Anger Thread v2

[Achtung]

You fail to consider our large Asian population. :eek:

Before the neg reps start flying in, I'm just kidding, geez.

I laughed. :D

[Leto]

LOL, what do you work as? Strangely enough, besides facing the toothbrush/baby food aisles, and pulling the cages on busy days, working in Tesco is not nearly as bad as people make out. :o

Not as bad as.......beach lifeguarding? I love it - obviously it's not a year-round job but it fits in snugly between the end of school/college and the start of next year's school/college, and it's full-time for those 10-11 weeks. 12-7 every day means that I can get up at around 10.30, have breakfast, drive to work, sit on a beach all day drinking tea with my partner, drive home, get dinner, go out, get up the next day at 10.30, go for a swim or run to get over any after-effects of the night before, and repeat. All summer :D

Since we have to keep fit and keep in training throughout the summer, I can entirely legitimately swim/run/surf/paddle/ski (a surf ski is sort of like an open kayak, or a cross between a kayak and a rescue board but with a paddle) whenever I want. There were a couple of great days last summer when the beach was fairly quiet and we had nice waves coming in so I spent the day surfing and got paid €80 for it. Kids come up and give us biscuits. Dolphins come in really close to shore. I get to move around and work on a different beach every summer if I want since there are so many Blue Flag beaches in Donegal (the one I was on two years ago, Portsalon, was apparently named the second-most-beautiful beach in the world after one in Brazil by some tourist magazine - so I was told on several occasions by American/English visitors). It pays well enough that I don't need to work throughout the college year, despite spending far too much during the summer on drink/out/gigs/trips before I go back to uni (although I fill in the odd time at the local pool just because I know the staff). And, since I've been head lifeguard for the last two years it means that I've been completely responsible for the beach and everyone on it (which is generally in the hundreds, and on a particularly good weekend day can be well over a thousand), which is always a nice feeling.

It's actually a bit of a family business at this stage - my older brother and sister both did it for a few years, and my wee brother started last year as well (he was on Portsalon with my sister last year, thus continuing a run that means that for each of the last 5 or 6 years one of us has been in charge there), as well as some cousins on the other side of the county. This summer Donegal will have to do without me...I'm exporting my skills to the lakes of America.

[Leto]

GRE has 2 sections EXACTLY like SAT math and verbal when we took it. Review the same kinds of things when you study for those sections -- I think it's just a bit more advanced. Then you have a section where you write 2 essays. I didn't notice any discernable difference between the difficulty of the SAT and GRE, although I did alot better on the SAT, I guess because I was more nervous and prepared the first time around.

On another note, 4 kids in my senior class (of 150) made 1600s on the SATs. Made my (really good, actually) score seem like a failure to me at the time.

I actually took the SATs when I was 13 or 14 for a "talented kids" (:rolleyes:) program over here - I got 790 on the verbal section and something like 700/710/720 on the maths part. Whatever it was, they told me that I'd scored better than 98% of college-bound Americans who'd taken the same test, and gotten the best in the country. I remember they sent me out a graph charting the scores that everyone who'd taken the test in Ireland had gotten (and compared to similar scores from other countries) - it obviously followed the normal distrubution curve, but right at the end there was a little data point that I could see was me :) I'd actually be fairly interested in taking it again now just to see how it compares.

[benni...]

Im not sure if they make you do this in Ireland, but in America, they make you take this rigorous fitness test.

[Achtung]

Well I'm no longer the smartest one around here. :(

:D

Damn, that is quite an accomplishment, Leto. I also took it in the 7th grade the first time (it was a program sponsored over here by Duke University) and only got like a 780 total. I remember feeling disappointed at the time cause I'd been watching Saved By The Bell and they all had like 1200+ (except Slater, of course) and I figured I had to be smarter than those kids. :D

Ah well, made up for it years later. Might've done better but I only took the SAT and ACT once each. Got me into the schools I wanted.

Ooh, found this nifty page too. 94th percentile!
http://usfweb2.usf.edu/UGRADS/EANDT/sat_percentiles.htm

[littleman]

I actually took the SATs when I was 13 or 14 for a "talented kids" (:rolleyes:) program over here - I got 790 on the verbal section and something like 700/710/720 on the maths part. Whatever it was, they told me that I'd scored better than 98% of college-bound Americans who'd taken the same test, and gotten the best in the country. I remember they sent me out a graph charting the scores that everyone who'd taken the test in Ireland had gotten (and compared to similar scores from other countries) - it obviously followed the normal distrubution curve, but right at the end there was a little data point that I could see was me :) I'd actually be fairly interested in taking it again now just to see how it compares.

:eek: freak of nature!

[FIFARay007]

Why? Just... why?

