexual Harassment Scandal

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:38 AM (FVME7)

292 You don't get paid what you're worth. You get paid what you negotiate.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM (CIS44)

That generally appears to be the case. Wish I'd learned that way earlier. I'm sure there are LOADS of other people who feel the same.

Posted by: Interesting how so many former truisms turn out to be lies at August 07, 2023 10:38 AM (q1Zxb)

293 @286

>>And then all of them will vote for him because they've never heard of his primary opponent, and then it'll be all Team Red in the general election.

Mitch is a toe tagger, but I think his decrepit body and soul are giving out so this is more than likely his last rodeo.

He may check out before The Meat Puppet, which would be ironic, don't you think?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 07, 2023 10:38 AM (rc3Z7)

294 270 Only way to make money as an employee is job hop. If you’re in a job more than 3 years chances are you’re leaving money on the table.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM (BqIHC)

Left my last job and got a 30% raise. Within a year I that had increased to become something around a 40% raise.

It would've taken about 3-4 years to earn that if I had stayed in my last job.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:39 AM (KbCG3)

295
I just hit a point where I think I'm making enough money where the cost-benefit ratio of a promotion would be awful. I see the work those above me have to do and nope, no thanks.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:36 AM (KbCG3)

Yep, me too. Not to get all Obama-Esque, but at some point you do make enough to be comfortable. That marginal dollar (and more like 70 cents since it’s taxed at your highest marginal rate) isn’t going to add much to your happiness while causing a ton of stress.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:39 AM (BqIHC)

296 *And it isn't Nuh-vahhhhhh-duh either.*

Pee cans are on ships.

Posted by: Don't start with me at August 07, 2023 10:39 AM (NBVIP)

297
Pop Star Lizzo Sees Record Sales And Streaming Numbers Collapse In Wake Of Sexual Harassment Scandal
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:38 AM (FVME7)

Left-wind diversity icon treats her employees like dirt. Imagine!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:39 AM (MoZTd)

298 And then all of them will vote for him because they've never heard of his primary opponent, and then it'll be all Team Red in the general election.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 07, 2023 10:37 AM (LvTSG)

So you know Kentucky politics then?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 10:39 AM (zZu0s)

299 293 Mitch is a toe tagger, but I think his decrepit body and soul are giving out so this is more than likely his last rodeo.

He may check out before The Meat Puppet, which would be ironic, don't you think?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 07, 2023 10:38 AM (rc3Z7)

======

Mitch will live long enough to call Strom Thurmond, "Sonny" in Hell.

Pessimism has grabbed hold of me and won't let go.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 07, 2023 10:39 AM (LvTSG)

300 They got my poor grandfather when he worked for Con Edison. They offered him a job in management which he regretted accepting until the day he retired.

Posted by: polynikes at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (RI8TG)

301 276 Remember the turbaned dude who beat the crap outta the guy robbing the store last week?

There is a line from The Simpsons of all places were Marge goes to the cops to ask for hep with something. The cops tell her they can't help. She says so I have to take this into my own hands?

The cop responds, "I said I couldn't help you, I didn't say I couldn't hurt you if you tried to resolve the issue"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 10:34 AM (lc5cP)

Not sure if this is the actual line or a different line but someone says to Wiggum, "I'm going to have to take the law into my own hands."

And Wiggum responds, "Ya know, a lot of people are doing that these days."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (KbCG3)

302 WATCH: Mitch McConnell was mercilessly booed in his home state ... his speech was drowned out by chants of "RETIRE!" and "DITCH MITCH!"

And yet in the last GOP primary he won by an absurd percentage over a well known state opponent.

But remember elections aren't fixed

Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (lc5cP)

303 298 And then all of them will vote for him because they've never heard of his primary opponent, and then it'll be all Team Red in the general election.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 07, 2023 10:37 AM (LvTSG)

So you know Kentucky politics then?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 10:39 AM (zZu0s)

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I know that he's been an enemy of the conservative movement for a long time and won his last primary by 50 points.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (LvTSG)

304 Wait... Lizzo sexually harassed someone?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (zZu0s)

305 There is a line from The Simpsons of all places were Marge goes to the cops to ask for hep with something. The cops tell her they can't help. She says so I have to take this into my own hands?

