Insurance is a racket. The company is betting it will never be used, the customer betting it will pay if needed.
You're 100% banging on all 8 cylinders. . .
Here we're born having full coverage for all medical stuff, & people milk it & abuse it.
I don't go to ER unless it truly cannot wait til the next day
Most of my last ERs were for kidney stones (the worst pain humans ever suffer, I've been told, & believe it
division that focuses on bringing enhanced medical services to local residents, for a fee for premium options, like housecalls. (we, by law, can't charge for housecalls,
It's like any gambling: the only way to truly come out ahead is to own the house!
Of course, I'm always right, (he wrote modestly). :)
People down here do the same, they clog up ER's with all sorts of
minor problems.
The only times I've gone to the ER is for some problem that can't
wait.
I can count on one hand the number of times in the last 50 yeas and a couple of them was due on-the-job injury and the company wanted CYA
from workers comp.
I have a few recurring minor health problems, I've handled them in
the past, know what to do and take care of it myself.
And I have taken only one sick day in something like 40 years.
I've heard the same thing and thankfully have never experienced them.
I can't recall the last time doctors down here made house calls.
My father was a GP (general practitioner/family doctor) from 1922-62.
I can't count the number of times he would get a phone call in the
middle of the night to go somewhere.
He delivered a lot of babies, to usually poor farm families. People were proud then and didn't want charity. Most of them were struggling
and paid in kind when possible. He was paid in produce, farm products (hams, sides of beef, etc) sometimes in chicken
I never saw a blue baby.
Number one rule of gambling: The house always wins.
You're 100% banging on all 8 cylinders. . .
Of course, I'm always right, (he wrote modestly). :)
People down here do the same, they clog up ER's with all sorts of minor problems.
I have a few recurring minor health problems, I've handled them in the past, know what to do and take care of it myself.
And I have taken only one sick day in something like 40 years.
Most of my last ERs were for kidney stones (the worst pain humans ever suffer, I've been told, & believe it
I've heard the same thing and thankfully have never experienced them.
I can't recall the last time doctors down here made house calls.
My father was a GP (general practitioner/family doctor) from 1922-62. I can't count the number of times he would get a phone call in the middle of the night to go somewhere.
He delivered a lot of babies, to usually poor farm families. People were proud then and didn't want charity. Most of them were struggling and paid in kind when possible. He was paid in produce, farm products (hams, sides of beef, etc) sometimes in chicke
When I was about five or six to around 11 I often went him when he was delivering a baby. I had one of two jobs.
One was if other kids around to get them out of the house and from underfoot and show me their farm, tell what they did, etc.
If only the couple in the house the father helped delivering the baby
and my father would bring a new born to me and tell me to watch it, and if it turned blue to call him when he went back to do whatever he and the father
were doing.
I never saw a blue baby.
It's like any gambling: the only way to truly come out ahead is to own the house!
Number one rule of gambling: The house always wins.
I can count on one hand the number of times in the last 50 yeas and a couple of them was due on-the-job injury and the company wanted CYA from workers comp.
There's likely a lot of fraud going on with that. Long ago,
People down here do the same, they clog up ER's with all sorts of minor problems.
What kind of insurance give thenm that sort of freedom to do so?
Same; & wat I don't know, my wife generally does. If I go to ER, you cvan bet I NEED it!
He also had all his vacation pay, save 4 weeks, & spent he last ten years at work working 2 days(doubles) then 4 days off, then take 2 vacay days, then 4 days off, & repeated until it was just routine.
Plus, you had an employee hurt themselves on the job, refuse
treatment then down the road sue to the company for some long term
injury.
Plus there are now all sorts of medical advice pages on the web.
Type in your symptoms and get a general answer/solution to the problem.
I've known people who have done similar things. Lots of
vacation/sick days accrued and take that in a lump sum.
I've had only one job with any sort of vacation pay, and that was for only five days, regardless how long one worked for the company. A new hire (after one year) and a 20+ year employee had the same number of
days.
However, my being posted at a university I took six weeks a year off. The week of Thanksgiving, four weeks for Christmas (mid-December to mid-January when there were no classes) and a week in March for spring break.
Being retired (and still working) I can refuse and not a lot the
company can do about it. :)
What kind of insurance give thenm that sort of freedom to do so?
Usually those with some sort of welfare medical card where its "free".
Same; & wat I don't know, my wife generally does. If I go to ER, you cvan bet I NEED it!
Plus there are now all sorts of medical advice pages on the web. Type in your symptoms and get a general answer/solution to the problem.
I've had only one job with any sort of vacation pay, and that was for
only five days, regardless how long one worked for the company. A new hire (after one year) and a 20+ year employee had the same number of days.
Over time from when I started those were cut back until after about 10 years after I started it was two (non-consecutive) days. It might be a Tuesday one week and a Wednesday the next week. (Tuesday and Wednesday were our
usual slow days).
My current employer offers no sick days, no vacation days. One can take
a sick day, but its not something like X number of days a year, etc.
