I have a MightyLady address, which I emailed to this morning (They are the same person, right?) expressing Sycamore's interest in finding her. I will post again if the email bounces to let you know if it turns out to no longer be good.
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I have a MightyLady address, which I emailed to this morning (They are the same person, right?) expressing Sycamore's interest in finding her. I will post again if the email bounces to let you know if it turns out to no longer be good.
Folks, I'm alive and well and have sent a new note to Syc.
I've busy working a crappy job, falling in love, moving my love to a new city and state, looking for work in that same area so that I can move, driving 150 miles round trip once and sometimes twice a week to spend time in my (new)home in the other state, and trying to keep enough of a regular schedule so that my diabetic kitty stays regulated!
Since most jobs are found by networking, does anyone here know of any jobs on the east side of Cleveland, OH? Specifically, I'd like to work in the Mentor/Painesville area. My strongest area is QC/QA, and I also have associate degrees in electronic engineering technology and computer network administration.
For future reference, I can be reached at [email protected], the addy I've had since 1998. I also have a business addy I use for my resume; if anyone wants it, send me an e at the mightylady addy and I will give you the other addy. I'm trying to keep the business addy as free of spam as possible or I would post it here.
Ciao, folks. Having given you the whirlwind tour of my current life, I'm off to finish the second half of my workday (imagine! a 4-hour lunch that let me come home but really eats up the day). It feels good to stop by and type a few words at you. Maybe I'll try to be a little more frequent with the posts in the future.
Bee
*hugs MightyLady*
Good to see you! [img]smile.gif[/img]
Bee! It's good to see you, I was wondering what had happened to you. [img]graemlins/girl_hug.gif[/img] [img]cool.gif[/img]
Good to see that life's treating you well, Bee.
Just a warning, too...do not supply your business email address to any resume "blasting" service, should you go that route. Or, expect to see a minimum of 200% increase in spam that sneaks through the filters. Naturally, the service isn't responsible for that increase.
DAMHIKT,IJD
Thanks for the hugs and kind words, folks. I'm glad some of you remember who I am. [img]wink.gif[/img]
Wizz, if life is treating me well, it's because I learned some hard lessons from my most spectacular screw-ups. I'm a little wiser these days because of my past, not in spite of it.
Thanks for the info about resumes and e-mail addys. So far, I've been using the newspaper and tailoring my resume to each place to which I apply. Goodness knows, I don't need more spam!
Later, folks. I have to balance my checkbook... a task I've been neglecting for over a month.
Bee
Hi, Bee! Nice to see you!
Happy and Blessed Easter, everyone!
Happy Easter and Passover everyone!
*hugs Bmat*
[Note to self: Create Emergency Repair Disk, and Back-up everything.]
So, last Monday night I'm working on the computer (working at home has its advantages -- flexible schedule -- and its disadvantages -- I'm always at work). And the hard drive crashed. Like a big dog. I tried everything I could think of, no luck. It wouldn't boot up in safe mode, wouldn't go back to last saved configuration, wouldn't do squat.
I ended up reloading Windows 2000 (what fun!) and Office 2000. Lost all my bookmarks, and e-mail addresses. Not to mention the hundreds (and I do mean hundreds) of work-related e-mails that I'd kept for historical and reference purposes. And to prove to some people that yes I did send them an e-mail about that on this date....
I would have bet my next paycheck that I'd already created a repair disk. I was sure I had done it. I nearly tore the place apart looking for it. I guess it was one of those things I always meant to get around to but never quite did.
I am too stupid to own a computer. [img]confused.gif[/img]
But it seems to be okay now. So far.
I hope everybody had a happy Easter. [img]graemlins/sheep.gif[/img]
(I couldn't find a bunny icon.)
I hear ya Fan. I just upgraded my Work PC from Wintows NT ( my god that was old) to windows 2000. Much better. And i can download better version s of other software that did not support NT. Unfortuantely, I lost a lot of major stuff also.
Well, despite being qualified as an aero engineering tech, I have to say that I love working as a PC tech [img]smile.gif[/img]
My PC may run a little slow at times, but it means I know how to coax it [img]smile.gif[/img]
It's just that I have an Apple Mac to deal with tomorrow - eeek!
I've actually been trained to do Mac stuff (not PC though LOL which is what I'm paid for!) it's just that I see a Mac about once a year, so I've forgotten it all ROTFLMAO!
Wish me luck....
LoL..Good Luck Ian! [img]graemlins/beer.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/asl.gif[/img]
Hi all,
I just received this email from tvshowsondvd.com.