See? And I first thought it was Fire Marshall Bill! :)

[Sapphire]

I actually took the SATs when I was 13 or 14 for a "talented kids" (:rolleyes:) program over here - I got 790 on the verbal section and something like 700/710/720 on the maths part. Whatever it was, they told me that I'd scored better than 98% of college-bound Americans who'd taken the same test, and gotten the best in the country. I remember they sent me out a graph charting the scores that everyone who'd taken the test in Ireland had gotten (and compared to similar scores from other countries) - it obviously followed the normal distrubution curve, but right at the end there was a little data point that I could see was me I'd actually be fairly interested in taking it again now just to see how it compares.And you're lifeguarding?? Shouldn't you be spending your summer developing alternative energies or something?? ;)

Oh, and 98 percentile. :D

[Howard Zinn]

Alright, I got to watch the second period of the CL final and was happy with the result. Then this guy in an Italy kit comes into my dorm's TV room and asks me and my friend that was watching with me if we wanted to play in a match. We said OK, and I thought it was just going to be a little friendly 5 on 5 match in a small patch of grass or something. WRONG! It was full 11 on 11 on my school's football field. To make a long story short, I played absolutely awful, which would usually be bad enough, but I also had my Rooney kit on! I have now brought shame upon all of Manchester United, and especially Rooney. Sorry Wayne. :(


On the bright side, there was this Mexican kid that was pissing me off because he kept doing stepovers, so one time he got the ball directly in front of me and went for a stepover and I kicked his leg out from under him. :D

[johno]

Not as bad as.......beach lifeguarding? I love it - obviously it's not a year-round job but it fits in snugly between the end of school/college and the start of next year's school/college, and it's full-time for those 10-11 weeks. 12-7 every day means that I can get up at around 10.30, have breakfast, drive to work, sit on a beach all day drinking tea with my partner, drive home, get dinner, go out, get up the next day at 10.30, go for a swim or run to get over any after-effects of the night before, and repeat. All summer :D

Since we have to keep fit and keep in training throughout the summer, I can entirely legitimately swim/run/surf/paddle/ski (a surf ski is sort of like an open kayak, or a cross between a kayak and a rescue board but with a paddle) whenever I want. There were a couple of great days last summer when the beach was fairly quiet and we had nice waves coming in so I spent the day surfing and got paid €80 for it. Kids come up and give us biscuits. Dolphins come in really close to shore. I get to move around and work on a different beach every summer if I want since there are so many Blue Flag beaches in Donegal (the one I was on two years ago, Portsalon, was apparently named the second-most-beautiful beach in the world after one in Brazil by some tourist magazine - so I was told on several occasions by American/English visitors). It pays well enough that I don't need to work throughout the college year, despite spending far too much during the summer on drink/out/gigs/trips before I go back to uni (although I fill in the odd time at the local pool just because I know the staff). And, since I've been head lifeguard for the last two years it means that I've been completely responsible for the beach and everyone on it (which is generally in the hundreds, and on a particularly good weekend day can be well over a thousand), which is always a nice feeling.

It's actually a bit of a family business at this stage - my older brother and sister both did it for a few years, and my wee brother started last year as well (he was on Portsalon with my sister last year, thus continuing a run that means that for each of the last 5 or 6 years one of us has been in charge there), as well as some cousins on the other side of the county. This summer Donegal will have to do without me...I'm exporting my skills to the lakes of America.

Did you put this in the Anger Thread to make us mad at you? That's pretty sweet man...

[benni...]

On the bright side, there was this Mexican kid that was pissing me off because he kept doing stepovers, so one time he got the ball directly in front of me and went for a stepover and I kicked his leg out from under him. :D

Hey Zinni, you know I dont have anything personal against you, but if you did that to me, I would make sure if we were ever near each other again on the pitch, I would crush your ankles with my studs, and just generally do what you did to me but 10 times worse.

I ahte when people I know resort to that. I understand its a physical game, but tahts not the way to go about it. If you get embarrassed by stepovers, or get nutmeg, then embarrass the player back. Dont try and end his career. Now if this player happend to be Steven Gerrard, or Jamie Carragher do what you must. ;)

[Howard Zinn]

Hey Zinni, you know I dont have anything personal against you, but if you did that to me, I would make sure if we were ever near each other again on the pitch, I would crush your ankles with my studs, and just generally do what you did to me but 10 times worse.

I ahte when people I know resort to that. I understand its a physical game, but tahts not the way to go about it. If you get embarrassed by stepovers, or get nutmeg, then embarrass the player back. Dont try and end his career. Now if this player happend to be Steven Gerrard, or Jamie Carragher do what you must. ;)


I should have been clearer. It wasn't that I was getting beat or that he was doing stepovers against me that got me angry. I understood that I was probably the worst player out there. But he was clearly going out of his way to do his little tricks on me and instead of just pushing up the field or sending in a cross, he would stop the ball, go back a few feet and do the same moves again. He was going completely out of the run of play in an attempt to embarrass me, which I didn't particularly appreciate it. The other attacking players were beating me as well, but they didn't go out of their way to make me look foolish. They were clearly better players and didn't have to show me up to prove it.

Also, I wasn't trying to hurt the kid. I definitely wasn't having a Keano moment or anything. I was just trying to send the kid the message that I didn't appreciate what he was trying to do to me.


