D
Deleted member 31696
Have you been bullied in school?
If so, for what?
If so, for what?
Hi, I'm Scooter. Feel free to ask me some things.
- Thread starter scooter
- Start date
I'll take a guess and say Spike Lee, but I don't think that's necessarily correct.
Closed systems of thought. Willful ignorance. It makes me furious. I've been trying to take the advice of my ladies and avoid such drama, because ignorance other than my own is not mine to correct...but I just want to step in and whack people on the sides of their heads to get the gray matter in there working again. I guess that's why I got into politics - and why I'm now out of it.
I haven't traveled a great deal, which is really disappointing. I have, however, been sunburned in Montréal, snowed on in Atlanta, and rained on in Tucson. I don't think many people can claim that particular trifecta.
It's something relatively working-class, as I recall. I will guess that he's a grocer.
Yes. Being a nerd.
Nope, it's cereal. Milk can be an ingredient in a soup, but it can't be the only one. And the cereal isn't part of it; it just happens to be floating there.
Once. Twice if I'm exercising. Zero if I'm just too damned lazy that day...
D
Deleted member 49125
Can you do a Rubik’s Cube?
Oh, no. I learned a few techniques of how to manipulate them once upon a time, but I've forgotten them all.
D
Deleted member 31696
What is something you did once and never again?
It varies greatly. I'm a nightowl, so a lot depends on when I make up that lost sleep.
There are a lot of things I've done once, just because opportunity hasn't presented itself; many I would probably rather not do again, but not many that I would absolutely not do again. I mean, running from the police - I can still run, but I'm not as good at it as I once was. And police seem a bit more trigger-happy than they were some years ago. (Not to mention that underage drinking is now something I don't have to worry about.) Another story: I was picked up by the local contingent of the Bloods after doing some religious counseling for one of their members. I held an impromptu prayer session with them...they've moved on, as I understand it; that was many years ago. I'd do it again if they asked, but I'm not really looking for that experience.
Hmmm, okay. I worked in the computer networking field for about 20 years, and have some talent at technical matters. I have a clear and expressive voice, and have performed on radio and stage, in both speaking and singing roles. I know and retain an exceptional amount of useless trivia, and I feel that I'm a good writer and can convey ideas clearly and professionally in that medium.
There might be other things, but that's a pretty good summary.
Well, partly because it's part of my company and my company needs to keep going so we can make money. Another reason was that I was cooped up during the pandemic, along with everybody else, and I was very lonely; I'm rather extroverted by nature and needed to be among people in some capacity. I'd also just left Twitter, as I had about 600 followers and was getting maybe 2 likes on every post I made. (I'm "TheScooterbird" with an @ in front of it on Twitter, so you can see what I wrote about there. Full disclosure: There was a good deal of political content.)
Not as much as I would like. It's unfortunately not like people will just loan me Cisco equipment to fuss with. I'm aware that there are online courses and the like, but I'm not really focused on that at this point; the main reason I'm out there with my own company was because of ageism in the network field. There isn't a lot of point in studying and learning new aspects of networking when you won't be hired no matter what you know due to your age.
Last edited:
Dealing with upper management. When everyone is at the same technical level, all's well. When the boss is coming back to you saying, "Okay, they are never going to understand this dataflow diagram...can you just make it three bubbles, with arrows between them?" Or when you have a conversation like this:
And of course after they predictably cancel the backup, their main line went down weeks later and I got a frantic phone call: "Why are we down??" 🙄
There are lots of other stories I can tell along these lines and I received no technical training involving how to deal with this. Just whatever you do, keep in mind that at least part of your job will be as a psychologist...trying to determine what the customer is thinking and why.
D
Deleted member 31696
What’s the dumbest way you injured yourself as a kid?
Affiliates
