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Laminar · Oct 6, 2009, 04:33 PM

I'm stuck in Regina for the evening with nothing to do. I have a rental car and an unused per-diem. Go.

RAILhead · Oct 6, 2009, 04:42 PM

Hunt caribou?

Shaddim · Oct 6, 2009, 04:44 PM

Drink? Play hockey?

olePigeon · Oct 6, 2009, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by RAILhead

Hunt caribou?

Hunt caribou from a helicopter!

turtle777 · Oct 6, 2009, 04:48 PM

Post on 'NN about it.

-t

The Final Dakar · Oct 6, 2009, 04:52 PM

**** Haribou?

besson3c · Oct 6, 2009, 05:13 PM

Make a sex tape. Caribou optional.

ShortcutToMoncton · Oct 6, 2009, 06:07 PM

Regina?!

Oh, you poor ****.

greg

Laminar · Oct 6, 2009, 06:13 PM

Yes. For work. I just spent the past hour and a half in the workout area and pool. Now that I've expended all that the luxurious Holiday Inn has to offer, I'm bored again. I can only watch so many CSI reruns.

PS Regina = worst city pronunciation ever.

PPS This country is terrible. No Pandora or Hulu. (VPN to my home office fixes that, but still...)

Eug · Oct 6, 2009, 07:44 PM

Ouch.

Hmmm... What to do...

Go to Golf's for a steak? Actually no. I hear the steak there is inconsistent.

Go to Casino Regina? I suppose if you're into that kind of thing.

Go catch an STD from the prosties at the Plains Hotel? Nah, it might be closed now. It's gonna be torn down soon.

Go to the Royal Saskatchewan Museum? Actually it's interesting, but it closes at 5:30 pm.

Go to the Globe Theatre? Dunno if there is anything playing today.

Wiskedjak · Oct 6, 2009, 07:54 PM

Regina??? No amount of unused per-diem can help you there.

Eug · Oct 6, 2009, 07:56 PM

Well, he could go to the Ukranian Co-op and buy a crapload of sausage. They've got the best bison sausage in North America. Too bad it's probably already closed for the day.

Laminar · Oct 6, 2009, 08:31 PM

Went for a walk, got some takeout Chinese, now I'm catching up on Heroes. Oh Canada...

Rumor · Oct 6, 2009, 09:03 PM

Have you tried mass amounts of alcohol?

Laminar · Oct 6, 2009, 09:07 PM

Where? At the local sports pub?

Rumor · Oct 7, 2009, 02:48 AM

In your hotel room? Does the company pay for any "movies" you purchase from the hotel?

mattyb · Oct 7, 2009, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

For work.

Punishment or test of loyalty?

I'd start looking for another job.

Laminar · Oct 7, 2009, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by Rumor

In your hotel room? Does the company pay for any "movies" you purchase from the hotel?

No "movies" available. But I do love How It's Made.

Originally Posted by mattyb

Punishment or test of loyalty?

I'd start looking for another job.

It's not all bad. Last week, work took me here:

mattyb · Oct 7, 2009, 02:26 PM

And where is that?

You're a mechanical engineer right? As a one time mech eng myself, please explain why so much travel.

The Final Dakar · Oct 7, 2009, 02:29 PM

That's Newark, New Jersey.

turtle777 · Oct 7, 2009, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by mattyb

You're a mechanical engineer right? As a one time mech eng myself, please explain why so much travel.

Maybe he's working in Sales ?

-t

lpkmckenna · Oct 7, 2009, 09:31 PM

How can you be bored in Regina? It's the city that rhymes with fun!

mattyb · Oct 8, 2009, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Maybe he's working in Sales ?

Then he wouldn't be a mechanical engineer then would he? He'd be ... wait for it .... here it comes ....

A SALESMAN.

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar

That's Newark, New Jersey.

Do you sell bridges?

Laminar · 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by mattyb

And where is that?

Curaçao

You're a mechanical engineer right? As a one time mech eng myself, please explain why so much travel.

Yeah. I'm a field engineer, so my job is to install and troubleshoot our systems wherever they happen to be. I might be headed to Qatar in a week or two.

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

How can you be bored in Regina? It's the city that rhymes with fun!

Rhymes with, but contains no.

Eug · Oct 8, 2009, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Rhymes with, but contains no.

Depends on the age.

The younguns moved to Calgary or Vancouver. In fact, for a time Saskatchewan was the most elderly province in Canada IIRC, cuz all the kids moved the hellouttathere.

SpaceMonkey · Oct 8, 2009, 09:30 AM

Laminar, sounds like a great place to raise a family now that you're hitched!

Eug · Oct 8, 2009, 09:34 AM

Heh. I will also point out that Regina had one the highest urban teen pregnancy rates in Canada.

The Final Dakar · Oct 8, 2009, 09:35 AM

Because there's nothing else to do there.

So yeah, I concur.

mattyb · Oct 8, 2009, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Yeah. I'm a field engineer, so my job is to install and troubleshoot our systems wherever they happen to be. I might be headed to Qatar in a week or two.

Nice to see that an engineering company is doing well. Care to say who so we can all buy shares or apply for jobs?

turtle777 · Oct 8, 2009, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by mattyb

Then he wouldn't be a mechanical engineer then would he? He'd be ... wait for it .... here it comes ....

A SALESMAN.

Dude

You can be both, a ME by training and in Sales by profession. Maybe you have been in France too long...

-t

olePigeon · Oct 8, 2009, 02:04 PM

mattyb catches pirates?

mattyb · Oct 9, 2009, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

You can be both, a ME by training and in Sales by profession. Maybe you have been in France too long...

I have a Mechanical Engineering Degree, but I am not a Mechanical Engineer. I am a database admin. You could have a Masters in Social Work but if you worked as a window cleaner then you wouldn't be a social worker would you?

And WTF has being in France got to do with it?

turtle777 · Oct 9, 2009, 02:35 AM

Originally Posted by mattyb

I have a Mechanical Engineering Degree, but I am not a Mechanical Engineer. I am a database admin. You could have a Masters in Social Work but if you worked as a window cleaner then you wouldn't be a social worker would you?

Did it ever occur to you that there are sales jobs that require a high level of technical knowledge, and hence, require having a ME degree ?

Probably not...

-t

mattyb · Oct 9, 2009, 02:45 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Did it ever occur to you that there are sales jobs that require a high level of technical knowledge, and hence, require having a ME degree ?

But you're still a salesman, no matter what your background. Do you understand that?

turtle777 · Oct 9, 2009, 02:52 AM

Originally Posted by mattyb

But you're still a salesman, no matter what your background. Do you understand that?

Or a ME in a Sales position ?

Pfff, I give up. Can't argue with black & white views...

-t

turtle777 · Oct 9, 2009, 02:53 AM

d/p. f***ing hampstor.

turtle777 · Oct 9, 2009, 02:54 AM

d/p. f***ing hampstor.

mattyb · Oct 9, 2009, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Or a ME in a Sales position ?

Pfff, I give up. Can't argue with black & white views...

I've had nearly 2L of beer at lunch Turtle. LETS GO !!!!!!

Laminar · Oct 9, 2009, 08:50 AM

I believe the term is Sales Engineer. We have them at our company. Diagnostic sales works kind of like free consulting - "Here's everything wrong with your plant, here's what we have to offer, please don't take this information and buy from someone cheaper."