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The Turk

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Well, The Turk, in the US, is a term for getting the ax at work. My company is being bought, and The Turk is here today. If you make it to a 1 pm meeting without being contacted, you have made it. So, naturally, I need a pint and a smoke. Also, I am looking for some cut day stories that some of you may care to share. Any good ones to take my mind off of this?

Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockers,

Bill

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Originally posted by willatkins
Well, The Turk, in the US, is a term for getting the ax at work. My company is being bought, and The Turk is here today. If you make it to a 1 pm meeting without being contacted, you have made it. So, naturally, I need a pint and a smoke. Also, I am looking for some cut day stories that some of you may care to share. Any good ones to take my mind off of this?

Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockers,

Bill
Good Luck!!!!

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Originally posted by willatkins
Well, The Turk, in the US, is a term for getting the ax at work. My company is being bought, and The Turk is here today. If you make it to a 1 pm meeting without being contacted, you have made it. So, naturally, I need a pint and a smoke. Also, I am looking for some cut day stories that some of you may care to share. Any good ones to take my mind off of this?

Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockers,

Bill
this message was written after 1pm, so does that mean you kept your job??

David

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Originally posted by Jacko007
this message was written after 1pm, so does that mean you kept your job??

David
Erm, jacko007, you're in Scotland, about 5 hours ahead of the nearest point in the US. You posted that at 11:49 Eastern Standard time, which means that since our worried subject is somewhere in the US, it was between 8:49 and 11:49 for him. It is now 12:26 my time, so hang in there willatkins. Best of luck to you in the next 34-214 minutes, wherever you are 😀!

Wherever the "The Turk" comes from, good luck fending him off!

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The Turk was also a robotic chess machine that
turned out to be a fake. A small man crammed himself into tight quarters, and played chess with who ever wanted to play the machine.It was the the marvel of the 19th century.

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Yes, we're aware. However, this is a different turk. Was it Poe who exposed the Turk's inner workings?

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Originally posted by Jacko007
this message was written after 1pm, so does that mean you kept your job??

David
It is 12:39 EST right now.

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Originally posted by willatkins
It is 12:39 EST right now.
Almost there! Hang in there.

-mike

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Hang in there man!!

It's 12:54 here and you are in my thoughts.

Bryan

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Made it past the first round. Whew...

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Originally posted by willatkins
Made it past the first round. Whew...
That's great Bill! Is there a second round today? I would hope they wouldn't drag this out too long. Bryan

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Originally posted by ChessNut
That's great Bill! Is there a second round today? I would hope they wouldn't drag this out too long. Bryan
Nope. supposedly only one round. But, you never know in corporate America...

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Originally posted by willatkins
Nope. supposedly only one round. But, you never know in corporate America...
Yeah, nothin's guaranteed anymore in Corporate America. I glad you made it thus far. Bryan

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Good going. Glad you made it 🙂.

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Originally posted by willatkins
Nope. supposedly only one round. But, you never know in corporate America...
So what sort of job do you have, exactly?

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