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[Annyong]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

 

[Josie Maran]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

 

[strykerpks]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

Cool Ranch tacos at Taco Bell come in March

 

[Annyong]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

Cool Ranch tacos at Taco Bell come in March

Yes, actually marked on my calendar at work.

 

[Josie Maran]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

Cool Ranch tacos at Taco Bell come in March

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

 

[Annyong]

misspelled my own last name

 

[strykerpks]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

Cool Ranch tacos at Taco Bell come in March

Yes, actually marked on my calendar at work.

My fat ### has officially quit fast food but I will be buying a dozen or so when they come out

 

[strykerpks]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

Cool Ranch tacos at Taco Bell come in March

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

I love you

 

[Annyong]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

Cool Ranch tacos at Taco Bell come in March

Yes, actually marked on my calendar at work.

My fat ### has officially quit fast food but I will be buying a dozen or so when they come out

I work with a guy who.is fat. He's really excited

 

[strykerpks]

I speak for fat guys and my wife. We're excited for cool ranch tacos

 

[Josie Maran]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

Cool Ranch tacos at Taco Bell come in March

Yes, actually marked on my calendar at work.

My fat ### has officially quit fast food but I will be buying a dozen or so when they come out

There are no fast food places within 30 minutes of me so the only Taco Bell or Wendy's I've had since last May was when I was home for Christmas. But against all odds, I've still been able to pack on 15 pounds. THANK YOU!!!

 

[strykerpks]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

Cool Ranch tacos at Taco Bell come in March

Yes, actually marked on my calendar at work.

My fat ### has officially quit fast food but I will be buying a dozen or so when they come out

There are no fast food places within 30 minutes of me so the only Taco Bell or Wendy's I've had since last May was when I was home for Christmas. But against all odds, I've still been able to pack on 15 pounds. THANK YOU!!!

I'm here to serve.Wanna have a 6 pack race?

 

[Disco Stu]

Mrs. SLB says hello to the Cosholers.

Oh hey, hi. Just now going to bed after a night of drinking. Where's Bill?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Mrs. SLB says hello to the Cosholers.

Oh hey, hi. Just now going to bed after a night of drinking. Where's Bill?

I'm here, but we MAY have had a slight gap in the GMTAN Continuous Alcohol Intake

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Ok, off to meet the Bengali Babe.She hasn't been ruined by the American way of always having to say the polite thing. We were having a beer somewhere or another and she says (this was a compliment): "Even though you're not skinny, you have a nice face".Yeah, I've got no shot

 

[Guster]

Ok, off to meet the Bengali Babe.She hasn't been ruined by the American way of always having to say the polite thing. We were having a beer somewhere or another and she says (this was a compliment): "Even though you're not skinny, you have a nice face".Yeah, I've got no shot

Channel your inner Stu and don't put the ##### on a pedestal

 

[rabidfireweasel]

Appreciate the feedback. People who I have talked to in the industry recommended a "normal" approach. It was suggested that I spell out what I was applying for and then why I was applying for it. I felt weird doing it but that is why I ended with "I am an excellent candidate blah blah blah" instead of starting with it.

The opening is very cliche. I don't know how to change that. I was told that for this sort of position, companies would like to see basic comprehension

I don't know how many resumes these guys (or others in industry) are getting, but normal just means all resumes look exactly the same, so why pick one over another. I'm not advocating rainbows and unicorns, just a shifted focus on what's important for the job, per their description.

Agree to Disagree. I think a beautifully hand rendered unicorn on top of his header would make him a lock for the job.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

I feel like cover letters are a waste of time. They pretty much always repeat your resume on some way. Why require them?

 

[rabidfireweasel]

I feel like cover letters are a waste of time. They pretty much always repeat your resume on some way. Why require them?

