Joe Handley Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 My current employer normally gave us the days before or after a holiday off if any fell on a weekend, though they’re expecting us to be busy enough on the 26th and 2nd that we Will be working those days, so since I didn’t request tomorrow or the 26th off as part of my week off next week expecting the day off any way, I got scheduled to work then and almost got scheduled for tomorrow too! It also looks like the storm knocked out our internet for now from a branch landing on the line, need to call AT&T after dinner to see how quick we can get someone here to fix it. Should be interesting to see how that works out, may end up with Monday off anyway……. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Work! My company declared a “Work from home” week this week and we are shut down next week. Sounds good? Well for everyone but me! When the building is empty, it’s the time we do a bit of construction. I have contractors in updating two coffee kitchens. I don’t mind this week, but they are moving slooo and made mention they’d need to be back next week! As in Hey I’m supposed to be on vacation! We will see, but it does not look good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 I'm off through Jan 2nd. 3 company holidays and PTO. Time to rest. But it's 1F and blowing snow outside today. Think I'm going to take a morning nap and an afternoon nap today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomerS Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 12 hours ago, BlackSheep214 said: Blame it on those woke/cancel culture environmental terrorists that wanted to ban plastic bags because it killed one sea turtle, ban fossil fuels because it caused climate change, ban gas powered automobiles, lawn equipment and ram and force the rest of us to invest in electric vehicles instead and such. Walmart is banning bags in all their stores. No more paying a tiny 33 cents or whatever it is for paper grocery bags. Yeah... let’s see how well that turns out for them. I love the folks that buy all healthy foods and then at check out pull out the reusable cloth bag that looks like it was in the high school gym locker all year and only seeing the light of day at the end of school year purge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Rob Hall said: I'm off through Jan 2nd...Time to rest. But it's 1F and blowing snow outside today. Think I'm going to take a morning nap and an afternoon nap today. Sounds like an excellent plan. Nice photo too. I miss the snow up North. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreR89 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Was out plowing our driveway with the tractor earlier today and when i was done an hour later i noticed that my keys had fallen out of the pocket in my jacket.. They are somewhere in one of the 4 piles that are 3x2meters big.... Wonder if i will ever find them or i have to wait untill spring when everything starts to melt.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 54 minutes ago, PierreR89 said: Was out plowing our driveway with the tractor earlier today and when i was done an hour later i noticed that my keys had fallen out of the pocket in my jacket.. They are somewhere in one of the 4 piles that are 3x2meters big.... Wonder if i will ever find them or i have to wait untill spring when everything starts to melt.. you could try tieing a magnet on a bit of string and gently swinging it over the piles. It wont bring them magically to the surface but the magnet might tremble a little if the keys are near the surface and the magnets got a bit of strength/power to it. its a slim chance but it might work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 On 12/22/2022 at 12:09 PM, espo said: Why would Canada be outlawing the plastic cutlery? Save the environment (and the plastic trees)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 22 hours ago, BlackSheep214 said: Oh god... they were horrible! LOL! Wasn't the "new Coke" just relabeled Pepsi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSheep214 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 4 hours ago, PierreR89 said: Was out plowing our driveway with the tractor earlier today and when i was done an hour later i noticed that my keys had fallen out of the pocket in my jacket.. They are somewhere in one of the 4 piles that are 3x2meters big.... Wonder if i will ever find them or i have to wait untill spring when everything starts to melt.. If know of anyone who has a metal detector or rent one, that’ll work. Hope you didn’t lose it on the highway otherwise the plow probably took it with him down the road to god knows where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 My friend of over 36 year passed away on Wednesday. Life is never going to be the same anymore. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Sorry to hear of your loss, 30ford. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 On 12/21/2022 at 4:17 PM, Joe Nunes said: I haven't worn a watch since I retired when I was 48 years old...I will be 73 at my next birthday party. Can't even tell you where my watch is anymore. 🙄😉 Joe I stoped when I retired on disability . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 hour ago, 1930fordpickup said: My friend of over 36 year passed away on Wednesday. Life is never going to be the same anymore. Sorry for your loss, Andy I know who’s you feel…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreR89 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 13 hours ago, stitchdup said: you could try tieing a magnet on a bit of string and gently swinging it over the piles. It wont bring them magically to the surface but the magnet might tremble a little if the keys are near the surface and the magnets got a bit of strength/power to it. its a slim chance but it might work I tried with a magnet bit that did nothing. Anyways i found them today when there was daylight. They were in the middle of the yard infront of the building where i park the tractor. They must have fallen out when i jumped out to open the doors to drive in and park the tractor. 