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Ensign Expendable posted:French toast and a pale ale is dinner, right? Absolutely. Mix it up with Guinness every so often for special occasions (or because your iron intake is low). Just got back from an excellent dinner at a friend's place. His wife went to bed early (they have a very young wee boy) and the two of us stayed up drinking wine and watching terrible sci-fi. I'm back at my place now, had some tea, got my tobacco, my 12 year Highland Park single malt, and it's time for yet another Firefly rerun on Netflix because 
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quote:Only downside is knowing I will eventually need to look for a job to avoid starvation (but that's many months away with how much I saved up from the last 18 months work). Oh well, time for another drink. You should really get on unemployment ASAP if you haven't already. It stretches your savings out a reeeaaally long time.
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May 22, 2014 01:39
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Pharmaskittle posted:You should really get on unemployment ASAP if you haven't already. It stretches your savings out a reeeaaally long time. This. I would have been able to live on the dole for like, 11 months, if I did my unemployment sooner.
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May 22, 2014 01:45
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Last time I was on unemployment I got a job like a month later. Not really needing a job does wonders for the interview process; no anxiety. Down side is only having a month off.
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May 22, 2014 01:53
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JEEVES420 posted:Last time I was on unemployment I got a job like a month later. Not really needing a job does wonders for the interview process; no anxiety. Down side is only having a month off. Not needing a job does wonders for your mind, as you come to recognize the poo poo you actually LIKE doing to be productive. Also realizing that you can totally eat steak and cider everyday and no one will stop you from marathoning that Netflix queue.
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May 22, 2014 01:57
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Wasabi the J posted:This. I would have been able to live on the dole for like, 11 months, if I did my unemployment sooner. Just got my work to send me the separation notice last week, but planning to apply tonight. How involved is the process, and how long until checks start coming in?
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May 22, 2014 02:00
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Remember also that depending on your industry, people are going to ask some questions if you haven't worked in a while. Like what the hell you were doing. A lot of companies toss a resume if it shows you haven't worked in 6-12 months, too. Not saying this is the case, but just a warning... don't want to gently caress yourself over.
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May 22, 2014 02:04
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1redflag posted:Just got my work to send me the separation notice last week, but planning to apply tonight. How involved is the process, and how long until checks start coming in? I live in Mississippi and was able to do it entirely online including direct deposit and go in to an actual office to verify that I was in fact still unemployed and looking for work. Here, you have to document having applied to at least three different jobs every week. I got a little less than $200 a week. Luckily, I was only out of work for like two or three months, but I wouldn't have made it without the unemployment checks. Ed: I didn't answer your question about how long it takes because I don't really remember. A week or two after you apply, I think? Pharmaskittle has a new favorite as of 02:35 on May 22, 2014 |
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May 22, 2014 02:14
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I just hosed up my elbow during Krav Maga class, so now I'm home and icing it with a full bottle of beer while drinking from another bottle. Ah, sweet pain relief.
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May 22, 2014 03:01
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1redflag posted:Got poo poo-canned from work last month with 3 months severance and have been living the dream since. Wake up when I want with a bong rip to meet the day, Not to harsh your *buzz* on purpose, but... you might want to stop with the weed, especially if you're looking for a new job. Unless you live in a state where it's legal and/or no one gives a poo poo.
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May 22, 2014 03:09
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The best bachelor purchase to start a summer was the 3 cartons of marlboros I picked up after visiting friends in Houston that will hopefully last until September Fuckin Canadian tobacco prices I feel like a cig millionaire ahahahaha 120 dollars for 600 cigarettes... I want to build a time machine and show my high school self how big im gonna hit it
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May 22, 2014 03:19
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1redflag posted:Just got my work to send me the separation notice last week, but planning to apply tonight. How involved is the process, and how long until checks start coming in? In Texas 3-4 weeks. There is a process where you apply, they contact your employer (this what usually takes the longest as they have no reason to not drag their feet), then they contact you again, if there is any dispute then they contact the employer again then you. After that it was a week and every week after that. Echoing the too long out of work and its looked down on...and the weed if you're in an industry that cares.
