no one here ?
 

hello !

I'm here. Grab a seat and have some coffee. I stayed up too late last night and am now paying the price? What's going on with you?

I assumed you all migrated south for the winter.

South? You all should come north. It was 50 degress here yesterday.

brrrr....
 

Are you hopped up on lutefisk and lefse or something? I spent two winters in mid-MN in a farmhouse and froze my ass off each time - that was enough. The Autumn there is gorgeous - I would go back for the trees and the apples, but not a winter - my blood is way too thin.

-T(plus, you know 50* isn't warm, right?**)L








*It's only getting up to 61 here today and we're having a cold front. Brrrr.

**You are still welcome to visit. I'll even make a hotdish*** so you'll feel at home.

***That is an unbelievable funny word.

I don't care for hotdish.

Anyone know what happened to pinky2?

Still you have the second most active regional board.

I have been to Blue Earth MN, the birthplace of the ice cream sandwich.

My son's friend claims his dad invented the Choco taco.

It is also the home of Best Buy. And the Twins.

Not THOSE twins.

Which twins?

You're not doing this again today.

Little does he realize that's only his parents' code word for playing with the Hershey's syrup, iykwim.

ETA: Take that, penske! Woo. hah hah hah hah.

I'm here
 

Whoa, it's a wasteland in this thread. I guess no one from or around Minnesota trolls lawtalkers. It's a shame, it seems like a great community, but a community it's not without any peeps. I guess that's all I've got to say, but maybe I'll have more to say tomorrow.

I'm here
 

OK, I'll bite... What are they paying mid-level IP Associates out there these days? And response to the bumps on the coasts? Can I buy a 5,000 sf mansion (and heat it) on 25 acres for $1500 a month and bank the $150k+ left over? And more importantly, are they importing? Last time I even struck up a coversation with a recruiter from M&G at a national job fair I was politely turned away for insufficient 'local' contacts on my resume. (Hello? This is a national job fair... if you want local, recruit from U of Minn. Are you really beating back the HYS grads with a stick?)

Sorry, the cost of living is a bit higher than that, so no mansion and tons of acreage for $1,500 a month (just a regular house with a small lot). As for hiring, I understand your frustration, as recruiters from here tend to be suspect about a candidate if they don't have any roots or some type of connection to Minnesota. They tend to not realize that some may actually want to live and work here without any such connection. I hope you have better luck, but I can't say that others will be less suspect.

minn alert
 

Do you either of Rouysbrooke or Billmore still surf here?

minn alert
 

Thnak you for your post. As Moderator, I will make the appropriate inquiries and get right back to you.

minn alert
 

Merci.

No place is safe....
 

....from the curse of Penske.

No place is safe....
 

Where's da lurve?

Kevin Garnett
 

is he happy? Nasr Mohammed and the Piston's top draft choices over the next 3 years for KG?

Kevin Garnett
 

Do the Pistons have that much available cap room? Isn't KG getting $20MM+ this season?

Kevin Garnett
 

Pistons are my third favourite of all time.

Kevin Garnett
 

Take it to the Detroit board!

Kevin Garnett
 

I thought we were talking about detroit?

Kevin Garnett
 

Nope, Minny. Do you even bother to see which board you are posting on?

Kevin Garnett
 

You do realise the ice cream sandwich was invented in MN, yes?

Kevin Garnett
 

Really? I had never read that anywhere else. So interesting!

Kevin Garnett
 

It's true, blue earth mn, you should read more instead of wasting your time lurking here and trying to out people.

Kevin Garnett
 

Shockingly, the fact is available on this very web page. No need to read anywhere else for that bit o' trivia. But thanks for the concern!! Perhaps you should spend more time honing your critical reading skills instead of filling up rarely used boards with nonsense.

Kevin Garnett
 

You believe every unverified "fact" you read on the interwebs?

Kevin Garnett
 

Only if it's written by yooooooou.

Kevin Garnett
 

that makes no sense in context. Why are you stalking me? you know its a violation of the ToS, yes?

Kevin Garnett
 

Okay then, tough guy, I'll stop believing what you write on the interwebs right now. Show me the ToS which I am violating. With specificity, please.

Kevin Garnett
 

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Kevin Garnett
 

take it to a mod.

Kevin Garnett
 

I text messaged Flower.

Kevin Garnett
 

You spelled massaged wrong. Sheesh.

Kevin Garnett
 

I was trying to be discreete. [sigh]