freeflir29 0 #26 November 22, 2002 QuoteThat's gotta be a skill someone would appreciate!! So see what it takes to open your own micro brewery. That would be kick ass!!! Plus it's a very popular thing these days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #27 November 22, 2002 Problem is, I live in microbrew-land already. Frederick brewing company (makers of Frederick Brewingcompany beer, Wild Goose, Blue Ridge beers) plus brewpubs up the wazoo. LOTS of competition. Hey maybe I could open up a dropzone-based brewpub....hmmm, maybe at CrossKeys, they get enough business to support it. Twin Otter Ale, Porter Porter, King Air Stout...Show your USPA card & get a free jello shooter!! Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #28 November 22, 2002 [url http://www.langcreekbrewery.com/] Lang Creek Brewery [/url ]makes skydiver blonde... There's also a Bradley beer brewing that's owned by a skydiverI promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #29 November 22, 2002 Quote Hey maybe I could open up a dropzone-based brewpub....hmmm, maybe at CrossKeys, Come up with a name and some attractive labels and I bet you could make a few bucks. If nothing else it might be something that pays for your skydiving. You never know how far it might go. What do you have to lose? The worst thing that can happen is you have a bunch of beer to drink!!! You just have to find your niche market. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #30 November 22, 2002 QuoteProblem is, I live in microbrew-land already Well, move to Houston! Year-round jumping, not enough microbrews, and a whole lotta medical schools and hospitals to grow germs in... Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #31 November 22, 2002 Quote whole lotta medical schools and hospitals to grow germs in... They probably have plenty of germs there already.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #32 November 22, 2002 Quote Quote Anyone need any cloning done?? Boy oh boy do I have a job for you!!!! After the Scottish scientists cloned "Dolly", I thought, "that is irony". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #33 November 22, 2002 Quote well, I just got the news. I'm laid off, effective Dec. 6. I've worked here for nearly 7 years, so the severance package will give me something like 16 or 18 weeks of pay, plus I have about 5 weeks of un-used vacation time they're going to pay. So I need a new job. Anyone need any cloning done?? (hmmmm.....I hear Saddam Hussein is looking for molecular biologists.....) Been there done that, sorry to hear it man. Did you see it coming? I put in 6 years with worldcom and they wacked me.. severence? yeah they told me i'd get it.. did I get it? yeah finally, but it didn't look like I was for the longest time. Oh well.. where are you located what do you do? At my new job, we are hiring already got one other skydiver a job there :) Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #34 November 23, 2002 Shit, Speedy...that sux. I'm sorry. But someone with your talent and skills shouldn't be unemployed for long. As for that microbrewery stuff, go out and taste test about a dozen tonight... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #35 November 23, 2002 It was weird...I was just finishing up a prep of lentivirus that had the Green Fluorescent Protein gene cloned into it...I was spinning it down in the ultracentrifuge when I got the final news...I still had to go back & take it out of the ultracentrifuge and resuspend it in buffer & freeze it, even though now that whole program (and me along with it) is being canceled. Hmmm. If this were a 1960's B horror movie...you've got a scientist who has just had his project canceled & been fired....He's just made a batch of virus that the company doesn't want any more.......what happens next??? "So, they've CANCELED MY PROJECT?? THEY FIRED ME???? Well, I'LL show them!! I'LL SHOW THEM ALL!!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"<> Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #36 November 23, 2002 I've always wanted to see a malt liquor made and distributed in 40oz bottles called "hook'n in." "Hey Joe, what's ya do'n?" "Hook'n in..."--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjackson 0 #37 November 23, 2002 Good luck... At least you got a good package and some notice. I got zero notice and two weeks pay. I have been laid off for sixteen months now. Hang in there. Randy--------------------------------------------- Randy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #38 November 23, 2002 2 things: 1-tell me that you don't work for BAXTER Labs. 2- you should also have 12 months of unemployment. p.s. we have a descent place here at "Lancaster Labs" -Grant_______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #39 November 23, 2002 That sucks if you were happy at your job, screw'em and go make a skydive ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #40 November 23, 2002 Quote well, I just got the news. I'm laid off, effective Dec. 6......) Look at the bright side, get a dz to support your team and start training for nationals! I work with a guy who is a bio engineer (gene splicer) who is doing IT/Accounting/Sys Security at a major refinery. He would rather work in his profession, but the $70k he is making vs. $0 is too good. Be aggresive and look at what you can do, not at what you have done! Being from Houston...I can really feel you pain. Hang in there. Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #41 November 25, 2002 The thing that really sucks is this: I was working on oncolytic vectors (adenovirus that replicates inside tumor cells until the cells die). I ctually MADE a few preps of virus, and I had even had a gene in there to shut off the virus in case something went wrong (a sort of fail-safe mechanism). And I tested it to make sure both the virus and the "fail-safe" gene worked. So last month my company says to stop doing that project, and start working with LENTIVIRUS on ocular gene therapy. So I started doing that. Now they've come along and said they're laying off everyone who isn't working on oncolytic adenovirus!!! AFTER they stopped me from working on it FIVE WEEKS AGO!! Frickin' dumbass upper management. I feel like I'm living in a Dilbert cartoon. I'd give this company about another six months. well I got my lab notebook all caught up & finished writing my last research report, so there's nothing to do for the next two weeks but search for a new job & post whore. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #42 November 25, 2002 Hang in there even though it is tough. You'll find something soon and can tell those bastards to kiss off. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
