07/29/05 14:20:11 <quark`> I don't think you could get me to move to Albany even for $72k a year.
07/29/05 14:25:35 <Ozx> I wonder what it's like commuting around Albany.
07/29/05 14:25:49 <Ozx> I don't ever remember the traffic getting that bad.
07/29/05 14:26:08 <Ozx> I don't think there's anywhere near Albany I'd want to live either, though.
07/29/05 14:26:22 <Ozx> Unless I was all the way in Vermont or Massachusetts, and that's way too long a commute.
07/29/05 14:28:56 <quark`> How long has he had this job?
07/29/05 14:29:11 <Ozx> Of course you couldn't get me to live in NYC for a whole lot more than you could get me to live in Albany.
07/29/05 14:29:25 <Ozx> Which is to say, I'd live in Albany for $72k a long time before I'd live in NYC for $72k.
07/29/05 14:29:29 <Ozx> So man.
07/29/05 14:29:39 <Ozx> You can pretty much bet I'd never live in NYC on your salary.
07/29/05 14:29:47 <Ozx> Especially not with your job.
07/29/05 14:29:59 <Ozx> <Shane> Yes, I want to live in a huge city for no money and work in Hell.
07/29/05 14:32:48 <quark`> Huge city?
07/29/05 14:32:58 <quark`> I wonder if Paris is bigger.
07/29/05 14:33:05 <quark`> And what do you consider "no money" to be?
07/29/05 14:33:12 <quark`> Since I'm doing just fine.
07/29/05 14:34:03 <quark`> Oooh.
07/29/05 14:34:19 <quark`> The Aristocrats is out.
07/29/05 14:34:23 <quark`> And playing in my favorite theater.
07/29/05 14:35:01 <quark`> Oooh.
07/29/05 14:35:17 <Ozx> <quark`> And what do you consider "no money" to be?
07/29/05 14:35:22 <Ozx> Well, how much are you making?
07/29/05 14:35:42 <quark`> I could see Aristocrats/Wedding Crashers lines up nicely for me.
07/29/05 14:36:35 <quark`> I make enough to pay $1280 in rent, $137 for cable/internet, $76 for MetroCard, $50 for cell phone, food and beer.
07/29/05 14:36:45 <quark`> And of course, movies.
07/29/05 14:36:54 <quark`> And a restaurant now and then.
07/29/05 14:37:23 <quark`> Wow.
07/29/05 14:37:32 <quark`> I can't believe "Crash" is still playing at that theater.
07/29/05 14:37:37 <quark`> I saw that almost 2 months ago.
07/29/05 14:37:41 <quark`> I saw it twice, in fact.
07/29/05 14:37:41 <Ozx> Man.
07/29/05 14:37:41 <Ozx> I guess I make a lot more than you do.
07/29/05 14:37:41 <Ozx> Already.
07/29/05 14:37:44 <Ozx> And I'm still far from satisfied.
07/29/05 14:37:49 <quark`> Uhh.
07/29/05 14:37:52 <quark`> How am I not satisifed.
07/29/05 14:38:02 <Ozx> Because you can't read?
07/29/05 14:38:31 <quark`> I dunno, man.
07/29/05 14:38:45 <quark`> What makes me satisfied and you satisfied are far apart, I think.
07/29/05 14:38:59 <Ozx> Brilliant.
07/29/05 14:39:05 <quark`> You make $40k a year?
07/29/05 14:39:15 <Ozx> Not quite.
07/29/05 14:39:28 <quark`> Does your yearly figure include tips?
07/29/05 14:39:31 <Ozx> Altogether I'm pretty sure I'm bringing home more than that.
07/29/05 14:39:37 <quark`> Ahh.
07/29/05 14:39:39 <Ozx> But my base salary is not that high.
07/29/05 14:39:44 <quark`> You make more than me.
07/29/05 14:39:49 <quark`> But not by that much.
07/29/05 14:40:09 <Ozx> How much more or less than you I make is directly proportional to how much overtime I work.
07/29/05 14:40:13 <quark`> Oh, you wanted an hourly rate, right?
07/29/05 14:40:17 <Ozx> Which, for most of the spring and summer, has not been very much.
07/29/05 14:40:18 <Ozx> Yeah.
07/29/05 14:40:29 <Ozx> $40k/54/52?
07/29/05 14:41:39 <Ozx> I make more than you per hour.
07/29/05 14:41:46 <quark`> Yep.
07/29/05 14:41:46 <Ozx> By like a buck.
07/29/05 14:41:58 <Ozx> Of course pretty soon I'll be making exactly $0.
07/29/05 14:41:58 <quark`> Oh well.
07/29/05 14:42:07 <Ozx> So you can laugh in my face then.
07/29/05 14:42:08 <quark`> I'm not sure how you couldn't be satisfied with my salary here.
07/29/05 14:42:15 <quark`> I go out almost every night.
07/29/05 14:42:34 <quark`> And I don't live in the ghetto.
07/29/05 14:44:29 <Ozx> Hmm.
07/29/05 14:45:07 <Ozx> Well if I'm making more than you now and my cost of living is lower and I'm already unsatisfied, then of course I'm not gonna be satisfied in your situation.
07/29/05 14:45:11 <Ozx> Hmm.
07/29/05 14:45:24 <Ozx> The fact is that I spent a couple years totally spoiled as a Software Engineer.
07/29/05 14:45:49 <Ozx> The other fact is that once again, as soon as I'm in a position to have lots of disposable income, I'm totally changing my situation.
07/29/05 14:45:59 <quark`> How?
07/29/05 14:46:04 <Ozx> Uhh.
07/29/05 14:46:12 <Ozx> Going back to college and leaving my job.
07/29/05 14:46:21 <quark`> No.
07/29/05 14:46:30 <Ozx> No, really.
07/29/05 14:46:31 <Ozx> I am.
07/29/05 14:46:31 <quark`> What are you going to change in your "situation"?
07/29/05 14:46:37 <Ozx> Uhh.
07/29/05 14:46:45 <Ozx> I'm going back to college and leaving my job?
07/29/05 14:46:49 <quark`> WTF.
07/29/05 14:46:54 <quark`> Yes, I know this.
07/29/05 14:46:58 <quark`> The other fact is that once again, as soon as I'm in a position to have lots of disposable income, I'm totally changing my situation.
07/29/05 14:47:01 <Ozx> Then stop asking.
07/29/05 14:47:10 <quark`> With all this money you'll have, what you then going to change?
07/29/05 14:47:20 <Ozx> With all what money?
07/29/05 14:47:34 <quark`> This "disposable income" you speak of.
07/29/05 14:47:41 <Ozx> What disposable income?
07/29/05 14:47:52 <Ozx> I'm leaving my job and going back to college.
07/29/05 14:47:56 <quark`> Nevermind.