Originally Posted By MPierce >> no I wasn't! Ask my Mom about the baby m...no, I can't, she gonna kill me, or make me eat meat!! << Would that be pre-chewed meat?
Originally Posted By -em >>Galoshes can be a tricky subject to deal with!<< Especially when trying to spell the word
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 What does any of this have to do with exec axing? Just asking ... And I have to say one of things I like about LP.com is that is, frankly, an adult site ... I would guess the median age here is likely well above 30 ... as opposed to another site I post on. Now, this may surprise some, but I do like kids. I just can't see what they could add to the type of discussions we have here. On the 'magical' site, I often am engaged by people who were born in the 1990s -- some very intelligent and articulate -- but it's very hard to discuss Disney when their perspective is so divergent because they're relative babes in the world. I don't care whether kids post here or not, but I certainly wouldn't censor myself if they did.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt << What does any of this have to do with exec axing?>> Nothing, aparently that topic became a bore so we started talking about condoms!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Nothing, aparently that topic became a bore so we started talking about condoms!>> Ah ... sometimes I feel like I need protection before reading threads here anyway!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<For the record, I'm 17.>> I think I have some canned goods and bottles of alcohol older than you ... and on behalf of all adults in the USA, I apologize for the state of the country (even if many of us saw it coming).
Originally Posted By Disney and beyond Well, I've still got a while until I actually have to worry about the real world. As of now, I'm still living off my parents. I've found peace in Disney actually. Not nessicarily current Disney (Though I'm not as hard on it as most of you are)
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt since your're here Disney & Beyond, I'm still waiting for you to answere my HM trivia question over in Trivia & Games! I guessed Minnie, which is most likely wrong but, I'm trying to keep the game going..Thanks!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Well, I've still got a while until I actually have to worry about the real world. As of now, I'm still living off my parents.>> Some good advice: live off them as long as you can! Being out in the 'real world' ain't all it's cracked up to be!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^^ I used to tell that all the time to my 24 year old - she listened real good
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hmmmm, well I was financially self sufficient from the age of 18, and that has been a fantastic lesson and experience. My BIL is a loser who left home at 30 and can barely cope with life. My advice, get independent as soon as possible.
Originally Posted By Disney and beyond Yeah, I'm using looking a USC as an excuse to make my first trip to DL. My dream is to be an Imagineer, so I may listen to the calls from you all. Too bad I'm a long ways away from ever doing that.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> What does any of this have to do with exec axing? Just asking ... << Absolutely nothing. What do you suggest? After we all name who we want to get the ax or stay, and we all admit we don't have a clue who took the buyout, what then. I find a departure to galoshes refreshing.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I think I have some canned goods and bottles of alcohol older than you ... and on behalf of all adults in the USA, I apologize for the state of the country (even if many of us saw it coming). << Loving someone is never having to say you're sorry!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> <<Well, I've still got a while until I actually have to worry about the real world. As of now, I'm still living off my parents.>> >> Some good advice: live off them as long as you can! Being out in the 'real world' ain't all it's cracked up to be! << Living out in the real world is great. You can indulge in all kinds of bad habbits, and debauchery. The only draw back is you have to pay for it yourself. Those jobs can be pesky.
Originally Posted By MPierce << What does any of this have to do with exec axing?>> >> Nothing, aparently that topic became a bore so we started talking about condoms! << Is that the same thing as DVC?
Originally Posted By avro_imagineer <<Well, I've still got a while until I actually have to worry about the real world. As of now, I'm still living off my parents.>> About my kid brothers advice. All I can say is -> Get a degree in something useful. Don't pursue a degree in something you like. Get one where there's lots of jobs. Lest you return back to school to get another degree. I laughed when I was told that. I didn't listen, it added another 3 yrs to my post secondary education. Or get into a trade. The sooner you start, the sooner you can retire. Wouldn't you rather retire in your 50's and have 30 years of fun? Living at home is fine, If you're saving for your future (or using it to say entertain yourself responsibly ) but don't "live in the basement". Have a life, use it as a place to crash. (That doesn't mean driving your moms vehicle into the garage door like someone I know )
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<ah yes- the company that opened it's admin support center in Brazil afew years before we did - yep HP all american all right - LOL!>> I think that perhaps the only thing HP still makes in the US are its inkjet cartridges, unless they shut down production in Corvallis.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Hmmmm, well I was financially self sufficient from the age of 18, and that has been a fantastic lesson and experience. My BIL is a loser who left home at 30 and can barely cope with life. My advice, get independent as soon as possible.>> Gotta disagree here ... you haven't lived in the States in quite a while ... this isn't a time to strike out on your own ... it's a time to learn as much as you can and take one's time. I would not want to be a college grad getting out of school thinking there's going to even be a single job offer. It's just not reality. Every field is shrinking ... hell, when DL (where turnover was some absurd number) now has to close its casting center because no one is leaving and there aren't jobs to fill, it tells you plenty. I've told my young friends to go grad school, go abroad to study (if possible), even get MBAs ... but the idea is to delay getting out as long as you can (while hopefully not racking up huge student loan payments.) Independence is a great thing. And if Mom and Dad (and extended family) can set one up with it due to generational wealth, it's one thing ... but for someone coming from a working class (or lower middle class) USA upbringing, life can be a disaster if one just thinks they'll just strike out and make it on their own (for some reason I see MTM tossing her beret in the Minneapolis air!)
