Starting time is around 17th Jul. - I will be in training for a while first
but it is paid, on the job training.
I am so fucking relieved I could shit myself ',;~}~
Love ya all!!!!!!!!!!
Shaun aRe
--
May all your wishes be both wise and fulfilled.
Way to go m'friend...
Those civil pensions are usually worth millions if yu can hang in there long
enough...
> I can spend time promoting our other work, the stuff we enjoy doing
> like the drumming/drum repair etc. so that is cool, heheheheh...
And the beat goes on.... ;-}
> I am so fucking relieved I could shit myself ',;~}~
Film at 11 ?
Cheers you ARSE! My mum has been an almost life-long CR fan, and I still
bear the torture scars... heheheheh...
> The question now is:
> you got it, can you handle the catch?
>Need to can do< - simple formula...
> 9-5, every day,
Nope - flexi-time...
> same office,
> same people,
BT, DT, survived...
> the endless conversations about the football last night...
Screw football - I have an internal FB kill-file, installed and running
well...
> Office politics around the coffee urn....
Politics make me laugh, so, I can get summink outa that anyway...
> Talking to people who are at their wits' end with the unholy fuckup that
> the govenmint has made of their lives....
Yeah, this is my biggest worry - I care too fucking much and feel very
passionate about tyranny and incompetence, especially when they are walking
hand-in-hand...
> Stay Sane, Brother,
> you head into a scary place...
No shit Sherlock, heheheheh...
It's the bottom line I am answering to here though - we cannot asurvive any
longer without my earning too, not as the family we are - this job allows us
*both* (Kath works there already... ) to bring in cash while still being
able to promote our *other* work, the fun stuff we love doing,
druming/percussion, mebbe soon food related stuff too etc...
> (Me too, it looks like i'm going to get a job as a teacher (full time
> proper) scary...)
> Hugs
> Golly
NO SHIT MATE!!!! I dunno if I could hack that one, despite the fact I was
seriously looking into it some years ago... good luck with whichever way
that goes brudder! ',;~}~
Yeah well, we will see - this is a means to an end mate, as per below...
>> I can spend time promoting our other work, the stuff we enjoy doing
>> like the drumming/drum repair etc. so that is cool, heheheheh...
>
> And the beat goes on.... ;-}
YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!! ',;~}~
>> I am so fucking relieved I could shit myself ',;~}~
>
> Film at 11 ?
What, you into scat now /too/ huh? Heheheheheh...
Shaun aRe
jobs get in the way of stroke time 8==><, i love golf and to take that away
for me might make me kill someone. 8==>< {:'),
this is still from.. what 6mo ago when you lost your last steady thing?
boy if it is ill bet your fucking thrilled to have a steady thing, good
on ya m8, well done.
pash
Golf sucks arse like Dysons suck dust.
HTH.
HAND. ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
Lost my last one on the 27th January - my dad's business, family business,
it 'went under', I got 1 day and a few hours notice, that my investment into
the future of it was a waste of over 8 1/2 years...
> boy if it is ill bet your fucking thrilled to have a steady thing,
No fucking shit mate, been driving me insane for an age now not having the
income and work...
> good
> on ya m8, well done.
>
> pash
Thanks Pash ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
--
Life is the dream you wake up to.
It's good to be employed.
LR
Good to hear!!!
Fookin excelent mate!
At least it will keep you off the streets!!!
heard ya tangled with some smoke a few days ago!
hehehehe
hope all is good.
when you get the next set o beans, the smoke will just blow you away.
If ya think you were stonded then.... just you wait mate, just you
wait!
Kath too!
>
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>
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> Shaun aRe
> --
> May all your wishes be both wise and fulfilled.
HGJ
Praise the gods!!!!!! :-)
Thyme to celebrate!
Congrats luv!
--
Peace!
Om
"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson
Indeed... I'm so relieved for him!
I've been worried.
I almost forgot to mention.....
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'BOUT TIME YA LAZY FRIGGIN' SLUG YOU......
I mean just how long did ya think you could coast...?
