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patentparanyc · 10-26-2007, 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I didn't see anything wrong with any of the occupations listed, with the exception of the substance abuse situation. Hardeeharhar.

When I finally stop working at my current job I am thinking of going into psychic readings also. I understand psychic readers are not as prevalent and available in Mpls as one might think! Also, this would help me market for my party planning business.

There is nothing wrong with the occupations listed, w/the exception of those drinking themselves into not being well. There is nothing wrong with my occupation either.

The commonality of all these occupations is that no one really needs college or law school for any of them.

Gattigap · 10-26-2007, 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc

The commonality of all these occupations is that no one really needs college or law school for any of them.

Well, that helps narrow down the job possibilities for items 1 and 2.

ABBAKiss · 10-26-2007, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Wedding planner/marriage counselor would be a job with some great synergies.

I read this as "syringes" and I nodded my head and thought "two."

Tyrone Slothrop · 10-26-2007, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
A few weeks ago, a talk radio station here went all sports. I would listen to the old station on my way home, so it is a habit to leave it on.

there is a show with two writers talking about local sports. one of them is also on the TV news sometimes, so i recognize him. Yesterday the two guys had a fight. some college football players were caught doing something. One guy felt they should play until convicted, the other guy felt they should get kicked off the team. People called in and yelled at the "kick off" guy.

most days they talk about the Lions, the Lions should do this or that. these guys do this for four hours a day.

Last night we go to dinner and end up at the bar to wait for our table. the "kick off" guy is next to us, with his wife. He notices that I noticed him, and a look of "oh crap" flashes across his eyes, like he probably gets guys giving him shit all the time, and yesterday he's get shit for wanting kids kicked off a team.

but what I really wanted to say is that I do not get how anyone can listen to his show, or any sports talk show. the Lions have not been to a Championship game in 50 years. they won 3 games last year. How can anyone talk about them for hours every week, and worse what numbskulls could listen.

even with a good team, how can there be anything to talk about "I think the Pistons should play this one guy more and this other guy less, blah blah." how is that something to listen?

I wanted to ask him "how can you go in and do that every day?" It is flat out being paid to masturbate, but without any ending.

do any of you people listen to sports talk.

If I had been your shoes, I would have wanted to ask him how much money he makes. Because it seems like such a sad little job, so one would hope there's $$$ there, though I doubt it.

I don't listen to sports talk. My dad has a particular show that he likes, but I don't think he listens unless he's in the car, and I think he particularly likes that they play the old Hartford Whalers' song, which I believe is called "Brass Bonanza."

OTOH, I do appreciate old-skool talk radio, like Larry King and Jim Bohannan used to do. I don't spend enough time anymore on remote highways late at night to know who's out there now, but I can recapture that flavor by reading Stanley Elkins' The Dick Gibson Show, which I recommend to anyone still reading this post. Signing off now.

patentparanyc · 10-26-2007, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
Well, that helps narrow down the job possibilities for items 1 and 2.

I revise my orig. statement. perhaps drinking yourself into a drunken stupor could be assisted by college as well as law school. or hard core drug use.

I also forgot that one friend now owns a boutique in a fancy area of MA. That I am feeling that would be an awesome job.

notcasesensitive · 10-26-2007, 01:17 PM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
I revise my orig. statement. perhaps drinking yourself into a drunken stupor could be assisted by college as well as law school. or hard core drug use.

I revise my original statement. 18.

Replaced_Texan · 10-26-2007, 01:17 PM

YES!

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Ga court: Release man jailed in sex case By DANIEL YEE, Associated Press Writer
16 minutes ago

ATLANTA - Georgia's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of a young man who has been imprisoned for more than two years for having consensual oral sex with another teenager.

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The court ruled 4-3 that Genarlow Wilson's 10-year sentence was cruel and unusual punishment.

Wilson, 21, was convicted of aggravated child molestation following a 2003 New Year's Eve party at a Douglas County hotel room where he was videotaped having oral sex with a 15-year-old girl. He was 17 at the time.

Wilson was acquitted of raping another 17-year-old girl at the party.

The 1995 law Wilson violated was changed in 2006 to make oral sex between teens close in age a misdemeanor, similar to the law regarding teen sexual intercourse. But the state Supreme Court later upheld a lower court's ruling which said that the 2006 law could not be applied retroactively.

Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears wrote in the majority opinion that the changes in the law "represent a seismic shift in the legislature's view of the gravity of oral sex between two willing teenage participants."

Sears wrote that the severe punishment makes "no measurable contribution to acceptable goals of punishment" and that Wilson's crime did not rise to the "level of adults who prey on children."

I hope that his acceptance to Harvard still stands.

