Where in the World is Bob Saget?

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Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Soarin' Over Pgh said:
Funny, I never been afraid of the thought of sandworms. I guess I love the Dune series too much :)




It's always worth asking ;) and I certainly would love Austin. I could see myself living there quite easily. It actually has a lot in common with Pittsburgh, but better air quality and weather!




@donaldtoo

I'll definitely update you with progress...as this is slated to be completed by spring and open for business by summer! PNC doesn't screw around!

As for the green thing, I think, since pittsburgh was once known for having the worst air quality in the world due to steel mills, that some companies are trying to make the distinction by building green. The leaders here are definitely pnc...one of their huge buildings is already LEED certified to the highest level, another was retrofitted for certification, and yet another skyscraper has an edible garden and reclaimation setup on the roof with a giant living logo(garden) on the side of it. It's really something to see. I think I've posted it before, but here it is again....

pncbank_pittsburgh1.gif


For scale, each glass pane on the left is 10 feet tall.

Another big name in going green is my favorite place, Phipps conservatory. They recently built a LEED building and wind milled an entire hillside...they do a lot to show their "green" side, aside from the actual green plants ;)
pittsburghs air quality still isn't great, but it's light years better than how it was in the past.


This is the famous "taken at 9 am" photo from the 1948.

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Yeah...it's much better now.
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I have a soft spot for dune, not because of the book, the movies or the series.

But of the game.
DUNE 2 was my first real time strategic game right along with Warcraft I !

and I used to play it in a measly 286 33Mhz with turbo button.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

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Cesar R M said:
I still find annoying that he has whined, complained, about "haters" and other people who hate him.
But more and more we see WHY people hate him. We showed him respect and he just slapped us square with his "joke".
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Hate is a very strong word - one I would hesitate to use on something so inane as an internet forum.

I think we all agree, Peter included, that he is having issues right now.

I believe that the Mods have restricted his posting priveleges for now. I also suggested to him that he not even log on to read posts.

With no new posts to fuel the fire, I hope this will all just die down and go away.

Peter has a 10 year history of posting sometimes intelligent, often cogent, frequently quirky comments.
Things have gone off the rail only recently.
Maybe there are other issues, of which we are not aware.

With no new forthcoming posts, I hope we can all just drop it, and move on to more interesting topics.
Most recently, we have been talking about gas, Polish food, quirky buildings, new phones, and problems with iOS 8.
 
FutureCEO

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Soarin' Over Pgh said:
If I have nothing else, I have network abilities going for me. It helps to get a little creative sometimes.
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Networking for me is hard because I really don't have experience other then volunteering 9 mths in a HR office. The people in the office were nice but never gave me connections. My parents and family has connections, nothing either. I've even applied to a couple jobs for my cousin's company he works at. LinkedIn does not help. I didn't consider my other jobs 'real' so I graduated 8 years ago and no real job. Ok, now I'm to go hyperventilate.
 
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Gabe1

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Cesar R M said:
speaking of unread.. I did not get a single notification in the entire day.
So I am wondering what is going on with the site o_O
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I don't know. I was having issues on Wed. It has something to do with my email address. It was odd and I could not fix it. Ultimately had to use a different one. Worked so I stopped fiddling with it.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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FutureCEO said:
Networking for me is hard because I really don't have experience other then volunteering 9 mths in an HR office. The people is the office were nice but never gave me connections. My parents and family has connections, nothing either. I've even applied to a couple jobs for my cousin's company he works at. LinkedIn does not help. I didn't consider my other jobs 'real' so I graduated 8 years ago and no real job. Ok, now I'm to go hyperventilate.
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Unfortunately 8 years out of college with a coveted degree and a lack of experience in that arena is going to likely work against you and that is difficult to get those resumes to the top of any pile HR departments receive.

You need to work in conjunction with a professional that will give you feedback on your resume, interview skills and job searches that you have experience to apply for. Most cities and unemployment services has placement people you can work with for free. You are in a different boat that others who have a resume with work experience they can discuss.

My DD too while employed full time, she is still looking for that career move and it is so hard. She has been applying with earnest since May and even harder since August. Some she hears back from others not so much. This week she has made it through 3 rounds of interviews for one position and is awaiting to see if she made the cut for round 4. It shows you how many people are fighting for these jobs available. A few she has walked away from because she didn't like them. It is so hard for all the young people out there right now. I have empathy for you all trying so hard.
 
StarWarsGirl

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JenniferS said:
P.S. - I'm only going to use Chrome for loading images. It's not nearly as smooth as Safari.
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Really? Hmm. I got frustrated with Safari with my first iPod and ended up switching to Chrome. My mom got her iPad and was having so many problems with Safari that eventually I told her to use Chrome. Problems went away.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
JenniferS said:
Hate is a very strong word - one I would hesitate to use on something so inane as an internet forum.

I think we all agree, Peter included, that he is having issues right now.

I believe that the Mods have restricted his posting priveleges for now. I also suggested to him that he not even log on to read posts.

With no new posts to fuel the fire, I hope this will all just die down and go away.

Peter has a 10 year history of posting sometimes intelligent, often cogent, frequently quirky comments.
Things have gone off the rail only recently.
Maybe there are other issues, of which we are not aware.

With no new forthcoming posts, I hope we can all just drop it, and move on to more interesting topics.
Most recently, we have been talking about gas, Polish food, quirky buildings, new phones, and problems with iOS 8.
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I wish Peter well with whatever this is that he is struggling with. And you are right this is recent. Even as quirky as his trip out west was it was an interesting read. But even when he was on track and staying in his own thread it didn't stop a few to go to the thread and toss in some pot shots, attempt to derail his thread, light a fire under him, I find that equally as unsettling. I shared a couple of conversations with him yesterday and can see he is struggling and I have empathy for that. I certainly wish him well and hope whatever he is going through he'll come to terms with soon. I hope for him to be well.
 
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