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Warner Bros Home Video will continue the popular Babylon 5 DVD releases with "Babylon 5: The Movies," news we brought you back in November, 2003. This 5 disc set will contain all 5 movies as well as special features. The set will carry a $59.98 SRP and will be available in stores and online August 17th. "The Gathering" will be presented in 4:3 (original aspect ratio) while the other movies will be 16:9 anamorphic widescreen; all movies will feature Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks. The sets will be closed captioned and be subtitled in English, Spanish and French.
Each movie will contain commentary from the creator (J. Michael Straczynski), cast and crew, as well as an introduction for each movie by JMS. Rounding out the special features is the featurette, "Creating the Future - How Science Fiction and the show influenced each other."
The Gathering (1993): Alien envoys come to the giant space station in the pilot that launched the five-year TV series.
In the Beginning (1998): The B5 prequel! It's humans vs. aliens in the battle that led to the station's creation.
Thirdspace (1998): Is there a realm beyond hyperspace? Discovery of a million-years-old gateway technology may hold the answer...and more.
River of Souls (1998): After death, then what? Questions of eternity arise when a supposedly infallible harvester of souls proves to be very fallible.
A Call to Arms (1999): The torch is passed. A race against time to save Earth links the B5 mission with the Rangers' new interstellar efforts.
All we have is this small shot of the box art, but the news will be updated once a larger version is available.
Link to this page:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1539 Babylon 5
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Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.
Hi Queengop! Thanks for the info!
For Memorial Day....
There's a very good video dedicated to the troops at http://www.nathanadams.com/WeSupportU.htm.
Turn your speakers up. And have a hanky handy.
Argh. For some reason the link isn't working. Try copying and pasting it into the browser window, that seems to do the trick.
<font color="#a62a2a"><font size="1">[ May 29, 2004 05:19 PM: Message edited by: fanuilhgkar ]</font></font>
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ May 29, 2004 05:21 PM: Message edited by: fanuilhgkar ]</font>
Probably just the full stop at the end [img]smile.gif[/img]
I have to say (and am sorry if it offends anyone) but that was the worst propaganda bullsh*t I've seen in ages.
Believe me, I have the utmost respect for the majority of soldiers in Iraq who are doing their duty. American, British, whoever.
But, what the frell was that after learning about the activities at Abu Graf (sp?) prison???
Yes, that was a tiny minority, but still.
Sorry if I offended anyone, that was not my intention, feel free to have your own opinions.
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Originally posted by fanuilhgkar:
For Memorial Day....
There's a very good video dedicated to the troops at http://www.nathanadams.com/WeSupportU.htm.
Turn your speakers up. And have a hanky handy.
Argh. For some reason the link isn't working. Try copying and pasting it into the browser window, that seems to do the trick.
<font color="#a62a2a"><font size="1">[ May 29, 2004 05:19 PM: Message edited by: fanuilhgkar ]</font></font>
<font color="#a62a2a"><font size="1">[ May 29, 2004 05:21 PM: Message edited by: fanuilhgkar ]</font></font>
Wow. Thanks for posting that Fan, that was amazing. It took me awhile to figure out how to get it to run but it was well worth it. Ian, I believe you are missing the point. Monday is Memorial Day in the U.S., a day to honor and remember those who have fallen while serving their country. You may not agree with the policies in Iraq, but if you let those options, or the actions of a few dictate your opinion, you are tarnishing the memory of all who have paid the ultimate price to serve their country.
I didn't know it was memorial day (or its meaning) sorry, and as I said "I have the utmost respect for the majority of soldiers in Iraq who are doing their duty".
I also have no problem with the policies in Iraq, just some of the idiots who are put in charge of implimenting them.
Looks like we both got slightly the wrong idea QG [img]smile.gif[/img]
"Both got the wrong idea"?
Really?
Looks to me like you're the only one confused, Ian.
And that was a remarkably mean-spirited thing to say about the video. How dare you attempt to sully the sacrifices made by so many over so many years because of the actions of a few in the past few months? Two rhetorical questions: Are you really that narrow-minded? And what's your memory span -- seven minutes?
I've been thinking it over, because frankly your nasty comment made me furious. I wanted to calm down a little before I said anything. And I am calm, relatively speaking (believe it or not), but if you'd been in arm's reach yesterday, buddy, you'd have woken up in the hospital.
On behalf of myself and everyone else who ever served, and especially those who gave their lives so you didn't have to grow up speaking German and shouting "Seig Heil!" everytime the Oberburgermeister came into view, and so you didn't have to learn Russian and salute everytime the kommissar came into view...
