From: Adrian on
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

>>>> My employer has no qualms with the amount of time I spend on usenet.

>>> As long as s/he gets fed on time I doubt the cat gives a damn.

>> The cat doesn't give a damn about anything much at the mo, having been
>> on a one-way trip to the vet last month...

> Ah, that's a shame.

Oh, it gets better... A month to the day after the M-i-L kicked the
bucket.

I'm staying in bed on Saturday, just in case I'm next in line for the
curse of the 20th.
From: Bod on
On 18/03/2010 13:47, Adrian wrote:
> "Brimstone"<brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying:
>
>>>>>> I always loathed being beholden unto an employer.
>
>>>>> <shrug> I've not been "beholden to an employer" for ten years now.
>
>>>> Very clearly - the amount of time you spend on usenet!
>
>>> My employer has no qualms with the amount of time I spend on usenet.
>
>> As long as s/he gets fed on time I doubt the cat gives a damn.
>
> The cat doesn't give a damn about anything much at the mo, having been on
> a one-way trip to the vet last month...
>
>

Coincidence! One of our cats also made the final journey about two
weeks ago, 17 yrs old.........

<sad face>

Bod
From: Brimstone on


"Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:80eq8hF518U4(a)mid.individual.net...
> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying:
>
>>>>> My employer has no qualms with the amount of time I spend on usenet.
>
>>>> As long as s/he gets fed on time I doubt the cat gives a damn.
>
>>> The cat doesn't give a damn about anything much at the mo, having been
>>> on a one-way trip to the vet last month...
>
>> Ah, that's a shame.
>
> Oh, it gets better... A month to the day after the M-i-L kicked the
> bucket.

Hmmm, one does begin to wonder.

> I'm staying in bed on Saturday, just in case I'm next in line for the
> curse of the 20th.

Is that necessarily the best place to be, don't more people die in bed than
anywhere else?


From: Bod on
On 18/03/2010 13:59, Adrian wrote:
> boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
>>> I rather suspect that those who claim otherwise have just simply never
>>> actually had a job they enjoy.
>
>> I'm sure most people have had times in their job when they've enjoyed
>> the particular moment, but I doubt even you love every single minute of
>> your job and have never occasionally wished you could be somewhere or
>> doing something else.
>
> If your life outside work is so perfect that you "love every single
> minute" and "never occasionally wish you could be somewhere or doing
> something else", then I congratulate you.
>
> And, considering the amount of time you spend on Usenet, pity you
> simultaneously...
>
>

Why? Usenet is something he obviously enjoys.

Bod
From: Brimstone on


"Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:80er0tFi6mU3(a)mid.individual.net...
> On 18/03/2010 13:59, Adrian wrote:
>> boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
>> saying:
>>
>>>> I rather suspect that those who claim otherwise have just simply never
>>>> actually had a job they enjoy.
>>
>>> I'm sure most people have had times in their job when they've enjoyed
>>> the particular moment, but I doubt even you love every single minute of
>>> your job and have never occasionally wished you could be somewhere or
>>> doing something else.
>>
>> If your life outside work is so perfect that you "love every single
>> minute" and "never occasionally wish you could be somewhere or doing
>> something else", then I congratulate you.
>>
>> And, considering the amount of time you spend on Usenet, pity you
>> simultaneously...
>
> Why? Usenet is something he obviously enjoys.
>
But it doesn't pay the bills.