It shows your ability to write a short on point letter where you condense a lot of information into a specific compelling argument. It is an enormously useful skill. It demonstrates writing ability, preparation, professionalism, problem solving, ability to create hierarchy and the ability to carry out a basic, straightforward assignment. I think that for mid-range salary positions (40K-100K) they are not likely to go the way of the dodo.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Krista's midget

Band name.

This practice needs to be retired immediately.

You're way off base here, good buddy.

I'm not. This is why you pay me. You need to be aware of these things.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Update

Spoiler

Have two solid job leads. A commercial furniture company in Houston is hiring sales management for Austin. They do about 120 million a year in business and the staffing firm has interviewed me twice and told me to look to hear from them next week for an interview with the company itself. Had a phone interview Thursday with a pre-ipo software company that I can't quit thinking about. I love their software, love the sector, and love that they are destroying the competition. Moving in to the 22nd floor of a downtown building next month and looking at ipo in the next couple years. Really excited. But then out of the blue comes a long shot for my current business. A person we know in our sector who owns a 30M business in Georgia is looking to open a facility in central texas. It is possible - no idea how likely - that he would buy us to acquire our talent and infrastructure and contacts. I would likely become an employee of his company (not exciting) but would get to run things using his capital and (most important) most or all of our debt would go away. I would be blessed to have to choose between the three things, although it would be no choice at all.

Good luck, COlin

 

[Mr.Pack]

Krista's midget

Band name.

This practice needs to be retired immediately.

You're way off base here, good buddy.

Band name

 

[T Bell]

Ok, off to meet the Bengali Babe.She hasn't been ruined by the American way of always having to say the polite thing. We were having a beer somewhere or another and she says (this was a compliment): "Even though you're not skinny, you have a nice face".Yeah, I've got no shot

I'm getting turned on.

 

[T Bell]

I feel like cover letters are a waste of time. They pretty much always repeat your resume on some way. Why require them?

It shows your ability to write a short on point letter where you condense a lot of information into a specific compelling argument. It is an enormously useful skill. It demonstrates writing ability, preparation, professionalism, problem solving, ability to create hierarchy and the ability to carry out a basic, straightforward assignment. I think that for mid-range salary positions (40K-100K) they are not likely to go the way of the dodo.

It also shows a degree of customization of your application, and therefore of time spent and research of their company and position, rather than being just one more pellet in a resume blast. It's one of those things that tends not to be "essential", but it's noted if it's not there.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Mrs. SLB says hello to the Cosholers.

First off, how are you doing?

Secondly, how's the hummus?

Wonderful.

Update

Spoiler

Have two solid job leads. A commercial furniture company in Houston is hiring sales management for Austin. They do about 120 million a year in business and the staffing firm has interviewed me twice and told me to look to hear from them next week for an interview with the company itself. Had a phone interview Thursday with a pre-ipo software company that I can't quit thinking about. I love their software, love the sector, and love that they are destroying the competition. Moving in to the 22nd floor of a downtown building next month and looking at ipo in the next couple years. Really excited. But then out of the blue comes a long shot for my current business. A person we know in our sector who owns a 30M business in Georgia is looking to open a facility in central texas. It is possible - no idea how likely - that he would buy us to acquire our talent and infrastructure and contacts. I would likely become an employee of his company (not exciting) but would get to run things using his capital and (most important) most or all of our debt would go away. I would be blessed to have to choose between the three things, although it would be no choice at all.

Spoiler

I applied for a job tonight. Left the salary requirements off my cover letter. If I don't get it I'm blaming you.

Spoiler

This was the right answer.

If they don't know Colin, I"m then blaming you. GLGBColin

Mrs. SLB says hello to the Cosholers.

Oh hey, hi. Just now going to bed after a night of drinking. Where's Bill?