However, my being posted at a university I took six weeks a year off.
The week of Thanksgiving, four weeks for Christmas (mid-December to mid-January when there were no classes) and a week in March for spring break.
Even then it was getting a call "you have the day off, you can go work at..."
Being retired (and still working) I can refuse and not a lot the company can do about it. :)
I seldom refuse but not a patsy working every day off.
How ome they get free medical care but not everyone(taxpayers) who pays for theirs does?
You're the one & onlty G20 country without universal coverage
never had a boss question my request for tuime off, paid or not.
Did you get paid equally throughout the year, month by month?
I can't speak for the other 49 states, but in West Virginia, by law, one cannot be denied medical care regardless of ability to pay, at a public, non-profit medical facility.
This is, if one is ill, been in an accident, etc, they cannot be turned away from such a facility.
I have no idea how any costs are recovered, if at all.
You're the one & onlty G20 country without universal coverage
Getting a bit close to modern times there, not to mention modern
politics.
never had a boss question my request for tuime off, paid or not.
With my company one can request time off, for a good reason (doctors appointment, etc).
My captain will moan and groan and put up a protest but generally agrees to it.
Being semi-retired I do a bit more leeway on getting time off. There isn't a lot the company can do about it.
When I took six consecutive weeks off in '19, I merely put in the request a month to six weeks in advance. The same last year with two weeks off.
Security is different from most other companies. We are expected to be available to work 24/7/365. Thus one can be called to work on their day off, work doubles, etc.
We always work holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years
especially) since many businesses are closed and need extra coverage.
Married people get dibs on having the day off since they have families.
Single people, like me, have no real choice, since we have no real life or family/friends or anything like that. :)
Besides, its time and a half. :)
Did you get paid equally throughout the year, month by month?
Not in security.
Sometimes we put in 80+ hour weeks, other times it's in the single
digits.
I can't speak for the other 49 states, but in West Virginia, by law,
one cannot be denied medical care regardless of ability to pay, at a public, non-profit medical facility.
This is, if one is ill, been in an accident, etc, they cannot be
turned away from such a facility.
I have no idea how any costs are recovered, if at all.
Getting a bit close to modern times there, not to mention modern politics.
With my company one can request time off, for a good reason (doctors appointment, etc).
My captain will moan and groan and put up a protest but generally
agrees to it.
When I took six consecutive weeks off in '19, I merely put in the request a month to six weeks in advance. The same last year with two weeks off.
Married people get dibs on having the day off since they have
families. Single people, like me, have no real choice, since we have no real life or family/friends or anything like that. :)
Sometimes we put in 80+ hour weeks, other times it's in the single digits.
Daryl Stout wrote to JOE MACKEY <=-
Sometimes we put in 80+ hour weeks, other times it's in the single digits.
Well, you won't put in more than 144 hours per week...that's
all there is. <G>
one cannot be denied medical care regardless of ability to pay, at a public, non-profit medical facility.
This is, if one is ill, been in an accident, etc, they cannot be turned away from such a facility.
I have no idea how any costs are recovered, if at all.
Nice, but how many of these public non-profit medical associations exist, & how well staffed(& equipment) are they?
My captain will moan and groan and put up a protest but generally agrees to it.
Good enough, eh? Do you need a doctor's letter each time?
Did you get paid equally throughout the year, month by month?
Not in security.
Sorry, I was thinking teaching, as you'd memtioned the school breaks.
All the money spent on political races, local and national, for radio, TV, and print advertising, various items (textiles, signs, bumper stickers, etc.), rental fees of venues,
When I took six consecutive weeks off in '19, I merely put in the request a month to six weeks in advance.
Surely, they'll find a way to revoke the request at the last minute.
I thought Sysops were married to their BBS, and Moderators to their echoes.
Well, you won't put in more than 144 hours per week...that's
all there is. <G>
Perhaps, if you live somewhere where weeks are 6 days long.
My weeks are all 168 hours long. ;-)
And the same media fusses about money in politics.
Not to mention getting a phone call "You have today off, you can go
fill in at ...."
There are trial separations at times.
We have two huge hospitals here, one public (Cabell-Huntington) the
other non-profit (St Mary's).
I'm not sure about CHH but no one is ever turned away from St Mary's.
If one can't pay that is debt is generally just erased after a period of time,I assume. (And you know what happens when you ass-u-me).
I'm contracted with security at the university.
The university is going more and more toward contract workers (security, temps, etc).
With a state employee that isn't working out, it can take up to a year
or more to fire them. Documentation, hearings, etc all that require time and money. Meanwhile the slacker is still "working" and getting paid. Even if they do nothing but show up an
With a contract worker that isn't working out they are simply replaced.
I've seen huge amounts just dropped by hospitals in every state.
Just contact them before it g oes to collections & make an offer of any amounmt or any firm plan to repay a percentage month by month.
If & when Iu'm to move on from this company, I'll zip up the whole tree of files I've ever used for this company, & prepare some manuals on how to replace me & do the main tasks I'm succeeding best at.
