NEMOC Random BS Thread

bazooka joe said:

nice sean! did you look at the 2? what didn't you like?

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seanmcsean said:

I did look at the 2 and the fiesta.

I prefer the styling of the fiesta, but there is virtually no cargo room in either vehicle. The interior of the fit feels more spacious, and the seating flexibility increases cargo room.

Plus the fit is a lot cheaper than a fiesta for some weird reason. A fiesta the way I want it is 21 grand! The mazda 2, even fully loaded, is a bit spartan for my tastes.

Honestly, I was looking for used 3 wagons, but I couldn't really find a lot of good ones.

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subspeed6 said:

I figured you would have held out for a 2012 Focus.

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chuyler1 said:

Really? Lame! The new focus looks pretty sweet but w/o a stick shift why bother.

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seanmcsean said:

I was going to, until I found out they were only offering a manual transmission on the base model and nothing else. That kind of ruined it for me.

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xfz said:

So I've been having trouble finding a job since I got into Hartford but I finally had an interview this morning and got a job offer this afternoon. The pay is below where I was when I was at Boston College but they give raises after 30 and 90 days and I could start on Wednesday. The apple store also called me up and wanted me to come in on Thursday. I suppose I could try to leverage offers but I feel like both would just tell me to go away.

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subspeed6 said:

Depending on what the main job is and how the Apple job goes, try to see if the Apple job will work around your main job. Especially if you are really knowledgeable on their products.

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xfz said:

I'm not particularly knowledgeable about their stuff, selling it anyways, the position at apple would be for one of their "genius" positions. The offer that I got was also for computer repair so its basically the same job just without the pretentious title and apple discount. The two job plan is also pretty much impossible anyways because I am also going to school full time. I worked 40 hours a week in undergrad and managed to pull down decent grades but a lot of it was work-study type filler hours.

I took one semester of law school to make sure I could absorb a work schedule and I should be alright, I committed to 20 hours a week and ill probably do closer to 30-35 for the first 2 months but that's because the repair shop is reasonably flexible as I presume apple isn't. I've gotten used to a "work you're own schedule" mentality and not the, you get your shifts, trade the ones you can't make mentality of retail.

Apple also refused to meet with me except for 11-1 on Thursday, which is smack in the middle of my Constitutional Law class.

So you heard it here first, Apple hates the Constitution.

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NETC_Redd said:

I've heard nothing but bad things from people that worked for Apple...had a friend work as a 'genius' there.

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subspeed6 said:

So reading about the nuclear situation over in Japan and how the media is skewing it out of proportion is making me laugh. That and how people are regurgitating these inaccurate facts.....

This is probably the same reason why I can't watch submarine movies. I know enough to separate the truth from BS.

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xfz said:

I'm not particularly knowledgeable about their stuff, selling it anyways, the position at apple would be for one of their "genius" positions. The offer that I got was also for computer repair so its basically the same job just without the pretentious title and apple discount. The two job plan is also pretty much impossible anyways because I am also going to school full time. I worked 40 hours a week in undergrad and managed to pull down decent grades but a lot of it was work-study type filler hours.

I took one semester of law school to make sure I could absorb a work schedule and I should be alright, I committed to 20 hours a week and ill probably do closer to 30-35 for the first 2 months but that's because the repair shop is reasonably flexible as I presume apple isn't. I've gotten used to a "work you're own schedule" mentality and not the, you get your shifts, trade the ones you can't make mentality of retail. Apple also refused to meet with me except for 11-1 on Thursday, which is smack in the middle of my Constitutional Law class.

So you heard it here first, Apple hates the Constitution.

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bazooka joe said:

morning all...off to another funeral...friends mom...have a good day...

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xfz said:

I took one semester of law school to make sure I could absorb a work schedule and I should be alright, I committed to 20 hours a week and ill probably do closer to 30-35 for the first 2 months but that's because the repair shop is reasonably flexible as I presume apple isn't. I've gotten used to a "work you're own schedule" mentality and not the, you get your shifts, trade the ones you can't make mentality of retail.

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