The cop responds, "I said I couldn't help you, I didn't say I couldn't hurt you if you tried to resolve the issue"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 10:34 AM (lc5cP)

Did he become visibly turgid at the idea of hurting an innocent civilian who just got fed up?

Posted by: If not, points off for lack of verisimilitude at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (q1Zxb)

306 291 Poor Hippo!

Pop Star Lizzo Sees Record Sales And Streaming Numbers Collapse In Wake Of Sexual Harassment Scandal
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:38 AM

She should run for office, Jack! Those kinda qualifications are perfect for a Democrat super star. She's authentic Black, too, and a pitcher, not a catcher (if you know what I mean), so much better than my slut VP.

Posted by: Resident Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (JCZqz)

307 302 WATCH: Mitch McConnell was mercilessly booed in his home state ... his speech was drowned out by chants of "RETIRE!" and "DITCH MITCH!"

And yet in the last GOP primary he won by an absurd percentage over a well known state opponent.

But remember elections aren't fixed
Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (lc5cP)

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I firmly believe that Kentucky Republicans just like Mitch by and large.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (LvTSG)

308 Pahk the cah in Hahvahd yahd.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 10:19 AM

Don't do that...they'll tow it to Meffa.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2023 10:41 AM (FVJNG)

309 Where's Office in a Big City?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 10:41 AM (f0XAF)

310 So you know Kentucky politics then?

* John Cornyn waves from TX *

Posted by: Oddbob at August 07, 2023 10:41 AM (nfrXX)

311
I firmly believe that Kentucky Republicans just like Mitch by and large.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (LvTSG)

Bring home the smoosh and you'll be in office until they carry you out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (MoZTd)

312 Spoiler: Mitch will win his next primary by at least 30 points.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (BqIHC)

313 Lol: CBS’ Gayle King Blames High Gas Prices on “Extreme Heat”

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It's not the heat; it's the stupidity.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (FVME7)

314 I know that he's been an enemy of the conservative movement for a long time and won his last primary by 50 points.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (LvTSG)

It is a fucking plague. All of it. We got rid of Bevin because, even though he did some good things he was... 'Mean' I think. Meanwhile Beshear sucks a lot of Ed cock and hands out taxpayer money on green projects and that is A-OK.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (zZu0s)

315 Yep, me too. Not to get all Obama-Esque, but at some point you do make enough to be comfortable. That marginal dollar (and more like 70 cents since it’s taxed at your highest marginal rate) isn’t going to add much to your happiness while causing a ton of stress.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:39 AM (BqIHC)

I mean, I wouldn't say no if they offered to pay me more but I also wouldn't want any added responsibility. Nights, weekends? No and no.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (KbCG3)

316 I just hit a point where I think I'm making enough money where the cost-benefit ratio of a promotion would be awful. I see the work those above me have to do and nope, no thanks.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023

***
One of my co-workers is leaving to go back to school, and I've thought about applying for her job. But it's only $2k more, and I know what hassles she has to deal with. Nahhh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

317 In authoritarian superstates like ours, law enforcement inevitably makes common cause with common criminals. There are various practical reasons for that, but a nontrivial factor is that it's a tool of mass psychological abuse.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (0FoWg)

318 Back in the old days they would throw rotten tomatoes. Older days tar and feathers. Older older days hanging. Older older older days drawn and quartered.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 07, 2023 10:33 AM

Horde wisdom...old ways are best ways.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2023 10:35 AM (FVJNG)
***

So here's to Throw-back Thursdays!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 10:43 AM (e4fEA)

319 Spoiler: Mitch will win his next primary by at least 30 points.
Posted by: Montec a

those are rookie numbers

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:43 AM (CIS44)

320
304 Wait... Lizzo sexually harassed someone?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (zZu0s)

Can nearly-amorphous blobs of adipose tissue sexually harass anyone? Usually human involvement is required on both sides.

