Post #42,656
6/17/02 4:35:49 PM
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First upcoming transition test.
I'm trying out for the Olympia, Washington Police Department July 20th.
Wish me luck.
InThane - Now running Ashton rev 2.0
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Post #42,659
6/17/02 4:45:55 PM
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Luck.
"As people do better, they start voting like Republicans...
...unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing."
KARL ROVE
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Post #42,663
6/17/02 5:03:53 PM
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Luck!
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Post #42,667
6/17/02 5:08:44 PM
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Break a leg!______but I dunno..
Think you aren't mean enough. Y'know? ;-)
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Post #42,669
6/17/02 5:21:56 PM
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"...whose"? :-)
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Post #42,672
6/17/02 5:41:06 PM
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Eh, don't sweat it.
I may come across as a Nice Guy(tm) but I can be a right bastard when it comes down to it. Ask anybody I used to go up against at the 'ol LARP crew I used to hang out with about 'That Guy With The Big Bloody Spear...'
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Post #42,695
6/17/02 9:01:50 PM
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If that's what you want, good luck!
But why do I feel it's Plan B?
Alex
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." -- Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Post #42,741
6/18/02 10:53:24 AM
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Actually, it's plan C...
...and it's undergone a bit of a transform.
The physical requirements for a firefighter position are so Up There that I'm not going to meet them this year - but the Police Officer/Corrections Officer position physical requirements are right up my alley. Considering that the STARTING wage for a PO/CO is $3500/month + EXCELLENT benefits, and that goes up to $4500 one year later, NOT counting overtime (as much as you want!), it's a racket I can't afford to miss out on.
Actually, I'm aiming for Corrections - much safer, and the pay's about the same. My sister-in-law's husband is a CO at the Kent Regional Justice Center, and he's described his night shift as roughly 3 minutes of patrol every hour, with 57 minutes of "feet-on-desk" time, doing whatever he wants.
Me? I'll take that time to write that game I've always wanted to...
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Post #42,742
6/18/02 11:00:25 AM
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Prediction
I'll take that time to write that game I've always wanted to...
I'll bet I know what the map is going to look like.
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Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978|Andrew Grygus]
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Post #42,751
6/18/02 12:27:46 PM
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As far as a CO goes
Do your 20 years in the Jail and retire. Think I would rather be patrol working up into Forensics. Prolly would end up as a crooked vice cop though :(
thanx,
bill
TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
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Post #42,777
6/18/02 1:59:35 PM
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25 years.
They are under the "80 rule" right now - When your age+# years worked = 80, you get FULL retirement benefits.
One guy's pulling in $80k/year in retirement. Wow.
InThane - Now running Ashton rev 2.0
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Post #42,696
6/17/02 9:05:31 PM
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You have the right to remain ... optimistic! Luck!
On and on and on and on,
and on and on and on goes John.
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Post #42,720
6/18/02 12:26:10 AM
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I guess that means that...
If I am going to break that law, now I know where to do it. :-)
Cheers,
Ben
"... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything."
--Richard Feynman
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Post #42,740
6/18/02 10:13:05 AM
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First, our very own Microsoft Insider.
Now, our man in Police Department. You do have some stroies to tell, I'd wager. Best of luck!
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Post #42,747
6/18/02 12:02:45 PM
6/18/02 12:07:03 PM
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In a troubled world, versatility is a decided asset, though
going from one Evil Empire into another only slightly more organized -- isn't all That much of a stretch, now is it? And both of those Empires can benefit from the occasional presence of common sense, whatever their Rulez say to the contrary.
Ashton
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Post #42,778
6/18/02 2:00:42 PM
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Besides...
...we don't get to beat the prisoners any more.
Oops, did I say that out loud? :)
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