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Third Wave Here?

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  • MikM Mik

    I think Renauda summed it up quite nicely. Some sectors of business are unduly affected, like restaurants, but many seem to be humming along pretty nicely.

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    Catseye3
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    #33

    @mik Yeah, like door-to-door delivery services and cardboard box manufacturers. Possibly recycling operations because the plethora of cardboard boxes.

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      But Aqua, what is the goal?

      WHAT IS THE GOAL??????

      I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION, AND ALL I GET IS INSULTS!

      IT'S ALL SO UNFAIR!

      WHY LORD, WHY????

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      Aqua Letifer
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      #34

      @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

      But Aqua, what is the goal?

      WHAT IS THE GOAL??????

      You know what's weird? After a year of wearing a mask in public I've never once considered that! I just do what the liberals tells me! And they tell me restaurants are evil and must be punished! Don't buy them takeout!

      Please love yourself.

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      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

        But Aqua, what is the goal?

        WHAT IS THE GOAL??????

        I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION, AND ALL I GET IS INSULTS!

        IT'S ALL SO UNFAIR!

        WHY LORD, WHY????

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        Copper
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        #35

        @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

        But Aqua, what is the goal?

        WHAT IS THE GOAL??????

        I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION, AND ALL I GET IS INSULTS!

        IT'S ALL SO UNFAIR!

        WHY LORD, WHY????

        Perfect

        Absolutely perfect

        You are stupid

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        • CopperC Copper

          @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

          But Aqua, what is the goal?

          WHAT IS THE GOAL??????

          I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION, AND ALL I GET IS INSULTS!

          IT'S ALL SO UNFAIR!

          WHY LORD, WHY????

          Perfect

          Absolutely perfect

          You are stupid

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          Renauda
          wrote on last edited by Renauda
          #36

          @copper said in Third Wave Here?:

          @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

          But Aqua, what is the goal?

          WHAT IS THE GOAL??????

          I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION, AND ALL I GET IS INSULTS!

          IT'S ALL SO UNFAIR!

          WHY LORD, WHY????

          Perfect

          Absolutely perfect

          You are stupid

          We love it too when you speak in Bean-counterese. It's so sexy!

          Elbows up!

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          • Catseye3C Catseye3

            @mik Yeah, like door-to-door delivery services and cardboard box manufacturers. Possibly recycling operations because the plethora of cardboard boxes.

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            xenon
            wrote on last edited by xenon
            #37

            @catseye3 Fun tibit - cardboard box manufacturing is a highly regional industry. Because of the slim margin on boxes, it doesn't make sense to make them centrally and ship them around the world (ahead of being used).

            P.S. definitions of "fun" vary person to person

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            • X xenon

              @catseye3 Fun tibit - cardboard box manufacturing is a highly regional industry. Because of the slim margin on boxes, it doesn't make sense to make them centrally and ship them around the world (ahead of being used).

              P.S. definitions of "fun" vary person to person

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              Catseye3
              wrote on last edited by
              #38

              @xenon Gotcha, Xenon. Thanks! πŸ™‚

              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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              • CopperC Copper

                @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

                But Aqua, what is the goal?

                WHAT IS THE GOAL??????

                I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION, AND ALL I GET IS INSULTS!

                IT'S ALL SO UNFAIR!

                WHY LORD, WHY????

                Perfect

                Absolutely perfect

                You are stupid

                Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                Doctor Phibes
                wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                #39

                @copper said in Third Wave Here?:

                @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

                But Aqua, what is the goal?

                WHAT IS THE GOAL??????

                I KEEP ASKING THIS QUESTION, AND ALL I GET IS INSULTS!

                IT'S ALL SO UNFAIR!

                WHY LORD, WHY????

                Perfect

                Absolutely perfect

                You are stupid

                You're a big twatface and a stinky-poo.

                I was only joking

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                  Catseye3
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                  #40

                  Writing down "bean counterese".

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                    Doctor Phibes
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                    #41

                    Speaking of bean-counters - my son works in a department store, and they allocate the hours based on the payroll allocated by central office. Central office allocate the monthly payroll based on the turnover from the previous year. So this month, it was completely in the toilet, so they didn't call any staff in, so the poor bastards who are working are completely overwhelmed.

