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The company I work for asked the 6 web architect if one of us would be interested in working 6-9 months at the New York City office to implement our work methods out there.

Should I do it? :confused2:

It's pretty well located

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Humm... I'll have to think a lot this week.

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What exactly is stopping you?

Sounds like an ideal opportunity to me.

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If they are paying you properly,yes..Get tore into it!That's what jobs are about ultimately,for me anyway...

Would this mean the end of NOOL,as we know it Nic?

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I lived there in 1997 and loved every minute of it - i'd do it in a shot!:thumb:

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Bonzette wrote: i'd do it in a shot!:thumb:

He's probably worried about GETTING shot.

Shhexy new pic of you by the way Bonz!

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new york is pretty cool as american citys go, lots of americans, but what would you expect, why the hell not.:thumb:

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Feu vert !!!

Si c'est bien, tu ne le regretteras pas. Si c'est nul, tu n'en as que pour neuf mois... (et neuf mois, presqu'un hiver sous les tropiques pour un Canadien, non ?)

Et puis, le Québec, ce n'est pas loin...

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NEW YORK's brilliant! Go for it Nick! You'll never look back.:thumb:

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Was only there for a week or so with DoN, would go back at the drop of a hat :thumb:

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Noel Edmunds-under-Lyme wrote: If they are paying you properly,yes..Get tore into it!That's what jobs are about ultimately,for me anyway...

Would this mean the end of NOOL,as we know it Nic?

No it won't... server is hosted in San Diego :p

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You might struggle with the language! :eek3:

Ah, fuggedaboutit :lol:

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Yes you should :nod:

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DO IT.Someones gotta work here or we will all be out of a JOB! :lol:

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Manhattan is awful.:evil4:

i'll be more than happy to show you around.

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Old Lead Foot wrote: new york is pretty cool as american citys go, lots of americans, but what would you expect, why the hell not.:thumb:

spotnick is american.:scratch:

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go for it

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Spotnick is'nt American..Just saying like.

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yes, if it is challenging and the pay is good

no, if it's an insult.

in any case, you make the right decision. don't have to listen to us, NOOLers!

go where your heart desires...

see what you did, you're making me all mooshy! :rofl:

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Noel Edmunds-under-Lyme wrote: Spotnick is'nt American..Just saying like.

north american like duh.

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i've lived in new york for 4+ years and i hated it...

but i think you should do it anyway

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Do it :nod:

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Go for it. If you don't like it, tell them to stick their job and just go back home.

Simple really.

:thumb:

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Start spreading the news :nod:

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Nic - I just looked at the exchange rates, as I get paid in $US (peanuts)

As the Canadian Dollar is worth roughly the same, why not ask your employer if you can come to work in the UK?

If the Poles, Romanians, Africans, Indians, Greeks, Koreans, Turks, etc. can do it... :shrug:

At least you can speak English. Sort of. :evil4:

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Fuck that shit...

everybody knows TEXAS is tha mothafuckin place to be!

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Shug wrote: Was only there for a week or so with DoN, would go back at the drop of a hat :thumb:

i've heard wonderful things about your tour guide! :evil4:

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If they set you up well, go for it.

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Nicos...are they going to be paying for you accommodations?

New Yawk ain't exactly a cheap place to live...sooooo...

Hell...Target sent me to some dirt cheap places back in my days with them...and I still made those rat bastards foot the bill...Of course...my assignments weren't nearly as long as yours...

oh well....

if they will foot the bill for where you are living...go for it...otherwise...tell them to piss off...

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Might be a good place, but shorter would be better... I'd go for 6 months tops.... New Yorkers are the worst Americans... thier rude, self-centered, and alot of mouth but not alot of action to back up thier words... So don't go long enough were the sight-seeing wears off and the people start to grind you down....

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AgentWood wrote:

Shug wrote: Was only there for a week or so with DoN, would go back at the drop of a hat :thumb:

i've heard wonderful things about your tour guide! :evil4:

Took us to some of the best bars (and cheeseburger place) in town. I would highly recommend her ;)

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Without a doubt! What's stopping you, if you have no real responsibilities, don't be shy, give it a try! I would :nod:

If you don't like it you can always come back, but at least you've tried.

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New Yorkers are the only Americans I've liked on the whole. I found them really relaxed and funny.

