OT: by request, stache b'gone

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I look normal, don't I?

Ummmm... can you define 'normal' for me again.... ;-)

I think that one fits in "normal for THIS newsgroup", i.e. the bar set by Rimmer and a few others.

Of course, Mr Squid is going to have to keep that face on all the time to retain that status.

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TacomaBoy wrote:

> It is tough to get used to contacts, impossible for some. I think

smaller

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> glasses would look pretty slick. Sorry to hear bout the bleeding.

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> look good though.

Seconded. The lack of tash looks much better and smaller glasses or contacts would look good.

Hmmm, i may try contacts again. checked a mirror and IMO i do look better without glasses (that
that i could see anyway).

here is a pic for comparison. megalink.netno glasses.jpgOpen ↗

curiously, either my eyebrows are at different heights, or my head is crooked again (maybe i
just over analyze too much)

it does look like a totally different person though. for the better?
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Yeah improvement again IMO. But who am I to say hehe... Don't get contacts on my account hehe.
But, I think after you get used to em, they really do become your friend, and they help ones self
esteem... Another reason I am out to lose 40 pounds!

Put Travis in a Hawaiian shirt, some Dockers, loafers, and he could be in a Bud Light commercial.
Lookin good, dude! Just remember, your bait determines the kind of fish you catch.

Paladin

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PS - I think I look pretty "normal". Here's me if anyone's curious:
mattb.netme 05 03.jpgOpen ↗ Should I change my look? Maybe get glasses or grow
a 'stache?

Hmm... I'd say go for the mutton chops.

I concur. It would give you more of a bohemian look that is almost required in Gunnison county,
unless you are a tobacco chewin', bottle shootin', atv ridin' redneck.

JD

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PS - I think I look pretty "normal". Here's me if anyone's curious:
mattb.netme 05 03.jpgOpen ↗ Should I change my look? Maybe get glasses or grow
a 'stache?

Hell, i wish i looked like that. you at least look much younger than i.

actually, you kind of remind me of that guy in the movie Top Gun, can't remember who it was though
(Brad Pitt?). slight resemblance anyway.
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LOL! I just turned 32 on Monday. I prefer to think of it as 2^5 or 100000 (binary). You look younger
sans mustache I think.

That would be Val Kilmer, and people used to say my brother looked like him in high school. Maybe if
I got that flat top (like my bro had).

I more often get compared to Brad Pitt or Leonardo DiCapprio (sp?). I had that same hairstyle as Leo
when Titanic came out. I even got my picture taken by some old ladies in Key West who wouldn't
believe that I wasn't him. Got a hair cut right after that. I think my wife kind of looks like
Jessica Alba (Mmmmm Dark Angel). I haven't seen our pictures show up in any tabloids yet.

Matt (Can't the fans just let me live my life?!?!?)

PS - There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

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PS - I think I look pretty "normal". Here's me if anyone's curious:
mattb.netme 05 03.jpgOpen ↗ Should I change my look? Maybe get glasses or
grow a 'stache?

Hmm... I'd say go for the mutton chops.

I concur. It would give you more of a bohemian look that is almost required in Gunnison county,
unless you are a tobacco chewin', bottle shootin', atv ridin' redneck.

JD

I'd give it a shot, but I don't think I can. I'd like to think on myself as a Bohemian (just one
with a job - is that possible?). The problem here lies in biology. That part of my face doesn't
really grow any whiskers, just kind of a light downy sort of "fem beard" (although I've seen women
with thicker beards in Crested Butte).

How about a soul patch instead? I think I can do that.

Matt

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PS - There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

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More "normal" AMB'ers: j-harris.netP1010002.JPGOpen ↗

From the left, Huw, some roadie, Shaun aRe and Dr Chequer.

Now, I know everyone says Rimmer looks like that Bean dude, but whenever I see a pic of Rimmer I see
something entirely different.... uta.ficurryadd.jpgOpen ↗
uta.fidinner.jpgOpen ↗ pages.prodigy.netrockyhwall2.jpgOpen ↗

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Slacker

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Technician said:

I have too much pride than to put a oil filter that has the

equivalence

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of a piece of paper towel into somebodies car. I would never use that [censored] in my car, and i
will drop dead before i put it in somebody

else's.

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We've all had [censored] jobs at some point, but it all counts as experience. Don't look at it as a
permanent job, just a stop gap that will keep (I mean start) the money coming in and give you
extra experience that proves to future employers that you are capable of holding a position of
responsibility.

