Comments on: The Roundup: Up Close with the Polar Bears http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/ Sports, Media, Entertainment Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:54:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paolo4007http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-384172 Paolo4007 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:41:41 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13199#comment-384172 <em>The box was in the living room, and it was filled with piddle pads, and etc. Invariably, he's sneak behind the couch and take a ripe crap. My second dog used to shit where she wanted and then eat it so she didn't get in trouble.</em>Hey the "shit talking" (literally) should have happened on the Oden #2 post not really here. :P The box was in the living room, and it was filled with piddle pads, and etc. Invariably, he’s sneak behind the couch and take a ripe crap. My second dog used to shit where she wanted and then eat it so she didn’t get in trouble.

Hey the “shit talking” (literally) should have happened on the Oden #2 post not really here. :P

]]> By: Paolo4007http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-384167 Paolo4007 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:35:30 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13199#comment-384167 Great post on public sector work TBL, which will only increase in number of jobs at least federally. The hiring process for public sector workers is agonising slower than even the private sector now, unlike back in that "terror era." However, there are seldom layoffs. I noticed the huge gap in pay on average back when I was living in Metro DC until 2005. Did you know from 9/11 through the end of 2004, the Washington DC Metro area had the highest rate of job growth in the country, with Phoenix in second at about only half the rate? About 85% of those jobs were in "business-friendly" Northern Virginia too with all those contractor stiffs and the like (don't trust any of those spineless folks from Metro DC) Only those working for hedge funds and the like or who happened to flip properties with good timing (and later end up giving much or all of it back) made more than local public sector employees. Now the employees of hedge funds and the like are rightfully sucking wind like all speculative types, but those public sector employees still have those jobs. It seemed like wherever I worked that as usual about 20% working were carrying 80% of the load, with the rest of course just along for the ride because they knew it would be hard to lose their jobs anyway no matter what they did or did not do. It was "don't rock the boat" to the extreme, as is whenever there is an excuse not to do work, don't do it. Great post on public sector work TBL, which will only increase in number of jobs at least federally. The hiring process for public sector workers is agonising slower than even the private sector now, unlike back in that “terror era.” However, there are seldom layoffs. I noticed the huge gap in pay on average back when I was living in Metro DC until 2005. Did you know from 9/11 through the end of 2004, the Washington DC Metro area had the highest rate of job growth in the country, with Phoenix in second at about only half the rate? About 85% of those jobs were in “business-friendly” Northern Virginia too with all those contractor stiffs and the like (don’t trust any of those spineless folks from Metro DC)
Only those working for hedge funds and the like or who happened to flip properties with good timing (and later end up giving much or all of it back) made more than local public sector employees.
Now the employees of hedge funds and the like are rightfully sucking wind like all speculative types, but those public sector employees still have those jobs.
It seemed like wherever I worked that as usual about 20% working were carrying 80% of the load, with the rest of course just along for the ride because they knew it would be hard to lose their jobs anyway no matter what they did or did not do. It was “don’t rock the boat” to the extreme, as is whenever there is an excuse not to do work, don’t do it.

]]> By: Dirtheavyhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-384046 Dirtheavy Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:28:41 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13199#comment-384046 no sweat. we really did throw five grand a year at the problem for two years before getting out of there. It was the best solution we had, and the DW really loved the dogs. She's been up to visit once a year, so I lucked out on getting her to take the job. no sweat. we really did throw five grand a year at the problem for two years before getting out of there. It was the best solution we had, and the DW really loved the dogs. She’s been up to visit once a year, so I lucked out on getting her to take the job.

]]> By: blazers34http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-384025 blazers34 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:11:03 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13199#comment-384025 @dirtsure didnt mean to sound snarky, sorry if i did. i was just pointing out that i am in a fortunate situation as it relates to my dogs. and i didnt realize all of the trouble it would be in a big city. anyway, sure didnt mean to question how much you love your dogs. @dirt

sure didnt mean to sound snarky, sorry if i did. i was just pointing out that i am in a fortunate situation as it relates to my dogs. and i didnt realize all of the trouble it would be in a big city. anyway, sure didnt mean to question how much you love your dogs.

]]> By: TheBigLeadhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-383994 TheBigLead Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:49:09 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13199#comment-383994 i know a couple friends who came out of school as doctors/lawyer and made dogshit for $.they're climbing quickly, though. and once they get to the 40s, they'll skyrocket i know a couple friends who came out of school as doctors/lawyer and made dogshit for $.

they’re climbing quickly, though. and once they get to the 40s, they’ll skyrocket

]]> By: bsanders37http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-383992 bsanders37 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:47:38 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13199#comment-383992 <blockquote>This is going way back into the thread, but did anyone actually go read the parade thing? Those salaries are nuts. $40,000 a year trial lawyer in NYC? I don't even think that's public defender money. Unless that guy's working 20 hours a week, he's doing something wrong.</blockquote>I think it said $400k.