Saying that, my only other experience of Americans have been in Florida and Vegas. I quite liked some of the people I met in Vegas.

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Biggy on the Run wrote: New Yorkers are the only Americans I've liked on the whole. I found them really relaxed and funny.

Don't insult New Yorkers and the rest of us from the North East by saying they're relaxed. Our uptight fast paced lifestyles is what we pride ourselves on separating us from the rest of the country!

srsly!

You probably met Midwest transplants that waited their whole lives to move to "NYC".

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Chrissy wrote:

Biggy on the Run wrote: New Yorkers are the only Americans I've liked on the whole. I found them really relaxed and funny.

Don't insult New Yorkers and the rest of us from the North East by saying they're relaxed. Our uptight fast paced lifestyles is what we pride ourselves on separating us from the rest of the country!

srsly!

You probably met Midwest transplants that waited their whole lives to move to "NYC".

I think by relaxed he means that things that annoy New Yorkers are generally dismissed with "fuck you buddy" and no(t too many) hard feelings.

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Yes that's what I meant.

I also wrote that NY people aren't scared of hard work and don't seem to have a big hard-on about guns, pick-up trucks and not much else but then I deleted it.

But they don't and it's a good thing.

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Biggy on the Run wrote: Yes that's what I meant.

I also wrote that NY people aren't scared of hard work and don't seem to have a big hard-on about guns, pick-up trucks and not much else but then I deleted it.

But they don't and it's a good thing.

Depends on the neighborhood esp with guns

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Strangely enough I have always found NE Americans including New Yorkers most helpful and even friendly.

Then again they prolly took pity on us poor German tourists as we were at the time.

We thus avoided Camden, advice we got in Jersey whilst looking at the arse of Mrs Liberty, and Chrissy will appreciate this quote from a local. Excuse me if I don't quite get the intonation, " You want to perk (park), you see that building with the guy up there (city hall) ...."

Spotty just go for it. What's the worst that can happen?

You'll enjoy it. Just don't let people think you are French. :evil4:

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NOOLigan wrote: Strangely enough I have always found NE Americans including New Yorkers most helpful and even friendly.

Then again they prolly took pity on us poor German tourists as we were at the time.

We thus avoided Camden and Chrissy will appreciate this quote from a local. Excuse me if I don't quite get the intonation, " You want to perk (park), you see that building with the guy up there (city hall) ...."

"Statue of William Penn on City Hall well he's kind of a loner if you look at it from the right angle it looks like he has a boner" -- Atom and His Package "Philadelphia"

I'm only 3 blocks North East of City Hall but unfortunately I miss the boner angle.

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:abovelol:

Now if you could just firebomb Penn Towers on JFK Blvd for me.

Do both as I only think it is tower 1, just to be sure. Oops I think I can hear sirens now.

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It's a bit of a cliché, but it's better to regret something you have done than something you haven't.... Enjoy!

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My impression is that a New Yorker with a gun is probably going to use it to hurt someone or defend himself.

Southerners just like holding them and talking about them and cleaning them and buying stuff for them, looking at pictures of them and generally idolising them.

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Go for it, better to regret doing something than regret not doing something. And on the few times i've been i really liked the place, if i was offered a 9 month stint i'd be on the first plane out there.

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Biggy on the Run wrote: Southerners just like holding them and talking about them and cleaning them and buying stuff for them, looking at pictures of them and generally idolising them.

You mean people like these...?

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Nicos-you have no attachments, so go for it!! It will at least be an adventure. I have visited New York and like it. I have friends who say that if I drop a few more F-Bombs, I can pass for a native.

I have their attitude-get out of my way-coming through!!!

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Biggy on the Run wrote: New Yorkers are the only Americans I've liked on the whole. I found them really relaxed and funny.

Saying that, my only other experience of Americans have been in Florida and Vegas. I quite liked some of the people I met in Vegas.

Well Florida are all transplants from up north, so they are uptight arseholes that are trying to be relaxed and it doesn't come off as natural. Vegas are all transplants as well... and who really wants to live in 130 degree weather with no rain?

The South has too much ignorance and the midwest is a bit uptight. I prefer the West coast as it is fairly fast paced, but less so than New York... but people know how to relax and slow down when they need to. Hell, executives go to work in shorts and Tony Bahama shirts here. Though I love Cali for the beaches, I think the best place I've lived was Oregon. No state comes close to that one. Beautiful and great people. I personally can't stand people that talk alot of shite, but can't back it up like a puffed up rooster. New Yorkers are the worst at that.