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Yeah, like when I was a video clerk. Renting [censored] was particularly distasteful at times. Like when
this one guy would rent on his lunch hour one day/week when the Mrs. was doing something else.
He'd bring back the tape in like 40 Minutes and he never rewound. The highlight of that job

was

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a cute college girl asking me to help her choose one (cue the "bow chica-wow-wow" music). It
didn't end up like a [censored] film or anything, but there was a certain element of novelty to it.

People would also come up with the latest Stallone or VanDamme film and

ask

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"Is this good?". Most of the time I hadn't seen it, but I could be pretty confident that it was
utter [censored]. I'd smile and say "Haven't seen it yet. People (thinking to myself "Idiots like you"😉
do seem to like it.".

Having to fight the urge to answer the "What would you recommend?"

question

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with "I recommend you get off you fat ass and stop watching all these

[censored]

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movies and actually do something like ride you bike or talk to your family for once!" was always a
challenge.

It was a stepping stone and now I'm glad I put up with it all.

Matt

Man, that doesn't sound too bad really. Any job that has any "bow chica-wow-wow" music can't be too
bad. Probably the worst job that I had was where loosing extremities was about par for the course.
How many times can you tell someone "Whatever you do, never, ever, insert fingers past the
protective cage and put them in there". That was when I was working in a processing plant. It was
mind-numbingly boring, repetitive by nature, cold and freezing, always wet, and very noisy and just
damn depressing. And pieces of finger would regularly go past on the conveyer belts. It's the only
job where I'd do things like calculate 100! in my head to relieve the boredom and then promptly fall
of the seat because the conveyor belt stopped abruptly and my body kept moving to compensate.
--
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Technician wrote:

> I have too much pride than to put a oil filter that has the equivalence of a piece of paper
> towel into somebodies car. I would never use that [censored] in my car, and i will drop dead before i
> put it in somebody else's.

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We've all had [censored] jobs at some point, but it all counts as experience. Don't look at it as a
permanent job, just a stop gap that will keep (I mean start) the money coming in and give you
extra experience that proves to future employers that you are capable of holding a position of
responsibility.

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Yeah, like when I was a video clerk. Renting [censored] was particularly distasteful at times. Like
when this one guy would rent on his lunch hour one day/week when the Mrs. was doing something
else. He'd bring back the tape in like 40 Minutes and he never rewound. The highlight of that job
was a cute college girl asking me to help her choose one (cue the "bow chica-wow-wow" music). It
didn't end up like a [censored] film or anything, but there was a certain element of novelty to it.

People would also come up with the latest Stallone or VanDamme film and ask "Is this good?". Most
of the time I hadn't seen it, but I could be pretty confident that it was utter [censored]. I'd smile
and say "Haven't seen it yet. People (thinking to myself "Idiots like you"😉 do seem to like it.".

Having to fight the urge to answer the "What would you recommend?" question with "I recommend you
get off you fat ass and stop watching all these [censored] movies and actually do something like ride
you bike or talk to your family for once!" was always a challenge.

It was a stepping stone and now I'm glad I put up with it all.

Matt

Man, that doesn't sound too bad really. Any job that has any "bow chica-wow-wow" music can't be
too bad. Probably the worst job that I had was where loosing extremities was about par for the
course. How many times can you tell someone "Whatever you do, never, ever, insert fingers past the
protective cage and put them in there". That was when I was working in a processing plant. It was
mind-numbingly boring, repetitive by nature, cold and freezing, always wet, and very noisy and
just damn depressing. And pieces of finger would regularly go past on the conveyer belts. It's the
only job where I'd do things like calculate 100! in my head to relieve the boredom and then
promptly fall of the seat because the conveyor belt stopped abruptly and my body kept moving to
compensate.

OK, y'all gotta rent "clerks" now if you haven't seen it yet.

Penny

On Fri, 23 May 2003 16:30:32 -0400, Technician <[email hidden]> scribbled:

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PS - There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

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0010011001010010000001101001011100110010000001101110011011110010000001110
0000110111101101001011011100111010000101110

I can't believe I just spent two minutes of my life to do that.

-Slash
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"Ebert Victorious"

- The Onion

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On Fri, 23 May 2003 16:30:32 -0400, Technician <[email hidden]> scribbled:

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PS - There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who
don't.

