top o' the mornin'®
- earendel
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top o' the mornin'®
Today and tomorrow I get to participate in a conference - however I'll be at my desk listening in by telephone. It's an all-day affair and I've been sent the slides that the varioius presenters will use (over 100 in all) but it will not be fun.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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It's hard to imagine how listening in on a conference that you can't see or really be a part of could be fun. However I do look on this as the chance to learn something, so it's not a totally wasted day.peacock2121 wrote:It won't be fun - starting with the fact that you have decided it won't be fun.
Wonder what would happen if you came in this morning and knew it would be fun.
You just might have found fun.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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Re: top o' the mornin'®
But you're saving the taxpayers a nice chunk of travel expenses and I thank you.earendel wrote:Today and tomorrow I get to participate in a conference - however I'll be at my desk listening in by telephone. It's an all-day affair and I've been sent the slides that the varioius presenters will use (over 100 in all) but it will not be fun.
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I do that most of the day, every day.earendel wrote:It's hard to imagine how listening in on a conference that you can't see or really be a part of could be fun. However I do look on this as the chance to learn something, so it's not a totally wasted day.peacock2121 wrote:It won't be fun - starting with the fact that you have decided it won't be fun.
Wonder what would happen if you came in this morning and knew it would be fun.
You just might have found fun.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- peacock2121
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My point was - start imagining how it could be fun, rather than deciding it won't be.earendel wrote:It's hard to imagine how listening in on a conference that you can't see or really be a part of could be fun. However I do look on this as the chance to learn something, so it's not a totally wasted day.peacock2121 wrote:It won't be fun - starting with the fact that you have decided it won't be fun.
Wonder what would happen if you came in this morning and knew it would be fun.
You just might have found fun.
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Re: top o' the mornin'®
You could do a crossword puzzle while listening.earendel wrote:Today and tomorrow I get to participate in a conference - however I'll be at my desk listening in by telephone. It's an all-day affair and I've been sent the slides that the varioius presenters will use (over 100 in all) but it will not be fun.
I would get bored listning to people talk for two days by telephone.
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Re: top o' the mornin'®
Except that I'm sitting at my desk and I'm expected to look busy even if I'm only listening on the telephone (over a headset).PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:You could do a crossword puzzle while listening.earendel wrote:Today and tomorrow I get to participate in a conference - however I'll be at my desk listening in by telephone. It's an all-day affair and I've been sent the slides that the varioius presenters will use (over 100 in all) but it will not be fun.
I would get bored listning to people talk for two days by telephone.
We're currently on a 15-minute break - it took 30 minutes just to get everyone hooked into the conference due to unspecified technical difficulties. The big problem so far is trying to keep straight who is speaking since we can't see any faces and the speakers don't always identify themselves.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."
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Re: top o' the mornin'®
I watch TV during mine. I just got off an hour and a half long problem call that had nothing to do with me. (I have have to be on those "just in case".)PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:You could do a crossword puzzle while listening.earendel wrote:Today and tomorrow I get to participate in a conference - however I'll be at my desk listening in by telephone. It's an all-day affair and I've been sent the slides that the varioius presenters will use (over 100 in all) but it will not be fun.
I would get bored listning to people talk for two days by telephone.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.