tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post6819319091908999300..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: Programmers. Argh. (4.0, Premature Indigestion)Larry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-12383234625327882322009-03-08T10:26:00.000-04:002009-03-08T10:26:00.000-04:00IVG, that sounds pretty bad. I'm dealing with ...IVG, that sounds pretty bad. I'm dealing with some kind of infection, judging from neck & armpit glands, but nothing like what you've been going through.<BR/><BR/>I think like translation, like tech writing in general. Just because some dingdong thinks he can compose an email, doesn't mean he can write clear instructions. I'd like to send that particular guy <I>somewhere</I> — doesn't have to be rural France, just anywhere out of reach of email!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-9142775946381427962009-03-08T03:49:00.000-04:002009-03-08T03:49:00.000-04:00Hey FAR,What was it about Tues/Wed? I was hit wit...Hey FAR,<BR/>What was it about Tues/Wed? I was hit with horrible, pulsing stomach cramps at work Tues and they continued through Wed. I was miserable and couldn't eat but they finally subsided on Thurs (was just wiped from the experience) and Friday I was fine. Don't know what all is going around, but I've had (seems like) every single bug that came down the pike this winter! I've had it with that crap!<BR/><BR/>Glad yours resolved without incident ... but really, does everyone always have to blame Mexican food? hehe<BR/><BR/>I can't begin to tell you how infuriating your email tale was ... having worked in translation for a while, that attitude is so typical. I can vouch how hard translation work is, not to mention how frustrating (when you get something done and then they go and change it!). Good luck handling that boob. Send him to France without a translator ... rural France and see how he does!Iowa Victory Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07220818462081082930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-8002884079113781712009-03-07T20:07:00.000-05:002009-03-07T20:07:00.000-05:00Heh… you gonna have to get the thing tuned up firs...Heh… you gonna have to get the thing tuned up first, or will they have someone else do the maintenance?Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-14311032713268601152009-03-07T19:55:00.000-05:002009-03-07T19:55:00.000-05:00You bet, Far. Took a look inside the yard, a very ...You bet, Far. Took a look inside the yard, a very large shovel (excavator)that hadn't seem to be worked in years, sat there... I'll try and get that job... Bet it had a 8 yard bucket on it, motor the size of my caravan. It'll probably suck 200 gal. of fuel in 10 hrs...yooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-38042516862706526422009-03-07T18:19:00.000-05:002009-03-07T18:19:00.000-05:00Hi Yooper. Yeah, a month & a half sounds about...Hi Yooper. Yeah, a month & a half sounds about right. I remember one year leaving school with snow still on the ground (in May). It was in the 70s down in Grand Rapids, and I was roasting while my mom was still chilly.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry about jumping the gun; they'll get the RFQs and plans sooner or later. Just hope that they use a first-in first-out system to evaluate the resumes! ;-)Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-87835290355823529712009-03-07T17:06:00.000-05:002009-03-07T17:06:00.000-05:00Heh! heh! Like that Far! You got "punted" to a new...Heh! heh! Like that Far! You got "punted" to a new department! Don't feel bad, I get "punted" all the time, do this guy's job while he's gone, plus your regular job..."Oh, and try and split it up in a way as not to slow production too much..thnaks"... At least I have 5 to 6 months of the year to "rest up".. ha! ha! I'm actually looking foward to going back to work though. Probably not as much as Mrs. Yooper though, ha! ha!<BR/><BR/>Gee, really jumped the gun droping off the resumes the other day. The companies haven't even recieved the plans yet (or notifaction) to work up a bit for the coffer dam project... I remain hopeful though.<BR/><BR/>Of course it'll be at least another month and half of winter here...yooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-34806000468942757452009-03-07T08:37:00.000-05:002009-03-07T08:37:00.000-05:00Far, thanks :)I know some relative newbie employee...Far, thanks :)<BR/><BR/>I know some relative newbie employees there who are great people and who work hard enough. Unfortunately it's not clear exactly what criteria they're using for who stays vs who goes. (and there are reasons I'm not getting into this stuff on FTA) Are they doing it by seniority? By IQ scores? By cantankerousness or lack thereof?<BR/><BR/>While future changes to living arrangements may well be necessary (err, make that “will almost surely be necessary”) I'll stay here as long as the job lasts. This is a nice little area and the rent here is reasonable.<BR/><BR/>Need to call Grandma later to ask about this sort of thing. She was already telling me, as of last fall, that only once before in her life had she seen so many people losing jobs and so many companies shutting down in so short a time .. and the time she remembers was during GD1. She may have some advice for how to cope with the swinging axe in the workplace.<BR/><BR/>I should go sew stuff .. it will help clear my head. (also, that most recent T:SCC episode was pretty dark!)Nudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513472441473206482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-52443432410090271582009-03-07T08:06:00.000-05:002009-03-07T08:06:00.000-05:00Hey Nudge… sorry to hear about the Great Suck at w...Hey Nudge… sorry to hear about the Great Suck at work. I've always thought that they might as well send everyone home for the day once the deed is done, because nobody is going to get much work done afterwards.<BR/><BR/>Room & board & place to park the sewing machines? I'll see if Mrs. Fetched is interested.<BR/><BR/>BTW, your link got mangled. It came out <a href="https://www.blogger.com/”en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space”> — I'm beginning to think you're using a browser or plug-in that's trying to be a little too helpful. I think you wanted it to look like this:<BR/><BR/><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space”>Initech</a><BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how the blogger.com reference got added in otherwise. (If I'd seen this last night before the girls went to rent some DVDs, I'd have asked them to include that one!)Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-70970813841537794092009-03-07T05:49:00.000-05:002009-03-07T05:49:00.000-05:00OK, I get it about the HTML thingie. Blogger.com b...OK, I get it about the HTML thingie. Blogger.com barfed upon including “http://” at the beginning of that Wikipedia link in my post above.<BR/><BR/>However, it accepted the linkage once “http://en.wikipedia ..” was shortened down to “en.wikipedia ..”Nudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513472441473206482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-82781807384571055492009-03-07T05:46:00.000-05:002009-03-07T05:46:00.000-05:00Good morning Far .. glad to hear that as per the l...Good morning Far .. glad to hear that as per the last sentence of the parent post, you're seeking improvements. Huh. There are certainly enough days, of the kind spent working & living & breathing within that crazy giant-machine-matrix space, when chicken ranching could be thought of as an improvement. Or even ranching catfish, assuming you have enough pond space.<BR/><BR/>Egads, Far, your adventures at <A HREF="”en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space”" REL="nofollow">Initech</A> sound a little scary sometimes.<BR/><BR/>Well, the Great Suck finally came to the place where I work. On Friday there were a few people laid off from one of our divisions. The news did nothing to calm people down and keep them focused on getting stuff done. Like everyone else in the machine matrix, we're already in bad-news-overload mode and have been so for months now. Given what's happening in the economy (essentially a plunge in activity across all sectors, as best as I can tell) there's no reason to assume the layoff activity was a one-shot deal.<BR/><BR/>So if you know of any chicken ranches that are hiring, I'll work for room & board as long as there's space to park my sewing machines ..Nudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513472441473206482noreply@blogger.com