Random Thought Thread

[Dngrsone]

Well, I have been asked to go to an in-person interview for a new job. Huzzah! I have to make some hard decisions, though-- this new job is located in a hotter desert than the one I currently hate and may involve deploying to other deserts where people won't like me (but the pay is almost doubled).

I will have some tough questions for the interviewers... I need a job with room to grow, and I am thinking if I take the deployments for a couple years to beef up my 401K, and there is a way to move to a more supervisory job stateside from there, it might be a good career move. My time at my current job isn't a total waste of time, but it is a waste of my talents.

 

[Deleted User]

Have you ever calculated your ratio of good decisions to bad decisions? If only we had a crystal ball eh? Maybe Google are working on it.

 

[mikedt]

Get your kids to go, then start them on the English Classics

The top kids did go. It was all organised by the school.

Can't get the school to organise and pay for this though....

Jersey Boys in Shanghai...

....not coming to Jinan.

 

[mikedt]

Seasons In The Sun (KTV)
Popularized by Terry Jacks
Publisher: Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd.

 

[lunatic59]

Seasons In The Sun (KTV)
Popularized by Terry Jacks
Publisher: Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd.

I hate that song.

 

[Revenant Ghost]

Why is there a Ms. Pac-Man minigame on Google Maps?

 

[lunatic59]

Because Google thinks the world consists of pimply-faced basement dwellers.

 

[Dngrsone]

Why is there a Ms. Pac-Man minigame on Google Maps?
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To train Atlantans in finding alternate routes until their bridge is fixed.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Always cross at the crosswalks.

 

[Dngrsone]

Road trip to West Virginia; quick turnaround, not going to be happy.

...and I won't be taking my laptop, so I will be largely internet-free for the next two days.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I find that hard to believe Mr. Dangerous one.

 

[Clementine_3]

Road trip to West Virginia

I went to WV once. Once.

 

[mikedt]

I had a VW once. Once.

 

[lunatic59]

I've actually been to WV in a VW ... go figger.

 

[Deleted User]

Because Google thinks the world consists of pimply-faced basement dwellers.

That, and probably the pimply faced Google developers have way too much spare time on their hands.

 

[mikedt]

Here we just sing about West Virginia...

Take Me Home, Country Roads (KTV)
Popularized by John Denver
Publisher: Sony Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd.

...and drive VW Santanas.

 

[mikedt]

Nighmares of college entrance exam(Gaokao) texts......weeks and months of teaching students to pronounce "Santana sedans" correctly.


Shanghai:Car rentals（出租）are becoming more and more popular as an inexpensive way of taking to the roads.Business people,foreigners and families alike are making good use of the growing industry.
The first car rental firm opened in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental players are in the game,with more than 11,500 cars in their books.
The largest player – Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of choices - deluxe sedans,minivans,station wagons,coaches.Santana sedans are the big favorite.

 

[Dngrsone]

Well, what a day so far.

My initial flight was to leave at 0545PDT

Which it did, but without me on-board. Because the majors have this rule that says we must fly stand-by, even when flying for work-related purposes, such as going on road-trips to fix broken airplanes.

In my particular airport, all the flights are overbooked, which means getting on standby is pretty much impossible.

So, I try a second flight, leaving at 0830, only overbooked by one. Didn't get on that one either. Next flight was at 1640, which would have gotten me to my destination at 0630 tomorrow. No time to rest before going to do my job.

So my boss rents me a car and I drive 100 miles to the next regional airport, where I get a flight to Denver, where I am right now. Three-and-a-half hour layover, and I will arrive at my destination at 0135EDT, from which point I have a two hour drive to my hotel, let's call it 0400 before I can lay head to pillow.

Then, get up at something like 0700 so I can fix my planes, drive back to the airport to catch a 1630EDT flight back. Airline gods willing.

I have a work laptop and associated hardware and adapters and didn't want to carry two laptops, so I am using my phone and 7" tablet to entertain myself.

...oh, and TSA managed to pilfer one of my charging batteries... That's $40 I'll never get back.

 

[mikedt]

Please wait while your software downloads.

 

[lunatic59]

...oh, and TSA managed to pilfer one of my charging batteries... That's $40 I'll never get back.

Hmmm, batteries. Okay, if they said 'Samsung' on them, I can see where they'd be nervous.

But some of their rules to seem a little arbitrary. I've had a pair of cable crimpers confiscated like I was going to go up to the pilot and say 'give me control of this plane or I'll attach an RJ-45 jack to your finger.' ???

 

[Dngrsone]

Tell me about it: I can be trusted to make the plane airworthy, but I can't carry any tools on me when I fly off to fix a plane.

Funny thing is, the pilots always want me to make quick repairs: "could you tighten this knob?"

Sorry, TSA took away my kit.

 

[lunatic59]

the pilots always want me to make quick repairs: "could you tighten this knob?"

Couldn't you 'MacGyver' something together with a plastic fork, a bag of peanuts and the strap from a flight attendant's braziere?

 

[zuben el genub]

Did the flight attendant have charcoal in the braziere?

 

[Dngrsone]

Did the flight attendant have charcoal in the braziere?

LOL

Please tell me I'm not the only person to get that joke.

 

[lunatic59]

Whatever do you mean?