As someone who has been around (e:strip) almost since its inception I just wanted to add my two cents about the colon. I definetely think it is a necessary part of the name. It just is like something that has been here all along and really the (e:) is almost a symbol for the site all on its own. I definetley prefer it being in the logo and the bumper stickers. It also forces the pronunciation of (e:) strip. Otherwise people could read it as estrip like how you would pronounce estate or estrace or estrogen and estrip would make no sense. So I think the colon must stay. I don't love the final design(the org seems unnecessary and makes things no clearer I blieve) but I do and always will love the colon.
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04/10/2006 00:35 #28974
My Two Cents about the Colon04/08/2006 01:05 #28973
E:strip Bumper Stickers Fries and Da DipSo I gave up french frie and potato chips for letn and boy am i missing them right about now. I want some TC Jr's french fries with blue cheese so bad right now. Just one more week to go, I can't wait!!! Though I have saved so much money because without french fries I don't' even feel like ordering food anymore and so I have eaten out a lot less. SO that is good I guess.
Do you remember the song Da Dip from like mayb e8 years ago. IT went soemthing like You put yoru hand up on my hip when I dip , you did, we dip. I think it had something to do with Georgia Peaches too or something. Anyway it was a great song and my friend Drea lvoed it and I haven't talkeds to her in way to long , like since christams.
More importantly: Bumper Stickers! I am in charge of them and I want feedback on what design everyone likes best and how you feel about stickers vs. magnetic ones. ALso any ideas of local places where they can be made. THere are plenty of online sites but we rather use a local place if feasible. Plus,. don't forget to send in your donations, to fund this new (e:strip) endeavor!!1
Do you remember the song Da Dip from like mayb e8 years ago. IT went soemthing like You put yoru hand up on my hip when I dip , you did, we dip. I think it had something to do with Georgia Peaches too or something. Anyway it was a great song and my friend Drea lvoed it and I haven't talkeds to her in way to long , like since christams.
More importantly: Bumper Stickers! I am in charge of them and I want feedback on what design everyone likes best and how you feel about stickers vs. magnetic ones. ALso any ideas of local places where they can be made. THere are plenty of online sites but we rather use a local place if feasible. Plus,. don't forget to send in your donations, to fund this new (e:strip) endeavor!!1
04/03/2006 21:38 #28972
Overheard in New YorkI am reading a book called Overheard in New York which just has all these snipets of conversations that the author has overheard in new york city. It is hilarious. As a people watcher/conversation listener, I love it. Here are a couple funny examples I think:
A woman on a cell phone:
uh huh....yeah....yeah..uh huh...the one you thought was underwear...yeah...uh huh
In an elevator:
Record company slave: Good morning!
Record Company owner: You okay? I mean..you weren't here yesterday.
slave: yeah, i know..my girlfriend's cousin died in a car accident over the weekend and-
owner: You got a girlfriend, really?
An office in midtownn:
employee: I bring my beer in the shower with me and I put it on the ledge so it doesn't get wet. Sometimes I also have a couple of shots in the kitchen.
in an elevator:
girl #1: Oh my God! I was so drunk this weekend, and now my legs are coverd in bruises. theylook terrible, you have no idea. I don't evne know how I got them.
girl #2: Ha-ha! I love when thatphappens. I love drunk bruises!
Guy#1: She stuck her lollipop in my mouth! nd she has herpes! ((e:lilho) remind you of a certain night at hardware?)
Guy #2: She has herpes?
in a post office on cell phone:
gay man on cell: ...and we don't want any fat German ladies in the house.
Girl: oh my god! And then all you'd have to do is puke on her and we'd all be even.
Ok so they didn't seem as funny them retyping them, but reading the book is fun. These were just some ones I found real quick, I will try and mark them as I read along in the rest of the book.
Girl: Well, everyone has herpes
A woman on a cell phone:
uh huh....yeah....yeah..uh huh...the one you thought was underwear...yeah...uh huh
In an elevator:
Record company slave: Good morning!
Record Company owner: You okay? I mean..you weren't here yesterday.
slave: yeah, i know..my girlfriend's cousin died in a car accident over the weekend and-
owner: You got a girlfriend, really?
An office in midtownn:
employee: I bring my beer in the shower with me and I put it on the ledge so it doesn't get wet. Sometimes I also have a couple of shots in the kitchen.
in an elevator:
girl #1: Oh my God! I was so drunk this weekend, and now my legs are coverd in bruises. theylook terrible, you have no idea. I don't evne know how I got them.
girl #2: Ha-ha! I love when thatphappens. I love drunk bruises!
