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Post by Ela on Jul 22, 2024 4:13:43 GMT
It has been quite a day, Kestrel , so I'll forgive you this one time. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/JhFRGaoQtzqnmdGpSOLK.gif) And I have lots of thoughts about it. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/vuXuDnrtswOGnsKykvUD.gif) But the request to refrain from discussing politics in this thread still stands. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/vuXuDnrtswOGnsKykvUD.gif) Thanks.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 23, 2024 8:10:30 GMT
x.com/RobinTTL/status/1815041073296576721Tom at his convention the other day. It was him that approached the organisers with the idea of a small intimate convention setting. Hopefully a few more, health permitting ! ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/ZBDvOFPmQgNwxFXLpuoD.gif)
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Post by elkawho on Jul 23, 2024 13:01:09 GMT
Yesterday was a rough day.
I have been arguing with the admin folks to get a large piece of equipment in my gym replaced. It has not worked right since the day I walked in to this clinic 2 years ago. We recently closed a number of PT clinics so I have been asking to have my cable column replaced with one from a closed clinic. It has been an arguement and all they do is keep having someone come a fix it, which is always temporary. Up until yesterday only one arm of the column was working (of two), but now both arms are broken. And I still can't get anyone to approve a new machine, they just keep putting them in storage.
So right after that frustrating email argument I had my yearly performance review with my supervisor. She couldn't stop telling me how happy they are with my work, how much growth they have seen in me and my clinic. Nothing but glowing praise for what I do and how I do it. Then the topic of a raise. Now, I have not had a raise in 2 years, meanwhile we all know how much inflation and the cost of living has increased. So after that review I figured I would at least get a cost of living increase. Nope. No raise unless I become an area manager and take on more responsibility. Ok, what about giving me more days off? Nope. Nothing. Thanks for your hard work, have a nice day. I work 46 hours a week! No raise in 2 years!
So yeah, I'm looking for a new job.
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 23, 2024 17:49:14 GMT
Yesterday was a rough day. I have been arguing with the admin folks to get a large piece of equipment in my gym replaced. It has not worked right since the day I walked in to this clinic 2 years ago. We recently closed a number of PT clinics so I have been asking to have my cable column replaced with one from a closed clinic. It has been an arguement and all they do is keep having someone come a fix it, which is always temporary. Up until yesterday only one arm of the column was working (of two), but now both arms are broken. And I still can't get anyone to approve a new machine, they just keep putting them in storage. So right after that frustrating email argument I had my yearly performance review with my supervisor. She couldn't stop telling me how happy they are with my work, how much growth they have seen in me and my clinic. Nothing but glowing praise for what I do and how I do it. Then the topic of a raise. Now, I have not had a raise in 2 years, meanwhile we all know how much inflation and the cost of living has increased. So after that review I figured I would at least get a cost of living increase. Nope. No raise unless I become an area manager and take on more responsibility. Ok, what about giving me more days off? Nope. Nothing. Thanks for your hard work, have a nice day. I work 46 hours a week! No raise in 2 years! So yeah, I'm looking for a new job. Urgh. This is disappointing, frustrating and just shows how much they have been using you. "You are our best worker and your are absolutely fantastic! We could not run the show without you!" -"Great! How about some solid appreciation beside words?" -"Haha, heck, no."
Been there, thinking very hard right now if I actually AM there right now, and have left before.
Good on you!
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Post by Ela on Jul 23, 2024 17:51:20 GMT
Take care, number13, and hope your break from screen time is good from you. Do check in here from time to time, though. I miss you when your gone. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/mW7FMmAyG_vqxkNOJyyh.gif)
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 28, 2024 2:23:11 GMT
So I just saw some pics online.. Looks like Robert Downey Jnr is back in the new Avengers movie as a different character.. Checking my normal day-to-day comicbookmovie sites to make sure this wasn't a CGI fake news report..
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Post by theillusiveman on Jul 28, 2024 3:32:23 GMT
So I just saw some pics online.. Looks like Robert Downey Jnr is back in the new Avengers movie as a different character.. Checking my normal day-to-day comicbookmovie sites to make sure this wasn't a CGI fake news report..
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!! Honestly it’s a weird decision to have RDJr playing Dr doom after playing Tony stark they should have cast a deferent guy in the role
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Post by Broadway Blue on Jul 28, 2024 15:35:27 GMT
Honestly it’s a weird decision to have RDJr playing Dr doom after playing Tony stark they should have cast a deferent guy in the role I'd have just brought him back as Tony Stark for some more Iron Man action.
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Post by timleschild on Jul 28, 2024 15:57:08 GMT
So I just saw some pics online.. Looks like Robert Downey Jnr is back in the new Avengers movie as a different character.. Checking my normal day-to-day comicbookmovie sites to make sure this wasn't a CGI fake news report..
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!! Interesting choice, something to get people talking about Marvel again. Will it be an alternate universe version of Tony Stark?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2024 16:09:55 GMT
So I just saw some pics online.. Looks like Robert Downey Jnr is back in the new Avengers movie as a different character.. Checking my normal day-to-day comicbookmovie sites to make sure this wasn't a CGI fake news report..
