OT - What are you doing right now?

JohnInCarolina

DoubleEgger said:

That sucks @JohnInCarolina. I bet Otto is missing you badly. 

Man I'm missing him too, believe me!

Everyone is going to be out of the house on Friday and the wife said she needs some help that day taking care of him.  So I'll swing by and take him out for a bit to play.  I bet he's going to lose his mind when he sees it's me - WHAT IS THIS YOU STILL EXIST?!?!?  OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY!!!

Gulfcoastguy

I used to drop my dog off at my parents during a weeklong seminar. By Thursday they were adjusting to the situation as the new normal, they were now grandmother and granddaddy’s dog. At least until my vehicle turned into the driveway.

Mark_B_Good

Battleborn said:

 Quick life question advise from a bunch of people I’ve never met from the internet: take worse days off with better people to work for/with or better days off (minimally better) with less desirable people to work for/with?

Good people option, 100%. A worse day OFF, is still a good day.  So for me it is GOOD + GOOD. The other option is BAD + GOOD.

Canugghead

FWIW we still mask up in public places, the weakest link is grands attending daycare. 

JohnInCarolina

Canugghead said:

FWIW we still mask up in public places, the weakest link is grands attending daycare. 

alaskanassasin

I figure people who are still wearing masks are either mentally ill, extremely sick, or have a weakened immunity system for some reason. That's reason enough for me to stay away!

Legume

alaskanassasin said:

I figure people who are still wearing masks are either mentally ill, extremely sick, or have a weakened immunity system for some reason. That's reason enough for me to stay away!

I've been flying a lot the past few months, it's getting lower, but I'd guess 15-20% of people getting on planes has been my recent experience.  I see a lot of people masking up when they get ready to board, so it's the crowded situations.

Canugghead

Can't help ranting... 


Stupidity on multiple fronts:
1) Online click-n-collect order was cancelled because I couldn't make the narrow 24-hr pickup window
2) $8.94 went back to credit card. For the $2.35 paid by gift card they chose to issue a new card and mailed it by registered snail mail, the postage costs over $10 and I had to make a special trip to the postal outlet to sign for it
3) In #2 instead of refunding only the $2.35 gift card I got 2.35+13% tax (tax should be irrelevant)

The address on the envelope was hand written so it was manually processed, not some computer errors. No common sense or just following company policy? Why not give me back the full amount by credit refund?

Rant over. 

alaskanassasin

Legume said:

alaskanassasin said:

I figure people who are still wearing masks are either mentally ill, extremely sick, or have a weakened immunity system for some reason. That's reason enough for me to stay away!

I've been flying a lot the past few months, it's getting lower, but I'd guess 15-20% of people getting on planes has been my recent experience.  I see a lot of people masking up when they get ready to board, so it's the crowded situations.

  Makes sense on a flight I guess. I don't care if people wears masks, just observing.

Canugghead

alaskanassasin said:

I figure people who are still wearing masks are either mentally ill, extremely sick, or have a weakened immunity system for some reason. That's reason enough for me to stay away!

all of the above

Edit: you forgot this segment, stay away to avoid stray bullets

https://youtu.be/0ch3XCX2Q60?feature=shared

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Just coming off a winter cold myself. Pretty much inevitable unless I barricade myself inside with a stockpile of food until April. No noticeable fever so I doubt it was Covid.

Of the three of us with (possibly) covid, only one had a fever.  

Pre-covid, with the symptoms I currently have, I would have still gone into work and just told people to keep their distance because I had a head cold.  I hope we get back to that someday.  At the moment I think it can still be pretty lethal for some folks.  

Unfortunately, this is correct.  I had a good friend whose 40 year old sister died of Covid a few weeks ago.

alaskanassasin

Canugghead said:

alaskanassasin said:

I figure people who are still wearing masks are either mentally ill, extremely sick, or have a weakened immunity system for some reason. That's reason enough for me to stay away!

all of the above

Edit: you forgot this segment, stay away to avoid stray bullets

https://youtu.be/0ch3XCX2Q60?feature=shared

Maybe the bankers should be wearing masks!

Canugghead

@Ozzie_Isaac sorry to hear about your friend's sister.

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Just coming off a winter cold myself. Pretty much inevitable unless I barricade myself inside with a stockpile of food until April. No noticeable fever so I doubt it was Covid.

Of the three of us with (possibly) covid, only one had a fever.  

Pre-covid, with the symptoms I currently have, I would have still gone into work and just told people to keep their distance because I had a head cold.  I hope we get back to that someday.  At the moment I think it can still be pretty lethal for some folks.  

Unfortunately, this is correct.  I had a good friend whose 40 year old sister died of Covid a few weeks ago.

Man that’s tough.  I can’t imagine what that’s like.   

fishlessman

Canugghead said:

Can't help ranting... 


Stupidity on multiple fronts:
1) Online click-n-collect order was cancelled because I couldn't make the narrow 24-hr pickup window
2) $8.94 went back to credit card. For the $2.35 paid by gift card they chose to issue a new card and mailed it by registered snail mail, the postage costs over $10 and I had to make a special trip to the postal outlet to sign for it
3) In #2 instead of refunding only the $2.35 gift card I got 2.35+13% tax (tax should be irrelevant)

The address on the envelope was hand written so it was manually processed, not some computer errors. No common sense or just following company policy? Why not give me back the full amount by credit refund?

Rant over. 

sounds normal.................for canada

Canugghead

fishlessman said:

Canugghead said:

Can't help ranting... 


