The Goat Pen

One time when Norm McDonald was on Letterman, he was like "Speaking of Hitler, the more I hear about that guy, the less I care for him..."

Speaking of Hitler, while I was shaving this morning, I wondered if the toothbrush mustache will ever come back in style. That guy really ruined it.

Speaking of Hitler's mustache, he originally favored a handler bar 'stache. He was ordered to trim it as a rank and file soldier in WWI so that his gas mask would fit better. He decided to keep the look.

Incidentally, his mask didn't work properly and he was sickened (temporarily blinded) due to poison gas.

I posted those last two posts before I read eCat's full account. LMFAO. That's awesome...

"AA/sardis/maybe 10AC all have to be older then me."

You mean combined, right?

maybe its because you all seem old

many of you are retired

I think AA runs the AARP chapter in alabama

seems like most of you need blue pills

many of you know what festival seating is

I heard a Jimmy Carter reference

many seniles here believe Grateful dead> Rush

some reference some dude named sid bream like it was yesterday that he was safe at the plate

pete rose in the hall--hell hes been banned longer then most of our kids have been around

hell theres even a GWTW discussion going around

you guys seem old as dirt

crashcourse wrote:maybe its because you all seem old

many of you are retired

I think AA runs the AARP chapter in alabama

seems like most of you need blue pills

many of you know what festival seating is

I heard a Jimmy Carter reference

many seniles here believe Grateful dead> Rush

some reference some dude named sid bream like it was yesterday that he was safe at the plate

pete rose in the hall--hell hes been banned longer then most of our kids have been around

hell theres even a GWTW discussion going around

you guys seem old as dirt

you left out 8 tracks and bell bottoms

I'm old, but I'm fabulous!


(Did that sound gay?)

Not me. I'm in my prime.

Prime? You're just a number to me.

there is one good thing about being older

vacation bitches! I don't work the rest of the year

(I'd trade it all to be 27 again)

I concede most of crash's points, but I'm not sure how preferring the Grateful Dead over Rush is an indication of age. Not from a musical taste standpoint, but just that Rush has been around almost as long as The Dead. It's not exactly a sign that you're on the cutting edge of new music to say that Rush is your favorite band. Quite the contrary...

Rush sucks.

eCat wrote:there is one good thing about being older

vacation bitches! I don't work the rest of the year

(I'd trade it all to be 27 again)

What is your company's vacation policy? I've been at my current company for two years now and, at my level, we don't have a vacation or sick day policy - we just take what we want. It's a genius plan since it feels like we have a lot since we have complete control and flexibility over our away time but, as it turns out, I use less vacation than I did in my previous job.

hedge wrote:You gotta love a post that begins with "Speaking of Hitler"...

EFZ

crashcourse wrote:maybe its because you all seem old

many of you are retired

I think AA runs the AARP chapter in alabama

seems like most of you need blue pills

many of you know what festival seating is

I heard a Jimmy Carter reference

many seniles here believe Grateful dead> Rush

some reference some dude named sid bream like it was yesterday that he was safe at the plate

pete rose in the hall--hell hes been banned longer then most of our kids have been around

hell theres even a GWTW discussion going around

you guys seem old as dirt

Well done.

Cletus wrote:

eCat wrote:there is one good thing about being older

vacation bitches! I don't work the rest of the year

(I'd trade it all to be 27 again)

What is your company's vacation policy? I've been at my current company for two years now and, at my level, we don't have a vacation or sick day policy - we just take what we want. It's a genius plan since it feels like we have a lot since we have complete control and flexibility over our away time but, as it turns out, I use less vacation than I did in my previous job.

I haven't had a real vacation day where I was not called or attended a meeting telephonically in 2 years.

Bklyn wrote:

Cletus wrote:

eCat wrote:there is one good thing about being older

vacation bitches! I don't work the rest of the year

(I'd trade it all to be 27 again)

What is your company's vacation policy? I've been at my current company for two years now and, at my level, we don't have a vacation or sick day policy - we just take what we want. It's a genius plan since it feels like we have a lot since we have complete control and flexibility over our away time but, as it turns out, I use less vacation than I did in my previous job.

I haven't had a real vacation day where I was not called or attended a meeting telephonically in 2 years.

I'm never truly away since I've always got my phone with me. But, when I'm on vacation, I try to disconnect as much as possible. Honestly, there is nothing that any of us are doing that is all that important that we can't be away for a few days. And, for me, I'm in complete control of my team and our agenda and almost all of what we are doing are projects that have hard deadlines and are planned months in advance so I can pretty easily arrange my schedule around busy/important times. I do something related to work almost every day of the year and definitely every night after the family goes to bed so I don't feel so bad on those few occasions when I disconnect.

I have a couple of times a year when I wouldn't plan a vacation. Luckily, most of that is in September and November when I probably wouldn't be wanting to take a vacation anyway...

"I haven't had a real vacation day where I was not called or attended a meeting telephonically in 2 years."

"I'm never truly away since I've always got my phone with me."

Good lord. When I go on vacation, I am out. Don't call the office, don't get any calls from the office. Nada. I don't even take my phone when I go out of the country. Of course, you guys make way more caiiissshh than I do and I'm sure I'd make myself available 24/7 if I was making significantly more than I do now...