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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: SADShooter on February 01, 2011, 10:45:19 AM
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I was the only soul hardy (or foolish) enough to brave DEATH STORM 2011!!!! and come in to work this morning. Bored, listening to Pandora and posting here) while trying to work up the motivation to do some filing.
That is all.
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I'm at home for the snowpocalypse =)
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Just don't post any videos of you dancing around in your underwear to Bob Seger music.
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I'm in the middle of Blizz-o-gatton and "gasp" I drove to work in two wheel drive.
On the other hand I'm quite happy I don't have to drive the 40 miles to Des Moines to judge a highschool science fair this evening.
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Bob Seger: check. =)
Dancing: TBD. :P
Underwear: No way, no how. Too damn cold. :O
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I'm sure glad I retired in December. Dealing with the four-board snowboarders on I-70 fills me with less joy than it used to. The eighteen-board snowboarders aren't too bad. At least they know that it's not easy to stop 80,000 lbs of cheese. Or household appliances. Or whatever they've got back there in their trailers.
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What snow?
DD
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Serves you damnyankees right - especially those of you in the Chicago area - for giving us Obama.
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Bob Seger: check. =)
Dancing: TBD. :P
Underwear: No way, no how. Too damn cold. :O
longies
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Whats your 20? Were getting just some ice pellets so far here in prnj. So much for 6 inches.
On the plus side I should have snowmobile number 1 repaired today on my day off.
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Work
naked.
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Work
naked.
You work in Pahrump now?
DD
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Currently in Dallas the temp is 20 and WC is a balmy 2 degrees. Remaining snow is nice and crisp.
And lee & Jamis, too damn cold for a union suit, much less a birthday suit. Sorry.
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I made the walk to the office. Got the 4 wheeler out of the shop. Made four passes to the road.(what road?) Slipped on the ice and missed putting my face into the plow by about 1/2". Banged both knees.
Now I'm having a Rolling Rock by the wood stove. I'm not working today.
jim
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My office was smart enough to close today.
230RN, the first news image I saw today was a pair of Fedex trucks stuck on a highway ramp, so I wouldnt be so sure... The lunchtime news people had video of a dozen or so of them in various odd positions in one of the towns south of Dallas.
With internet not working right today, I may have to do some chores to keep myself entertained.
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One of the joys of being affiliated with a hospital system. Clinical operations gotta roll, and it isn't "fair" if non-clinical staff get to stay home. It was come to work or burn vacation leave. In any case, I'm out of here in 10 minutes. Wish me luck.
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Clinical operations gotta roll, and it isn't "fair" if non-clinical staff get to stay home.
That is incredibly stupid. One would think hospital administrators would be familiar with some of the consequences of lots of people taking gratuitous car rides in crap weather, what with having an ER in the building and all. =|
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You'd think. We've got the double-whammy of also being a state university. Having made it home, I gleaned two interesting facts:
1. The traction control alarm in my truck works
2. My involuntary vertical to horizontal transition time is approximately 1 second, +/- .2 for time distortion
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State university hospital in Dallas... I think you work next door to my mother.
She had to work today. As she says "The hospital never closes!"
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54 degrees and rain here. Better than the 20" or so that Milwaukee will be getting.
Back when I managed a photo studio for someone else, the owner and his wife were in the Bahamas when a major, major snowstorm hit Milwaukee. The buses weren't running, and they closed the interstate, which only happens maybe every twenty years in Wisconsin.
Anywho, there was no way anybody could get to work, so I called the employees and told them to stay home. It was only later in the day, after all of my neighbors had snow-blowed their sidewalks, that I was able to drive my small car on the sidewalks out to a major street, and drive two hours to go 35 blocks to the studio. Why I did that, I don't know, as there was nothing I could do there except look at more snow.
When my boss and his wife came back, they reamed me out for giving the guys a snow day. Nothing would convince them that it was not possible for the guys to get to work and churn out some photos.
I hated those two.
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That is incredibly stupid. One would think hospital administrators would be familiar with some of the consequences of lots of people taking gratuitous car rides in crap weather, what with having an ER in the building and all. =|
Speaking as a healthcare administrator, the official party line is healthcare is a 24/7 operation, and no one is exempt from being expected to come in and work their shift. It causes much resentment amongst the line troops if there is a perception that the 'higher-ups' don't have to come in. In these situations, I make sure to walk the halls to show that management does come in.
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SAD, you work a hop, skip, & a jump from where my wife helps keep alive folk who have been shot, in car wrecks, & such.
I stayed home, today. Kids' school is canceled today & tomorrow.
I went out a little before 4PM to check the roads. Still bad news.
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Hunkered down in the basement of Festung Scout.
The RS&C will start flowing after dinner.
Last night slept until 3:24 this afternoon.
Dog is curled up under the desk, but not snoring (as he has not had any beer yet).
Ready for the snow zombies.
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roo_ster, I feel sure my office is within a 2-300 yards of your wife's duty station. I pass it going to and fro.
Between my back and ice remaining on the roads, I may just say screw it tomorrow.
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My wife teaches at a preschool about 25 miles away. They canceled classes for the first time in fifteen years. Of course, Mrs. fistful was opening this morning, and only a few miles away when they told her.
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Stuff used condoms/wrappers under your boss' door. Leave sex toys in the women's bathroom sink. Use the company plotter (if they have one) to print a life-sized photograph from Zardoz and glue it to the ceiling.
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They called the snowplows in, so I went drifting in my truck.
When the limited slip rear kicks in I can get some serious drifting action going. Nothing like going drifting down a four lane road.
I was out screwing around for over an hour, didn't see one cop.
I'm pretty happy with my truck, kept it in 2wd drive and made it up hills with 2' snow drifts covering them.
