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[18:08] [Shrike] of course
[18:08] [Terry] hey bane! you can add me to your gdoc list. I'll find time to read it and give you some feedback.
[18:08] [StarfoxHowl] I'm grandpa nowadays.
[18:08] [Terry] Grandkids are the absolute best.
[18:08] [Shrike] ter, did you try the recruiter frtom fox?
[18:09] [bane] you terrynaut?
[18:09] [StarfoxHowl] yep cause when you're tired of them, you send them home!
[18:09] [Terry] Yep. terrynaut@yahoo.com
[18:09] [Terry] exactly, Foxy! heh
[18:09] [StarfoxHowl] pete, eh?
[18:09] [Terry] I like to wind kids up and let 'em loose. They're great fun.
[18:09] [Terry] I have enough energy that I can outlast 'em too. :)
[18:10] [Shrike] mine lacks the wind up key, he's powered nuke
[18:10] [Terry] Too bad I couldn't really be a nanny. I bet I'd be a good one. *sigh*
[18:10] [Rebekah] brb
[18:10] [Terry] powered nuke! yikes! heh
[18:10] [Terry] okay.
[18:10] [Terry] oops. i'll brb too.
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[18:12] [bane] stupid internet
[18:12] [Shrike] stupid texas
[18:14] [Shrike] i thought we already said a spanish name before
[18:14] [Shrike] i read this part before
[18:15] [bane] ?
[18:16] [bane] oh ya those just ignore them for now ill put some names in later
[18:16] [Shrike] i do remember a conversation where i read that and came up with some names
[18:17] [bane] hmmmmm
[18:17] [bane] maybe it was the old draft, its changed a lot since then
[18:17] [bane] if you did i dont remember them :p
[18:17] [Terry] I'm back!
[18:17] [bane] YAY!
[18:18] [Terry] Bane, I got the link. Thanks. I should have time to look at your story sometime this weekend.
[18:18] [bane] ok no hurry
[18:18] [Shrike] so did you call recruiter terry?
[18:18] [Terry] Shrike, I finally looked at the Feb. 13th update. I thought it was a story.
[18:18] [Terry] You can use my name on the otter hybrid.
[18:18] [Terry] I like the picture too much. Where did you get it?
[18:18] [bane] me probubly
[18:18] [Shrike] bane wasn't that happy
[18:19] [Terry] I thought the recruiter was for jobs in Afghanistan so I didn't call. Was I wrong about that?
[18:19] [Shrike] fox?
[18:19] [Shrike] you know it better than me
[18:19] [Terry] I really don't want to relocate out of Washington state.
[18:20] [Terry] I grew up here. I don't have a lot of friends and family but they're all here.
[18:20] [Shrike] what can you export there to europe?
[18:20] [Terry] Shrike, I love the Nina party girl pic. Too funny. She looks crazed.
[18:21] [Shrike] you have friends in UK and nederland
[18:21] [bane] and texas
[18:21] [Terry] Thanks, Shrike. Thanks, Bane. *sniffle*
[18:21] [Shrike] rhona!
[18:21] [Shrike] dale, matt
[18:21] [Terry] Yeah. I tried finding a job in the UK.
[18:22] [Terry] I don't even come close to their minimum requirements to get a visa. I scored only 30 points out of the minimum 75 needed.
[18:22] [Terry] I got the 30 points because I have a bachelor degree.
[18:23] [Shrike] i can ask my friend if they need more programmer on stites
[18:23] [Rebekah] huh where u go to figure that out
[18:23] [Terry] It's hurt me that I've been out of work so long. They score you on how much you've made the past year and I made very little.
[18:23] [Terry] There's a website for it, Bekah.
[18:24] [Rebekah] well id be screwed
[18:24] [StarfoxHowl] hey.. yes, still here.. The recruiter is for jobs here in Afghanistan, but there are a number of other jobs with ITT if you don't want to move out here with me.
[18:24] [Terry] Unless you have an advanced degree and already have a good-paying job, they'll snub you.
[18:25] [StarfoxHowl] Terry, what's your degree in?
[18:25] [Terry] No offense, Foxy, but I don't think I could handle working over there.