Posted by: Regular horrorshow at August 07, 2023 10:43 AM (q1Zxb)

321 * John Cornyn waves from TX *
Posted by: Oddbob at August 07, 2023 10:41 AM (nfrXX)

Bad as he is I'd take him.. I'm in CA soon to have Adam Schiff as Senator

Posted by: It's me donna at August 07, 2023 10:43 AM (bs+z0)

322 In my 40 years of professional work I was "awarded" a number of certificates of merit or some such bullshit, and once got a decent monetary award.

Only once did I ever have a desk near a window. Mostly cube-farms and data centers.

Upon retirement several years ago I discovered how little I actually gave shit about all that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 07, 2023 10:43 AM (Q4IgG)

323 If you’re in the New England area there is currently an Edward Hopper special exhibit at the Gloucester Maritime Museum. Love his paintings from his time in Gloucester!!
Posted by: BEN at August 07, 2023 09:56 AM

Hmm. I'll check that out if I can make some time.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2023 10:44 AM (FVJNG)

324 Lol.

The United States strongly condemns Russia’s conviction of opposition leader Aleksey Navalny on politically motivated charges."

Sec. of State Anthony Blinken

ITS DIFFERENT WHEN WE DO IT!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 07, 2023 10:44 AM (Gf3mx)

325 Jamie Foxx Apologizes for Instagram Post Saying ‘They Killed This Dude Named Jesus’ Following Accusations of Anti-Semitism

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It was the Romans! The Romans! (I'd hate them for it but, well, Italian food.)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:37 AM (FVME7)

That's one accusation in which I think is way off base. Though it's karma because Foxx has played the race card more than once.

Posted by: polynikes at August 07, 2023 10:44 AM (RI8TG)

326 My office was in a brutalist building, not unlike this one. The view was similar, and the other guy in the office even looked a little like the subject. So I got a modern frame for my copy of the print, took in in to work and hung it on the wall next to his desk. We laughed and laughed. People would stop in to ask if we'd had the portrait commissioned.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 07, 2023 10:44 AM (4PZHB)

327 @312

>>Spoiler: Mitch will win his next primary by at least 30 points.

If he can still stand upright and make, at a bare minimum, gurgling sounds at his swearing in, I will salute him as the epitome of avarice.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 07, 2023 10:44 AM (rc3Z7)

328 It's no Rothko.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 07, 2023 10:44 AM (ufFY8)

329
CBS’ Gayle King Blames High Gas Prices on “Extreme Heat”

It is indeed possible that refineries work best when the temperature is in a reasonable range. Too high or too low and the capacity goes down.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:45 AM (MoZTd)

330 56: Power Windows. As a former colleague of mine eloquently put it, "Rush outdid themselves on that album!" I agree.

If you didn't play Track 3 this past Saturday or will not play it on Wednesday, you are wrong.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 10:45 AM (f0XAF)

331
I mean, I wouldn't say no if they offered to pay me more but I also wouldn't want any added responsibility. Nights, weekends? No and no.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (KbCG3)

They expect those anyway. "Being a team player" and all that bullshit, even though they aren't doing anything to back or reward your extra work. And if you just do the job you're paid to do, during the hours in which you're paid to do it, you're a "quiet quitter."

Posted by: And I say that's ridiculous at August 07, 2023 10:45 AM (q1Zxb)

332 I firmly believe that Kentucky Republicans just like Mitch by and large.

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Easily explained. He is in the catbird seat in the Senate. The price of his constant treachery is a mighty river of pork flowing back to KY.

