Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: Carole Allen on 12 Aug 2006 23:00 On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:47:32 +0100, "JohnT" <johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I hate to have to admit this, but I have a Junghans watch which synchronises >with the MSF transmitter (it is 10 years old). And I have both a computer >and a PDA. At which point the comparison with Mixi is at an end. Rumour hath >it that he is finding Paris too hot in the Summer and is thinking of >relocating to Seattle. > >JohnT > Dear Mixi: it rains here 390 days each year. We have slugs the size of 5 story buildings. And spiders. Sasquatch runs wild in the hills. Black bears routinely show up in local backuyards. [This one is true.] Mt. St. Helens could blow at any time, smothering us all in ash and/or lava and or mudflows. Seattle sits right on a major fault line - we have had big earthquakes before and will have them again one day. We have lots of smog alert days due to inversions. Traffic sucks. Our baseball team sucks. The guy who started Starbuck's lives here. Also Bill Gates. And Paul Allen. Oh, and we are a port city with port protection not adequately funded by Homeland Security. And we have a nuclear submarine base just across the Sound. And military bases all over, south, west, north of us. We are a sitting target for terrorists. I am sure you would hate it. Perhaps Oslo would be more to your liking. I once knew a guy who spent 6 months on some glacier somewhere near the North Pole. It was just him and one other guy - monitoring some sort of technical equipment. Doesn't that sound nice? No loud ruffians to disturb your day, no hot sweaty days, no nasty commutes, no alcohol. Just lots of time alone where it is nice and cold, and you can play FS when not monitoring equipment. No real expenses, and you get paid too.
From: mrtravel on 12 Aug 2006 23:29 Carole Allen wrote: > On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:47:32 +0100, "JohnT" > <johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>I hate to have to admit this, but I have a Junghans watch which synchronises >>with the MSF transmitter (it is 10 years old). And I have both a computer >>and a PDA. At which point the comparison with Mixi is at an end. Rumour hath >>it that he is finding Paris too hot in the Summer and is thinking of >>relocating to Seattle. >> >>JohnT >> > > Dear Mixi: it rains here 390 days each year. Isn't it true that the average rainfall in Seattle is less than that of some other major US cities?
From: Carole Allen on 12 Aug 2006 23:23 >Carole Allen wrote: > >> On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:47:32 +0100, "JohnT" >> <johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>I hate to have to admit this, but I have a Junghans watch which synchronises >>>with the MSF transmitter (it is 10 years old). And I have both a computer >>>and a PDA. At which point the comparison with Mixi is at an end. Rumour hath >>>it that he is finding Paris too hot in the Summer and is thinking of >>>relocating to Seattle. >>> >>>JohnT >>> >> >> Dear Mixi: it rains here 390 days each year. > On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:29:20 GMT, mrtravel <mrtravel(a)bcglobal.net> wrote: >Isn't it true that the average rainfall in Seattle is less than that of >some other major US cities? Ssssh...don't spill our secrets. The official position is that it rains in some form, from hard driving rain to soft drizzle, the skies are always gray, we have webbed feet, everyone lives in Gore-Tex clothing and listens to grunge bands while hopped up on caffeine. Really. Mixi would hate it.
From: mrtravel on 12 Aug 2006 23:52 Carole Allen wrote: >>Carole Allen wrote: >> >> >>>On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:47:32 +0100, "JohnT" >>><johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I hate to have to admit this, but I have a Junghans watch which synchronises >>>>with the MSF transmitter (it is 10 years old). And I have both a computer >>>>and a PDA. At which point the comparison with Mixi is at an end. Rumour hath >>>>it that he is finding Paris too hot in the Summer and is thinking of >>>>relocating to Seattle. >>>> >>>>JohnT >>>> >>> >>>Dear Mixi: it rains here 390 days each year. >> > On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:29:20 GMT, mrtravel <mrtravel(a)bcglobal.net> > wrote: > >>Isn't it true that the average rainfall in Seattle is less than that of >>some other major US cities? > > > Ssssh...don't spill our secrets. Just tell them the main carrier is Alaska Airlines. That is bound to scare people away.
From: JohnT on 13 Aug 2006 03:37
"Martin" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:15ltd2db8pfgapohehgl4pcbm5kj8v38rm(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:00:19 GMT, carolea7(a)comcast.net (Carole Allen) > wrote: > >>On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:47:32 +0100, "JohnT" >><johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>I hate to have to admit this, but I have a Junghans watch which >>>synchronises >>>with the MSF transmitter (it is 10 years old). And I have both a computer >>>and a PDA. At which point the comparison with Mixi is at an end. Rumour >>>hath >>>it that he is finding Paris too hot in the Summer and is thinking of >>>relocating to Seattle. >>> >>>JohnT >>> >>Dear Mixi: it rains here 390 days each year. We have slugs the size >>of 5 story buildings. And spiders. Sasquatch runs wild in the hills. >>Black bears routinely show up in local backuyards. [This one is >>true.] Mt. St. Helens could blow at any time, smothering us all in >>ash and/or lava and or mudflows. Seattle sits right on a major fault >>line - we have had big earthquakes before and will have them again one >>day. We have lots of smog alert days due to inversions. Traffic >>sucks. Our baseball team sucks. The guy who started Starbuck's lives >>here. Also Bill Gates. And Paul Allen. Oh, and we are a port city >>with port protection not adequately funded by Homeland Security. And >>we have a nuclear submarine base just across the Sound. And military >>bases all over, south, west, north of us. We are a sitting target for >>terrorists. I am sure you would hate it. Perhaps Oslo would be more >>to your liking. >> >>I once knew a guy who spent 6 months on some glacier somewhere near >>the North Pole. It was just him and one other guy - monitoring some >>sort of technical equipment. Doesn't that sound nice? No loud >>ruffians to disturb your day, no hot sweaty days, no nasty commutes, >>no alcohol. Just lots of time alone where it is nice and cold, and >>you can play FS when not monitoring equipment. No real expenses, and >>you get paid too. > > Mixi loves being miserable. It looks like he will chose Seattle. Forget Mixi. It sounds good to me,too. Do you think Carole may have some spare accommodation? JohnT |