tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8291240481493075651..comments2024-03-29T01:47:48.560-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Workin' Hard/Hardly Workin' -or- Getting The AxolotlJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15824353057829725562012-09-05T09:31:47.979-04:002012-09-05T09:31:47.979-04:00Sold used cars. In Las Vegas. Was trying to get ...Sold used cars. In Las Vegas. Was trying to get through school, and we all know how goofy that can be sometimes...:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538690057861333760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8267101710359510652012-09-04T10:49:57.704-04:002012-09-04T10:49:57.704-04:00Short term stint as a telemarketer. At least it wa...Short term stint as a telemarketer. At least it was all for non-profit organizations. I lasted a week. UGH. Agree totally with Deb Romano on this.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03175106181579710106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-288250190754473232012-09-03T20:13:45.815-04:002012-09-03T20:13:45.815-04:00One of the jobs I did not get was a gas station at...One of the jobs I did not get was a gas station attendant. I was young, thin and kind of green.<br />The owner asked me if I had any "experience" and I thought he meant selling gas..methinks he meant selling myself. Looking back I imagine myself sticking my leg out a la Claudette Colbert and giving the potential gas customers a lear and a smile.<br />Another job I escaped was a potential caretaker to a child who went into rages and attacked people with scissors. Flash forward to today and I have the fondest memories of being an IBM operator..no hassles just fun.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577800842379365136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87817240819064149922012-09-03T18:19:48.316-04:002012-09-03T18:19:48.316-04:00I have been unable to access the video because i h...I have been unable to access the video because i have been using my Kindle to access JRW - no video access on the Kindle. I feel like I have missed out on something! <br /><br />I just returned home from vacation about an hour ago. I spent the past week in Virginia with extended family. Over breakfast this morning I was telling my sister about today's blog. She asked "did you tell them about the warehouse job the two of us had one summer?" The reason I did not mention it this morning is that I really liked that job, even though our duties were kind of odd: there were about half a dozen of us, all college students from different sorts of backgrounds. We got along really well and enjoyed each other's company. We were working in a warehouse for a company that manufactured hair care products that were bottled in glass bottles. The manager had the one other permanent employee slam large boxes of bottles onto a table, one box for each of us, and we had to pick through the boxes and pull out the NON-broken bottles. We did not have any sort of gloves to wear. The manager liked all of us and knew we all needed the money for school. We suspected that he instructed the pemanent employee to slam the boxes down as hard as possible so that there would always be broken bottles in each box, thus prolonging our jobs, which were temporary. It was pretty mindless work and we did a lot of gabbing over the glass shards. When we finally went through all the boxes (the manager used to come by and tell us to take our time and be careful, he didn't want anyone to get hurt), he apologized for not having any more work for us. I think it had been dragged out for about three weeks.Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41821717691548886222012-09-03T18:16:44.397-04:002012-09-03T18:16:44.397-04:00Oh, yes, Julia, I can't wait to see it!
Happy...Oh, yes, Julia, I can't wait to see it!<br /><br />Happy, happy book birthday tomorrow, Hank and Lucy!Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81046498160765849572012-09-03T15:49:37.838-04:002012-09-03T15:49:37.838-04:00Obviously, when the Reds appear at Bouchercon, we ...Obviously, when the Reds appear at Bouchercon, we need to start off our game show panel by singing and dancing to the Axolotl Song.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71884804522906201312012-09-03T15:28:00.829-04:002012-09-03T15:28:00.829-04:00I'm sorry. I know I'm tired, and overworke...I'm sorry. I know I'm tired, and overworked, and a little frazzled (thank you, Darlene! for mentioning...) <br /><br />but that video is the FUNNIEST thing I have EVER seen. Ever. HOw could anyone even think of it?<br /><br />I am going to play it for Jonathan just to see his baffled face.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44123380677928867602012-09-03T15:23:24.366-04:002012-09-03T15:23:24.366-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44469333407041742452012-09-03T15:23:01.582-04:002012-09-03T15:23:01.582-04:00Yup, LUCY!! Funniest thing ever..I really thoug...Yup, LUCY!! Funniest thing ever..I really thought they were a made-up thing!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86405859681291880352012-09-03T14:34:10.844-04:002012-09-03T14:34:10.844-04:00I meant to say "don't you hope there isn&...I meant to say "don't you hope there isn't any axolotl p*rn out there?"<br /><br />Honestly. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32091418717977795772012-09-03T14:28:13.153-04:002012-09-03T14:28:13.153-04:00I'm glad you survived the axolotls --
http://w...I'm glad you survived the axolotls --<br />http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?187262-quot-Axolotl-quot-by-Julio-Cort%E1zar<br /><br />Probably my worst/shortest work experience was in a Hostess Bakery . . . if you ever want to eat a Twinkie again, you don't want details . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40895582754286236392012-09-03T14:16:25.533-04:002012-09-03T14:16:25.533-04:00Oh my gosh, de-tasseling corn, pulling cotton, col...Oh my gosh, de-tasseling corn, pulling cotton, cold telemarketing, cleaning school rooms--we at Jungle Red writers have A LOT OF CHARACTER!!!<br /><br />Thanks for reminding everyone Darlene--LUCY has a book out tomorrow too:)Lucy Burdettehttp://www.lucyburdette.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47711780426401503712012-09-03T14:12:30.477-04:002012-09-03T14:12:30.477-04:00Salamander! Salamander! Salamander, La La La!