When he is gone (SOON) Kentucky is going to be in Dutch, big time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2023 10:46 AM (0FoWg)

333
It is indeed possible that refineries work best when the temperature is in a reasonable range. Too high or too low and the capacity goes down.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:45 AM (MoZTd)

And Biden used up all Our strategic oil supply and the Saudis are tweaking us

Posted by: It's me donna at August 07, 2023 10:46 AM (bs+z0)

334 One of my co-workers is leaving to go back to school, and I've thought about applying for her job. But it's only $2k more, and I know what hassles she has to deal with. Nahhh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

$2K? After taxes and deductions, what's that per check? $20? Same as in town?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:46 AM (KbCG3)

335 The Romans didn't just decide to crucify Jesus.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 07, 2023 10:46 AM (slgIg)

336 My current position that I negotiated for myself is ideal, I’m a manager without management duties. I have a team and ultimately responsible for the team’s output, but I don’t technically manage anyone. No admin bullshit to worry about. Im a worker bee just like my team, but paid well.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:46 AM (BqIHC)

337 @7 His depictions of alienation within the crowded cities ~~mirrors my feelings of urban life~~ often featured killer tits.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 07, 2023 10:46 AM (4PZHB)

338
I mean, I wouldn't say no if they offered to pay me more but I also wouldn't want any added responsibility. Nights, weekends? No and no.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (KbCG3)

Her Majesty had the experience and competence to be an executive assistant to the 15th-floor guys but never pursued it because she'd be on call 24/7.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:47 AM (MoZTd)

339 Father worked at a glass manufacturing plant. They had incentive awards if employees created new processes/tools that would save the company money.

My father created a few and each time they denied him the award because they said that it didn't fit the spirit of it.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:31 AM (KbCG3)

———-

I’ve been involved with that too. They started up a kaizen program, the hard part was quantifying savings. In many cases they wanted operators to offer suggestions for fixes, estimate the savings and them implement them.

In a lot of cases I ended up doing the work. Surprise surprise, simple small changes typically don’t result in big savings.

I love operators because most have some good ideas but getting from A to Z is often extremely difficult and not worth the expense.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 07, 2023 10:47 AM (scAkO)

340 305: Cops are civilians.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 10:47 AM (f0XAF)

341 WATCH: Mitch McConnell was mercilessly booed in his home state ... his speech was drowned out by chants of "RETIRE!" and "DITCH MITCH!"

And yet in the last GOP primary he won by an absurd percentage over a well known state opponent.

But remember elections aren't fixed
Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 10:40 AM (lc5cP)
***

In Washington State, Patty Murray always wins by precisely because of the cheat. Same with the ghost senator Cantwell. If the elections were honest, the margins would be a lot closer and a lot of State level offices would turn.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (e4fEA)

342
Heh. Promotions even with an increase in pay usually aren’t worth it. At least for me they haven’t been. I got one bigly big exciting promotion offered to me once. The bump in salary was $20k. The bump in headaches would have also been about 20k. So I said thanks but nah. And everyone acted like I was a crazy person for not accepting it.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:31 AM (BqIHC)

The last promotion I received was pretty much just like that. Moved up to Director of Operations, with about a 24K bump. This, after we'd just moved the operation 60 miles north into the N Dallas area. Very nice, nice enough that I started the process of relocating closer to work.

6 weeks later, they decided that they didn't need a Director of Operations after all, so I was laid off, while I was in the middle of my move. Had to call it off and move back to fucking California to start over with family, all just in time for the gorram China Lung Rot lockdowns.

3 1/2 years later and I'm making more with the new company that I started than I've ever made as an employee. A lot happier now that I only have to answer to my customers, which is as it should be.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (n+4am)

343 My attitude has always been fuck you, pay me. The rest is all bullshit.
Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:23 AM (BqIHC)

This is the correct attitude.

