Re: [QUAD-L] .running against da wind-working with NASA, as a crash dummy
If often dreamed of a zero gravity experiencemostly with the lovely Smurfette tho.lol ;-p Where can we apply? lol.Bob - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] .running against da wind-working with NASA, as a crash dummy In a message dated 07/02/2005 23:11:45 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: lol.yes they are looking for employees, especially quads, willing to be launched into space with no survival gear in order to study the affects of paralyzed humans subjected to weightless environment and lack of oxygen. I'm applying tomorrow.-asstronaut Hey! How did your application go? Did you get accepted??!? Lovean earthly bound Smurf! xxx
[QUAD-L] running against da wind-working with NASA, as crash dummy
In a message dated 2/9/05 10:38:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Things are really tight around here on the farm, may have to start jacking off the dog to feed the cat. Be careful in life, what you ask for. All you need is every dog in the neighborhood barking at your door at all hours of the day and night, because one dog was a big mouth. lol W
Re: [QUAD-L] running against da wind-working with NASA, as crash dummy
True so true. Lol - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:18 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] running against da wind-working with NASA, as crash dummy In a message dated 2/9/05 10:38:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Things are really tight around here on the farm, may have to start jacking off the dog to feed the cat. Be careful in life, what you ask for. All you need is every dog in the neighborhood barking at your door at all hours of the day and night, because one dog was a big mouth. lol W
[QUAD-L] Running against da wind-working with NASA, as a crash dummy
When all else fails, you can always become a sperm donor. It pays and you only have to make deposits when they call for your DNA. Support the Navy, and keep those seamen happy and make sure they keep swimming upstream. Best Wishes W In a message dated 2/9/05 10:02:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I want 2 put in an application. A friend was telling me about a job making 22 hour I didn1t think it was 4 me ... Putting rubbers on roosters and milking hens :)
Re: [QUAD-L] ..running against da wind
Dillon: Have you ever considered starting a blog? Just a thought. River On Feb 7, 2005, at 10:36 PM, dillon awe wrote: I'm not employed. I never got my foot in the door. I interviewed for many jobs and even got a second interview with the federal government but things didn't work out. Even if I got the job from the feds, my health -skin/chest infections/bladder infections - is so chronic that I probably wouldn't have lasted long. It is quite defeating. I got a degree in political science. The reason I chose that was that I was so close to a degree that I didn't want to start in computers that would set me back years. Little did I know that the course load required, while small compared to others, still took me years to accomplish. The fact that I'm terrible with math also played a part in choosing my major and minors.
Re: [QUAD-L] ..running against da wind
By chance do any of you watch the tv show House Hunters on the Discovery Channel. Just about all of the people want to have a office or a area where they can work from home. Many times they have said this is how they make there living, but few times they share how they earn it. Others useit as extensions to their outside jobs, and family affair. All over the internet there is scams about working from home, and I just steer clear from all of that. Most of them want money that lead nowhere and it is a good way to pick up a virus. If any of you do work at home using your computer, and consider it your job, and consider it as something other of us might do, please share the information, I feel like there is opportunity there, we just don't how to excess it. Kathy from Mississippi
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Hey Kathy, Have you considered on-line surveys? I'm on several survey panels that I do for spare money, I have a job soI don't have time to do it full time but you can make some money doing these once you find a few that work for you. Most of these put you in a lottery for money or prizes but I searched until I found a few that work for me like I belong to one for contractors specifically and they ask about construction material and where we purchase them and what brands we buy and so on.. but in 30 minutes I've made up to$30now a lot of them pay $2-$5 but don't take about 10 minutes to do. If I didn't have a job I'd do this full time. Here's a link to a web site that list a ton of paying survey sites with descriptions of them so the best thing to do is open a seperate e-mail address for your survey to go to and start signing up. http://www.yellowsurveys.com/us/ Good luck, Mark ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:16:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] ..running against da wind By chance do any of you watch the tv show House Hunters on the Discovery Channel. Just about all of the people want to have a office or a area where they can work from home. Many times they have said this is how they make there living, but few times they share how they earn it. Others useit as extensions to their outside jobs, and family affair. All over the internet there is scams about working from home, and I just steer clear from all of that. Most of them want money that lead nowhere and it is a good way to pick up a virus. If any of you do work at home using your computer, and consider it your job, and consider it as something other of us might do, please share the information, I feel like there is opportunity there, we just don't how to excess it. Kathy from Mississippi