Went to the bar/restaurant by the house after the movie. Bar was packed so we get a table on the restaurant side. They sit us next to this big round table with 12 young twenty something girls. Almost all of them were really hot and they were all in pristine condition. Then our waitress is smoking hot, lower 30's I would guess. Oh and she was wearing yoga pants. Overwhelmed by the amount of estrogen in the air, my dumb ### starts flirting with her. I'm thinking, hey no kids, lets get funky tonight. After a few smiles exchanged between me and the waitress I say "she's really pretty isn't she?" This didn't go over so well, I think Mrs. SLB was feeling intimidated or something about the amount of hot tail in our proximately. Thankfully I recovered well.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Ok, off to meet the Bengali Babe.She hasn't been ruined by the American way of always having to say the polite thing. We were having a beer somewhere or another and she says (this was a compliment): "Even though you're not skinny, you have a nice face".Yeah, I've got no shot

I'm getting turned on.

 

[Britney Spears]

Warehouse manager? You need to have numbers (square footage, workers, inventory items, turnover) etx on it.

I think I do have numbers, but charv and K4 can confirm if it's enough

You have workers, inventory items, order volume/wk, but lacking turnover and sq footage. I do like that the training and certifications are there, but I would have liked to see them more highlighted. It's a big selling point IMO, and I would hate people to glance past it.

Should I say that I went from 15K square feet to 35K square feet to 50K square feet to 25K square feet to 17K square feet? I left that part out because it was a downward trend of my company.Turnover is hard for me to define. We pay $10/hour to start so it literally is a revolving door of people searching for $10.50

right call to leave that out...

Couldn't you just say something like: "Scaled along with company growth"?

 

[Thorn]

Loving Annyong's work in the last page or so.

Didn't know anyone was reading. Also thanks for the Cheesy Gordita Crunch recommendation. Good shot

Cool Ranch tacos at Taco Bell come in March

Yes, actually marked on my calendar at work.

My fat ### has officially quit fast food but I will be buying a dozen or so when they come out

There are no fast food places within 30 minutes of me so the only Taco Bell or Wendy's I've had since last May was when I was home for Christmas. But against all odds, I've still been able to pack on 15 pounds. THANK YOU!!!

I'm here to serve.Wanna have a 6 pack race?

Yes

 

[Britney Spears]

ONE of you guys send me some Yuengling (sp?)

I would love some of this also.

 

[flysack]

Crap like that makes me not wish to rent to people at all, though.

My story: I have a tenant who has become a friend and I desire to help him. His dad is dying of cancer, he's addicted to heroin, and he refuses to go to detox because going to detox is horrible. He hasn't paid rent in a couple months, and I've made a conscious decision to let it slide because the only other places he has to go are places that will end up with him doing every drug known to man. I know this makes me sound like a sucker, but I really like the guy, he's got a great heart, and he's just stuck in this awful place. I don't know really how to handle it because I'm not too experienced with heroin or my dad dying, but we're going to try to detox him here first. If that doesn't work (which it won't), I might get to have the go to detox or move out conversation with him, because as much as I want to help the guy I feel that having heroin in my house that I rent out to people is pretty much a 100% no go.

I admire the length & depth of your compassion, but don't envy your situation. You're right: detoxing outside a program will only delay the inevitable trip to a real detox. Heroin detox is absolute hell; there's a good reason people avoid it and remain addicts for decades. That's also why you can never trust a heroin addict. When push comes to shove, they will do anything to avoid the pain of withdrawal. Which means you need to direct this guy from your life into professional care asap, or you will suffer some serious consequences. Best with it, P. You're a good man. I hope this doesn't come back to bite you in the assets.

 

[flysack]

retired immediately.

Band name.

 

[flysack]

What the odds that "Band Name" is an actual band's name?

I'd say pretty good.

 

[bentley]

One hour wait for a haircut here at Sportclips. Just spent the last 50 minutes in a bar. Slap it high?

 

[Mr. Pickles]

One hour wait for a haircut here at Sportclips. Just spent the last 50 minutes in a bar. Slap it high?

Think up some band names.

 

[ScottNorwood]

One hour wait for a haircut here at Sportclips. Just spent the last 50 minutes in a bar. Slap it high?

Think up some band names.