So happy for you. We've been unemployed a few times in our 40 years,
and it's a bitch. And a govt job. the benefits are usually the best
with them.
I had a county job a few years ago, and I loved it, but my boss with
pure evil, and me being a tender hearted soul, juct couldn't hack it.
My blood pressure went up, and my self esteem down, and I got depressed
big time. 2 docs told me I had to quit. I 'prolly' had a lawsuit, but
was too beaten down to pursue it. Biotch can't keep help, wonder why???
They all leave on Tranquelizers!!
But the best 'job is being RETIRED, with enough $$ to enjoy life.
This is the beginning of this life!! Yay for us. No more alarm clocks,
no need to rush around anymore. Hang in there, y'all, you too can
arrive at this place!!
Hope life improves greatly for you and Kathy, and the flex time is
great. I like that concept, never got to try it, but it always sounded
good.
Ehugs, OH
Iz da crop don yet???? know it was close!!
Congrates! Now.. send me beans please. :)
Good on You!
I found out last Thursday I'm shortlisted for interview at the local
community college for entry level Network SysAdmin. I'm cramming for my
Linux certifications right now...
I've been off work for months too....
And this is a major upgrade from long hauling b-trains.
Gees!! I sure hope I get it.
I'm so freakin' Jealous Mate!
*Good* On Ya!
What's all this about drums?
You a musician?
I took grade 9 from a Juliard instructor in NY NY when I lived there in
'67-'68. Whew! that was a long time ago... Keyboards... "Piano" back then...
I should post a pic of my studio rig today for ya...
Mostly Kurzweil and Korg gear, and a couple vintage pieces, Kawai K5 and
Yamaha TX802. I got my software engineering ticket especially to master
MIDI, but it was a little overkill, I think. Now I'm boning up on the
UNIX stuff because they missed it back then, and built in my skills
obsolescence thereby. I knew it was happening at the time but I was
powerless to do anything about it. I'm fixing that now.
Send one out to the BudBurner too! I know he's been grumbling about
scoring the next job as well...
But, what about the drug test?
Hey Shaun, did you piss already for the man?
Are you aware of the things you can do about that?
It's gonna be important if it applies to you...
...jj
What?
As far as I know, civil (office) jobs don't usually require a drug
test. I worked for the State and never got tested. They do test cops
and people who operate vehicles and machinary but if you're sitting at
a desk, all is good.
I'm new here but add my...>CONGRATULATIONS! (having a good job is way
cool).
jv
I DON'T PLAY GOLF DUHH I'M TALKING ABOUT MASTURBATION, WORKING TAKES TIME
FROM MASTURBATION CUM ON GUY FIGURE 8==>< OUT, DON'T TRY TOO HARD CAUSE ITS
HARD ENOUGH LOL
SHIT!!! AHHH SOMETHING JUST LANDED ON MY BEAR ASS WHILE I WAS TYPING, IT WAS
ICE COLD AND I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT IS WAS, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FROM IT
SAT ON MY ASS FOR ABOUT FIVE SECONDS WHILE I WONDERS SHOULD THIS BE FREAKING
ME THE FUCK OUT, I LEFT THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH THE WAY IT WAS, I'M OUT I
NEED TO FIND THIS THING...
I was in between jobs a few times the last few
years and it feels real good when shit goes your way.
I got my job now, and am looking to get a better
one, i am in the app. process now for a real good
paying blue collar job. If i don't get it, i
still got the job i got, it's no big deal.
Hey good luck to you and your new job. Fucking a
you deserve it.
> Congratulations Shaun!
Cheers mate!
> It's good to be employed.
YAY! It's good not to be flat BROKE too! Heheheh...
Thanks love! Worried? You and me both me dear - I've been scared senseless
for weeks and weeks now, heheheh...
',;~}~
Shaun aRe XX
Heheheh, yup, there is that! BUT, how will I find the time to walk for ~3
hours each day now huh? Heheheheh...
> heard ya tangled with some smoke a few days ago!
>
> hehehehe
Pah - every day mate! Trippin' by the end of the night, heheheh...