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River,I just started mine the other day and it is quite liberating. I am planning on trying to do daily installments when possible, but right now I am just putting down some thoughts that are not necessarily related to being a quadriplegic. Great advice.Billy from TampaC2-39 years postMy blog: http://quadius-superbus.blogspot.com/River Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dillon:Have you ever considered starting a blog? Just a thought.RiverOn Feb 7, 2005, at 10:36 PM, dillon awe wrote: I'm not employed. I never got my foot in the door. I interviewed for many jobs and even got a second interview with the federal government but things didn't work out. Even if I got the job from the feds, my health -skin/chest infections/bladder infections - is so chronic that I probably wouldn't have lasted long. It is quite defeating. I got a degree in political science. The reason I chose that was that I was so close to a degree that I didn't want to start in computers that would set me back years. Little did I know that the course load required, while small compared to others, still took me y! ears to accomplish. The fact that I'm terrible with math also played a part in choosing my major andminors. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'
Re: [QUAD-L] ..running against da wind
In a message dated 2/6/2005 2:52:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stacy, I need 2 get me another manual chair. But its pretty near impossible 4 me 2 catch the bus in a manual chair I just donut have the strength 2 push up the ramps. Im in school 2 get an associates in computer graphics the average starting salary is 30k 45k so hopefully I can get 15 or more yrs of work in b4 I need 2 get back on disability. Houstoni hate to sound pessimistic coz i believe in going for ur dreams, and there's great stories out here of people who conquer against all odds, and i wish u tons tons of luck, but i'll tell ya...after i grad college and sent out resumes to ad agencies and other places, along with some interviews, i realized i was swimming against a very strong current - competition is extreme, especially for a quad who has a hard time opening a briefcase, or getting in the door. Plus, i knew i'd have to drive long distance to even work in this fieldslowly, i came to realize i'd be doing OK to get a parttime job. I've been in my job for 11 yrs now, and tried to move into different areas of the company, but i'll tell ya, most jobs require more than i can really do physically, and mentally too. lol New bosses aren't so understanding about limitations, and would rather not hire you, or in my case, i trained for week before the boss decided i couldn't keep up...sent me back to my job. So now, i just stay where i'm ati went to interview at another company one time, and couldn't even get in the door...every parking place taken, plus, a huge ramp leading in the building. I couldn't handle that ramp going up or down running against the windtony florida c5c6
[QUAD-L] .running against da wind-working with NASA, as a crash dummy
Did I hear that NASA was looking for test evaluators to test some of the new launching equipment. I don't know what is necessary, but its worth a try and consider the benefits. Might be worth consideration. W In a message dated 2/7/05 3:49:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i went to interview at another company one time, and couldn't even get in the door...every parking place taken, plus, a huge ramp leading in the building. I couldn't handle that ramp going up or down running against the windtony florida c5c6
[QUAD-L] running against da wind-working with NASA, as a crash dummy
I knew that I read something about that in the wail street journel. Paid is great, food is free and you be showing them survival skills. Only the first 100 applications considered. Sharpen up those flying skills W (who's afraid of height) In a message dated 2/7/05 5:11:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: lol.yes they are looking for employees, especially quads, willing to be launched into space with no survival gear in order to study the affects of paralyzed humans subjected to weightless environment and lack of oxygen. I'm applying tomorrow. -asstronaut
Re: [QUAD-L] ..running against da wind
Tony God, you have literally lived my life story. Your experience in school, graduation, seeking employment is about exactly what I experienced. I also was sort of defeated when interviewing for jobs that came down to nothing but rejection. At first I blamed the employer but then came to realize that even if I were to get the job, I wouldn't be able to handle it physically. Can you believe the State vocational agency specifically designed to help people with disabilities to seek employment steered me away from seeking full-time employment. They suggested volunteering and may be a job may sprout that way on a part-time basis. I couldn't believe it but realized after reflecting that it may be the prudent approach, though I still have some reservations and am still looking for opportunities. Dillon - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] ..running against da wind In a message dated 2/6/2005 2:52:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stacy,I need 2 get me another manual chair. But its pretty near impossible 4 me 2 catch the bus in a manual chair I just donut have the strength 2 push up the ramps. Im in school 2 get an associates in computer graphics the average starting salary is 30k 45k so hopefully I can get 15 or more yrs of work in b4 I need 2 get back on disability.Houstoni hate to sound pessimistic coz i believe in going for ur dreams, and there's great stories out here of people who conquer against all odds, and i wish u tons tons of luck, but i'll tell ya...after i grad college and sent out resumes to ad agencies and other places, along with some interviews, i realized i was swimming against a very strong current - competition is extreme, especially for a quad who has a hard time opening a briefcase, or getting in the door. Plus, i knew i'd have to drive long distance to even work in this fieldslowly, i came to realize i'd be doing OK to get a parttime job. I've been in my job for 11 yrs now, and tried to move into different areas of the company, but i'll tell ya, most jobs require more than i can really do physically, and mentally too. lol New bosses aren't so understanding about limitations, and would rather not hire you, or in my case, i trained for week before the boss decided i couldn't keep up...sent me back to my job. So now, i just stay where i'm ati went to interview at another company one time, and couldn't even get in the door...every parking place taken, plus, a huge ramp leading in the building. I couldn't handle that ramp going up or downrunning against the windtony florida c5c6
