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lunch is almost here, and word is that finally - after five weeks of non-pizza - it's going to be ... wait for it ... - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:56 1
- Your long national nightmare is over! -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 11:57
Ever have one of those days where you don't feel connected to your own body? I just feel weird today. -- nm - (500) Days of Dano Jul 16, 11:54 4
- That happened to me in Vegas. It was like I was outside of my body and I was running around acting like a crazy fool. Then it occured to me that I -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jul 16, 11:56 2
  - was just watching Jack Dawson -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jul 16, 11:57
  - ... was actually passed out in a tub of ice, missing a kidney? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:57
- Yes, and then I realize I need to loosen my tie -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 11:55
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- *hides* -- nm - znufrii Jul 16, 11:49 1
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Max, how do you mean? Did I offend space? -- nm - Loyola Jul 16, 11:47 12
- about the space buses? I'm just saying, you could find yourself being harvested for organs if you get too nosey. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:50 11
  - I don't see how asking what invention from space improved school buses comes across as being nosey. But whatever. -- nm - Loyola Jul 16, 11:53 10
    - There were several improvements listed that could have bus applications (engines, lubricants, braking) -- nm - TWuG Jul 16, 11:54 5
      - Perhaps vehicular improvements then. Or they could add a line to cover fire truck improvements, ambulance improvements etc etc -- nm - Loyola Jul 16, 11:57 3
        
        Yeah, but School buses make people think of kids. Kids are the future, therefore NASA is protecting the future. See? -- nm - TWuG Jul 16, 11:59 2
        
        Exactly. That list was all about oh look how good space exploration is, rather than a list of cold hard unadulterated sans prejudiced facts. See? -- nm - Loyola Jul 16, 12:02
        
        It could also be stuff like escape hatches and all that. -- nm - Ender Jul 16, 12:00
      - "Studless winter tires". Well, at least for Canadian school busses ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:55
    - failing to see my sense of humor will get you an hour on the rack, mister. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:54 1
      - Ah. 50 lashes for me. -- nm - Loyola Jul 16, 11:55
    - This post? Too nosey. Please surrender 1/4 of your liver, and one kidney. -- nm - NASA Organ Harvesters Jul 16, 11:54 1
      - Feed him to the EATR robots! -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 11:55
3 houses have come on the market today (a new "record" for the past few weeks of our search) - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:43 7
- added bonus: lots of sailors. -- nm - link hogthrob Jul 16, 11:51 1
  - how is that a bonus? heh. But maybe I'd be able to moor a boat nearby -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:51
- A slumlord is selling his places. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 11:46 1
  - It'll be a day or two before I can link to the MLS entries for them -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:48
- I really doubt that anyplace in victoria is like the 9th ward of new orleans. - tRuMaN Jul 16, 11:45 2
  - absolutely true, but it feels very slummy to drive through some parts of it. houses under rail overpasses, covered in graffiti. Junk like that. - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:46 1
    - (and I mean pre-katrina, although I suspect you do too) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:47
Library user poll: Do you consider it acceptable that the person at the reference desk is both helping in-house users and answering the phone? Does it - mara Jul 16, 11:42 50
- I'm pretty patient. I don't much care even about line jumpers. unless the "line jumper" makes it so that I am not served at all. - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 16, 12:00
- I don't prefer to have to wait when someone is on a phone, or to be interrupted because a person has to answer a phone. However - ty97 Jul 16, 11:50
- It's doesn't bother me unless the phone gets answered while I'm speaking with the person. If they put them on hold it's all good, if they proceed to - Krusty Jul 16, 11:49
- No. I'm not paying for books or anything and I appreciate the service, so I'm not ever going to complain because they're helping someone else. -- nm - Callisto Jul 16, 11:47
- In general that bothers me, regardless of the location. I'm *HERE.* - Cuzzin Todd Jul 16, 11:46 13
  - At my office, this is the rule. Callers are told, "He is talking with someone here in the office, may I take a message." - Spawn Jul 16, 11:49
  - No, this would a a call that began before you approached the desk. It's basically first come, first served. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 11:47 11
    - Same difference as far as I'm concerned really. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 16, 11:49 10
      - "Absolutely I can help you with... oh wait, scratch that, someone just walked up. Peace boitch." -- nm - TFox Jul 16, 11:50 3
        
        My point is the person present should take priority of the person who couldn't be bothered to come in. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 16, 11:54 2
        
        It would be nice if I always knew it would be "a moment." A reference question can take a whole lot longer than that. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 11:55 1
        
        I understand that, and honestly I'm thinking of it more in terms of retail/store situations. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 16, 11:56
      - Wait, how? I can't tell the future. I don't have any way of knowing you're going to approach the desk. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 11:50 5
        
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        You've just doubled payroll. Congratulations. -- nm - TWuG Jul 16, 11:53 3
        
