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Third Wave Here?

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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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    #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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      @xenon Gotcha, Xenon. Thanks! 🙂

      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

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        @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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          #40

          Writing down "bean counterese".

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

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          • Doctor PhibesD Online
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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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              @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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                @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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                  @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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                    #45

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

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

                            “I 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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                              @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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                                  @catseye3 said in Third Wave Here?:

                                  Twain?

                                  That guy was a wanker.

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                    @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...

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                                    Doctor Phibes
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                                    #53

                                    @lufins-dad said in Third Wave Here?:

                                    @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...

                                    I don't think Mr. Twain lived in Massachusetts.

                                    Also, I don't think Mr. Twain said that quote about assholes.

                                    I was only joking

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                                      #54

                                      Beethoven was known to count out coffee beans obsessively in preparing his morning waker upper.

                                      And yes, he had a reputation of being something of a disagreeable wanker.

                                      Elbows up!

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                                      • Catseye3C Catseye3

                                        Twain?

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                                        @catseye3 said in Third Wave Here?:

                                        Twain?

                                        I first heard it in an Elmore Leonard show.

                                        “I 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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                                        • RenaudaR Renauda

                                          Beethoven was known to count out coffee beans obsessively in preparing his morning waker upper.

                                          And yes, he had a reputation of being something of a disagreeable wanker.

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                                          @renauda said in Third Wave Here?:

                                          he had a reputation of being something of a disagreeable wanker

                                          Funny you should mention. Years ago, I listened to Greenberg's biography of Ludwig. He (Beethoven, not Greenberg) was such a horrible, horrible person. The account of his dealing with his sister-in-law and the custody of his nephew made me really, really dislike the man. Granted, it was an emotional response, but it was a long time before I could enjoy his music without thinking of what an asshole he was.

                                          "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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