Yeay...Her M-Inence is here! - Freeze-Frame Radio

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Yeay...Her M-Inence is here!

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Yes, sir... the mess of last night has theoretically been fixed, so we are gonna try it again.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

I am impressed with the sheer logistic magnitude of keeping my cell phone operational! Thanks smile

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

You are certainly welcome. And thank you for helping to keep the streets safe.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

As of now I am assigned to the jail...I hand out toilet paper and baloney sandwiches biggrin

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Still an important assignment. As long as there are criminals to house, someone will have to watch them and handle their care and feeding. I don't know that I would have the patience and tollerance for that.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

I have to remind myself constantly not to get too comfortable...I have seen situations get volatile very quickly...but for the most part, it is al about repect...giving it and getting it.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Very true. I know most people are fundamentally decent, so they go with the golden rule. I guess I tend to wonder about the "special" cases though. Just a couple days ago a motorcycle cop in the area was intentionally hit by a car. I gather he was just about to pull someone over in the early morning hours when another car came along and aimed for him, hit him, and kept going. The driver and two others were found a couple hours later... driver hiding in a storm drain. That to me is just senseless. I'd have a hard time being respectful to someone who would do such a thing.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Dont get me wrong, it is very hard to give certain individuals civil treatment. Especially child molesters. Stump jumpers are the worst example of evil in my mind.

I guess it boils down to trying to be professional. It means managing people. Most just want to go along to get along. There is a needy fringe and a dangerous fringe. The lines shift constantly, so it means just staying aware.

It is an excellent case study in human nature. I could have done dozens of sociology papers just on watching this niche of humanity.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I bet you could. I can only imagine the human watching opportunities you must encounter. There have to be a bunch of fasinating stories.

I'd have a very hard time with child molesters and abusers in general. That sort of thing makes me ill. I actually thought about becoming a psychologist when I was younger. People fascinate me. I probably should have, but dealing with my own family wore me out for dealing with other people's instability and malfunctions.

And here I am now... chillin out on a conference call with Mr. I Failed To Mention My Baby Momma (an interesting study in humanity himself) trying to figure out if we are going to make these updates or not. Yet another less than stellar job of coordinating a traffic move. I'm so surprised.... NOT!

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Some bosses only look good because of their staffs... sounds liike you are making a buffoon look good! biggrin

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

All the technical talk...(chuckle) I feel like a dope...but if you have a technical problem later...check the flux capacitors.

It worked for Back To The Future! biggrin

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

HEHEHEHE... we have our own version of the Flux Capacitor. We call it the PVG (private virtual gateway)... if it is broke, it's always the PVG.

I am trying to make a buffoon look good. Alas... no go. He got clowned by the tech at the cable company we were dealing with and failed to get things coordinated with another one we needed to help with the testing. Nothing I can do for him there. If he gets all the cats on the call, I can make it shine, but herding them there in the first place is all on him. Oh well... more wasted time.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

If its time wasted and you are paid by the project, or salaried...that a shame...but if you are being paid by the hour...hey, its his budget. Ca=Ching! smile

either way, I will be up for a bit...so chat on MM smile

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Sometimes I wish I was still paid by the hour! Years ago they got tired of paying my overtime tab and put me on salary. I guess in the long run it has worked out better for me and I don't work the insane amount of hours that I used to. It just took me a really long time to make up the difference.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

It all averages out I guess. The joys of being on salary. How many hours do you work a week on average?

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Any more, its right about the standard 40. I can't really complain about that. I make okay money and have good benefits.

