Jobs the Internet killed

[wiffleball 4,790]

Steve?

[SUXBNME 1,507]

Steve?

Frank ?

[wiffleball 4,790]

Frank ?

Steve jobs

[SUXBNME 1,507]

Steve jobs

Frank - post #34

[peenie 1,915]

Re: Librarian

Job Opening at my place of employment:

Job Title: Director of Library Technology and Digital Strategies

 

Re: Travel Agent

Went to St. Lucia for a destination wedding, everyone used a travel agent.

 

Re: Video Game Stores

Gamestop is everywhere.

[peenie 1,915]

Professional matchmakers.

 

Are you Jewish? I have never seen a professional matchmaker business.

[peenie 1,915]

Siskle and Ebert

 

One of them still has an online movie review that is quite good. Not sure who runs it, but I just read it about a week ago.

[southcarolina 166]

In the internets defense, it may have killed several dozen careers, but it created the best career ever:

 

 

Hot Girl Who Shows Titties on Webcam.

 

 

 

Just think, 20 years ago a hot girl who wanted to show her titties to 45,000 guys had to do it one perv at a time. Now, she can do it in a single evening. What a glorious age we live in.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

 

One of them still has an online movie review that is quite good. Not sure who runs it, but I just read it about a week ago.

Probably not the dead one

[jerryskids 6,800]

Probably not the dead one

Dang I was just going to type that.

 

 

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

My next door neighbor and his wife own a travel agency. They do very well, catering to wealthy people. Our view of travel generally consists of booking a flight and getting a room. The rich have other requirements.

My parents just used a travel agent to book a trip to India. They aren paying $20k for a two week trip.

 

I'm actually looking for a travel agent here in China. It would be much easier to travel around if someone booked the flights, trains, and hotels in advance, so I don't have to try to fumble around in a language i can't speak.

[Mungwater 597]

My parents just used a travel agent to book a trip to India. They aren paying $20k for a two week trip.

 

I'm actually looking for a travel agent here in China. It would be much easier to travel around if someone booked the flights, trains, and hotels in advance, so I don't have to try to fumble around in a language i can't speak.

It's really easy to travel around, look for the "i" for information, they'll take care of everything. I did that when I lived overseas, not that difficult.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

It's really easy to travel around, look for the "i" for information, they'll take care of everything. I did that when I lived overseas, not that difficult.

Right. Mainly, I'm looking to do some off the beaten path stuff. Ride horses and camels in Inner Mongolia. Hike the leaping tiger gorge. That sort of thing requires guides.

 

And for trips to other countries, a travel agent helps with visas.

 

For simple trips to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, it will be simple to do myself.

 

Of course, my roomate and the chick I'm seeing both speak Chinese, so that make life easier.

[Mungwater 597]

You just got there and you already say you're seeing s chick?

[Magnificent Bastard 191]

You just got there and you already say you're seeing s chick?

Philippines, 1985. The word comes down that if anyone marries any of the phillipino chicks, they were going to get court-martialed. Now, they couldn't do that, but we didn't know that. Out of our company of maybe 80 people, 2 guys did. One guy was from some mountain town in appalachia somewhere, the other a ghetto boy. We were in the PI for 37 days, 7 of them out in the field. 30 days of actual time to hang around town. My guess is those gals ended up stripping on court street in Jacksonvile NC, outside of LeJeune. After they took those two for a ride.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

Philippines, 1985. The word comes down that if anyone marries any of the phillipino chicks, they were going to get court-martialed. Now, they couldn't do that, but we didn't know that. Out of our company of maybe 80 people, 2 guys did. One guy was from some mountain town in appalachia somewhere, the other a ghetto boy. We were in the PI for 37 days, 7 of them out in the field. 30 days of actual time to hang around town. My guess is those gals ended up stripping on court street in Jacksonvile NC, outside of LeJeune. After they took those two for a ride.

Cool story. Would be even better if it were true

[Magnificent Bastard 191]

Cool story. Would be even better if it were true

Jealous.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

Jealous.

