The Self Referential Thread

[kurchatovium]

She's very frail at that age. 🙁
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I hear ya man. My mom has a degenerative spinal disease so she is able to do less and less. Its been hard to get her to relenquish tasks up that I can do easier and faster. 🙁

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[milagros317]

That must be very difficult for her to admit. 🙁
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[kurchatovium]

That must be very difficult for her to admit. 🙁
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Yea it is. 🙁 I let her tell me when she wants me to help or do it entirely. 🙁

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[milagros317]

Growing old is no fun at all. 🙁 The cliche is that the alternative is worse. 🙁
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[kurchatovium]

Growing old is no fun at all. 🙁 The cliche is that the alternative is worse. 🙁
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There is saying that Growing old is not for the young.. Which I suspect is true as well.

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[milagros317]

Yes, I've heard that one, too.
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[kurchatovium]

Yes, I've heard that one, too.
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Yea its a fairly common saying as well. :😀

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[milagros317]

My father used to say "Youth is wasted on the young." When I got to be about 50 I finally understood what he meant.
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[kurchatovium]

My father used to say "Youth is wasted on the young." When I got to be about 50 I finally understood what he meant.
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Yea same here. There is a russian joke that goes something like "When I was 7 I thought my father was quite dumb by the time I was 25 I realized how much smarter he had become." The joke being of course that it is not of course his father that had gotten smarter. 😛

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[milagros317]

I think Mark Twain stole a version of that one from the Russians and used it. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

I think Mark Twain stole a version of that one from the Russians and used it. 😀 😛

Perhaps. Hard to know who stole from who. LOL 😛

I feel obligated to pass on a few bits of Russian wisdom now and then since I have a russian like name on the forum even though I am not russian at all. 😀 😛

 

[milagros317]

My favorite Russian saying, which goes back to the era of the Czars, is this: When three sit down to talk revolution, two are police spies and one is an idiot. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

My favorite Russian saying, which goes back to the era of the Czars, is this: When three sit down to talk revolution, two are police spies and one is an idiot. 😀 😛

LOL That is a good one. 😀

I am not certain if its a Russian sayng but my Russian friend use to always say "Stupidity knows no boundaries.". 😀 😛

 

[milagros317]

That one is all too true. 🙁
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[kurchatovium]

That one is all too true. 🙁
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Yes I agree. 🙁 My friend used it a lot espeically when referring to my former boss. 😀 😛

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[milagros317]

Too bad you had to work for a boss like that. 🙁
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[kurchatovium]

Too bad you had to work for a boss like that. 🙁
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Yes was not easy. Thats for sure. I was always amazed at times how incredibly accurate the Dilbert cartoons were. Amazing sometimes how any businesses manage to make money. LOL

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[milagros317]

Ah, yes, I love the Dilbert cartoons with the pointy-haired dumb boss. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

Ah, yes, I love the Dilbert cartoons with the pointy-haired dumb boss. 😀 😛

The one that really cracked me up once cause my boss always did it too was he would send an email to you then print it out and come over to your desk and read it to you. LOL

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[milagros317]

I didn't realize anybody in real life could be so dumb as to do that. 😱
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[kurchatovium]

I didn't realize anybody in real life could be so dumb as to do that. 😱
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I was amazed as well. The kicker would always be then he would always accuse me of wasting time. LOL

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[milagros317]

Did he read emails that you sent back or did he have his secretary print them out and read them to him? 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

Did he read emails that you sent back or did he have his secretary print them out and read them to him? 😀 😛

Well we did not have many secretaries for the company as the company was rather cheap. So usually he just ignored your emails and then would just yell at you for not responding to his message. 😛

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[milagros317]

That is almost as bad. 😀 😛

 

[Helena]

I was amazed as well. The kicker would always be then he would always accuse me of wasting time. LOL

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Kurchiecakes,
How are you, my friend. Everyone has a different working style and pace. I'm sure your pace slowed down more and more everytime he complained. 😱
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Did he read emails that you sent back or did he have his secretary print them out and read them to him? 😀 😛

Hi Mils, my friend. I wasn't aware the boss could read.

Hope you are both doing well. I'm fine.