If you want to visit a cool place with cool people towards the East coast, I found those in Ohio and Michigan to be people that have a good balance....

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EdelBrock wrote:

Biggy on the Run wrote: New Yorkers are the only Americans I've liked on the whole. I found them really relaxed and funny.

Saying that, my only other experience of Americans have been in Florida and Vegas. I quite liked some of the people I met in Vegas.

Well Florida are all transplants from up north, so they are uptight arseholes that are trying to be relaxed and it doesn't come off as natural.

hey! watch it! :cry:

ok, i am a transplant, though. (colorado bred.)

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Yeah go for it dude

Could do with a change of job meself.I've been with my current employer over a month now!:lol: That's far too long:nonono:

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AgentWood wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

Biggy on the Run wrote: New Yorkers are the only Americans I've liked on the whole. I found them really relaxed and funny.

Saying that, my only other experience of Americans have been in Florida and Vegas. I quite liked some of the people I met in Vegas.

Well Florida are all transplants from up north, so they are uptight arseholes that are trying to be relaxed and it doesn't come off as natural.

hey! watch it! :cry:

ok, i am a transplant, though. (colorado bred.)

Girlfriend, you are being waaaaaaayyy too sensitive.

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Jiphy wrote:

Biggy on the Run wrote: Southerners just like holding them and talking about them and cleaning them and buying stuff for them, looking at pictures of them and generally idolising them.

You mean people like these...?

my friend's husband went on one of these 'gun weekends' in nevada. it was him (a new yorker) and a bunch of michigan militia/idaho survivalist types.

it looks kind of fun, actually. :uhoh:

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AgentWood wrote:

Jiphy wrote:

Biggy on the Run wrote: Southerners just like holding them and talking about them and cleaning them and buying stuff for them, looking at pictures of them and generally idolising them.

You mean people like these...?

my friend's husband went on one of these 'gun weekends' in nevada. it was him (a new yorker) and a bunch of michigan militia/idaho survivalist types.

it looks kind of fun, actually. :uhoh:

That looks like a right wing wacko version of porn-Guns as an extension of penis.

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There is an attitude in the USA that cities are full of uptight rude people who don't care about others and there is lots of crime (nonwhites), while the more rural areas are full of laid back friendly (white) people who help each other... this is largely a fantasy.

Also part of the liberals vs conservatives attitude... Large cities are seen as those mean "liberals"

Areas with a lot of diversity and decent education levels are usually pretty cool to others.

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0_o wrote: There is an attitude in the USA that cities are full of uptight rude people who don't care about others and there is lots of crime (nonwhites), while the more rural areas are full of laid back friendly (white) people who help each other... this is largely a fantasy.

Also part of the liberals vs conservatives attitude... Large cities are seen as those mean "liberals"

Areas with a lot of diversity and decent education levels are usually pretty cool to others.

:nuts:

First off I don't live in a rural area, only did once for 2 years in South Carolina because I was forced to.... and I NEVER want to go back there ever again.

My knowledge of the people comes from those I have come in direct contact with, not out of some silly stereotype. My restationing all over the country, and having Marines that come from all the corners of the US has let me be able to guage areas.

It's a pretty well known fact that the closer people live, the more closed off to their neighbors they get.

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BonoShed wrote:

AgentWood wrote:

Jiphy wrote:

Biggy on the Run wrote: Southerners just like holding them and talking about them and cleaning them and buying stuff for them, looking at pictures of them and generally idolising them.

You mean people like these...?

my friend's husband went on one of these 'gun weekends' in nevada. it was him (a new yorker) and a bunch of michigan militia/idaho survivalist types.

it looks kind of fun, actually. :uhoh:

That looks like a right wing wacko version of porn-Guns as an extension of penis.

There is a certian enjoyment of firing off 100 rounds in a minute... the 50 cal is the best, same sound as the Blue Monday beat, unbelievably powerful gun. You don't even need to be hit by the round, if it flies within a couple feet, the velocity would rip off yer limbs... the Mark 19 (grenade launcher) was the most fun since the rounds are large enough for you to see them fly through the air, then explode on impact. Hell of alot of fun.

