Hitting home

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by MLipton:
Speaking as the representative trophy husband...
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Oh?
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Metaphorically speaking, I mean. I am fortunate to be married to a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry who is a fair bit above my pay grade. In the best tradition of the physical sciences, my paltry salary can be ignored as neglible.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by MLipton:
Speaking as the representative trophy husband...
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Oh?
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Metaphorically speaking, I mean. I am fortunate to be married to a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry who is a fair bit above my pay grade. In the best tradition of the physical sciences, my paltry salary can be ignored as neglible.

Mark Lipton
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I can't wait until my wifes academic gravy train (assuming she ever gets to hop on) exceeds my bachelors degree in chemistry salary and makes mine seem insignificant. I figure I've got 20 years, the fact that Humanities profs don't make what we scienticians make notwithstanding. Someday I expect renumeration for supporting (our) asses for this decade...

cheers,

Kevin
 
Wow, just read this. Damn. Really.

Still, at least you have employable skills and they timed it well waiting until Lisa was pulling a salary. I hope you got decent severance?
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by MLipton:
Speaking as the representative trophy husband...
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Oh, oh?

Chris, if you don't already have children, you may wish to consider acquiring a couple. Selflessly, they will pitch in to mop up those odd bits of time that can prove such a burden to the idle adult. As a kind of bonus extra, they simplify wine decisions by several orders of magnitude - you'll find a whole new dimension of appeal in those gems at the lower end of your boatloads series. I think children are on special now at Costco, next to the clothing section.

In any event, you have feet, and you're not in Gaza.

Cheers.
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I believe it is only through the supportive prayers of Wine Disorderlies that I have been fortunate enough to retain my feet. It may not make sense, but I believe it.

I'll look into the children thing, we have a Costco quite close to us. I just hate that, knowing Costco, we'd probably have to buy ten of them at once.
 
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Chris, in some way it must be kind of a relief. How many years has this layoff been looming?

Anyway I'm also praying for you. Me, Beaukour and Dressner are all praying our heads off.

If things get rough you can always come up and help with the maple next month. 6,000 taps! Wear warm boots.

Best,
Kay
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Yours, Beaker's and Dressner's prayers are all that is sustaining me right now. Given the state of the magazine business, I'd say the layoff had been looming for about, oh, nine years.

I own no boots, but I have some lightly-tattered rags with which to wrap my feet. Will those do?
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
Wow, just read this. Damn. Really.

Still, at least you have employable skills and they timed it well waiting until Lisa was pulling a salary. I hope you got decent severance?
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Yup, not bad. One good thing about working for Canadians, the benefits and general employee-related policies were always unusually humane.
 
Joe, maybe Beaker can pray for you?

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If I had $30, I'd send it to Chris and Joe (and maybe even David Bueker too) but my cash flow isn't what it used to be helping an old lady across the street or holding the door open for someone will have to suffice for now.

However, I do intend to cancel my subscriptions to Canadian Magazines out of solidarity with Coad's situation. The list will include Mountie Monthly, Big Ol' Moose, Cit Libre, Taxidermy Weekly, and Nat Decants, all of which I read religiously (but not prayerfully) and I will miss adding them to the recycling bin. But, it's important to me that I send a statement to the publisher, eh? I don't know if Chris actually worked for any of these publications, but I'll send their publishers a letter, chock-full of outraged invective, umbrage, and spittle, spelling out in out in no uncertain terms why they were wrong to have added Doctor Lisa's husband to the ranks of NY's unemployed.

-Eden (the good thing about being self-employed is that it's really difficult to fire yourself)
 
originally posted by David M. Bueker:
Joe I never got around to it. You were pre-emptively rude.
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Mr. Buecker:

I hope my rudeness doesn't stop you from praying for Chris.

Do you only pray for the polite?
 
originally posted by Eden Mylunsch:
If I had $30, I'd send it to Chris and Joe (and maybe even David Buker too) but my cash flow isn't what it used to be helping an old lady across the street or holding the door open for someone will have to suffice for now.

However, I do intend to cancel my subscriptions to Canadian Magazines out of solidarity with Coad's situation. The list will include Mountie Monthly, Big Ol' Moose, Cit Libre, Taxidermy Weekly, and Nat Decants, all of which I read religiously (but not prayerfully) and I will miss adding them to the recycling bin. But, it's important to me that I send a statement to the publisher, eh? I don't know if Chris actually worked for any of these publications, but I'll send their publishers a letter, chock-full of outraged invective, umbrage, and spittle, spelling out in out in no uncertain terms why they were wrong to have added Doctor Lisa's husband to the ranks of NY's unemployed.

-Eden (the good thing about being self-employed is that it's really difficult to fire yourself)
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Nat Decants is Canadian?

I'm shocked. But thankful for your support and prayers.
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:

Nat Decants is Canadian?
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With a last name of Maclean, of course she's a Canadienne. How do you think she got the money to pay for all that wine she reviews? It's not like she's one of the Scotland Macleans. That'd probably be McLean anyway.

originally posted by Chris Coad:
I'm shocked. But thankful for your support and prayers.
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If only I had some of Nat's money, then I could write you a check that even Sally Strothers would be envious of. Maybe I could come down with a case of psychosomatic beri-beri or leprosy and get an appointment with your wife and she could "treat" me and charge Blue Cross but then give you the money instead of buying more stethoscopes or latex probing gloves with it.

-Eden (and although I'm abstaining from the prayer thing out of deference to Dresner, I'm happy to lend you all the support you need)
 
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