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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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always seems someone's got to be in a lot of trouble if they have to call me
Publishers are skinflints (prove me wrong), and when I'm called because their own staff can't fix the problem then... then I'm never sent where everything is just wonderful and yes I'll have another Mai Tai please thank you
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Hey, where are y'all? Oh yeah, it's not yet time for...
Right here.
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always seems someone's got to be in a lot of trouble if they have to call me
Sounds like you have something in common with this guy:
Al Kraft
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...and this could be the perfect overarching description of my professional life and why it seems to be never ending...although some folks have actually recognized when they are likely to end up in big trouble and now call me earlier...
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There's some truth in this
... what I see is my colleague and I closed all our work by the end of February. And like that Mission Impossible tape, poof, gone, we're done, and the line is closed. Seven months go by and she shoots me an email at midnight her time [EU]. I'm curious what's up. And also know if she has a project (she does) and needs me (looks like), then ... every hour of the day is fair game to work. We talk Saturday ...
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...and this could be the perfect overarching description of my professional life and why it seems to be never ending...although some folks have actually recognized when they are likely to end up in big trouble and now call me earlier...
Thursday is the busiest day of my former professional life. Never change anything on a Friday is an ironclad rule. I have a plane seat booked, and I intend to use it.
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Saved that one, I did!
It occurs to me that I've never been out of the US to a country that didnt have a war going on, and never traveled out of the US for pleasure.
Also, the only time I was paid for foreign travel, it was $118 per month.
Jeez, I'm one seriously cheap date.
New band name: The Fireworks of Justice.
And you just now figured this out?
Been to Canada once for 3 days in 81. Other outta US travel was at Navy's whims, 66-67. Philippines, Japan, HK, Thailand.
Well one time, while in the Navy, my ship made a port call in Karachi, Pakistan and...ahhh, maybe shouldn't tell this one.
I know where this is going...
Aw come on, give us a hint. Let's see...you climbed K2 without a permit?
The US Navy took me to Mexico, Puerto Rico, England, Fwance, Spain, Morroco, Palma Mallorca, Italy, Greece, Israel, Egypt, and Lebanon. Lebanon was the only one where there were hostilities('84, they blew up the Embassy Annex). While in Rota, Spain, we were restricted to the base for a day or 2 while the Spaniards dealt with the Red Brigade misbehaving. As a civilian, I have been to Italy again and Japan. Of all those, one was at war.
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