Daetrin[Admin] Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Booking a baby sitter at $15/hour to watch your kids so you can work on armor, only to discover that somehow your repair kit is lost and you are out of snaps, snap pliers, CA glue, and that nice t-rack you bought from Smitty. And the nearest Jo-Ann's is 20 minutes away. And it's snowing. So that's one hour gone just getting stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK1491 Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 LOL that stinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Trooper Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Holy S#%t 15 an hour.. Do you have your own soccer team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTrooper Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Wow Paul, that sucks. Here is to better luck working on armor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Holy S#%t 15 an hour.. Do you have your own soccer team. Cost of living in my area my man. None of the girls at the daycare pimp themselves out for less than $13 an hour for two kids, esp. when one's only a year old. Heck - the ladies working the cash register at the super market make $13/hour. You'd blow a gasket if you know how much daycare here is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvinrobot Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 and that's why I work on my armor late at night lke some mad scientist waiting for the lightning storm. Sorry to hear that things didn't work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nootch Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 thats why i don't have kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John[501st] Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Yeah....daycare.... Don't get me started. I pay $1000/month to put my 4 year old in a Montessori daycare... I can't wait until he starts Kindergarten... Ugh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK:TK Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 $15.00/hour here too. Of course, my kids can be such a handful, that I feel I'm getting a bargain at that rate. Here's another definition of "depression is..." Depression is trying to bid on Smitty's CS1 blaster on ebay last night. As the clock ticks down, my login keeps failing. Again and again I keep trying my password. Just as time runs out, I figure it out: I had a typo in my user ID! I made up some new swears last night. Strung them together with some of the old reliable ones. I was making compound complex sentences of pure profanity. Whole paragraphs of swears.... Grrrrrrr..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD2802[501st] Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Sorry to hear that Paul. I would've swung by if I could - weekend errands be damned. As you know however another facet of depression is having ongoing health issues which prevent you from trooping or working on stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK8280 Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 wow, that sucks Paul! see thats why I don't have kids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Well, could be worse I guess. At least I got some mods done to the TD gear. Also found out I'm missing my raw umber paint, and the I think I got the wrong snap pliers. :-p Nothing I can't fix by next troop at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThayNerd[TK] Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 That stinks Paul. Good luck with the mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Trooper Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Depression is.... Waiting for my armor to arrive in 2 weeks. <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Nickel Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Paul, I hear ya man. I never thought to get a babysitter.... I've always pulled the late night armor builds. Nothing like staying up until you glue your hands to the work bench. Once free, you can go to bed. It's funny that I just had this same conversation with my wife today (me being tired and grumpy for staying up too late... ). I may have to think about the babysitter option vs staying up all hours of the night. NOTE TO WIFE: If you read this little one... sorry.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 When I was just a dev in my previous employers' it was easier to hide behind my desk and just choose a monkey task for that day if I stayed up the night before. But being a PM now I'm like a mini communications center and I just can't get away with being dogged. Hence the babysitter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper[TK] Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 I feel the pain. $1000 a month for private pre-school for the 4 year old and we get to repeat in 2 years for the 2 year old. Public school is looking mighty good right now. What I couldn't do costuming for $1000 a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted April 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Yup, and I have two kids aged 1 and 3. Care to guess what I pay? Yeah, like I said you'd freak...I freak about it at times too. The wife and I play a game of what our lives would be like with no kids...all that disposable income... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus[TK] Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Yup, and I have two kids aged 1 and 3. Care to guess what I pay? Yeah, like I said you'd freak...I freak about it at times too. The wife and I play a game of what our lives would be like with no kids...all that disposable income... As I shriek aloud and run into the corner whimpering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted April 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 No worries Ed - you're wife's a stay at home. Why not go for a third? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK4999[TK] Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Wow.... wait til you guys have kids in college... $$ btw, a good babysitter will run you around 20 bucks an hour in the Minneapolis area... also, wrt prepping for a session of working on armor, i have the same problem when it is time to work on my motorcycles, especially when my kids have borrowed my tools and forgotten to return them to the right place... or that certain bolt you need to replace is impossible to find... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted April 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Wow, I feel much better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brack Daddy[TK] Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 2 Yr. old and 5 Yr. old - $1,400 a month in daycare tuition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steve Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Hmmmm, well (for me) "Depression Is", Not getting work done on my TK rig because I still have to wait for my RT bucket!....Also still layed up a bit from my hospital stay so still not working on my EP3 Clone rig.....about now a "babysitter" sounds a bit on the tasty side! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketariniii Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 See, this is why im glad that I AM the expensive college kid, and not the parent. ^.^ You should send your kids to local garrison members for the day so they can hang out with "Daddys stormtrooper friends" while you work on your amor. And i dont know whats up with the babysitters up by you guys, but down here in NM they run between $9-12 an hour, just watch your fridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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