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ed wrote:Maybe you should focus on your job and not be looking at tuba discussion sites at the office. What are you being paid for, anyway?
To think; and like most activity, it is most effective when breaks are taken, allowing one to re-focus.

Not everyone has a fast-food job like yourself! :P
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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ed wrote:Yes, that's almost true.
I'm sorry to hear that you got fired. I guess those guys in New Delhi could say "You want fries, or can I super-size it?" more effectively than yourself. :P
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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Rick Denney wrote:Adblock
How does that work? Is it a browser feature, or is it software you've purchased?
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ed wrote:Maybe you should focus on your job and not be looking at tuba discussion sites at the office. What are you being paid for, anyway?
To produce work product, not to punch a clock.

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Rick Denney wrote:Adblock
How does that work? Is it a browser feature, or is it software you've purchased?
First, use Mozilla Firefox. Adblock is a plug-in for Firefox and it's free. Just google it. Flashblock is just as useful. It was Chuck G. who first turned me on to Adblock.

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ed wrote:And, what do you do again? Seriously, just asking. Only because I can't imagine that TubeNet even remotely helps you to produce work product.

Honestly, I do understand the need to take mental breaks during the normal work day. And TubeNet is the best place to turn to when you really, really, really don't want to use your brain.
I'm an engineer. I do design and research, and I also teach. What do you do?

I don't post on Tubenet to improve my work product. I post on Tubenet because I like reading and writing about tubas. You don't need to worry your pretty little head about how I get my work done.

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I have alway been a firm believer in the saying "Anything good is not cheap, and anything cheap is not good" No matter if it's tubas, tools, computers or condoms. Dont make the purchase until you can afford the best quality possible.
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ed wrote:...whose 'normal work day' consists only of getting the job done and spending hours on TubeNet...
Lucky for you guys I have that flexibility.

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