I'm astounded every single day that I have to actually work for a living.

[graywarrior]

I'm sitting here right now, realizing I have to work on a manuscript tonight instead of playing here. How did this happen? Who designed it like this and where is the fucker?

[idgiehkt]

1. when you find him

I'll hold him down and you can punch him.

I've not been able to move my right arm hardly at all today, I have my toughest job on Sundays and every freaking Monday is a total wash because I am always too sore to move.

[graywarrior]

2. I think you'd better explain that.

[NMDemDist2]

3. ROFL

I wasn't gonna say it......

[idgiehkt]

6. Nah, lets just leave it alone

I like it the way it is...It's better than I ever could have intended.

:rofl:

:rofl:

:rofl:

:rofl:

[matcom]

4. you get PAID to do that?

:rofl:

[idgiehkt]

7. roflmao

*always re-read once before posting.

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

9. You're famous now.

[wildhorses]

20. i think i just found my new sigline!!

that is fucking classic:spray::rofl::yourock:

[texas1928]

37. You are doing it wrong, or doing way to much if you are sore later.

:P

[idgiehkt]

39. honey, I'm still sore

I overdid it, that's for sure.

[NC_Nurse]

5. I agree.

I'm not sure I see the point. But, I'm doing it too....

I haven't won the lottery yet...but I keep trying. :shrug:

[graywarrior]

8. Like, who invented work where you have to answer to "bosses"?

The boss. My boss. His boss. Her boss. Stupid word, stupid concept.

[NC_Nurse]

10. For me, it's not the bosses...

it's the work. Stressful, tiring, physical, technical and sometimes downright GROSS. I actually had a patient today ask me if I get paid more for dealing with such gross stuff....
I told her a very diplomatic "no.", but part of me was thinking she was right. I should get a premium.

Most people here would just DIE if they hear what I'm doing right now.

[graywarrior]

11. Nursing has got to be one of the toughest jobs ever.

I always feel like I should help out when I go to a clinic or hospital. The nurses all look like they're at the breaking point. I used to work at Mass General Hospital and dealt with a lot of doctors every day. Can't imagine how the nurses put up with them.

[NC_Nurse]

13. Sometimes I wonder how crazy I must be to do it.

Other times it's very rewarding.

And it's a living. Sigh.

[Arugula Latte]

36. I'm guessing body fluids play a big part in your job?

I always admire people who are able to do such essential jobs, like nursing, where they perform such intimate and necessary and yes, very gross, tasks. I always knew I could never do that kind of work and I'm sort of in awe of people in the medical field who do those jobs.

:toast: Heres to you!

[Sequoia]

12. Question for you:

Were you the one that posted to the photo contest back in the fall with the autumn trees and road? I couldn't go back to find out because it was donation time and I was rather locked out. If so, it was beautiful and looks like the road to my grandparents house in NC when I was a child.

Off to home. Only access at the office. So, don't work too hard now!

[graywarrior]

14. Yeah, that was me.

[texanwitch]

15. That is beautiful.

That would make one mean jigsaw puzzle.

[Sequoia]

34. Sniff....I'm so homesick now. Where is it?

It really looks like the road in Fletcher, NC.

[graywarrior]

40. It's a road that snakes through NH and the west of Maine from Conway NH to Bethel Me.

They close it off during the winter months because it is primitive and they like to keep it that way. It is mostly National Forest. Moose country.

[Sequoia]

42. Thanks. Very beautiful.

[SPKrazy]

16. It Sure As Hell Wasn't Me!

I'd have designed it so none of my friends would have to work and we'd all have people working for us and giving us money and we could play all the time!

:woohoo:

:hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

17. I feel you

At least you don't deal with liars, cheats, criminals, and drug addicts.. or maybe you do? :shrug:

[SPKrazy]

18. That's Who I've Dealt With

all my working life!

and got paid for it

go figure :shrug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

19. I kind of do

Indirectly, thank goodness. I work at a place that screens applications for apartment complexes and such. We get some real doozies. I had one guy who had no rental history because he had been in jail for murder the last 20 years. :7

[graywarrior]

21. I did the same thing for a housing authority.

I lasted 9 months. Hated every second of it. You must be a saint...altho, I know you better.

[RevolutionaryActs]

22. Housing Aut. is the worst

Since they have cheap places to rent, or help people with rent. They draw in the low lifes.

[graywarrior]

23. The psycho's, the misfits, the whacko's....like here!

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. The meth additcts, the hookers, the sex offenders.

just like FreeRepublic!

[graywarrior]

28. Oh, you've been there.

[BikeWriter]

31. I resemble all those. Are you pick'n on me?

:shrug:

[graywarrior]

38. No. We're soul mates.

[SPKrazy]

25. Well He At Least Had A Residence You Could Verify!

:rofl:

geez, wouldn't you love to find out he's your neighbor?

:shrug:

[Redneck Socialist]

24. "They hung the jerk who invented work..."

On a summer day in the month of May a burly bum came hiking
Down a shady lane through the sugar cane, he was looking for his liking.
As he roamed along he sang a song of the land of milk and honey
Where a bum can stay for many a day, and he won't need any money

Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees near the soda water fountain,
At the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings on the Big Rock Candy Mountains

There's a lake of gin we can both jump in, and the handouts grow on bushes
In the new-mown hay we can sleep all day, and the bars all have free lunches
Where the mail train stops and there ain't no cops, and the folks are tender-hearted
Where you never change your socks and you never throw rocks,
And your hair is never parted

Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees near the soda water fountain,
At the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings on the Big Rock Candy Mountains

Oh, a farmer and his son, they were on the run, to the hay field they were bounding
Said the bum to the son, "Why don't you come to the big rock candy mountains?"
So the very next day they hiked away, the mileposts they were counting
But they never arrived at the lemonade tide, on the Big Rock Candy Mountains

Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees near the soda water fountain,
At the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings on the Big Rock Candy Mountains

One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fires were burning,
Down the track came a hobo hiking, and he said "Boys, I'm not turning."
"I'm heading for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountains;"
"So come with me, we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountains."

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, there's a land that's fair and bright,
The handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty and the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarete trees,
The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, all the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay
Oh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall, the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, you never change your socks
And little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too
And you can paddle all around 'em in a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin,
And you can walk right out again as soon as you are in
There ain't no short-handled shovels, no axes, saws or picks,
I'm a-goin' to stay where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk that invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

I'll see you all this comin' fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountains!

Here is John Harford (Rest in Peace John) doing his version of the song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcUj4mT7p2E

I've always been rather sympathetic to the view expressed in this song.

[graywarrior]

26. Ha ha ha, sweet.

[The Traveler]

29. You find him

and I'll kick his ass! :hi:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

30. We need regulated capitalism and socialism for the safety net.

That is all.

I can't compete in the rat race despite my sterling qualifications, so I said to hell with it.

[hfojvt]

32. it could be much, much worse

I could be your sugar-nephew or something.

[Lady Freedom]

33. I like my job!!

I get to come in and play with all kinds of TV equipment! I get to check the scrips and meet all kinds of people! Phhhe :P

[graywarrior]

41. I like my job, too. It's just WORK.

[MissMillie]

35. It took me a long time to decide what I wanted to be when I grow up

and the answer is:

retired.