Comments on: Where’s The Fun In That? http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/wheres-the-fun-in-that#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wheres-the-fun-in-that I Came, I Saw, I Suffered Immensely Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:33:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/wheres-the-fun-in-that#comment-2426 Mikeachim Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:36:25 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=1624#comment-2426 <b>"I think I have vertigo". Haha. :) In an office job, I (or rather we) once swapped a desk out for an identical but slightly smaller model, so everything on it was slightly closer together. The victim spent the morning knocking things off the edge of it and cursing her clumsiness. Yes, jacking the whole dayjob thing in and doing something more productive and more You, that's *truly* fun. I hear ya.</b> “I think I have vertigo”. Haha. :)

In an office job, I (or rather we) once swapped a desk out for an identical but slightly smaller model, so everything on it was slightly closer together. The victim spent the morning knocking things off the edge of it and cursing her clumsiness.

Yes, jacking the whole dayjob thing in and doing something more productive and more You, that’s *truly* fun.

I hear ya.

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/wheres-the-fun-in-that#comment-2425 Mikeachim Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:25:33 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=1624#comment-2425 <b>Yes, I learned similar lessons. Mainly about the importance of morale and treating the people who work for you with respect and dignity, otherwise backstabbing and casual petty theft will be part of your factory-floor culture. And the importance of washing the clothes you work in at least once a week. Looking back, though, the thing that really fills my mind is the image of the 'Model C'. Slapping the piece of clay down onto the mould, half a second before the superheated metal tool came down and pressed it into a plate. Those times when I was a bit slow, and missed having my hand ripped off. Or the blades on the handle deseamers, so all you had to do was get your hand trapped on a die and round it went and down came the blade and *chuckkk*, no more piano lessons. Looking back, I genuinely can't believe I didn't at the very least lose a finger or two. Especially when I think of how many others did.... Ah. Happy days, eh?</b> Yes, I learned similar lessons. Mainly about the importance of morale and treating the people who work for you with respect and dignity, otherwise backstabbing and casual petty theft will be part of your factory-floor culture. And the importance of washing the clothes you work in at least once a week.

Looking back, though, the thing that really fills my mind is the image of the ‘Model C’. Slapping the piece of clay down onto the mould, half a second before the superheated metal tool came down and pressed it into a plate. Those times when I was a bit slow, and missed having my hand ripped off. Or the blades on the handle deseamers, so all you had to do was get your hand trapped on a die and round it went and down came the blade and *chuckkk*, no more piano lessons.

Looking back, I genuinely can’t believe I didn’t at the very least lose a finger or two. Especially when I think of how many others did….

Ah. Happy days, eh?

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/wheres-the-fun-in-that#comment-2424 Mikeachim Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:12:47 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=1624#comment-2424 <b>When you're working for yourself, do you find the added incentive to work (becase you directly reap all rewards) outweighs the dangerous freedom of making up your own schedule?</b> When you’re working for yourself, do you find the added incentive to work (becase you directly reap all rewards) outweighs the dangerous freedom of making up your own schedule?

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/wheres-the-fun-in-that#comment-2412 Mikeachim Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:05:05 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=1624#comment-2412 <b>I AM Mike Sowden, and I can vouch for him 100%. I'm not saying he's fun. I'm just saying I can vouch for him. He's definitely Mike Sowden. Rather than a machine, which seems to be what belly is suggesting there.</b> I AM Mike Sowden, and I can vouch for him 100%.

I’m not saying he’s fun. I’m just saying I can vouch for him. He’s definitely Mike Sowden. Rather than a machine, which seems to be what belly is suggesting there.

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