Browncoat Bar and Grill- toast masters!! by MsA

Uni here not cheap. Gets worse at the advanced degree level. Perhaps working as a graduate assistant might offset it a little?

Being a nanny can also be major suckitude. I have done that gig for a year. They had an au pair from Germany before me. Make sure you get hooked up with a family that can actually afford to pay you better than minimum wage. Preferably much better. You'll have better luck in a larger city where there are more wealthy people per square foot. Middle class couple with pretentions should be avoided lest they be bargain hunters out for the look of the thing but not willing to pay for it. Also make sure you get vacation and time off for studying. No point coming over to not go see things and fail all your classes.

Plus, I don't care what they say about it: if you are accompanying them on the family holiday and watching the children YOU ARE STILL WORKING, it is NOT a vacation for you, and they should not expect you to accept it as such. If you are responsible for their children you are on duty and not able to relax. If they let you tag along and you don't actually have to keep an eye on the kids at all it's another story and bully for you.

Good luck with that. Magda will have a more positive outlook.

Drove to New Hampshire Friday, back Saturday. Tired today. Last niece graduated. Yay!

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Sunday, June 14, 2009 12:02 PM

YAY NEW HAMPSHIRE!! *misses her brother* :\

ugh, no fixing Serenity today barkeep, will have to happen sometime this week ><;; preferably before it fries another spark plug. sumthin to eat in case dinner doesnt happen please.

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Sunday, June 14, 2009 12:04 PM

The company I've found have most of the monetary part sorted .. I'd get an allowance for school fees, plus there's a set amount a week the family has to pay, as well as a set number of weeks to work .. as well as the hours in those weeks. Plus, if they break any of the rules I can call someone from the company .. and there's always one no more than an hour away :)

This is the company I was looking at: http://www.aupairamerica.co.uk/

&& HUGS FLT .. I hope your car gets better ..

~WuS
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Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:29 PM

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Originally posted by freelancertex:
YAY NEW HAMPSHIRE!!

Amen to that!!

*glances out the window at his beloved home* Home of the mightiest, finest Shindigs anywhere in the 'verse, from one of which I just got back (and, this morning, at last found out what a hangover feels like :P). Aaaaaand now we have CSTS Boston next weekend to bounce for.

Aw, LF.... *more huggles* Mei-mei, there are plenty more worthwhile things than boys to occupy your time. I didn't even date until college, and didn't even kiss until I was 25, but made sure I had plenty of other time-passers close at hand. I suspect it was largely because all the ladies I met lumped me together with the swaggering, egotistical, stinky jocks that made us nice guys look bad as well. So when you do meet the quiet, shy, nerdy one, I'd urge you to recognise him when he comes round and not turn him away thinking he's one of these pathetic nutters who do only want one thing.

Mal and Monty
Old war buddies
Till Mal's nose
The missus bloodies
FIREFLY

Captain of the New England Browncoats
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Monday, June 15, 2009 4:21 AM

How is it that you only seem to have available as girlfriend options some of the dumbest, meanest, and most annoying women?? HUGS Steamer you definitely deserve better...SO how was your first hangover????

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, June 15, 2009 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by MsA:
How is it that you only seem to have available as girlfriend options some of the dumbest, meanest, and most annoying women?? HUGS Steamer you definitely deserve better...SO how was your first hangover????

Oh, lovely. The five-alarm headache first thing in the morning, as new experiences go, is just fantastic! :P (Wow, sarcasm, that's original.) But, ya know....almost 30 years and I've never before had that much to drink. There's something to be said for that.

As for the *ahem* other thing, oh, I dunno. Might be I'm just a bitch whisperer or somesuch. :P

Love with Kaylee
Doc will give
Hell with this
She's gonna live!
FIREFLY

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Monday, June 15, 2009 1:45 PM

OK I almost spewed water on my keyboard over that... bitch whisperer...ROTFLMAO

HUGS on the hangover...next time if you drink that much, drink about 2 times as much water... it'll help loads.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Monday, June 15, 2009 3:24 PM

Plus B vitamins.

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Monday, June 15, 2009 3:52 PM

looooong day barkeep, need sumthin to unwind for the rest of the long week ><;;

*hugs WuS* thanks. she'll hold true for now, bf checked the spark plug, theres only a little oil (still bad, but it means the leak isnt as bad as first perceived, which means i'll be fine until fixing time). she's my Serenity ^_^ may get banged up, may be ancient, but she still runs

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Monday, June 15, 2009 4:24 PM

BRIGLAD

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Oh, lovely. The five-alarm headache first thing in the morning, as new experiences go, is just fantastic! :P (Wow, sarcasm, that's original.) But, ya know....almost 30 years and I've never before had that much to drink. There's something to be said for that.

Man, Steamer, you guys must have really tied one on after me and Rallem left.

(I won't mention the broken patio chair I caused before I even had my first beer....)

