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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,573
    so good


    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,573
    showing off my shelves.  "road kill" in maine translates to cheap paneling that blew off a truck on the interstate


    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,649
    Actively trying not to quit my job.  Feel like that flight attendant who pulled the emergency release and exited via the inflatable ramp with a beer in one hand and the middle finger raised with the other.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,403
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Actively trying not to quit my job.  Feel like that flight attendant who pulled the emergency release and exited via the inflatable ramp with a beer in one hand and the middle finger raised with the other.
    The construction foreman job or your W2 job?
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Got back from the hospital at 6AM.  Titration of CPAP.  I’m so freakin tired today will be rough.
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,649
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Actively trying not to quit my job.  Feel like that flight attendant who pulled the emergency release and exited via the inflatable ramp with a beer in one hand and the middle finger raised with the other.
    The construction foreman job or your W2 job?
    Haha!  My W2 job.  Got some new leadership whose sole job is asking me for metrics.  I have been a metric and PowerPoint to jockey for the last 3 months.  I actually haven't gotten to do my job.  However, I get to status leadership twice a day.  The best part, I present the exact same information in 5 different ways at the request of the same person.

    I almost punched my ticket this morning.  So very close.  I am fortunate to have options.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Actively trying not to quit my job.  Feel like that flight attendant who pulled the emergency release and exited via the inflatable ramp with a beer in one hand and the middle finger raised with the other.
    The construction foreman job or your W2 job?
    Haha!  My W2 job.  Got some new leadership whose sole job is asking me for metrics.  I have been a metric and PowerPoint to jockey for the last 3 months.  I actually haven't gotten to do my job.  However, I get to status leadership twice a day.  The best part, I present the exact same information in 5 different ways at the request of the same person.

    I almost punched my ticket this morning.  So very close.  I am fortunate to have options.
    I've been retired for almost a year due to the circumstances you just stated.  It really does feel great to not have any obligations other than the family.
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Actively trying not to quit my job.  Feel like that flight attendant who pulled the emergency release and exited via the inflatable ramp with a beer in one hand and the middle finger raised with the other.
    The construction foreman job or your W2 job?
    Haha!  My W2 job.  Got some new leadership whose sole job is asking me for metrics.  I have been a metric and PowerPoint to jockey for the last 3 months.  I actually haven't gotten to do my job.  However, I get to status leadership twice a day.  The best part, I present the exact same information in 5 different ways at the request of the same person.

    I almost punched my ticket this morning.  So very close.  I am fortunate to have options.
    That sucks.  What do you do?

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    I love lamp..
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,327
    Yep I remember when my employer assigned me an extra task on top of my other assigned projects. It added an estimated 840 hours to my load and was all work that the central office department that was responsible for handling had procrastinated on doing for 5 years. 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,649
    nolaegghead said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Actively trying not to quit my job.  Feel like that flight attendant who pulled the emergency release and exited via the inflatable ramp with a beer in one hand and the middle finger raised with the other.
    The construction foreman job or your W2 job?
    Haha!  My W2 job.  Got some new leadership whose sole job is asking me for metrics.  I have been a metric and PowerPoint to jockey for the last 3 months.  I actually haven't gotten to do my job.  However, I get to status leadership twice a day.  The best part, I present the exact same information in 5 different ways at the request of the same person.

    I almost punched my ticket this morning.  So very close.  I am fortunate to have options.
    That sucks.  What do you do?

    Supposed to be engineering, but mostly just financial and schedule metrics now.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,687
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Actively trying not to quit my job.  Feel like that flight attendant who pulled the emergency release and exited via the inflatable ramp with a beer in one hand and the middle finger raised with the other.
    The construction foreman job or your W2 job?
    Haha!  My W2 job.  Got some new leadership whose sole job is asking me for metrics.  I have been a metric and PowerPoint to jockey for the last 3 months.  I actually haven't gotten to do my job.  However, I get to status leadership twice a day.  The best part, I present the exact same information in 5 different ways at the request of the same person.

    I almost punched my ticket this morning.  So very close.  I am fortunate to have options.
    That sucks.  What do you do?