Guy#1: She stuck her lollipop in my mouth! nd she has herpes! ((e:lilho) remind you of a certain night at hardware?)
Guy #2: She has herpes?
in a post office on cell phone:
gay man on cell: ...and we don't want any fat German ladies in the house.
Girl: oh my god! And then all you'd have to do is puke on her and we'd all be even.
Ok so they didn't seem as funny them retyping them, but reading the book is fun. These were just some ones I found real quick, I will try and mark them as I read along in the rest of the book.
Girl: Well, everyone has herpes
hodown - 04/04/06 09:03
Dude that is the best book ever! I visit the website daily..
Dude that is the best book ever! I visit the website daily..
03/30/2006 23:44 #28971
No Raise for the WickedSo according to Eckerd I have gotten too many raises and so I do not get my yearly raise I was supposed to get in February. Um I make $9.00 an hour after 6 years, doing everything they have ever asked. Leading their whole Medicare Outreach program and what not. Like my district manager and everyone thinks I should get it and are fighting wiht corporate right now but how ridiculous. A new hire starts at like 7.50 I think now so I am 1.50 ahead of someone with no skills after 6 years....how ridiculous. If they don't give me this raise I need to get back at them bad...and not in just a quit at a bad time kinda way...something worse...i have a few ideas...any have suggestions?
metalpeter - 03/31/06 19:25
The Problem is that when you started the minuim wage was much lower so now when it goes up the Pay scale dosn't go up by the amount of the minimum wage. That is what happened to me at "wilson farms" They paid a set amount over the minium wage and then had raises every so often. But with out being a manager your pay didn't go up after about 4 years. So Minium Wage went up and the payscale changed but for people who where all ready there we got about half or maybe about a 3rd of the amount that it went up. So people who just got hired warn't making much less then me.
The Problem is that when you started the minuim wage was much lower so now when it goes up the Pay scale dosn't go up by the amount of the minimum wage. That is what happened to me at "wilson farms" They paid a set amount over the minium wage and then had raises every so often. But with out being a manager your pay didn't go up after about 4 years. So Minium Wage went up and the payscale changed but for people who where all ready there we got about half or maybe about a 3rd of the amount that it went up. So people who just got hired warn't making much less then me.
boxerboi - 03/31/06 13:23
I agree with (e:leetee). Don't get even, get out. Go somewhere else... like Wegmans. :oD I'll be your reference, seriously.
Matt
I agree with (e:leetee). Don't get even, get out. Go somewhere else... like Wegmans. :oD I'll be your reference, seriously.
Matt
leetee - 03/31/06 09:32
I think it's horrible you only get paid 1.50 over a new hire with no experience.
But i also don't think you should get back at them. You will have to list them as a place you worked on a resume, and you may want to use your boss as a reference some day. So, as tempting and wonderfully gratifying it might be now,it may come back to bit you in the ass. My opinion is to not do it. Why burn bridges? Feel free to take or dismiss this advice as you see fit. :O)
I think it's horrible you only get paid 1.50 over a new hire with no experience.
But i also don't think you should get back at them. You will have to list them as a place you worked on a resume, and you may want to use your boss as a reference some day. So, as tempting and wonderfully gratifying it might be now,it may come back to bit you in the ass. My opinion is to not do it. Why burn bridges? Feel free to take or dismiss this advice as you see fit. :O)
03/27/2006 19:33 #28970
Frizzy's Photo FunI haven't posted in a few days so I thought I would post what I think is our best photo booth picture at Frizzy's ever!!! I'll let you be the judge...
ladycroft - 03/27/06 20:07
oh, i love old photo booth pic strips!
oh, i love old photo booth pic strips!
Just so I don't go down in history as a colon-hater: Google works for both, but if you type e : strip.org right into your browser, you get a scary error message. As long as you figure out to remove the colon, or go and google it instead, you're fine. I was just suggesting a way to avoid potential confusion so the most possible peeps would get to the site and see the colon in all it's e : glory. I'm over it now. But for the record, I love the colon -- it's the HTTP protocol that's not so crazy about it, haha.
estrace and estrogen, eh? The pharmacy in you shows. ;)
we kept the org to make it more obvious that it is some internet thing.