Isolated Blurt Thread

[Handley_Page]

Easy come, easy go. Pregnancy didn't work out this time. It's hard, but we'll try again.

I gather there's a lot of fun to he had, trying. . . .
Sympathetic hug.

 

[glynndah]

Easy come, easy go. Pregnancy didn't work out this time. It's hard, but we'll try again.

 

[PennLady]

Easy come, easy go. Pregnancy didn't work out this time. It's hard, but we'll try again.

Sorry to hear.

 

[TxRad]

Damn, I hate phone calls after midnight. They are never good news.

 

[Handley_Page]

Damn, I hate phone calls after midnight. They are never good news.

As one who's job at one time it was to answer calls in the night, I doubt the word 'never'.
I'll settle for 'rarely', though

 

[TxRad]

As one who's job at one time it was to answer calls in the night, I doubt the word 'never'.
I'll settle for 'rarely', though

For me they have never been good news.

Time to try and get some sleep.

 

[glynndah]

School starts in ten days.

 

[Handley_Page]

School starts in ten days.

You had enough time off then ?

 

[TxRad]

School starts in ten days.

Quick question, who hires librarians for a small town, the school board or the city council?

 

[Dianthus]

It would be an act of good faith to get a passport. That's all that I'm saying.

 

[PennLady]

Somehow, one of those days occurs more than once and suddenly it's been one of those weeks...

 

[MagicaPractica]

Quick question, who hires librarians for a small town, the school board or the city council?

For a small town, there's usually a library board that does the hiring, in my experience. It really depends on how it's funded. Could be by the town or perhaps it was an endowment by a wealthy citizen at some point. The librarians are frequently clerical workers with no library degree and their caliber depends on their love of the library. Some see it as a calling and some as just a job.

 

[TxRad]

For a small town, there's usually a library board that does the hiring, in my experience. It really depends on how it's funded. Could be by the town or perhaps it was an endowment by a wealthy citizen at some point. The librarians are frequently clerical workers with no library degree and their caliber depends on their love of the library. Some see it as a calling and some as just a job.

Thank you.

I'm working on a short story. Probably end up in the V&E category. She is fresh out of college with a teaching degree and having trouble finding a job. I didn't know there was a degree to be a librarian. I had the school board hiring her. An easy change. It has to be a committee holding high morals over her.

 

[glynndah]

Quick question, who hires librarians for a small town, the school board or the city council?

I work in the school itself, so it's the school board. I was hired by the principal of the school and then approved by the school board.

For a small town, there's usually a library board that does the hiring, in my experience. It really depends on how it's funded. Could be by the town or perhaps it was an endowment by a wealthy citizen at some point. The librarians are frequently clerical workers with no library degree and their caliber depends on their love of the library. Some see it as a calling and some as just a job.

When I was on the library board of the village library, it was all volunteers with only the "head" of the board with a degree in library science who served as the "advisor". I'm not really sure she actually had the degree; it's been a long time. I was elected to the library board. I think all our funding was through grants. We were probably one of the few libraries in the country with a state-of-the-art {for that time} computer system and no bathroom.

Thank you.

I'm working on a short story. Probably end up in the V&E category. She is fresh out of college with a teaching degree and having trouble finding a job. I didn't know there was a degree to be a librarian. I had the school board hiring her. An easy change. It has to be a committee holding high morals over her.

You don't necessarily have to have a degree in library science; that teaching degree would probably do just fine. I have a degree in psychology and my sub license.

As far as the high morals go ....

 

[Handley_Page]

For a small town, there's usually a library board that does the hiring, in my experience. It really depends on how it's funded. Could be by the town or perhaps it was an endowment by a wealthy citizen at some point. The librarians are frequently clerical workers with no library degree and their caliber depends on their love of the library. Some see it as a calling and some as just a job.

Round here, you need a Librarian's degree, unless you want to stay a simple Clerk.

I work in the school itself, so it's the school board. I was hired by the principal of the school and then approved by the school board.

When I was on the library board of the village library, it was all volunteers with only the "head" of the board with a degree in library science who served as the "advisor".
We were probably one of the few libraries in the country with a state-of-the-art {for that time} computer system and no bathroom.

Financial stresses in my local authority are forcing some changes; changes to be implemented by bureaucrats without a single thought of what the local library means to a community.

Our local library (formerly the local Magistrate's Court-house, 1888), is fully wired up for the 'net. That said, it doesn't not have a comfort suite, either.

 

[Sammael Bard]

Tell me about it.

I'm getting my ass burned just to have the passport reissued.

 

[TxRad]

I work in the school itself, so it's the school board. I was hired by the principal of the school and then approved by the school board.

When I was on the library board of the village library, it was all volunteers with only the "head" of the board with a degree in library science who served as the "advisor". I'm not really sure she actually had the degree; it's been a long time. I was elected to the library board. I think all our funding was through grants. We were probably one of the few libraries in the country with a state-of-the-art {for that time} computer system and no bathroom.

You don't necessarily have to have a degree in library science; that teaching degree would probably do just fine. I have a degree in psychology and my sub license.

As far as the high morals go ....

Great information and much appreciated.

Uh.... I didn't know you had to have a license to have a sub. My sub is not going to be happy.

High morals do cause a war over keeping your job or getting your jollies.

 

[glynndah]

Great information and much appreciated.

Uh.... I didn't know you had to have a license to have a sub. My sub is not going to be happy.

High morals do cause a war over keeping your job or getting your jollies.

If you don't mind if she's not licensed, there probably isn't going to be a problem.

 

[oggbashan]

Today was our local Carnival with Carnival Queens from a wide area.

Our of the Queen's floats was followed by an "Alternative Queen", obviously part of the official entourage.

But she was a large Jamaican lady in whiteface make-up. I don't think many of those watching the carnival understood the reference.

What some of them did appreciate were her attendants - two very muscular Jamaican men stripped to the waist to show off their six-packs. At one point they carried the "Alternative Queen" on their shoulders. They must be serious weight-lifters!

 

[Handley_Page]

Today was our local Carnival with Carnival Queens from a wide area.

Our of the Queen's floats was followed by an "Alternative Queen", obviously part of the official entourage.

But she was a large Jamaican lady in whiteface make-up. I don't think many of those watching the carnival understood the reference.

What some of them did appreciate were her attendants - two very muscular Jamaican men stripped to the waist to show off their six-packs. At one point they carried the "Alternative Queen" on their shoulders. They must be serious weight-lifters!

I don't like these titles. They strike me as being more political than realistic/ defined .

 

[ZaraMaldona]

Sweet merciful newborn Zeus, silence is a welcome (lack of) sound sometimes.

 

[Handley_Page]

Sweet merciful newborn Zeus, silence is a welcome (lack of) sound sometimes.

<in a whisper>
Anyone need any rain ? We got lots happening right now !

 

[matriarch]

<in a whisper>
Anyone need any rain ? We got lots happening right now !

Indeed. Plenty here too. Do not like.

 

[Handley_Page]

Indeed. Plenty here too. Do not like.

Not keen round here, either.

 

[TxRad]

Indeed. Plenty here too. Do not like.

I'll box up some 102 with 98% humidity Texas Summer and get it right to the post office since i know how much you love it.