Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

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ORIGINAL: pasternakski

Well, boys, life is a pretty amazing thing, and I've had one that occasionally likes to sneak up behind me - particularly when things are going well and I feel that I have some control over the doggone thing - tap me on the shoulder, and whisper, "So you think life is good and you've pretty much seen it all, eh? Well, come over here, big boy, you got something to learn."

To recap, a couple of years ago, I retired to a European country in the Mediterranean area (I don't like to give too many personal specifics out here, so excuse me for being vague). I had found a beautiful, out-of-the-way place - an old, abandoned monastery and its grounds - that had a modernized dwelling on it. I negotiated a deal with the government (mistake #3,338,494 - trusting a government, ANY government) whereby I would buy the residence and adjoining area, and assume titular ownership of the rest of the property while agreeing to supervise and work on the restoration project that the church wanted done in order to make the place something of a museum, library, and place of worship and contemplation.

Pretty sweet. The first year went really well, and progress was good, even nearing completion in many respects. After some give-and-take with the law school in the U.S. where I taught for 16 years, I cut a deal to return for one academic year to restructure the curriculum for teaching professional responsibility and ethics and create a two-semester sequence of required courses, in an effort to do a better job of helping law students have a better idea of what it takes to be a respectable member of the legal profession (and, incidentally, raising the estimation in which "those danged lawyers" are held in society).

Nice. I was going to finish the year, accept the accolades and trophies - well, maybe the accolades and paycheck - then return to my retirement paradise, which I had rented out to a caretaker family in my absence.

Lo and behold, the world economic crisis rose up to bite me on the butt. The government, one of the most broke in Europe right now (I think you can easily guess which one it is), due to its financial difficulties, abrogated its responsibilities under our agreement.

So, I have accepted the caretaker family's offer to buy the property and deeded all remaining interest in the rest of the monastery grounds back to the government.

Come May, then, I got nowhere to go. I'll be a homeless old bugger. I got my boat, and I still plan to go sailing, but I have no idea where I'll end up.

Any suggestions?

(as Ringo sang it, ...but, oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go. Nowhere to go...

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

It is snowing here... again...

And I just spend 1 hour shoveling snow at work...

Was it a group effort or did you lose a coin toss?

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

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ORIGINAL: pasternakski

Well, boys, life is a pretty amazing thing, and I've had one that occasionally likes to sneak up behind me - particularly when things are going well and I feel that I have some control over the doggone thing - tap me on the shoulder, and whisper, "So you think life is good and you've pretty much seen it all, eh? Well, come over here, big boy, you got something to learn."

To recap, a couple of years ago, I retired to a European country in the Mediterranean area (I don't like to give too many personal specifics out here, so excuse me for being vague). I had found a beautiful, out-of-the-way place - an old, abandoned monastery and its grounds - that had a modernized dwelling on it. I negotiated a deal with the government (mistake #3,338,494 - trusting a government, ANY government) whereby I would buy the residence and adjoining area, and assume titular ownership of the rest of the property while agreeing to supervise and work on the restoration project that the church wanted done in order to make the place something of a museum, library, and place of worship and contemplation.

Pretty sweet. The first year went really well, and progress was good, even nearing completion in many respects. After some give-and-take with the law school in the U.S. where I taught for 16 years, I cut a deal to return for one academic year to restructure the curriculum for teaching professional responsibility and ethics and create a two-semester sequence of required courses, in an effort to do a better job of helping law students have a better idea of what it takes to be a respectable member of the legal profession (and, incidentally, raising the estimation in which "those danged lawyers" are held in society).

Nice. I was going to finish the year, accept the accolades and trophies - well, maybe the accolades and paycheck - then return to my retirement paradise, which I had rented out to a caretaker family in my absence.

Lo and behold, the world economic crisis rose up to bite me on the butt. The government, one of the most broke in Europe right now (I think you can easily guess which one it is), due to its financial difficulties, abrogated its responsibilities under our agreement.

So, I have accepted the caretaker family's offer to buy the property and deeded all remaining interest in the rest of the monastery grounds back to the government.

Come May, then, I got nowhere to go. I'll be a homeless old bugger. I got my boat, and I still plan to go sailing, but I have no idea where I'll end up.

Any suggestions?

(as Ringo sang it, ...but, oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go. Nowhere to go...

Darn... sorry to hear that...

BTW, wasn't there one old saying "Never trust the Greek"?


Leo "Apollo11"

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Got an email from my PHB this morning. She's apparently unwilling to offer me indefinite employment, but I can get an extension on my contract for another 12 months.

She has very pointy hair, but not enough balls to tell me this face to face.

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

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ORIGINAL: pasternakski

Well, boys, life is a pretty amazing thing, and I've had one that occasionally likes to sneak up behind me - particularly when things are going well and I feel that I have some control over the doggone thing - tap me on the shoulder, and whisper, "So you think life is good and you've pretty much seen it all, eh? Well, come over here, big boy, you got something to learn."