                    A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

                    I was only joking

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                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                      Speaking of bean-counters - my son works in a department store, and they allocate the hours based on the payroll allocated by central office. Central office allocate the monthly payroll based on the turnover from the previous year. So this month, it was completely in the toilet, so they didn't call any staff in, so the poor bastards who are working are completely overwhelmed.

                      A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

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                      George K
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                      #42

                      @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

                      A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

                      I was going to say, "Indeed, just look at....."

                      But then I realized I'd offend too many people here.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • George KG George K

                        @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

                        A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

                        I was going to say, "Indeed, just look at....."

                        But then I realized I'd offend too many people here.

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                        Doctor Phibes
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                        #43

                        @george-k said in Third Wave Here?:

                        @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

                        A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

                        I was going to say, "Indeed, just look at....."

                        But then I realized I'd offend too many people here.

                        The really dumb ones wouldn't realise you meant them.

                        You did mean 'them', right? RIGHT?????

                        I was only joking

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          Speaking of bean-counters - my son works in a department store, and they allocate the hours based on the payroll allocated by central office. Central office allocate the monthly payroll based on the turnover from the previous year. So this month, it was completely in the toilet, so they didn't call any staff in, so the poor bastards who are working are completely overwhelmed.

                          A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

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                          Renauda
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #44

                          @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

                          A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

                          As is a bean counter in charge of public health policy.

                          Elbows up!

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                            Catseye3
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #45

                            I know who he meant. Don't you worry about that.

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                            Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                            • RenaudaR Renauda

                              @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

                              A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

                              As is a bean counter in charge of public health policy.

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                              Horace
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #46

                              @renauda said in Third Wave Here?:

                              @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

                              A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

                              As is a bean counter in charge of public health policy.

                              Everybody counts beans, whether they admit it or not.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                Speaking of bean-counters - my son works in a department store, and they allocate the hours based on the payroll allocated by central office. Central office allocate the monthly payroll based on the turnover from the previous year. So this month, it was completely in the toilet, so they didn't call any staff in, so the poor bastards who are working are completely overwhelmed.

                                A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

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                                LuFins Dad
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #47

                                @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

                                Speaking of bean-counters - my son works in a department store, and they allocate the hours based on the payroll allocated by central office. Central office allocate the monthly payroll based on the turnover from the previous year. So this month, it was completely in the toilet, so they didn't call any staff in, so the poor bastards who are working are completely overwhelmed.

                                A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

                                Every Monday morning I am in a manager meeting where we go over activity for the past week and compare to prior year... This week I might have caused a bit of a ruckus by asking why we were comparing this week vs this week last year, and perhaps we should compare with 19? And that for the next three months, comparisons might be pointless.

                                The Brad

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                                • HoraceH Horace

                                  @renauda said in Third Wave Here?:

                                  @doctor-phibes said in Third Wave Here?:

                                  A moron with a computer is a dangerous thing.

                                  As is a bean counter in charge of public health policy.

                                  Everybody counts beans, whether they admit it or not.

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                                  Doctor Phibes
                                  wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                                  #48

                                  @horace said in Third Wave Here?:

                                  Everybody counts beans, whether they admit it or not.

                                  I suspect that pretty much everybody wanks, or has at some time, but not everybody is a wanker.

                                  I was only joking

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                                    Mik
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                                    #49

                                    Yeah, they pretty much are, in one way or another.

                                    β€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    • MikM Mik

                                      Yeah, they pretty much are, in one way or another.

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                                      LuFins Dad
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                                      #50

                                      @mik said in Third Wave Here?:

                                      Yeah, they pretty much are, in one way or another.

                                      To paraphrase a great man...

                                      If you meet somebody and think they are a wanker, they’re probably a wanker. If you think everybody you meet is a wanker, chances are that you are the wanker...

                                      The Brad

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                                        Twain?

                                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                        • Catseye3C Catseye3

                                          Twain?

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                                          Doctor Phibes
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                                          @catseye3 said in Third Wave Here?:

                                          Twain?

                                          That guy was a wanker.

                                          I was only joking

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