Stupidity on multiple fronts:
1) Online click-n-collect order was cancelled because I couldn't make the narrow 24-hr pickup window
2) $8.94 went back to credit card. For the $2.35 paid by gift card they chose to issue a new card and mailed it by registered snail mail, the postage costs over $10 and I had to make a special trip to the postal outlet to sign for it
3) In #2 instead of refunding only the $2.35 gift card I got 2.35+13% tax (tax should be irrelevant)

The address on the envelope was hand written so it was manually processed, not some computer errors. No common sense or just following company policy? Why not give me back the full amount by credit refund?

Rant over. 

sounds normal.................for canada Sverige

fixade det åt dig

Ozzie_Isaac

Canugghead said:

@Ozzie_Isaac sorry to hear about your friend's sister.

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Just coming off a winter cold myself. Pretty much inevitable unless I barricade myself inside with a stockpile of food until April. No noticeable fever so I doubt it was Covid.

Of the three of us with (possibly) covid, only one had a fever.  

Pre-covid, with the symptoms I currently have, I would have still gone into work and just told people to keep their distance because I had a head cold.  I hope we get back to that someday.  At the moment I think it can still be pretty lethal for some folks.  

Unfortunately, this is correct.  I had a good friend whose 40 year old sister died of Covid a few weeks ago.

Man that’s tough.  I can’t imagine what that’s like.   

Thank you both.  My friend is pretty devastated, so are her sister's 3 kids.  They all went to Disney together over Christmas.  Hospital sent her home, and her youngest daughter found her when she got home from school.  Pretty terrible all the way around.

MasterC

Sorry to hear that Ozzie

alaskanassasin

**** me man. That is a bummer.

lousubcap

That is painful just to read.  Da-n.  Condolences to all impacted. 

poster

Watching this lynx, couldn't quite get a decent picture of it before it took off.

Corv

alaskanassasin said:

I figure people who are still wearing masks are either mentally ill, extremely sick, or have a weakened immunity system for some reason. That's reason enough for me to stay away!

Or we might be teaching or working at a local school, along with thousands of students not wearing masks. Or just plain old.

Ozzie_Isaac

SGH said:

Sitting here dreaming of the good ole days  

How are them good ol’e days Scottie?

HeavyG

Just read about the passing of Peter Schickele (aka P.D.Q. Bach). Really enjoyed his work/ radio show many years ago. RIP maestro!

Ybabpmuts

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Just coming off a winter cold myself. Pretty much inevitable unless I barricade myself inside with a stockpile of food until April. No noticeable fever so I doubt it was Covid.

Of the three of us with (possibly) covid, only one had a fever.  

Pre-covid, with the symptoms I currently have, I would have still gone into work and just told people to keep their distance because I had a head cold.  I hope we get back to that someday.  At the moment I think it can still be pretty lethal for some folks.  

Unfortunately, this is correct.  I had a good friend whose 40 year old sister died of Covid a few weeks ago.

Sorry to hear about that @Ozzie_Isaac.  I'm immunocompromised because of all of the medication that I take every day, (twelve pills before breakfast alone)  and I worry about COVID all the time. I go out and live my life anyway, but I always have COVID in the back of my mind, especially when I'm out among a lot of people. I get any vaccination that I can, but it's still a worry. A lot of hospitals that I go to in the Boston area are now requiring, or "strongly urging" patients to wear masks again, which is pretty telling. Interestingly, one of the ways they track the latest COVID levels is by testing the levels of it in wastewater, which I think means that they figured out that some of us are just pooping it out and not reporting it as anything unusual , which skewed their data and our government has figured that out and is filtering and testing our poop downstream. To be totally honest I wish they figured that out earlier during the pandemic, because I swallowed two gold crowns and a ceramic one during the early days of the pandemic and they could have found them for me and I could have just quickly rinsed them off and super glued them back on. 

JohnInCarolina

http://twitter.com/ChefReactions/status/1746911309411618980?s=20

FrostyEgg

Researching pellet grills. With two young kids and crazy schedules I don't have the time or drive to deal with the egg anymore. @WeberWho know anyone locally interested in a large w/nest and CGS accessories? Likely won't buy/sell until spring.

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

http://twitter.com/ChefReactions/status/1746911309411618980?s=20

this is why a bbq in new england is all about burgers and dogs.....playing it safe. atleast we have homemade beans

WeberWho

FrostyEgg said:

Researching pellet grills. With two young kids and crazy schedules I don't have the time or drive to deal with the egg anymore. @WeberWho know anyone locally interested in a large w/nest and CGS accessories? Likely won't buy/sell until spring.

I can't think of anyone on the top of my head. I'd maybe hold off on selling the BGE until you spend some time with the pellet grill. I have a friend with 4 kids that has zero time for anything and he sold off his pellet grill for his Kamado Joe last year and raves about it.  I'd hate for you to sell it off only to regret it down the road. 

FrostyEgg

WeberWho said:

FrostyEgg said:

Researching pellet grills. With two young kids and crazy schedules I don't have the time or drive to deal with the egg anymore. @WeberWho know anyone locally interested in a large w/nest and CGS accessories? Likely won't buy/sell until spring.

I can't think of anyone on the top of my head. I'd maybe hold off on selling the BGE until you spend some time with the pellet grill. I have a friend with 4 kids that has zero time for anything and he sold off his pellet grill for his Kamado Joe last year and raves about it.  I'd hate for you to sell it off only to regret it down the road. 

I think either way i'd like more real estate. I'd likely jump ship to KJ if I stay with a kamado. BGE is making the warranty process way too difficult.