... stuff it.
Deep breath everyone. This does NOONE any service. Fan, I don't think Ian intentionally tried to upset you, but your post is a outright flame of him. Whatever his opinion is, Ian has a right to it. Or we may as well give up the war right now. America is about differences and the right to express different opinions.
I will lock this topic if I need to. That will sadden me greatly.
Ian lives in Great Britan, I seriously doubt he checks the calander to find out what holiday it might be in the US. What was posted here to help us all honor those who died in service to our country. If you do not know it is Memorial Day and that the video was meant to honor those who are making the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq, you could very well interprit the video as only showing one side of the issue, the good happening in Iraq.
I have heard friends complain that the focus on the prison scandal is only showing one side of what is happening in Iraq and that the news is igorning the schools and the like that are being rebuilt. That does not mean that they do not acknowledge the problems, only that they want balanced coverage.
There was no disrespect intended in his post. Look at Ian's post he states that he respects all who died in service but questioned the need for people who are dieing in Iraq. "Believe me, I have the utmost respect for the majority of soldiers in Iraq who are doing their duty. American, British, whoever." He acknowledges that the prison abuse scandal is a minority of the people.
He also said: "that was the worst propaganda bullsh*t I've seen in ages."
Why isn't that flaming?
At least I spared you all the profanity.
Perhaps someone would be good enough to explain the rules here to me. If I preface my opinion (which I have a right to express also) with "no offense" am I allowed to say anything I want to without someone telling me I'm out of line?
(PC dons her flame resistant suit of armor)
My own take, Ian's statement is a personal opinion regarding the video. It was not an attack on an individual poster. I equate it to my stating that President Bush is an idiot. People can disagree with me but it is not a flame.
Ian was not saying "You suck" to a poster. He said a video was propoganda and wondered about the other side of the story. Heck, he even knew people would be annoyed that he had a different take on the video and apologized if he offended folks in his the post.
What makes Ian's original post problematic to folks on the board, I believe, is that he did not realize that the video was suppose to be a Memorial Day tribute to the Men and Women who have died in Iraq. He did not know this because it was not Memorial Day in Great Britian (or Rememberance Day as it is called there). While most of the folks on the board viewed the images with Memorial Day in mind, he respond to it as a news image.
I believe the "We both got the wrong idea comment" was that he had mistaken the nature of the video and believed that Queen GOP misread his post as a slam on the Service Men and Women in his post, which he did not. As such, he misread the original intent of the video and Queen GOP misread his post as disrespecting those who have died in Iraq. 2 misreads.
Lets face it, the war in Iraq brings out strong reactions on both sides of the issue. If people are going to post links to images, videos, and stories regarding Iraq, they should expect that some people are going to have a different opinion of said images, videos, and articles. Sometimes their reaction is going to be strong. Disagree with the position in the post but don't attack the poster.
What are the lessons here? 1) Political posts are going to bring on flamming sooner then later 2) We all need to read the full content of everyones post. If folks had read line 2 of Ian's original post they would have seen that he stated "Believe me, I have the utmost respect for the majority of soldiers in Iraq who are doing their duty. American, British, whoever." As such, he was not disrespecting the soldiers. 3) A flame is a personal attack on a poster and not the statement, no matter how strongly made, of a personal opinion.
Hi Fan,
I understand how strongly you feel, and how hard the comments hit you, but I really do think there was a misunderstanding (that PC's post defines pretty well). I do believe Ian did think it was Propaganda and general flag waving, rather than a specfic tribute, for a specific Holiday.
I've known Ian through Posts and emails for as long as I've known the rest of you, and closer than I have known some of you, for that time period, and, I think it would be greatly out of character for Ian to mean the post in the way it looks. He really is a good guy and I can't imagine him meaning what it appeared he meant. World-wide it's alot more common knowledge that the election is coming up this year, than the fact that The last Monday in May is Memorial Day, and with the current feelings for the American Government in the rest of the world, it's very easy to see how someone might think it had something more to do with re-election, than a tribute for Memorial Day. I knew America's popularity was waning in the rest of the world, but the last few weeks, I have come to realize, that public opinion world wide of America is much worse than I originally thought. I can't think of one Country, other than Israel, who is completely in our corner, every one else, it seems who is in our corner, is only the Government of that Country realizing the importance of a good relationship with the USA, but people the world over are becoming very afraid of the Bush Goverment, and there is a very prominent belief that Bush is out for World conquest.
