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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 9:44:18 GMT -5
Oooh - and I am deaf!
Hm, then librarian might be easier for you, what if you understand something wrong? In jura it could cause problems ...
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Post by Chameleon on Jul 21, 2012 9:50:58 GMT -5
Are you deaf?? Sorry, if I misunderstood something.
Oh yes... It's why I'm really wonder if I should rather chose librarian, as it would be safer. What if I do something in jura, and it ends in a big trouble, because I understood the wrong stuff.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 9:58:00 GMT -5
You understood perfectly well, yes, I *am* deaf.
Exactly. Plus, that legal jargon is annoying enough to read, but to lip-read - ugh. Would be easier to misunderstand, I believe.
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Post by Chameleon on Jul 21, 2012 10:07:13 GMT -5
Ahh nice... Not that you're deaf, but to meet another fellow. I'm too. Completely.
Oh yes, that's true... My mother met a deaf lawyer when I was kid, which's where I got the idea about being lawyer.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 10:13:44 GMT -5
Now that's a surprise! Who would have thought! Nice to meet you, too! If you really want to become a lawyer, you'd probably be able to, but it would be much harder, I believe. Librarian is easier, and you get your hands so easily on all these lovely new books  |
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Post by Chameleon on Jul 21, 2012 10:17:10 GMT -5
Yeah... I hadn't thought that I would meet another deaf fellow on this side. Yeah... I love challenges, but on the other hand, I know when the challenge gets to big. Librarian would be so much easier and all the books would be a dream for a bookworm like me  |
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 10:20:41 GMT -5
Sometimes the world is smaller than you think, isn't it?
On the one hand, if you really want something, you shouldn't have to back out because of your disability, and you can do it. But on the other hand, when it's so difficult to achieve that you are uncertain, and you have another option that you like ... In the end it's your decision, just make sure you get all information you can about both, and then decide after thinking it over carefully.
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Post by G. Novella on Jul 21, 2012 10:21:20 GMT -5
Don't let being deaf stop you. Besides, law is so vast that I'm certain you'd find someplace to suit you. And who doesn't like a lawyer?
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 10:22:32 GMT -5
True, but librarian is so much fun! Believe me, I know |
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Post by Chameleon on Jul 21, 2012 10:23:22 GMT -5
Hmm, true true.
Yeah... I was once in internship for two weeks in the library, mainly because everyone kept saying that I would be so great at that, and wanted to do it, and then tell everyone to shut up about that, because I didn't want to be librarian, but then I got there, and it was really nice.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 10:29:11 GMT -5
Many have very strange ideas about our job. The most frequent reaction is: "You are a librarian? Then you must be good at reading!" As if I'm paid for reading! The best, however, was the one who said: "You are a librarian? Then you must climb on ladders so much!" to my boss. I suspect she had this bookworm picture in mind ;D |
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Post by Chameleon on Jul 21, 2012 10:32:09 GMT -5
Hahah. That's from the 1800 and yeah.. Old libraries. I just thought that it sounded boring to work there, but changed my mind after I had been there for two weeks x)
I read once a book, where the girl worked in a bookshop, and the reactions about that were : "Really?" as she liked to dress colorful and liked to party too x)
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 10:35:30 GMT -5
No dress code for us, save it should be looking somewhat respectable when you work in the public parts. And you can party all you want after work (and sometimes at work, our department buffets are legendary!) Neither of that means the job is boring or nothing for you.
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Post by Chameleon on Jul 21, 2012 10:38:24 GMT -5
Sound like a keeper job, Kitty. Unfortunately, the library I worked on, isn't that exciting like yours. Just very nice. And I live in place with only two libraries. I'm mostly on the one, since there's more fiction there, the other is more... I don't know to schools and that kind of things.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 10:43:33 GMT -5
The first one more public library, the other more scientific library? Yes, first one would be more fun. Been at an University library for part of the internship and worked there for a bit, but I liked the public one much better and am working there since 1990. Mine's a rather large one, so I can work in the non-public part, which makes things easier. Ordering books, cataloguing them, working with the lektor ... I love it. It's sometimes stressful (and right now a nuthouse, seeing that we are going to move and reorganise everything!), and the parties are rare (mostly birthdays), but I love it.
But of course, I shouldn't try to talk you into it just because I love it!
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Post by Chameleon on Jul 21, 2012 10:45:57 GMT -5
Well, it sounds like a great place to work. And don't worry, I will think it through thousands times before I will make choice. Right now librarian sounds like a wonderful place, but perhaps about three weeks, it's jura which is the wonderful job x) And I've got two years before I will make a choice.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 10:49:22 GMT -5
Good. In the end, you are the one who needs to be happy with it. Plus, I am lucky to have a rather good working climate, which is definitely helping, but different for every place.
