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Well...there is a vet school in Texas. 
Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.
QuoteThe stories I hear from you guys makes me pretty damn sure I don't want to work in the USA. Ten days annual leave, massive hours expected, and for what? SFA respect and an early grave? No thanks!
3 twin Otters, a skyvan, a wind tunnel, and the "Shelter" on almost any given week end?
"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."
bob.dino 1
It's not quite enough....
...after all, you need time off to enjoy life. Maybe if I was working for the US arm of a multinational with sensible policies...
...and maybe it's just me, but I didn't massively enjoy the 'shelter. Everyone seemed to scatter all over the place - the bar, the canteen, the pool - and there wasn't really a big group hanging around to chat to and get to know. Part of being a big DZ I guess... we didn't even know how to buy our beer for first time jumping at Perris! And if we had, half of it would've been consumed by whuffos
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...after all, you need time off to enjoy life. Maybe if I was working for the US arm of a multinational with sensible policies...
...and maybe it's just me, but I didn't massively enjoy the 'shelter. Everyone seemed to scatter all over the place - the bar, the canteen, the pool - and there wasn't really a big group hanging around to chat to and get to know. Part of being a big DZ I guess... we didn't even know how to buy our beer for first time jumping at Perris! And if we had, half of it would've been consumed by whuffos
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QuoteIt's not quite enough....
I agree.
Quote...after all, you need time off to enjoy life
So very true.
QuoteMaybe if I was working for the US arm of a multinational with sensible policies...
I wouldn't know, but maybe...
Quote...and maybe it's just me, but I didn't massively enjoy the 'shelter. Everyone seemed to scatter all over the place - the bar, the canteen, the pool - and there wasn't really a big group hanging around to chat to and get to know. Part of being a big DZ I guess... we didn't even know how to buy our beer for first time jumping at Perris!
Good point. The 'shelter's strength is also its weakness. Because there are so many "regulars", it may seem hard at times for visiting skydivers to blend in. I'll make sure you enjoy your "post jumping" experience more next time you are around.
But overall, you are asking questions which I have been pondering for the past 12 months or so (non-skydiving related). Not quite sure what the answers are, but am about to act up on what I think/feel the (my) remedy is.
"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."
QuoteTen days annual leave,
Who the hell gets ten whole days of vacation a year on a job??? WHO?? WHERE??? I did at my last job because the position was shweet, baby...but before that I never had more than 5 days off a year to start with.
Uh, except in the Army.
~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.
mnealtx 0
QuoteIt's not quite enough....
...after all, you need time off to enjoy life. Maybe if I was working for the US arm of a multinational with sensible policies...
...and maybe it's just me, but I didn't massively enjoy the 'shelter. Everyone seemed to scatter all over the place - the bar, the canteen, the pool - and there wasn't really a big group hanging around to chat to and get to know. Part of being a big DZ I guess... we didn't even know how to buy our beer for first time jumping at Perris! And if we had, half of it would've been consumed by whuffos
Problem is, most corporations based in the US will tend to follow US labor laws....
Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
cocheese 0
Problems are opportunities . Looks like you have lots of them. They're just stepping stones to greater things.
Watch your step and don't be afraid to get wet. The water is shallow.
Watch your step and don't be afraid to get wet. The water is shallow.
Good luck!! You'll find something GREAT, I know it! 
....Then the company will realize how perfect it is...then they'll invite you to a regional meeting in a big tall tower downtown with your counterparts from three states and the 14 of you will be seated at tables facing inward having a 'conference' and then some jackass and the regional driector will walk in and everyone will freeze in their seats and hold their breath (unless you're Acme...because she'll audibly gasp 'Holy SHIT buddy, we're DONE,' to her associate to her immediate right the second the word 'Personnel...' leaves her bosses lips) then they feed you this big long line of bullshit as to why they intentionally lied to lure the top sales minds in the country from their happy homes in Arizona and Texas and Seattle and everywhere else to relocate to the dream position with the company that will 'always be here for you because we will always have need of your skills' and no sooner is the ink dried on many of their fresh new mortgages after uprooting themselves and moving to the northwest but the company balks and rescinds their position because we did our jobs too well and the company now has no use for trainers that have already trained the region to an extent that they never dreamed of so they show their gratitude by offering the group lesser positions with 1/2 to 3/4 less salary than their current positions pay and pretend that it isn't a fucking slap in the face and suddenly being in a fully-glass room on the 24th floor of a tower in downtown has some people thinking about jumping so Acme asks her boss if he thought that glass would shatter if we threw a chair through it for a mass suicide because it would be better than taking it up the ass like they just tried to hand us....