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May 22, 2014 03:27
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JEEVES420 posted:Echoing the too long out of work and its looked down on...and the weed if you're in an industry that cares. I had it come up in my interviews, but once I explained things I had no issue getting an offer after. Even if the job I have now underpays the poo poo out of me because I ended up giving myself more interesting work when I ran out of stuff to do. I wish I was full-blown selling again. E: The issue was getting the drat interviews. I found linkedin to be best for that, for some reason I got less trashed resumes from there. Ugly In The Morning has a new favorite as of 05:29 on May 22, 2014 |
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May 22, 2014 04:13
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whatshesaid posted:Not to harsh your *buzz* on purpose, but... you might want to stop with the weed, especially if you're looking for a new job. Unless you live in a state where it's legal and/or no one gives a poo poo. Thanks, dad.
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May 22, 2014 05:49
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Bukowski posted:The best bachelor purchase to start a summer was the 3 cartons of marlboros I picked up after visiting friends in Houston that will hopefully last until September I checked this before looking to see if I could snag some cartons when I visited home in the deep south, so be careful- supposedly you're only allowed to 200 cigarettes per person with the tobacco allowance that you can bring across tax free.
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May 22, 2014 06:03
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I love my four on three off shifts. Tonight is wine and wings. Tomorrow is whisky and Wolfenstein. I don't know how it gets better. Maybe a cigar?
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May 22, 2014 06:12
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1redflag posted:Thanks, dad. I don't smoke, but guess how I learned the other part? Yeah, learn from my mistake, that way at least one person does 
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May 22, 2014 06:27
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TheKingslayer posted:I love my four on three off shifts. Tonight is wine and wings. Tomorrow is whisky and Wolfenstein. I don't know how it gets better. Maybe a cigar? Cigars aren't alliterative enough, has to be weed. Sorry, them's the rules
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May 22, 2014 09:32
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TheKingslayer posted:I love my four on three off shifts. Tonight is wine and wings. Tomorrow is whisky and Wolfenstein. I don't know how it gets better. Maybe a cigar? My favorite shift was M/T/T/F 10am-9pm. It was a lovely job but after two days there was a day off so it made it tolerable. Worst was M/T/W/F, man did I call in so many Fridays for 4 day weekends. I wish all jobs were four tens, as I get older the jobs are turning into five tens 
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May 22, 2014 16:57
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Grrl Anachronism posted:I checked this before looking to see if I could snag some cartons when I visited home in the deep south, so be careful- supposedly you're only allowed to 200 cigarettes per person with the tobacco allowance that you can bring across tax free. Brought back 800 Lucky Strike Filtereds from Afghanistan, no problem. Too bad I was forced to quit immediately due to debilitating COPD.
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May 22, 2014 20:15
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Wasabi the J posted:debilitating COPD. ...How old are you??
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May 23, 2014 02:47
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whatshesaid posted:...How old are you?? Old enough to get respiratory problems from smoking, apparently. If the dude is smoking Luckys, that goes double.
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May 23, 2014 20:10
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Everyone knows the whole "welfare queen" fallacy. I know unemployment is a totally legit "safety net" but I also believe that even those who are totally taking advantage and laying around getting drunk and high, for months on end totally deserve it just as much as anyone else. Like really, you tell them the reasons why you need it, but a totally legit reason would be "I've worked my rear end off for god knows how long. Each day I dread the commute to and from work, more and more. My boss was a dick, my co-workers were assholes, I'm tired, angry, somewhat depressed and simply fed up. I need this." We owe it to ourselves as a society to allow for each citizen to live for 2-8 months every 6-10 years or so, in a lackadaisical stupor. Employed for unemployment 2014!!! cname has a new favorite as of 21:29 on May 23, 2014 |
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May 23, 2014 21:23
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Big Grunty Secret posted:Old enough to get respiratory problems from smoking, apparently. If the dude is smoking Luckys, that goes double. The garbage burning, the dust and poo poo filled air of Afghanistan didn't help.
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May 23, 2014 21:43
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dregan posted:Cigars aren't alliterative enough, has to be weed. Sorry, them's the rules If only work didn't drug test . I've never been stoned, but I'd like to see what the fuss is about.