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Post by Chameleon on Jul 21, 2012 10:53:08 GMT -5
Yeah... I hope that my future work will be a great place to work (and fun). So bookworm, librarian, deaf, horses... You sounds like someone I know. I went once to riding in several months ... O.o
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 10:54:54 GMT -5
Ha, another similarity!
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Post by Chameleon on Jul 21, 2012 10:58:40 GMT -5
I quit because it got to expensive, and my mother didn't want to pay anymore >.<
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Post by Chameleon on Jul 21, 2012 11:01:25 GMT -5
Well, I gotta go to work now. Byebye.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 21, 2012 11:02:23 GMT -5
Sadly, that's understandable. We only barely had the money, too. But when I finally had a job, I saved money and got my own horse. That was nearly 23 years ago, she's 28 now Speaking of which, I'll have to go for now. The ponies want their dinner and a clean stable, and I am on duty today. |
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Post by IceLumos on Jul 21, 2012 11:11:09 GMT -5
I'm From New Jersey, USA.
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Post by Spaz86 on Jul 21, 2012 12:51:12 GMT -5
I'm in Vancouver Washington, but I grew up in phonix arizona. |
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Post by sprigofmoonlace on Jul 21, 2012 20:18:13 GMT -5
There's location in modifying your profile for a reason. Eh. ...LOOK AT IT. But if you want a bit more specific, I'm near Disneyheim. Well, the place isn't actually called that, but... it may as well be, for that area. Luckily, I'm outside of that zone, just barely. Now, use your sleuthing skills to figure things out! Yarr. We probably live fairly near each other then. I live about twenty minutes away from Disneyland in Irvine, CA. I live in the UK, north east Scotland to be specific. But currently I'm in Florida soaking up some sun You wouldn't happen to be related to the McKay/Mackay clan would you? I'm descended from a family who immigrated to Canada, and then my grandparents came to the US. Sadly not I'm afraid. I know a few people with the name but if I am related to that clan then it isn't closely. On a side note, has anyone ever been or lived in Alaska? I would love to have a holiday there at some point. |
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Post by Dimcairien on Jul 21, 2012 21:54:42 GMT -5
We probably live fairly near each other then. I live about twenty minutes away from Disneyland in Irvine, CA. You wouldn't happen to be related to the McKay/Mackay clan would you? I'm descended from a family who immigrated to Canada, and then my grandparents came to the US. Sadly not I'm afraid. I know a few people with the name but if I am related to that clan then it isn't closely. On a side note, has anyone ever been or lived in Alaska? I would love to have a holiday there at some point. Ah, okay. I was simply asking because that's the region where that clan hails from. I'm amazed at how long the library/books discussion went on for. I too am a bookworm and learned to read by the age of five. Before I could read, I loved being read to and still do on occasion. But ever since I learned to read, I almost always have a book with me. I'd do more reading while traveling, but I have motion sickness (mainly in cars), so it makes it hard for me to read in vehicles. And yes, I do like to take big books with my while traveling. A few years ago, I took Les Miserables with me and this year I've taken the Iliad, though I've barely read any and need it and the Odyssey finished in a few weeks. Kitty: I really liked the bookworm picture and it sort of describes me, at least in the way that I'll start several books before finishing one of them. I've seen the picture before in a powerpoint for a great books lecture. |
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 22, 2012 1:10:00 GMT -5
Oh, motion sickness, that must be so annoying when you are bored on long drives and can't read! I'm really glad I don't have that problem. That picture is really old, but well known here, and I am sure that's why people still think we climb on ladders, lol. Though it's not necessary in newer libraries any more, it's just too impractical. Besides, my own shelves are high enough that I need a ladder for the highest rows, so it fits me rather well, too |
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Post by mountaingirl777 on Jul 22, 2012 3:08:11 GMT -5
I'm amazed at how long the library/books discussion went on for. I too am a bookworm and learned to read by the age of five. Before I could read, I loved being read to and still do on occasion. But ever since I learned to read, I almost always have a book with me. I'd do more reading while traveling, but I have motion sickness (mainly in cars), so it makes it hard for me to read in vehicles. I get motion sickness as well, but that doesn't stop me. One time I made my mom really annoyed with me because I had bought 7 books (I can't remember the length of each, but some were short and some were over 100 pages) and I started to read them on the way home. it's an hour trip depending on traffic and by the time we got home I had most of them read. After that there was a "only one book" rule.  |
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Post by G. Novella on Jul 22, 2012 3:10:12 GMT -5
My mom refuses to let me bring books anymore because they take up too much space and weight in a suitcase. Instead I got an e-reader for Christmas and it has become my baby.
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Post by Kitty279 on Jul 22, 2012 3:10:35 GMT -5
Stupid. Oh well, then you'll just have to take some real thick one. Something like Lord of the Rings (in one book) or Eco's "The Name of the Rose" or something of that size  |
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