Brian

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:05 AM

Well it's not a shindig til stuff gets broken and people drink to excess:)

Morning all:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:24 AM

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Originally posted by Steamer:

Aw, LF.... *more huggles* Mei-mei, there are plenty more worthwhile things than boys to occupy your time. I didn't even date until college, and didn't even kiss until I was 25, but made sure I had plenty of other time-passers close at hand. I suspect it was largely because all the ladies I met lumped me together with the swaggering, egotistical, stinky jocks that made us nice guys look bad as well. So when you do meet the quiet, shy, nerdy one, I'd urge you to recognise him when he comes round and not turn him away thinking he's one of these pathetic nutters who do only want one thing.

Heh.. I don't think I'd have any problems with recognizing the guy, just with meeting him -sigh-. And yeah, I know there's other thing than boys.. just would be nice to finally meet a worthwhile guy (in rl, you and the others here are awesome

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:42 PM

AVERYFINECOMPANION

Hi everyone!

That is all...

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:53 PM

HI AVERY!!!!!

barkeep, some sweetish after-dinner eats please

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:10 PM

MAGICALLY APPEARING CHEESECAKE!!!!

Holy cow!

Yum.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:42 PM

EEEEEEEEEEEE!!! *pounces on cheesecake* MINE!!!

*sprints to corner and peers warily over shoulder for sneaky approaches*

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:50 PM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Off to get some beerz. Any requests?

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:53 PM

NICODEMUS

How 'bout a proper beer, not that watery swill they serve in your part of the world.... ...and don't say Foster's either, it's called an export for a reason (we only make it to sell to other countries, nobody here touches it unless it's a choice between that and XXXX). Cooper's Pale Ale or Cooper's Sparkling Ale would be worth hunting down.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:14 PM

*teleports in*

hey barkeep, some late night eats plz ^_^

Quote:
Originally posted by NVGhostRider: Off to get some beerz. Any requests?

lolz, ask again in October

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:03 PM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Damn sorry MsA here
HUGS Rosie and Avery

LOL Nico oh like he'd drink Fosters... we have some awesome local stuff... real beer not american beer:)

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:17 PM

Two words: Sam Seasonal.

Hiya, Avery! *waves*

Killed some bandits
Partied, tarried
Next thing he knows
Mal is married
FIREFLY

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:25 PM

Heya Avery! Nice to see ya again ^.^

Wouldn't know about beer, don't ask me..

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I've had beer before, and it's definitely an aquired taste- tastes like crap! Or piss...

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:36 PM

DANCINGNEKO

[ /lurk ]

Quote:
Originally posted by LeopardFlan:
Wouldn't know about beer, don't ask me..
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I've had beer before, and it's definitely an aquired taste- tastes like crap! Or piss...

*steps out of a shadow, while activating anti-glomp shield*
*giggles softly*
LF: That's definitely mass-produced American beer for you.

*waves to everyone*
*drops off hugs and kisses to those who want 'em*

I'd suggest a bottle of any of the Kona Brewing beers for two reasons: 1) It's a local brew so it ain't crap, 2)the inside of the bottle cap has a Hawaiian word and it's translation -- so you can get drunk and dedyoo....edumekate...educamb...*hic* learn some Hawaiian.

*slides back into a shadow-ish area*

[ lurk ]

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:47 PM

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I've had beer before, and it's definitely an aquired taste- tastes like crap! Or piss...

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Whatever you had obviously wasn't Beck's, Yuengling or Sam Adams. I swear by those three. But it does get better with age - yours and the beer's.

Haha - Tex, a bit of Octoberfest loyalty happenin' there?

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You don't need
To close your eyes
If you can read
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 5:48 PM

@ Neko- Heh. Makes me wonder why the hell it's so popular with people.. o.O

@ Steamer- No, I don't think it was either of those three.. what I tried (i think) was 'Dead Rogue Ale' (which the rents swear is a good beer.. o.O). It better get better with age, otherwise I'd have to swear the whole human race was insane (or, it could just be me- nobody would be surprised with that

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:02 PM

NICODEMUS

Bottle has a skeleton sitting on a barrel? That'd be Dead Guy Ale, something the pissheads on Whitechapel seem to like. In terms of the oddly named, you can't go past Monty Python's Holy [s]Gr[/s]ail (tempered over burning witches, no less).

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Si post fata venit gloria non propero
If glory comes after death, I'm not in a hurry

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:38 PM

AVERYFINECOMPANION

I myself am a labatt girl

Oh I could go for one now, it goes with hamburgers like cookies and milk

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:07 PM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Ooh, Labatt. Great for middle of the road, I might be seeking you come D*C.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:36 AM

Morning all:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:30 AM

NVG here:
I'm having an identity crisis.

I think I'm logged in as MSA and am too lazy to re-log in.

And American beer, though not so good, still gets ya drunk.

