Avi's Career Advice

[Brickjectivity]

Am I young people entering the workforce or old people re-entering the workforce? It depends upon whom I'm talking to.

 

[Revoltingest]

1970 Triumph 650 (single carb) with side car
1915 Indian big twin (1000cc)

 

[Revoltingest]

It's late, and I've been on the gin. Please explain...... 'cos it's doing my head in. That's both the gin and your phrase.

You've heard of bosses admonishing lazy good fer nuthin employees.....
"That work won't do itself!"
Well, if I'm not doing work, it requires an improvement.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Good going. Somebody has to preserve those classic motorcycles.

 

[Revoltingest]

Good going. Somebody has to preserve those classic motorcycles.

The Indian is in pretty good original condition, including paint.

 

[Avi1001]

Avi, I need a job.
I'm lazy.
I have no currently marketable skills.
I want schedule flexibility.
I want short hours.
I want high pay.
I want to tell my employer how to run his/her business.
I want luxurious benefits.
I want a great retirement package.
I plan to retire in 2 years.
I want 4 day weekends.
I refuse to move from my current home.

What do you recommend?

Just the man we are looking for....we are starting a Bitcoin mining company......you can be our Vice President for Vice.

 

[Avi1001]

Hold on just a minute here, fellas.....how are we gonna get any young job seekers on this thread....with all of us wealthy geezers hangin' out by the water fountain ? The only young one we snatched so far is Brickj, and he's gotta be pushing 30.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Forty, but I'm getting a blood transfusion.

 

[Revoltingest]

Just the man we are looking for....we are starting a Bitcoin mining company......you can be our Vice President for Vice.

Ooooo....I collect 18th & 19th century vises!

This is pre-1800 (cuz of the mounting bracket style)...

 

[oldbadger]

The Indian is in pretty good original condition, including paint.

That must be very special indeed. If that was here, people would go a long way, just to see it, and they would travel the whole land to watch it go (gently) round a track.

I'm guessing that the Triumph frame is bent. Triumphs frames didn't like chairs.

 

[Revoltingest]

That must be very special indeed. If that was here, people would go a long way, just to see it, and they would travel the whole land to watch it go (gently) round a track.
I'm guessing that the Triumph frame is bent. Triumphs frames didn't like chairs.

No, I ride like a little old lady.
I also take it easy on the right hand turns.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Also....
I refuse to run for office.
I wear Hawaiian shirts every day.
I occasionally smell strongly of garlic.

Ah, a lobbyist.

 

[Alceste]

My career advice? Don't bother. Nobody in the whole history of the earth has lain on their death bed thinking "I wish I'd spent more time at the office".

Here's Alceste's recipe for a satisfying life.

1. Get to know yourself.
2. Figure out what you love.
3. Practice, practice, practice, until you are exceptionally good at doing what you love.
4. Get people to give you money for doing what you love.
5. Learn to like being poor.
6. Die happy.

Remember, kids: You only get one shot at life. No do-overs. Don't waste it.

 

[Wirey]

My career advice? Don't bother. Nobody in the whole history of the earth has lain on their death bed thinking "I wish I'd spent more time at the office".

Here's Alceste's recipe for a satisfying life.

1. Get to know yourself.
2. Figure out what you love.
3. Practice, practice, practice, until you are exceptionally good at doing what you love.
4. Get people to give you money for doing what you love.
5. Learn to like being poor.
6. Die happy.

Remember, kids: You only get one shot at life. No do-overs. Don't waste it.

I do what I love, and I'm rich. There's a second option.

 

[oldbadger]

No, I ride like a little old lady.
I also take it easy on the right hand turns.

Right hand turns....
So your chair is on the right side.....

If you know the road, you can decrease your speed just before the RH turn, and then accelerate as you begin to enter the turn. The bike pushes itself around the chair.... you don't even need to steer round. But if you're 61 yrs and have been riding those things, then you already knew that....

The Indian must be very special.... it would be here. Our Brough Superiors and Vincent 1000s might be in the same classic league, valuewise.

 

[Revoltingest]

Right hand turns....
So your chair is on the right side.
If you know the road, you can decrease your speed just before the RH turn, and then accelerate as you begin to enter the turn. The bike pushes itself around the chair.... you don't even need to steer round. But if you're 61 yrs and have been riding those things, then you already knew that....

The Indian must be very special.... it would be here. Our Brough Superiors and Vincent 1000s might be in the same classic league, valuewise.

Those would be worth my than my Indian because they're more roadable.
But mine is what I want.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Two things are missing in this thread, and one of them is Avi!

 

[Revoltingest]

Avi is on vacation.
He said he'll be back....I think in a month or so.

 

[Revoltingest]

I do what I love, and I'm rich. There's a second option.

Doing nothing & being rich is my goal.
Next year might be the charm.

 

[Avi1001]

Avi is on vacation.
He said he'll be back....I think in a month or so.

Right now I am on a ship sailing toward Ninevah. A storm is coming and the ship is surrounded by ferocious and hungry whales. I have been arguing about Emma Watson and Feminism with the deck mates, I am the only Feminist on board. I think they might throw me overboard. But no worries, I have a secondary plan to get to Ninevah. ...I have to sign off now, one of the whales just did a huge belly whopper. ...you call this vacation ? ...I think someone is going to get indigestion....hopefully it's not gonna be me.