    Supposed to be engineering, but mostly just financial and schedule metrics now.
    Aren’t those called TPS reports?
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,649
    nolaegghead said:
    Got back from the hospital at 6AM.  Titration of CPAP.  I’m so freakin tired today will be rough.
    Just crank it to 11 and sleep like a baby.  If a little is good, more is better.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,403
    edited February 2022
    Currently working on merging logins on the states behemoth database site.  I use it for my license plate tab renewals for my personal vehicles.  They are wanting citizens to have one login, so the other side of things I need access to for permitting construction projects, licensing, etc. will become one central login with "different" apps inside.  So far, no good. 

    The concept is ok, the execution is not that great.  Most employees at the state are still virtual as well - they are giving me other employees cell phone numbers if I need help with this and that.

    At least they have easy to remember acronyms.  

    Michigan Environmental Health and Drinking Water Information system is affectionately known as MiEHDWIS (MY EDDY WISE is how they pronounce it).

    Edit:  There is just going to be issues when the same system has State Employee time punches on it AND vehicle renewals AND 1500 other departments information.
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,351
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Actively trying not to quit my job.  Feel like that flight attendant who pulled the emergency release and exited via the inflatable ramp with a beer in one hand and the middle finger raised with the other.
    The construction foreman job or your W2 job?
    Haha!  My W2 job.  Got some new leadership whose sole job is asking me for metrics.  I have been a metric and PowerPoint to jockey for the last 3 months.  I actually haven't gotten to do my job.  However, I get to status leadership twice a day.  The best part, I present the exact same information in 5 different ways at the request of the same person.

    I almost punched my ticket this morning.  So very close.  I am fortunate to have options.
    That sucks.  What do you do?

    Supposed to be engineering, but mostly just financial and schedule metrics now.
    Like @saluki2007, same here.  GS-15s justifying their existence by asking for info they don't/can't use.  
    Facebook "shared a memory" this morning from 6 years ago.  HAFB was named the F-35 fighter Maintenance Depot, the A-10's life was extended to 2022 by congress, and I was named MILCON (military construction) rep for the Depot.  $120M worth of facilities required, no other place to repair them, and nothing budgeted.
    Its now 2022.  We're still flying the A-10.  Still no budget.  No new (or old, empty) facilities.  Thank god for early retirement.   

    “I'll have what she's having."  

        -Rob Reiner's mother!   

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 4,387
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Actively trying not to quit my job.  Feel like that flight attendant who pulled the emergency release and exited via the inflatable ramp with a beer in one hand and the middle finger raised with the other.
    The construction foreman job or your W2 job?
    Haha!  My W2 job.  Got some new leadership whose sole job is asking me for metrics.  I have been a metric and PowerPoint to jockey for the last 3 months.  I actually haven't gotten to do my job.  However, I get to status leadership twice a day.  The best part, I present the exact same information in 5 different ways at the request of the same person.

    I almost punched my ticket this morning.  So very close.  I am fortunate to have options.
    That sucks.  What do you do?

    Supposed to be engineering, but mostly just financial and schedule metrics now.
    Aren’t those called TPS reports?
    Yup, and cover sheet is key.  That movie was funny in college, but once I realized it was a documentary it lost some of its humour.
    Just don’t let them touch your stapler
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,687
    Assembling powerpoint slides for a committee meeting tomorrow.  I am set to take over as the chair for the institution's conflict-of-interest committee, effective in July.  I'm pretty sure they're not paying me enough for this...
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,687
    BigreenGreg said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Assembling powerpoint slides for a committee meeting tomorrow.  I am set to take over as the chair for the institution's conflict-of-interest committee, effective in July.  I'm pretty sure they're not paying me enough for this...
    Sounds right to me, you’re pretty good at getting conflicts started.
    Touche, but this requires the exact opposite skill, which is the ability to diffuse things when tension runs high.  It is often an exercise in restraint for me ;)  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • Battleborn
    Battleborn Posts: 3,693
    JohnInCarolina said:
    BigreenGreg said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Assembling powerpoint slides for a committee meeting tomorrow.  I am set to take over as the chair for the institution's conflict-of-interest committee, effective in July.  I'm pretty sure they're not paying me enough for this...
    Sounds right to me, you’re pretty good at getting conflicts started.
    Touche, but this requires the exact opposite skill, which is the ability to diffuse things when tension runs high.  It is often an exercise in restraint for me ;)  
    From my experience Belgian Malinois do a pretty good job at diffusing high tension situations. One way or another. 
    Las Vegas, NV


