I took a security job.
This was, in hindsight, a lapse in judgement. I already knew that all security work has its risks.

Now, there were a lot of tempting advantages to keep working there: It was working for the government, so your employment was secure. There were some great people worked there, and we formed a fairly heavy drinking crowd, some days seemed to consist of little more than anticipating the next session. Also, many of the people employed there were professionals, far better educated than I (one of them, who i got on really well with, even held a degree in physics or something), yet they didn't look down on us lowly security officers. So we had some good times.

But I regretted my choice of employment the day there was a big industrial accident in which some people - people I knew, cared about, was on first name terms with - died, and myself nearly included. With hindsight, I get the chills thinking how narrowly I escaped a very painful death. Later on, as if that wasn't bad enough, the place then gets nuked with most of the employees still un-evacuated.

Signed, Barney Calhoun.
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 7:33, 5 replies)

Still...
You got to play with some fun guns, and saw some stuff that was really out-of-this-world, didn't you?
(JohabMorelli is spenging merrily away, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 8:44, closed)

And you still
owe me that bloody beer!
( gareth_alien will be human again at, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 8:54, closed)

I'll just try
to crowbar in another appropriate comment.

Any I'm sorry to say, but your dumb-ass scientist friends were shot by the dozen with almost none of them fighting back. THEN it was nuked.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 9:13, closed)

Nerd!!
*likes*

*clicks*

Also, you had some great plastic surgery by the time to went to City 17 didn't you?
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Wed 18 Feb 2009, 10:25, closed)

Subject: Barney Calhoun
Status: Out of Range
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