some long-awaited research ;)

[Ball-Bhreac Ròn]

Just want to see if there's a corrolation between free time and number of posts ;)

[Angelwulfe]

I'm a student i come on here during the day when i have nothing to do in study hall.

[Kaylara]

I come here all the time... Work or no work. I am an addict.

Kaylara

[Danustouch]

Puh! yeah! lol..I have too much freetime. That's why I made it to the number five on the top 50 posters list :)

[Myst]

Just wondering how you're relating these to time? Like, are you assuming someone who works full time works 40 hours a week exactly, someone who works part-time 20 hours a week exactly, etc.? And how about students?

[Twig]

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[amberlaine]

This poll is totally biased! :p

WHy isn't there an option for "Don't work" instead of "Out of work"? I"m not out of work--I don't work because I dont want to!

[Faery-Wings]

I work and work hard. I just don't get paid. (Unless you count chocolate cookie flavored kisses from a 5 and 3 yo!!);)

Chris~has a horrible headache today and was wishing I could take the afternoon off....

[Valoe]

How are you defining work? I voted part time because I am paid for a 20 hour a week post. However, I am a lone parent ( anyone care to argue that isn't work?) and several hours a week voluntary work.

[manstranger]

I'm a student. Thats about ... hmm, 7:40 - 2:10 every day, so i guess I "work" 32 and a half hour every week. I guess thats not to bad. And alot of free time, but not alot of posts. So i guess there really isn't. I think its more what you're interested in.

[Illuminatus]

I work full time and this time next week I will also be a part-time student

your poll is biased against multiple-goaled individuals. I'm gonna sue!!!

[Garnet]

Twelve-hour shifts. Four days on duty, four off. Which gives me four days out of eight to sit goggle-eyed & drooling in front of Solomon (anyone else name their p.c.?) surfing & posting (& four days to wish I was...):rotfl:

[Myst]

Originally posted by amberlaine
WHy isn't there an option for "Don't work" instead of "Out of work"? I"m not out of work--I don't work because I dont want to!

How about, "I'm just finishing up college and no job is going to let me work around my school hours, and I'm not qualified to get the job in the field I want and yet too qualified for every other job"..

[Danustouch]

Twig...hon..you need to get out more..lol. :)

[amberlaine]

I think that means you're just out of work. :p

No, I'm kidding.

Actually, I think the poll is interesting in the way its worded, and some of the responses here. I think it reveals a lot of ideas we have about "work".

In the most traditional sense, I don't work. But I am a writer, and I do write from home--does that count? Except I don't have a set schedule, and I write because I want to. Is that work? And I'm forced to clean up my house when i dont wnat to, but I dont get paid for it. IS that work?

[Lavender]

It would be hard to do a poll that would cover everyone's situations. You'll be looking at 150+ permutations here.

I work 30 hours outside of my home. I sit in front of a computer all day & I have internet access here. :p Right now, it's not too busy. In a couple of weeks, I'll be going through bad withdrawl symptoms.

[Old Witch]

I'm retired and I work harder taking care of my family and my animals and my plants and my garden ( there is a difference there) than I ever did when I ''worked". There is a direct corelation in the weather and how much I post.

[Nyx]

I'm an art student, and believe me, that is a full time job! :lol: Last semester I had a 96 hour "work" week. I wasn't being paid money, I was "being paid in experience." :bigredgri
I don't think what you do has much to do with the time you spend here. After all, distractions are a beautiful thing. ;)

[Myst]

Originally posted by amberlaine
In the most traditional sense, I don't work. But I am a writer, and I do write from home--does that count? Except I don't have a set schedule, and I write because I want to. Is that work? And I'm forced to clean up my house when i dont wnat to, but I dont get paid for it. IS that work?

Hm I do web design most of the day.. I wonder if that's work.

[flar7]

Plan to go to school till they kick me out or force me to take a
degree. And then I will take my Degree in Fine Arts and go out
and get a job at Burger King! heheh or go get a graduate degree.
And then, A master's? I hardly have any free time to come here
and post.................really!;) :p

[Rubi Waters]

I work full time outside the house 8 to 10 hours a day mon - sat:scream:
then i come home and work on the computer(I color comic books yes it's a real
job :lol: ) for a few hours I sneak online for a few minutes then i pass out and
do it all again. :zzz:

[MammaStar]

I'm with Kay...I'm an addict. I work 35.5 hours at my job (according to my pay stub), which I receive a salary for 5 days a week. Then, come home, take care of my family, drive my son here & there. Help Eshallet out with his mom, feed the animals, clean, etc. you get the picture.

Plus, I help out here and a few other sites on theweb, though granted I don't work as hard on-line as Mol, Kay, Myst or a few others.

I'll admit...I'm addict and a lot of the time stuff doesn't get done around here because I'm bumming around MW. :lol:

[Radocs]

Just to screw up your average here, I only work part time, Friday and Saturday nights.. but as you can see my post count is quite low. ^_^ Sorry. ;)

[Flaire-FireStar]

:dis: No one will hire me!!!! :lol:

[JuNiPeR]

I probably work an average of 30 hours a week... well I did... they just recently cut my hours ! :flamer:

[faeriedust]

their names are kayla 7, sarah 4, emily 3. i don't get paid in dollars but i do get paid in smiles.:)

[seawitch]

i have a part time job, and a full time family.
that keeps me pretty busy. an dthe girls think that they should get a turn on line. ha ha!

