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#108621 - 08/29/03 03:09 AM Re: Addiction
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My wife recently lamented that she's lost her sanity. My 8 year old daughter suggested that she look for it behind the couch.

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#108622 - 08/29/03 03:06 PM Re: Addiction
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Sanity's overrated.
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#108623 - 08/29/03 06:35 PM Re: Addiction
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WOW... I'm begnning to realize I might have a problem..

I'm logging in several times a day, I'm posting issues for problems that have nothing to do with my department, I'm printing threads and sending them all over the bank for others to see...

And, I've been seen in my office laughing hysterically at some of the things I see, which has had others questioning my sanity.

I guess..

I too...

am an Addict.

There, now I've said it and I feel better.

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#108624 - 08/29/03 06:41 PM Re: Addiction
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There is only one cure to being a BOL addict--get hired by BOL. MaryBeth, do you have room in your organization for the rest of us. Then instead of addicts, we'd just be considered workaholics!

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#108625 - 08/29/03 07:07 PM Re: Addiction
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Are you saying my sig should say, "It's not just an addiction, its a living"?
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#108626 - 08/29/03 07:27 PM Re: Addiction
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Are you saying my sig should say, "It's not just an addiction, its a living"?




Yeah, maybe it should. The way I see it, you just went from being a habitual user to being a dealer!!
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#108627 - 08/31/03 05:24 AM Re: Addiction
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you just went from being a habitual user to being a dealer




Pssst. Hey, want some post, a spell checker, or the heavy stuff, links?
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#108628 - 08/31/03 06:25 PM Re: Addiction
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Pssst. Hey, want some post, a spell checker, or the heavy stuff, links?



I'll take two shots of spell checker please..
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#108629 - 08/31/03 11:24 PM Re: Addiction
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Hit me with a link dude!!! It's been a long weekend.
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#108630 - 09/01/03 12:43 AM Re: Addiction
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Hey, could you hook me up with some.... HTML?

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#108631 - 09/01/03 12:52 AM Re: Addiction
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Jac!!!!

(share will ya?)
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#108632 - 09/01/03 05:03 AM Re: Addiction
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JAVA... I need JAVA!!!
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#108633 - 09/01/03 05:32 AM Re: Addiction
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Hi, my name is Tisa, and I'm a BOL addict. I'm here at 10:15pm on Sunday night of Labor Day weekend, for crying out loud!

I was looking at my checking account on the on-line banking site, and thought, hey, I'll just pop on over to BOL really quickly and see if there's been anything posted since 5:00 Friday night...

The sad thing about this addiction is, an instructor at a CIP/BSA seminar turned me on to the stuff. Aren't teachers supposed to be the responsible ones? And there he was, pushing it -- telling the whole class what a great thing it was, how we'd find all of our answers here. Just another pusher, trying to get more of us hooked.

And now look at me - logging on every day at lunch, sneaking peaks on the weekends and my days off... Stop the madness!
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#108634 - 09/01/03 10:36 PM Re: Addiction
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Hi. My name is Bonnie. I used to think I was isolated in this world and was one of the few struggling with compliance issues. I felt alone and unheard as my concerns to management seemed to go unheeded. I thought that perhaps I was suffering from "Sky is falling syndrome" as issues concerning CRA, Reg B, Reg Z, BSA, OFAC, NDIPs, and the dreaded USA PATRIOT Act seemed to accumulate and accelerate with each new proposal, commentary, and federal and state legislative changes. I began to question my own objectivity. Certainly things could not be as complicated as I feared they were!

Then I discovered the BOL Community. And I began realize that I don't have a problem, I have a job! I am not alone. I don't consider this any more of an addiction than I consider myself addicted to breathing. Yes, as I traverse the unknown territory of management changes, efforts to increase revenue, new products, staff turnover, the lack of time to get everything done, and examiners on a mission, I take comfort in the fact that I am not alone. I have a place I can go to for reassurance that I am not crazy, I am not overzealous, and I'm not "making these things up."

I don't find it strange that I would drop in on BOL on a Sunday to see what's going on, and more than I would consider it strange for someone to read the Wall Street Journal or watch Bloomberg on a Sunday. It's professional development, and I'll gladly do this on my own time.

When I access BOl during work, I usually get as much as I give. I may have taken time to help someone else with an issue they were struggling with, but then I usually find someone else willing to help me out with something that saves a lot of additional time and research.

Also, it provides me with the ability to answer the oft-heard question "So how are OTHER banks dealing with this?"
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#108635 - 09/02/03 12:23 AM Re: Addiction
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Hey, Jac, nice picture. I guess the moratorium for NJ jokes is over now, huh?
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#108636 - 09/02/03 12:31 AM Re: Addiction
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How did the Alaska state bird end up in NJ?
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#108637 - 09/02/03 04:18 AM Re: Addiction
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Hey, Jac, nice picture. I guess the moratorium for NJ jokes is over now, huh?


Yep! September's here

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#108638 - 09/02/03 12:41 PM Re: Addiction
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Are you saying my sig should say, "It's not just an addiction, its a living"?




Not necessarily, but now that this is your job you can't continue to hide behind that disclaimer.

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#108639 - 09/02/03 04:34 PM Re: Addiction
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Quote:

Quote:

Hey, Jac, nice picture. I guess the moratorium for NJ jokes is over now, huh?


Yep! September's here




Gee Jac,
I hope your legs aren't really that skinny!
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#108640 - 09/02/03 04:46 PM Re: Addiction
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Gee Jac,
I hope your legs aren't really that skinny!


Almost, but not quite. Neither are they that numerous

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#108641 - 09/02/03 04:50 PM Re: Addiction
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Quote:

Quote:

Gee Jac,
I hope your legs aren't really that skinny!


Almost, but not quite. Neither are they that numerous




Whew, what a relief!
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#108642 - 09/03/03 03:12 PM Re: Addiction
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Hi, I'm Del, and I can't be an addict because I went all vacation without signing on (and I'm sure I wouldn't have even if there had been a computer avaiilable)

My husband did start to talk about "intervention", though, when I finished Harry Potter and the first thing I said was "Now I get to go into the BOL Harry Potter thread!"

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#108643 - 09/03/03 04:41 PM Re: Addiction
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Hi, i'm skye and i didn't think i was an addict until today. i'm home on vacation 3 days before my wedding and what am i doing... i'm checking in on BOL... i just wanting to check my e-mail and the next thing i know i'm here reading the threads...
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#108644 - 09/04/03 03:51 AM Re: Addiction
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Congratulations Skye. You'll know you are an addict if you check these threads on your honeymoon.
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#108645 - 09/09/03 08:57 PM Re: Addiction
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My friends laugh when I tell them I read a Regulatory Compliance discussion board. They just don't understand.

And BOL-anon isn't getting the respect that other support groups do....
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