Not so sure how to take the comparison made by LF. Do you really know what the pee tastes like.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:56 AM

@Neko- Yeah, that was it... -gag-

@NvG- Rofl! XD

No, but I figured it has to be closer than crap since they're approx the same color (beer and piss, that is) and they're both liquid :P

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:42 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Steamer: Haha - Tex, a bit of Octoberfest loyalty happenin' there?

ha, not really, my birthday's in October. I'll finally be 21 this year.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:46 PM

Sam Adams SeasonAles are quite fun. I prefer the darker beers they put out. If you can find anything by Middle Ages Brewery, it's a local microbrewery in my city. Good stuff, too!

Exports are sent away for a reason. I will never get over being in a Europa in London and perusing the wine cooler. In the "imports" section was something I never expected to see.

Thunderbird.

I almost crawled under the bakery display in shame.

OMFG. I live in the heart of the Fingerlakes wine country, we have all of California, and THAT'S what they send out to represent us?!! No wonder everybody hates the US! It's not our heavy handed foreign policy, it's our booze!

Barkeep, I would like a Redhook Nitro to dull the pain of remembering please...

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:59 PM

I had a similar moment when I was in Nice and strolling down the lovely picturesque oceanside street when bam... there was a garish McDonalds... argh must we export the most pathetic aspects of our culture.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:30 AM

GEE

The flip side of that SR is that we can now try Thunderbird to truly understand the Seasick Steve, ZZ Top etc songs about it.

*goes back to his day of maths*

So far behind!

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:27 AM

BRIGLAD

Barkeep... something cold and maybe some aloe for my sunburn...

Like a good boy, I wore my sunscreen at work yesterday except that I forgot one thing. I wore a polo shirt rather than my usual T.

I now have a wedge shaped sunburn on my chest. Dang seat belt in the car hurts.

Not to mention it was 80 degrees, almost no clouds, very little breeze standing on hot asphalt for 12 hours.

1/2 hour for lunch and only two short ten minute breaks in the afternoon.

Oh yeah, wearing a hard hat and a non breathing traffic vest.

I'm still tired and my feet still hurt. At least I have until Monday to recuperate. The boss called and apologized due to the length of the day.

I think I'll just go find a recliner in a shady spot and sip the brewskis...

B

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:37 AM

AVERYFINECOMPANION

Quote:
Originally posted by MsA:
I had a similar moment when I was in Nice and strolling down the lovely picturesque oceanside street when bam... there was a garish McDonalds... argh must we export the most pathetic aspects of our culture.

We don't even have the decency to make it a pretty mcdonalds!!!!!

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:26 PM

*gets some aloe for Briglad* sunburn sucks ><;;

i'll trade you the eighty degrees for the effing RAINSTORM we have here ><;; sposed to rain the rest of the weekend into monday. then clear up. and probably be humid as hell ><;;

barkeep, the bf has been passed out since i got home, and i's hungry ><;; sumthin to tide me over till he wakes up so i can make dinner? thankies ^_^

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:09 PM

awww Briglad maybe some solarcaine and then aloe:)

HUGS Avery yup it is so pitiful looking amongst the lovely pastel shops and everything

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Friday, June 19, 2009 10:33 AM

solarcaine?

barkeep, some afternoon eats before my old high schools stage performance of Dr Horrible, then off to CSTS Boston!!!!!!

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Friday, June 19, 2009 12:19 PM

BRIGLAD

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Originally posted by MsA:
awww Briglad maybe some solarcaine and then aloe:)

I bought Solarcaine with aloe in it

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Saturday, June 20, 2009 1:38 AM

Interview went well. Send beer.

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Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:25 AM

good to hear ^_^!!! i'd send beer but im too young ><;;

barkeep, loooooooooooooong night last night. went to the high school for the stage production of dr horrible (Moist and Captain Hammer were great; Dr Horrible was incredibly tone deaf -- it was the drama club, not show choir like it should have been, so pretty much no one could sing), then got picked up and whisked off to Boston for CSTS. I wish i'd had a costume :\ but it was still fun seeing that half the kaylee's there were dressed the way she was in the Firefly pilot XD and seeing captain hammer and the Mals and Inaras and everyone. wish i could go back today, but i'm beat ><;; cuz it was a looooong drive from boston to home, after leaving the city at about 3 in the morning.

so yeah, something to help me recuperate from..all that.

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Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:58 AM

Wow. Sounds like a fun night tho!!

((*bring in a stack of pizza boxes*))

There are actually pizzas left .. help yourself peoples :)

Going to the Lake District tomorrow with my Canadian cousin .. he's never been up there before, and its a supposed to be a nice day weather-wise so should be a good day x3

~WuS
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Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:20 AM

woot, have fun in the Lake District, wherever it is lol.

ooooh pizza!!

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Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:26 AM

The Lake District is in Cumbria, Northern England. As the name suggests, its covered in lakes!! Its the area in which Beatrix Potter lived in her later years, and wrote all of her works

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Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:35 AM

ooh, is it pretty? ^_^

*doesnt know who beatrix potter is*

*ducks before something can be thrown at her*

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Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:38 AM

Very pretty :)

&& WHA!? Haven't you ever heard of Peter Rabbit!? Benjamin Bunny? Jemima Puddleduck? Tom Kitten!?

~WuS
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Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:55 AM