# I didn't get it!  I didn't get it!  I didn't get it!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it/12586>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 6, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it/12586 "2000-01-06T16:17:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it/12586/21 "2000-01-07T14:07:00Z")

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kuwatto, how horrible. that’s pretty unbelievable.

btw, where is niwot? i lived in delta for ~10 yrs.

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The purpose of life is to matter, to count, to have it make a difference you lived at all.

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**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it/12586/22 "2000-01-07T14:15:00Z")

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**Rilchiam** , I sent a nice thank-you letter the same day as the interview.

No reply.

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it/12586/23 "2000-01-07T15:08:00Z")

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Man, I hate it when they don’t bother telling you “no.” That happened to me a few times on my recent round of interviews, and it was really frustrating.

Hope you find what you’re looking for.

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Chaim Mattis Keller  
[cmkeller@compuserve.com](mailto:cmkeller@compuserve.com)

“Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the  
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be  
the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.  
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.”  
– Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective

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**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it-i-didnt-get-it/12586/24 "2000-01-08T17:27:00Z")

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Geez, that totally sucks, Cant. But if theyre so rude it _doesnt_ sound like a place youd want to work. Im sending you good vibes - something better _will_ show up.

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