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- On the other hand it might make it easier for some of us to find the ones we lost. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with Jul 3, 12:18
- Between your repeat postings today and love of dong, I can't tell you and Mop apart anymore -- nm - oblique Jul 3, 12:07 1
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Yassir Arafat was probably killed by polonium poisoning. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 3, 12:02 8
- I knew it was the Poles! -- nm - Was Bar Was Jul 3, 12:23
- Well, that ought to get the conspiracy theorists all in a tizzy. -- nm - TWuG Jul 3, 12:06 1
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- I didn't even know the brainstem *has* a vomiting centre. -- nm - mara Jul 3, 12:05 4
  - They say The Stig was born without one -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 12:18
  - I heard that the sneeze trigger comes from the spinal cord and not the brain itself - zork Jul 3, 12:08
  - Maybe it's like a tootsie pop. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 3, 12:07 1
    - OMG. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 12:10
so have you ever been fired? did you deserve it? I have been. I did. - amanda Jul 3, 11:51 23
- yes and definitely didnt -- nm - Jovian Jul 3, 12:27
- Nope. -- nm - ceregon Jul 3, 12:11
- yes. Yes and no. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 12:10
- Fired twice. Laid off once. First two were high school jobs - oblique Jul 3, 11:59
- yes, back when I worked at Exhibition Stadium and it was deserved ... - zork Jul 3, 11:59
- Once. I deserved it. I was young and didn't care about the job enough. -- nm - Krusty Jul 3, 11:57
- My twin and I were both fired from the supermarket bagger job. - con_carne Jul 3, 11:57
- Yes and nope. - Will Hunting Jul 3, 11:57
- Laid off a couple of times. Took a new job once before CIO was trying to run me out -- nm - Capstern Jul 3, 11:56
- Yep and yep. Last time was the best that could have happened to me. - TWuG Jul 3, 11:55
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- yes and yes -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 3, 11:55
- I have for good cause and I have for NOT good cause. - Dr.Vermin Jul 3, 11:54
- I came close at the theatre when we were bored and had an ice fight and a piece hit the front door as the regional GM walked in the door. - spamlet Jul 3, 11:54 2
  - How about this? We were showing "Animal House" and when Belushi yelled "Food Fight" - amoxy Jul 3, 11:56 1
    - It had to be done. -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 11:58
- Nope. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 3, 11:54
- Never been fired per say, but laid off a couple of times - amoxy Jul 3, 11:54 1
  - I've been laid off due to companies being sold/closed. - JaxSean Jul 3, 11:55
- often and no - Danedukenuuk Jul 3, 11:53
- yes, twice. yes for both. -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 11:52 2
  - wait, make that three times. -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 11:54 1
    - four, actually... -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 11:55
guys. guys. Guy in Pic is following me on instagram. uh-oh. -- nm - amanda Jul 3, 11:47 1
- Ew. -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 11:51
i was robbed by Poland - Danedukenuuk Jul 3, 11:46 10
- also, znufrii and WDisney proved that you should not change your picks (final update was made earlier, see link above) -- nm - zork Jul 3, 11:50 2
  - change picks? why it's footy no way to really predict much in general - Danedukenuuk Jul 3, 11:52 1
    - usually Germany has a group stage match where they score 6 or 8 goals but that did not happen this time. -- nm - zork Jul 3, 12:05
- Next time there's a soccer thingy, do you want my help? And yes, cuz I won, it's now soccer; none of this football nonsense. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 3, 11:48 6
  - Congrats. See people, you don't have to know about soccer to participate, but being in it hopefully makes it more fun. -- nm - zork Jul 3, 11:52
  - nahh i actually had Port. on my Radar but was distorted by "ouer" (denmarks) great results against them lately - Danedukenuuk Jul 3, 11:51 4
    - I thought the Germans are like, really good at soccer; Portugal has a guy who's really good at soccer and the Czechs...that's just a fun name to say. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 3, 11:52 3
      - czech are not a bad team in general "rozizky" (sic) is getting too old though - Danedukenuuk Jul 3, 11:56 2
        
