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**Goofle** · 03-19-2013, 06:08 AM

Just had a good second interview with a manufacturing company for an apprenticeship. Really good opportunity considering the scope of the business. They print elements for 100+ currencies, some crazy equipment.

**Janszoon** · 03-19-2013, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Hey hey! Just got accepted as a writer on the staff at WhatCulture.com!
It doesn't pay or anything, but I can now write articles on music, TV and film and get them to a much larger audience, so that has to be good. Better exposure, bigger readership. Same money, ie none but you can't have everything.

Must say thanks to JohnConnington, whose link in the now-dead David Bowie thread on his new album brought me to their application form. I applied on Friday, was told only about a quarter of applicants get chosen, I should hear in about a week. Heard today that I'd been accepted. Considering we had a bank holiday Monday that's pretty damn fast!

Woo-hoo! Trollheart's movin' up in the world!!

Congratulations!

Plankton · 03-19-2013, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Hey hey! Just got accepted as a writer on the staff at WhatCulture.com!
It doesn't pay or anything, but I can now write articles on music, TV and film and get them to a much larger audience, so that has to be good. Better exposure, bigger readership. Same money, ie none but you can't have everything.

Must say thanks to JohnConnington, whose link in the now-dead David Bowie thread on his new album brought me to their application form. I applied on Friday, was told only about a quarter of applicants get chosen, I should hear in about a week. Heard today that I'd been accepted. Considering we had a bank holiday Monday that's pretty damn fast!

Woo-hoo! Trollheart's movin' up in the world!!

Nice! If your presence here becomes stagnant we'll know why. We won't like it, but we'll know why.

Plankton · 03-19-2013, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Today I did work.
And if you want to know the f*cking pain of trying to deal with Microsoft over licensing issues, just go ahead and ask...

Try dealing with AutoDesks EULA.

I miss the days of just having a serial number.

The Batlord · 03-19-2013, 08:37 AM

Dudes, I had a near death experience last night. I was laying in bed, playing Pokemon Fire Red and watching Castle when I see something crawling past me out of the corner of my eye. I look to see what it is and see a spider crawling not six inches away from me going over the side of my bed. Intent on killing the motherfucker I look down to see what it is and see a big ass motherfucking black spider. It's abdomen was roughly the size and shape of a pee, maybe a little bit bigger. It's legs were thick as fuck and you could see where they were segmented. It was about as big as a dollar coin. I grabbed a bunch off tissues and quickly killed the shit out of that bitch, looked at the bottom of her, and saw a splotch of red. It was too smashed to make out the hourglass, but there was definitely red and it looked exactly like a fucking black widow. It crawled not six inches away from me, and that's just when I noticed it. For all I know it was crawling on me. *shiver*

Plankton · 03-19-2013, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Dudes, I had a near death experience last night. I was laying in bed, playing Pokemon Fire Red and watching Castle when I see something crawling past me out of the corner of my eye. I look to see what it is and see a spider crawling not six inches away from me going over the side of my bed. Intent on killing the motherfucker I look down to see what it is and see a big ass motherfucking black spider. It's abdomen was roughly the size and shape of a pee, maybe a little bit bigger. It's legs were thick as fuck and you could see where they were segmented. It was about as big as a dollar coin. I grabbed a bunch off tissues and quickly killed the shit out of that bitch, looked at the bottom of her, and saw a splotch of red. It was too smashed to make out the hourglass, but there was definitely red and it looked exactly like a fucking black widow. It crawled not six inches away from me, and that's just when I noticed it. For all I know it was crawling on me. *shiver*

They're more afraid of you than you are of them. For good reason too. What if a spider could smash you with a huge wadded up piece of something it uses to wipe it's butt?

The Batlord · 03-19-2013, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

They're more afraid of you than you are of them. For good reason too. What if a spider could smash you with a huge wadded up piece of something it uses to wipe it's butt?

I could give a shit how scared it was. As far as I'm concerned spiders are demons in disguise and Black Widows are the avatar of Satan on Earth. If I'd had nothing but a gun, I may very well have shot a hole in the floor to kill that bitch.

Plankton · 03-19-2013, 10:10 AM

I don't like the bitey ones either, but I've had a couple Rose Hair Tarantulas, and my buddy used to have a Goliath Bird Eater.

Goliath birdeater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They don't bite humans (usually).

But yeah... you almost died dude.

FRED HALE SR. · 03-19-2013, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

I don't like the bitey ones either, but I've had a couple Rose Hair Tarantulas, and my buddy used to have a Goliath Bird Eater.

Goliath birdeater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They don't bite humans (usually).

But yeah... you almost died dude.

I've been bit by black widows on occassion, usually just leaves a tiny scar and you have flu-like symptons for a couple days. Brown Recluses are far worse bites. My friend has a scar on his face to date and he was bitten as a teenager. Tarantulas are actually pretty docile and make good pets.

The Batlord · 03-19-2013, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I've been bit by black widows on occassion, usually just leaves a tiny scar and you have flu-like symptons for a couple days.

Yeah, I hear that they're usually only deadly to children and the elderly (so watch out Janszoon!), but I have no desire to ever find out for myself. So, I'm gonna act like they'd fucking kill me.

EdIt: BTW, how big were the ones that bit you? The one that I saw was about the size of a dollar coin with an abdomen roughly the size of a pea, maybe a bit bigger. Definitely the biggest spider I'd ever seen in a non-zoo kinda setting.

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