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| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 1:13:36 PM
Well, in my search for a job, I've filled out applications at Publix (long time ago) and went searching one day for any help wanted signs or any hint of job openings. After looking, I came across Target which makes you answer these 80+ questions on a little computer screen. Then, I stumbled upon Toy's R Us which had a nice stack of applications sitting on a desk. I snagged one and filled out. So that's that, three applications filled out (and more soon to come, hopefully) and summers ticking by...
Now, to wait for a call from one of them...oh please oh please
"I tell you what, I'm not that easily amused ...wow, a blue car!" Homer Simpson.
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| pcbTIM |
Posted - 06/29/2002 : 6:21:26 PM
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Speaking of bagging groceries, I was watching the Simpsons the other day and the bag boys went on strike, then Homer and family went to Africa and stopped the evil monkey lady who was enslaving the monkeys in the diamond mines. Well my question is, what happened to the bag boys? They never tell.
The only thing that they mentioned was at the end when the type comes up and says something like "This episode is dedicated to the bag boys of America. Their greed made this episode possible."
But I think the episode where Homer thinks Bart is gay is a better one. "This episode is dedicated to the steel workers of America. Keep reaching for that rainbow!"
"I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows." |
| My_Bad_Side |
Posted - 06/29/2002 : 02:03:14 AM
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That sucks!!! EnthuTIMsiast/MBS/SGWAG(mach2) just had some good luck at his job. Just have everyone concentrate on some good karma for ya. It worked for him. Think positive, don't give up. Something will come. My thoughts are with ya.
Que?
Yeah, HTG, I'll be hoping you get a job from now | until......................now |
Hey that's something...I could actually feel the shift in brain usage when I started concentrating on you getting a job. It was awkward.
No one understands me. |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 06/29/2002 : 12:05:08 AM
Haha, I remember.
Lisa's dancing instructer: "Self taping tap shoes, i'm ever so pissed!"
"Boredom`s not a burden Anyone should bear" TOOL |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/29/2002 : 12:02:29 AM
Speaking of bagging groceries, I was watching the Simpsons the other day and the bag boys went on strike, then Homer and family went to Africa and stopped the evil monkey lady who was enslaving the monkeys in the diamond mines. Well my question is, what happened to the bag boys? They never tell.
Peace & Keep the Faith
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| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 06/28/2002 : 11:58:35 PM
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already have experience
I have experience, working at Custom Inc. I used to check sub-woofers and deal with rejected equitment. I did alot of work there, but I guess it's not good enough to flip burgers or bag groceries.
"Boredom`s not a burden Anyone should bear" TOOL |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/28/2002 : 11:57:21 PM
That sucks!!! EnthuTIMsiast/MBS/SGWAG(mach2) just had some good luck at his job. Just have everyone concentrate on some good karma for ya. It worked for him. Think positive, don't give up. Something will come. My thoughts are with ya.
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| pcbTIM |
Posted - 06/28/2002 : 11:55:27 PM
I remember having to do one of those questionarres (sp?) when I applied for Blockbuster....man those suck!! But the funny thing about looking for a first job is that it's very hard because people want you to already have experience, but no one wants to give it to you. I've always found that very amusing.
"I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows." |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 06/28/2002 : 11:51:43 PM
I dont get it, I really dont. I've been looking everywhere, and I even went and filled an application at McDonalds! Then I get the info from them that they've stopped hireing :( None of the other places that i've filled out applications have called, and now there's these little machines/pain in the asses that ask you about 70 questions after filling out a bunch of crap and take, no joking, about 35-45 minutes. I'm back to square one: broke, jobless, and an almost empty tank of gas.
"Boredom`s not a burden Anyone should bear" TOOL |
| pcbTIM |
Posted - 06/28/2002 : 10:10:01 PM
My mom used to be a dental hygenist and a poster of that movie was outside her room. I looked at it everyTIMe I went in to get my teeth clean.....and I have never seen the movie......in fact, it's still there.
"I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows." |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/26/2002 : 01:59:44 AM
Congrats AGWaK!! But be careful, did you every see the move Little Shop of Horrors?
"FEED ME!!!"
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| aguitarwithakid |
Posted - 06/25/2002 : 3:47:02 PM
I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!
down the raod were i live there is a plant nursery i was outside one day when the owner was outside so i went to talk to him. i asked if i could work for the summer and he said sure.i get payed 10 dollers an hour wow but i only work 4 hours a day and 5 days a week now i i can buy all the things i need.
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| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/25/2002 : 04:48:40 AM
Any luck on the job front HTG?