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!! Honestly it’s a weird decision to have RDJr playing Dr doom after playing Tony stark they should have cast a deferent guy in the role They've had more flops in 3 years than the 13 before it. Their TV output has diluted the brand. Kang didn't catch on with audiences even before Majors had to be fired. They have an Avengers film in 2 years. They need hits and a villain for that to pull out fast. Downey gives them a massive boost and ensures the FF and Avengers film have a much, much higher chance of succeeding. It also lets them switch Kang Dynasty for Doomsday in 2026 without too many caring - they just want Downey back. He got $50mill for some of his films with a profit share. I'd bet my house they've had to offer even more here. Marvel needed a Hail Mary - fast. They'd lost the goodwill after Endgame. This is going to work like bringing back Garfield, Maguire and the Spidey villains - super well.
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Post by fitzoliverj on Jul 28, 2024 16:34:43 GMT
Honestly it’s a weird decision to have RDJr playing Dr doom after playing Tony stark they should have cast a deferent guy in the role Yeah, it's weird. If they've just cast RD because they all like working together, and he's going to be behind a steel mask with a different voice to Tony Stark, maybe it'll work. But if this is just the same thing as the rumours he was coming back to play evil Tony from another universe - and this is Tony Stark behind the mask - well, that smacks of desperation. Meanwhile, Michael "Batman '89" Keaton has supposedly been cast as the Joker in a forthcoming Batman movie, and David Tennant's Doctor is to return (like he did in the 14th Dr trilogy, and the 13th Doctor comics, and etc etc) in a Star Trek computer game crossover. Zeitgeist.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 28, 2024 20:03:02 GMT
Member Berries! South Park ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/ZBDvOFPmQgNwxFXLpuoD.gif)
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Post by bethhigdon on Jul 30, 2024 22:23:00 GMT
Big thunderstorm happening right now. The wind about knocked me off my feet during my work break and I still got two hours to go. At this point it may not be safe to drive home even if they do let us off early.
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Post by bethhigdon on Jul 30, 2024 23:48:57 GMT
Looks like the storm is breaking up. Good.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Aug 2, 2024 19:57:52 GMT
not certain if this is the right thread (or if there is a right thread) but I'll just say goodbye to Bonehead who seems to have left us (so may not read this unless still lurking)
it looks like Andy has gone too
edit - i noticed one of my posts had been liked by "deleted" so I had a dig around to try to find out who that might be ... I found some posts where Bonehead was quoted indicating where the original is attributed to deleted
I also spotted a conversation between Bonehead and Andy in Blake's 7: Tarrant showing that they had both gone
update "Andy" is not to be confused with "Andrew" or "Andymac"
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Post by andrew on Aug 2, 2024 20:53:19 GMT
not certain if this is the right thread (or if there is a right thread) but I'll just say goodbye to Bonehead who seems to have left us (so may not read this unless still lurking) it looks like Andy has gone too Is Andy the same as Andrew? He seemed nice. I’m still here. Not sure if you meant Andy seemed nice, or me, or somebody else. I seem to be a lot of things. I am a lot of things. Nice, though? I wish.
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Post by number13 on Aug 3, 2024 22:12:13 GMT
Take care, number13 , and hope your break from screen time is good from you. Do check in here from time to time, though. I miss you when your gone. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/mW7FMmAyG_vqxkNOJyyh.gif)
Thanks Ela ! So far it has been less of a proper break than I'd intended (commenting about the new improved amazing BF website ![:wall](//storage.proboards.com/6343532/images/WFN8rfK5DOw5688L2a4D.gif) and some great story news has seen to that!) but enough of one that I hadn't found your kind message before now. It's appreciated! I do intend to try to be 'off-screen' more completely during August, but will no doubt be back as the autumn comes along.
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Post by mrperson on Aug 5, 2024 15:02:38 GMT
Just logged into my account on the new website. Is there no way to order results in the library? Unless I'm missing something, the new site's account settings are HORRIBLE. It's just a list of my several hundred (and then some) downloads. There's no way to order them. Say, by most recently purchased.
There's not even a "you already have this!" green tag on things you've purchased if you're browsing collections. I've got like 750 downloads. How the [censored] am I supposed to remember all the titles I have? It's just about guaranteed people will be buying things they already have on accident and not catching it.
The "orders" menu only includes the handful of things I got on CD, mostly those bonus discs you used to get with some bundles. None of my download-only stuff, and indeed nothing since 2019, shows up under orders. And since I don't save every email, I can't just search my gmail inbox for past orders to confirm whether or not I purchased anything.
Horrible horrible horrible.
BUT, I contacted them, and they say the things I'm pissed about are "being worked on". So hopefully that happens soon. Just wasted quite a bit of time trying to figure out whether I'd already ordered certain things or still needed to (operation werewolf, 'curse of time', etc)
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Post by bethhigdon on Aug 5, 2024 16:05:45 GMT
Didn't get a good sleep last not. Woke up late. Got out the door late. And wound up being late for work because of construction work on the roads forcing me to to take a detour last min.
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Post by mrperson on Aug 5, 2024 16:12:40 GMT
Excerpt from an email:
- Data migration on the website within customer's accounts is ongoing. - Sort and filter options within customer's accounts is being worked on. - The 'you've got this' sticker is being worked on. - The lack of past month's releases (earlier than June 2024) has been raised with the development team, and all feedback is being passed along to the development team.
So that pretty much covers it for me. I'll just check the site again on Friday.
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