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Prudence · 10-19-2006, 10:00 AM

Got our new cell phones last night. I'm surprised, but happy, that a pre-pay plan was offering free phones. Convenient, given that my old phone suddenly stopped working. So now I have the same phone, just a newer model. One that works.

CoasterMatt · 10-19-2006, 10:36 AM

Working vs. Not Working is always a plus

RStar · 10-19-2006, 01:50 PM

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Working vs. Not Working is always a plus

Yes, these days it seems like working is a bonus!!

Soooo (to coin a phrase) who's your carrier? I have Verizon, and I get great coverage except for one little spot. The lot my house sits on!

Ok, it's the whole neiborhood, but still. At Chapman and Brookhurst they are suppose to have good solid service (that's what they tell me on the phone anyway). But heading north on Brookhurst just when you pass over Chapman, the bars drop from full to about three, then turn left into my housing tract and it drops to one. But at work the only service that gets through is Verizon (in the Huntington Beach Industrial park next to Boeing).

MickeyLumbo · 10-19-2006, 08:29 PM

walking through the Park yesterday, i passed "the Bootsrappers", the interactive singing pirate quartet now staged in front of Cafe Orleans.

Jon Walmsley (Jason Walton) from The Waltons tv show was playing the guitar and singing duet, with Capt. Jack Sparrow staggering in the background.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-20-2006, 01:31 PM

iPod update, 'cause I know y'all care.

So, brand new 4GB nano for free is darn nice and all, what with the color screen, more info on the display, photos, games, etc. that my mini doesn't have. But it's still 4GB. So I gots to thinking: The 4GB is $200, the 8GB is $250. I'm selling my mini (Hi Kevy!) for more than the difference between those two...so I'm now the owner of an 8GB nano.

I might have considered spending the same amount and going for the 30GB video, but 1) eh, I don't need that much space, 2) I like the tiny tiny nano, and 3) CP's old 20GB just bit the dust, the hard drive making sickening clunking noises so I'm not particularly keen on getting a model with moving parts right now.

Moonliner · 10-20-2006, 07:28 PM

Thanks.

I had a pissy day at work. Came home to a couple of pissy kids and was generally in a pissy mood.

So I sat in the dark of my living room for awhile and watched the pretty pretty lights of a Tomorrowland big fig. It's quite striking in the dark.

I feel better.

Goodnight.

RStar · 10-20-2006, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Thanks.

For what?

Sorry you had a bad day. I hope tomorow is better!

Kevy Baby · 10-20-2006, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I'm selling my mini (Hi Kevy!) for more than the difference between those two...so I'm now the owner of an 8GB nano.

Hey... I wanna renegotiate

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 10-21-2006, 02:11 AM

So, most of you know I've worked at a Movie Theatre for almost 18 year now and for the most part it's been part time. So when the original company closed the theatre, I figured "it was time to retire." Then, Mann comes along and buys the theatre and I get the call from a friend that no one knows how to run the projection booth. And not to boast or anything but I am probably one of the best around mostly because of time on the job.

So after many, many years of keeping the place nice and the film looking good, things were running very good, I knew I had to go back to part time and get a "real" job, which is what I did.

Sooooo, now I"m just hanging around 1 night a week and the theatre has taking a major nose-dive since I left. Again, no ego there, just the fact that most every film has been scratched, there are missing trailers and THX sound logo's on non-thx theatres, among other things like stuff breaking and general dirtyness.

Trust me when I say I can go on for hours about all that I did for the place. Mostly I was "dedicated" not because of the crappy pay, but for free movies and I really liked doing the job and I did it well. SO tonight I get a call from the Manager who tells me that she doesn't like the fact that I am only available for 1 night and that I need to open up my availabilty. My defence was that I have a full time job and I was just staying on to help out, since odviously they can't hire anyone to do the job I did. SO she says that if I can only work 1 day a week that she would have to move me to the floor, meaning popcorn and selling tickets. As insulting as that sounds and is, I told her no thanks and I quit. WHich was what I"m sure she wanted, for whatever reason. I was just sort of shocked at the "balls" to tell someone with 18 years experiance, and the facts that since I cut my hours the place has gone to $hits-ville that they can't work in the area of "expertness" and to go rip tickets? I don't have to work there, but what kind on nonsence is that? Plus doing it over the phone?

lashbear · 10-21-2006, 02:31 AM

Borneo: Obviously she's not a Managers A$$hole....... Oh wait, she is !!