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (gmo/4)

344 One of my co-workers is leaving to go back to school, and I've thought about applying for her job. But it's only $2k more, and I know what hassles she has to deal with. Nahhh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023
*
$2K? After taxes and deductions, what's that per check? $20? Same as in town?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023

***
Exactamundo ($80, since we get paid 1x a month). Plus I plan to put in my papers this year anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (J2vNu)

345 331
I mean, I wouldn't say no if they offered to pay me more but I also wouldn't want any added responsibility. Nights, weekends? No and no.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:42 AM (KbCG3)

They expect those anyway. "Being a team player" and all that bullshit, even though they aren't doing anything to back or reward your extra work. And if you just do the job you're paid to do, during the hours in which you're paid to do it, you're a "quiet quitter."
Posted by: And I say that's ridiculous at August 07, 2023 10:45 AM (q1Zxb)

Got passed over for a promotion once and asked my manager why. She legit said, and I quote because I'll never forget it, "Well, we've noticed that you tend to come in right at 8:30 and leave right at 5:30." (Those were our official hours)

"Okay, so the only way to get this is to work outside of office hours?"

"That's what the guy who earned the promotion did."

"That's fine, then. I'm good where I'm at."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (KbCG3)

346 327 @312

>>Spoiler: Mitch will win his next primary by at least 30 points.

If he can still stand upright and make, at a bare minimum, gurgling sounds at his swearing in, I will salute him as the epitome of avarice.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 07, 2023 10:44 AM

Good night! Ready, recognition. Accept to. To. To. Thank you!

Posted by: Senator John Fetterman at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (JCZqz)

347 The greatest power you have as an employee is the ability to walk. Always have a fresh resume ready and always interview. Even if you’re happy where you are, you never know what can happen. Be prepared.

Be like Robert DeNiro in Heat. Ready to leave it all behind in 30 seconds,

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (BqIHC)

348 Lizzo is the physical black analog of Krispy Kreme Christie.

Give the idiot a chocolate ice cream cone to perfect the image.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 07, 2023 10:49 AM (ufFY8)

349 how much does a starter-into-space make, anyway?

Probably just a little more than your copy editor.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 07, 2023 10:49 AM (4PZHB)

350 The cop responds, "I said I couldn't help you, I didn't say I couldn't hurt you if you tried to resolve the issue"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2023 10:34 AM (lc5cP)

Shoot, shovel, and shut up.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 10:50 AM (e4fEA)

351 The Romans didn't just decide to crucify Jesus.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 07, 2023

***
Yeah, I mean, it's a regular punishment. We implement it all the time. Nothing "unusual" about it. (Cruel? Well, we'll talk.)

Posted by: Roman Procurators in 30 AD at August 07, 2023 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

352 My attitude has always been fuck you, pay me. The rest is all bullshit.
Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:23 AM (BqIHC)

This is the correct attitude.

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (gmo/4)

You better be un-replaceable if you're going to say that out loud at work.

Posted by: polynikes at August 07, 2023 10:51 AM (RI8TG)

353 340 305: Cops are civilians.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 10:47 AM (f0XAF)

That's not how they view themselves. Hence the uniforms, military-style ranks, and their own references to non-cops as civilians. They also aren't treated as ordinary civilians by the court system, see e.g. qualified immunity.

Posted by: From a very very narrow technical standpoint you might be somewhat correct. The practicalities are d at August 07, 2023 10:51 AM (q1Zxb)

354 The greatest power you have as an employee is the ability to walk. Always have a fresh resume ready and always interview. Even if you’re happy where you are, you never know what can happen. Be prepared.

Be like Robert DeNiro in Heat. Ready to leave it all behind in 30 seconds,
Posted by: Montec at

I NEVER had personal items of any kind on any of my desks. That always sent a messages to the managers that I could be gone in the blink of an eye.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:52 AM (CIS44)

355 My opinion, don’t stick with a company for more than 5 years. Companies always pay higher for new talent.

Every time I moved from one company to another I got a significant pay increase.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 07, 2023 10:52 AM (scAkO)

356 Sponge, hang in there. Best wishes for you and your dad.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 07, 2023 10:26 AM (xTRSc)

Thanks.

We're trying......It's been a rough go.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

357 Got passed over for a promotion once and asked my manager why. She legit said, and I quote because I'll never forget it, "Well, we've noticed that you tend to come in right at 8:30 and leave right at 5:30." (Those were our official hours)

"Okay, so the only way to get this is to work outside of office hours?"