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| enthuTIMsiast |
Posted - 06/25/2002 : 01:06:19 AM
HTG, just march in somewhere, and TELL them that they're going to give you a job. I've found that that works swimmingly every time I've tried it. Which is approximately never.
Seriously, I'm with you on job hunting, so I feel your pain. I'm employed yes, but not in a great job, which is what I want. So I hope you find a job, and I hope I find one too.
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| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/23/2002 : 09:28:12 AM
The Red Baron:
Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen
Manfred von Richthofen was born on May 2, 1892 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw Poland). He died on April 21, 1918 in the skies over Vaux sur Somme, France. He was 25 years old. He was called der rote Kampfflieger (The Red Battle-Flyer) by his own people, le petit rouge by the French, and the Red Baron by the English. In a time of wooden and fabric aircraft, when twenty air victories insured a pilot legendary status and the coveted Pour Le Mérite, Richthofen had eighty victories, and is regarded to this day as the ace of aces.
Manfred von Richthofen was born the son of Major Albrecht von Richthofen, a Prussian nobleman and his wife, Kunigunde. (The name Richthofen means "court of judgement" and was bestowed by the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.) Manfred was the eldest of three sons (the eldest child was his sister, Ilse). He was enrolled at age 11 at the military school at Wahlstatt, and then attended the Royal Military Academy at Lichterfelde. Manfred was a far better athlete than he was a scholar, and applied his horseback riding skills to become a cavalry officer. He was commissined in April, 1911 in the 1st Regiment of Uhlans Kaiser Alexander III. He was promoted to Leutnant in 1912.
Unfortunately, twentieth century warfare had little use for mounted cavalry. The invention of the machine gun had led to the need for combat operations to be carried out from trenches dug into the country side. When war broke out in August, 1914, Richthofen looked to the air service for a new challenge. He initially joined the Fliegertruppe (air service) in 1915 as an observer because the training course was shorter and would get him to combat faster. After meeting Oswald Boelcke, who would remain his hero and idol, Manfred was committed to becoming a pilot. After only 24 hours of flight training from his friend, Oberleutnant Georg Zeumer, he made his first solo flight on October 10, 1915. (He crashed his plane attempting to land.)
1915
September - In his second air combat (still as an observer), Richthofen exchanges fire with a French plane. The Allied plane dropped away and crashed, but Richthofen was not credited with the victory as the enemy plane crashed behind French lines (and could therefore not be confirmed). Later in his career, Richthofen would not be held to this restriction: he was taken at his word for his kills.
1916
Apr 24 - Richthofen shoots down his first plane as a pilot. The craft, a French Nieuport, crashed behind enemy lines, and again the victory was not officially credited to Richthofen.
Sep 1 - At Oswald Boelcke's invitation, Richthofen reports for duty on the Western Front. He begins his career with Jagdstaffel 2 in an Albatros D.II biplane. Although it was the Fokker Dr.I triplane with which Richthofen is remembered, he spend the vast majority of his time flying biplanes like the Albatros D.II and D.III.
Sep 17 - Richthofen scores his first confirmed air victory.
October: After 40 victories, Oswald Boelcke is killed in a mid-air collision during combat. Some accounts blame Richthofen's enthusiasm for the collision which caused pilot Erwin Böhme's undercarriage to collide with Boelcke's upper wing. Others place the blame on Böhme, or simply an accident not attributable to anyone.
Nov 23 -- Richthofen, with the help of a superior aircraft, makes British ace Major Lanoe Hawker his eleventh victim.
1917
Jan 4 -- Richthofen scores his 16th air victory, making him the top living German ace. On January 12th, Richthofen receives the Orden Pour le Mérite (aka the "Blue Max"). He is given command of Jasta 11. Richthofen decides to paint parts of his aircraft red, in part to identify himself easily to his allies on the ground (whom he feared would otherwise shoot at him). It has been suggested that he chose red because it was the color of his old Uhlan cavalry regiment. This begins a series of traditions: each plane in his squadron begins to display some red coloring to show solidarity. Later in the war, some British planes bore red noses, announcing their intentions of hunting down the red baron.
Jan 24 -- The lower wing of Richthofen's Albatros D.III breaks off in flight (a common problem for that type).
Mar 9 -- Richthofen is shot down over Oppy, but was flying again the same day.
