If you are willing to spend $500, sign up to be a partner...it's free and buy the Action Pack: https://partner.microsoft.com/actionpack It costs less than $500 and includes piles of licenses, etc for guys like you. josh
At my last place, I managed 3 SAs. I picked up a big tub from Walmart and filled it with snacks from BJs. I bought the big box of assorted candy bars, the big box of assorted chips, popcorn, nuts, etc. Needless to say this was well received and lasted several months. The fact that it lasted months was the plan. I could have bought them lunch, but it would have been gone and forgotten in a week.
We actually had to store it in the computer room for safe keeping. Josh
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1. The typical customer is male, unattractive, and socially handicapped 2. Both are frequently enjoyed in dark basements 3. The size of your collection is obscene 4. It's not a good idea to talk about either on a first date 5. Both revolve around fantasy and obtaining the unobtainable 6. The artwork depicts images impossible in the real world 7. When purchasing either in a store, you always ask for a bag 8. It may be fun to make your own at home, but rarely turns out as good as the professionally produced stuff 9. If you saw a woman buying either, you'd probably want to ask her out 10. Extra excitement can be added with the use of props and / or costumes 11. Low quality versions of both can be found for free on the Internet 12. Countless Usenet groups are dedicated to both 13. In either case, a gang of heavily-muscled men in leather with whips spells trouble 14. Everyone uses a silly, made-up name 15. It is not uncommon for participants to assume the opposite gender 16. Both are frowned upon by the conservative right 17. You usually take interest in both around age 13 18. New purchases are usually looked at once, then put on the shelf 19. The best and worst examples of each was produced in the '70s 20. The German versions of each are the most bizarre 21. Both are plagued with bad dialogue 22. You usually spend a lot more time enjoying each alone than with a group of friends 23. Everyone's called in to work sick at least once to stay home and enjoy one or the other 24. Both make excellent bathroom reading 25. There's always a big finish when you get to fire your gun 26. Hollywood's attempts to mainstream both have been largely unsuccessful 27. The hero's prized possession is his big, black gun 28. Plots are often present only to serve the action scenes 29. The story can be set anywhere from spaceships to dungeons 30. While the person directing the action is usually blamed for a bad experience, it's usually the fault of poor writing 31. Characters can have either high APPEARANCE or STAMINA, but rarely both 32. You can tell the climax is imminent when the characters start screaming 33. Candles and music enhance the mood 34. You can meet your favorite B-list stars at the annual convention 35. One word: Dwarves
My father's hard drive crashed a few years ago and we decided to send it to some data recovery place. They said all the data was recoverable but wanted an absurd amount to do that. I figured, they got it working, so I said no thanks and asked for the drive to be returned. They sent it back and sure enough, It worked and I got all his data off it. All for the diagnosis fee of something like $100.
As someone who has rented and used a small jackhammer, I no longer complain when I see 4 or 5 guys waiting their turn. It is the most exhaustive work I have ever done.
I work for a non-profit and recently we stumbled onto http://www.techsoup.com. Assuming you qualify, standard Exchange Server is $39 and Exchange CALS are a mere $2.50.
My manager is still open to something like Sendmail, but since we're a Microsoft shop, and it's cheap, it may be a hard battle when the time comes.
I did this for my wife a couple years ago. Ask her what the best present I ever gave her was, this is it. Ask her what present I got her when I did this, she has no idea.
I started about 2 weeks before Valentine's Day. I created a document and thought of one/two liners about my wife. Things I like, things I love, fond memories, etc. After 2 weeks, I ended up with like 35 things. I went to Hallmark and bought a couple packages of little kid valentine's cards.
I printed out the sheet, cut it up and put one in each card. Valentine's morning, I was out the door before she got up and she woke up to 35 cards throughout the house.
Just a warning, if you do this and figure out a way to top it, let me know.
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If you are willing to spend $500, sign up to be a partner...it's free and buy the Action Pack: https://partner.microsoft.com/actionpack
It costs less than $500 and includes piles of licenses, etc for guys like you.
josh
At my last place, I managed 3 SAs. I picked up a big tub from Walmart and filled it with snacks from BJs. I bought the big box of assorted candy bars, the big box of assorted chips, popcorn, nuts, etc. Needless to say this was well received and lasted several months. The fact that it lasted months was the plan. I could have bought them lunch, but it would have been gone and forgotten in a week.
We actually had to store it in the computer room for safe keeping.
Josh
and there is still nothing to watch on TV!
1. The typical customer is male, unattractive, and socially handicapped
2. Both are frequently enjoyed in dark basements
3. The size of your collection is obscene
4. It's not a good idea to talk about either on a first date
5. Both revolve around fantasy and obtaining the unobtainable
6. The artwork depicts images impossible in the real world
7. When purchasing either in a store, you always ask for a bag
8. It may be fun to make your own at home, but rarely turns out as good as the professionally produced stuff
9. If you saw a woman buying either, you'd probably want to ask her out
10. Extra excitement can be added with the use of props and / or costumes
11. Low quality versions of both can be found for free on the Internet
12. Countless Usenet groups are dedicated to both
13. In either case, a gang of heavily-muscled men in leather with whips spells trouble
14. Everyone uses a silly, made-up name
15. It is not uncommon for participants to assume the opposite gender
16. Both are frowned upon by the conservative right
17. You usually take interest in both around age 13
18. New purchases are usually looked at once, then put on the shelf
19. The best and worst examples of each was produced in the '70s
20. The German versions of each are the most bizarre
21. Both are plagued with bad dialogue
22. You usually spend a lot more time enjoying each alone than with a group of friends
23. Everyone's called in to work sick at least once to stay home and enjoy one or the other
24. Both make excellent bathroom reading
25. There's always a big finish when you get to fire your gun
26. Hollywood's attempts to mainstream both have been largely unsuccessful
27. The hero's prized possession is his big, black gun
28. Plots are often present only to serve the action scenes
29. The story can be set anywhere from spaceships to dungeons
30. While the person directing the action is usually blamed for a bad experience, it's usually the fault of poor writing
31. Characters can have either high APPEARANCE or STAMINA, but rarely both
32. You can tell the climax is imminent when the characters start screaming
33. Candles and music enhance the mood
34. You can meet your favorite B-list stars at the annual convention
35. One word: Dwarves
My father's hard drive crashed a few years ago and we decided to send it to some data recovery place. They said all the data was recoverable but wanted an absurd amount to do that. I figured, they got it working, so I said no thanks and asked for the drive to be returned. They sent it back and sure enough, It worked and I got all his data off it. All for the diagnosis fee of something like $100.
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As someone who has rented and used a small jackhammer, I no longer complain when I see 4 or 5 guys waiting their turn. It is the most exhaustive work I have ever done.
I work for a non-profit and recently we stumbled onto http://www.techsoup.com. Assuming you qualify, standard Exchange Server is $39 and Exchange CALS are a mere $2.50.
My manager is still open to something like Sendmail, but since we're a Microsoft shop, and it's cheap, it may be a hard battle when the time comes.
I did this for my wife a couple years ago. Ask her what the best present I ever gave her was, this is it. Ask her what present I got her when I did this, she has no idea.
I started about 2 weeks before Valentine's Day. I created a document and thought of one/two liners about my wife. Things I like, things I love, fond memories, etc. After 2 weeks, I ended up with like 35 things. I went to Hallmark and bought a couple packages of little kid valentine's cards.
I printed out the sheet, cut it up and put one in each card. Valentine's morning, I was out the door before she got up and she woke up to 35 cards throughout the house.
Just a warning, if you do this and figure out a way to top it, let me know.