To recap, a couple of years ago, I retired to a European country in the Mediterranean area (I don't like to give too many personal specifics out here, so excuse me for being vague). I had found a beautiful, out-of-the-way place - an old, abandoned monastery and its grounds - that had a modernized dwelling on it. I negotiated a deal with the government (mistake #3,338,494 - trusting a government, ANY government) whereby I would buy the residence and adjoining area, and assume titular ownership of the rest of the property while agreeing to supervise and work on the restoration project that the church wanted done in order to make the place something of a museum, library, and place of worship and contemplation.

Pretty sweet. The first year went really well, and progress was good, even nearing completion in many respects. After some give-and-take with the law school in the U.S. where I taught for 16 years, I cut a deal to return for one academic year to restructure the curriculum for teaching professional responsibility and ethics and create a two-semester sequence of required courses, in an effort to do a better job of helping law students have a better idea of what it takes to be a respectable member of the legal profession (and, incidentally, raising the estimation in which "those danged lawyers" are held in society).

Nice. I was going to finish the year, accept the accolades and trophies - well, maybe the accolades and paycheck - then return to my retirement paradise, which I had rented out to a caretaker family in my absence.

Lo and behold, the world economic crisis rose up to bite me on the butt. The government, one of the most broke in Europe right now (I think you can easily guess which one it is), due to its financial difficulties, abrogated its responsibilities under our agreement.

So, I have accepted the caretaker family's offer to buy the property and deeded all remaining interest in the rest of the monastery grounds back to the government.

Come May, then, I got nowhere to go. I'll be a homeless old bugger. I got my boat, and I still plan to go sailing, but I have no idea where I'll end up.

Any suggestions?

(as Ringo sang it, ...but, oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go. Nowhere to go...

Darn... sorry to hear that...

BTW, wasn't there one old saying "Never trust the Greek"?

It's "Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts".

Prior Preparation & Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance!

A & B: WitW, WitE, WbtS, GGWaW, GGWaW2-AWD, HttR, CotA, BftB, CF
P: UV, WitP, WitP-AE

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Got an email from my PHB this morning. She's apparently unwilling to offer me indefinite employment, but I can get an extension on my contract for another 12 months.

She has very pointy hair, but not enough balls to tell me this face to face.

Ahhh... darn...

Would you consider another 12 months extension then?


Leo "Apollo11"

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ORIGINAL: Mynok

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ORIGINAL: USS America

Our kids are already going to school on Monday, which was going to be a holiday for Martin Luther King's birthday.  Now, the will be learning about him in the classroom.  

In February? I thought that holiday was in January.

Mike

"Good times will set you free" - Jimmy Buffett

"They need more rum punch" - Me


Artwork by The Amazing Dixie

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Got an email from my PHB this morning. She's apparently unwilling to offer me indefinite employment, but I can get an extension on my contract for another 12 months.

She has very pointy hair, but not enough balls to tell me this face to face.

Ahhh... darn...

Would you consider another 12 months extension then?


Leo "Apollo11"

No choice, with the current situation in the Danish labour market. Doesn't mean I like the way things are going.

Mike

"Good times will set you free" - Jimmy Buffett

"They need more rum punch" - Me


Artwork by The Amazing Dixie

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

It is snowing here... again...

And I just spend 1 hour shoveling snow at work...

Was it a group effort or did you lose a coin toss?

Group effort... all able bodied men...


Leo "Apollo11"

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Got an email from my PHB this morning. She's apparently unwilling to offer me indefinite employment, but I can get an extension on my contract for another 12 months.

She has very pointy hair, but not enough balls to tell me this face to face.

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ORIGINAL: USS America

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Got an email from my PHB this morning. She's apparently unwilling to offer me indefinite employment, but I can get an extension on my contract for another 12 months.

She has very pointy hair, but not enough balls to tell me this face to face.

Ahhh... darn...

Would you consider another 12 months extension then?


Leo "Apollo11"

No choice, with the current situation in the Danish labour market. Doesn't mean I like the way things are going.

Those type of troubles are sure not limited to the Danish labor market. Here, in the States, many people are doing jobs they really don't want to do, and are happy about it. Many more can't even do that.

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ORIGINAL: BrucePowers
Plenty of places to drop your anchor (literally) in Florida and stay awhile for minimal docking fees. Good sun and beaches. Really.

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: pasternakski

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
Now, I looked in every dictionary I could get my hands on and I cant find "yarble" anywhere.....

"Yarbloko?" Govorist po Russkim yazikom?

"Apple", as far as I remember.

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Darn... sorry to hear that...

BTW, wasn't there one old saying "Never trust the Greek"?


Leo "Apollo11"

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ORIGINAL: Terminus
It's "Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts".

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ORIGINAL: USS America

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ORIGINAL: Mynok

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ORIGINAL: USS America

Our kids are already going to school on Monday, which was going to be a holiday for Martin Luther King's birthday.  Now, the will be learning about him in the classroom.  

In February? I thought that holiday was in January.

Oops, I mean President's Day.

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

I have accepted the offer. It's a job I like, working with people I like, in a place I like. Who needs anything else?