This should be it's own thread :wheelhouse:

 

[St. Louis Bob]

One hour wait for a haircut here at Sportclips. Just spent the last 50 minutes in a bar. Slap it high?

The boys wanted to stay another night with Mom and Dad so I'm at a bar eating toasted ravioli and drinking Newcastle.

 

[Ignoramus]

Ok, here's guster's no longer top secret bloody mary recipe that I pilfered from a local bar:46oz tomato juice (I'd recommend spicy v8 or similar)1 pint Guinness1 pint vodka (No need to get fancy, I usually use Absolut Pepar for some extra kick)1 cup hot sauce (Frank's Red Hot or personal preference)2oz (insert Woz joke here) Rose's Lime juice2oz (anyone got another Woz joke?) Worcestershire sauce2oz (again?) pickle juice (preferably from the garnish pickles listed below)4 teaspoons sugar1 tablespoon horseradish1 tablespoon Cajun spice mix1 tablespoon celery saltGarnish with part of a stick of a Slim Jim, a cheese cube and an olive on a toothpick skewered through a Mandingo spicy hot dill pickle. Salt rim of glass with 3:1 margarita salt to Cajun spiceServe with a rocks glass of PBR or Yeungling

Finally mixed up a batch of this. I did not have the Rose's for some reason so I used the juice of one lemon and substituted agave nectar for the sugar, but I'd imagine it's pretty close flavor-wise to the original.Yummy

 

[Guster]

Ok, here's guster's no longer top secret bloody mary recipe that I pilfered from a local bar:46oz tomato juice (I'd recommend spicy v8 or similar)1 pint Guinness1 pint vodka (No need to get fancy, I usually use Absolut Pepar for some extra kick)1 cup hot sauce (Frank's Red Hot or personal preference)2oz (insert Woz joke here) Rose's Lime juice2oz (anyone got another Woz joke?) Worcestershire sauce2oz (again?) pickle juice (preferably from the garnish pickles listed below)4 teaspoons sugar1 tablespoon horseradish1 tablespoon Cajun spice mix1 tablespoon celery saltGarnish with part of a stick of a Slim Jim, a cheese cube and an olive on a toothpick skewered through a Mandingo spicy hot dill pickle. Salt rim of glass with 3:1 margarita salt to Cajun spiceServe with a rocks glass of PBR or Yeungling

Finally mixed up a batch of this. I did not have the Rose's for some reason so I used the juice of one lemon and substituted agave nectar for the sugar, but I'd imagine it's pretty close flavor-wise to the original.Yummy

 

[krista4]

stryker, looks like you've already received tons of great advice on the resume and cover letter. Sorry I didn't review more quickly. The only thing I'd add is that the cover letter should cover a bit more pointedly why this company and this position are desirable to you.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Ok, off to meet the Bengali Babe.She hasn't been ruined by the American way of always having to say the polite thing. We were having a beer somewhere or another and she says (this was a compliment): "Even though you're not skinny, you have a nice face".Yeah, I've got no shot

Channel your inner Stu and don't put the ##### on a pedestal

Evidently, I think slow-playing this is the right way to go

 

[shuke]

One hour wait for a haircut here at Sportclips. Just spent the last 50 minutes in a bar. Slap it high?

Think up some band names.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Ok, off to meet the Bengali Babe.She hasn't been ruined by the American way of always having to say the polite thing. We were having a beer somewhere or another and she says (this was a compliment): "Even though you're not skinny, you have a nice face".Yeah, I've got no shot

Channel your inner Stu and don't put the ##### on a pedestal

Evidently, I think slow-playing this is the right way to go

You asked her to marry you this morning, didn't you?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Ok, off to meet the Bengali Babe.She hasn't been ruined by the American way of always having to say the polite thing. We were having a beer somewhere or another and she says (this was a compliment): "Even though you're not skinny, you have a nice face".Yeah, I've got no shot

Channel your inner Stu and don't put the ##### on a pedestal

Evidently, I think slow-playing this is the right way to go

You asked her to marry you this morning, didn't you?