[18:25] [Terry] I have a B.S.E.E. (cum laude!)
[18:25] [StarfoxHowl] No offense taken Terry.
[18:25] [Terry] From the University of WA
[18:25] [StarfoxHowl] HAve you tried Bremerton?
[18:26] [Rebekah] e.e.???
[18:26] [StarfoxHowl] There's the whole Navy sub base there that's always looking for people.
[18:26] [Terry] I have an E.E. degree but I really went into software development. That's sort of hurt me.
[18:26] [StarfoxHowl] Electrical Engineering.
[18:26] [Rebekah] ah otay
[18:26] [Terry] I love programming.
[18:26] [Rebekah] i wanna learn to program
[18:26] [StarfoxHowl] There's MicroSoft.
[18:27] [Terry] I'm into open source technologies. MicroSoft wants people with skills using their own stuff.
[18:27] [Rebekah] microshaft blows
[18:27] [Terry] I don't like proprietary stuff.
[18:27] [StarfoxHowl] Becka, it's kept me in a job for the last 30 years.
[18:28] [Terry] Yeah. I've developed on Windows machines a lot. But I generally like web development and open source stuff.
[18:28] [Shrike] SOmeone is crying all the time now
[18:28] [Terry] Oh dear. Poor Jason.
[18:28] [StarfoxHowl] well, terry, I preferr a product that has a 800-HELP ME! number to go with it, rather than having to rely on "community support".
[18:28] [Shrike] Google didn't hire anymore?
[18:28] [Terry] Someone isn't paying enough attention to him. ;)
[18:28] [Shrike] Martha is
[18:28] [Terry] I tried Google. They'd only consider me if I moved out of state.
[18:28] [Shrike] darn
[18:28] [Terry] Even then, they weren't impressed.
[18:29] [StarfoxHowl] Terry, look at me, to get a job I not only had to move out of state, but out of the country as well.
[18:29] [Terry] I have only a little experience in a lot of different things.
[18:29] [StarfoxHowl] sometimes you just do what you have to do to keep working.
[18:29] [Terry] I know, Foxy. The global economy saddens me. :(
[18:30] [Shrike] * and haled him up * what is that bane?
[18:30] [Terry] I'd rather work in retail in this state than move out of the state.
[18:30] [StarfoxHowl] well sorrrry! it's not my fault that unions jacked the costs of doing business up so much that companies moved overseas.
[18:30] [bane] haled?
[18:30] [Terry] Yeah. Unions drive me crazy. They really hurt Boeing.
[18:30] [StarfoxHowl] hauled.
[18:30] [bane] lifted or at least its supposed to be
[18:31] [bane] ah hauled
[18:31] [bane] yes
[18:31] [Terry] The Machinist Union strike hurt Boeing. Some customers went to Airbus because of it.
[18:31] [Terry] They're shooting themselves in the foot. *sigh*
[18:32] [StarfoxHowl] Boeing shot itself in the foot... noting like cheating on contracts, demanding advance payments then getting getting the contract cancled on your butt.
[18:32] [Terry] Yeah. and they're not the only company.
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[18:32] [StarfoxHowl] do that and you deserve to have 10,000 people laid off.
[18:33] [destinybeast] hello everyone
[18:33] [StarfoxHowl] Hi DestinyBeast
[18:33] [Rebekah] people moved over seas because they could get labor at 2-3 dollars per person per hour
[18:33] [Terry] Hiya DestinyBeast! Got a nickname?
[18:33] [Terry] Beasty?
[18:33] [Rebekah] instead of 11-20
[18:33] [StarfoxHowl] DB?
[18:33] [Rebekah] heya db
[18:33] [destinybeast] its DB my nickname lol
[18:33] [Terry] Yeah. Cut costs! Profit! Productivity! Crack that whip! Ouch!!
[18:33] [destinybeast] hi becks
[18:33] [StarfoxHowl] oy! we have DB and DP...
[18:34] [Terry] DP?
[18:34] [destinybeast] lol
[18:34] [Rebekah] nina is not dp that is a rude nickname for her
[18:34] [Terry] Oy!
