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Rep Retirement Lodge #186: Summer Heat

Rep Retirement Lodge #186: Summer Heat

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Ralph Baer said:
I didn't know that you need shots if you see the skyline. What disease are you likely to catch if you don't? ;)
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Clymidiha, if Diego Rivera's reconstructed fresco in New Mexico is accurate (with a few tweaks - Lenin in the suit and Junior Rockefeller behind him, surrounded by drinkers, smokers, loose women, and under (worse than) the STDs.
 
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I don't want to go to work tomorrow. I'd rather be just about anywhere else (within reason) than at the office anymore.
 
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goldy_331 said:
Afternoon Lodge.



So you have pork shoulder in the smoker too? I'm confused. And am planning to smoke one myself next week.
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Would have liked to get it in earlier than I did. Ideally would have had another hour on it, but it was pretty good regardless.
 
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Hammer said:
I don't want to go to work tomorrow. I'd rather be just about anywhere else (within reason) than at the office anymore.
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I hear ya. Have to burn quite a few days to get under the limit for PTO carryover. Already am working 4 day weeks from about mid-Sept until Nov. Hoping to make that a thing for the rest of the year. Getting sick of the same ol' empty promises from the bosses.
 
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On the flip side, I'm actually finally getting a little stir crazy with the silly amount of time off I've had since the end of March. Kinda ready to go back Wednesday night.

I've worked a total of 10 weeks since Jan 1. To be fair, I've "only" had an additional 6 weeks off.
 
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hockeyplayer1015 said:
On the flip side, I'm actually finally getting a little stir crazy with the silly amount of time off I've had since the end of March. Kinda ready to go back Wednesday night.

I've worked a total of 10 weeks since Jan 1. To be fair, I've "only" had an additional 6 weeks off.
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When I got my bump in PTO a couple years ago, I had half-Fridays from Jan-Mar, and first 3 weeks of Mar off. I was going nuts that 2nd week in March. I WANTED to go back to work. I was too bored.
 
Good Morning Lodge.

My heart bleeds for anyone with too much time off. Personally I've never had enough paid time off, this unpaid time off I have right now is a different matter. Have an interview this afternoon that I'm not excited about. This company is 40 minutes away at the best times, add in rain or traffic and it'll be over an hour each way. The second interview tomorrow for the office I could bike to is another matter.
 
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Good Morning Lodge!

I am 'retired' but the sandwich generation thing is killing me.

Trying to buy a digital photo frame. We got one for the FIL at BB and it was a fiasco. I have to get a replacement. I have 2 degrees and can't seem to find a reliable way to find what I am looking for. You can't believe what they make these things do now and how much they cost. :rolleyes:

Conversation starter- have people always viewed everything in a political lens and I have been sheltered or are things really crazy right now? My FB feed is full of memes excoriating Olympic athletes and implying politics (esp related to race) as a motivator for everything. At first I thought they were joking but they weren't. One went so far as to blame the Prez because the athlete didn't smile and meant it.

From what I remember if someone doesn't do well in a competition they aren't looking happy its because they felt they sucked. Guessing most of these athletes are not too concerned with big world events when they are trying to achieve their athletic dream. Am I miss-remembering?
 
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leswp1 said:
Good Morning Lodge!

I am 'retired' but the sandwich generation thing is killing me.

Trying to buy a digital photo frame. We got one for the FIL at BB and it was a fiasco. I have to get a replacement. I have 2 degrees and can't seem to find a reliable way to find what I am looking for. You can't believe what they make these things do now and how much they cost. :rolleyes:

Conversation starter- have people always viewed everything in a political lens and I have been sheltered or are things really crazy right now? My FB feed is full of memes excoriating Olympic athletes and implying politics (esp related to race) as a motivator for everything. At first I thought they were joking but they weren't. One went so far as to blame the Prez because the athlete didn't smile and meant it.

From what I remember if someone doesn't do well in a competition they aren't looking happy its because they felt they sucked. Guessing most of these athletes are not too concerned with big world events when they are trying to achieve their athletic dream. Am I miss-remembering?
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It used to be that people had these discussions in person rather than online. So not only were you privy to fewer political ramblings of friends and family, but they were also tamer as people interact with one another far more cordially in person than they do online - it's easier for a person to be an abstract creation in another's mind when they're not actually speaking to one another directly.
 
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St. Clown said:
It used to be that people had these discussions in person rather than online. So not only were you privy to fewer political ramblings of friends and family, but they were also tamer as people interact with one another far more cordially in person than they do online - it's easier for a person to be an abstract creation in another's mind when they're not actually speaking to one another directly.
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It is dam aggravating. Not sure why it gets under my skin. Thought I was alone in being irritated until lil was looking at his feed and exclaimed that one of his friends was a complete idiot because he posted a meme about a person not getting coverage because of their political affiliation. He went on a rant about how no one cares about said sport, that was why it wasn't covered, the dude was a buffoon if he couldn't figure that out, etc, etc.

Actually, after figuring out how to stream most of the coverage gets me irritated. Athletes work so hard to prepare, to do the best. Coverage is abysmal, athletics is taking a back seat to schlock and now memes are taking over social media. I would absolutely hate to be an athlete. It is amazing what people will decide about you, your motivation, your politics, the people around you.... Pretty close to running for office but at least then you know you are going to get this BS.
 
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Good afternoon Lodge.

Regarding pto. I get more paid time off than I deserve.
 
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I get more days than I can use. At my level, I get 5 weeks, plus 3 personal days. We can carry 20. Given that I've been with the company so long, I've been accruing 20 days every year. So, I take that off the top and determine what I need to use or lose. That's 28 days. I took two days off for the Frozen Four, forgot to record them, went back into our Time Management system in May to modify those time sheets and for the longest time, they never showed up. So, I figured I got two free days. Which I should have had given that I was out of town for three weekends in Jan/Feb/Mar. I only took one comp day for that. I've worked/been traveling two weekends so far this summer, am traveling to work this weekend and will be doing one more in September and you better believe I'm taking those - two comp days so far (I get a half day for each weekend day). I took off last Thursday, that was one. I'm taking Thursday and Friday next week and then Thursday and Friday the week after, but one of those is vacation. Or rather, personal day (I have one left). BU travels to both Denver and Michigan this fall, and since I have the time, so will I. It's all mapped out on a spreadsheet. :)
 
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I don't even know how to make a spread sheet :o

Loving this live stream stuff. Just watched whole event finals for Beam, Rings, Vault (m & W). Human bodies can do some really amazing things without breaking
 
Jr got a job offer this morning. Part time runner at an Audi dealership in Wayzata. He needs to fill out a form and take a drug test but can start soon.
 
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