I’m not dead yet. I think I’ll go for a walk.

Posted by Les on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 11:04 AM. Read 648 times. Tags:
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So after four days of recovery I headed back to work yesterday sporting my Nikes instead of the boot-like shoes I’d worn previously and that seems to have helped quite a bit as I came home a lot less sore than the last time. It probably helps that I’m taking Ibuprofen before going into work and as soon as I get home. It still amazes me how much work is involved with a crappy job like this compared to the better paying positions I’ve held previously. Of course I realize that the better paying positions involved a lot more problem solving than manual labor, but still. How anyone with a family manages to survive without help at this pay rate is beyond me.

Anyway, got about 20 minutes before I should be headed out the door. Just wanted to get a post up letting folks know that I’m still around. Haven’t posted much lately because I’m coming home tired and just want to sit in front of the TV and veg out for a bit. I’ll try to get something interesting up soon.

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Spocko United States Posted on 04/11/2007 at 01:13 PM

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Keep on keepin’ on, Bud!
We’re “praying” for ya.  shut eye

Last_Hussar United Kingdom Posted on 04/11/2007 at 01:17 PM

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I’m not dead yet.

See- he rises!

I think I’ll go for a walk

It would be helpful to the church if you could make that on water.

So after four days of recovery

Disappointing- I think you’ll find that three days (2 nights) is considered industry standard.

Anyway- time to start pushing our first miracle.

“Les on a stick, get yer luvverly beardie on a stick- get him while he’s godlike”

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“Pickles are evil”
- K Patrick Glover, 10 June 2007

MrsDoF United States Posted on 04/11/2007 at 10:40 PM

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When you get rested enough to read for recreation, try the book _Nickel and Dimed_ by Barbara Ehrenreich.
For many people in my circle, her experience in the labor pool was quite an eye-opener.

When I told the folks around the table that I had lived that lifestyle, and ‘Yes, for awhile, I did work in a restaurant where I only sat down to pee’ there were gasps of disbelief.

Good Luck with moving upward in the workforce.

Psychromorbidus Canada Posted on 04/12/2007 at 02:25 AM

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Glad to see retail hasn’t killed you off yet.  Hopefully things will be looking up very soon.  Good luck and godspeed.

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The protein prospector!

Moloch United States Posted on 04/12/2007 at 07:39 AM

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It’s about time you get on your fuckin feet and do something!

j/k

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Beware the beast man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home, and yours. Shun him, for he is the harbinger of death.

K. Engels United States Posted on 04/12/2007 at 03:23 PM

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You’re not dead yet, but Kurt Vonnegut is. :(
God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

Bahamat United Kingdom Posted on 04/12/2007 at 04:23 PM

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It still amazes me how much work is involved with a crappy job like this compared to the better paying positions I’ve held previously. Of course I realize that the better paying positions involved a lot more problem solving than manual labor, but still. How anyone with a family manages to survive without help at this pay rate is beyond me

This is why I have more respect for people in crappy jobs - they have to manage and be ok on having less, and in my experience they seem a little more understanding. I am biassed a little because of the job I have at the moment but it’s almost a source of pride. I know I have said pride can be limiting, but as a feeling that depends how it’s associated, and that association (and priorities) are shifted when there is a need to be OK with a crappier existence.

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You don’t need to end all existence to end all suffering

Sadie Jane United States Posted on 04/12/2007 at 05:44 PM

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You’re not dead yet, but Kurt Vonnegut is. :(
God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

Seconded. Rest in peace, Billy Pilgrim.  downer

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There’s still time to change the road you’re on.

KPatrickGlover United States Posted on 04/12/2007 at 06:09 PM

Patness Canada Posted on 04/12/2007 at 06:14 PM

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So it goes.

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One sure and primary and fundamental fact is the joint existence of a subject and of its world. The one does not exist without the other. I acquire no understanding of myself except as I take account of objects, of the surroundings. I do not think unless I think of things — and there I find myself. - Bruce Lee

Weapon of Mass Disturbance United States Posted on 04/12/2007 at 06:57 PM

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Anna Nicole Smith is still dead.

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