OT - What are you doing right now?

alaskanassasin

Where the heck is @saluki2007

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

I tried to go talk to this guy today because his messaging seemed as though he wanted to be friends. No luck, nobody was home. 

Selling speakers I bet.  Good deal for an extra set he had from a theater install he did.  Owner ordered to many and didn't want to hassle with rerurns.  His loss could have been your gain.

Battleborn

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

I tried to go talk to this guy today because his messaging seemed as though he wanted to be friends. No luck, nobody was home. 

Selling speakers I bet.  Good deal for an extra set he had from a theater install he did.  Owner ordered too many and didn't want to hassle with rerurns.  His loss could have been your gain.

I thought he might be selling some meat. The parking lot is pretty shady. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

I tried to go talk to this guy today because his messaging seemed as though he wanted to be friends. No luck, nobody was home. 

Selling speakers I bet.  Good deal for an extra set he had from a theater install he did.  Owner ordered too many and didn't want to hassle with rerurns.  His loss could have been your gain.

I thought he might be selling some meat. The parking lot is pretty shady. 

I bet @caliking or @ikapigpen were nearby.

nolaegghead

Try giving away “Free Candy”

SamIAm2

There is a song about that:
https://youtu.be/Eici3zNLGn0

billt01

Ozzie_Isaac said:

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ColbyLang said:

Sad day in America when sound logic gets pushed out of the way for the all mighty tax dollar.

Wait until they have to raise the cash for two cops in every school.  That's gonna cost a lot of money to protect the children.  It's probably $80-100k cost to the city for each officer (where you are, not in high cost cities), x2 for every school, every year.

At least they're not green lighting whole developments that don't have guaranteed water.

That last line hits hard.  We have communities near me that truck in all their water.

260ft and 20GPm

gitty up

ours is a bit more simple, the neighbor punched a 2 inch pipe down 8 feet with his back hoe

I'm just shy of 600.  I can't imagine just pushing a pipe down.

We have caliche too, you probably couldn't even push a pipe down 3 ft.  Digging a hole here takes a jackhammer and breaker bar.

after 200 ft, 1,370,328 SHIB per foot 

SamIAm2

@Ozzie_Isaac - " Do they weigh you pre and post blueberry picking?  As a kid I would eat more than I put in the quarts."

Sorry , I missed your question. You would like picking at their farm. If you want to eat a berry you picked instead of putting it in your quart bucket they don't have a problem with that. He only has a small scale to measure the the bag so you would be safe.

lkapigian

Customer Appreciation Bbq tomorrow, 14 tritip ,a brisket for Sliders , 1 Lonely rack of beef ribs ..Mac and cheese not pictured lol 

lousubcap

My invite got lost in the ether.  Lookin great right there.  

Ozzie_Isaac

lousubcap said:

My invite got lost in the ether.  Lookin great right there.  

Need to order some HVAC to get an invite.  I'm thinking it might be worth it.

lkapigian

lkapigian said:

Customer Appreciation Bbq tomorrow, 14 tritip ,a brisket for Sliders , 1 Lonely rack of beef ribs ..Mac and cheese not pictured lol 

CPFC1905

Decimalisation.  You remember, 15th Feb 1971.  When Good Old Blighty finally succumbed to the inevitable truth that counting to ten in regular numbers was simpler as a monetary system than the existing unfathomable blend of shillings, thrupennybits, guineas and crowns.  But in a throwback for the ages, the PL relegation fight has gone from 3/8 to 2/5.  Palace and Wolves pulling clear, Bournemouth in good form while Southampton are all but sunk.   Meanwhile Arsenal remain top but have gone all Spursy and are levelling the muzzle at their own feet, Man City are stalking like the big cat on any number of wildlife TV programmes.

Here we go

Friday;

Arsenal v Southampton, top host bottom.  Should be a routine 3-0, but see above.  Gunners screw this up then really they don’t deserve the title 2-0

Saturday

Fulham v Leeds, the hosts snapped out of funk last week, while their guests have been royally spanked twice in recent weeks.  Ostensibly nothing in it for Fulham and everything for Leeds, but with confidence shattered I’m going 1-0

Brentford v Aston Villa, from out of nowhere Villa are scanning flight schedules to obscure quarters of Europe next season, they are in super hot form too.  Brentford have been good all year, but they are looking a tad jaded now. 1-2

Palace v Everton, the mighty Eagles are in great from with 3 straight wins and welcome a Toffees that are in chaos behind the scenes and fighting for their very survival.  One thing Sean Dyche can do is set-up a spoiler team, and let’s be honest Palace’s success is not a secret; they’ve played terrible teams recently. 2-1

Leicester v Wolves, the Foxes are fading fast, andWolves - which are basically bigger foxes, right? are better placed, in better form and should get the better of their canine cousins.  0-2

Liverpool v Notts Forest, the Red are completely all or nothing, usually at the same time. Forest are mired in the bottom 3 and need something out of this, really need something that is. Who knows, it could end 26 all but 2-0 feels about right.

