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CameronBornAndBred wrote:

devildeac wrote:Cool screen name for our newest member:

isuf;bnae[rn

I read her post with great interest. I also discovered her post, however, due to the funky name that I was sure was an old school spammer that happily we have not seen any more of.

lawgrad91 wrote:So, Virginia finally passed a budget. It includes a $3300 raise for ACA's. Last year there was the same raise, and theoretically new ACA's will now make the same money that new assistant Public Defenders make. Meanwhile, the office is on a shoestring budget. We are supposed to make double side copies of everything possible, use the back sides of papers once whatever is on the front side is used up, pay 6 cents a sheet for our personal copies, etc., etc., etc.

We get a letter today from Jethro. Not a memo, a three page letter. (Other than Awbrey the newbie, there were no other ACA's in the office, as Midget Perv and Randy the Genius are on vacation.) It details the fact that we are getting this raise, and how hard he worked to make sure he got it, and how thoughtful Varnish County is for not sucking up our raise into what they pay us, since they cover an average of $23,000 of our salaries. (An out-and-out misrepresentation, because there is no way in hell they are paying 23K of my salary. He is including their paying our personal health insurance, which since they pay every county employee's, I don't see how somehow that benefits just us. Plus, Bob told me their help was significantly less than that. But I digress.)

The reason for his three page memo is that he expects, by July 11, for the four of us to write letters to the appropriate state delegates, state senators, and the county manager to thank each of them for his/her insuring that we got said raise. The letters are supposed to be specific to each person and let the person know what we will do with the money, and helpfully included suggestions such as student loans, helping our family members, etc. And we are to make two copies of each letter (except to the county manager, where one copy will do.) It also listed the addresses of each person and how we should address them in salutation.

There are SIXTEEN senators and delegates. So, instead of the brief to the Court of Appeals, instead of trying to figure out which videos I want to charge on in my child porn case, I will be writing letters. Seventeen of them. And making copies. And placing them in envelopes and mailing said envelopes. So for the four of us, that's an entire pack of letterhead paper, thirty two dollars worth of stamps (plus, I assume, a large, economy sized envelope to send the copies to the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney's Association, and extra stamps for those), and countless hours of make work.

I plan to say, "Dear Senator (blank), thank you for my extra money. I plan to use it to hire male prostitutes and purchase methamphetamine."

lawgrad91 wrote:AD, I would definitely make a copy of the logbook for future reference. If BM falsifies anything it could be really useful.

lawgrad91 wrote: I plan to say, "Dear Senator (blank), thank you for my extra money. I plan to use it to hire male prostitutes and purchase methamphetamine."

windsor wrote:

lawgrad91 wrote: I plan to say, "Dear Senator (blank), thank you for my extra money. I plan to use it to hire male prostitutes and purchase methamphetamine."

Dear Senator _________________________,

I will use the additional pittance to self publish my first book detailing the hilarious escapades of the good citizens of the Varnish Zone and their interactions with our legal system as well as the inner workings of our office. I will happily send you an autographed copy.

devildeac wrote:

CameronBornAndBred wrote:

devildeac wrote:Cool screen name for our newest member:

isuf;bnae[rn

I read her post with great interest. I also discovered her post, however, due to the funky name that I was sure was an old school spammer that happily we have not seen any more of.

Not surprised one bit.

ahhhhh, see ya!

lawgrad91 wrote:So, Virginia finally passed a budget. It includes a $3300 raise for ACA's. Last year there was the same raise, and theoretically new ACA's will now make the same money that new assistant Public Defenders make. Meanwhile, the office is on a shoestring budget. We are supposed to make double side copies of everything possible, use the back sides of papers once whatever is on the front side is used up, pay 6 cents a sheet for our personal copies, etc., etc., etc.

We get a letter today from Jethro. Not a memo, a three page letter. (Other than Awbrey the newbie, there were no other ACA's in the office, as Midget Perv and Randy the Genius are on vacation.) It details the fact that we are getting this raise, and how hard he worked to make sure he got it, and how thoughtful Varnish County is for not sucking up our raise into what they pay us, since they cover an average of $23,000 of our salaries. (An out-and-out misrepresentation, because there is no way in hell they are paying 23K of my salary. He is including their paying our personal health insurance, which since they pay every county employee's, I don't see how somehow that benefits just us. Plus, Bob told me their help was significantly less than that. But I digress.)

