Boo, this is going to sound odd, maybe, but do you *have* to wait for your agency to find you something? Or can you find something in the classifieds in your paper?
There’s not a lot that suits me there - I’m either underqualified (because I have a lot of experience but no proper qualifications for the work I do), or I’m overqualified (too good at what I do, and too experienced).
*sigh*
Bummer. I will keep my fingers crossed that your agency finds you something soon, then.
Of course I do….otherwise it would take waaay too long. This way it’s hot enough in 2 minutes, and then I just let it steep…
I think I might need that box of tea back now.
What Crafty needs, though she doesn’t know it yet, is an electric kettle, which will boil water as fast if not faster than a microwave and will not alarm and repulse the serious tea drinker. (These—electric kettles, I mean, though the same is true of tea drinkers, I guess—are available in the U.S., Boo, but they are not standard kitchen equipment here they way they are in the U.K. They are standard equipment in my kitchen, though.)
Really, Crafty—every tea drinker should have one. Everyone who needs to boil a few cups of water from time to time should have one. You cannot believe how much better they are for this purpose than a microwave, and they don’t have to be expensive, either.
96.9 The Eagle…Classic Rock. Right now it is the Bob And Tom show. Pretty funny stuff.
(I need al the humor I can get…)
Notice I am trying really hard to stay cheery this morning and NOT get caught up in all the physical problems..
*sigh*
It’s really, really hard sometimes though…
Oh, I loathe Bob and Tom (which originates here in Indianapolis, by the way)—occasionally they have a guest I might enjoy, but I don’t because I’d have to listen to the rest of the show. But if they amuse you, Dave, that’s a point in their favor. Their key demographic tends to have more Y chromosomes than I have.
Well, the doctors do have me adding the spice of manliness to my medicine every day, so maybe that’s it!
I have just started looking around for morning talk radio, so I haven’t many choices of what to listen to yet….
If you have suggestions, i’m all ears. (Nothing too political or dreary, mind you… I have enough of that in real life!)
*...the dragon dips her tea repeatedly and begins to smile slowly…*
I may live through the morning yet….
(These—electrict kettles, I mean, though the same is true of tea drinkers—are available in the U.S., Boo, but they are not standard kitchen equipment here they way they are in the U.K….)
Of course I do….otherwise it would take waaay too long. This way it’s hot enough in 2 minutes, and then I just let it steep…
I think I might need that box of tea back now.
What Crafty needs, though she doesn’t know it yet, is an electric kettle, which will boil water as fast if not faster than a microwave and will not alarm and repulse the serious tea drinker. (These—electrict kettles, I mean, though the same is true of tea drinkers—are available in the U.S., Boo, but they are not standard kitchen equipment here they way they are in the U.K. They are standard equipment in my kitchen, though.)
Really, Crafty—every tea drinker should have one. Everyone who needs to boil a few cups of water from time to time should have one. You cannot believe how much better they are for this purpose than a microwave, and they don’t have to be expensive, either.
So, other than atmospher and tradition, what IS the difference in zapping water as compared to boiling it slowly? (As long as you don’t hyper-heat it?) Or is it just a matter of tradition?
(These—electrict kettles, I mean, though the same is true of tea drinkers—are available in the U.S., Boo, but they are not standard kitchen equipment here they way they are in the U.K….)
Wait, wait. What? Really? Really?
Really. I had never heard of one (except in British novels) until about 5 years ago. And I’ve been a tea drinker most of my adult life! Honestly, I don’t know how I got along without one…well, that’s not true. The way I got along without it was spending a lot of time waiting for the dang kettle on the dang stove to boil.
My mom actually had one of those (electric kettles) when I was in high school, and she used it to make our hot chocolate in the morning…I think I may have to get one.
(These—electrict kettles, I mean, though the same is true of tea drinkers—are available in the U.S., Boo, but they are not standard kitchen equipment here they way they are in the U.K….)
Wait, wait. What? Really? Really?
Really. I had never heard of one (except in British novels) until about 5 years ago. And I’ve been a tea drinker most of my adult life! Honestly, I don’t know how I got along without one…well, that’s not true. The way I got along without it was spending a lot of time waiting for the dang kettle on the dang stove to boil.
See, with a microwave, you don’t have to wait for the dang water to boil….
It kinda seems like the debate over iced tea vs. sun tea. really.
I have a hard time believing that there is any real difference in taste. But i know that Tea drinking is serious business across the pond, so I will withhold judgement.
And Carlotta, not that I’m trying to talk you into anything, but there are advantages to being fulltime that go beyond money. But you know that.
Yes, I know.
However, the Canadian government provides better basic benefits than most HMO’s do in the US, PLUS I’m covered for additional benefits through my husband, who actually has quite amazing coverage through his job. Free prescriptions, 100% eye and non-cosmetic dental. 20% deductible on orthodontics, etc. Heck, I just found out I can get massages. At a spa. Any spa I choose. Without needing a doctor referral. And they pay. Wooot!!!
What he doesn’t have, and what my company offers (being who they are) are financial benefits. Investment portfolios, mutual funds, stock options, and the like. However, for the salary difference, I could still do that on my own through one of their many financial advisors that I’ve become friendly with, and still come out ahead with my net salary. The only ever-present danger is the work drying up. BUT…. we have one freelancer who has worked for my company soley for over 20 years now. She has supported herself and her daughter as a single mother on the money she’s made there. We have five full time freelancers who work offsite. About 1.5 to two hours of my day is spent collecting and loading jobs to our ftp for them to work on. And we are still understaffed. Barring a pandemic of worldwide implications or some other natural disaster that deals a crippling blow to the global economy, the work there isn’t going away anytime soon. Of course, if something like that happens, I’m screwed anyhow.