If ...Salamander! Salamander! Salamander, La La La!<br /><br />If this turns into an earwig I'm blaming you.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42408734370391894482012-09-03T13:13:58.766-04:002012-09-03T13:13:58.766-04:00Julia, don't you mean you HOPE any axolotl p*r...Julia, don't you mean you HOPE any axolotl p*rn out there?<br /><br />LOLKaren in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81508603724496091892012-09-03T12:52:51.131-04:002012-09-03T12:52:51.131-04:00Undoubtedly I can't compete with axolotis, but...Undoubtedly I can't compete with axolotis, but my worst job was as a temp transcribing interviews with mothers of small babies. The interviews had to include all room sounds—typed phonetically! I didn't finish that one.Msmstryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16482398424851486681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-19720984517647837652012-09-03T12:17:54.669-04:002012-09-03T12:17:54.669-04:00How can I have gone through life never knowing tha...How can I have gone through life never knowing that axolotls existed. I had lots of strange pets. I could have had one (and then fed him Salamander juice!!)Rhys Bowennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80737380041787268232012-09-03T12:16:10.929-04:002012-09-03T12:16:10.929-04:00My worst job was when I was a kid (10-13). I had t...My worst job was when I was a kid (10-13). I had to pull cotton. "Pull" cotton, as opposed to "pick" because to pull you wear gloves and pull the whole boll while to pick you use bare hands and tear the cotton out of the boll. Very hard to do without bleeding on the white fiber.<br /><br />Big, heavy bags. I wrote about it once in a poem--<br />"I come from canvas cotton sacks (200 pounds for an adult <br />“but you’re a big girl now, eleven, <br />you can pull enough cotton to fill that ol’ sack”),<br />from Lifesavers and Nehi Orange<br />and salty peanuts dropped into sweating-cold bottles of RC Cola<br />and traded among us kids for back rubs<br />when we couldn’t quite stand up straight after a day in the cotton rows."<br /><br />Hot sun, having to pee in the fields. torn up hands, aching shoulders, and quite literally unable to stand up straight at the end of the day.<br /><br />But Lucy may have it with the axolotls. *shudder*<br />Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55950131562752766532012-09-03T12:10:47.095-04:002012-09-03T12:10:47.095-04:00Julia, the video is HILARIOUS! It may be come our ...Julia, the video is HILARIOUS! It may be come our Labor Day tradition, too!<br /><br />Good God, captcha has gone nuts.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38818733590418239362012-09-03T11:53:24.725-04:002012-09-03T11:53:24.725-04:00Is it only a coincidence that "axolotl" ...Is it only a coincidence that "axolotl" is one of the answers in the Sunday NY TImes crossword yesterday?<br /><br />The video is hilarious!<br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-34649841041738766502012-09-03T11:50:24.641-04:002012-09-03T11:50:24.641-04:00Okay, I had to fiddle with it several times, but I...Okay, I had to fiddle with it several times, but I believe I've fixed the link to the survey. For some reason, it wouldn't work properly unless it was embedded in a word. <br /><br />Lucy: You can find ANYTHING on YouTube. I'm just glad there wasn't any axolotl p*rn out there.<br /><br />My family's been singing the axolotl song all morning. It may become our new Labor Day tradition.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88133403996704168802012-09-03T11:49:59.287-04:002012-09-03T11:49:59.287-04:00Thanks, Julia--you ruined my day. Not really, but ...Thanks, Julia--you ruined my day. Not really, but that song is so silly (and funny) I'll be humming it and trying to salsa around the house; most disturbing to all my animals as they try to understand what's wrong with momma.<br /><br />Guess I'm extremely fortunate, can't remember any really horrible jobs. Although some folks might find the idea of stepping out of a helicopter and having to watch where I stepped to prevent acquiring blood/body parts/secretions on my boots. At the time, it was a terrific adrenaline high. That's why flight nurses do their jobs until their bodies can't handle the hours, or their minds, the stress.<br />Now, off to salsa as I vacuum.Diane Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232621705007156159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91002837298136624922012-09-03T10:23:16.063-04:002012-09-03T10:23:16.063-04:00This video! omg omg. I LOVE this video!This video! omg omg. I LOVE this video!Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66377741830121779622012-09-03T10:20:16.234-04:002012-09-03T10:20:16.234-04:00Sandi, because you've tasseled corn, you have ...Sandi, because you've tasseled corn, you have something in common with Cindy Crawford. She tasseled corn back in the day, too.<br /><br />When I saw "axolotol" in the headline, my mind immediately went to Frank Herbert's DUNE series. In the DUNE 'verse, an axolotl tank grows organic material. If I say more, it's a big spoiler for a book waay deep in the series, but y'all are smart and you can figure out where that's going. And, yes, that would be a terrible job.Rhonda Lanehttp://rhondalane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82598372585445157452012-09-03T10:17:17.432-04:002012-09-03T10:17:17.432-04:00Hilarious! Be sure to read my post on Dorothy L la...Hilarious! Be sure to read my post on Dorothy L later today! Thelma Straw in cooler ManhattanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48798364677214012112012-09-03T10:17:14.634-04:002012-09-03T10:17:14.634-04:00My worst job was digging potatoes. I think that...My worst job was digging potatoes. I think that's why I'm not a fan of gardening. On the other hand it's not the axolotls. <br /><br />I know tomorrow is Book Day for Hank. Who else has a new book coming out on Tuesday?Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.com