Re: [QUAD-L] ..running against da wind
In a message dated 2/7/2005 9:38:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tony God, you have literally lived my life story. Your experience in school, graduation, seeking employment is about exactly what I experienced. I also was sort of defeated when interviewing for jobs that came down to nothing but rejection. At first I blamed the employer but then came to realize that even if I were to get the job, I wouldn't be able to handle it physically. Can you believe the State vocational agency specifically designed to help people with disabilities to seek employment steered me away from seeking full-time employment. They suggested volunteering and may be a job may sprout that way on a part-time basis. I couldn't believe it but realized after reflecting that it may be the prudent approach, though I still have some reservations and am still looking for opportunities. Dillon.cool, good to know i'm not the only quad with that experience! i think i was a little of the unrealistic side, but hey, that carrot dangling in front of me got me through college coz it was damn hard on me. i took my own notes, still amazes me coz i'm really bad at writing. i avoided taking classes in some building i knew would be hard for me to get in... Never give up on ur dreams, but be flexible enough to go the Plan B...they asked me to take a fulltime job at my work, but i don't want that kinda responsibility, knowing i might lose my benefits, then stuck in something i can't get out of. As it is, i have to write sometimes and juggle paperwork, along with operating three computersthe writing n papers kill me!! Where u live? What kinda job you do? What kinda degree? -tony Dillon
Re: [QUAD-L] ..running against da wind
I'm not employed. I never got my foot in the door. I interviewed for many jobs and even got a second interview with the federal government but things didn't work out. Even if I got the job from the feds, my health -skin/chest infections/bladder infections - is so chronic that I probably wouldn't have lasted long. It is quite defeating. I got a degree in political science. The reason I chose that was that I was so close to a degree that I didn't want to start in computers that would set me back years. Little did I know that the course load required, while small compared to others, still took me years to accomplish. The fact that I'm terrible with math also played a part in choosing my major andminors. I used tape recorders from my notes and sometimes the school hired others to hand writing my notes. I use a pencil splint for some of my work process but it takes forever one key at a time and my arm tires easily. I got a cheap voice recognition software that is much better but still easily makes mistakes. It also took me about 10 years to get my degree. I did not even go to graduation I was so disgusted that it took me so long. I have relatives that say I should be proud and I suppose I am. I have been out the school for about four years and really want to get involved. I have transportation/someone to drive me around but I'm not close to any organization that I could easily reach. My attendant also has hours that are somewhat confining to my schedule. I'm glad to hear the luck you have had with women. I don't have too much of the problem initiating conversation but the follow-up meeting is difficult and rarely happens. I live with my father outside Chicago. It is damn cold now but I'm glad I don't feel the cold the same way I had years ago. Were you anywhere near the hurricane? Dillon - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] ..running against da wind In a message dated 2/7/2005 9:38:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tony God, you have literally lived my life story. Your experience in school, graduation, seeking employment is about exactly what I experienced. I also was sort of defeated when interviewing for jobs that came down to nothing but rejection. At first I blamed the employer but then came to realize that even if I were to get the job, I wouldn't be able to handle it physically. Can you believe the State vocational agency specifically designed to help people with disabilities to seek employment steered me away from seeking full-time employment. They suggested volunteering and may be a job may sprout that way on a part-time basis. I couldn't believe it but realized after reflecting that it may be the prudent approach, though I still have some reservations and am still looking for opportunities. Dillon.cool, good to know i'm not the only quad with that experience! i think i was a little of the unrealistic side, but hey, that carrot dangling in front of me got me through college coz it was damn hard on me. i took my own notes, still amazes me coz i'm really bad at writing. i avoided taking classes in some building i knew would be hard for me to get in...Never give up on ur dreams, but be flexible enough to go the Plan B...they asked me to take a fulltime job at my work, but i don't want that kinda responsibility, knowing i might lose my benefits, then stuck in something i can't get out of. As it is, i have to write sometimes and juggle paperwork, along with operating three computersthe writing n papers kill me!!Where u live? What kinda job you do? What kinda degree?-tony Dillon