"That's what the guy who earned the promotion did."

"That's fine, then. I'm good where I'm at."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Only reason I work, is for money.
No payee, no workee. Now, maybe if I owned the company I'd be more gung ho. But not as an hourly clock puncher.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2023 10:53 AM (5apCz)

358 Okay, so the only way to get this is to work outside of office hours?"

"That's what the guy who earned the promotion did."

"That's fine, then. I'm good where I'm at."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (KbCG3)

He probably had to suck a couple dicks too.

Posted by: You made the right choice at August 07, 2023 10:53 AM (q1Zxb)

359 And now, from Cloud Cuckoo Land . . .

David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
The idea that @POTUS is somehow pulling the strings behind the curtain of these Trump prosecutions is absolutely nuts on the face of it. Even if you were cynically inclined to believe that, it's pretty clear Biden WANTS Trump as an opponent. He NEEDS Trump as an opponent.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:53 AM (FVME7)

360 David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
The idea that @POTUS is somehow pulling the strings behind the curtain of these Trump prosecutions is absolutely nuts on the face of it. Even if you were cynically inclined to believe that, it's pretty clear Biden WANTS Trump as an opponent. He NEEDS Trump as an opponent.

This is the sound of your sphincter when it speaks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:54 AM (Zz0t1)

361 My opinion, don’t stick with a company for more than 5 years. Companies always pay higher for new talent.

Every time I moved from one company to another I got a significant pay increase.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

What about bennies? Because I don't know anyone giving 6 weeks paid vacation after the first year.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2023 10:54 AM (5apCz)

362 355 My opinion, don’t stick with a company for more than 5 years. Companies always pay higher for new talent.

Every time I moved from one company to another I got a significant pay increase.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 07, 2023 10:52 AM

Lol....sucker. 5 years isn't even one term! It takes a few terms to really set up thr money train grift!!!

Posted by: Geriatric Senate Leadership at August 07, 2023 10:54 AM (JCZqz)

363 359 And now, from Cloud Cuckoo Land . . .

David Axelrod
@davidaxelrod
The idea that @POTUS is somehow pulling the strings behind the curtain of these Trump prosecutions is absolutely nuts on the face of it. Even if you were cynically inclined to believe that, it's pretty clear Biden WANTS Trump as an opponent. He NEEDS Trump as an opponent.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at August 07, 2023 10:53 AM (FVME7)

=========

But, isn't the idea that the indictments weaken Trump?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir at August 07, 2023 10:55 AM (LvTSG)

364 NEVER had personal items of any kind on any of my desks. That always sent a messages to the managers that I could be gone in the blink of an eye.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:52 AM (CIS44)

—

Haha. Yes!!

Way back when Mrs Montec and I first started dating, I took her to my office to check it out. And she was like your walls are so empty. You need some decorations. And I was like that’s on purpose. This is work not home. I’m here to do a job, get paid, and go home. I don’t need a second home.

Posted by: Montec at August 07, 2023 10:55 AM (BqIHC)

365 On my previous job, they asked me to stay beyond the usual quitting time maybe four or five times in sixteen years -- and that was for a department reception or something; I wasn't really "working."

The question hasn't really come up here in the last five years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2023 10:55 AM (J2vNu)

366 Waiting for his MacBook Pro to be delivered.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at August 07, 2023 10:56 AM (vN+oL)

367 In all my job changes, when it got time to discuss compensation, I always approached it from a 1/3 perspective.
"You have a salary range. I am not a new hire so I don't belong in the bottom third of your range. I'm am not the super expert, although close, so I probably don't belong in the top third. But I do bring experience and capabilities to their position so put me in that upper middle third and let me prove myself.
It always worked.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 10:56 AM (e4fEA)

368 358 Okay, so the only way to get this is to work outside of office hours?"

"That's what the guy who earned the promotion did."

