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MACS Offline
#351 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 4:27 PM EST
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Afternoon peoples...

Damn 8track made me gain 2 pounds over the last week. Anxious
Ram27 Offline
#352 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 4:56 PM EST
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Howdy MAC. Youse will lose 2lbs with a couple trips to the gym.Not talking
J.Redleg Offline
#353 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 5:03 PM EST
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Glad to see some FOGs still keeping this place in check.
deadeyedick Offline
#354 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 5:22 PM EST
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J.Redleg wrote:
Glad to see some FOGs still keeping this place in check.


We try old timer.
J.Redleg Offline
#355 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 5:36 PM EST
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Who...me?
Ram27 Offline
#356 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 6:47 PM EST
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Howdy JR.

ram27bat
MACS Offline
#357 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 7:26 PM EST
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Howzit, Redleg?!
8trackdisco Offline
#358 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 7:36 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:


Kuba will probably be suspicious of the new smells that you bring home. "They've been cheating on me this past week... Damn humans."


Ohhh, yeah. I got a fast trot up, rubbed her eyes for a bit. Smelled me, walked away and it has been the cool shoulder since,

Although tempted, I did NOT go with Why can't you be more like Tank!

To be fair(er), she has been away at her greyhoundgrandmother and a boy greyound who can be a large bit of a handful. She's likely on sensory overload.
8trackdisco Offline
#359 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 7:42 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Glad yall had a good time.

Now get your ass back up to the frigid north where it was 70 and sunnny today.


To your point.
-Yesterday: 78 degrees, after 25 minutes, had the slightest of sunburns.
-Today, on the jog from the MKE shuttle and our car, in 1 minute, got the slightest if windburns.

So it goes.
danmdevries Offline
#360 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 7:44 PM EST
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Already getting overtime on day 2.
8trackdisco Offline
#361 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 7:50 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Afternoon peoples...

Damn 8track made me gain 2 pounds over the last week. Anxious


2?
Bet I'm closer to 5.
Ram27 Offline
#362 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 7:54 PM EST
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WTG danm...
8trackdisco Offline
#363 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 7:57 PM EST
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Home safely.

Not quite the flawless Trip To Florida run for Delta Airlines.

Today things got off well, landed in ATL on time and assigned gate provided before we touched down.
We went to that gate, and was redirected to a different date. Once there, it said Philadelphia PA.
Waited somewhat patiently, then received alert it changed again. Caused a short panic as is a large airport and our first time there.

Made it about 40 minutes prior to boarding.

Unloading.
danmdevries Offline
#364 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 8:20 PM EST
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Ram27 wrote:
WTG danm...


He said in my interview that there would be plentiful overtime.

Tomorrow's schedule is stacked deep, so probably more OT tomorrow.

Losing all my differential pay works out to about a 15% pay cut, so I need to do 10% OT every week to make up for it at time and a half. Just 4 hours per week. Got 3 today.

First day was rough coming straight off nights and flipping to days. Last night I was asleep by 2200 and woke up before my alarm around 6. It's gonna take a while for my body to get used to standing all day. My back has not been happy. Doesn't help wearing 20lbs of lead in the room. At first it doesn't feel like much but after a few hours I notice I'm slouching and my back is hurting. I used to wonder why everyone waited until the last minute to put it on and took it off right as soon as the radiation source was turned off. Now I get it. Theres a lot of things I didn't understand about how and why they do things the way they do that I'm understanding already.

My brain is still looking for time off. Hopefully I can retrain myself to work every day like everyone else. I did it until 2015 and it took a while to get used to week on week off. It'll take a while to get used to only weekends off. Hell, from 03-12 I worked 7 days a week. Just gotta get used to it.
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#365 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 10:14 PM EST
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Started new job Monday.. 2 days in Tulsa, 1 1/2 hrs drive each way but 99% highway, working from home the rest of da week... set me up with new computer and monitors for work and a couple more for home.. even a new chair to sit in when I'm there... gonna be a sweet gig... Herfing
Ram27 Offline
#366 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 10:21 PM EST
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Wonderful X good luck with new job.
frankj1 Offline
#367 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 10:33 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Started new job Monday.. 2 days in Tulsa, 1 1/2 hrs drive each way but 99% highway, working from home the rest of da week... set me up with new computer and monitors for work and a couple more for home.. even a new chair to sit in when I'm there... gonna be a sweet gig... Herfing

you still want I should give you dibs if a thing is happening?
DrafterX Offline
#368 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 10:36 PM EST
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Always ready... ThumpUp
Gene363 Offline
#369 Posted: Tue, Mar 5 2024, 10:42 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Started new job Monday.. 2 days in Tulsa, 1 1/2 hrs drive each way but 99% highway, working from home the rest of da week... set me up with new computer and monitors for work and a couple more for home.. even a new chair to sit in when I'm there... gonna be a sweet gig... Herfing


Great! I wish you the best.
danmdevries Offline
#370 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 7:24 AM EST
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HHD Ram n dudes
danmdevries Offline
#371 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 7:25 AM EST
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That sounds pretty nice x.