Sunday

Bournemouth v West Ham, look up ‘big boy pants’ in the dictionary and you’ll see this game listed. The team who wins will feel immeasurably safer from relegation, the loser will feel the vacuum of relegation pulling even harder.  Both playing at their best of the season , should be a cracker. 2-2

Newcastle v Spurs, the team teams vying for 4th place, mysteriously so in the case of Spurs and the game will come down to home advantage. 2-1

And for all your completists, yes; three teams are missing because they have FA cup semi-finals and Chelsea have no game as a consequence, also.  I hope you feel centred again now?

lkapigian

Customer Appreciation BBQ at the shop today 

Legume

That's just a pretty smoker @lkapigiqn

kl8ton

lkapigian said:

Customer Appreciation BBQ at the shop today 

I like the white walls and hubcaps!

SGH

kl8ton said:

lkapigian said:

Customer Appreciation BBQ at the shop today 

I like the white walls and hubcaps!

The white walls and hubcaps go great with the sombrero 👍

Ozzie_Isaac

Steeling my nerves.  Scheduled  lunch today with my portfolio chief to tell him I will be resigning.

lousubcap

@Ozzie_Isaac - You have rehearsed this enough times and gone over the "what about's" to be fully ready.  I suspect this will be his first indication of your plans.

Good luck and trust your instincts. 

GrateEggspectations

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Steeling my nerves.  Scheduled  lunch today with my portfolio chief to tell him I will be resigning.

Congrats, I suppose? Are you retiring, or simply moving to a new job?

ColbyLang

Wasted day off. Supposed to be school golf scramble. Weather forced rescheduling. Now the Sun is out. My yard is dry, we should’ve been playing

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Steeling my nerves.  Scheduled  lunch today with my portfolio chief to tell him I will be resigning.

You got this. Don’t burn the bridge. 

nolaegghead

You are telling the guy that you hired to manage your portfolio that you are quitting a job unrelated to that relationship outside the job being a revenue source for investments?  Just trying to figure this out.

Ozzie_Isaac

GrateEggspectations said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Steeling my nerves.  Scheduled  lunch today with my portfolio chief to tell him I will be resigning.

Congrats, I suppose? Are you retiring, or simply moving to a new job?

I am moving to a new job.  Leaving corporate America to help my wife continue to build and grow her business.  Her business has reached a point where I have the option to quit, and it has also reached a plateau due mostly to lack of hours in the day. She has attempted to hire folks to fill needed roles, but her expectations haven't aligned with theirs. She usually works 16hrs a day 7 days a week.  My goal is to help her optimize, automate, and grow the backend business aspects.  That happens to be my area of expertise and what I do.  I go into teams, learn their dynamic then help them optimize and grow.  Instead of doing this for a corporation, I have decided to try it for myself and my family.  Incredibly scary move to make for a rather risk adverse security liking engineer.  However, if I stay in corporate America I can tell you exactly where I can will be in 20 years, and it is not where I want to be.

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Steeling my nerves.  Scheduled  lunch today with my portfolio chief to tell him I will be resigning.

You got this. Don’t burn the bridge. 

That is why the one-on-one lunch.  I want to have an informal talk with him.  He is a really good guy and a fantastic director.  One never knows what twists and turns will happen in the future.  Outside of my wife, I haven't discussed this with anyone, but we have been planning this for a while.  Need to just stop thinking and jump in and see if I sink or swim.

GrateEggspectations

@ozzie_isaac

Sounds like a great pursuit and one that is very supportive of your wife. And as a perk of the job, you’ll be able to sleep with your coworkers. Congrats again. 

MasterC

I always wondered what a serious bbq`r did for a with their spare time.  Heat and air.

HeavyG

Ozzie_Isaac said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Steeling my nerves.  Scheduled  lunch today with my portfolio chief to tell him I will be resigning.

Congrats, I suppose? Are you retiring, or simply moving to a new job?

I am moving to a new job.  Leaving corporate America to help my wife continue to build and grow her business.  Her business has reached a point where I have the option to quit, and it has also reached a plateau due mostly to lack of hours in the day. She has attempted to hire folks to fill needed roles, but her expectations haven't aligned with theirs. She usually works 16hrs a day 7 days a week.  My goal is to help her optimize, automate, and grow the backend business aspects.  That happens to be my area of expertise and what I do.  I go into teams, learn their dynamic then help them optimize and grow.  Instead of doing this for a corporation, I have decided to try it for myself and my family.  Incredibly scary move to make for a rather risk adverse security liking engineer.  However, if I stay in corporate America I can tell you exactly where I can will be in 20 years, and it is not where I want to be.

Godspeed!!

Ozzie_Isaac

For those following my life saga, the meeting went very well.  My chief was very receptive and said if I ever decide to come back he will hire me immediately.  He also said if he had a similar opportunity, it would be very hard to turn down, and no better reason to do something than for your family.

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

You are telling the guy that you hired to manage your portfolio that you are quitting a job unrelated to that relationship outside the job being a revenue source for investments?  Just trying to figure this out.

My current employer has Portfolio Chief Engineer who manages a portfolio of products below them all within a similar family.  I am the chief engineer for one of the products in his portfolio.  I report to him on the functional side.  Then we also have the HR side of the house, but I don't feel a loyalty to discuss this with them at this time.