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EdelBrock wrote:

0_o wrote: There is an attitude in the USA that cities are full of uptight rude people who don't care about others and there is lots of crime (nonwhites), while the more rural areas are full of laid back friendly (white) people who help each other... this is largely a fantasy.

Also part of the liberals vs conservatives attitude... Large cities are seen as those mean "liberals"

Areas with a lot of diversity and decent education levels are usually pretty cool to others.

:nuts:

First off I don't live in a rural area, only did once for 2 years in South Carolina because I was forced to.... and I NEVER want to go back there ever again.

My knowledge of the people comes from those I have come in direct contact with, not out of some silly stereotype. My restationing all over the country, and having Marines that come from all the corners of the US has let me be able to guage areas.

It's a pretty well known fact that the closer people live, the more closed off to their neighbors they get.

you don't know shite unless you spent some considerable amount time here.

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brooklyn order wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

0_o wrote: There is an attitude in the USA that cities are full of uptight rude people who don't care about others and there is lots of crime (nonwhites), while the more rural areas are full of laid back friendly (white) people who help each other... this is largely a fantasy.

Also part of the liberals vs conservatives attitude... Large cities are seen as those mean "liberals"

Areas with a lot of diversity and decent education levels are usually pretty cool to others.

:nuts:

First off I don't live in a rural area, only did once for 2 years in South Carolina because I was forced to.... and I NEVER want to go back there ever again.

My knowledge of the people comes from those I have come in direct contact with, not out of some silly stereotype. My restationing all over the country, and having Marines that come from all the corners of the US has let me be able to guage areas.

It's a pretty well known fact that the closer people live, the more closed off to their neighbors they get.

you don't know shite unless you spent some considerable amount time here.

So New Yorkers aren't rude and love to talk shite without the real ability to back it up?:scratch:

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EdelBrock wrote:

brooklyn order wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

0_o wrote: There is an attitude in the USA that cities are full of uptight rude people who don't care about others and there is lots of crime (nonwhites), while the more rural areas are full of laid back friendly (white) people who help each other... this is largely a fantasy.

Also part of the liberals vs conservatives attitude... Large cities are seen as those mean "liberals"

Areas with a lot of diversity and decent education levels are usually pretty cool to others.

:nuts:

First off I don't live in a rural area, only did once for 2 years in South Carolina because I was forced to.... and I NEVER want to go back there ever again.

My knowledge of the people comes from those I have come in direct contact with, not out of some silly stereotype. My restationing all over the country, and having Marines that come from all the corners of the US has let me be able to guage areas.

It's a pretty well known fact that the closer people live, the more closed off to their neighbors they get.

you don't know shite unless you spent some considerable amount time here.

So New Yorkers aren't rude and love to talk shite without the real ability to back it up?:scratch:

:laugh: :laugh: don't you see the irony.

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ummmm... no:shrug:

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EdelBrock wrote: ummmm... no:shrug:

i was being rude and obnoixious just like you portray new yorkers.

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brooklyn order wrote:

EdelBrock wrote: ummmm... no:shrug:

i was being rude and obnoixious just like you portray new yorkers.

:laugh: guess I needed it spelled out to me

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Along those same ironic lines, another interpretation: If you 've spent a considerable amount of time living there, what you know (and therefore talk) is shite...

:lol:

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AgentWood wrote:

Jiphy wrote:

Biggy on the Run wrote: Southerners just like holding them and talking about them and cleaning them and buying stuff for them, looking at pictures of them and generally idolising them.

You mean people like these...?

my friend's husband went on one of these 'gun weekends' in nevada. it was him (a new yorker) and a bunch of michigan militia/idaho survivalist types.

it looks kind of fun, actually. :uhoh:

We do what it takes up here.

Want some ketchup with your wolf?

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LE Roberts wrote:

Want some ketchup with your wolf?

i'd rather have some elk, thanks. mmmmm.

no rocky mountain oysters, though!:uhoh:

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bushwick bill wrote:

Old Lead Foot wrote: new york is pretty cool as american citys go, lots of americans, but what would you expect, why the hell not.:thumb:

spotnick is american.:scratch:

i wouldnt say that to his face, its like telling rocket mick he's european, you just dont do things like that:evil4: :evil4: :evil4:

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so the point of this thread is that you have been offered a job?(kinda head hunted,you might say,or want us to think) fantastic. i got my gas bill in this morning, discuss.

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