A bag of the early finisher went to a few friends the other day, andf this
is the stuff that has been knocking us on our sres most, but I got my 3
reviews back and they were unfavourable! I was fucking stunned! I got told
that it was OK, but nothing special, nothing to sing and dance about - FUCK
THAT!!! The stuff is so damned resiny, the taste is fantastic and
intoxicating all on its own, buggerem I saw, heheheh... ',;~}~
> hope all is good.
Yeah, and getting better too thanks ',;~}~
> when you get the next set o beans, the smoke will just blow you away.
> If ya think you were stonded then.... just you wait mate, just you
> wait!
>
> Kath too!
Heheheheh, cheers mah bro'!
Shaun aRe
Thanks Kat me dear! We now just have to make it through the next couple of
months or so financially until I get paid - gonna be a tough while yet
still - we have run outa reserves now...
Shaun aRe
Heheheh, was hoping I'd win the Lottery mate! Heheheheh... CHEERS! ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
Thanks ',;~}~
> We've been unemployed a few times in our 40 years,
> and it's a bitch. And a govt job. the benefits are usually the best
> with them.
Yup, seems that way!
> I had a county job a few years ago, and I loved it, but my boss with
> pure evil, and me being a tender hearted soul, juct couldn't hack it.
> My blood pressure went up, and my self esteem down, and I got depressed
> big time. 2 docs told me I had to quit. I 'prolly' had a lawsuit, but
> was too beaten down to pursue it. Biotch can't keep help, wonder why???
> They all leave on Tranquelizers!!
OMG that's awful!!!
> But the best 'job is being RETIRED, with enough $$ to enjoy life.
> This is the beginning of this life!! Yay for us. No more alarm clocks,
> no need to rush around anymore. Hang in there, y'all, you too can
> arrive at this place!!
YAY!!!!!!!
> Hope life improves greatly for you and Kathy, and the flex time is
> great. I like that concept, never got to try it, but it always sounded
> good.
> Ehugs, OH
Thanks loads me dear ',;~}~
> Iz da crop don yet???? know it was close!!
Some is in now and we LOVE IT thanks! Still got 6 waiting to finish yet,
mebbe another week or two. Yields have been quite low indeed so far though,
most likely due to the overcrowding, but the later finishers are looking
quite a bit better than the others ',;~}~
CHEERS!
THANKS BUZZ!!!
',;~}~
As for beans, well, I don't think I've really managed to make any, mebbe
just a couple this time - I polinated too late, was too ill at the right
time to be bothered doing it... ARGH!!! Heheheheh...
Cheers!
Shaun aRe
Cheers mate!
> I found out last Thursday I'm shortlisted for interview at the local
> community college for entry level Network SysAdmin. I'm cramming for my
> Linux certifications right now...
>
> I've been off work for months too....
> And this is a major upgrade from long hauling b-trains.
> Gees!! I sure hope I get it.
The very best of good bloody luck to ya and more!!!
> I'm so freakin' Jealous Mate!
>
> *Good* On Ya!
',;~}~
> What's all this about drums?
> You a musician?
> I took grade 9 from a Juliard instructor in NY NY when I lived there in
> '67-'68. Whew! that was a long time ago... Keyboards... "Piano" back
> then...
Nah not really - I play a /little/ Djembe and similar hand drums, but I
tune/maintain and repair them far better than I play them, heheheh...
> I should post a pic of my studio rig today for ya...
> Mostly Kurzweil and Korg gear, and a couple vintage pieces, Kawai K5 and
> Yamaha TX802. I got my software engineering ticket especially to master
> MIDI, but it was a little overkill, I think. Now I'm boning up on the
> UNIX stuff because they missed it back then, and built in my skills
> obsolescence thereby. I knew it was happening at the time but I was
> powerless to do anything about it. I'm fixing that now.
>
> Send one out to the BudBurner too! I know he's been grumbling about
> scoring the next job as well...
Hells yeah!
Shaun aRe
Thanks me dear!!!
> But, what about the drug test?
There ain't any, nope! ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
There is no drug testing there! ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
Thanks, and welcome! ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
> good luck man
> >the stuff we enjoy doing like the drumming/drum repair etc. so that is
> >cool, >heheheheh...