 

Of a one-trick Internet blowhard? Not likely

[Magnificent Bastard 191]

 

Of a one-trick Internet blowhard? Not likely

Don't know what the one trick thing means, but internet blowhard? That's you. Sorry you have lived a pedestrian life. Some of us actually did and saw things while you've been wasting your youth trolling on here. Nice job.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

Don't know what the one trick thing means, but internet blowhard? That's you. Sorry you have lived a pedestrian life. Some of us actually did and saw things while you've been wasting your youth trolling on here. Nice job.

 

One trick means you're played out and we're all tired of you

[Magnificent Bastard 191]

 

One trick means you're played out and we're all tired of you

That's not what one trick pony means. Learn your metaphors. Now go back to your table with the nerd herd before I give you a wedgie. Nerf ball.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

That's not what one trick pony means. Learn your metaphors. Now go back to your table with the nerd herd before I give you a wedgie. Nerf ball.

There's your one trick again

[Magnificent Bastard 191]

There's your one trick again

At least you got it right this time.

[penultimatestraw 473]

Realtor. Or at least it should have. Having access to MLS listings, comps and basic housing contracts doesn't require any level of expertise an internet search can't provide.

 

Then again, I guess a lot of people feel the same way about medicine.

[MDC 7,447]

Probably not the dead one

They're both the dead one.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

You just got there and you already say you're seeing s chick?

 

Sort of. I don't think the concept of "dating" as we know it really exists here. There is "boyfriend" and "married."

 

So she insists we are friends. Mainly because her best friend is my assistant, and she is afraid that dating would affect my job. Her words.

 

But she showed me around all weekend. We chat pretty much all day every day. I think it is going to have to go really slow, as the language and cultural barrier is difficult. She has put forth a LOT of effort to improve her English,, and teach me Chinese.

 

She is a pretty amazing girl. Beautiful, smart, fun. And, a rarity here and everywhere else, she DOESN'T want kids. She wants to travel a lot, and she loves to sing and play piano. I think she is beginning to realize that I, as a foreigner, can offer her a lot more than a Chinese man could. For one thing, being treated with courtesy and respect seems to appeal to her, as that is not the culture here. Here, women exist to please men.

 

I am seriously beginning to think I am here for good. I have a vastly better life here than in America. There is far more opportunity for a bright future for me here. When I first considered coming here, I talked with Volty privately. He told me that I would love it here, that it would restore the confidence I had lost by having my career and marriage hit the sh!tter in America. He was right. I have stopped taking my anti-anxiety/depression meds completely. Feel better than I have in years. The irritable bowel syndrome I have had for years is gone. I am losing weight rapidly.

 

I am going to go slowly here. Learn the language, make damn sure I am right about a future here. But I could easily see in a year or two settling down and getting hitched here and this being my home for good. I have already been approached about some business opportunities that would make me VERY well off in China. Hell, the salary I make now is quite comfortable. My boss has been here for five years. He has two homes, a very nice city apartment, and a SWEET house out in the villiage, with a pool and everything. He owns a factory and a farm as income properties. He has a car. He has a Chinese wife who could care less what he does outside the house.

 

So far, I am inclined to follow that path.

[Magnificent Bastard 191]

 

Sort of. I don't think the concept of "dating" as we know it really exists here. There is "boyfriend" and "married."

 

So she insists we are friends. Mainly because her best friend is my assistant, and she is afraid that dating would affect my job. Her words.

 

But she showed me around all weekend. We chat pretty much all day every day. I think it is going to have to go really slow, as the language and cultural barrier is difficult. She has put forth a LOT of effort to improve her English,, and teach me Chinese.

 

She is a pretty amazing girl. Beautiful, smart, fun. And, a rarity here and everywhere else, she DOESN'T want kids. She wants to travel a lot, and she loves to sing and play piano. I think she is beginning to realize that I, as a foreigner, can offer her a lot more than a Chinese man could. For one thing, being treated with courtesy and respect seems to appeal to her, as that is not the culture here. Here, women exist to please men.