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Do you put Winter tires on your truck Charby, or keep regular All Terrain tires on it year-round?
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That's one thing I do miss about snow. Drifting without wearing out your tires.
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I swung back down to my office to throw some wood on for the night. It was down to coals so I'll build it up a little so I can bank it.
The shop is cold. The fire was about out there and the four wheeler is still covered in snow from this afternoon.
They say we might hit 9º tomorrow. But a wind chill still way below zero.
I need a thumb warmer. I'll get the drive clear in the morning. Might have to do it several times if the wind is what they forecast.
I'll be out of smokes by noon. If the road isn't clear I'll see if the store over in town is open and just ride the four wheeler over. It goes faster then the tractor.
jim
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Do you put Winter tires on your truck Charby, or keep regular All Terrain tires on it year-round?
All Terrain Tires year round. I do miss the Bridgestone Duelers I had on my old truck, but I'm warming up to these General Grabbers that came on my Nissan. I've climbed a pretty steep hill in a foot of snow with out any slippage, in 4wd of course. Been in some mud with them and they did fine, so far so good in the snow.
I've only been stuck one this winter, got high centered in the snow on a frozen lake ice fishing a few weeks ago. Took me about 10 minutes with a coal shovel to dig myself out.
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Kicked over some rocks at work by mentioning that the foreign nationals can't be doing elevated platform work x ft away from the military aircraft unless something is put up to block access.
Yea, get a couple emails from the COO (at 9pm, always a great sign) stating that we'll be meeting bright and early tomorrow to discuss my position. Per CEO's guidance. My boss specifically stated not to come in if I felt it was overly dangerous. COO left my boss off the email chains. This is gonna be interesting.
I'm bringing my "snow bag" with me. Spare clothing, stay-warm stuff, etc.
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Kicked over some rocks at work by mentioning that the foreign nationals can't be doing elevated platform work x ft away from the military aircraft unless something is put up to block access.
Yea, get a couple emails from the COO (at 9pm, always a great sign) stating that we'll be meeting bright and early tomorrow to discuss my position. Per CEO's guidance. My boss specifically stated not to come in if I felt it was overly dangerous. COO left my boss off the email chains. This is gonna be interesting.
I'm bringing my "snow bag" with me. Spare clothing, stay-warm stuff, etc.
Why don't ya'll hire me to do some elevated platform work? I'm 'murican and looking for a job...
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Why don't ya'll hire me to do some elevated platform work? I'm 'murican and looking for a job...
They're from one of our foreign offices and only in for a few weeks to do a specific thing.
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I'll be out of smokes by noon. If the road isn't clear I'll see if the store over in town is open and just ride the four wheeler over. It goes faster then the tractor.
jim
As a former smoker, all I can say is "Ouch dude, bad planning, might be a good time to quit." ;)
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As a former smoker, all I can say is "Ouch dude, bad planning, might be a good time to quit." ;)
You sound like my wife.
jim
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Me faw down go boom.
I vowed not to open the front door until Thursday, but I had to mail an important letter, so instead of going to the Post Office I went down the stairs to put it in the building outgoing mail box.
A slight dusting of snow, I thought.
But under it was ice. Went down on the third step, slid down all the rest of the way to the landing on my left hip. Took my shoes off and went the rest of the way down in my socks. They tend to have a little more "grabbance" on that stuff.
Fortunately, since I was already down three steps, I didn't fall all the way down, like you might on a slippery sidewalk. I just hit the top step with my hip and went bumpity-bumpity-bumpity down the rest of the way on that same hip. I was holding onto the railing, but my hand slipped off that, too.
When I got back upstairs in my socks, I sprinkled some kitty litter and Kosher salt down on the steps from the balcony. (I keep some of both in the car --this was from my stock quantities I keep upstairs.)
Hope that does the next person down the stairs some good, but I know what will happen: early in the morning the maintenance guy who does the snowblowing will just use a broom on the stairs, since the snow looks so light, and will just sweep my kitty litter and Kosher salt off along with the powdery snow.
I'm OK, I've had worse bumps than that, but I sure pity the next person down if they've swept the stairs and left the layer of ice on the steps.
Serves me right for violating my vow about not even opening the front door until Thursday.
Terry, 230RN
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As a former smoker, all I can say is "Ouch dude, bad planning, might be a good time to quit." ;)
Or you could keep a couple sealed pouches/tins of "roll your own" tobacco with your other emergency supplies. Preparedness ain't just canned bacon and zombie apocalypse level of ammo.
Meeting with COO cancelled. I could have slept in and not risked my neck at 5am. Meh. Was productive as no one was in.
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Or you could keep a couple sealed pouches/tins of "roll your own" tobacco with your other emergency supplies. Preparedness ain't just canned bacon and zombie apocalypse level of ammo.
That's a good idea. I wonder how long a sealed pouch would last inside an ammo can?
jim
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That's a good idea. I wonder how long a sealed pouch would last inside an ammo can?
jim
Seal the pouch inside a seal-a-meal bag and the cockroaches could be blazing up years after the balloon goes up.
I have some custom blended pipe tobacco that is close to 10 years old that is still fresh, I keep in its pouch in a tupperware container.
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That's a good idea. I wonder how long a sealed pouch would last inside an ammo can?
jim
A while. You can buy sealed tins instead of the couple oz pouches, they last A Long Time. I'd personally swap them out every year or so, but I've opened tobacco cans from my poor college days that were perfectly usable. Worst case, it was slightly dry towards the top. I tossed in one of my cigar moisture releasing thingies and put the cap back on for a couple hours. Was roughly 90% as good as tobacco bought directly from the store.
Think of how long cigars can last with proper care. No reason why you can't do the same for cigarette tobacco, by controlling moisture.
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