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Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

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Moved into another residence and I saw a few cockroaches in the basement.

Not sure how they got here, but I am dreading having that conversation. B
 
I miss MySpace. No ads, no influencers, no politics, no clout chasing.

Just vibes, creativity, coding, picking the right song, and making sure your top 8 was on point.
 
If you are riding a bike and wearing headphones or Airpods, just stop. It's a good way to get plowed into.

And I can tell avid cyclists apart from idiots.
 
Google is requiring 2-factor authorization for Gmail starting in a week.

Are they also going to provide free tech support to my elderly parents when they can't figure it out every time they have to re enter their passwords?

And yes, I realize my parents probably need this protection more than I do since they're more likely to click on random links and enter their passwords than the average person, but my familial tech support duties likely just doubled because of this.
 
Paid for a parking space downtown Grand Rapids. Right after I walked into the lobby of where I was going, a cop gave me a parking ticket.
 
My nephew gave me a cold on Christmas (thanks for bringing a sick kid to Christmas). My first since 2019. I hate being sick. Thankfully it hasn't moved into my lungs.

Oh, and I also forgot the cough drops have have sorbitol in them. So I got that going for me too.
 
This one is a massive gear grinder for me right now…

I got accepted as an official for the 2023 Arctic Winter Games. For background, it’s an international sports festival for the circumpolar regions like Alaska, Yukon, Nunavut, Greenland etc. It’s kind of a deal.

Anyways, I’ve been filling out the needed paperwork, done through a well made online system I must say. The one holdup for me has been completing the background check. The event is being held in Northern Alberta so the requirement and the paperwork sent out is to complete a “Vulnerable Sector Check” with Royal Canadian Mounted Police, they even emailed a nice letter I can take to my local RCMP attachment to complete this step.

Obviously, this is a bit difficult for someone in Anchorage, Alaska to complete (for reference, the Whitehorse RCMP detachment is about a 14 hour drive).

So I have tried contacting the Coordinators for Technical Officials trying to find a suitable alternative (State Troopers background check, FBI background check, SafeSport background check and training etc.) and how to deliver them results. The only response I have gotten from the Coordinators for Technical Officials, the people whose literal job it is to solve problems like this, was the email addresses of two officials from Alaska who have completed this step and was told to ask them how they completed it.

I’m sorry, it’s my fault for thinking that a Coordinator for an international sporting festival, one in which Alaska was a founding member of and typically has the largest delegation, would be able to come up with an acceptable solution to this.
 
Jimjamesak said:
This one is a massive gear grinder for me right now…

I got accepted as an official for the 2023 Arctic Winter Games. For background, it’s an international sports festival for the circumpolar regions like Alaska, Yukon, Nunavut, Greenland etc. It’s kind of a deal.

Anyways, I’ve been filling out the needed paperwork, done through a well made online system I must say. The one holdup for me has been completing the background check. The event is being held in Northern Alberta so the requirement and the paperwork sent out is to complete a “Vulnerable Sector Check” with Royal Canadian Mounted Police, they even emailed a nice letter I can take to my local RCMP attachment to complete this step.

Obviously, this is a bit difficult for someone in Anchorage, Alaska to complete (for reference, the Whitehorse RCMP detachment is about a 14 hour drive).

So I have tried contacting the Coordinators for Technical Officials trying to find a suitable alternative (State Troopers background check, FBI background check, SafeSport background check and training etc.) and how to deliver them results. The only response I have gotten from the Coordinators for Technical Officials, the people whose literal job it is to solve problems like this, was the email addresses of two officials from Alaska who have completed this step and was told to ask them how they completed it.

I’m sorry, it’s my fault for thinking that a Coordinator for an international sporting festival, one in which Alaska was a founding member of and typically has the largest delegation, would be able to come up with an acceptable solution to this.
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Congrats on the appointment, but it sucks about the hassle.

Is there some sort of fingerprint requirement or do they have to take your photo or something for this check? It seems strange they would need you to present in person in the absence of one of those requirements.
 
A very good friend's ex-wife was killed in a snowmobiling accident yesterday up near Hibbing. I won't lie and say she was my favorite person, but it's a tragedy nonetheless and she leaves 2 kids in college and 1 in h.s.
 
Me:
Wife: Sorry, there's only a little hot water left
Me:
*turns on water, gets in*

Me: JESUS FUCK. IT'S LIKE LAKE WATER.

Me: You said there was some left, not none! Stick your hand in that.

now, I can't exactly describe my wife's face, but it's whatever the German word for I'm-laughing-but-I'm-really-sorry-I-promise is.
 
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