I like you both alot, and it's heart-wrenching to see a misunderstanding like this, cause the hard feelings this has caused.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ June 02, 2004 06:25 PM: Message edited by: sindatur ]</font>
For clarification on my end.
Ian's comments were about the contents of a link you posted. Fair game. If you are going to post links, everyone may not feel the same about them.
Fan's post was directed at a poster. Fairly violently. I don't care who the poster is, that will not be tolerated on this board at all.
Fan, I feel for you. This is something that provoked a big reaction out of you. Something you care about very deeply. I have had loved ones who have gone to Iraq. Nothing about Iraq is easy. Noone is trying to be unsympathetic to your feelings.
I urge you to talk to people in real life. For this issue to cause to post that you would put someone in the hospital if they were standing in front of you alarms me. Please talk to people and don't let things fester.
Wow, Aziz. I haven't been condescended to quite that thoroughly in awhile. You assume I have no real life contacts and I'm in need of therapy. That's amazing, considering how little you know about me. I would never dare suggest anything like that to anyone online.
There's no need to trouble yourselves about this any further. I'll go. It seems I misunderstood all of you altogether. We don't think anything alike. My mistake.
Fan, clearly that is your call, although I hope that you reconsider. I do not believe anyone was suggesting you leave. You asked why Ian's post was not a flame and yours was, I tried to explain what I thought was the distinction. Sindutar saw how upset you were and was trying to let you know that Ian was not meaning to disrespect yourself or anyone else in uniform.
I have been in situations were someone has posted something that hit the wrong button and caused me to go off the wall. Dash Hammer at Pathfinder comes to mind.... It happens. The number of people who pointed out to me that I was flamming (granted I knew I was flamming, he just really pissed me off) was quite large. It annoyed the hell out of me and took a while for me to get over being pissed 1) with Dash Hammer and 2) with the people at the site pointing out to me that I had flammed. Had I walked away then, I would have missed out on Sci Fi Sites and this site.
I have choosen not to discuss politics or religion on the boards because I know how heated people, myself included, can get. Well, that and I tend to annoy people because I move into professor mode and start lecturing which is not always appropriate.
All I am saying is, emotions are running high. Peoples feelings have been hurt. We would all love to find a way to end this without having people walk away from posting. That may not be possible but it is worth trying.
First, I apologise unreservedly to Fan for any offence I have caused her. I have never intentionally done such on any board as long as I've been on the net.
Memorial Day is a "what?" in the UK. Sorry, but it is.
As we had all sorts of film over here including faked (?) pictures of UK and (real?) pics of US troops abusing prisoners at the time made the timing of the Memorial Day video particularly bad.
I tried to appear as unbiased as I could, but obviously failed there. Again, my apologies.
As for people who have served, my father and uncle in the RAF, one grandfather as a motorcycle courier in WW2, and the other a tank driver left behind at Dunkirk by officers who abandoned their men (they said they were coming back, honest!). He spent the rest of the war in a gulag, and had a book published about it years later. Both my grandfathers died around the time of my birth, so I never got to know them. I cherish the medals that were left to me.
As for myself I always wanted to serve in the RAF or Royal Navy, but my bad eyesight prevented it.
There, best explanation for my post I can give.
Hope you won't hate me for it.
Well, I think it is time to move our thoughts over to another controversy. One that makes you all look like absolute criminals! Did anyone ever think to remember that it was ...
[size=50 MY BIRTHDAY ][/size]
lst weeK? Huh? Hmmmmm
On a better note, I am having a home inspection done on my first home purchase on Tuesday. If all gos well, I will be in my home at the end of July!
If you want to see what the house looks like, the MLS is: 70030594
Congrats on the house Nommy. Great news!
As for the birthday thing, a while back I realized I was going to be lame about remembering peoples birthdays so I didn't bother trying. Lame, I know but that is my only excuse.
Hope it was a good one
Congrats Nommy, and Happy Birthday This calls for a celebration. Burger anyone? [img]graemlins/cake.gif[/img]
Ian, no hard feelings on my part.
Thanks QGOP! MMmmm...double Cheeseburger
Damn...in more ways than one. Guess I've been too lax in checking in.
Happy Birthday, Nommy! Good luck with the housing project. http://ducati.bayarearidersforum.com.../smilies/4.gif
Well, I already have a spot picked out for my (very small) Scifi/fantasy collection. In the same token, I have a sport to make a small gnome or fantasy forest in the back yard. OOOOO the possibilities. ( Karina is none to thrilled about that. She doesnt like gnomes.)