From: Adrian on 18 Mar 2010 10:05 "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 18 Mar 2010 10:15 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 18 Mar 2010 10:17 "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 18 Mar 2010 10:18 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 18 Mar 2010 10:20
"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. |