This is going way back into the thread, but did anyone actually go read the parade thing? Those salaries are nuts. $40,000 a year trial lawyer in NYC? I don’t even think that’s public defender money. Unless that guy’s working 20 hours a week, he’s doing something wrong.

I think it said $400k.

]]> By: BraveSrRobhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-383990 BraveSrRob Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:46:02 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13199#comment-383990 This is going way back into the thread, but did anyone actually go read the parade thing? Those salaries are nuts. $40,000 a year trial lawyer in NYC? I don't even think that's public defender money. Unless that guy's working 20 hours a week, he's doing something wrong. This is going way back into the thread, but did anyone actually go read the parade thing? Those salaries are nuts. $40,000 a year trial lawyer in NYC? I don’t even think that’s public defender money. Unless that guy’s working 20 hours a week, he’s doing something wrong.

]]> By: Dirtheavyhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-383987 Dirtheavy Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:16 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13199#comment-383987 <em>Ah, stool eating, that's the worst. It's also what happens when archaic hillbillies think they can train their dog not to shit on the floor by pushing their face right next to the shit and yelling, “No!” Idiots.</em>That used to be in dog training manuals, along with beating them with a rolled up newspaper. My dog didn't do it because of anything I did, she did it because she didn't want to poop in the box, and she was a bossy little thing, even at 10 weeks. Invariably, though, I'd find out what she'd done when she hopped up on me and gave me a poop kiss, which is grosser than gross. Ah, stool eating, that’s the worst. It’s also what happens when archaic hillbillies think they can train their dog not to shit on the floor by pushing their face right next to the shit and yelling, “No!” Idiots.

That used to be in dog training manuals, along with beating them with a rolled up newspaper.
My dog didn’t do it because of anything I did, she did it because she didn’t want to poop in the box, and she was a bossy little thing, even at 10 weeks. Invariably, though, I’d find out what she’d done when she hopped up on me and gave me a poop kiss, which is grosser than gross.

]]> By: bsanders37http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-383982 bsanders37 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:39:07 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13199#comment-383982 <blockquote>My second dog used to shit where she wanted and then eat it so she didn't get in trouble.</blockquote>Ah, stool eating, that's the worst. It's also what happens when archaic hillbillies think they can train their dog not to shit on the floor by pushing their face right next to the shit and yelling, "No!" Idiots.

My second dog used to shit where she wanted and then eat it so she didn’t get in trouble.

Ah, stool eating, that’s the worst. It’s also what happens when archaic hillbillies think they can train their dog not to shit on the floor by pushing their face right next to the shit and yelling, “No!” Idiots.

]]> By: Dirtheavyhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-roundup-up-close-with-the-polar-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-383980 Dirtheavy Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:36:30 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13199#comment-383980 I used to have a box when Lucas was a puppy. He really didn't want to shit in the box. The box was in the living room, and it was filled with piddle pads, and etc. Invariably, he's sneak behind the couch and take a ripe crap. That was when he was a teeny puppy, and in cities, before 16 weeks, and all their shots, dogs aren't supposed to go out at all. My second dog used to shit where she wanted and then eat it so she didn't get in trouble.@ blazers - don't get snarky with me please, not about dog love. We moved to the country in no small part because the dogs weren't happy, and when I used to work, i only worked where i could take them with me. Now I stay home with two of them, and the baby. The third one, who was miserable because of the baby, my wife now takes to work as a therapy dog, and he gets petted all day. And we only started doing that because he seemed sad and forlorn about the baby. I used to have a box when Lucas was a puppy. He really didn’t want to shit in the box. The box was in the living room, and it was filled with piddle pads, and etc. Invariably, he’s sneak behind the couch and take a ripe crap. That was when he was a teeny puppy, and in cities, before 16 weeks, and all their shots, dogs aren’t supposed to go out at all. My second dog used to shit where she wanted and then eat it so she didn’t get in trouble.

@ blazers – don’t get snarky with me please, not about dog love. We moved to the country in no small part because the dogs weren’t happy, and when I used to work, i only worked where i could take them with me. Now I stay home with two of them, and the baby. The third one, who was miserable because of the baby, my wife now takes to work as a therapy dog, and he gets petted all day. And we only started doing that because he seemed sad and forlorn about the baby.

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