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OT: Off Topic 2018 part V - Getting older is not for the timid

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Was walking around the streets of my home city last Sunday in a futile attempt to do some Christmas shopping. It was the morning after the Detroit game and I had my Bruins hoodie on with the spoked B proudly on display when coming towards me was a girl with a Red Wings jumper on! We did a kinda double take as we passed each other and an initial look of "hey another NHL fan" quickly turned into a subtle smug grin on her part as she no doubt remembered the score from the night before.
I had two thoughts: a) I never thought I'd have this experience in Cork City, Ireland!! and b) man I think I hate the Red Wings now!
 
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LouJersey said:
I hope that happens. Then I hope someone shoots the satellite out of the sky that keeps track of all this stuff and everyone has to start at 0 again. Can't wait to watch the rich people panic
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Will there be a "one world currency" as biblically implied,though not stated? Maybe plastic or electronic.
 
IrishBruinsFan said:
Was walking around the streets of my home city last Sunday in a futile attempt to do some Christmas shopping. It was the morning after the Detroit game and I had my Bruins hoodie on with the spoked B proudly on display when coming towards me was a girl with a Red Wings jumper on! We did a kinda double take as we passed each other and an initial look of "hey another NHL fan" quickly turned into a subtle smug grin on her part as she no doubt remembered the score from the night before.
I had two thoughts: a) I never thought I'd have this experience in Cork City, Ireland!! and b) man I think I hate the Red Wings now!
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You think you hate them?

Try living in their home state and going to their AHL team's games. Passed up the game tonight to save bail money. Have to save money for Phantom and Iron Maiden next year !!
 
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I drew the short straw for on call rotation i guess. Major downtime tonight for a software update.

Calling in at 1245 for anywhere between 30 mins to two hours.
Hope to sleep a bit
Calling back in at 245 for 30 minutes to two hours
Hope to sleep a bit
Up at 630 to get my daughter to school
Boys have dentist appointments at 930 and 10
Hope to sleep a bit
Physical therapy at 2
Pick my daughter up at 315
Pick up the boys at 430
Shove dinner down everyone’s throats
Dance class at 530
Hope to sleep a bit

Between all this I’m still carrying the pager. I feel like I’m missing something. Not my mind, i know that’s gone. Might not be able to make it for the game in Tampa, which might be a good thing anyway
 
TD Charlie said:
I drew the short straw for on call rotation i guess. Major downtime tonight for a software update.

Calling in at 1245 for anywhere between 30 mins to two hours.
Hope to sleep a bit
Calling back in at 245 for 30 minutes to two hours
Hope to sleep a bit
Up at 630 to get my daughter to school
Boys have dentist appointments at 930 and 10
Hope to sleep a bit
Physical therapy at 2
Pick my daughter up at 315
Pick up the boys at 430
Shove dinner down everyone’s throats
Dance class at 530
Hope to sleep a bit

Between all this I’m still carrying the pager. I feel like I’m missing something. Not my mind, i know that’s gone. Might not be able to make it for the game in Tampa, which might be a good thing anyway
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I don't miss carrying a pager. Not one little bit.
 
Going to do some crowd sourcing. What's the most inexplicable Christmas song you've ever heard? A song whose mere existence you can't understand.

Think something like the Twisted Sister Christmas album, or The Killers.
 
Glove Malfunction said:
I don't miss carrying a pager. Not one little bit.
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For my last gig (yeah, that one) it was a flipping nightmare. I must have averaged 2 pages a night, and it paid 100 bucks a week. It was only two weeks a year though.

Now im on a 3 man rotation, but it pays crazy and there have been times i end up carrying a pager for two weeks and never get called.

So i take the bad with the good. Gladly.
 
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EverettMike said:
Going to do some crowd sourcing. What's the most inexplicable Christmas song you've ever heard? A song whose mere existence you can't understand.

Think something like the Twisted Sister Christmas album, or The Killers.
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Rob Halford's Chistmas album, "Halford 3: Winter Songs"
 
TD Charlie said:
For my last gig (yeah, that one) it was a flipping nightmare. I must have averaged 2 pages a night, and it paid 100 bucks a week. It was only two weeks a year though.

Now im on a 3 man rotation, but it pays crazy and there have been times i end up carrying a pager for two weeks and never get called.

So i take the bad with the good. Gladly.
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Do you actually carry a pager? I'm on call for IT support 24/7/365, with alternating paid status (meaning I have to actually be near the facility) 2 out of every 6 weeks, and I've not carried a pager in 10 years. And I work for a state agency that only recently ditched their 9-tracks!
 
jgatie said:
Do you actually carry a pager? I'm on call for IT support 24/7/365, with alternating paid status (meaning I have to actually be near the facility) 2 out of every 6 weeks, and I've not carried a pager in 10 years. And I work for a state agency that only recently ditched their 9-tracks!
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That’s intense scheduling. Damn. I have a physical pager yes, in my pocket at this moment. I have the option to route it to my phone but i hardly know how to use it, and i prefer to keep my phone on non-vibe silent 24/7. Plus the pager is louder and more aggressive lol. I can sleep through a phone alert. I can’t sleep through the pager going off.

Luckily i don’t have to be near an office. I live 40 miles from site and i had to make sure my pager was gonna be in range. My last job my pager was in and out all the time. Huge pain.
 
EverettMike said:
Gah, already done. Would have been perfect though. Thanks man.
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No problem.

Lemmy, Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, and Dave Grohl did a cover of Run, Rulpoh, Run which is a good listen.

Hell the compilation album they did it for has some good ones. Dio did God Rest Ye merry Gentlemen for it as well I believe.
 
TD Charlie said:
That’s intense scheduling. Damn. I have a physical pager yes, in my pocket at this moment. I have the option to route it to my phone but i hardly know how to use it, and i prefer to keep my phone on non-vibe silent 24/7. Plus the pager is louder and more aggressive lol. I can sleep through a phone alert. I can’t sleep through the pager going off.

Luckily i don’t have to be near an office. I live 40 miles from site and i had to make sure my pager was gonna be in range. My last job my pager was in and out all the time. Huge pain.
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Wow, I didn't even think they made pagers any more. I don't miss it, and I certainly wouldn't miss carrying both that and a phone. As to sleeping through it, 20+ years of 24/7/365 has made me a light sleeper.
 
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