Apr 7 -- Richthofen is promoted to Rittmeister (Cavalry Captain)
Apr 8 -- The lower wing of the Albatros D.III flown by another member of Jasta III breaks off in flight. Richthofen writes an angry letter to Berlin, and is visited by aircraft designer Anthony Fokker, who literally goes to the trenches to observe aircraft. The result of this visit (in which he was able to observe the British Sopwith Triplane) led to Fokker's development of the Dr.I triplane.
Apr 29 -- Richthofen shoots down four planes in one day, a personal best. April, 1917 is known as "Bloody April". Britain lost 912 pilots and observers during the month, while Richthofen scored an incredible 21 victories during the same period. After his 41st victory, Richthofen was ordered on leave. Turning command over to his brother Lothar, Manfred left the front on May 1st and did not return until early June. He spent his vacation hunting in his home town, on propoganda tours, and meeting with Kaiser Wilhelm.
Jun 24 -- Jagdgeschwader 1 (Fighter Wing 1) is formed, with Manfred von Richthofen in command. The wing would later be renamed "Jagdgeschwader Frieherr von Richthofen" in his honor.
July: Richthofen is shot down by Capt. Douglas Cunnel and 2nd Lt. Albert Woodbridge. Though he lands safely, he has suffered a serious bullet wound to the head. Manfred would suffer from terrible headaches until the end of his life, but there were other ramifications. German command, recognizing the propaganda value to the enemy of Richthofen's loss, begins to pressure him to retire from air combat, going so far as to forbid him from flying unless absolutely necessary (a loophole Richthofen exploited at every opportunity).
Richthofen began to spend more and more of his time in more administrative and public relations roles. Eventually he returned to the front full-time when Germany's leaders realized that no matter the risks, they could not afford not to let Richthofen do what he did better than anyone else.
August: The first Fokker triplanes are delivered to Jagdgeschwader 1.
September 1 -- Richthofen scores his 60th victory, his first in the Dr.I triplane. On September 6th, he took a leave of convalescence, and when he returned in the next month he went back to flying the Albatros D.V.
1918
April: Richthofen achieves two victories flying Fokker Dr.1 triplane (number 425/17). Though he flew biplanes for nearly all of his career, and most of these were only partly painted red, it is the Dr.1 triplane, blood-red from cowl to tail, which is commonly associated with the Red Baron.
On April 21, Richthofen followed the Sopwith Camel of Wilfred May far into British territory. The end of the war was only months off by this time, and the Germain air command faced both ever-improving British airplanes and their own dwindling numbers. The thrill of the hunt was all but gone for Baron von Richthofen, as most of his peers had already been killed and his own wounds agonized him. Though the German air doctrine he himself wrote stated that "one should never obstinately stay with an opponent which, through bad shooting or skillful turning, he has been unable to shoot down while the battle lasts until it is far on the other side", he chased his British quarry far deeper into enemy territory and far lower to the ground than his own doctrine permitted. May later said that it was only his erratic, untrained piloting which saved him.
He followed the erratic path of the novice pilot until a single bullet, shot from behind him, passed diagonally through his chest. The shot is commonly believed to have come from Australian gunners on the ground, but might have also come from the guns of Canadian flier Arthur "Roy" Brown who was coming to May's aid. Manfred von Richthofen crashed into a field alongside the road from Corbie to Bray. His body was recovered by British forces, and he was buried with full military honors.
Manfred's brother, Lothar (also a Pour le Mérite recipient) was himself recovering from being shot down when his older brother was killed in combat. He returned to Jagdgeschwader 1 and carried on the Richthofen tradition of fearlessness in combat in a blood-red fighter. Lothar was shot down again on August 13th, 1918, and forced into retirement with 40 kills. Manfred's eventual successor was Hermann Göring, who chose to paint his aircraft all-white, ending the reign of the blood-red German fighers.
Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker
Service Dates: 1917 to 1918 (320 built)
18'-11"L 23'-7"W 9'-8"H
Weight: 1,289 lbs (893 empty)
Maximum Speed: 103 mph
Maximum Range: 125 miles
Maximum Altitude: 14,000 ft
Engine: Oberursel UR II (110 hp)
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| Evergreen |
Posted - 06/22/2002 : 09:16:53 AM
By the way HTG....Good luck with your job quest
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| Evergreen |
Posted - 06/22/2002 : 09:15:29 AM
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did u guys know that the Red Baron was Germany's #1 fighter ace durin' WWI?
Thanx to Snoopy and Peanuts, I did know. That's the ONLY reason I know! Last summer I found this really old first edition 1955 Peanuts comic book in the piles of old books at my Dad's antique store. I've collected Schulz's stuff for years. It was all Snoopy/Red Baron comic strips and the origin of Red Baron was written in the introduction.
