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Old 07-03-2008, 07:59 PM   #1
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Default 4th of July least favorite holiday

1. Hot as hell
2. Neighborhood fireworks are lame
3. Half the time you have to go to work the next day
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Old 07-03-2008, 08:02 PM   #2
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It's the only work holiday between Memorial Day and Labor Day, which spans over 1/4 of the year. Brother, do I need this holiday. I've already put in a 50 hour week and I still have beeper duty tonight.

God Bless America!
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Old 07-03-2008, 08:07 PM   #3
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It's the only work holiday between Memorial Day and Labor Day, which spans over 1/4 of the year. Brother, do I need this holiday. I've already put in a 50 hour week and I still have beeper duty tonight.

God Bless America!
Beeper duty? If someone dies you have to update your model for life insurance pricing?
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Old 07-03-2008, 11:07 PM   #4
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Beeper duty? If someone dies you have to update your model for life insurance pricing?
I work for a company that provides life insurance technology solutions.
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I work for a company that provides life insurance technology solutions.
In other words: help desk.

Do you use an Indian accent?
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Old 07-04-2008, 05:26 AM   #6
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In other words: help desk.

Do you use an Indian accent?
We had a big project outsourced to Indian programmers and we fired their sorry, incompetent asses and ended up finishing it in house instead.
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Old 07-04-2008, 08:22 AM   #7
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We had a big project outsourced to Indian programmers and we fired their sorry, incompetent asses and ended up finishing it in house instead.

My husband's company did the same thing. They've scaled wayy back on outsourcing. They found it was costing more money to pay in-house people to clean up the software messes left by the outsourcers than it would just to pay the in-house guys to do the job properly to begin with.
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Old 07-03-2008, 08:06 PM   #8
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1. Hot as hell
2. Neighborhood fireworks are lame
3. Half the time you have to go to work the next day
We always go to Canada....

Go to the beach (check)
Take the kids to the petting zoo (check)

http://www.pps.org/great_public_spac..._place_id=969#

get the best fries at the chip truck

http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/blog/...2_lots_of_time

Take the Ferry back over to the states

http://www.bluewaterferry.com/

Enjoy all the illegal fireworks your neighbors shoot off

Ask Tooblue its like a war zone around my house on the 4th.
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We always go to Canada....

Go to the beach (check)
Take the kids to the petting zoo (check)

http://www.pps.org/great_public_spac..._place_id=969#

get the best fries at the chip truck

http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/blog/...2_lots_of_time

Take the Ferry back over to the states

http://www.bluewaterferry.com/

Enjoy all the illegal fireworks your neighbors shoot off

Ask Tooblue its like a war zone around my house on the 4th.
I've always wondered why you go to Canada to celebrate US independence. I'll bet you dodged the draft, drink Belgian beer, and think John Wayne was a wimp.
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Old 07-03-2008, 08:13 PM   #10
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I've always wondered why you go to Canada to celebrate US independence. I'll bet you dodged the draft, drink Belgian beer, and think John Wayne was a wimp.
Hey!
I cried when old yeller died
I'm washed in the blood of the lamb
I stand up for the star spangled banner
and you can bet yer ass I'm a John Wayne Fan

Its just on the 4th of July The beach is empty except for us....
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