Sparky, I think you should eat some Swiss chocolate to celebrate! Raclette ... you'll probably have to wait to enjoy it. I had some (in the U.S.) and remember it as yummy but a bit smelly.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Apr 24, 2013 6:39:06 am PDT #20360 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Sparky1 - Apr 24, 2013 6:43:47 am PDT #20361 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Though I don't envy your family the logistical nightmare.
This will be easy compared to the last job, I think. No more 8 week trips!
Amy - Apr 24, 2013 6:44:55 am PDT #20362 of 30001
Because books.
Geneva! That's very cool.
JZ - Apr 24, 2013 6:49:08 am PDT #20363 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Congrats and raclette, Sparky! Glad it's going to be easier than the last job. Eight-week separations with a toddler are brutal.
If we can't have a Buffista Island, maybe we could start with an attractively priced pirate ship?
HELLS YES PLEASE PLEASE?
Also, Hec, I don't think we dare show those pictures to Matilda, who yearns for a pet squirrel. Her heart will break to bits with envy and longing (unless I have already shattered it with my inept hair-fixing technique).
§ ita § - Apr 24, 2013 6:49:09 am PDT #20364 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yay, Geneva! I am envious of foreign jobs. Which is more than silly, but there you go. Foreign jobs you don't have to move for--even better!
My work laptop is being weird. Starting Windows was taking so long I fired up Task Manager and started Opera, and that's all I have. No task bar, no email, no desktop. Just a brand new Opera session.
I guess it's time for reboot. And not just the random blue screen kind.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 24, 2013 6:51:56 am PDT #20365 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The whispering thing gives me the same feeling as nails on a chalk board, swinging too high on a swing, and pencil wood scraping the paper. Just a weird nauseseated shudder that I can feel in my belly as well.
DavidS - Apr 24, 2013 6:54:12 am PDT #20366 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
No task bar, no email, no desktop. Just a brand new Opera session.
So...sort of like a Chromebook.
Maria - Apr 24, 2013 6:54:27 am PDT #20367 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
This will be easy compared to the last job, I think. No more 8 week trips!
It sounds like a win all-around then! Fantastic!
Zenkitty - Apr 24, 2013 6:59:02 am PDT #20368 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hooray for the job in Geneva! That you don't have to move for!
Aw, baby squirrel got a good home.
§ ita § - Apr 24, 2013 7:00:06 am PDT #20369 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So...sort of like a Chromebook.
And about exactly as useful, I'd imagine. At least for work.
Fuck you, Windows. At least sometimes it crashes in front of my face, so I don't feel like I'm going crazy, all by myself. I'm clearly being driven thus.