Ram27 Offline
#372 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 7:37 AM EST
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HHD danm all Cbidders. ram27bat
deadeyedick Offline
#373 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 8:06 AM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Started new job Monday.. 2 days in Tulsa, 1 1/2 hrs drive each way but 99% highway, working from home the rest of da week... set me up with new computer and monitors for work and a couple more for home.. even a new chair to sit in when I'm there... gonna be a sweet gig... Herfing


Can't decide iffn Drafter is living on Tulsa time or 24 hours from Tulsa but good luck with the new gig.
MACS Offline
#374 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 8:18 AM EST
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Walk done already. Off to the gym and then annual physical later in the day. Probably gonna get a finger shoved up my wazoo... Brick wall fog fog

Chest and triceps day.
deadeyedick Offline
#375 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 8:21 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Walk done already. Off to the gym and then annual physical later in the day. Probably gonna get a finger shoved up my wazoo... Brick wall fog fog

Chest and triceps day.


Don't forget the deltoids, everyone forgets the deltoids. d'oh!
Gene363 Offline
#376 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 10:13 AM EST
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Good Wednesday Morning to All! It's 62° on the way to 71°, it rained last night but that is clearing out now.
rfenst Offline
#377 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 10:46 AM EST
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Hello. 78/63 with a nice breeze. Only 15% chance of rain.

Business lunch in a an hour or two.
Some aquarium work.
Might swim laps.
Grocery store.
That's about it...

Have a great day! Herfing
rfenst Offline
#378 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 10:51 AM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Started new job Monday.. 2 days in Tulsa, 1 1/2 hrs drive each way but 99% highway, working from home the rest of da week... set me up with new computer and monitors for work and a couple more for home.. even a new chair to sit in when I'm there... gonna be a sweet gig... Herfing

Congrats!!!
MACS Offline
#379 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 10:54 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Don't forget the deltoids, everyone forgets the deltoids. d'oh!


Not me! I have a shoulder day where I work front, middle and rear delts. More focus on middle and rear delts because the front get worked on chest day, too.
8trackdisco Offline
#380 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 11:20 AM EST
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Catch Up Day.
Laundry, bills, banking, appointment making, etc.
Have 30+ emails to get through.
Stuff that fits into the category of I Don’t Wanna!
rfenst Offline
#381 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 11:23 AM EST
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Is your phone working?
8trackdisco Offline
#382 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 11:44 AM EST
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rfenst wrote:
Is your phone working?


Yes sir.

My postings are never from my phone. Always the tablet or the laptop.
8trackdisco Offline
#383 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 12:16 PM EST
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If someone asks you the difference between 61 and 41 degrees, the answer is….a helluva lot more than 20!
MACS Offline
#384 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 1:23 PM EST
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Always post from laptop. Very rarely from phone. Almost nevah.

Short nap was needed...
MACS Offline
#385 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 1:29 PM EST
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79 degrees and sunny... my AC is on. Whut da?
rfenst Offline
#386 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 3:19 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
79 degrees and sunny... my AC is on. Whut da?

fUGGIN humid as hell today! :(
danmdevries Offline
#387 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 6:17 PM EST
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52 minutes to get home today. The drive in is much better. The parking is much worse. The drive home is horrible.

36 minutes from when I walked out my door until I started working. Right at an hour from when I quit working until I walked into my house. Full hour and a half spent driving and walking for just an 8 hour shift. It's a lot easier to bear for a 12 hr shift, I gotta do this 5x a week... Might not bother me as much if I was actually moving that whole time. This is for a 9 mile drive.
Ram27 Offline
#388 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 6:19 PM EST
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Welcome to the club danm d'oh!
Ram27 Offline
#389 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 6:23 PM EST
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Most of the jobs I have had always involved driving some distance. When I had my own business this was a normal routine. Worked as an Area Manager and was all over the area.
danmdevries Offline
#390 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 6:31 PM EST
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I hate working like a normal person.

Can I just retire now? fog
MACS Offline
#391 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 7:03 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
I hate working like a normal person.

Can I just retire now? fog


There's something to be said for having all your time to yourself. At my physical today my doctor asked what I do to occupy my time... walk my dog, go to the gym... do stuff. Fishing season is upon us, so I can add that to the list... and cutting the grass. That season is here, too.
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#392 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 7:07 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Started new job Monday.. 2 days in Tulsa, 1 1/2 hrs drive each way but 99% highway, working from home the rest of da week... set me up with new computer and monitors for work and a couple more for home.. even a new chair to sit in when I'm there... gonna be a sweet gig... Herfing


you should hit 'em up for a stocked office fridge while they're in a generous mood...hope it continues to be sweet...


danmdevries wrote:
52 minutes to get home today. The drive in is much better. The parking is much worse. The drive home is horrible.

