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22 Oct 2014, 12:04 am

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Besides, think of all the day-old doughnuts you get!

And we get unlimited free coffee!

All the best with your new job! And maybe you'll get customers as nice as kraftiekortie too

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22 Oct 2014, 2:34 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

When I think of the toucan, I think of Froot Loops.

Remember the commercial where you "followed your nose?" to get to the Froot Loops?

LabPet wrote:

androbot01 wrote:

AspieUtah wrote:

Besides, think of all the day-old doughnuts you get!

And we get unlimited free coffee!

All the best with your new job! And maybe you'll get customers as nice as kraftiekortie too

Thanks!
I hope so!

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22 Oct 2014, 8:43 am

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That'll be good, then. I don't think any part of Canada is really dangerous during the day. Even the worst part of Toronto. Nothing like parts of New York and other US cities.

Yes, and this location is mostly suburban drive-through traffic.

New York scares me, but it's one of the few places in the world I'd be motivated to travel to visit. So many neat things there - museums and art galleries and the theatre. It must be amazing!

Yeah, I've always wanted to visit. I'll probably hate the noise and traffic and crowds, but, still, I'll go there one day. ( :lol:

Kind of irritates me that all of my foreign relatives and many foreign friends have visited there and I haven't yet.)

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22 Oct 2014, 8:45 am

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I would be interested in that.

I visited the Cloisters when I was 15. For a while, I wanted to be a monk---despite the fact that I was a confirmed agnostic even then!

I still have a slight yearning to live in an Irish monastery on the sea. I enjoy contemplating waves as they do their dances over the rocks. In the 6th century or so, Irish monks used to sleep on stone slab-type things.

same here...

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22 Oct 2014, 8:49 am

Truly, the only parts of NYC which are REALLY crowded are: 42nd Street between 6th and 8th Avenue. 34th Street between the same Avenues. The western part of Midtown during lunch hour. 5th Avenue around Christmastime.

You might feel crowded, at times, in the subway, especially between 7-9 AM and 4-7PM, and sometimes Friday and Saturday late nights.

I also wouldn't drive in Manhattan south of 96th Street if I haven't driven there before.

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22 Oct 2014, 9:09 am

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Oh, I have no desire to drive in strange cities. :lol:

I do enjoy the big ones with their public transport, though.

Chicago, SF, London, all easy-peasy to get around, but, yes, as you say, crowded on the trains. I'm not a huge fan, but, I power through it.

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22 Oct 2014, 9:14 am

LOL....you really got the Brit in you...."Public Transport!" LOL

Methinks you're something of an Anglophile. I've been told that I am one myself.

Now...if you ask for a petrol station when you run out of gas near Cape Girardeau, then I know you have the contagion. :wink:

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22 Oct 2014, 10:29 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

Guilty as charged. Everyone around us drives, no one talks about the busses and metro train, so, it's only natural I should pick that up from those who do.

I suppose I could be. Blame my husband.

Now THAT I won't be at risk of.

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22 Oct 2014, 10:36 am

It's interesting: I went to Boston one time. Some signs said "buses," others "busses." I'll have to research this!

I've researched this: Both are correct, but "buses" is "more" correct.

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23 Oct 2014, 2:16 pm

Well ... Not Drinking the Kool-aid

Just couldn't do it. Total confusion. I was so distracted by the environment and people I couldn't take in basic information. And the pace was so fast. I don't have the mental energy to compensate for my autism that I used to, or maybe just not the ability to. And the level of regimentation is almost incomprehensible to me. They are like a swat team of bakers. I can't work in a team to that extent.
I will have to figure out something else.

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24 Oct 2014, 8:43 am

Well, that's a bummer, but, you've gotta know your limits. Hope you find something that's a better fit.

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24 Oct 2014, 10:06 am

Thanks ... I'll keep looking. I must be good for something.

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26 Oct 2014, 1:46 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

Just be careful in the overnight shift--not because you're a woman--but because there are drunks out there who don't give a rat's butt who you are (even in Canada). I would counsel men to be careful as well.

I worked overnight at a gas station, and had a carry permit. I carried a concealed Glock 19. I would advise that if the gun laws in Canada aren't restrictive.

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26 Oct 2014, 1:53 pm

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I carried a concealed Glock 19.

Cool. Unnecessary where I live though. At least at the moment (things are changing.)

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26 Oct 2014, 1:55 pm

androbot01 wrote:

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I carried a concealed Glock 19.

Cool. Unnecessary where I live though. At least at the moment (things are changing.)

Always a good idea.

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26 Oct 2014, 2:01 pm

AspieUtah wrote:

androbot01 wrote:

rainydaykid wrote:

I carried a concealed Glock 19.

Cool. Unnecessary where I live though. At least at the moment (things are changing.)

Always a good idea.

I feel more vulnerable at home as I live in the basement of a no-security building. I got Henry, my pitbull. He makes me feel safer.

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