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        No, not at all. I'm saying the person there should take priority over the person no there, who could easily be asked to hold. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 16, 11:56 1
        
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- Such a division of labor is silly, IMO. -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 11:46 1
  - Well, the person answering the phone has to stay sitting at a phone. Sitting at a phone while I'm *off* the desk means I can't do any other actual - mara Jul 16, 11:53
- This is pretty much the norm for retail, though in-person clients should get priority. - TWuG Jul 16, 11:46 1
  - Yeah, that was a huge annoyance to me when I worked retail. - Callisto Jul 16, 11:48
- in principle no, but maybe if I waited a long time in line only to get to the front and be derailed by a phone call. -- nm - link hogthrob Jul 16, 11:45
- If I have to wait more than 60 seconds anywhere I call it a staffing problem. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:45 11
  - Says the guy who loves Redbox -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 11:52 1
    - never had a wait there. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:55
  - I call that a Max problem. -- nm - b. Jul 16, 11:47 6
    - post offices and banks. if you've got 3 people sitting idle at 10am and then 30 people in line at 1pm, maybe you should shuffle your man hours a bit. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:52 5
      - ah, i get that - er, not the 60 seconds timeframe, but the situation. - b. Jul 16, 11:57
      - The time of day is a factor, but often it's just random. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 11:54 3
        
        (or, employees shouldn't get testy when I step in a long line five minutes before the posted closing time) -- nm - Max Jul 16, 12:00
        
        then I say calculate your peak requirements and man at that level all day. raise my taxes, I'll pay for it. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:56 1
        
        simple as that. - b. Jul 16, 12:00
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  - I can sit at the desk for an hour with no questions of any kind (phone, in person, IM), and then have 3 at once. -- nm - mara Jul 16, 11:46
- As long as it is not a personnal call, I have no problem with it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 11:45
- Sure. No. -- nm - Loyola Jul 16, 11:44
- totally acceptable. as long as i don't get neglected in favor of the caller (a new call should be put on hold).-- nm - b. Jul 16, 11:44
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  - yes -- nm - Don Homer Jul 16, 11:46
  - i hate how fast food places put priority on drive-thru customers -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:45 1
    - yes -- nm - Don Homer Jul 16, 11:46
  - True, except for a "hold please" answering, that is. (nm) - musubi Jul 16, 11:45 2
    - We used to do that, now we just let it ring (4 times, I believe) and go to voice mail or to a "please hold and we'll be with you as soon as possible" - mara Jul 16, 11:49
    - yeah, I don't want to be on hold when I just want to ask for an extension. -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:46
- Yes and no. - musubi Jul 16, 11:43 1
  - *head explodes again* -- nm - steve114 si Jul 16, 11:45
- I find it acceptable and does not bother me in the least. -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 11:43
- so long as she's quiet. Shhh! -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 11:43
- perfectly reasonable. -- nm - TFox Jul 16, 11:42
*gets to go home to nice clean house thanks to our cleaners* -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 11:41
Image of Barack Obama being used to sell apartments in China; -- (link) - Loyola Jul 16, 11:39 1
- Or was being, at any rate. -- nm - Loyola Jul 16, 11:41
Women Of Ratified Documents. -- nm - David Jul 16, 11:37 1
- Building Intelligence Through Commercial Hegemony, Experience and Skill (nm) - musubi Jul 16, 11:42
We have a winner in the race for Worst Post in the History of Slacker Talk. -- (link) - David Jul 16, 11:35 [Backboard] 18
- I'd like my parents and friends, Al Gore, Knology Communiations, and Joe Elliott for making this day possible -- nm - ty97, winner Jul 16, 11:42 1
  - Your ugly blue shirt is sad it was left out of your speech -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jul 16, 11:45
- there are lines that you just don't cross. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:41 1
  - *delightfully slips tongue into coworker's ear* -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:44
- I dunno, one of the usual suspects, posted one that I think trumps that..... (link) - musubi Jul 16, 11:37 [Backboard] 11
  - If web series can be Emmy nominated, then why wasn't youtube stuff like "Human Tetris" nominated when those were out? -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 11:41 8
    - those weren't produced for the web but were clips taken from tv shows -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:43
    - Theoretically they could. The category is Outstanding Special Class Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:42 1
      - Sweet -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 11:44
    - because almost everything on youtube blows? - TFox Jul 16, 11:42 4
      - And most stuff on TV is, outstanding, obviously -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 11:44 3
        
