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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 08:59 PM Original message |
I get annoyed when I see ads or commercials that show people "working from home," and they're always |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was *always* that relaxed when I worked from home. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I can't always do what I do on a laptop for various reasons, but today I got lucky. |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's not a matter of age, not at all. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I still love the precision and obsession with detail that's required for print work. Web stuff is |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Hey asthmaticeog... |
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slj0101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. My dream is to get to that level. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. I work from home. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I've been doing it for (Good God) 17 years. My first office was 8 by 8 feet, but fortunately |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I thought my home office was small. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yeah, I went from the 8 by 8 feet to 16 by 20 feet, now two rooms, one |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. LIfe is change. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. When I worked from home, I enjoyed being able to work half naked |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Probably better that you didn't. That might have taken the interview in an |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. i love the rare days i get to work from home |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Christ, yes, if you're not working at home you can't smoke in the office anyomore, can you? |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. and i can't imagine you get dirty looks |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Not even from the puppy. Beats the hell out of having a real job any day. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
17. God, I'd love to work from home. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. I work out of a corner study in my house. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Well, being a writer, you can go compact. If I could just write for a living (God, wouldn't that |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Don't you edit for a living? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. No, I edit as part of what I do for a living. I own an advertising agency. So I write, |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
20. I have a few part time jobs at home |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
21. When I work from home... |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. I've worked from home for 15 years. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yeah, my office has doors (sliders) to the deck too, but I keep the blinds on them closed. |
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texas1928 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. I love the work from home commercials, where they are "I'm Making 25,000 a month" |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Scams, every single one of them. Pyramid schemes like Amway and Herbalife. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. I could work from home, but CSPAN would distract me too much |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. I had a colleague who always kidded me about wearing my PJs and bunny slippers to teleconferences. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. I worked from home for a while when in grad school. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. my office is actually a counter. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Uh, so he's gonna CUT THE SKUNK OPEN and let all the stinkjuice out? |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Yeah, not sure what he's thinking |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm working from home right now. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. LOL |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. Beer? On my job? Oh God...ice cold beer and a meeting with educators |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. heh, no kidding. |
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