        See, you have all this knowledge, I have none...and yet..... Play my music, Mr. Mercury! ~Cuz I am the champion of the pool~ -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 3, 11:58 1
        
        heh it's like choosing the lottonumbers to a degree - Danedukenuuk Jul 3, 12:02
even if I have crappy service, I tip 8% for gross receipts reasons. I hate that I can't like, leave a penny in good conscience. - amanda Jul 3, 11:44 10
- Yeah, I always tip 20+% on the full check and never less than $5. - TWuG Jul 3, 11:57
- Yeah. I'm a cheap tipper. And Canadian, too. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 11:45 8
  - I think if you've never worked a tipped job, you tip less. -- nm - amanda Jul 3, 11:46 7
    - I always tip well. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 12:15 1
      - (and never worked a tip job) -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 12:15
    - I've worked tip jobs. I *always* tip more. - JaxSean Jul 3, 11:55
    - I think it can work both ways. I worked tipped jobs... - Dr.Vermin Jul 3, 11:48 3
      - I've never worked a tipped job, and I hardly ever tip under 20%. - kelly Jul 3, 11:53 2
        
        This sort of boggles me. - Dr.Vermin Jul 3, 11:57 1
        
        Well, I will say that - kelly Jul 3, 12:01
ST Poll -- How much did you make at your first job? - znufrii Jul 3, 11:43 28
- Not sure if it's really a job, but as an altar boy I'd get paid for weddings and funerals. - ceregon Jul 3, 12:11
- Whatever minimum wage was back in the 80's. Anyone? Bueller? -- nm - miffed67 Jul 3, 12:02
- I don't remember. Maybe ~$6.25/hr? I remember getting a nickel raise after 45 days and I thought I was the shit. - JaxSean Jul 3, 11:57
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  - You? Programmer? That's interesting. Didn't know you did that. -- nm - oblique Jul 3, 11:56 11
    - I wasn't sure what the appropriate reaction to that was supposed to be. - zork Jul 3, 12:00 1
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      - I have almost never found you hotter than I do right now. -- nm - amanda Jul 3, 12:03 6
        
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        would you please put your lawyer clothes back on. I'm having trouble concentrating right now. -- nm - amanda Jul 3, 12:13 1
        
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        right? -- nm - oblique Jul 3, 12:06 2
        
