FB: Liberty League

[Jonny Utah]

Don't know much about the celtics roster. Ray Allen is good, but he's 32. How many good years will they get out of him?

I like the trade.  They didnt lose much and got a guy that can help them right away.  It seems every year that the Celtics are 2-4 years away and they never get that guy to put them in the spot.

Better than nothing anyway.

[Jonny Utah]

_{Show me the money!!!}

Has anyone seen this commercial with Gary Coleman and some money lending company? 

I swear to the almighty that in the end the fine print says that you can get a $2600 loan at 99.25%....?

Then they work it out for you and say with just 42 monthly installments of $216 you can pay it off?!

Are people actually paying 99.25%??  Should LLPP start a service around 80%?

Im in the wrong line of work.

[Pat Coleman]

I've seen that and yeah, that's the APR it lists. Ridiculous.

[Knightstalker]

KS is taking a week off before starting a new job in NYC, KS is going to work for the "As Seen on TV" company.  Basically a lateral move with less pressure.  KS sees it as a win win, will still get be getting some private consulting work from KS old company.

KS hopes that within the next year to 18 months to be working for himself, private consulting and KS wants to open a rehearsal studio in the Bergen/Rockland county area.  Take advantage of all the thirty something+ wanna be Eric Craptons out there, like KS.

['gro]

Re: RPI Football Schedule

'gro heard through the grapevine that the 1st opponent to play in RPI's new stadium in 2009 will be....  Lewis & Clark College (straight outta Portland).  The AD's know eachother. It's good to see that RPI is expanding its horizons when it comes to beating up the non conference opponents.

[Pat Coleman]

Hmm, yeah -- the West Coast's answer to MIT. Footballwise, anyway.

['gro]

Hmm, yeah -- the West Coast's answer to MIT. Footballwise, anyway.

L&C might have a good team by '09... if every other D3 school in the pacific northwest folds    <--- mr. smiley denotes sarcasm


speaking of folding... the NFL gave up on NFL Europa today... NFL's loss, or arena ball's gain??

[labart96]

KS is taking a week off before starting a new job in NYC, KS is going to work for the "As Seen on TV" company.  Basically a lateral move with less pressure.  KS sees it as a win win, will still get be getting some private consulting work from KS old company.

KS hopes that within the next year to 18 months to be working for himself, private consulting and KS wants to open a rehearsal studio in the Bergen/Rockland county area.  Take advantage of all the thirty something+ wanna be Eric Craptons out there, like KS.

KS -

Make sure before you join your new company, or when you leave it in 18 mos to start your consulting firm, you send an email like the following (supposedly sent by an actual JP Morgan Chase employee - being sent all over the Financial Services industry the last 24 hrs - instant classic if true):

Dear Co-Workers and Managers,

As many of you probably know, today is my last day. But before I leave, I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know what a great and distinct pleasure it has been to type "Today is my last day."

For nearly as long as I've worked here, I've hoped that I might one day leave this company. And now that this dream has become a reality, please know that I could not have reached this goal without your unending lack of support. Words cannot express my gratitude for the words of gratitude you did not express.

I would especially like to thank all of my managers both past and present but with the exception of the wonderful Saroj Hariprashad: in an age where miscommunication is all too common, you consistently impressed and inspired me with the sheer magnitude of your misinformation, ignorance and intolerance for true talent. It takes a strong man to admit his mistake - it takes a stronger man to attribute his mistake to me.

Over the past seven years, you have taught me more than I could ever ask for and, in most cases, ever did ask for. I have been fortunate enough to work with some absolutely interchangeable supervisors on a wide variety of seemingly identical projects - an invaluable lesson in overcoming daily tedium in overcoming daily tedium in overcoming daily tedium.

Your demands were high and your patience short, but I take great solace knowing that my work was, as stated on my annual review, "meets expectation." That is the type of praise that sends a man home happy after a 10 hour day, smiling his way through half a bottle of meets expectation scotch with a meets expectation cigar. Thanks Trish!

And to most of my peers: even though we barely acknowledged each other within these office walls, I hope that in the future, should we pass on the street, you will regard me the same way as I regard you: sans eye contact.

But to those few souls with whom I've actually interacted, here are my personalized notes of farewell:

To Philip Cress, I will not miss hearing you cry over absolutely nothing while laying blame on me and my coworkers. Your racial comments about Joe Cobbinah were truly offensive and I hope that one day you might gain the strength to apologize to him.

