I’m curious… how is that we all have as much time as we do to spend on this site?
I’m a Network Engineer. I am only on this site during the workday, usually. My job is to monitor the network when things are going smoothly, and to fix the network when things are not so smooth. So, as I do my best to keep things running smoothly, I end up with a lot of free time while I work - that is why I’m here.
When I’m on at home, I’m usually doing school work, laundry, yakking on icq, once in a while in the sd chat. At work I don’t post much, especially at this time of year, but I always check in for a quick read now and then or when someone emails me to read something.
I usually work afternoons and so I am on in the morning as I am SLOWLY waking up. It is a good way to slowly get the juices going. At one of my jobs I can be on, and then I am all the time because I do nothing at work!! But my other jobs keep me way too busy to get on.
Strangely enough, I post most to this sight when I am at work.
When not at work I enjoy reading (in the midst of a fantastic novel on alternative Civil War history), watching sports on TV (baseball especially), golfing (I suck, but with time I will only suck a little), playing video games (proud owner of both PS and DreamCast), and cooking (anything that starts with Ragu or HamburgerHelper is a plus). I did enjoy my girlfriend until she turned out to be the anti-Christ (thats another thread, really it is).
I do the majority of reading and posting at work. A lot of my job deals with keeping things running smoothly in a couple of different systems, as well as doing some reporting queries. So, I tend to end up with some free time while my computer churns in the background. I rarely post at home because I am usually outside or doing stuff around the house.
I make commercials (post-production). The actual work is pretty spotty. You’re either running around pulling your hair out, or you’re bored out of your mind.
I dig the pits for pit toilets. When my partner, Bubba, is driving our utility truck, I connect on the road with my laptop and cellular modem. Back at the shack(home) we don’t have electricity or phone lines so…
I do the next-best thing to “digging pits for pit toilets.” I’m a copy editor. So when I’m not busy (between-issues slump), I can goof off a bit. When I AM busy, I need my Dope to relax and wind down—so I’ll edit two or three articles, spend five minutes on the board, and do another two or three articles.
I’m “unplugged” at home, which is why you never hear from me evenings and weekends . . .
I post at work and home. Usually I run in for a few minutes in the morning, again at lunch, then a few minutes maybe at night when at home. I don’t spend a lot of time on my computer at home during the summer because I’m usually outside doing something.