Edit: Oh, and we aren't allowed to play with anything but regular tennis shoes on my school's field because they don't want us messing it up, so you couldn't crush my ankles with your studs. :D

[benni...]

You'd be better off punching him in the lip ;).

[Howard Zinn]

You'd be better off punching him in the lip ;).


I was thinking more along the lines of pulling a Cantona kung-fu kick. :D

[StrikerCW]

Just slide take him and make sure that your legs are not together that way he can't get out of the way (especially if he can't see it coming..) and you can make sure you clean him. Legally, semi at least.

[Alfiesdodgyknee]

Not as bad as.......beach lifeguarding? I love it - obviously it's not a year-round job but it fits in snugly between the end of school/college and the start of next year's school/college, and it's full-time for those 10-11 weeks. 12-7 every day means that I can get up at around 10.30, have breakfast, drive to work, sit on a beach all day drinking tea with my partner, drive home, get dinner, go out, get up the next day at 10.30, go for a swim or run to get over any after-effects of the night before, and repeat. All summer :D

Since we have to keep fit and keep in training throughout the summer, I can entirely legitimately swim/run/surf/paddle/ski (a surf ski is sort of like an open kayak, or a cross between a kayak and a rescue board but with a paddle) whenever I want. There were a couple of great days last summer when the beach was fairly quiet and we had nice waves coming in so I spent the day surfing and got paid €80 for it. Kids come up and give us biscuits. Dolphins come in really close to shore. I get to move around and work on a different beach every summer if I want since there are so many Blue Flag beaches in Donegal (the one I was on two years ago, Portsalon, was apparently named the second-most-beautiful beach in the world after one in Brazil by some tourist magazine - so I was told on several occasions by American/English visitors). It pays well enough that I don't need to work throughout the college year, despite spending far too much during the summer on drink/out/gigs/trips before I go back to uni (although I fill in the odd time at the local pool just because I know the staff). And, since I've been head lifeguard for the last two years it means that I've been completely responsible for the beach and everyone on it (which is generally in the hundreds, and on a particularly good weekend day can be well over a thousand), which is always a nice feeling.

It's actually a bit of a family business at this stage - my older brother and sister both did it for a few years, and my wee brother started last year as well (he was on Portsalon with my sister last year, thus continuing a run that means that for each of the last 5 or 6 years one of us has been in charge there), as well as some cousins on the other side of the county. This summer Donegal will have to do without me...I'm exporting my skills to the lakes of America.
I have family in donegal -Which beach were u on?

[Leto]

Im not sure if they make you do this in Ireland, but in America, they make you take this rigorous fitness test.

Assuming that you mean the lifeguarding and not the SATs (;)), there's a fairly tough test here as well, although I'm sure it'd be more intense in America since it's more of a 'proper' job over there. For the course that you have to do to gain the qualification (and renew it every couple of years) it's very rigorous - it's a full-day job involving run/swim/tows/equipment without any breaks, and most of it has to be within a time limit that takes some practice to reach. We'd all have fairly good fitness levels and people still have jelly-legs at the end. The water-test that you have to attend after applying for the job is focussed more on skills and knowledge than on fitness, although there are sprinting and towing stamina elements to it. It's mostly the same people who run the course and administer the test anyway so they have an idea which people have the best general fitness and skills.

[Leto]

Well I'm no longer the smartest one around here. :(

:D

Damn, that is quite an accomplishment, Leto. I also took it in the 7th grade the first time (it was a program sponsored over here by Duke University) and only got like a 780 total. I remember feeling disappointed at the time cause I'd been watching Saved By The Bell and they all had like 1200+ (except Slater, of course) and I figured I had to be smarter than those kids. :D

Ah well, made up for it years later. Might've done better but I only took the SAT and ACT once each. Got me into the schools I wanted.

Ooh, found this nifty page too. 94th percentile!
http://usfweb2.usf.edu/UGRADS/EANDT/sat_percentiles.htm

7th grade is about 12/13 years old, oui? How different is the ACT from SAT?

That SBTB song is going to be in my head all day now, damn you!

[Achtung]

7th grade is about 12/13 years old, oui? How different is the ACT from SAT?

That SBTB song is going to be in my head all day now, damn you!

Yeah, I think I was 12 at the time... possibly 11, can't recall if I'd started algebra yet. The ACT is used more by schools in the midwest portions of the US, basically similar to the math and verbal portions of the SAT, but adds reading comprehension (separate from the English grammar section) and a basic science portion.

[Leto]

And you're lifeguarding?? Shouldn't you be spending your summer developing alternative energies or something?? ;)

Oh, and 98 percentile. :D

It's Ireland, even in summer we have a few rainy days where there's nobody to watch - what do you think I spend my time at when I'm sitting on a beach for 7 hours? I'm just waiting for the leaders of the world to come to me cap in hand before I unveil my masterpiece...

...by vaporising Alaska we can release enough energy to power the world for the next several centuries. Be honest, no one'll miss it.

(plus it's an easy way to get free ice-cream from the ice-cream vans)