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Curse you Red Baron!!!!
I'll get you next TIMe!!
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| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 06/22/2002 : 01:45:54 AM
Neato.
"I tell you what, I'm not that easily amused ...wow, a blue car!" Homer Simpson.
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| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 06/21/2002 : 9:59:18 PM
useless tidbit: did u guys know that the Red Baron was Germany's #1 fighter ace durin' WWI?
early flight info: durin' the first 'dogfights' with piston engine planes pilots would shoot at eachother with handguns since the machiene gun that could fire without hittin' the propellers was not invented.
first plane death: 843B.C. King Bladud, the ninth ruler of Britan, becomes the first recorded death in avation when he attempted to fly usein' wings of feathers from the temple of Apollo in London.
first kite: chinese philosopher Mo Tzo is believed to have built the first kite for pleasure.
first helicopter: Russian Michael Lomonsov flies a modle helicopter driven cy clock work
kill it!!!: Aug. 27. 1783. Jacues Alexander releases a 12ft hydrogen baloon that flew for a 45min flight. when it toughted down a local vilage thought it was a monstor and promptly 'killed'it by puncturin' it's envelope.
war: hot air baloons were also used in war TIMes datin' back as far as the 6th century.
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 06/19/2002 : 08:39:36 AM
 Muhahahahahahahahahaahahahahaahahahaahaha
IF there is a next time!
Muhaahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaahaha
"I tell you what, I'm not that easily amused ...wow, a blue car!" Homer Simpson.
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| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/19/2002 : 01:49:27 AM
Curse you Red Baron!!!!
I'll get you next TIMe!!
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 06/19/2002 : 01:25:31 AM
Not as good as a flaming JoeMoe!
"I tell you what, I'm not that easily amused ...wow, a blue car!" Homer Simpson.
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| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 06/19/2002 : 01:22:11 AM
Ah, I remember that movie. Good flick.
"I tell you what, I'm not that easily amused ...wow, a blue car!" Homer Simpson.
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| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 10:18:36 PM
yes
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 10:13:43 PM
ok. i'll have to rent it.
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 10:07:49 PM
yes
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 10:04:41 PM
i never saw that movie. was it good?
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 9:45:16 PM
Or even Robin Williams in "Toys", even though he did not play a kid in that one. He still owned a toy factory and got to have loads of kewl-kid-kinda stuff. To own a toy factory you have to be a kid at heart.
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 8:49:27 PM
that was the movie i was lookin' for. i couldn't rember the title
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 8:48:14 PM
Think I would have rather been Tom Hanks in BIG. That looked like alot of fun. Not just working a toy store but running the company. What a hoot, and get paid for it.
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 8:04:54 PM
ha ha. yeah those movies would have been good. like puttin' Fluffy in robin wiliams place in Jack
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
| LizT |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 8:03:22 PM
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a kid trapped in a grown up's body
There have been a few movies about just that subject. I think
Fluffy could put a real twist on the story. hee hee
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| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 6:16:36 PM
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...grumpy sorr ass adults...
well as long as u're not isultin' pirates or Capt'ns then i agree.
fluffy's a kid trapped in a grown up's body
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
| LizT |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 2:55:04 PM
Hee hee I think I do too Fluff!
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| Fluffy |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 2:50:30 PM
HEY!! I resemble that remark!!!
(The KIDS part that is. HEHE)
Peace & Keep the Faith
Fluffy |
| LizT |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 1:59:50 PM
Kids are kids! I don't have a problem with that.
It was dealing with the grumpy misery sorry ass adults
was the hard part!
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| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 1:28:07 PM
yeah but think aboot it liz. wasn't it rewardin'? all of those kids and they're happy faces?
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
| LizT |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 1:25:15 PM
Working at a toy store is a blast, except for the xmas season.
Then it's nuts, I was working over 60 hours a week.
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| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 1:21:29 PM
yeah think aboot it. it woulfd be like a coustemer would say "excuse me does this pogo-stick high quality?" u would be like "well i dunno. let me ride it aroun the store for a little bit t o test it". man that would be fun. u could sit on top of the shelves with nerf toys and shoot at the customers too.
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 1:18:15 PM
Thanks Captain. Working at Toys R Us. I mean, how cool would that be? I think i'd be pretty neat.
"I tell you what, I'm not that easily amused ...wow, a blue car!" Homer Simpson.
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| Captain Petersburgh |
Posted - 06/18/2002 : 1:14:52 PM
well good luck man. i hope everything werks oot for ya.
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
