Is Anyone Truly Working Today? - Page 2

mellecaster · July 3rd, 2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ehawley

Work?.

..When you own your own business you work every day.....just not as hard!?!

A Big Ole...AMEN !.....

boris bubbanov · July 3rd, 2008, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ehawley

Work?.

..When you own your own business you work every day.....just not as hard!?!

Yeah, if I "took the day off" I'd be cutting the deep grass in intense humidity.
Handling a smaller bunch of phone calls is pretty easy by comparison.

Eric Karonen · July 3rd, 2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mudbean

Retired at 56? Day-umm, congrats. I'll be "working" until I'm 80 ... or die first.

mud

Thanks, Mud. I'd been planning for this for a while. If I had a family, for sure I'd have hung in for years to come, but my life didn't work out like that. To each his own, eh? Everyone has a story to tell...

BTW: The 56? My ancestors are from Finland, and the average retirement age for males there is around 57. Hah, I had to beat that, heck, we love fishing too much. lol

Cheers,

ek

OutlawSteph1975 · July 3rd, 2008, 04:55 PM

I went to the grocery store, rushed home before the downpour started and then did some picking... gotta start dinner soon. Yeah, tough day.

SMPTE · July 3rd, 2008, 05:00 PM

I'm in it up to my eyeballs. There's no holidays in TV. Or grammer checking.

mudbean · July 3rd, 2008, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SMPTE

I'm in it up to my eyeballs. There's no holidays in TV. Or grammer checking.

My Dad used to call painting mistakes "holidays" ... you just made a holiday.

mud

XKnight · July 3rd, 2008, 10:50 PM

I brought my children to my office today. I had a conference call in the morning and then I took the children to an aquarium/amusement park. We had a great day and I even got home with enough time to still play guitar and go jogging. I guess you can call that work if you want.

Derek S · July 3rd, 2008, 11:12 PM

Faked it all day. Pretended to do stuff-held the phone to my ear like I was holding, sent off emails to who knows who. Just didn't care.

morroben · July 3rd, 2008, 11:36 PM

I built an exterior hot water heater enclosure, painted a bedroom, installed two light fixtures, and hard wired a door bell into a house...they make wireless doorbells, but these people like the tone of a real one, so I crawled through their attic fishing wires in the afternoon heat, literally sweating through my clothes, cough and itching from the insulation so that their doorbell will sound just perfect.
Also went to the home inspection for the house I'm in the process of buying. Could have gone better, but nothing scary enough to make me back out of the deal.

cowboytwang · July 4th, 2008, 12:02 AM

I've been smokin' pork butts all day!

Gettin' ready for my annual 4th of July BBQ and Jam!!

By the way everyone here is invited, if your anywhere near Sandy Valley, NV, stop by.

mudbean · July 4th, 2008, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by morroben

...they make wireless doorbells, but these people like the tone of a real one, so I crawled through their attic fishing wires in the afternoon heat, literally sweating through my clothes, cough and itching from the insulation so that their doorbell will sound just perfect.

WHAT?!? You almost sound bitter.

I feel your pain, man - done that, though not for a living. Just once, when we had our house in Cat City. Probably had something to do with ants.

Not quite my idea of fun.

mud

SMPTE · July 4th, 2008, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by cowboytwang

I've been smokin' pork butts all day!

That's gonna give you the most bizarre emphysema ever.

markothefish · July 4th, 2008, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by SMPTE

I'm in it up to my eyeballs. There's no holidays in TV. Or grammer checking.

+1 I'm working now. At least there's no management here today . The show must go on Etc, Etc .....

shades · July 4th, 2008, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by pseudocat

I'm self-employed, so, yes.

And I'm working tomorrow, too (but just a little bit).

Ditto...

Tony474 · July 4th, 2008, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by RiverDog

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Originally Posted by Tony474

July 4 is just another day outside the USA. Well, nearly - I'm doing an "Independence Day" gig (i.e. any excuse for a booze-up) tomorrow night at a place well known to be rougher than a badger's butt.

Well I had no idea anyone would want to party down to commemorate our independence from England IN ENGLAND!

You'd be amazed (or maybe not) at the propensity here to get comprehensively bladdered for the slimmest reason, or indeed none at all.

Besides, the gig's at a London Irish venue, to which the above applies double!

Fendrcaster · July 4th, 2008, 07:43 AM

I had the option of taking either today or tomorrow off, I opted for today. I rarely get holidays off and usually work Saturdays anyway. It's no big deal, I'll only have to work about three hours tomorrow.

TeleDrifter · July 4th, 2008, 12:17 PM

I'm on here (again)......VA hospital...Your tax dollars at work ( who am I kidding )...Double Time X 12 hours..Plus 5 hours of OT...Sweet....Cheers...

July 3rd, 2008, 05:00 PM	#45 (permalink)
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July 3rd, 2008, 11:12 PM	#48 (permalink)
Derek S Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Downtown Tucson, Az Posts: 810	Faked it all day. Pretended to do stuff-held the phone to my ear like I was holding, sent off emails to who knows who. Just didn't care. __________________ All I want is to have some peace of mind

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cowboytwang Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: mojave desert Posts: 1,840 14 Photos	I've been smokin' pork butts all day! Gettin' ready for my annual 4th of July BBQ and Jam!! By the way everyone here is invited, if your anywhere near Sandy Valley, NV, stop by. __________________ Alvin http://www.myspace.com/alvinblaine http://www.oldbluesound.com/about.htm http://www.facebook.com/cowboytwang _________________________ Originality is just undetected Plagiarism!

July 4th, 2008, 07:43 AM	#56 (permalink)
Fendrcaster Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Frederick, Maryland Age: 59 Posts: 886	I had the option of taking either today or tomorrow off, I opted for today. I rarely get holidays off and usually work Saturdays anyway. It's no big deal, I'll only have to work about three hours tomorrow. __________________ I did a Google search of the letter "e". The whole internet froze up.

July 3rd, 2008, 04:55 PM	#44 (permalink)
OutlawSteph1975 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,159 7 Photos	I went to the grocery store, rushed home before the downpour started and then did some picking... gotta start dinner soon. Yeah, tough day.

July 3rd, 2008, 10:50 PM	#47 (permalink)
XKnight Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: TX Posts: 1,268	I brought my children to my office today. I had a conference call in the morning and then I took the children to an aquarium/amusement park. We had a great day and I even got home with enough time to still play guitar and go jogging. I guess you can call that work if you want.

July 3rd, 2008, 11:36 PM	#49 (permalink)
morroben Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Morro Bay, Ca Age: 32 Posts: 2,536 18 Photos	I built an exterior hot water heater enclosure, painted a bedroom, installed two light fixtures, and hard wired a door bell into a house...they make wireless doorbells, but these people like the tone of a real one, so I crawled through their attic fishing wires in the afternoon heat, literally sweating through my clothes, cough and itching from the insulation so that their doorbell will sound just perfect. Also went to the home inspection for the house I'm in the process of buying. Could have gone better, but nothing scary enough to make me back out of the deal.

July 4th, 2008, 12:17 PM	#57 (permalink)
TeleDrifter Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA Age: 52 Posts: 548	I'm on here (again)......VA hospital...Your tax dollars at work ( who am I kidding )...Double Time X 12 hours..Plus 5 hours of OT...Sweet....Cheers...