unkadug
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Where in the World is Bob Saget?
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donaldtoo
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Yes, unemployment can be stressful. When I was unemployed years ago, it was very hard for me to relax, because I was always worried about money and surviving. You're right; it was far from a vacation, in the traditional sense of the word.
As for people asking the usual, "Anything (a new job) yet?" and, "What have you been doing since you're not working"—I think they just don't know exactly what to say. They want to start a conversation, but it comes across awkward. They don't mean to aggravate you; rather, they are more concerned about you.
I used to just roll with it, and I'd tell people that I'd let them know when I did find a job (that way, they wouldn't keep asking . . .). As for the people who'd want to know what I was doing (besides looking for jobs), I let them know that I had been figure skating at a college rink, a few times a week, and improved my skills! I'd also go to things like "free" days once a week, at local museums, discount days at the zoo, etc. Those were just a few examples, but I tried to balance out the angst of being unemployed, with other positive activities. It helped.
Note: If a prospective employer asked what I had been doing while laid off, I'd have a completely different spin to offer. I didn't mention the figure skating part!
Another perspective from someone that was laid off in Jan. of '09.
Yes, I took a few months off after. I had a severance package and my retirement. As hard as I looked during that time, there was nothin' out there in my field. I was goin' nuts, and really didn't want anything to do with collecting unemployment, even though I'd been payin' in to it for decades. So, as much out of my comfort zone as it was, I went into retail. Long story short, and as most of y'all already know, I kicked retails a**, and worked as many as three jobs at a time. Kept me from goin' stark-ravin' bonkers while tryin' to find better work, that's for sure, and provided survivable income. And, as most of y'all know, I've been back full time with my old firm for almost two years now.
Again, we're all different, and whatever works for any of our particular needs/situations varies.
Also, one other very cool thing, to me anyway, about those out-of-my-comfort-zone experiences...
Now I know, for sure, I can learn and do other things if needed, and my confidence is sky high, in that regard.
MOXOMUMD
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Two of my favorite choreographed formations was Michael Jackson moonwalking and Harry Potter riding his quidditch broom.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Blah, blah, blah.
I think it was more than a Co line with DS, I'm thinking he was pointing to the irony in my hissy fit. "Update Epcot." "Stop Messing with Epcot." I was with him in theory until we got to Frozen (which he isn't exactly doing a happy dance about either. WS is his favorite part of WDW next to Fantasmic) My position, Frozen Pavilion a real bad direction for the WS. DS is a worthy opponent in a debate, a bit like his Mom.
I get the Entertainers. Canada was a freak'n zoo that Saturday night we were there a few months ago and the parks were pretty empty in that part of the Spring. I do have empathy though for those who are mourning. I also feel for those who are on vacation that get caught up in that mess in the evening. 
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OSUgirl77
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Love those ones, too. I also really liked the tributes to tv themes and video games. The Game of Thrones formations were great.Two of my favorite choreographed formations was Michael Jackson moonwalking and Harry Potter riding his quidditch broom.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
101 Ways To Be Annoying
- Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
- In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sensual massage."
- Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
- Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeeep Bip..."
- If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
- Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TVand then pointing it at the screen.
- Speak only in a "robot" voice.
- Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
- Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will "swipe your grub."
- Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inchpaper, 99 copies.
- Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
- Sniffle incessantly.
- Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
- Name your dog "Dog."
- Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
- Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think."
- Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."
- Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for "violating your airspace."
- Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot."
- Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with a can of Lysol.
- Practice making fax and modem noises.
- Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc:" them to your boss.
- Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
- Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
- Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person."
- Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."
- Wear a special hip holster for your remote control.
- Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment.
- Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
- Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
- Give a play-by-play account of a person's every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice.
- Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
- Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
- Drum on every available surface.
- Staple papers in the middle of the page.
- Ask 1-800 operators for dates.
- Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.
- Sew anti-theft detector strips into people's backpacks.
- Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.
- Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.
- Set alarms for random times.
- Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.
- Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.
- Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise.
- Honk and wave to strangers.
- Dress only in clothes colored Hunter's Orange.
- Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
- Tape pieces of "Sweating to the Oldies" over climactic parts of rental movies.
- Wear your pants backwards.
- Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.
- Begin all your sentences with "ooh la la!"
- ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
- only type in lowercase.
- dont use any punctuation either
- Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
- Pay for your dinner with pennies.
- Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.
- Repeat everything someone says, as a question.
- Write "X - BURIED TREASURE" in random spots on all of someone's roadmaps.
- Inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy asassination/ UFO/O.J. Simpson conspiracy theories.
- Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now."
- Light road flares on a birthday cake.
- Wander around a restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley.
- Leave tips in Bolivian currency.
- Demand that everyone address you as "Conquistador."
- At the laundromat, use one dryer for each of your socks.
- When Christmas caroling, sing "Jingle Bells, Batman smells" until physically restrained.
- Wear a cape that says "Magnificent One."
- As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
- Stand over someone's shoulder, mumbling, as they read.
- Pretend your computer's mouse is a CB radio, and talk to it.
- Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "no, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
- Drive half a block.
- Inform others that they exist only in your imagination.
- Ask people what gender they are.