Back in the day, Pambo and I were both working 60-80 per week. It was not uncommon to work 7 days per week, all hours of the day and night. I honestly missed it when I wasn't there. Back then, it was just a lot of fun and we were always busy so it didn't seem like it was a bad deal. Sounds weird, I know... but it was like getting to play all day. That is how we became such good friends.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

Work friendships are probably the best fringe benefit. If you HAVE to be somewhere every day...it helps to have people you look forward to seeing, otherwise its a LOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG week. You and Pambo have a very enviable friendship.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Indeed... I got very lucky there. Pambo is probably the best person I know. I've learned a lot from her, and certainly way more than how phone service works. She does make me a better person. And I might add, made me near laugh myself to death more than once.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

I hope the Russians never get ahold of the Death By Chuckle Technology of which you speak. smile

At least Pambo uses her gift for good and not evil.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I used to have bad problems with athesma. Its gotten better these last few years, but I used to laugh myself into an athesma attack at least once a day. Ah yes... the good times.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

That has to be truly scary. I used to get bronchitis as a kid. If you can't breath, you pray for that next breath. I'm glad that is not as frequent for you as it used to be. What turned it around? Did you smoke and quit? Medication?

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I've never been a smoker. I changed my diet and used to work out a lot. That did wonders for me. Kevin was a heavy smoker. He used to smoke in the house too. When I bought my house, I made the rule that he couldn't smoke inside the living area anymore. Since smoking in public places has been outlawed around here, I'm rarely around smoke anymore. I haven't even bought an inhaler in a few years... haven't needed one.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

My folks smoked. I am sure that played a role in my bronchitis as a kid. I have never been a smoker either. I wish I had the money smokers have to burn.

The only things people should smoke are hams and turkeys, maybe sausage.

But I digress...glad you have been asthma free smile

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Hm, I considered a career in psychology when I was in high school too. But then I realized I just wanted to study and research human nature. I think being a practicing psychologist would have worn me down.

I still say that if I win the lottery, I'd love to go back to school and study something "useless." (Meaning something I would never intend to make a career out of.) We have the Kinsey Institute here at IU, and I wish I could study human sexuality. But I don't have the time or money to blow on that.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

That's kind of the conclusion I came to, Mz. The subject matter fascinates me, but fundamentally I'm a "fixer". I see the broken thing and I want it fixed NOW. I think that is why I really like what I do now. My best days at work have always actually been some of the worst for the company. You just can't fix people's minds like you can fix a technical problem. What a wonderful world it would be if you could.

My step-mother-in-law has a PhD in Human Sexuality. She has actually travelled the world lecturing on AIDS and things like that. She was the Dean of something like Family and Child Development at K-State University. Its a little creepy when you meet her.

I'll leave it there... she and I have MANY philosophical disagreements.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

I've wondered if I'm possibly empathic, if such a thing really exists. I can't help but kind of inherit other people's moods. So if I was around nothing but people with emotional problems all day, I'd be a wreck. At the same time, I try to cheer people up by being cheery myself, and I'm sure I'd feel like a failure when that wouldn't work as a shrink.

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

MzHartz wrote:

I've wondered if I'm possibly empathic, if such a thing really exists. I can't help but kind of inherit other people's moods. So if I was around nothing but people with emotional problems all day, I'd be a wreck. At the same time, I try to cheer people up by being cheery myself, and I'm sure I'd feel like a failure when that wouldn't work as a shrink.

I am like that too

Pambo · Waiting To Be Widowed

Mad Mema wrote:
That's kind of the conclusion I came to, Mz. The subject matter fascinates me, but fundamentally I'm a "fixer". I see the broken thing and I want it fixed NOW. I think that is why I really like what I do now. My best days at work have always actually been some of the worst for the company. You just can't fix people's minds like you can fix a technical problem. What a wonderful world it would be if you could.

My step-mother-in-law has a PhD in Human Sexuality. She has actually travelled the world lecturing on AIDS and things like that. She was the Dean of something like Family and Child Development at K-State University. Its a little creepy when you meet her. I'll leave it there... she and I have MANY philosophical disagreements.

Yeah! When I met the woman, she grabbed my booty! Apparently, she's a serial booty grabber, too. Don't get me wrong. A good booty grab can make my whole day...but not from an 80 year old woman.

Dylan · Leader Of The Banned

She sounds Cheeky biggrin