[Old Witch]

Oh, Yeah, I'm addicted to MW too.

[Drisel]

Okay how about two full time jobs. I work at my paying job 35 - 37.5 hours a week and run around after two kids when I'm not studying for school. All that and I still have time to bum around the boards on a daily basis. :p
I'm looking forward to going to school full time in July though. Finally a break. :D

[Raindancer]

I didn't vote because I didn't see anything that fit. I'm a full-time parent of three kids, and have nothing but free time cuz I don't work LOL I think that some people think that work equals paid work, and that this doesn't qualify as work. They ought to try it sometime. :-)
Blessings
Raindancer

[Xander67]

OH :D I see , this is a trick to get me to fess up for all the posting I did last year on COMPANY TIME :mad:

Well, I work full time, MW was my only means of coping with all the SANITY of work, but scince the Powers that be, Laid down thier new "INternet usage policy" Im lucky if I can check my email at work, ....:) but im here in spirit anyway! :nyah:

this is really gonna suck!:(

[Kiya]

...At least you're here now... I have same problem!!!!!

:rolleyes:

What better way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon???

[Twilight Garden]

I'm out of work and don't plan on going back anytime soon. I don't consider being the Domestic Goddess that I am "work". To me work is a four letter word that you don't really enjoy. Or that takes some sort of extra effort. Housework and taking care of my family are things I enjoy. (I know... Housework? - Yuck!) I'm just weird that way. Luckily my husband has a job he enjoys that alows me to not have to work. :p

[WolfWoman]

I'll be unemployed for the first time in 19 years as of 1/30 (gulp).
I got laid off, got a nice severance package and I'm moving. I've been paying into unemployment forever, I'm taking a couple of months off!!!!

[Psyche Ague]

I don't work cause dammit! I'm a high school senior and I'm too damn busy! Uhhh........*gets offline quickly* ;)

[clef0628]

I cannot remenber the last week I only worked 40 hours! This Beeper thing won't be quiet!!!!!!!!

[Ball-Bhreac Ròn]

wow :eek: what do you do, clef?

[Laiste]

Well I am a full time MOM and work part time out of the house and will be going back to college in the fall. I wanted to start in the spring but it's that darn money thing getting in the way again!!

[crystal_night]

I put down part-time, but I should have put full-time. I'm a full time mommy, and wife, and housekeeper......but work part time to bring in the dough.

[clef0628]

I'm the Computer Supervisior, for my local county Park Commission. We has golf courses and pools and centers that are open weekend. They keep having problems on weekend, witch is the busiest time for them. Though winter is normaly quiet.

[Shy Hawk]

I work about 20 hrs a week. And up until a month ago I was going to school on top of that about 15 hrs a week. Now I spend 12 hrs a week in the gym.....I am already dull, so no fearing becoming dull. lol

[Aylwyn]

My wife and I both work full time and we both attend college part time. We have five daughters ranging in age from 5-17, and they have their activites that we have to juggle into our schedual also. But once we have all of our time needs worked out (at the beginning of each semester) things run pretty smoothly. We also rely on friends and family to occasionally schuttle our grils around.

Blessed Be,

[Wyrdsister]

Interesting poll! Though I agree there should be an expansion of the options. I work full time, though I am on sick leave and will be for a few more months.

Wyrdsister

[Skye]

Hard poll....I have been laid off since June of 2001....but as you can see from my posts, have been very busy doing NOTHING!

I find I have more time to post and communicate through MW when I am "BUSY" working 50 hours/week....lol

go figure:D

[BeachWitch]

Originally posted by Garnet
to sit goggle-eyed & drooling in front of Solomon (anyone else name their p.c.?) surfing & posting (& four days to wish I was...):rotfl: My PC is Named Hathor!

And I work 60 hours a week Mon-Fri - I surf anytime anywhere and I'm damn proud of it!

[Raindancer]

"Do you name your computer?"would be a good poll. Mine is Medusa. My daughter named it. Appropriate when you think about it.
Raindancer

[Azure]

My computer has no name.

As to work, I'm an oddity. I'm an actress, and not surprisingly, also wait tables at the dinner theatre I perform at a lot, plus at a local sports bar on occasion. So I work full time, but weird hours.

[flar7]

"Join me my sons." " I works for no man." "I have no name."

"that there could be why you have trouble finding gainful employment..."~Ulyssess Everet McGill

[shnen]

I work full time, but I work with the Internet, so stopping by here every now and then to see what's happening!

I also have internet at home, and when I'm bored I love to research and read, so I'll be around a lot!

[StarryDancer]

Oh, I work full time -- luckily, most of my work is done via computer, so I can sneak out and browse when I need a break!
:shift:

Then, like now, when I need to go back to work, I can just.....disappear!

[Desert_Shadow]

I'm a student, but I also work at least 20 hours a week. So I'll vote student since I can't mark two at once.