>
> What?
Kath teaches taditional African Djembe rhythms, and is also a drum circle
facilitator (Google 'Arthur Hull' for more in depth info on that!), I play a
little, but I work on the drums, repair/tune them for people. I have 3 bare
shells here now waiting to be skinned with goat or calf hide, that I will
then sell on. Got the skins here now, just waiting for the weather to
brighten and dry up a bit again - a lot of the job is best done outdoors...
Shaun aRe
Thanks mate!
Best of luck with your app too ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
Good things come atcha in threes...
One never knows, do one...?
Heheh, thing is mate, I never play it! ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
I'd have to guess that would limit your chances severely...
> > Praise the gods!!!!!! :-)
> >
> > Thyme to celebrate!
> >
> > Congrats luv!
>
> Thanks Kat me dear! We now just have to make it through the next couple of
> months or so financially until I get paid - gonna be a tough while yet
> still - we have run outa reserves now...
>
> Shaun aRe
Sell a bit of excess clover perhaps?
--
Peace!
Om
"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson
I will take some :)
I find myself in the absurd financial situation where I would get more
benefits if I had less money in the bank, so I might as well stock up on
anything and everything..........
--
Spencer Manchester UK
If you are sitting, just sit. If you are walking, just walk. Above all,
don't wobble.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Wow! I am again amazzzzed at the diversity of the aRe's talents! You
two are like the Martha Stewart's of the drug and occult worlds with a
little tinge of the Osbournes thrown in the cauldron. Smoochy to
youchy.
I've never met people like you guys before. Such different cultures we
have. You even toke differently too.
What happened to Mrs. aRe? Doesn't she like us anymore?
I may be stoned, but I am serious in what I have said above. I type
pretty damn good when I stoned too.
MY LOVE TO JEMMIE.
S+<(*;*)>+B
Stickee Budsee
There's nothing like coming home from work after a crappy day and
lighting up a bowl.
Coming home from a crappy day and lighting up a joint is pretty much like
coming home from a crappy day and lighting up a bowl.
I know.
I know...
It isn't *exactly* the same... but it's pretty close..
C'mon. admit it...
~
~
<//////////////## ~
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Pooey.
My preferences are:
1. Bong
2. Wooden pipe
3. If desparate, a J.
I can't remember the last time I smoked a J.
But then, I can't remember much of anything lately. Which is not a bad
thing.
S+<(*;*)>+B
There's that too. Hopefully this will be a new cycle of prosperity for you
and yours.
LR
>
>
>
> Shaun aRe
>
i use nether but i'm pro both lets think for a second does any one carry a
gravity or water bong, wood pipe, or hooka to the park but you can do that
with a [spliff] "i thmell thmoke" so lets just love all the ways God gave us
to enjoy the plants he put on earth, blessing and peace be apon da [Juma]
Bu-yaka! Salasi wo-oo-oo yess
Awesome bro---
make that money mang
Mate,
I am so happy to hear that for you...I have never been out of work, but
it's probably one of my biggest fears, and I can't even imagine the
stress. So, on behalf of the US Shaun contingent, let me extend to you
our warmest congratulations!
Shaun (the other one)
30 years ago this summer, I shared in a joint on hippy hill in GG Park, S.F.
It was made from a paper towel tube, lined with foil and stuffed with about
3 ounces of flowers...
It probly fed 30 of us to the saturation point...
Ah, but that was then, this is now...
<sigh>
Heheheh, would it surprise you to know then that Kath is a multi first prize
winning preserve maker (only ever took first prizes)? An excellent quilter
and all-round seamstress (she made my weding outfit for a start)? Has
studied horticulture and garden design? Fully qualified aromatherapist and
reflexologist as well as level 3 Reiki? Oh heck there's more too,
heheheheh...
