Comments for Man Fights Back http://www.manfightsback.com The Big Mortgage Payoff Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:24:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on 2008. A look back…? by Thyle http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/12/31/2008-a-look-back/#comment-73 Thyle Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:52:01 +0000 http://www.manfightsback.com/?p=91#comment-73 > 2009. Wow. 9 years into the new millennium, and I’m still not sure where the time went. It seems like just yesterday that I was spending the 1999-2000 new year in my friends basement having a lan party, bridging networks over the cable modem, playing Quake 2, and downloading at incredible 100k speeds through napster with cross-over cables because “what’s a router?”. WOOT! > 2009. Wow. 9 years into the new millennium, and I’m still not sure where the time went. It seems like just yesterday that I was spending the 1999-2000 new year in my friends basement having a lan party, bridging networks over the cable modem, playing Quake 2, and downloading at incredible 100k speeds through napster with cross-over cables because “what’s a router?”.

WOOT!

]]> Comment on Wearing out the High - Day 12 of 942 by Michelle http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/12/12/82/#comment-64 Michelle Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:02:45 +0000 http://www.manfightsback.com/?p=82#comment-64 As if I have nothing better to do, I did come across a video from FOX News about a couple who started off talking about how much food costs which in turn got them to challenge themselves....eating for one dollar a day. Not one dollar per meal but all three meals for no more than a dollar. Anyroo, they have a site and after some reading, it looked interesting enough to share. http://onedollardietproject.wordpress.com/ As if I have nothing better to do, I did come across a video from FOX News about a couple who started off talking about how much food costs which in turn got them to challenge themselves….eating for one dollar a day. Not one dollar per meal but all three meals for no more than a dollar.

Anyroo, they have a site and after some reading, it looked interesting enough to share.

http://onedollardietproject.wordpress.com/

]]> Comment on Tuning out - Life without Cable. Day 2 of 942. by Michelle http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/12/02/tuning-out-life-without-cable-day-2-of-942/#comment-57 Michelle Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:58:34 +0000 http://www.manfightsback.com/?p=43#comment-57 I'm so loving your plan. I also believe that like your obsessiveness about your weight this too will be something of a hobby that you will, at some point, take to the extreme. You will become the Jillian Michaels of saving money, budgeting and cutting costs. I thought I would help you and others by providing a few tv links as well. www.cwtv.com www.usanetwork.com www.aetv.com www.tnt.tv www.tbs.com www.mylifetime.com http://www.history.com/ http://www.foodnetwork.com/video-library/index.html http://www.fxnetworks.com/ http://www.fox.com/ http://tv.msn.com/ http://television.aol.com/in2tv http://television.aol.com/video Yes, I know, I need a life. I did save the best for last... www.exercisetv.tv ~<3 ahhahaha squirt I’m so loving your plan. I also believe that like your obsessiveness about your weight this too will be something of a hobby that you will, at some point, take to the extreme. You will become the Jillian Michaels of saving money, budgeting and cutting costs.

I thought I would help you and others by providing a few tv links as well.
http://www.cwtv.com
http://www.usanetwork.com
http://www.aetv.com
http://www.tnt.tv
http://www.tbs.com
http://www.mylifetime.com
http://www.history.com/
http://www.foodnetwork.com/video-library/index.html
http://www.fxnetworks.com/
http://www.fox.com/
http://tv.msn.com/
http://television.aol.com/in2tv
http://television.aol.com/video

Yes, I know, I need a life. I did save the best for last…

http://www.exercisetv.tv

~<3 ahhahaha squirt

]]> Comment on Things I wish I had done before I was 30. by J-man http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/10/06/things-i-wish-i-had-done-before-i-was-30/#comment-55 J-man Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:17:55 +0000 http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/10/06/things-i-wish-i-had-done-before-i-was-30/#comment-55 Do work, son. Do work, son.

]]> Comment on Where has all the Customer Service gone? by nailz http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/09/19/where-has-all-the-customer-service-gone/#comment-46 nailz Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:24:04 +0000 http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/09/19/where-has-all-the-customer-service-gone/#comment-46 Aahz, I'd tend to agree with you, but would say you're thinking of Gen-Y more than Gen-X, as I am on the tail end of Gen-X, and don't see this 'holier than thou' attitude coming from MY peers. Gen-X just can't parent correctly. They Coddle Gen-Y, which results in experiences I had. Aahz, I’d tend to agree with you, but would say you’re thinking of Gen-Y more than Gen-X, as I am on the tail end of Gen-X, and don’t see this ‘holier than thou’ attitude coming from MY peers. Gen-X just can’t parent correctly. They Coddle Gen-Y, which results in experiences I had.

