And did they come to fill your car up, come get it to wash it, and get it come to service it? ;~) Mine were demo's, my porters kept up with it. And because they were demo's we had to turn them in at 6,000 miles or before so that the customer had a full 12,000 or 12 month warranty when they bought it. Oldsmobile at that time had a 12 and 12 warranty but extended the warranty up to 18 and 18 for demo's.
Matter of fact yes.
Had a deal with the corner gas station.
The first of every month, would work from home doing reports.
Gas station would come to house get car and do all req'd service, then return.
Was a good deal for everybody.
I got the work done and he had fill in work during the day.
Lew
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:01:24 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone scrawled the following:
A sexy new media center with coopered doors, perhaps?
P.S: You Suck! and Congratulations!
-- Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. -- Thomas J. Watson
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:36:57 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone scrawled the following:
I'm still using Dad's old aluminum skilsaw, and I inherited his old Dunlap plane (#4-ish size) and a little 8" wooden Millers Falls torpedo level. He didn't do much woodworking but he taught me to work with my hands and my mind, and taught me basic physics. Both have served me well so far.
-- Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. -- Thomas J. Watson
Heh. I was actually thinking about a pizza paddle...
On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:03:55 +0930, the infamous "Kevin(Bluey)" scrawled the following:
So if your boss gives you a $20k car to drive (dual-purpose), the gov't wants you to cough up $8k?
Damned socialist bastiges!
-- Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. -- Thomas J. Watson
:-P
One of these days we're gonna drive down the left coast, C-Less. THEN you'll be sorry...
pizza peel?
And your frigging sig delimiter is STILL broken!
hyphen, hyphen, space, return.
Not hyphen, hyphen, return.
On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:41:51 -0800, the infamous Zz Yzx scrawled the following:
-- Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. -- Thomas J. Watson
AKA!
Time to dig through the scrap pile. Wonder if there's any cherry left...
What colour should I paint it?
Larry Jaques wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
Do they give it back if you quit/lose the job/transfer etc?
Puckdropper
Man, and I was all primed to say "you both suck!"
On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:54:51 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone scrawled the following:
I've already weathered the Canuckistani attack, so bring it on, Baldy!
You'll leave in tears after seeing my shop. "All that wood and no place to work?"
I have a nice Double foam rubber mattress on the floor for singles, or a Queen blow-up bed for couples (which I've never had, just fambly.)
CAUTION: A lifelong bachelor lives here. (scares wives)
-- To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:57:13 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone scrawled the following:
Yes, I know. I just do that to piss off the purists. ;)
(It's also an easy way to know when it's time to change the sig. When I'm bored of it, you probably are, too.)
-- To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:53:15 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone scrawled the following:
Make it a DIET pizza paddle. It'll sell like hotcakes!
-- To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
I'm sorry.
I thought this was a thread about your particular predilection regarding 'country matters'.
I though it said, "A Small Goat".
I'll leave now.
Regards,
Tom Watson
On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:57:32 -0500, the infamous Tom Watson scrawled the following:
Oh, you just came for the sex, huh? OK.
Very good idear.
P.S: Who needs goats or sheep when they're ambidextrous?
P.P.S: Speaking of sex, this just hit my inbox this morning:
First Trojan
A Boy's First Condom
I recall my first time with a condom, I was 16 or so.
I went in to buy a packet of condoms at the pharmacy. There was this beautiful woman assistant behind the counter, and she could see that I was new at it.
She handed me the package and asked if I knew how to wear one.
I honestly answered, 'No, this is my first time.'
So she unwrapped the package, took one out and slipped it over her thumb.
She cautioned me to make sure it was on tight and secure. I apparently still looked confused.
So, she looked all around the store to see if it was empty. It was empty.
'Just a minute,' she said, and walked to the door, and locked it.
Taking my hand, she led me into the back room, unbuttoned her blouse and removed it. She unhooked her bra and laid it aside. 'Do these excite you?' She asked.
Well, I was so dumb-struck that all I could do was nod my head. She then said it was time to slip the condom on.
As I was slipping it on, she dropped her skirt, removed her panties and lay down on a desk. 'Well, come on', she said, 'We don't have much time..'
So I climbed on her. It was so wonderful, that unfortunately, I could no longer hold back and KAPOW, I was done within a few moments.
She looked at me with a bit of a frown. 'Did you put that condom on?' she asked.
I said, 'I sure did,' and held up my thumb to show her.
She liked to beat the shit out of me.
-- To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
When, at the age of 52 I got my final position I really enjoyed what I was doing but things change, management changed, we were sold on a couple of times, the only decent guy in a senior position went a year early because he could no longer put up with the shit being piled on him from above or the way he was expected to treat those below him. There were redundancies after redundancies. I was expected to do the jobs of two people and was being bullied by my own line-manager for "underperforming".
When I got the job, I had visions of staying on after 60 (my retirement age) maybe part-time if they would accept it, because I wanted to spend more time with my hobbies. By the age of 58 I couldn't wait to get out.
I remember waking up that first morning of my retirement and then I realised just how much stress I'd been under. It was April 30th, it was spring and I just felt so happy and raring to get on with all the things I wanted to do. I'm still enjoying it. There are many things I want to do Sometimes I do drive myself a bit hard because I set myself deadlines but every day is a joy and if I don't make the deadline - what the hell - I set them, I can move them and does it matter anyway.
Sure make your plans but make sure your pension is adequate in case circumstances change and you retire fully much earlier.
When I first went to work for the BBC in 1970, there were long service awards at 15, 25 and 40 years. By the time I got there, the 15 year one had been withdrawn but the 25 year one was a gift to 10% of your annual salary.
Up to a certain amount it was tax free as long as you took the gift but alternatives were cash or extra holiday (for that year only) and they were taxable. I had the computer system I had my eye on for a while but could not otherwise afford.
However, BBC transmission was sold to an American real estate agent called Ted Miller and, after he left the board, the rest seemed to have one aim in mind - to cream off as much money out of the company as they could and line their own Stateside pockets. The new CEO was a man by the name of Kelly - I can't remember his actual first name because we always referred to him as "Ned".
We were later sold to the UK's National Grid and after a slight initial apparant improvement, we continued downwards, subsequently being sold to McQuarie, an Australian merchant bank, at around the time I retired. Now, I think if you even make 25 years service, you'll be lucky if they even bother to say "thanks".
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