No?

 

[Mr.Pack]

Ok, off to meet the Bengali Babe.She hasn't been ruined by the American way of always having to say the polite thing. We were having a beer somewhere or another and she says (this was a compliment): "Even though you're not skinny, you have a nice face".Yeah, I've got no shot

Channel your inner Stu and don't put the ##### on a pedestal

Evidently, I think slow-playing this is the right way to go

You asked her to marry you this morning, didn't you?

No?

 

[Annyong]

Channel your Stu

Book title or self help seminar

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Channel your Stu

Book title or self help seminar

Band name

 

[Bogart]

to the lovely Mrs. SLBCongrats to COlin. I agree with others, take the sure thing and get your feet back under you.Happy Birthday to Thorn. Sorry I don't have a gift like Gusher, but I'll see what I can come up with for Christmas.I hate tomato juice, but I really want one of those Bloody Marys right now.

 

[Ignoramus]

Ok, here's guster's no longer top secret bloody mary recipe that I pilfered from a local bar:46oz tomato juice (I'd recommend spicy v8 or similar)1 pint Guinness1 pint vodka (No need to get fancy, I usually use Absolut Pepar for some extra kick)1 cup hot sauce (Frank's Red Hot or personal preference)2oz (insert Woz joke here) Rose's Lime juice2oz (anyone got another Woz joke?) Worcestershire sauce2oz (again?) pickle juice (preferably from the garnish pickles listed below)4 teaspoons sugar1 tablespoon horseradish1 tablespoon Cajun spice mix1 tablespoon celery saltGarnish with part of a stick of a Slim Jim, a cheese cube and an olive on a toothpick skewered through a Mandingo spicy hot dill pickle. Salt rim of glass with 3:1 margarita salt to Cajun spiceServe with a rocks glass of PBR or Yeungling

Finally mixed up a batch of this. I did not have the Rose's for some reason so I used the juice of one lemon and substituted agave nectar for the sugar, but I'd imagine it's pretty close flavor-wise to the original.Yummy

Oh yeah, followed those up with three dozen Drago's-style char-grilled oysters.Almost as good as the ones in NO but not as "juicy". Oysters were a tad on the small side and didn't have a ton of liquor but the recipe's not quite there.

 

[Guster]

Ok, here's guster's no longer top secret bloody mary recipe that I pilfered from a local bar:46oz tomato juice (I'd recommend spicy v8 or similar)1 pint Guinness1 pint vodka (No need to get fancy, I usually use Absolut Pepar for some extra kick)1 cup hot sauce (Frank's Red Hot or personal preference)2oz (insert Woz joke here) Rose's Lime juice2oz (anyone got another Woz joke?) Worcestershire sauce2oz (again?) pickle juice (preferably from the garnish pickles listed below)4 teaspoons sugar1 tablespoon horseradish1 tablespoon Cajun spice mix1 tablespoon celery saltGarnish with part of a stick of a Slim Jim, a cheese cube and an olive on a toothpick skewered through a Mandingo spicy hot dill pickle. Salt rim of glass with 3:1 margarita salt to Cajun spiceServe with a rocks glass of PBR or Yeungling

Finally mixed up a batch of this. I did not have the Rose's for some reason so I used the juice of one lemon and substituted agave nectar for the sugar, but I'd imagine it's pretty close flavor-wise to the original.Yummy

Oh yeah, followed those up with three dozen Drago's-style char-grilled oysters.Almost as good as the ones in NO but not as "juicy". Oysters were a tad on the small side and didn't have a ton of liquor but the recipe's not quite there.

I had a pretty fun day making a diorama of President Taft with my daughter, but you might have my day beat by a hair

 

[kevzilla]

I told my dad I was drinking a glass of V-8 every day in an effort to get more veggies in my diet. He said "Great, but you're not adding vodka to help it go down, are you?"F'n Pops.