"That's fine, then. I'm good where I'm at."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (KbCG3)

He probably had to suck a couple dicks too.
Posted by: You made the right choice at August 07, 2023 10:53 AM (q1Zxb)

Well, he was a gay dude. But my manager was a lady.

And if he did do something to earn a very, very modest promotion and raise, well, he just wanted it more.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 07, 2023 10:56 AM (KbCG3)

369
Now cookulating a pound and a half of Chappell Hill bacon. With lots of lovely grease for puppies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2023 10:56 AM (MoZTd)

370 366 Waiting for his MacBook Pro to be delivered.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at August 07, 2023 10:56 AM (vN+oL)

Waiting for Half-life 3 to be released.

Posted by: And his office became his tomb at August 07, 2023 10:57 AM (q1Zxb)

371 At my job, salaried employees are strongly discouraged from doing overtime. There are exceptions of course, when there is a serious need for it. But most of the time, management will tell you to cut it out. They don't want us burning out and leaving.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2023 10:57 AM (0FoWg)

372 >>What about bennies? Because I don't know anyone giving 6 weeks paid vacation after the first year.

I got 6 weeks paid in the first year of this job. The problem is there is no way in the world I can take that much time away.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2023 10:58 AM (ZLI7S)

373 216 Wife can't pronounce New Braunfels, Texas correctly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

My very German mother says New Braunsfel to my exasperation.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 10:58 AM (f0XAF)

374 What about bennies? Because I don't know anyone giving 6 weeks paid vacation after the first year.

If you negotiate they do.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 07, 2023 10:58 AM (CIS44)

375 371 At my job, salaried employees are strongly discouraged from doing overtime. There are exceptions of course, when there is a serious need for it. But most of the time, management will tell you to cut it out. They don't want us burning out and leaving.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2023 10:57 AM (0FoWg)

One place I worked, burning people out, watching them leave, then replacing them was pretty much their entire staffing model.

Posted by: Morale was...low at August 07, 2023 10:59 AM (q1Zxb)

376 At my job, salaried employees are strongly discouraged from doing overtime. There are exceptions of course, when there is a serious need for it. But most of the time, management will tell you to cut it out. They don't want us burning out and leaving.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I'm hourly. Hourly employees were told corporation wide that there will be no overtime except in extreme circumstances.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2023 10:59 AM (5apCz)

377
My very German mother says New Braunsfel to my exasperation.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 10:58 AM (f0XAF)

That's how the wife says it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:59 AM (Zz0t1)

378 Nice leading lines.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at August 07, 2023 10:59 AM (CecP5)

379 Wife can't pronounce New Braunfels, Texas correctly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

My very German mother says New Braunsfel to my exasperation.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 10:58 AM (f0XAF)

Took a long look at houses there last year.
Sigh...

Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2023 10:59 AM (e4fEA)

380 That pic is Bob Iger's office, the office he never actually left when he temporarily left Disney to Chapek.
Now he is back, and the lit AF earnings call will be Wednesday at 4p on Valliant Renegade's channel.
Die, Fucking Mouse, die.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 07, 2023 11:00 AM (ufFY8)

381 216 Wife can't pronounce New Braunfels, Texas correctly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

My very German mother says New Braunsfel to my exasperation.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 10:58 AM (f0XAF)

Heh. My wife pronounced it Braunsfeld. I stopped correcting her. She also calls caterpillars calerpritters. She's cute.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at August 07, 2023 11:00 AM (T/Lqj)

382 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at August 07, 2023 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

383 Wow, those are big windows.
Posted by: dantesed at August 07, 2023

***
Guys never use the word "windows" when they say that to me.

Posted by: Pr0n Star Madison Ivy at August 07, 2023 11:01 AM (J2vNu)

384 My very German mother says New Braunsfel to my exasperation.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 10:58 AM (f0XAF)

New BRAWN-fell?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 07, 2023 11:01 AM (ufFY8)

385 New BRAWN-full?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 07, 2023 11:01 AM (ufFY8)

386 What about bennies? Because I don't know anyone giving 6 weeks paid vacation after the first year.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2023 10:54 AM (5apCz)

————

In my previous job I had 20 days of vacation, it was actually hard to take that number of days.