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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,649
    JohnInCarolina said:
    BigreenGreg said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Assembling powerpoint slides for a committee meeting tomorrow.  I am set to take over as the chair for the institution's conflict-of-interest committee, effective in July.  I'm pretty sure they're not paying me enough for this...
    Sounds right to me, you’re pretty good at getting conflicts started.
    Touche, but this requires the exact opposite skill, which is the ability to diffuse things when tension runs high.  It is often an exercise in restraint for me ;)  
    Key is first impressions.  Shoot the first person who argues.  I guarantee no more arguments.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,327
    Battleborn said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    BigreenGreg said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Assembling powerpoint slides for a committee meeting tomorrow.  I am set to take over as the chair for the institution's conflict-of-interest committee, effective in July.  I'm pretty sure they're not paying me enough for this...
    Sounds right to me, you’re pretty good at getting conflicts started.
    Touche, but this requires the exact opposite skill, which is the ability to diffuse things when tension runs high.  It is often an exercise in restraint for me ;)  
    From my experience Belgian Malinois do a pretty good job at diffusing high tension situations. One way or another. 
    You have a Maligator?
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  • Battleborn
    Battleborn Posts: 3,693
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    Battleborn said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    BigreenGreg said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Assembling powerpoint slides for a committee meeting tomorrow.  I am set to take over as the chair for the institution's conflict-of-interest committee, effective in July.  I'm pretty sure they're not paying me enough for this...
    Sounds right to me, you’re pretty good at getting conflicts started.
    Touche, but this requires the exact opposite skill, which is the ability to diffuse things when tension runs high.  It is often an exercise in restraint for me ;)  
    From my experience Belgian Malinois do a pretty good job at diffusing high tension situations. One way or another. 
    You have a Maligator?
    No, I have a very domesticated German Shepard that is scared of his shadow, but my agency uses them and they are amazing. 
    Las Vegas, NV


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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,327
    Battleborn said:
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    Battleborn said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    BigreenGreg said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Assembling powerpoint slides for a committee meeting tomorrow.  I am set to take over as the chair for the institution's conflict-of-interest committee, effective in July.  I'm pretty sure they're not paying me enough for this...
    Sounds right to me, you’re pretty good at getting conflicts started.
    Touche, but this requires the exact opposite skill, which is the ability to diffuse things when tension runs high.  It is often an exercise in restraint for me ;)  
    From my experience Belgian Malinois do a pretty good job at diffusing high tension situations. One way or another. 
    You have a Maligator?
    No, I have a very domesticated German Shepard that is scared of his shadow, but my agency uses them and they are amazing. 
    My first dog obtained the same week that I was born was a German Shepherd. Apparently I learned to walk hanging onto her shoulder. She was very protective.
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,327
    I finished with H and R Block an hour ago. 
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,226
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    I finished with H and R Block an hour ago. 
    Coincidentally, I got about 75% of the documents that I need to do taxes to my accountant today.  We like beating the deadline by a month or more - and have actually done it once...  :)

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,351
    Three days ago I got my 6-month rent check from some Minnesota farmland I inherited.
    Two days ago I chipped a back tooth.  On a G*^D&!n potato chip.
    Yesterday my dentist told me I'd shattered one end of a bridge.  No coverage from BCBSF.  Replacement scheduled.  
    Also yesterday, when I got home from the dentist, I dejectedly plopped into my recliner.  And the bottom broke out.  New f*(%^! recliner.  
    Eff me.    

    “I'll have what she's having."  

        -Rob Reiner's mother!   

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,913
    What kind of crop are they growing on your land @botch
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,913
    We had a young 50lb mutt that was a jerk with strangers, dogs included.  My neighbor a few houses down had a K-9 unit that got out every now and then. One day he got out and came over and my dog attacked him, the K-9 unit pinned him to the ground standing on his chest and just looked at us.

    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,327
    Botch said:
    Three days ago I got my 6-month rent check from some Minnesota farmland I inherited.
    Two days ago I chipped a back tooth.  On a G*^D&!n potato chip.
    Yesterday my dentist told me I'd shattered one end of a bridge.  No coverage from BCBSF.  Replacement scheduled.  
    Also yesterday, when I got home from the dentist, I dejectedly plopped into my recliner.  And the bottom broke out.  New f*(%^! recliner.  
    Eff me.    
    It looks like the world is on that job.
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