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Virgin coverage

Ask questions in a Canadian accent so that the players will better understand you.
 
1-10. Don't show up.
Go back to school. Find an honest profession that will compensate you fairly. Find a growth industry. Oil. Telecommunications. Government. Any will do. When the editor calls, simply say: "I appreciate your confidence in me, but at some point in the future I would like to be able to feed myself and my children. I just can't see myself living in Horseshirt Horn, forever."
 
fishwrapper said:
1-10. Don't show up.
Go back to school. Find an honest profession that will compensate you fairly. Find a growth industry. Oil. Telecommunications. Government. Any will do. When the editor calls, simply say: "I appreciate your confidence in me, but at some point in the future I would like to be able to feed myself and my children. I just can't see myself living in Horseshirt Horn, forever."

Wow. Bitter much?
 
Not bitter. I've been able to make a go at it. And a real good living.
I just see the direction this ship is sailing. I've seen too many friends/colleagues "voluntarily" and "involuntarily separated" in the past 10 years.
It's called "perspective, " not "bitter."
 
Sadly, it has become a shirtty business.

Wasn't always that way, but it is now. I'd strongly discourage anybody I cared about from getting into it.

(Is this where I need all the disclaimers? I work for a major paper, and I have a terrific situaton by today's standards, but it is the most ineptly run business I know. The leaders of this industry make Rich Kotite look like Bill Walsh.)
 
I'm still trying to figure out how I can get a gig covering virgins.
 
Smasher_Sloan said:
So the original poster never reported back? Someone must have pantsed him.

I think he may have stood on the logo. Think they'll ever find the body?
 
Zeke12 said:
It's customary to offer to blow the visiting team's captain.

Just a gesture of goodwill.
maybe the person hasn't reported back because there were multiple captains.
 
Make sure your virgin does not hang loose like sleeve of wizard
 

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