36 minutes from when I walked out my door until I started working. Right at an hour from when I quit working until I walked into my house. Full hour and a half spent driving and walking for just an 8 hour shift. It's a lot easier to bear for a 12 hr shift, I gotta do this 5x a week... Might not bother me as much if I was actually moving that whole time. This is for a 9 mile drive.


shedding the daily grind/commute, (2 - 2.5 hrs/day) was the most relieving aspect of retirement
danmdevries Offline
#393 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 7:43 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:

shedding the daily grind/commute, (2 - 2.5 hrs/day) was the most relieving aspect of retirement


I just added it to my life after 8 years of not really dealing with it. Sure I had an occasional 40-60 minute trip in, but 40 is on thr quick end for the drive home.
danmdevries Offline
#394 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 7:50 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
There's something to be said for having all your time to yourself. At my physical today my doctor asked what I do to occupy my time... walk my dog, go to the gym... do stuff. Fishing season is upon us, so I can add that to the list... and cutting the grass. That season is here, too.


The schedule is what kept me in my old position for as long as I stayed. 14 years in one place for the 26 weeks off per year.

The job got so bad I was willing to give that up.

Now I think I've made a terrible mistake. New job is stupid easy. But it's every day. No more weeks off. Just most weekends off. Sacrifice free time for a tolerable job or sacrifice sanity and proper sleep doing a chitty job but having more free time... I dunno. It's gonna be a very very long year.
delta1 Offline
#395 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 7:57 PM EST
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yeah...give it some time, maybe a year, to see how happy/unhappy you are then...go from there...

does the new gig, with shorter workdays, allow you to spend as much time with the boy as you want and do the things you like to do/want to do?
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#396 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 8:10 PM EST
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My Cub Cadet push mower and my Cub Cadet riding mower were stored in the new shed, without gas all winter...

...well a rare thing happened this evening. Checked the oil on the push mower, put gas in it, and it started on first pull. Installed the battery on the LT50, checked oil, added fuel...started on first crank.

I've been using the other riding mower since the beginning of February, so I know it runs. Both Stihl trimmers fired too.

The only thing left to check is the 2-stroke water pump that we use to water the garden, with creek water.

Had a lot of problems with equipment the first couple seasons up here, but I'm ready to go for season 3.
danmdevries Offline
#397 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 8:13 PM EST
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I dont really know yet.

I'm so used to having all the free time I never was rushed to fit things into one day. A day or two of things to do was spread out over a week. The boy and I play Xbox for a little bit a few times a week, he gets screentime from 530-730. So that's still on. We watch "Sunday videos" on Sunday mornings.

But dinner for example. I love cooking and I don't have time to do that now. I leave before 7am and get home at 5pm (if I get out on time) We eat at 5pm. Maybe in the summer when it stays light till 8pm I can squeeze in burgers or something but it's real hard to do a 4hr sous vide pork tenderloin with zero minutes to do it.

I only get a daily start time, no end time. And start times range from 0700-0930 and are 8hr shifts but you finish your last case of the day whether it ends at the 8th hour or the 12th.

I promised everyone I would give it a year and I intend to stick to that. It's such a huge change in lifestyle and job I need to give it a fair chance. Most people work like this. I used to work like this and still had time for my hobbies and chores. In fact I think because of the time crunch I got MORE done back then than I did with the week on week off schedule.
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#398 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 10:47 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
I dont really know yet.

I'm so used to having all the free time I never was rushed to fit things into one day. A day or two of things to do was spread out over a week. The boy and I play Xbox for a little bit a few times a week, he gets screentime from 530-730. So that's still on. We watch "Sunday videos" on Sunday mornings.

But dinner for example. I love cooking and I don't have time to do that now. I leave before 7am and get home at 5pm (if I get out on time) We eat at 5pm. Maybe in the summer when it stays light till 8pm I can squeeze in burgers or something but it's real hard to do a 4hr sous vide pork tenderloin with zero minutes to do it.

I only get a daily start time, no end time. And start times range from 0700-0930 and are 8hr shifts but you finish your last case of the day whether it ends at the 8th hour or the 12th.

I promised everyone I would give it a year and I intend to stick to that. It's such a huge change in lifestyle and job I need to give it a fair chance. Most people work like this. I used to work like this and still had time for my hobbies and chores. In fact I think because of the time crunch I got MORE done back then than I did with the week on week off schedule.


Have often had lower back pain over the years. Occasionally, I’d get some upper back pain. The change in pain is somewhat refreshing.

Maybe you could recalibrate your drive and gig that way.
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#399 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 10:48 PM EST
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3 NEIN NEIN!
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#400 Posted: Wed, Mar 6 2024, 10:53 PM EST
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