010010010111010000100111011100110010000001101110011011110111010000100000
011001000110100101100110011001100110100101100011011101010110110001110100
001000000111010001101111001000000110011001101001011001110111010101110010
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011001010010000001111001011011110111010100100000011010110110111001101111
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1101000110010101101100011110010010110000100000011010000110111101110111011
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0010011001010010000001101001011100110010000001101110011011110010000001110
0000110111101101001011011100111010000101110

I can't believe I just spent two minutes of my life to do that.

-Slash
--
"Ebert Victorious"

- The Onion

yeah, but what will really twist your turbine is that it only took me .0000000000001 seconds or less
to decode it ;-)
--
~Travis "keep in mind i wrote a program to do the ascii conversion"

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Probably the worst job that I had was where loosing extremities was about par for the course. How
many times

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you tell someone "Whatever you do, never, ever, insert fingers past the protective cage and put
them in there".

Yeah; I was a [censored] star once too. It was terrible.

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I know there is a opening at my local super wallies in the tire and lube section, but i don't
approve of their filter selection so i won't even grace them with my skills (and trust me, from
what i have seen, i would be able to run the show compared to the guys they have now).

What difference does their "filter" selection make? It's.. um.. a *job*, isn't it?

I have too much pride than to put a oil filter that has the equivalence of a piece of paper towel
into somebodies car. I would never use that [censored] in my car, and i will drop dead before i put it
in somebody else's.

Travis, I swear to god, it pisses me off to read stuff like this. You know what my first job
was? I was a dog washer for the poodle breeder next door. I shampoo'ed and blowdried
poodles. Nasty little yappy dogs that'd just as soon bite you as look at you. Constant
noise, heat from the dryers, loose hair blowing around, sticking to the sweat on my skin,
going up my nose, getting in my eyes. And the smell... God, to this day the smell of baby
shampoo and mint conditioner can make me retch. And I did that for three years; at first
because I was really too young to work anywhere else, and I preferred it to babysitting
other people's brats, and later because I felt sorry for the gal who owned the place. I took
the job and kept it not because I had any great love and admiration for poodles. On the
contrary. I worked because I wanted money of my own. I despised having to ask any time I
wanted something my folks didn't consider a high priority item. What the hell do you care
what other people choose to put in their car? Get off your ass and get a job. Any job. Put
your back into it and learn to do it well. Move up and on when you get the chance. But stop
sponging off your parents. You claim you've got "pride"? Apparently it's a pretty selective
sort of pride. I'm starting to believe you must've been born under the Sign of the Tick.

Kathleen

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Technician said:

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What difference does their "filter" selection make? It's.. um.. a *job*, isn't it?

I have too much pride than to put a oil filter that has the equivalence of a piece of paper towel
into somebodies car. I would never use that [censored] in my car, and i will drop dead before i put it
in somebody else's.

Travis, I swear to god, it pisses me off to read stuff like this. You know what my first job was?
I was a dog washer for the poodle breeder next door. I shampoo'ed and blowdried poodles. On the
contrary. I worked because I wanted money of my own. I despised having to ask any time I wanted
something my folks didn't consider a high priority item. What the hell do you care what other
people choose to put in their car? Get off your ass and get a job. Any job. Put your back into it
and learn to do it well. Move up and on when you get the chance. But stop sponging off your
parents. You claim you've got "pride"? Apparently it's a pretty selective sort of pride. I'm
starting to believe you must've been born under the Sign of the Tick.

Kathleen

What she said. My first job was a waitress at a "Sambo's" pancake house.

Penny

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I know there is a opening at my local super wallies in the tire and

lube

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section, but i don't approve of their filter selection so i won't even grace them with my
skills (and trust me, from what i have seen, i

would

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be able to run the show compared to the guys they have now).

What difference does their "filter" selection make? It's.. um.. a

*job*,

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isn't it?

I have too much pride than to put a oil filter that has the equivalence of a piece of paper towel
into somebodies car. I would never use that [censored] in my car, and i will drop dead before i put it
in somebody else's.
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With your qualifications as an oil filter expert it's even more amazing to me that you don't
have a job.

Pride of purpose is a great thing.. Most seem to miss out on it...

With all due respect, From what I have gathered here, people GAVE you a decent bike, (immediately
followed by an attempt by you to glean some disc brakes as I recall), then it was the giving of
something that you felt you were not aknoweleged enough for, (which still escapes me.. giving is
giving. it requires nothing else), and now you want to cry about the quality of oil filters at
wally world..?