To Brenda Ashby whom is long gone, I hope you find a manager that treats you as poorly as you have treated us. I worked harder for you then any manager in my career and I regret every ounce of it. Watching you take credit for my work was truly demoralizing.

To Sylvia Keenan, you should learn how to keep your mouth shut sweet heart. Bad mouthing the innocent is a negative thing, especially when your talking about someone who knows your disgusting secrets.  ; )

To Bob Malvin (Mr. Cronyism Jr), well, I wish you had more of a back bone. You threw me to the wolves with that witch Brenda and I learned all too much from it. I still can't believe that after following your instructions, I ended up getting written up, wow. Thanks for the experience buddy, lesson learned.

Don Merritt (Mr. Cronyism Sr), I'm happy that you were let go in the same manner that you have handed down to my dedicated coworkers. Hearing you on the phone last year brag about how great bonuses were going to be for you fellas in upper management because all of the lay offs made me nearly vomit. I never expected to see management benefit financially from the suffering of scores of people but then again, with this company's rooted history in the slave trade it only makes sense.

To all of the executives of this company, Jamie Dimon and such. Despite working through countless managers that practiced unethical behavior, racism, sexism, jealousy and cronyism, I have benefited tremendously by working here and I truly thank you for that. There was once a time where hard work was rewarded and acknowledged, it's a pity that all of our positive output now falls on deaf ears and passes blind eyes. My advice for you is to place yourself closer to the pulse of this company and enjoy the effort and dedication of us "faceless little people" more. There are many great people that are being over worked and mistreated but yet are still loyal not to those who abuse them but to the greater mission of providing excellent customer support. Find them and embrace them as they will help battle the cancerous plague that is ravishing the moral of this company.

So, in parting, if I could pass on any word of advice to the lower salary recipient ("because it's good for the company") in India or Tampa who will soon be filling my position, it would be to cherish this experience because a job opportunity like this comes along only once in a lifetime.

Meaning: if I had to work here again in this lifetime, I would sooner kill myself.

To those who I have held a great relationship with, I will miss being your co-worker and will cherish our history together. Please don't bother responding as at this very moment I am most likely in my car doing 85 with the windows down listening to Biggie.

One!

[bman]

Bman knows he needs to get a late pass for this, however he has been sick the last 5 days and is now catching up....

Re Guru's toll workaround, he neglected to mention the biggest benefit of that loop....

About 1 mile west of 95 (off exit 109) is a small hole in the wall called "State line Liquors"...
An unimposing place from the outside, it boasts over 1000 different beers on the inside....and a great selection of wine and liquor as well.

Since Bman lives off of exit 100, Bman knows this establishment VERY well....and assures anyone that it is worth the stop.

[bman]

And as a follow-up to below.

LD the reason DE has so much traffic, is that the geniuses in that state have merged 11 lanes of traffic into 4 in under 1.5 miles....

Bman deals with that EVERY DAY....

man he would love to B Slap the ugliest governor in the country...

[PBR...]

this day cant end soon enuf for pbr....just waiting for the drinking lamp to be lit. tgp that is priceless.....pbr had just seen that a little bit earlier. pbr knows it will be a crazy day tomorrow when the girls going just came back w/ 7 ft. of plastic hose and funnel for tailgate/boating activities that is going to be one huge beer funnel.

[Regulator]

this day cant end soon enuf for pbr....just waiting for the drinking lamp to be lit. tgp that is priceless.....pbr had just seen that a little bit earlier. pbr knows it will be a crazy day tomorrow when the girls going just came back w/ 7 ft. of plastic hose and funnel for tailgate/boating activities that is going to be one huge beer funnel.

Good luck and have fun PBR-
You know it's going to be a good weekend when you have a funnel that holds more than one PBR.

YA HEEEARD?

[Senor RedTackle]

RT's woman update:

RT hasnt been engaged since last Nov when FFMRT (former future mrs RT) informed him that they're no longer engaged. However, FFMRT still resides in RT's abode as well as fulfilling the duties of being RT's girl friend. It's a weird situation which RT will go into further at a later time.....

['gro]

The random youtube clip of the day, that is unless your name is Lewdogg11.

[Jonny Utah]

The random youtube clip of the day, that is unless your name is Lewdogg11.

Even though I could only get through 51 seconds of that clip, that is a good one gro...

Now for JU's random youtube clip of the day...(I guess its been around this week but I havent seen it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN1hsVOL_K0&mode=related&search=