        right??? -- nm - amanda Jul 3, 12:08 1
        
        *geek gaze* -- nm - oblique Jul 3, 12:09
      - sp/k ? pl/1 ? -- nm - zork Jul 3, 12:03
- 3.35/hr -- nm - JD Jul 3, 11:51
- I drove a van for a water cooler co, I'd drive to the distributor/coke bottler and fork lift a couple pallets worth into the back, $4.90? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 3, 11:51
- I got less than minimum wage when I was delivering prescriptions on my bike (in 1980?) that might have been the $2.65 I mentioned before -- nm - zork Jul 3, 11:48
- no idear but not a single dollar - Danedukenuuk Jul 3, 11:48
- $1.60/Hr Minimum wage back in 1976 - amoxy Jul 3, 11:47
- About $30/day. It was under the table though. -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 11:46 1
  - what were you doing under the table :P -- nm - Capstern Jul 3, 11:46
- My lowest was a sub-minimum wage at a restaurant of $1.65/hr. According to this page, it was the equivalent of $5.26 today. -- nm - GregW Jul 3, 11:45 1
  - oops, missed the link - Federal Minimum Wage Rates, 1955�2011 -- (link) - GregW Jul 3, 11:51
- See below. :-) $5 an hour -- nm - Krusty Jul 3, 11:44
- $6/hr I think -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 11:44
- $6 -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 3, 11:44
ST Poll what was your first minimum wage job and what did you make (dish wshing 3.35) -- nm - Capstern Jul 3, 11:43 18
- Taco Bell! I really liked that job, too. I made min. wage, I can't remember how much it was then. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 3, 12:02
- Rocky Rococo Pizza -- nm - JaxSean Jul 3, 11:59
- Closest was Steak & Shake, Jr year of HS, 5 something an hour -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 11:52
- Movie theatre dude. $5.15 an hour. -- nm - spamlet Jul 3, 11:50 4
  - Same but 3.35 -- nm - JD Jul 3, 11:51 2
    - Me too...I miss working there - amoxy Jul 3, 11:55 1
      - Most people I've met that worked in a theatre as a kid loved that job. - spamlet Jul 3, 11:56
  - No, wait, I think it was 4.25 when I started. -- nm - spamlet Jul 3, 11:50
- My first job was full-time at age 15. I made the equivalent of US$15 a week :) - MojaveMeg Jul 3, 11:49
- Supermarket bagger. $5/hr and change. -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 11:48
- I'm sure Burger King was minimum wage. So around $3.85 (1987) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 3, 11:46
- I've never had a minimum wage job. -- nm - amanda Jul 3, 11:45 2
  - same. worked for my father's accounting firm as a summer job -- nm - Beaker Jul 3, 11:46 1
    - oh, I made like $6.50 when min wage was $5.85. but I've never worked for minimum wage. -- nm - amanda Jul 3, 11:46
- damn you! - znufrii Jul 3, 11:44 2
  - what? -- nm - Capstern Jul 3, 11:47 1
    - you sniped my own poll on the same topic. :) -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 11:49
- At 13 I was a Waldbaums cashier and I was making around $5 an hour. -- nm - Krusty Jul 3, 11:44
NOMAH elected to College Baseball HoF -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 3, 11:41
Pakistan reopens supply lines as US apologizes for bombing their soldiers -- (link) - znufrii Jul 3, 11:39
Speaking of which, how many STers are currently unemployed? It seems like a lot of us went through this over the past couple of years. - GregW Jul 3, 11:39 14
- Since I work for the government, it's hard to lose a job. Not impossible, but not easy, either. I've been here 6 yrs. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 3, 12:05
- seriously under epmployed since the marriage office started giving the couples a list of judges who regularly do weddings so they get first crack at.. - zeitgeist Jul 3, 11:47
- I finally accepted being pushed into retirement earlier than planned ... -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 3, 11:46
- I only work part-time now. I was working two jobs but I was laid off earlier in the year from my full time job. - Krusty Jul 3, 11:42
- I was for about 3 months in 2008. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 3, 11:42
- mrs. zork -- nm - zork Jul 3, 11:42
- not unemployed, but will be starting to look in earnest soon - znufrii Jul 3, 11:41 2
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  - It is so much easier to look for a job when you have a job. Cause if you don't get it, oh well you are still working - amoxy Jul 3, 11:43
- My business skyrocketed in 2007 and continued thru the crash and I've never looked back! -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 3, 11:41 4
  - was that when you were featured on that news bit about the reporter learning how to a limo driver? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 3, 11:43 3
    - no, it was when I went all private. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 3, 11:47
    - how to what a limo driver? - zork Jul 3, 11:44 1
      - the reporter was a hot blond, you would like this story lol. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 3, 11:46
CY, Garden Grove celebrates the Fourth by closing all city parks at 5:00 and turning on the sprinklers :) - MojaveMeg Jul 3, 11:37 1
- That'll teach those kids! -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 3, 11:39
Groiny -- most of the HOFers are $49 on up to $79. - Will Hunting Jul 3, 11:37 2
- Why is Rivera so high? -- nm - amoxy Jul 3, 11:38 1
  - Rivera is apparently a rare show participant. - Will Hunting Jul 3, 11:39
Minimum wages in Canada range from $8.55 to $11 per hour depending on your job and which Province you are in -- (link) - Beaker Jul 3, 11:36 3
- I remember growin up on the ranch and was paid 1$ an hour and seemed like a fortune. My first minimum wage job I think was 3.35hr washing dishes -- nm - Capstern Jul 3, 11:42
- IIRC, I got $2.65 at one time. -- nm - zork Jul 3, 11:38 1
  - wait, I think that was my brother. I remember getting $3.30 for sure in the early 80s -- nm - zork Jul 3, 11:42
Well, first interview went well, hope to have a 2nd this week or early next - amoxy Jul 3, 11:35 17
- Good luck! -- nm - miffed67 Jul 3, 12:06
- best wishes! -- nm - Remlik Jul 3, 11:47
- good luck! -- nm - zork Jul 3, 11:43
- You will get it man!!! -- nm - Capstern Jul 3, 11:40
- You got 'em. - kelly Jul 3, 11:38
- All the best coming your way.... -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 3, 11:38
- Good luck! -- nm - Jovian Jul 3, 11:37
- Nice. You're lucky to get an interview this time of year, most execs are on vacay -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 3, 11:37 4
  - It felt good that they rearranged so they could see me today - amoxy Jul 3, 11:39 1
    - That's a huge feather in your cap! Fingers-crossed. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 3, 11:42
  - No problem. He's applying as bookeeper for Al Qaeda, Chico chapter. -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 11:39 1
    - Assistant A/R Clerk! -- nm - amoxy Jul 3, 11:41
- ::fist pump for a great first:: -- nm - Spawn Jul 3, 11:37
- best of luck! nm -- nm - groiny Jul 3, 11:36
- Prosperity be unto you -- nm - con_carne Jul 3, 11:36
- good luck! -- nm - znufrii Jul 3, 11:35
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