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TheKingslayer posted:If only work didn't drug test in other words, you can safely smoke every other day, the crazy "weed is fat soluble and sticks around for weeks nobody knows what happens it's all individual" stuff only happens if you're a burnout
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May 24, 2014 06:35
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TheKingslayer posted:If only work didn't drug test Holy poo poo. That being said, the experience is different for everyone. My first few times trying it, I didn't see what the big deal was. I just got sleepy and wanted a drink. It wasn't fun until I re-visited it again in my early 20's. At that point, smoking up and watching the Wiggles was a life-changing experience. It went something like: GREG: Did you just tickle me, Captain Feathersword? CPT. FEATHERSWORD: Oh, no, Greg. ME: YOU'RE GOD drat RIGHT HE DID! titties has a new favorite as of 06:51 on May 24, 2014 |
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May 24, 2014 06:46
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Straker posted:since this thread is supposed to be for lifehacks too: Unless you are a weird mutant (you can just buy drug test strips from amazon less than a buck each to confirm), if you are capable of pissing clean to begin with, then smoke a reasonable amount of marijuana, you will piss clean in two days or less. That's just normal piss too, obviously you can speed things up by several halflives by drinking lots of water in the few hours before your test. I have never been drug tested (for work) in over 10 years of employment through about 7 different jobs in Phoenix and NYC. Most service industries don't test and unless you're going for something majorly corporate you're probably in the clear. Attitudes are relaxing in the US and especially in major cities. I've worked in corporate retail offices where I would smoke out with my bosses on occasion. If you're a heavy but responsible weed smoker you really have to think if a place that drug tests is going to be the right fit for you to begin with.
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Any employer that wants to drug test you is not somewhere you should want to be employed.
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Hamagic posted:I have never been drug tested (for work) in over 10 years of employment through about 7 different jobs in Phoenix and NYC. Most service industries don't test and unless you're going for something majorly corporate you're probably in the clear. Attitudes are relaxing in the US and especially in major cities. I've worked in corporate retail offices where I would smoke out with my bosses on occasion. If you're a heavy but responsible weed smoker you really have to think if a place that drug tests is going to be the right fit for you to begin with. My state has a ban on company-wide and random drug testing so the only time you have to worry about it is when you're trying to get hired somewhere, and even then only if it's a job at a corporate/government place or big chain, usually. I've smoked with my managers during work hours at most of my jobs, it rules.
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Straker posted:Unless you are a weird mutant (you can just buy test strips from amazon less than a buck each to confirm) It took me a while to wrestle this statement into the context that you (I think) actually intended. 
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Turfahurf posted:My state has a ban on company-wide and random drug testing so the only time you have to worry about it is when you're trying to get hired somewhere, and even then only if it's a job at a corporate/government place or big chain, usually. I've smoked with my managers during work hours at most of my jobs, it rules. Pretty much the same in CT. They can test you before hiring if they notify you in advance, but random testing is only allowed if it's a safety thing (driving, heavy machinery, etc.) or required by federal law. One of my friends works for the MTA as a track worker and they only test people if there's an accident.
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I live in the most southern part of Alabama and work for a medical billing/programming company. So they just draw names out of a hat for drug testing. I've been there a year and not been tested, but I know the moment I do anything, I'm getting testing.
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Oh Adaira posted:Any employer that wants to drug test you is not somewhere you should want to be employed. So, no one should enter health care? Or emergency response professions? Airline pilots? Etc., etc.? You kids who are free to live it up, please do, in honor of those of us who can't. Ever. For life.
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Splizwarf posted:It took me a while to wrestle this statement into the context that you (I think) actually intended. whatshesaid posted:So, no one should enter health care? Or emergency response professions? Airline pilots? Etc., etc.? 
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May 25, 2014 10:25
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i just got robbed at gunpoint, so I spent today and yesterday getting completely shitfaced on cheap beer. Bastard stole everything.
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djbaseball24 posted:i just got robbed at gunpoint, so I spent today and yesterday getting completely shitfaced on cheap beer. Bastard stole everything. I CAN'T be the only one that needs more details here... Sooooo, what exactly happened? I have a long and boring shift ahead of me, so feel free to embellish anything you need to, to make it more entertaining to read...
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Jut finished 24 hours coding over 2 days. Now I have whisky and damnit I am getting drunk on a Tuesday night.
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Turns out bread goes from perfectly fine to moldy as gently caress basically overnight, so I just ate some peanut butter and jelly with a spoon. Not because I don't have any money, mostly because I didn't feel like getting off my rear end and going to buy more bread...
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kastein posted:Turns out bread goes from perfectly fine to moldy as gently caress basically overnight, so I just ate some peanut butter and jelly with a spoon. Not because I don't have any money, mostly because I didn't feel like getting off my rear end and going to buy more bread... Scrape the mould off.
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