For crying out loud dude, get a fu**ing life! You're leeching off of others and don't even have the
good grace to shut up about it... This is not a perfect world by far, but you CAN make a difference
by doing WHATEVER job you have well, and hopefully setting the satndards around you a little higher.
Thereby making a foothold to move up.

And Kathleen, Sorry to have piggy-backed your message, I seemed to have missed the original. Danny

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Technician said:

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>I know there is a opening at my local super wallies in the tire and

lube

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>section, but i don't approve of their filter selection so i won't even grace them with my
>skills (and trust me, from what i have seen, i would be able to run the show compared to the
>guys they have now).

What difference does their "filter" selection make? It's.. um.. a

*job*,

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isn't it?

I have too much pride than to put a oil filter that has the equivalence of a piece of paper
towel into somebodies car. I would never use that [censored] in my car, and i will drop dead before i
put it in somebody else's.

Travis, I swear to god, it pisses me off to read stuff like this. You know what my first job was?
I was a dog washer for the poodle breeder next door. I shampoo'ed and blowdried poodles. Nasty
little yappy dogs that'd just as soon bite you as look at you. Constant noise, heat from the
dryers, loose hair blowing around, sticking to the sweat on my skin, going up my nose, getting in
my eyes. And the smell... God, to this day the smell of baby shampoo and mint conditioner can make
me retch. And I did that for three years; at first because I was really too young to work anywhere
else, and I preferred it to babysitting other people's brats, and later because I felt sorry for
the gal who owned the place. I took the job and kept it not because I had any great love and
admiration for poodles. On the contrary. I worked because I wanted money of my own. I despised
having to ask any time I wanted something my folks didn't consider a high priority item. What the
hell do you care what other people choose to put in their car? Get off your ass and get a job. Any
job. Put your back into it and learn to do it well. Move up and on when you get the chance. But
stop sponging off your parents. You claim you've got "pride"? Apparently it's a pretty selective
sort of pride. I'm starting to believe you must've been born under the Sign of the Tick.

Kathleen

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And Kathleen, Sorry to have piggy-backed your message, I seemed to have missed the original. Danny

Perhaps because i canceled it.

and BTW, i wasn't trying to get any disk brakes. i was checking to see if it would be worth the
effort to put disk brakes on my new stead, and i got my answer.
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~Travis

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The stache b'gone votes won unanimously. megalink.netstache b gone.jpgOpen ↗

have a good laugh, and take notice of the slight redness of razer burn (finally got the bleeding
to stop).
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~Travis

travis57 at megalink dot net megalink.net~farmersOpen ↗

Nip, Tuck, some smaller frames and your are set. Easiest makeover I have ever seen. Unless you want
the [censored] job too. Hehehe

TJ

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I'm not that abnormal lookin'!

pbase.com16968390Open ↗ (second from left)

Of course, I had to search through about 30 pictures to find a normal looking one of myself. BTW,
one of my friend cropped that picture to just my face and threw it up on hotornot a while ago. I
was pullin' low 9's

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a few weeks, then upper 8's when I found out about it and made him pull

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Jon Bond

Not too freakish. Is that your GF on the left? I'd vote for her as being hot (or at least pretty
cute). You're not really my type (too male).

Matt

PS - I think I look pretty "normal". Here's me if anyone's curious:
mattb.netme 05 03.jpgOpen ↗ Should I change my look? Maybe get glasses or grow a
'stache?

na, but I do dig that early 80's Wham hair do!

Penny S. said:

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Technician said:

> What difference does their "filter" selection make? It's.. um.. a *job*, isn't it?

I have too much pride than to put a oil filter that has the equivalence of a piece of paper
towel into somebodies car. I would never use that [censored] in my car, and i will drop dead before i
put it in somebody else's.

Travis, I swear to god, it pisses me off to read stuff like this. You know what my first job was?
I was a dog washer for the poodle breeder next door. I shampoo'ed and blowdried poodles. On the
contrary. I worked because I wanted money of my own. I despised having to ask any time I wanted
something my folks didn't consider a high priority item. What the hell do you care what other
people choose to put in their car? Get off your ass and get a job. Any job. Put your back into it
and learn to do it well. Move up and on when you get the chance. But stop sponging off your
parents. You claim you've got "pride"? Apparently it's a pretty selective sort of pride. I'm
starting to believe you must've been born under the Sign of the Tick.

Kathleen

What she said. My first job was a waitress at a "Sambo's" pancake house.

Penny

What they said. My first job was fry cook at the local Mrs. Winners!

Dave