As for me, well, I taught myself the drum repair and tuning stuff after
falling in love with the Djembe, and made myself a small one, including
carving the wooden shell from a log. This is how Kath and I met - I posted a
message to a djembe mailing list asking where I could find an African
goatskin to complete it, and it was Kath that answered... Other stuff, well,
I work on my own bicycles, and my main one I built totally myself from the
frame up, including lacing the wheels up with the spokes which I taught
myself too. I have a little lectronics and electrical knowledge and have
built a few audio amplifiers over the years. I have written a couple of
short stories, and love photography and digital art too... oh hells yeah,
and I'm pretty red hot in the kitchen too, heheheheh... right I'll stop
blowing that trumpet now, heheheh...
I guess we both just love to be creative! ',;~}~
> I've never met people like you guys before. Such different cultures we
> have. You even toke differently too.
LOL!
> What happened to Mrs. aRe? Doesn't she like us anymore?
Sue she does, she has a blast with you all! She just doesn't find the time
to post often - getting quite busy with promoting her percussion work
lately...
> I may be stoned, but I am serious in what I have said above. I type
> pretty damn good when I stoned too.
Heheh, me too sometimes, but not if I have been drinking too, heheheh...
> MY LOVE TO JEMMIE.
DONE!!!
Cheers me love! ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
Thanks loads Shaun! And yup, it sucked being outa work - did that for a long
time in the past and have had enough of it...
CHEERS! ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
Just a bit! Heheheheh... I'm just not a gambler of that kind really - hate
throwing my dreams and money away like that on such a slim chance...
Shaun aRe
Cheers BB!
Hey - I was almost at that point yaknow...
Best o' luck to ya, find summink quick eh!
Cheers mate, heheheheh... ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
Cheers, should be too - this will be more money coming into the household
than we've had between us before and our hobby work is picking up well so
far too... ',;~}~
Shaun aRe
Nice one! I don't post often here, I don't have time to get in to the
whole ''community'' thing, but it's grand to see when someone gets
something as important as a steady income sorted out. Congrats. And
flexi time is always nice so you can do the work when it suits you, not
when it suits The Man.
On a slightly different note, have I gathered right in all the other
posts that you're also an occultist and traditional drum repairer? You
kinda remind me of a mate of mine called Martin. Chaosite (or
Chaosist, whatever a Chaos Magician calls himself), intensely
intelligent psychonaut extraordinaire with about 100 music
qualifications under his belt and a former Windows developer. At
least, that's the impression I get of you so I could be far off the
mark.
> Starting time is around 17th Jul. - I will be in training for a while first
> but it is paid, on the job training.
>
> I am so fucking relieved I could shit myself ',;~}~
Whoah!! Too much information dude!!!!
> Love ya all!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> Shaun aRe
> --
> May all your wishes be both wise and fulfilled.
Concise, philosophical, kinda beautiful. Everyone should have an email
signature like that!
Indeed. Lotteries are a voluntary form of taxation.
A 'stupid tax', if you will.
They typically pay out only 40-50% of what they take in.
Very poor odds...
> On a slightly different note, have I gathered right in all the other
> posts that you're also an occultist and traditional drum repairer? You
> kinda remind me of a mate of mine called Martin. Chaosite (or
> Chaosist, whatever a Chaos Magician calls himself), intensely
> intelligent psychonaut extraordinaire with about 100 music
> qualifications under his belt and a former Windows developer. At
> least, that's the impression I get of you so I could be far off the
> mark.
I used to be an occultist and Chaos Magick was the key to practical magick
for me.
After some success I became overconfident and made some bad mistakes.
I am now a Buddhist.
Spencer
"To communicate with Mars, converse with spirits, To report the behaviour of
the sea monster, Describe the horoscope, haruspicate or scry, Observe
disease in signatures." (T.S.Eliot)
in middleschool I picked up lessons on the wee'dingi and the peckerwood I
thought id be a flutist
but in highschool under the tutelage of my music teacher he taught me to be
a classical penis, in the order of Chokepan, Cock, and Balldinshaff I also
picked the pube harp, but for the state comp~ my teacher taught me a little
know native American flute the dikalikee cockenballer and won secondplace
for my first movement a piece I put together called "stroke it to the left"
when I left school I joined the navy and became prolific at marine mammilla
and studied the art of flogging the dolphins after giving up on music for
that time but the quartermaster demoted me to the botany department were I
began studies on various flora and became prolific and gulding the lilies,
massaging the stink horns, but was then dishonorably discharged for loving
my work too much
so I found a local band/bakery were inside we served up strawberry short
cakes, tossed salads, and baked cumquats, while out side I'd play a rusty
trombone not my favorite instrument but it paid the rent.
