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No idea, as we don't do that.

Um, where can I look this up further? Apparently, I missed all of this + the brothel, or wasn't paying attention. And I've watched DS9 now several times through.

I'm paying 7-8% of gross sales. Industry average is 10, but we have lots of large customers that have been with us for decades. Our average job is probably double the competition's, because we have the equipment for the bigger jobs. Obviously, there are only maybe three companies that can...

As mentioned already, Al Capone. Most organized crime that get caught are put in prison for felony tax evasion at the max penalty, because that's all they can get. They do have a good cover, since it's pretty hard to track how much cash runs through a car wash and tickets can be faked.

Yeah, that's not how it works. In the business I own, I have real time tracking of all of my trucks, vehicles and equipment by satellite, and get a map of my where they are. I can tell where my vehicles are to the second, and use my iphone to tell where they are as they drive.

The garage door shutting was definitely epic. I crapped my pants during.

SOE's been in lurker mode for years here. I know of at least one dev that made a comment about how FUBAR this thread was (back when no info was released).

Yup.

Let's face it, your nipples were probably already razor hard anyway.

Just remember that there are multiple ways to solve problems. What experiences you've had, others have had different. When I first started in sales (out of college), my first district was about $20 million a year. The bosses yelled first and often, especially when someone need an adjustment...

He's also one of the more productive guys in the area, and when he's on a job, productivity jumps 20-25% for the whole team because he demands excellence. So I put up with it. Imagine what will happen when he finds outs I'm paying YB almost what he's making. He's been here ten years, YB has...

Opposite might be too strongly worded, but at times, they've undermined the guy above them if they didn't like him. The reality is that the industry standard is that it costs $250k to train a Crew Leader. So, if they both walk, it's a 500k loss. At times, it feels like it's Crew Leaders vs...

He doesn't need a loving relationship with the laborers, he needs a working relationship with them. If he doesn't earn their respect, and he tells them to do something, they'll do the opposite. He is perceived as an outsider, and I'm purposefully making him work with the crews so they'll see...

ding ding ding we have a winner He's stated he wants to be a Manager, and I can use two Managers, so that is the endgame here. And he'll never truely understand how to cost the job if he can't do it himself. One thing I learned working at a big box retailer is to always have a successor in...

Every thing you said above is true. I did get bent out of shape (maybe a little bit too much), but it's because his industry certs are way more important than anything else he can do right now. I was shocked, because instead of having a plan in place to get those, he was trying to revamp...

He's great. I'm just trying to build him up to rest of the guys. They just haven't accepted him. As My Manager said, YB went to go work on the job on his tryout day, and he couldn't even figure out how to put his safety gear on. It's hard to come back from, as far as the guys go. They are...

I don't need to overhaul all of my systems based on the recommendation of a guy who has been here two weeks. I've looked at overhauling some of them, and the reality is when I call other companies in my industry that have gone to a paperless system, they tell you it's not so smooth, and that...

Somehow, I don't think any MMO is going to make me play like that again.

You realize you are asking for pictures of his cock, right?

In EQ2, you could make an Ogre SK, betray to Queynos and become an Ogre Pally.

Condoms are for pussies.

Darkseid is confirmed as the next set of raids!

All I'm saying is that there has to be a happy medium between seven and ten rows of skills.

God, I'd forgotten how many buttons there were in EQ2. It never bothered me that much, because if you've ever taken a combart art in real life, there are hundreds of moves on a lot of them. Think how many moves there might be in MMA, for instance. Thousands probably.

The problem, in these situations, is that the guy doing most of the selling starts to get an attitude like he's the owner. He's produced like 4k a day since he's gotten here like clockwork. I'm hoping this isn't going to happen like I've seen in other businesses, where the Superstar feels as...

Sounds great, but we'll see how it is implemented.

Youngblood helps out on the simpler jobs, but on the ones that are complicated ($5,000 or greater), I won't let him touch those. I just looked at a YTD comparison, and sales are up 25% this year, profit about the same. Profit should have been higher, but we've lost probably 15 days to...

A question...for the guys trashing this game that you've never played. Do you have any hope left in life? The original one was magic in a bottle. Don't you want to root for Magic in a Bottle 2.0? Some of you have become so cynical, that I wonder if you've lost your soul.

Haste effects autoattack in EQ2, which is on a different timer than skills.

I'm gonna make a bard/chanter/wizard and nuke the crap out of everything.

It's already been discussed. The best heals will be for priests. You won't see a Warrior or Rogue running around with complete heal. But you might see them with a lifetap.

If Brad is our last hope, we are screwed.

I...don't...know...what...? C'mon guys, we tarred and feathered the guys for years. Now all the sudden, he's the equivalent of Mozart for MMO's. Open up your heart and let your hate out.

The Temple of Sol Ro, man that brings back memories.

How ironic that we are being white knighted by Brad McQuaid.

"Finally, the show that stopped you from talking about the Wire all the time..."

So Georgeson's twitter has been deleted? Looks like Smed sent some ninjas after him in the middle of the night.

They'll tell you. A lot of times, there is a set calculation, based on miles, and no negotiation. So if it's low, you might negotiate a higher signing bonus. The last few times I moved, they moved my stuff, gave me three tickets a piece for each member of my family, and gave me about $15-20k...

Youngblood is outselling my Manager at least 5:1 this week. His comment is all he does is go over the presentation I've developed, and he isn't even having to resort to hard closing. They just sign up at the end when it comes time to ask for the order. All I ask the Estimators to do is to...

I don't have a strong opinion, one way or another. It's Everquest, I hope the game does well, but none of us have even played a demo of it, let alone beta test it.