I started a new job with 15 days of vacation but a $20k increase in pay. Also this new job is a lot less demanding.

I’d say don’t worry about the vacation and just get used to 15 days a year plus the holidays they provide.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 07, 2023 11:03 AM (scAkO)

387 How many of you have seen the video of Joe Biden being shouted down by "F*ck Joe Biden"? Things are much worse for the government today than they were in 1963. Sixty years ago everyone trusted the government and virtually nobody saw the lies. Today not even the MSM can keep the truth hidden for them.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at August 07, 2023 11:04 AM (CecP5)

388 This is the correct attitude.

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 10:48 AM (gmo/4)

You better be un-replaceable if you're going to say that out loud at work.

Posted by: polynikes at August 07, 2023 10:51 AM (RI8TG)

No. What I'm saying is that is the proper attitude. If they don't want to pay you, move on. You don't have to say anything. You owe them no loyalty.

Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 11:04 AM (gmo/4)

389 Lake Chaubunagungamaug

It's Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.
You fish your side, I fish my side, nobody fish in middle.
Pronounced "Webster Lake."

My old ex-girlfriend's ashes are dissolved in it, as was her wish.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 07, 2023 11:06 AM (4PZHB)

390 271: they will do nothing, and instead opt to whine about term limits because that is easier than doing something.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 11:06 AM (f0XAF)

391 https://tinyurl.com/4fduu86k
two videos
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 07, 2023 09:52 AM (krqg6)

Woo-hoo! Carbon. Yummy, yummy carbon, and I'm getting me some!

Posted by: Gaia at August 07, 2023 11:09 AM (2HS2G)

392 My mother never made more than $10 hour in her job of 30 years but was able to retire at 56 because of the profit sharing , stock purchase discount and the VIP company investment program. Also the medical insurance bridge to Medicare which cost minimal per year.

Used to be a lot of advantages to staying with one employer.

Posted by: polynikes at August 07, 2023 11:15 AM (RI8TG)

393 353: perhaps. But we shouldn't be helping them.

The day police officers are subject to the UCMJ is the day I will consider non-police officers "civilians". Until that day, I will remind people that police officer ARE civilians.

And they can refer to each other by their ranks, not us. One can introduce himself to me as "Officer Smith." So? He/she is Mr./Ms. Smith, unless I am a cop.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 11:17 AM (f0XAF)

394 354, 355: that's nice if you know people. Being a vet, and being mobile, and being introverted, does not help matters in knowing the gobs and gobs and gobs of people you need to know in order to be hired most places. The message is clear in this so-called meritocracy: "Know people. Oh, you don't know people? Starve."

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 07, 2023 11:20 AM (f0XAF)

395 Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2023 11:04 AM (gmo/4)

As a manager I could sense that attitude even if nothing was ever said. I had my own managers that I felt some loyalty as they were protective of me.

It's not a black and white subject but you're going to be treated the same way you treat others and your job.

Posted by: polynikes at August 07, 2023 11:20 AM (RI8TG)

396 I'm making $90 an hour working from home. I never imagined that it was honest to goodness yet my closest companion is earning sixteen thousand US dollars a month by working on the connection, that was truly astounding for me, she prescribed for me to attempt it simply. Everybody must try this job now by just using this website... www.Payathome7.com

Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at August 07, 2023 11:57 AM (RXZSj)

397 Not the best Hopper, but a so-so Hopper is better than most art of the last 50 years. The lack of tells for windows, or the pretty basic mistake of not having blinds, distracts me. At first I thought "whey do they have a desk on the smoking patio?" but then I realized it's supposed to be a corner office and Hopper is WAY before the time of corner smoking patios. The light is oddly more bright, like desert light used in American Southwest art, than the hazy Midwest.

TL/DR: would hang on wall.

Posted by: ZilWerks at August 07, 2023 01:23 PM (0MpOC)

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