- Lick the filling out of all the Oreos, and place the cookie parts back in the tray.
- Cultivate a Norwegian accent. If Norwegian, affect a Southern drawl.
- Routinely handcuff yourself to furniture, informing the curious that you don't want to fall off "in case the big one comes."
- Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-workers' brains, such as "Feliz Navidad," the Archies' "Sugar" or the Mr. Rogers theme song.
- While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
- Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.
- Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until September.
- Change your name to "John Aaaaasmith" for the great glory of being first in the phone book. Claim it's a Hawaiian name, and demand that people pronounce each "a."
- Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
- Chew on pens that you've borrowed.
- Wear a LOT of cologne.
- Listen to 33rpm records at 45rpm speed, and claim the faster speed is necessary because of your "superior mental processing."
- Sing along at the opera.
- Mow your lawn with scissors.
- At a golf tournament, chant "swing-batabatabata-suhWING-batter!"
- Ask the waitress for an extra seat for your "imaginary friend."
- Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
- Ask your co-workers mysterious questions, and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."
- Stare at static on the TV and claim you can see a "magic picture."
- Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times.
- Never make eye contact.
- Never break eye contact.
- Construct elaborate "crop circles" in your front lawn.
- Construct your own pretend "tricorder," and "scan" people with it, announcing the results.
- Make appointments for the 31st of September.
- Invite lots of people to other people's parties.
and one more...
- Read this entire list to someone.
MOXOMUMD
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I like the early episode when he's there with Penny.Thought it was funny that instead of watching the game, Sheldon just wanted to go to Disneyland. Unless the Orioles were playing, I think I'd make the same choice.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Another perspective from someone that was laid off in Jan. of '09.
Yes, I took a few months off after. I had a severance package and my retirement. As hard as I looked during that time, there was nothin' out there in my field. I was goin' nuts, and really didn't want anything to do with collecting unemployment, even though I'd been payin' in to it for decades. So, as much out of my comfort zone as it was, I went into retail. Long story short, and as most of y'all already know, I kicked retails a**, and worked as many as three jobs at a time. Kept me from goin' stark-ravin' bonkers while tryin' to find better work, that's for sure, and provided survivable income. And, as most of y'all know, I've been back full time with my old firm for almost two years now.
Again, we're all different, and whatever works for any of our particular needs/situations varies.
Also, one other very cool thing, to me anyway, about those out-of-my-comfort-zone experiences...
Now I know, for sure, I can learn and do other things if needed, and my confidence is sky high, in that regard.
Yep, that crash of the economy took its toll on many of us. Having one in college and one starting in '10 the timing couldn't have been worse when Pooh hit Forest. By the Grace of God, they both graduated with a bit of debt we had not intended but we licked lolly pops for years for entertainment to get them through. We had two things going for us, a house that was paid off in full and health insurance. We watched many friends loose homes and it was gut wrenching. We needed cars, we didn't buy them, we needed a vacation, we didn't go. Dang those were hard times to finish raising kids but *phew* for now that is past, God willing.
donaldtoo
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Yep, don't wanna' ever experience any of that again. But, if we have to, we can handle it.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Yep, don't wanna' ever experience any of that again. But, if we have to, we can handle it.
Yeah, you made me recall some of those years not long ago and then thought of a few of your first retails and how insane you were. My best memories of you two were from your wife, when she threw caution to the wind and told that former boss lady of her to stick it. Gosh I admire your wife.
donaldtoo
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Yep, waaaaayyyyyyyy out of my comfort zone after bein' in architecture, literally, since HS. But, I stuck with it, and eventually owned it.
I'm so comfortable now at those clothing store shifts it's almost scary. And, yes. Now if we could just convince my love to finally tell her present employer to stuff it...
StarWarsGirl
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Yup. He got nightmares because of Goofy. But he's fine with Pluto. I also like the one where the girls dress up as princesses.
Cesar R M
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they are really going to burn Frozen to the ground :/
Cesar R M
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they where pretty much "passive" antennas.
So they didn't attract much.
Now, if they were actually emitting and irradiating.. they might have a higher opportunity to attract lightning.
Cesar R M
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If you go with that attitude of "I dont care" in threads that are not yours. Expect more than "detractors".
You can do whatever you want in your own threads.
But spamming the links everywhere is a big no no.
And no, seriously!!!.
I'm not going to back to search 10 years of your posts. :/
Cesar R M
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But remember.. he has nightmares of certain character. lolThought it was funny that instead of watching the game, Sheldon just wanted to go to Disneyland
Cesar R M
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I agree, its easy to just see their icon and skip them..I have no need to put anyone on "ignore".
I'm capable of just, quite simply, ignoring them.
Cesar R M
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unfortunately, drama is very usual on forums and the internet.
a lot of people only want to have their way, claim to be victorious and ignore everyone's opinions.
Having no face just reinforces these problems in certain persons.
The frozen threads in this forum, are a fine example of that.
There are serious examples of people who cannot be reasoned with in these threads.
aaah!!! this image becomes relevant again!
donaldtoo
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It's modern-day TWDC culture . They're gonna' milk that teat 'til it squirts nothin' but (and, I ain't talkin' pixie) dust.
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