The reason for his three page memo is that he expects, by July 11, for the four of us to write letters to the appropriate state delegates, state senators, and the county manager to thank each of them for his/her insuring that we got said raise. The letters are supposed to be specific to each person and let the person know what we will do with the money, and helpfully included suggestions such as student loans, helping our family members, etc. And we are to make two copies of each letter (except to the county manager, where one copy will do.) It also listed the addresses of each person and how we should address them in salutation.

There are SIXTEEN senators and delegates. So, instead of the brief to the Court of Appeals, instead of trying to figure out which videos I want to charge on in my child porn case, I will be writing letters. Seventeen of them. And making copies. And placing them in envelopes and mailing said envelopes. So for the four of us, that's an entire pack of letterhead paper, thirty two dollars worth of stamps (plus, I assume, a large, economy sized envelope to send the copies to the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney's Association, and extra stamps for those), and countless hours of make work.

I plan to say, "Dear Senator (blank), thank you for my extra money. I plan to use it to hire male prostitutes and purchase methamphetamine."

CameronBornAndBred wrote:

devildeac wrote:

CameronBornAndBred wrote: I read her post with great interest. I also discovered her post, however, due to the funky name that I was sure was an old school spammer that happily we have not seen any more of.

Not surprised one bit.

ahhhhh, see ya!

No, no...she is still on board and NOT a spammer. I suggest you seek out her post (in the finals/graduation vibes thread). Worth checking out.

devildeac wrote:

CameronBornAndBred wrote:

devildeac wrote:
Not surprised one bit.

ahhhhh, see ya!

No, no...she is still on board and NOT a spammer. I suggest you seek out her post (in the finals/graduation vibes thread). Worth checking out.

Ooops, my error. I misunderstood your reply.

We saw so many of those in the early days of CTN before you improved the security here. I thought another crackpot had filtered through. So glad Turk got busted and we found out the true identity of isuf;bnae[rn.

ArkieDukie wrote:I was out all day (jury duty), but I just got a call from BGS. Boris is having instrument problems again. From the sound of things, someone (***cough***BM***cough***) has been messing with the instrument and it is not working correctly. Strange that it would work well for 3.5 days, until Monday morning, and then not work any more (***cough***BM***cough). We need a f-ing nanny cam in the lab.

Oh, I should mention that we lost 3.5 days worth of analysis for a paying external collaborator. It's a project that BM is not involved with, and it's not the first time she has sabotaged the analysis of their samples. No direct proof that she did it, either. I will say it again: we need a f-ing nanny cam in the lab.

Lavabe wrote:

ArkieDukie wrote:I was out all day (jury duty), but I just got a call from BGS. Boris is having instrument problems again. From the sound of things, someone (***cough***BM***cough***) has been messing with the instrument and it is not working correctly. Strange that it would work well for 3.5 days, until Monday morning, and then not work any more (***cough***BM***cough). We need a f-ing nanny cam in the lab.

Oh, I should mention that we lost 3.5 days worth of analysis for a paying external collaborator. It's a project that BM is not involved with, and it's not the first time she has sabotaged the analysis of their samples. No direct proof that she did it, either. I will say it again: we need a f-ing nanny cam in the lab.

A lot of colleagues of mine really love to use camera traps to capture images of rare and endangered wildlife. I think you can get a camera trap for like $200.

lawgrad91 wrote:

Lavabe wrote:

ArkieDukie wrote:I was out all day (jury duty), but I just got a call from BGS. Boris is having instrument problems again. From the sound of things, someone (***cough***BM***cough***) has been messing with the instrument and it is not working correctly. Strange that it would work well for 3.5 days, until Monday morning, and then not work any more (***cough***BM***cough). We need a f-ing nanny cam in the lab.

Oh, I should mention that we lost 3.5 days worth of analysis for a paying external collaborator. It's a project that BM is not involved with, and it's not the first time she has sabotaged the analysis of their samples. No direct proof that she did it, either. I will say it again: we need a f-ing nanny cam in the lab.

A lot of colleagues of mine really love to use camera traps to capture images of rare and endangered wildlife. I think you can get a camera trap for like $200.

We have TONS of people who use them for game cameras and cheap surveillance cameras. They aren't terribly expensive.

devildeac wrote:

CameronBornAndBred wrote:No, no...she is still on board and NOT a spammer. I suggest you seek out her post (in the finals/graduation vibes thread). Worth checking out.

Ooops, my error. I misunderstood your reply.

We saw so many of those in the early days of CTN before you improved the security here. I thought another crackpot had filtered through. So glad Turk got busted and we found out the true identity of isuf;bnae[rn.