[ccc_]

and I got 23456, and 33333, so I'm good until we hit 50000

there was once an little old lady who lived across the river
her phone number was 1 234 5678 (a toll call)

you can figure out the rest

I shouldn't but I will
this is an actual customer response number...1 800 328 7448...really

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[MarkJerling]

there was once an little old lady who lived across the river
her phone number was 1 234 5678 (a toll call)

you can figure out the rest

I shouldn't but I will
this is an actual customer response number...1 800 328 7458...really

You sure it was not 328 7448?

[ccc_]

You sure it was not 328 7448?

actually, yes

the story was that an innocent assignment was made...who knows

[MarkJerling]

I love it!

[ccc_]

I love it!

I drank with the assignment clerk who gave me my address as a phone number
i'm sure there were people with more influence than a winning smile and a pitcher of beer

back in the distant past there was pretty harsh censoring of phone numbers
much as our dmv does with vanity plates
however things did get by

we used to list inappropriate seven character alphanumerics and compare them to their users
pretty entertaining when they synced

[MarkJerling]

My favourite vanity plate is still TI 3VOM.

[ccc_]

My favourite vanity plate is still TI 3VOM.

I spent a lot of time being in a hurry
one day it struck me...I get paid by the hour

then the attitude metastasized
i slowed down and began to enjoy things more

as I drive around in my latest incarnation as a little old man in a hat
i'm reasonably sure that the imprecations I see being mouthed coupled with the uni-digit gestures equate to the same sentiment

[robtcorl]

Mrs Bob's company is having a retirement celebration luncheon for her today.
Co-workers, family, and friends are invited.
One more day and done, after nearly 50 years as a working gal, 25 at her current company.
I don't know of anyone more deserving.

[rod_grant]

Congrats to Mrs Bob.

[Racer X 69]

Mrs Bob's company is having a retirement celebration luncheon for her today.
Co-workers, family, and friends are invited.
One more day and done, after nearly 50 years as a working gal, 25 at her current company.
I don't know of anyone more deserving.

Nice Bob!

When Mrs. Racer retired from the PUD (the electric utility that I also worked at for 30 years) after 18 years of service, her closest coworkers got her flowers, a card and some cake.

The company?

Her supervisor handed her the retirement 'gift' shook her hand, inspected the box of personal belongings to ensure she wasn't stealing pens, pencils and paper, and had security escort her out the door.

I had big things in store for her though.

Using a ruse of having to fix something on her car, I drove her to work that day.

In advance I had arranged for a limo so I could pick her up in style form her last day at work. I had the driver hold back and park up the street where I could see when she was escorted out. Her coworkers were all there too, giving hugs and saying goodbyes.

She noticed I wasn't there and called on the cell.

I had the driver pull up and as I was trying to explain my tardiness the other gals noticed the limo. I stepped out and she nearly dropped her box of stuff. I had a huge bouquet of roses and she had a huge hug for me.

The minimum for the car was 2 hours, so we went for a drive through the countryside, then out to a waterfront place for dinner.

This earned me a keep out of the doghouse card that lasted for a long time.

As for the PUD, it wasn't the same company I started at back in the late 1970's. Even though there were still about the same number of employees, the close knit family atmosphere was gone. It went from a government job setting to a government agency that was trying to emulate a 'corporation'. The employee resources department became a den of witch hunters, bent on driving the union out.

That is the primary reason why I left when I did. I could have stayed, but 30 years in a stated pension is enough, and I have a second pension now through Boeing. When I finally hang it up I will have a nice combination of pensions to augment the Social Insecurity and Medicare.

4 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days.

Or sooner, I can start drawing my state pension anytime.

But who's counting?

[tim60]

I just got curious to see the pay rates at Oxford University. I think they worked out their pay rates about 1200 AD. I work at a different university and get about 15% more, for one named rank lower. A new Bachelor graduate in Australia typically earns as much as a post doctoral fellow at Oxford, according to their job ads. Might make something to talk to our local union rep about. We work near enough we use the same employer furnished coffee machine.

[MarkJerling]

4 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days.

But who's counting?

You seem to keep a pretty close count!

[MarkJerling]

Mrs Bob's company is having a retirement celebration luncheon for her today.
Co-workers, family, and friends are invited.
One more day and done, after nearly 50 years as a working gal, 25 at her current company.
I don't know of anyone more deserving.

She'll need a hobby! I suggest you get her a shiny new K-1!

[MarkJerling]

Oops. And very nearly there I made this a photography thread. My apologies.
Bacon - Google Search

[rod_grant]

Oops. And very nearly there I made this a photography thread. My apologies.

Do mods get away with it, just by a simple 'oops' and an apology?
Rupe would have been in the sin bin for a week!