Now that I'm unemployed

whynot_31 wrote: or, rotating house parties.

It avoids the whole liq lic problem.

...and because each person only hosts once every few months, it lower the chance for eviction.

Rockergirl, when you having us over?

I'ma workin on it. Trying to find a new apartment sans-roommates for maximum privacy and party-ness.

flux wrote: So what is this "recession proof" buisness? I feel every buisness is hurting...except for bars. They seem to actually thrive in this environment.
I work in the health field and thought that was recession proof...but my hospital just laid off 300 low level possitions (cooks, cleaning crew..etc)

Obviously I don't know, but tend to agree with you now that anything with a "sin tax" should be doing pretty well around now.

I become unemployed, and self-employed, in July. It will be the first time in my adult life that I don't have a paycheck. Scary!! What's more, my "office" will be just a very short distance from my liquor cabinet!

Sorry you lost your job, at least the food in brooklyn is far better than midtown. I order lunch from seamlessweb in midtown pretty much every day and pretty much every day it sucks.

I love staying home during the day in Park Slope - there are some sweet lunch deals to be had. Kiku (the one on 5th not the nasty one on 7th) has a killer sushi lunch special for $7.50 or $8. Beet is hit & miss but will fill you up for $6.50. And if I'm not mistaken I think La Bagel has some special dozen bagels & Boars Head Meat deal (for making lunch at home) thats only available on weekdays.

booklaw wrote: I become unemployed, and self-employed, in July. It will be the first time in my adult life that I don't have a paycheck. Scary!! What's more, my "office" will be just a very short distance from my liquor cabinet!

this is my ultimate downfall and reason I've gained 5lbs since becoming a telecommuter. Wines are so, so close when you work 10 ft from your fridge.

Flexichick wrote:
This is why I am single. I haven't found a husband who will heel.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Call Madame A. Beaverhausen "House of Curbing" If it walks on fours, it can be relieved outdoors!"

modsquad wrote: [quote=Flexichick]
This is why I am single. I haven't found a husband who will heel.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Call Madame A. Beaverhausen "House of Curbing" If it walks on fours, it can be relieved outdoors!"

Even if they don't walk on all fours, they will.

Hey, all you work-from-homers, how do you make money? I need help making more. The pay for being a researcher bites. Where's the real money at?

Carmen wrote: Hello Rocking- I am a fellow work-from-homer in Park Slope (and there's another one or two on this board as well, although I won't out them!) so welcome to the club. We might actually have enough people to do a lunch club now!

Lunch at Hanco's when it opens! You in?

I'm in... whatever and whereever Hanco might be.

Ooops! Just found the other thread. Vietnamese sandwiches don't excite me (the last time I had Vietnamese food was Hanoi Victory! soup in Geneva, Switzerland in the summer of 1970).

Nevertheless, I'm in for the company.

booklaw wrote: I'm in... whatever and whereever Hanco might be.

Excellent - we'll discuss our new business venture. I'm in the legal business too.

lnelson wrote: Hey, all you work-from-homers, how do you make money? I need help making more. The pay for being a researcher bites. Where's the real money at?

I work for a company that has a very good policy regarding virtual workers. I do have to go to the client site for face time/meetings weekly, but am home at least 3 days a week

lnelson wrote: Hey, all you work-from-homers, how do you make money? I need help making more. The pay for being a researcher bites. Where's the real money at?

I work for a very small consulting firm and we all telecommute. there are five of us located in NY, southern NJ, Atlanta, CA and Denmark. We do not have an office and only see eachother if we are at a client site (or convergence or a trip or something.) So we work solely from home aside from being on-site, which could be anywhere from NYC to northern cali to arizona to chicago to china. I'm home 90% of the time (for example, I spent a total of 5 weeks traveling last year, mostly to northern california.) Its a pretty ace deal most of the time...but its highly specialized and isnt something you'd start doing and train as you go (generally.) Lots of tech jobs are into heavily telecommuting, especially in the consulting field.

Mougar wrote: [quote=RockerGirl77]we could all just open a co-op bar.

Best. Idea. Ever.
Funny, I was about to say...

Worst. Business model. Ever.

Carnivore wrote: [quote=Mougar][quote=RockerGirl77]we could all just open a co-op bar.

Best. Idea. Ever.
Funny, I was about to say...

Worst. Business model. Ever.
I don't think the point of a co-op is to have a profitable business. In this case I would save because we would buy in bulk and everyone would pay for it, but then I would drink all the booze myself and run away.

I don't work from home - I just lucked out and I work in the slope too so I walk to work every day & still get to partake in all of the awesome Slope lunch specials (Press 195 closing for the month of January has killed me).

But for you peeps working from home & looking for extra income there was something about that in the new Time Out. There were ideas for random things you can do for quick cash. Something about $15 an hour to watch & rate TV shows. Thats not bad for doing nothing.

Mougar wrote: [quote=Carnivore][quote=Mougar][quote=RockerGirl77]we could all just open a co-op bar.

Best. Idea. Ever.
Funny, I was about to say...

Worst. Business model. Ever.
I don't think the point of a co-op is to have a profitable business. In this case I would save because we would buy in bulk and everyone would pay for it, but then I would drink all the booze myself and run away.

Mougar the free loader is hereby excluded from co-op membership.
...its because of Mougar that communism doesn't work.

We wouldn't make the money off of selling booze at the co-op - we would make the money being tipped out as bartenders!

Poor Mougar would starve. ...he's already thin.

I'd like my role to be to tip the good looking bartenders.

You people that work from home around these parts- How often do you order lunch (or eat out?) I can count on one hand the amount of times I've ordered lunch since I started working from home 14 months ago. I usually just have a bowl of cereal or make some pasta or something...

whynot_31 wrote: Poor Mougar would starve. ...he's already thin.

Therefore buy me haggis tonight.

Now that I have looked it up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis

I will gladly buy you an order of said "food". The conditions:
1. I don't have to eat any of it.
2. You will continue to be subject to online harrassment until I become bored with it.

I'm going for a bit tonight. Have to leave fairly early, though. Carpets need bleaching.

wait to bleach the carpets AFTER we come over and spill red wine and cheese :-)

Mamacita wrote: wait to bleach the carpets AFTER we come over and spill red wine and cheese :-)

I have to do it both times. Before and after. I have OCD.

rockingood wrote: [quote=Mamacita]DR claims he's a she when he feels like it, but he's a he.

Yes, I am aware. I, however, am not; though I was once mistaken for a transvestite at a halloween party.

I admit to nothing.... although I did get sloppy with a tranny about 5 years ago on Halloween... hmmm.

I'd like to know - how do you intend to stalk me?

Like this:




She's going to have to fight me for you, DR

Drunken Revival wrote: [quote=rockingood][quote=Mamacita]DR claims he's a she when he feels like it, but he's a he.

Yes, I am aware. I, however, am not; though I was once mistaken for a transvestite at a halloween party.

I admit to nothing.... although I did get sloppy with a tranny about 5 years ago on Halloween... hmmm.

I'd like to know - how do you intend to stalk me?

I was thinking about peering into windows looking for a very particular metaphorical shelving unit.

You're well researched. Luckily my identify is just was well insulated. Fun nonetheless.

You must then know that the only flirtations I fiddle with publicly, on this board, are those with lunacy.