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01-15-20, 01:13 PM
#1601
Should Be More Popular
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After loosing a flock of beseeching emails, most of which weren't answered even though I know the recipients, I finally found an author for the chapter that my ******* colleague down the hall just refused to write after signing a goddamn contract with the publisher and agreeing to hand it in in July. The top people in this business have never failed to disappoint.
'Chob'm in drert, as the Yiddish say.
'Chob'm in drert, as the Yiddish say.
01-15-20, 01:15 PM
#1602
Vain, But Lacking Talent
Another note on Texas climate, or generally speaking southern winters that just bounce all over the damn place: I posted that picture of 4 inches of snow Saturday morning and now on Wednesday it's 77 degrees American outside. A cold front is blowing in tonight to make highs of about 50 for the next few days. Maybe.
01-15-20, 01:16 PM
#1603
VFL For Life
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01-15-20, 01:17 PM
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01-15-20, 01:22 PM
#1605
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Agreed, usually about 10 days or less for me.
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01-15-20, 01:25 PM
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The contract is a mere formality and I have no means of recourse other than being unpleasant. The Sad(!) thing about the situation is we need each other for things like coverage. I don't understand people who put dumb stuff above relationships with real humans.
01-15-20, 01:26 PM
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Sounds like he works for himself instead of somebody else. Big difference.
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01-15-20, 01:33 PM
#1608
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01-15-20, 01:49 PM
#1609
serious cyclist
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01-15-20, 01:59 PM
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01-15-20, 02:50 PM
#1611
Vain, But Lacking Talent
Some people just don't want to quit. The owner of the company I work for built the whole thing from the ground up and could retire comfortably at any minute, but has kept at it with the threat to retire for the last 3 or 4 years. Also, my FIL has all the reason in the world to kick off and enjoy his final years, but he is a physics professor who also does semiconductor research and he likes keeping busy. I fully expect him to officially retire when his official retirement number comes up, but I kind of wonder.
01-15-20, 02:55 PM
#1612
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01-15-20, 03:09 PM
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smelling the roses
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I have a Trek that size, that color, and with that decal pattern. Mine is a 80 414. What's yours?
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01-15-20, 03:35 PM
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he said member
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01-15-20, 03:35 PM
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I bought it as specified in the '81 catalog as a 716: 700c wheels and complete Shimano 600EX "Arabesque" group.
Given all of the changes I've made like the 650b wheels and high offset aftermarket fork, I can't really call it a 716 anymore.
01-15-20, 03:38 PM
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he said member
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01-15-20, 03:51 PM
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Some people just don't want to quit. The owner of the company I work for built the whole thing from the ground up and could retire comfortably at any minute, but has kept at it with the threat to retire for the last 3 or 4 years. Also, my FIL has all the reason in the world to kick off and enjoy his final years, but he is a physics professor who also does semiconductor research and he likes keeping busy. I fully expect him to officially retire when his official retirement number comes up, but I kind of wonder.
01-15-20, 03:55 PM
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01-15-20, 05:39 PM
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In the year since I moved to this group, I've had a appointments with the witch doctor and a PA mysteriously cancelled.
I started Remicade in November. Today was supposed to be my third infusion. For the second time (of three) they call to tell me they can't do it as scheduled because the nurse is not there. This time I get the message less than an hour before the treatment.
I tried calling the scheduler three times this afternoon and it just went to the machine.
01-15-20, 05:52 PM
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01-15-20, 06:22 PM
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01-15-20, 06:23 PM
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01-15-20, 06:26 PM
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01-15-20, 06:30 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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