Hank Chinaski · 10-26-2007, 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
Dwight Schrute: Pam and Karen! I am ordering you to cease and desist all party planning immediately.
Pam: You can't do that.
Dwight Schrute: As ranking number 3 in this office, I am ordering you to-
Andy: Ummm, I'm number 3.
Dwight Schrute: You're number 4.
Andy: Yeah, but I'm number 3.
Dwight Schrute: Uh, no. You must turn over to me all Christmas decorations and party paraphernalia immediately. They will be returned to you on January 4th.
Jim Halpert: Okay, I think I can help here.
Dwight Schrute: Okay good, they...
Jim Halpert: As ranking number 2, I am starting a committee to determine the validity of the two committees and I am the sole member of the committee. We'll act on this now.
Dwight Schrute: Okay, this is stupid.
Jim Halpert: Can you please keep it down? I'm in session. [thinks] I've determined this committee is valid.
Dwight Schrute: No, no, no. Wait. Permission to join the Validity Committee?
Jim Halpert: [thinks about it] Permission denied.
Dwight Schrute: Dammit!

by the way, I can't even force myself to watch that show anymore.

notcasesensitive · 10-26-2007, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
YES! I hope that his acceptance to Harvard still stands.

I never saw anything before on this about his acquittal on rape charges with another girl. Wonder what happened there.

Hank Chinaski · 10-26-2007, 01:24 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I've stopped reading any Hank "story" posts. The payoff just hasn't been worth it. It's sort of like using the ignore button, but in reverse. If I see a post that is from Hank and over a certain number of characters, SKIP.

you can use the word limit, or just self test to see if your IQ is 110 or higher.

Hank Chinaski · 10-26-2007, 01:27 PM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I actually have a good friend who is a wedding photographer and she loves loves loves her job. (She is a sorority sister but did not go to Syracuse.)

I think it'd be fun to plan weddings. I had an awesome time planning my first, and look forward to doing it again someday.

my wife "fixes" photos from two prominent photogs here. they are both high end enough that they can act like they are doing the clients a favor by consenting to shoot them. I'm not sure they do act that way, but they could. they seem to not get much shit, BUT I bet you can catch lots of shit doing wedding anything if you can't pretend like you are too good to be criticized.

ncs condensed version: Dunno. wedding people might be real bitchy.

Replaced_Texan · 10-26-2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I never saw anything before on this about his acquittal on rape charges with another girl. Wonder what happened there.

From Wiki

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The conviction was based on an amateur video tape showing Wilson engaging in sex with a 17-year-old girl during a private party, and later being offered and receiving oral sex from a 15-year-old girl.[3][4] The video shows the 17-year-old girl on the bathroom floor, then later having sex with Wilson. She appeared sleepy or intoxicated during the sex act but did not ask Wilson to stop. [5] Waking up naked and disoriented the next morning, she claimed to have been raped.[4] Investigating the alleged rape, police later found condoms and evidence of drinking, as well as the video camera, in the motel room used for the party.[5]

A jury acquitted Wilson of raping the older girl, but convicted him of aggravated child molestation against the 15-year-old. The "aggravated" nature of the charge refers to fellatio (oral sex) rather than a mere "immoral or indecent act." Had the two teenagers had intercourse without oral sex, Wilson would have been charged with a misdemeanor, punishable up to 12-months, with no sex offender status, instead of the mandatory 10-year minimum term that the judge gave him.[1]

Citations omitted.

notcasesensitive · 10-26-2007, 01:31 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
my wife "fixes" photos from two prominent photogs here. they are both high end enough that they can act like they are doing the clients a favor by consenting to shoot them. I'm not sure they do act that way, but they could. they seem to not get much shit, BUT I bet you can catch lots of shit doing wedding anything if you can't pretend like you are too good to be criticized.

ncs condensed version: Dunno. wedding people might be real bitchy.

Awww. I hurt Hank's feelings!! It's okay, buddy, I don't find most of your shorter posts to be very good lately either. They just aren't as big of a time investment.

Hank Chinaski · 10-26-2007, 01:32 PM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I didn't see anything wrong with any of the occupations listed, with the exception of the substance abuse situation. Hardeeharhar.

When I finally stop working at my current job I am thinking of going into psychic readings also. I understand psychic readers are not as prevalent and available in Mpls as one might think! Also, this would help me market for my party planning business.

have flower claim you saved him from being on that bridge that day, and you'll have all the paranoids lining up.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 10-26-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Wilson engaging in sex with a 17-year-old girl during a private party, and later being offered and receiving oral sex from a 15-year-old girl.[3][4] The video shows the 17-year-old girl on the bathroom floor, then later having sex with Wilson. She appeared sleepy or intoxicated during the sex act but did not ask Wilson to stop.

Hank can confirm that this definitely makes the guy Harvard material. He'll feel right at home on a Friday night in Wigglesworth.