She should have asked if you could do at least one extra shift a week as a favour, or maybe you could have trained someone on the job for them. But to cut off their hand to spite their face is just total mis-management.

They deserve all they get, but I feel sorry for you having to sit and watch your favourite lil cinema do down the tubes.

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10-19-2006, 08:29 PM	#4524
MickeyLumbo thankfully grateful Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: shangrila Posts: 1,388	g'nite John-boy walking through the Park yesterday, i passed "the Bootsrappers", the interactive singing pirate quartet now staged in front of Cafe Orleans. Jon Walmsley (Jason Walton) from The Waltons tv show was playing the guitar and singing duet, with Capt. Jack Sparrow staggering in the background. __________________
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10-20-2006, 01:31 PM	#4525
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	iPod update, 'cause I know y'all care. So, brand new 4GB nano for free is darn nice and all, what with the color screen, more info on the display, photos, games, etc. that my mini doesn't have. But it's still 4GB. So I gots to thinking: The 4GB is $200, the 8GB is $250. I'm selling my mini (Hi Kevy!) for more than the difference between those two...so I'm now the owner of an 8GB nano. I might have considered spending the same amount and going for the 30GB video, but 1) eh, I don't need that much space, 2) I like the tiny tiny nano, and 3) CP's old 20GB just bit the dust, the hard drive making sickening clunking noises so I'm not particularly keen on getting a model with moving parts right now. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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10-20-2006, 07:28 PM	#4526
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Thanks. I had a pissy day at work. Came home to a couple of pissy kids and was generally in a pissy mood. So I sat in the dark of my living room for awhile and watched the pretty pretty lights of a Tomorrowland big fig. It's quite striking in the dark. I feel better. Goodnight. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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10-21-2006, 02:11 AM	#4529
Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	So, most of you know I've worked at a Movie Theatre for almost 18 year now and for the most part it's been part time. So when the original company closed the theatre, I figured "it was time to retire." Then, Mann comes along and buys the theatre and I get the call from a friend that no one knows how to run the projection booth. And not to boast or anything but I am probably one of the best around mostly because of time on the job. So after many, many years of keeping the place nice and the film looking good, things were running very good, I knew I had to go back to part time and get a "real" job, which is what I did. Sooooo, now I"m just hanging around 1 night a week and the theatre has taking a major nose-dive since I left. Again, no ego there, just the fact that most every film has been scratched, there are missing trailers and THX sound logo's on non-thx theatres, among other things like stuff breaking and general dirtyness. Trust me when I say I can go on for hours about all that I did for the place. Mostly I was "dedicated" not because of the crappy pay, but for free movies and I really liked doing the job and I did it well. SO tonight I get a call from the Manager who tells me that she doesn't like the fact that I am only available for 1 night and that I need to open up my availabilty. My defence was that I have a full time job and I was just staying on to help out, since odviously they can't hire anyone to do the job I did. SO she says that if I can only work 1 day a week that she would have to move me to the floor, meaning popcorn and selling tickets. As insulting as that sounds and is, I told her no thanks and I quit. WHich was what I"m sure she wanted, for whatever reason. I was just sort of shocked at the "balls" to tell someone with 18 years experiance, and the facts that since I cut my hours the place has gone to $hits-ville that they can't work in the area of "expertness" and to go rip tickets? I don't have to work there, but what kind on nonsence is that? Plus doing it over the phone?
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10-21-2006, 02:31 AM	#4530
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Borneo: Obviously she's not a Managers A$$hole....... Oh wait, she is !! She should have asked if you could do at least one extra shift a week as a favour, or maybe you could have trained someone on the job for them. But to cut off their hand to spite their face is just total mis-management. They deserve all they get, but I feel sorry for you having to sit and watch your favourite lil cinema do down the tubes. __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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