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Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 17, 2003, 03:56:30 AM: Thank God, I am finally getting a vacation from work (my third one this year. :( ). Go on vacation the 27th and go back on the 14th of December. Plan on goin\' to see A Perfect Circle on the 29th, goin\' skydiving on the 30\'th (skydiveky.com) , work around the house and in general just lay back.

Speaking of vacation - how much vacation time does everyone get where they work and what do you do with it?
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Samwise on November 17, 2003, 04:11:34 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Speaking of vacation - how much vacation time does everyone get where they work

Five weeks a year here I believe.
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: ##RaCeR## on November 17, 2003, 04:20:16 AM: 4 weeks a year, not enough.
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 17, 2003, 04:25:16 AM: I can\'t complain. I get three weeks a year, until two more years, to which I go up to four weeks. Not to mention, that I only work three days a week (typically) and I\'m allowed up to six call-ins a year (one call in = a complete week).
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: The Stapler on November 17, 2003, 12:45:14 PM: I have 32 hours of paid vacation accumulated so far after 1.25 years of work.
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: GigaShadow on November 17, 2003, 12:49:25 PM: Two weeks a year for now - I just started a new job. You Euro\'s and Oz inhabitants never work! Five weeks of vacation wtf! No wonder the US is the greatest nation - we are all working.

Seriously though, I envy the European work habits... this protestant work ethic is outdated. Where is the 4 day work week?
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Coredweller on November 17, 2003, 12:55:43 PM: I have about 330 hours of leave time accumulated, which equals about eight weeks, I guess. I\'m not allowed to take it all at once though. :) I think the policy at my company is that you can take a maximum of one three week vacation per year or something like that. It doesn\'t matter because I never really take vacations. That\'s why my leave balance got so high.

I could just start taking every Friday off, but then I\'d be fvcked in other ways. When I\'m not here, everything goes to hell and there\'s no one to clean it up but me. Therefore, I\'m sort of screwing myself when I take time off. It\'s a dumb situation I know, but there\'s not much that can be done about it. Maybe if I ever get married I\'ll start taking real vacations.
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Cyrus on November 17, 2003, 01:54:14 PM: Just a side note THANK GOD your going on vaction you grumpy bastard come back in a good mood.. Jeez
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Coredweller on November 17, 2003, 01:55:49 PM: I second that. :D
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Kurt Angle on November 17, 2003, 02:45:44 PM: I get 25 days a year.
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Luke on November 17, 2003, 03:02:57 PM: I get a week a year.
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 17, 2003, 03:50:48 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Cyrus
Just a side note THANK GOD your going on vaction you grumpy bastard come back in a good mood.. Jeez

Doubt that happens.
Unless I spend a lot of time at the strip bar and dropzone.
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: (e) on November 17, 2003, 04:16:00 PM: You should take a picture of you skydiving.

"ITS RAINNNING MEN!"
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 17, 2003, 06:03:52 PM: We are video-taping it. Provided the weather goes a-okay, I\'ll be jumping tandem 1:00 pm, Nov 30th. Then, if the jump goes okay, I plan to start static line training.

Just hope the weather holds out for me. If so, it\'ll be a great weekend. Thanksgiving on Thursday, go to the movie\'s on Friday, go to see A Perfect Circle on Saturday and Sunday go skydiving.
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: clips on November 17, 2003, 06:52:46 PM: i kinda have it nice here. I work shift work but we get a week off every month! We make up for that week by working a week of straght nights but it works out heh. Anyway 4 weeks time off,.oh and liv-in-clip,how much does it cost to sky dive? I figure that\'s pretty expensive
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 17, 2003, 07:01:04 PM: Quote
Originally posted by clips
i kinda have it nice here. I work shift work but we get a week off every month! We make up for that week by working a week of straght nights but it works out heh. Anyway 4 weeks time off,.oh and liv-in-clip,how much does it cost to sky dive? I figure that\'s pretty expensive

First time Tandem: $150

First time Static Line $125 (cheaper after ecah jump, until you reach your \'A\' premit)

First time AFF $350 (cheaper after each jump, until you reach your \'A\' jump)

After you receive your \'A\' , you pay a certain amount for every 1,000 feet and the plane ride. Once you get your \'A\', I think it typically averages out at $20-$30 per jump. It\'s expensive to get your \'A\' though, around two thousand.
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: SER on November 17, 2003, 08:32:20 PM: There\'s a few of us on here who hope your parachute mechanism fails.

j/k :)
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 17, 2003, 08:34:07 PM: Why? With me gone , it\'ll be left to MM to be the only bitter m0d/ admin.

:)
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Ryu on November 17, 2003, 09:41:22 PM: I bring you love! ;)
Title: Vacation!!
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 18, 2003, 05:23:40 PM: Aw.
*blushes*
I knew I was loved around here..

(*Looks at Bobo, Ryu and nO-One*)