Oh shit. Where am I?
What are we talking about? OH!!! CORA!!! You go girl!!!
Corporate America sucks donkey-dong, love! Open your own business. I did, and I am very greatful.
....Then the company will realize how perfect it is...then they'll invite you to a regional meeting in a big tall tower downtown with your counterparts from three states and the 14 of you will be seated at tables facing inward having a 'conference' and then some jackass and the regional driector will walk in and everyone will freeze in their seats and hold their breath (unless you're Acme...because she'll audibly gasp 'Holy SHIT buddy, we're DONE,' to her associate to her immediate right the second the word 'Personnel...' leaves her bosses lips) then they feed you this big long line of bullshit as to why they intentionally lied to lure the top sales minds in the country from their happy homes in Arizona and Texas and Seattle and everywhere else to relocate to the dream position with the company that will 'always be here for you because we will always have need of your skills' and no sooner is the ink dried on many of their fresh new mortgages after uprooting themselves and moving to the northwest but the company balks and rescinds their position because we did our jobs too well and the company now has no use for trainers that have already trained the region to an extent that they never dreamed of so they show their gratitude by offering the group lesser positions with 1/2 to 3/4 less salary than their current positions pay and pretend that it isn't a fucking slap in the face and suddenly being in a fully-glass room on the 24th floor of a tower in downtown has some people thinking about jumping so Acme asks her boss if he thought that glass would shatter if we threw a chair through it for a mass suicide because it would be better than taking it up the ass like they just tried to hand us....
Oh shit. Where am I?
What are we talking about? OH!!! CORA!!! You go girl!!!
Corporate America sucks donkey-dong, love! Open your own business. I did, and I am very greatful.
~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.
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Problems are opportunities . Looks like you have lots of them. They're just stepping stones to greater things.
Watch your step and don't be afraid to get wet. The water is shallow.
I don't mind swimming...just yesh...give me a little bit to get used to the water temperature.
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Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.
Good luck Cora, your a very intelligent women, you will figure out what to do
Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this
Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this
Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this
cocheese 0
skinny dippin again i see.
Or i wish i could see.
It's dark out. Guess i'll just join ya. oh no Shrinkage ! It's freakin cold !
You do know about shrinkage don't you ?
Or i wish i could see.
It's dark out. Guess i'll just join ya. oh no Shrinkage ! It's freakin cold !
You do know about shrinkage don't you ?
Looks around to see if anyone can see her... Nah...not swimming...it's storming out here. One of those days I wish that I could just cuddle up in bed with some nice snuggle bunny instead of getting ready to leave work and then go to class for physics and biology.
Shrinkage? Yesh...women already have screwed up ideas of what an inch is....now you want to add shrinkage onto that?
Nah...not swimming...it's storming out here. One of those days I wish that I could just cuddle up in bed with some nice snuggle bunny instead of getting ready to leave work and then go to class for physics and biology.
Shrinkage? Yesh...women already have screwed up ideas of what an inch is....now you want to add shrinkage onto that? Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile.
cocheese 0
Give a woman an inch and they take a mile . Give them seven inches and they take everything you own.
I just made that up.Too long for a bumper sticker i guess.
Did i mention I'm off to Byron Boogie in T-minus 6 hrs and 35 seconds. I suck i know. And i'm a good cuddler, what a shame.
I just made that up.Too long for a bumper sticker i guess.
Did i mention I'm off to Byron Boogie in T-minus 6 hrs and 35 seconds. I suck i know. And i'm a good cuddler, what a shame.
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