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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4755 on: December 05, 2008, 03:51:52 AM »
Got laid off from my job. Well it was seasonal so only another 2 weeks to go. Still, I would've liked to have gone the distance.

I'm sorry.

Maybe they did not have enough business due to the economy.

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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4756 on: December 05, 2008, 03:53:43 AM »
The dollar goes up. Weird economic crisis.  ???
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4757 on: December 05, 2008, 04:02:48 AM »
The dollar goes up. Weird economic crises.  ???

Yes, I agree that it is weird.

The value of a dollar has gone up and gas prices have gone down, so that's good.

However, the stock market is down and there is lots of unemployment, which causes people to spend much less during this holiday season than in previous years and so this gets even more people laid off.

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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4758 on: December 05, 2008, 05:26:07 AM »
Got laid off from my job. Well it was seasonal so only another 2 weeks to go. Still, I would've liked to have gone the distance.
sorry to hear it. i am still trying to get back to a job that is being held for me.

i might be going to sleep right now.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4759 on: December 05, 2008, 10:29:36 AM »
Went shopping. It's been a while. Spent money.

I plan a trip as well.

I've have saved for my media box over the past few months, but I've decided to go from scratch. I plan for to buy an empty box fulll of fans to satrt, then a power suppply. MObo wou.d; be next, quad core processor style (stilll fighting with myself over the processsor and brd). As much RAmM as the BIOS. Can use. then

my fugires tell me after all theis I have about six hundred bucks for a grapihicsk card. I've ahve never owned a currrent graphic cards.
A squeeezebox will be the sound, so I willl not even need a sound system

This is the case I'm looking at getting for my next Media PC: http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_photo.php?pno=lc16m&area=usa

And this is the Mobo that I'm looking at: http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2919

Probably an Intel Q9550 would be a good choice for a Quad Core CPU for you. I'm going to go with a Dual Core Intel E8400 just to save some dollars considering the most complex thing it will do will be to play Bluray/HDTV stuff eventually (could be very soon, there is a very good chance we are getting a 50" or so Plasma for xmas for the family).

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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4760 on: December 05, 2008, 03:27:36 PM »
A dual core is more than enough if you don't run Windows. :P ;)
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4761 on: December 05, 2008, 03:46:45 PM »
Same old same old.  Just exercising less.  I  bought some spirulina from the healthfood store,  getting the same deal.  Ginko extract was $3.00 off also, so I bought that.   I don't know how may times I took the 420mg dose of ginko extract, but it wasn't even remotely overstimulating.  Over 240 mg can cause overstimulation.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4762 on: December 05, 2008, 03:48:58 PM »
The dollar goes up. Weird economic crises.  ???

Yes, I agree that it is weird.

The value of a dollar has gone up and gas prices have gone down, so that's good.

However, the stock market is down and there is lots of unemployment, which causes people to spend much less during this holiday season than in previous years and so this gets even more people laid off.

The stock market is taking a much over due correction. The dollar moving is an indication of international faith in the resilience and diversity of the economy in this country.

Here's an interesting set of figures:

In our district (where I work; I mean our district, consisting of fourteen stores, not our single store location) our traffic (which is the actual number of people entering the door) is down by twelve percent, BUT, our revenue (actual dollars taken in) is up by three percent over this same time last year. Those are quarterly numbers, BTW. That is roughly equivalent to inflation, even though our traffic is down. Not too bad, really. (I can get into deep doodoo for posting this type of information, so I have made it anonymous, but you know what I'm talking about.)

Yes, there are some large over extended banks having problems and auto manufacturers have been milked dry by the UAW, in recent years. I don't think these businesses represent typical economical climactic conditions, though. They get all the press, because they are American institutions, large, old ones. I think most of the globe, and most especially those of us who live here, believes that quite a number of "American institutions"  need a nip and a tuck here and there. Maybe it's finally happening.

As far as lay offs, we must realize that the fact that the numbers are large, no one seems to be taking into account that the work force is also much larger than the Eighties decade they keep comparing with the present.

I need more convincing that the sky is actually falling, before I get out my Chicken Little suit.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4763 on: December 05, 2008, 05:07:40 PM »
Worked got home early and slept
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4764 on: December 05, 2008, 09:49:13 PM »
Masturbated, picked up cat from vet, went shopping, came home, ate Kung Pao Chicken, drank beer, listened to Miles Davis and will now listen to even MORE Miles Fuckin' Davis.  :dance:
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4765 on: December 05, 2008, 10:16:44 PM »

Cool!

I love Miles Davis.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4766 on: December 05, 2008, 10:26:20 PM »
Miles Davis--On The Corner  :dance:

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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4767 on: December 06, 2008, 01:38:49 PM »
Went for a  walk.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4768 on: December 06, 2008, 02:54:41 PM »
The dollar goes up. Weird economic crises.  ???

Yes, I agree that it is weird.

The value of a dollar has gone up and gas prices have gone down, so that's good.

However, the stock market is down and there is lots of unemployment, which causes people to spend much less during this holiday season than in previous years and so this gets even more people laid off.

The stock market is taking a much over due correction. The dollar moving is an indication of international faith in the resilience and diversity of the economy in this country.

Here's an interesting set of figures:

In our district (where I work; I mean our district, consisting of fourteen stores, not our single store location) our traffic (which is the actual number of people entering the door) is down by twelve percent, BUT, our revenue (actual dollars taken in) is up by three percent over this same time last year. Those are quarterly numbers, BTW. That is roughly equivalent to inflation, even though our traffic is down. Not too bad, really. (I can get into deep doodoo for posting this type of information, so I have made it anonymous, but you know what I'm talking about.)

Yes, there are some large over extended banks having problems and auto manufacturers have been milked dry by the UAW, in recent years. I don't think these businesses represent typical economical climactic conditions, though. They get all the press, because they are American institutions, large, old ones. I think most of the globe, and most especially those of us who live here, believes that quite a number of "American institutions"  need a nip and a tuck here and there. Maybe it's finally happening.

As far as lay offs, we must realize that the fact that the numbers are large, no one seems to be taking into account that the work force is also much larger than the Eighties decade they keep comparing with the present.

I need more convincing that the sky is actually falling, before I get out my Chicken Little suit.

Good point that the stock market was probably artificially over-valued and was due for a correction anyway. 

I think that the economy may be better in some places and worse in others.  In the town where I grew up, it's terrible, but it's a little better where I live now.

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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #4769 on: December 06, 2008, 04:29:10 PM »
Slept a lot
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