]]> Comment on Where has all the Customer Service gone? by Aahz http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/09/19/where-has-all-the-customer-service-gone/#comment-45 Aahz Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:59:14 +0000 http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/09/19/where-has-all-the-customer-service-gone/#comment-45 Unfortunately, this seems to happen way too much nowadays. Most of the restaurant jobs are held by teenagers and young adults who seem to have an acute case of "Post Generation X Syndrome". Definition: Post Generation X Syndrome - The mass acknowledgement amongst young people of the late 90s and millennium that their youth was spent towing the line of being in charge of the future because everyone older than them who grew up during the time of Ronald Reagan and the cold war were just too stupid to manage the planet. Generation X'ers and their self-important values pretty much had their egos crushed when it became obvious to them that all the time they wasted sitting in coffee bars writing poetry about the planet hadn't a thing to do with the invention of Biodiesel Fuel and Hybrid/flex fuel vehicles. That fact that government and environmental policies had forced the reduction of green house gasses by the generation that went to school during the Ronald Reagan administration surely does nothing to give comfort to the Gen-X kids. The Gen-X children thus have to show their superiority by holding menial jobs, but act as if what they're doing is a far more noble thing to do than do automotive repair, or computer IT support or even pick up the residential trash. At the beginning of their employment at Denny's, it's a great sacrifice on their part to be a host or hostess, waiter or waitress and their sacrifice is for the greater good that the old couple at table 5 should have their eggs and sausage after Church. After a month or two of fooling themselves with their defense mechanisms and the truth starts seeping into the folds of their mind that what they do isn't going to clean the streams and save the environment, they begin to take it out on their customers and become disinterested and careless until the day they are fired for letting a customer wait 30 minutes to be seated, then ignore them another 30 minutes until the customer walks out in a huff. Unfortunately, this seems to happen way too much nowadays. Most of the restaurant jobs are held by teenagers and young adults who seem to have an acute case of “Post Generation X Syndrome”.

Definition:
Post Generation X Syndrome - The mass acknowledgement amongst young people of the late 90s and millennium that their youth was spent towing the line of being in charge of the future because everyone older than them who grew up during the time of Ronald Reagan and the cold war were just too stupid to manage the planet.
Generation X’ers and their self-important values pretty much had their egos crushed when it became obvious to them that all the time they wasted sitting in coffee bars writing poetry about the planet hadn’t a thing to do with the invention of Biodiesel Fuel and Hybrid/flex fuel vehicles.
That fact that government and environmental policies had forced the reduction of green house gasses by the generation that went to school during the Ronald Reagan administration surely does nothing to give comfort to the Gen-X kids.
The Gen-X children thus have to show their superiority by holding menial jobs, but act as if what they’re doing is a far more noble thing to do than do automotive repair, or computer IT support or even pick up the residential trash. At the beginning of their employment at Denny’s, it’s a great sacrifice on their part to be a host or hostess, waiter or waitress and their sacrifice is for the greater good that the old couple at table 5 should have their eggs and sausage after Church. After a month or two of fooling themselves with their defense mechanisms and the truth starts seeping into the folds of their mind that what they do isn’t going to clean the streams and save the environment, they begin to take it out on their customers and become disinterested and careless until the day they are fired for letting a customer wait 30 minutes to be seated, then ignore them another 30 minutes until the customer walks out in a huff.

]]> Comment on Where has all the Customer Service gone? by Thyle http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/09/19/where-has-all-the-customer-service-gone/#comment-38 Thyle Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:47:24 +0000 http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/09/19/where-has-all-the-customer-service-gone/#comment-38 Shoulda gone to Mighty. :-) Shoulda gone to Mighty. :-)

]]> Comment on Where has all the Customer Service gone? by Jeni (joon) http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/09/19/where-has-all-the-customer-service-gone/#comment-34 Jeni (joon) Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:06:18 +0000 http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/09/19/where-has-all-the-customer-service-gone/#comment-34 I totally agree. I actually am damn good at customer service and lately it seems that everywhere I go I get treated badly by people who don't care...also by waitresses who are supposedly earning their living by what they do...makes no sense. Just found your blog so I thought I'd comment ;-) I totally agree. I actually am damn good at customer service and lately it seems that everywhere I go I get treated badly by people who don’t care…also by waitresses who are supposedly earning their living by what they do…makes no sense.

Just found your blog so I thought I’d comment ;-)

]]> Comment on Week one Continues by Wendi http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/06/26/week-one-continues/#comment-14 Wendi Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:21:55 +0000 http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/06/26/week-one-continues/#comment-14 Hi there! I was just looking around at differnet blogs when I came across yours. I didn't like the fact that you didn't have any comments so here is one for you! =) Hi there! I was just looking around at differnet blogs when I came across yours. I didn’t like the fact that you didn’t have any comments so here is one for you! =)

]]> Comment on The Trix Rabbit gets his revenge by Di http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/03/07/the-trix-rabbit-gets-his-revenge/#comment-12 Di Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:45:27 +0000 http://www.manfightsback.com/2008/03/07/the-trix-rabbit-gets-his-revenge/#comment-12 OMFG!! I remember reading this how long ago?? Nice website hon! OMFG!! I remember reading this how long ago?? Nice website hon!

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