Anybody I used to know still post around here??????
POSTED BY: 6ixStringJack
UPDATED: Thursday, May 23, 2024 14:59
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
it would never happen..
Actually that's no longer as unlikely as it seems, old friend.
You know, it's funny how fate goes sometimes Jack, for I've found myself in the completely unexpected position of no longer having any active enemies competent enough to matter - those that were are either dead, rotting in prison, bankrupt or thrown out of power or otherwise in no position to do anything about it anyways, and those on the professional end have prettymuch abandoned ship and are at worst neutral, if not come round to sympathetic or even turned whistleblower themselves.
Besides, doin unto me would buy them nothin, I passed the operational reins over to Justin soon after WWASPS fell, cause our battles now are fought in courtrooms and other venues of law - there's no place for me there, in fact my presence is kind of a detrminent, cause there's no need for blackmail, extortion and nasty beatdowns in the darkness, although deny it all they like, that *IS* what paved the way and helped drag a lot of this into the daylight, where it withers and dies under public scrutiny.
So what they got let, make a martyr, pffth - nothing, not a goddamn thing, Jack.
Ergo I really got no need of the smoke and mirrors gig beyond the obligatory insurance of just what might come out if something did happen to me, but honestly most of what I knew already *HAS* come out, and the powers that be these days got far bigger problems to deal with, meh.
Thus if you check your messages, you'll find a dropbox for email, cause I wouldn't mind raising a glass or two with ya myself, although I regret to inform you that 30yr old bottle of scotch I had went down the hatch Feb 2009 as well..
-Frem
I do not serve the Blind God.
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Ni Hao hun! Your screenname is familiar, though the thread you singled out was not one I frequented.
Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse
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Hello:)
I'm still here:)
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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Seeing more and more seemingly departed posters returning, if only to say hi and goodby. Not much really happening, except for the charitable efforts, a few fanflicks what the original cast are doing on other shows. It is a lot slower here than it was one, two, or five years ago (not to mention the splendidly busy 2005.)
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Might be some new material soon though.
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I think I can relate to how you feel. I have this relative who said every time there was a hurricaine or tsunami or earthquake that it was a sign of the end of days...so basically every fifteen minutes. I was so messed up from it that I started to preserve and freeze food...JUST IN CASE...
Then one day I decided I wasn't going to worry too much about anything that wasn't going on in my little area and it was very liberating. Not so sure NOT as least keeping up with the news is a good idea- I have other relatives that saw where the market was heading that sold their houses and stocks and made a bundle, so I'd say a basic knowledge of current events is a little necessary...
But I did tell off my paranoid relative and said I didn't want to hear it anymore...
Also, I know what you mean on the housing thing. My husband and I waited 10 years to buy a house because we watched others go under and prices go up and up. We eventually got a moderate fixer-upper and spend our weekends making it our own, which can be liberating as well. Knowing you can make payments=pricele$$!
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Hey 6ixstring, I'm still flying - actually had a look back at some discussions in RWED back when it was people debating back and forth (in a tough but reasonable way) rather than just endless posts of nonsense and insults.
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Hey RIONAEIRE,
Yeah.... I've always enjoyed any type of rehabbing job, but it's so much cooler when you're not doing it for somebody else. I'd like to think I made some good choices over the last 6-7 years, but it's not as though it hasn't come at a large expense as well. I have had to sacrifice a lot of things to get where I am now, but I'm hoping that when the dust settles and the major stuff here is taken care of that I can start getting back to a more normal sort of life.
No Amyway scheme here, I can assure you. This definitely wasn't a get rich quick scheme and it took a lot of years of doing without a lot of things I used to enjoy. Let's just say that 10 years ago when I was living at my grandma's basement, unemployed, and with the two problem cats that would pee all over, and about 6k in credit card debt, I never thought I would see the day all this happened. Rewind 3 years from that and even when I was making a very good buck for my age and lack of a college degree, I never thought I'd see it either. A) House prices even then just seemed so out of reach, and B) I was too busy spending my money on party expenses, needless gadgets, a great cable package and sound equipment for my car to ever have a chance.
I got my foot in the door in an entry level position at a large company at the end of 2004, thanks to my dad. I had to move out of state and leave all my friends and family behind for the most part to do it. This helped largely on the "spending money on BS front", but it also has made me somewhat of a hermit today. I do hope to branch out again once I get the house to a moderately livable level and become gainfully employed again.
Fast forward to the end of 2009 and after 2 buyouts at the company...... I got axed. When it came to which employees they were going to keep, it as all attitude over aptitude. I'm not complaining about it, mind you.... I know I was a trouble maker there. My direct sup and his boss loved me, but anyone from Middle-Management and HR and above couldn't stand me. Actually after the first buyout everything changed and I wanted so badly to quit the job anyhow, but nobody in their right mind with no degree would seriously consider quitting a job like that after getting several good promotions, merit raises and good health benefits. In the end, them laying me off was a huge favor. I thank them for ending what had grown to be a horrible chapter in my life. I'm just so happy that I made good on my promise to myself to make those years count and set myself up for when the market did a downturn.....
And boy..... Did it ever?
Since then, I've been living a "barter-system" type of life, at least until the house purchase. I've spent more money in the last month than I could ever imagine spending.... The house was one thing, but IT IS EXPENSIVE HAVING A HOUSE!!!!! Especially when it needs so much work to begin with.
I've spent much of this last year and a half or so helping my family out with things such as rehab work on their houses and trying to help certain people I care about with their "personal" issues. I never took any money for work I did while on unemployment. I got back what I gave in the form of free room and board and other "perks" you can enjoy only when you have another source of income that doesn't take up 40 hours a week. The job market has been tough, and now that unemployment has ended a long time ago I am still finding it VERY difficult to get anything other than a minimum wage job with my lack of education. Hell, let's be honest..... Every minimum wage job I've applied for has turned me down before the interview process. I don't know if it's that I test poorly on their ethics tests, or if they see how much an uneducated guy was making before and they "know" I won't be happy with minimum wage. For whatever reason, it seems that I'm damn near unemployable unless somebody I know can give me a foot in the door.
Maybe I should say instead that I'm looking to help people, but also looking for help. When the time comes that I really need a jo
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Oh okay, now that you explain it it all makes perfect sense, sounds like you've made some really good choices and stuck with it for the long haul. Now if you could find a job things would be even better. I'm glad that you're feeling so good about where you are in life right now. When you were saying stuff but then not explaining it sounded a little like you'd joined a cult or something and didn't want to say so until we'd all gotten used to you. :))
I wasn't trying to be mean, I just was waiting for the cult shoe to drop and wanted to head it off at the pass so to speak. Kind of silly now that I think about it.
:)
And if Frem wrote a novel or a memoir about his life I'd probably read it.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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Six String Samurai was a truly GREAT film.
Just sayin'.
The laughing Chrisisall
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