        Ninja Cat has been snubbed and he's not happy about it. -- nm - Diva Jul 16, 11:54
        
        comparatively? absolutely. -- nm - TFox Jul 16, 11:44 1
        
        Open the floodgates. We must retroactively nominate "Cat Playing The Piano!" -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 11:47
  - Man. Even *I* loved Dr Horrible. And I *hate* musicals. -- nm - TWuG Jul 16, 11:40
  - That's just transparent trolling from Johnny Notaste. -- nm - David Jul 16, 11:37
- WTF!!!!! - groiny Jul 16, 11:36 1
  - word -- nm - pixie Jul 16, 11:45
this is hilarious ... pigs that swim -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:33 3
- *swoon* . nm -- nm - Dingan Jul 16, 11:35
- v. good photos - i hope the sharks they mentioned don't feed on the piggies. -- nm - b. Jul 16, 11:34 1
  - you don't think that sharks like bacon? -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:44
b!, I think mara knows that I would never say that to her (esp. over something petty like that) -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:31 18
- I think I see why b! was alarmed, but I assumed you were joking and everying was fine. :-) -- nm - mara Jul 16, 11:33
- you typed it. that doesn't count? -- nm - b. Jul 16, 11:32 16
  - heh ... maybe he meant "Felix Unger, mara" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:34 1
    - nah, we don't need Corn Flakes yet. -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:42
  - *starts walking away ...* - zork Jul 16, 11:33 13
    - :) - -- nm - b. Jul 16, 11:35 12
      - Wait a minute! How long have you been b. and not b! ? -- nm - mara Jul 16, 11:37 11
        
        for years and years: b. at work, b! not at work. -- nm - b. Jul 16, 11:39 7
        
        I though b. was your public identity and b! was when you changed into your superhero uniform -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jul 16, 11:43 5
        
        hrm, what would my superpower be? -- nm - b. Jul 16, 11:45 4
        
        Calming influence -- nm - Redmond on a phone Jul 16, 11:52 1
        
        :) - -- nm - b. Jul 16, 12:00
        
        b! clearly gets big erections - zork Jul 16, 11:47 1
        
        i... don't have a penis. so are we talking a power of construction? -- nm - b. Jul 16, 11:49
        
        makes sense -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:40
        
        and for the record, you are or are not bink -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:39 2
        
        2 different people. -- nm - b. Jul 16, 11:40 1
        
        i thought so but always have to think about it for some reason. -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:41
There are almost no "non-state" universities up here. - Reagen Jul 16, 11:30 18
- You mean the government takes an active interest in educating its population? What a concept. -- nm - con_carne Jul 16, 11:37
- and the ones that aren't public pretty much suck. -- nm - link hogthrob Jul 16, 11:35 3
  - like Devry, etc. -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:41 2
    - Not a university in Canada. IoT. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:44 1
      - I think in alberta it might technically be a degree-granting institution. -- nm - link hogthrob Jul 16, 11:47
- The only real impact is "state" status has, is generally admissions preference (and lower tuition) to residents. - musubi Jul 16, 11:34 2
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  - This is the correct answer. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 16, 11:48
- You have states? -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 11:33 3
  - respect the scare-quotes. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:33
  - what else would we be an enemy of? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:33 1
    - I thought you were an enemy of *our* states. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 11:33
- Waterloo and Ryerson started as private schools but I can't imagine they still are officially, certainly not in practice -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:32 5
  - Simon Fraser was one I was sure was private, but it isn't. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:34 4
    - definitely not, but there are a couple in BC. trinity western and quest at least. there's also that mennonite one in MB. -- nm - link hogthrob Jul 16, 11:37 3
      - i just saw that SFU has been accepted into the NCAA -- nm - zork Jul 16, 11:39 1
        
        they've been pushing for it for years. they were in that non-NCAA one for a long time. -- nm - link hogthrob Jul 16, 11:48
      - I was probably just conflating it with the Fraser Institute. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:39
I have to drive to frederick after work and I'm being told that it could take me two hours. what? reverse commute. is this possible? -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 16, 11:29 6
- I panicked while checking the route from the beach to nubby last night until I'd realized the three day commute time was for *walking* -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:35 1
  - I do this *all* the time on my phone. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 16, 11:37
- From Haterstown? Unpossible. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 11:33 2
  - this is what I think. 40 minutes should be safe, right? jim says traffic can get really dicey but two hours?? -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Jul 16, 11:37
  - Only way it'd be possible is if there's a huge wreck on 70 and 40 backs up as a result. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 16, 11:34
- From where? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 16, 11:31
The Army Reserve officer who sued to stop his deployment to Afghanistan? -- (link) - znufrii Jul 16, 11:29 2
- he's also apparently lost his job with a DoD contractor, and two more officers have joined the lawsuit -- (link) - znufrii Jul 16, 11:33 1
  - I hope more and more nutcases continue to join this movement. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 16, 11:34
so ... hungry ... can't ... think ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 11:26 1
- i'm having a lunch meat sammich and strawberries for lunch -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 11:30
*names Osama B2's Godparent* -- nm - Beaker Jul 16, 11:25

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