A Company of Misfits

[Jaimey]

coffee = yum. 

[Constance]

I had one of the original ibm pcs. It sported 128kb of memory LOL..... The tech came out and installed another 128kb of memory, and a 2nd floppy drive. The upgrade consisted of dozens of 16kb dram chips that he had to press into the motherboard one by one. They came in a long tube.

It was cool because I could leave the dos disk in drive A, and my word processing disk (wordstar) in drive B. Then one day I scrounged up a 10mb hard disk, and the fun really began.

Our boss had a 4mb "above board" card in his pc. It took something called an "expanded memory manager" to use it. We all sat around trying to decide who would EVER need that much memory   

DOS 3.3 was great.

I used to run it on a IBM PC with a 20 MB HDD, 2 floppy drives, and 640K of RAM. I had different DOS 3.3 boot disks with different utilities and tools based on what I needed to do.

[Eva Marie]

DOS 3.3 was great.

I used to run it on a IBM PC with a 20 MB HDD, 2 floppy drives, and 640K of RAM. I had different DOS 3.3 boot disks with different utilities and tools based on what I needed to do.

Yeah, but dos 4.0 was a disaster. Thank god for DR Dos or microsoft would have been content to stick with 4.0 forever.

Much of what I know now is because of the primitive nature of those early computers (irqs, dmas, memory maps, etc) and having to dive in and fix them and program them. Windows programming (when it first came out) was akin to programming on the bare metal.

I find that people nowadays have no clue what's going on inside the machine and I get a lot of "fix it" jobs from friends and neighbors.

[Constance]

Yeah, I had heard enough horror stories to keep me from trying DOS 4. I went from 3.3 straight to 6. I had even mastered EDLIN, but the text editor built into DOS 6 was better.

[Jaimey]

...no more computer talk...   i'm not computer literate enough to join in. 

 

...and at the heart of the forest is a shrine to the great Fresh Roast Coffee Bean Roaster. It is a place of quiet contemplation and a place to receive an excellent cup of coffee, but if you are in a hurry and of common disposition you can also pop next door to the quickymart where the owner, Tangerine Machine, crafts a mean brew at a fraction of the price...

I'm guessing the shrine is next to Candy Mountain?

[Constance]

I'm guessing the shrine is next to Candy Mountain?

Yes, and the Bagel Barrows can be found just a short jaunt away.

[Jaimey]

Yes, and the Bagel Barrows can be found just a short jaunt away.

Tasty.

[Pica Pica]

Thread Necromancy Time

Company of Misfits re-hiring, any misfits want a job, name it, claim it then shame it.

[Sevan]

Hmmm...let's see....I could work our social services department! I'm good at that. Patient advocate...I'm good at that...umm...hamburger taster? Pretty good at that!!!

Are any of these spots open or available?

[tekla]

I'm sort of an overachiever.  I tend to shame a job before I even show up and redefine 'messed up' for the entire range of such jobs once I actually get to (forced to) do it.  Is there a job for me?

[ZaidaZadkiel]

I want a change of position;
Now I want to be a Moodist.

Being a Moodist includes (but is not limited to) being able to tell the mood I am in, and with proper documentation, to tell the mood others are in.

All of this occurs while wearing a cow costume

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[Lee]

I'd take the position of advertising executive.  I'd draw mustaches on everyone in the newspapers and tattoo them on prospective clients.  People would think of our company every time they looked in the mirror.

[justmeinoz]

If the position involves being paid twice a week and taxed once a month I'm in!
Preferably as the Irate Customer Relations Officer in the Complaints Dept, Hitting with Stick Section!
Motto-"Hit them enough and they won't dare complain!"

[Jaimey]

I'd like to be the forest guru.  Tithe 10%, please. 

[V M]

Does this mean I have to pretend to be a CEO again? Well, I do miss going down to the lobby cafe to get a Fish N' Fruit Smoothie with extra bacon

I'm just concerned about the Company's transitioning at work policy

[Shana A]

I'm just concerned about the Company's transitioning at work policy

No need for concern, one can transition daily, or even more often, as desired! 

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[rite_of_inversion]

I have a certain flair for repurposing, re-imagining, scavenging, getting around problems, duck-tape creativity, and all-around white trash engineering...
(I'm white trash with a more socially-responsible edge, so I call myself * Caucasian Recycling * )
I'm not always right on, but I'm full of wacky ideas, a number of which work.  And I have a lifetime's experience in doing things cheaply-always good for the bottom line.

I want to be the Facilities Manager...the facility will be interesting...

[ativan]

If the position involves being paid twice a week and taxed once a month I'm in!
Preferably as the Irate Customer Relations Officer in the Complaints Dept, Hitting with Stick Section!
Motto-"Hit them enough and they won't dare complain!"

I wanted that Job!! 

I'll gladly settle for the Ranting Babble-Babbler. I do seem to have a knack for it lately.

Or head of the Narcissist Dept. Since I am officially diagnosed as one, not only can I do it, but I can spot another one in seconds. Or just hand out handy tips on how to be one as needed. Hey! I am really good at it, trust me, I'm the best.

[ativan]

(I'm white trash with a more socially-responsible edge, so I call myself * Caucasian Recycling * )

[Jaimey]

Well, I do miss going down to the lobby cafe to get a Fish N' Fruit Smoothie with extra bacon.

Oh, dear me.  How long has it been since we had Fish smoothies and bacon?  Ah, the good ol' days.