 

 

 

I am seriously beginning to think I am here for good. I have a vastly better life here than in America. There is far more opportunity for a bright future for me here. When I first considered coming here, I talked with Volty privately. He told me that I would love it here, that it would restore the confidence I had lost by having my career and marriage hit the sh!tter in America. He was right. I have stopped taking my anti-anxiety/depression meds completely. Feel better than I have in years. The irritable bowel syndrome I have had for years is gone. I am losing weight rapidly.

 

I am going to go slowly here. Learn the language, make damn sure I am right about a future here. But I could easily see in a year or two settling down and getting hitched here and this being my home for good. I have already been approached about some business opportunities that would make me VERY well off in China. Hell, the salary I make now is quite comfortable. My boss has been here for five years. He has two homes, a very nice city apartment, and a SWEET house out in the villiage, with a pool and everything. He owns a factory and a farm as income properties. He has a car. He has a Chinese wife who could care less what he does outside the house.

 

So far, I am inclined to follow that path.

You should hook up with Worms and set something up exporting the fake merchandice from there.

[peenie 1,915]

They're both the dead one.

exactly, they are both gone.

someone is still running ebert's reviews/website.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

They're both the dead one.

I meant Roeper

[peenie 1,915]

Wow titans, that sounds really great. I hope things truly work out for you. Won't you miss America or are you like a bit of a celebrity there? Does your American-ness make you more....appealing than if you are here?

Sure wish I could move somewhere that paid me more and the opposite sex worshiped me...

[Mungwater 597]

Wow titans, that sounds really great. I hope things truly work out for you. Won't you miss America or are you like a bit of a celebrity there? Does your American-ness make you more....appealing than if you are here?

Sure wish I could move somewhere that paid me more and the opposite sex worshiped me...

Don't we count?

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Wow titans, that sounds really great. I hope things truly work out for you. Won't you miss America or are you like a bit of a celebrity there? Does your American-ness make you more....appealing than if you are here?

Sure wish I could move somewhere that paid me more and the opposite sex worshiped me...

I'll always retain my US CItizenship. It's not like I can't come back to visit whenever I like. Hell, about a week at my parents house is all I can stand anyway.

 

Yes, I get a bit of a rock star treatment here. I literally sign several autographs a day, and pose for half a dozen pictures, usually with attractive girls.

 

And I can put my legal training to use here. There are a number of legal issues I would be well suited to handle. Immigration to America, college visas, adoptions, foreigners in trouble with the authorities, things like that.

 

And I don't even need a lliscence. The Chinese could care less about crap like that.

[Magnificent Bastard 191]

I'll always retain my US CItizenship. It's not like I can't come back to visit whenever I like. Hell, about a week at my parents house is all I can stand anyway.

 

Yes, I get a bit of a rock star treatment here. I literally sign several autographs a day, and pose for half a dozen pictures, usually with attractive girls.

 

And I can put my legal training to use here. There are a number of legal issues I would be well suited to handle. Immigration to America, college visas, adoptions, foreigners in trouble with the authorities, things like that.

 

And I don't even need a lliscence. The Chinese could care less about crap like that.

If the Chinese do t care about a Law License, you should definetly try and get Worms over there. You two could clean up.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

If the Chinese do t care about a Law License, you should definetly try and get Worms over there. You two could clean up.

I heard they don't know what a real former cop and marine is like, so they'd probably eat up your ridiculous bullsh!t

[Magnificent Bastard 191]

I heard they don't know what a real former cop and marine is like, so they'd probably eat up your ridiculous bullsh!t

I was already in the Far East. You ought to try and live a little, get out there.

[IGotWorms 4,058]

I was already in the Far East.

Yeah me too, but for reals

[Magnificent Bastard 191]

Yeah me too, but for reals

East of the Mississippi to visit aunt Becky doesn't count.