[18:34] [StarfoxHowl] DragonPrincess... also known NINA
[18:34] [Terry] Right. I call her Nina.
[18:34] [Shrike] Hi db
[18:34] [destinybeast] Nina
[18:34] [Terry] I think she prefers that name, doesn't she?
[18:34] [destinybeast] hi shrike
[18:34] [Shrike] she does from bekah
[18:34] [Misty] Yeah, WB, Bekah.
[18:34] [StarfoxHowl] Yes, she signs on with Nina now.
[18:35] [destinybeast] hey shrike can i speak to you in private for a moment
[18:35] [Shrike] why?
[18:35] [destinybeast] about my story
[18:35] [Terry] Because DB asked?
[18:35] [StarfoxHowl] Story?? what story??
[18:35] [Rebekah] heya misty
[18:35] [Terry] Hi Misty.
[18:35] *** StarfoxHowl pricks his ears up.
[18:35] *** Terry howls like a wolf
[18:35] [Shrike] Hi misty, everyone saw the updates?
[18:36] [Terry] The sharklions are loose. Beware.
[18:36] [StarfoxHowl] back in a bit... bio break.
[18:36] [Terry] Hurry!
[18:36] [Misty] Hi Y'all ^Hugs* all around
[18:36] *** Terry hugs Misty
[18:36] [Shrike] oh Bane?
[18:36] [bane] yes?
[18:36] [Shrike] It's callusted
[18:37] [bane] ?
[18:37] [Shrike] I think not callused
[18:37] [bane] no i think its callused, dont think callusted is a word
[18:37] [Terry] No. Callusted isn't a word.
[18:38] [Terry] I think Bane has it right.
[18:38] [Misty] calloused
[18:38] [Terry] Oy!
[18:38] [destinybeast] lol
[18:38] [bane] oh no!! the world will end!!!!!!!!!!
[18:38] [bane] run!!!
[18:38] [Terry] Yeah. That looks better. I have to see it sometimes.
[18:38] [Shrike] It would end if bane was right
[18:39] [Terry] It's calloused.
[18:39] [destinybeast] terry is right it is calloused
[18:39] [Terry] Give Misty the credit. She got it first.
[18:39] [Misty] That's whyt author should employ editors
[18:39] [destinybeast] misty was right
[18:39] [destinybeast] lol
[18:40] [Terry] Yep. Authors need editors.
[18:40] [bane] i did the editer (shrike) was wrong :p
[18:40] [Terry] Or at the very least, proofreaders.
[18:40] [Shrike] i'm no editor
[18:40] [Terry] Spellcheckers don't catch everything.
[18:40] [bane] but ill give him the fact that its a one in a million chanse that i spelled something right
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[18:41] [Terry] Oops! Bye DB!
[18:41] [bane] proofreader then
[18:41] [Terry] That was a sudden good-bye.
[18:41] [Misty] Or use a word prossessor with a GOOD spell chexer
[18:42] [StarfoxHowl] or buy a second spell checker.
[18:42] [Terry] Spellcheckers can't find missing words or words that are spelled correctly but not in the right place.
[18:42] [Terry] I am not who did.
[18:42] [Terry] A spellchecker wouldn't catch that.
[18:42] [StarfoxHowl] I've been looking for software that will help me with my editing, matching verb tenses, etc..
[18:43] [Terry] Good luck!
[18:43] [StarfoxHowl] yeah, I know.
[18:43] [Terry] Future perfect drives me crazy!
[18:43] [Misty] Finding those is where an editor come in handy
[18:43] [bane] now if you invent that terry you dont have to worry about money again :p
[18:43] [Terry] I'm not good enough with grammar to even attempt something like that.
[18:44] [Terry] I'm still learning.
[18:44] [Rebekah] a narrated(sp) story bugs me
[18:44] [StarfoxHowl] I'm still trying to convince people here that FIRST PERSON is a valid tense for writing stories.
[18:44] [Terry] I have my little book -- The Elements of Grammar by Margaret Shertzer.
[18:44] [Terry] First person is valid!
[18:44] [Shrike] hungry again
[18:44] [Terry] Lots of professional authors have used it.
[18:44] [bane] yep
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