Baneman Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I can understand that. I just hope for your sake that you aren't plunged into a suicidal depression when your hopes are crushed. But just in case you are, remember to slice lengthways along the vein or artery and not across it. HTH Michael lol, you don't always get what you want, but I refuse to let that make me aim low. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I always aim low because the gun rises as you hold down the trigger. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 hey, that was my first time with fancy link in the text stuff..give me a break 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergerbitz Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I always aim low because the gun rises as you hold down the trigger. Michael I want to add: "...if you know what I mean" to that. Dunno why. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhand Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Hmmm... apparently this thread could have just as easily been named " The end of actual news". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 oh ye of little faith. When BF is too busy to post it is always a good sign. Unless Steve got busted with Paris Hilton again, but she'd have tweeted that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 oh ye of little faith. When BF is too busy to post it is always a good sign. Unless Steve got busted with Paris Hilton again, but she'd have tweeted that. LOL so true - well the "too busy to post" part not the Paris Hilton part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 oh ye of little faith. When BF is too busy to post it is always a good sign. That's always been my way of thinking. Unless Steve got busted with Paris Hilton again, but she'd have tweeted that. Not to derogate the esteemed co-founder, but I think the odds of Paris Hilton even so much as glancing at Steve are...well...about the same as a barehanded close assault by a lone sniper against a platoon of Panthers guarded by a company of Panzer Grenadiers. Or something like that. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 a barehanded close assault by a lone sniper against a platoon of Panthers guarded by a company of Panzer Grenadiers. Or something like that. Well, Chuck Norris could do that. So you never know. Steve does own a tank. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Steve does own a tank. Does he? I knew that he once owned a couple of Weasels, but the tank had somehow escaped me. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 he.s probably referring to the weasels.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Does he? I knew that he once owned a couple of Weasels, but the tank had somehow escaped me. Michael Someone said it before me on the forum - I did not take it to seriously nor did I mean it too seriously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Paris Hilton owns a tank? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Someone said it before me on the forum - I did not take it to seriously nor did I mean it too seriously. Aha! Weaseling out, ay? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Steve is in Paris staying at the Hilton? It seems he maybe makes $100 an hour, I guess he can afford it!!! But dang, 50 hours...Wow! I hope he gets a smoke break every couple hours. 2. We feel the market for a strategic layer is too small to warrant the distraction factor. Few of you are self employed and/or have high level job responsibilities that also have a lot of flexibility built in. This means that most of you don't understand real world choices that involve investments of time. That's no slight on you guys, just a statement of fact reinforced every time we have a discussion like this. So I'll try to make our perspective more understandable: If you were working a job paying $100 per hour for 50 hours per week, and someone then asked you if you wanted to work for them 20 hours per week at $30 per hour... would you take the second job? Perhaps if it was really fulfilling or took you to an interesting part of the world, but if you were happily doing the $100 per hour job you'd be a fool to take it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Ha you know they dont have 50 hour work weeks in Europe. I thought they were down to 30 and thought us Americans nuts for 40? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 40-50 hours a week is normal for me :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Paris Hilton owns a tank? Whats her muzzle velocity? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 40-50 hours a week is normal for me :confused: I was led to believe the average (or perhaps government mandated?) work week in France had dropped to 30 hours? With 6 weeks of vacation a year? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhmorneau Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Led to believe by whom ? I suggest you have a look at that : http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tps00071 It will give you a good overview of the situation in Europe. The average work week in France is estimated by Eurostat at 41 hours in 2008. In France, the legal maximum number of hours worked per week is 35 (cf. the famous "35 hours law" passed by the social government of Lionel Jospin at the end of the 1990's). But it does not reflect the reality because since then conservative governments have considerably increased the legal number of extra hours one can get. As a civil servant I work 37.5 hours a week. As for weeks of vacations per year, it's 5 weeks in France. Some international comparison might be enlightening as well : http://www.mercer.com//press-releases/holiday-entitlements-around-the-world Hope it helps ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASL Veteran Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 40-50 hours a week is normal for me :confused: I thought you were in Indonesia somewhere, not in Europe? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nachinus Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Ha you know they dont have 50 hour work weeks in Europe. I thought they were down to 30 and thought us Americans nuts for 40? Actually, the average hour weeks (both legal and real) in most European countries is well over 40, similarly to US middle-class workers, I guess. PD: As the eurostat link provided by monsieur Morneau shows. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I thought you were in Indonesia somewhere, not in Europe? Indeed I am, and have been here now for 10 happy years. But I'm Scottish and when I worked in the UK, 40+ hours a week wasn't usual either. But it's not important 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerMike Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 All very interesting gents, but I am craving for some real MG news. This old dog needs a bone. Woof! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSTK Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 ...and then there's the difference between working hours and actual hours worked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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