10 hours ago, BlackSheep214 said: If know of anyone who has a metal detector or rent one, that’ll work. Hope you didn’t lose it on the highway otherwise the plow probably took it with him down the road to god knows where. For some odd reason you have to have a permit to own or buy a metal detector here. So almost no one owns one. No highway near our house. Only a small village road that hardly gets plowed untill some of us that lives here decide to do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Not much to be irked about, but as a long time Broncos fan, yesterday's game was a lump of coal Xmas present. Worst football game I've watched in a long time. On the plus side, it's going to be 20F here today, and the sun has been out a couple times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I’ve had my WiFi back since Saturday evening, but for some reason today, my laptop won’t stay connected, took me 30 min from the time I “punched in” to where I could start taking phone calls as the thing wouldn’t stay connected, now mid way through one of the few calls I’ve had, I get booted and it won’t connect again. Haven’t had issues with my iPhone and Dad hasn’t complained about it with his phone, iPad,or Mac as of yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Rob Hall said: Not much to be irked about, but as a long time Broncos fan, yesterday's game was a lump of coal Xmas present. Worst football game I've watched in a long time. On the plus side, it's going to be 20F here today, and the sun has been out a couple times. Try being a Raider fan over the past twenty years, especially regarding player acquisition. As fans we watched our "brain trust" take wild risks on any number of "hidden gems" while dozens of players we could've had went on to highly productive careers with other teams, some in our own division. It got to the place where ESPN couldn't wait to see what idiocy we would pull off every time the draft came around. In 2019 we had amassed three 1st round picks through trades etc. That should've set us up for future greatness, but of those three, only Josh Jacobs is a starter (they did not renew his contract after his 4th year), Abrams has been traded and only God knows why Ferrell is still on the team. Last year's team, led by an interim coach, made the playoffs. This year's team, led by a former Belichick assistant, features multiple player "upgrades" including newly acquired WR Davante Adams (a rare quality "get" by Raiders' staff) but probably won't break .500. We are close to setting a record for the number of games lost despite leading by double digits at halftime. Junior college coaching staffs make better decisions, and have proven they can adapt to changes the other team makes. Us? No. Then again, as a player, would you be inspired by this owner? From what I've seen, he'd be out of his depth as an assistant manager at Chuck E Cheese. But I'm not bitter... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Adults who be like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke Wagon Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Being sold faulty auto parts. I learned my lesson. From now on I’ll just rip open the box while it’s on the counter in the store and try jiggling bushings to see if there’s any play. If their reaction is like the video in Bill’s post above mine then they don’t need my business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Opened a brand new Testors marker pen still in the package and it was bone dry. Had it for a while but wouldn't think it would dry up sealed in the package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imarriedawitch Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Here's my delivery related story. I have a package coming from a L.A. based hobby shop that I've purchased from many times. The packages usually go from L.A. to Chicago to Toronto. This one assuming due to the storm went from L.A. to Charlotte to Fort Worth but this is where it gets really weird, from Fort Worth it went to Toronto but today is back in Fort Worth. Departed FORT WORTH, UNITED STATES December 28, 2022, 8:27 am Departed TORONTO, CANADA December 26, 2022, 11:58 pm Departed FORT WORTH, UNITED STATES December 26, 2022, 12:53 pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stavanzer Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 A Movie... I have never seen the 1980 Horror "masterpiece" that is "The Shining". The famous one. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and all that. The movie was well filmed, and decent to watch, until you get to the Baseball Bat part. Then, "Gah!" The next 4 1/2 hours of the movie are awful. Loud Shrill (so-called) Music, Nicholson eats the scenery, and poor Shelly spends that same 4 1/2 hours with the same look of vacuous horror frozen on her face. And this is where the modren Horror Movie convention of slowing things down, to "increase the fear" (Bore You with closer and bloodier) camera shoots must originate. And then of course, Jack kills the only hope of rescue. They Showed an "Akitiv Snow Trac"in the beginning of the movie. I thought "Great, I'll get to see it run" (Chekov's Gun and all that). But, No! Jack tears out the Dist Cap, and that's it for the Snow Trac. What a let down. What an awful movie. Glad I finally saw it, but what a Turkey! What a steaming pile of garbage this movie is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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