now I live back home with my parents were I just stay home and jack it on
disability of I forgot to tell you how I became disabled
I was working at a strip club and was the #1 mop boy and glass cleaner, we
on occasion have to go to the 7/11 for the boobrash ointments and
asstroglide, one night I was walking the floor and slipped in a puddle of
cum landing on a customers meat helmet and broke my coccyx
Yep, that sure sounds like a Martha clone.
She is too busy to post.
Sweet story of how ya met too. That was pure divine intervention.
Have ya heard from the Gadgey?
Cheers mate! We are happy ',;~}~
> On a slightly different note, have I gathered right in all the other
> posts that you're also an occultist and traditional drum repairer?
Not an occultist really, no! But yes, I do repair/tune/maitain traditional
African djembe drums and similar rope tuned hand drums, yup! Been doing it
for about 3 or so years, self taught.
Just skinned a large djembe shell on Friday, in fact - still has to have the
hair removed and the final tuning done - will do most of that today but the
tuning needs to be done in stages over several days, as it settles down day
by day for the first while and will go out of tune otherwise. Looks like
this one is going to be one fiiiine drum! Should sell for about £160 when it
is done ',;~}~
> You
> kinda remind me of a mate of mine called Martin. Chaosite (or
> Chaosist, whatever a Chaos Magician calls himself), intensely
> intelligent psychonaut extraordinaire with about 100 music
> qualifications under his belt and a former Windows developer. At
> least, that's the impression I get of you so I could be far off the
> mark.
Heh, well like I said, I'm not a magician of the occult kind, my magic is in
my various creativities and my love of life etc.
',;~}~
>> Starting time is around 17th Jul. - I will be in training for a while
>> first
>> but it is paid, on the job training.
>>
>> I am so fucking relieved I could shit myself ',;~}~
>
> Whoah!! Too much information dude!!!!
Heheheh, sorry!
>> Love ya all!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>
>> Shaun aRe
>> --
>> May all your wishes be both wise and fulfilled.
>
> Concise, philosophical, kinda beautiful. Everyone should have an email
> signature like that!
Thanks! I wanted to have a kind of well wishing prayer that was not
religiously orinted, and the above was what occurred to me.
Shaun aRe
--
Life is the dream you wake up to.
Heheh, too busy or too worn out!
We were out all day yesterday doing facilitated rums circle workshops at an
Asian Mela festival - it was fantastic! Kath handled the people like the pro
she is and they loved her as always, I kinda shilled for her and helped
things run along smoothly, and all had a wonderful time <G!> We set up at
around 11 a.m. started at about 1 p.m. and finished at 5 p.m. - cheque for
Ł200 in the pocket for that ',;~}~
> Sweet story of how ya met too. That was pure divine intervention.
It was - really bizarre - we hit it off in an instant too, was like we'd
known each other forever already ',;~}~
Funny thing is, it was down to a girl I met by chance in a park while riding
my bike that this started with. Met her and her kid, we got talking, hit it
off and exchanged numbers. We became friends and kinda had a bit of a sex
thing going on for a short while. It was her that introduced me to the
djembe, and I fell in love with them. That's when I decided I was going to
carve and skin on for myself, hence the need for a goatskin, heheheheh...
yup, the fates sure as hell conspired to see us both together alright ',;~}~
> Have ya heard from the Gadgey?
Yeah, briefly! He's doing well he tells me ',;~}~
Cheers!
Shaun aRe
All my family on my mum's side were gamblers to at least some extent, with
one of my uncles ruining his life several times over by putting thousands
and thousands either down at the bookies or into bandits. The bug just never
got me at all - won't even put £1 in a bandit if I am in the pub. The only
gambling I've ever really done, is betting on myself in a game of pool.
Shaun aRe