On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 08:55:59 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 3/19/2017 5:48 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:33:13 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>
> 
>> He didn't repeat his mistake, but I think he felt badly about how much
>> he'd missed the mark by.  Fortunately, I kept a set of files that had
>> "the answer" in them so he was able to catch up easily, and he did see
>> what he'd done wrong, so he learned that way.
>>
>> Making mistakes is a great way to learn, and I underscored with my
>> class as well as the people I've managed the past year (just changed
>> teams, so I'm going through this with the new team I'm managing) that
>> when it comes to mistakes, I've made a few.  (Not actually quoting a
>> Queen song, but I may as well be.)
>>
>>
> Was that not Frank Sinatra?

Maybe, but Queen's "We are the Champions" is what was going through my 
mind when I wrote that.

>>>> Actually, for us, it usually involves fireworks or guns.  'Murica.
>>>>
>>> Guns are for crims or fearties. A weapon is whatever you can get your
>>> hands on. Be it a pencil or a shoelace.
>>
>> Oh, yeah, but when it comes to doing stupid shit, 'Murica is great at
>> using those two things as ways of demonstrating that stupidity.
>>
>>
> I think there has been enough said on the subject.
> Personally I can see no solution. Especially when there is a lot of
> money to be made.

Yep, that certainly is a big part of the problem.

>>>>>> The UK had Brexit, but we had a Trump card.
>>>>>>
>>>>> And you're welcome to it.
>>>>
>>>> Now what did I ever do to you? :P
>>>>
>>> You live in places that are hard to visit. :)
>>
>> Pffft.  You need to come out to our island sometime and check it out.
>> Preferably *after* they've finished the reconstruction work in our
>> bathroom. :/
>>
> I must admit that Hobbs NM is a bit off the beaten path. IIRC I would
> have had to leave straight from work on the Friday, arrive about 7pm
> Saturday and start the return journey early Sunday morning. To get back
> in time for work on Monday morning.

Well, true - and now I'm a little further away from where I was at the 
time.  :)

>> A couple weeks ago (and keep in mind, that construction on our
>> apartment
> 
> [Snip]
> 
> Ah! Lucky Jim.
> 
> A bit of a nightmare.

Just a touch.

>> All on someone else's nickel. :)  Except for the beer and dinner
>> tonight,
>> unless they insist - because we'd planned on going up there tonight
>> anyways.
>>
>>
> That is decent treatment. Still inconvenient for you.

Yeah.  But they're handling it well - if we were still in Bellevue, as 
much as the on-site staff liked us, I'm sure the company running the 
property would've taken a very different approach.

> "What new Hell is this?" ;)

s/new/fresh/ - but yeah. :)

>> And, of course, I work from home - and as mentioned earlier, I moved to
>> manage a different department (our customer/partner training team - 3
>> people right now, but we're going to grow it - I'm really excited about
>> the new role) - one of my first tasks was to create training for, shall
>> we say, a very large local software company whom we're partnering with
>> on some stuff - to be delivered this coming Monday.  So demolition work
>> is going on while I'm on the call with them earlier this week.
>>
>>
> Nice one. :)
> Learning to cope with things going wrong is character forming. :)

Well, I've got character in spades.  I like my quiet. If next week looks 
like it's going to be another noisy week, I'm going to probably check out 
the offsite office desk rental company (they're just a couple buildings 
down).  Just I spend a fair amount of time in video calls, and I'm not 
sure how well that works in their environment.

I should talk to my neighbor - he uses them, and I know he manages a 
company from there, with remote employees all over the US.  So it must 
work OK.

>> Next Saturday, we have two concerts in Seattle on Saturday; PDQ Bach
>> (Peter Schickele)
> 
> I did not know he was still alive.

Yep, he's still hanging in there.

> Speaking of which. I hear Chuck Berry has just died. :(

I heard that as well. :(

> I got my introduction to Classical music from someone who gave me a
> running commentary of Beethoven's Emperor concerto. Not as a sports
> announcer, though. :)

That could've been fun. :)

>> And on the 28th, it's our 20th wedding anniversary.  So, with the rent
>> discount (they haven't said how much, but knowing them, it'll be
>> significant), we're going to have a pretty nice 20th anniversary
>> celebration. :)
>>
>>
> Congratulations!

Thanks!

>> Which just goes to show that mold in the bathroom can be a "good"
>> thing. ;)
>>
>>
> Fleming thought that too. ;)

LOL



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besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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