I've seen employees be fired for cause
But I may be the last of a dying breed.
Cyberpope wrote --
I've seen huge amounts just dropped by hospitals in every state.
And I assume a lot of that is rolled over so someone else's insurance is paying for it. Such as the $20 per aspirin legend. (I write legend since I have no solid evidence that is done, on a regular basis, though I do believe there it is possibly real) {N
(I like to joke that I'm the last person to admit I'm wrong about something).
Just contact them before it g oes to collections & make an offer of any amounmt or any firm plan to repay a percentage month by month.
Some businesses will accept that and some won't.
At one time, don't know if its still done, a portion of a persons wages could be taken, by law, to pay a debt by garnishment.
When I took over as supervisor in parking enforcement around 2008, there was a lot of he said/she said rules and regs which seemed to change with the wind.
I wrote a manual, with approval of the boss, on how things are done and not done. It'd still in effect today and a copy is given to each new hire so there is no question later with the person saying they were never told such-and-such.
But a lot is learned on the job as circumstances come up. Otherwise it would be hundreds of pages for all events.
I've seen employees be fired for cause
I was fired from three different jobs in a row in the late '70s. And
yes, it was due to my fault of under-performing.
A couple of the jobs I was not suited for and best for both the employer and myself to part ways.
But I may be the last of a dying breed.
The current generation seems to have little or no work ethic.
I was always taught to take whatever job I could do and do it well and something better would come along. And usually did.
And there is also the Peter Principle in play, where one rises to the level of their incompetence. I see this quite often.
("The Peter Principle" was a book by Lawrence Peter in the early '70s)
I thought I was wrong once. . . but I was mistaken (warning: brain
cells evaporate the longer you ponder this irony/paradox)
I make a point of conducting muyself with integrity, especuially now
that I know tyhe secret: it shows.
My dad worked hard to support his family, even taking on a 2nd or 3rd
job, if/when actually needed; I feel this way now, even being half paralyzed: better I take a second job before my wife takes a first
outside job.(second to her job as Domestic Goddess *LOL*)
If you add more & more responsibilities to a person's position,
eventually you'll overwhelm them, & they'll be unable to do it -- at
best; spectacularly failing in a breakdown, at worst.
Children should fail often & sometimes miserably!
I doubt it gets shovedover to someone else; most of what's dropped is bloat/markup, not actual costs of operations/staff.
(I like to joke that I'm the last person to admit I'm wrong about something).
I thought I was wrong once. . . but I was mistaken
At one time, don't know if its still done, a portion of a persons wages could be taken, by law, to pay a debt by garnishment.
Depends on jurisdiction; AFAIK, most require a court order,
I wrote a manual,
Internet Rule 3 *LOL*) is think on your feet & shield your boss from annoyances you can handle yourself.
Fair enough. A local giant's (our first self earned billionaire) old used car dealership hads a policy; the worst salesman eac month wAs fired, each & every month.
If you add more & more responsibilities to a person's position, eventually you'll overwhelm them
If I'm at my Peter mark, I'll contentedly train people to be promoted past me, so this normal ebb & flow isn't disrupted by my stopping where I am.
Children should fail often & sometimes miserably!
If you've never failed, you've never tried
I thought I was wrong once. . . but I was mistaken (warning: brain cells evaporate the longer you ponder this irony/paradox)
So, *THAT'S* my problem. <G>
I make a point of conducting muyself with integrity, especuially now that I know tyhe secret: it shows.
Honesty is the best policy.
My parents never had more than one job, but they worked hard to provide for my brother and I. They grew up during The Depression, so they watched every penny. Money talks...but, mine just waves "goodbye". :P
If you add more & more responsibilities to a person's position, eventually you'll overwhelm them, & they'll be unable to do it -- at best; spectacularly failing in a breakdown, at worst.
N.A.V.Y. - N)ever A)gain V)olunteer Y)ourself. :P
Society has gotten where it's "a crime to fail". In this life, in sports, someone has to win, and someone has to lose. Now, we give everyone a trophy for not even trying or preparing. Why should one bust their butts in the preparation, if they're going to reward those who don't do a thing??
Cyberpope wrote --
I doubt it gets shovedover to someone else; most of what's dropped is bloat/markup, not actual costs of operations/staff.
I think it falls into the catch-all "business expenses", the same category a lot of stuff falls into such as stationary, etc.
(I like to joke that I'm the last person to admit I'm wrong about something).
I thought I was wrong once. . . but I was mistaken
Same here. :)
At one time, don't know if its still done, a portion of a persons wages could be taken, by law, to pay a debt by garnishment.
Depends on jurisdiction; AFAIK, most require a court order,
Usually its the creditors lawyers who goes to court for the order.
Creditors already usually have all the information they need (bank
account number, address, etc) and sort of semi-automatically done.
One gets a letter X amount will be taken from ones pay cheque on a given day each month. So it is written, so it is done to coin a phrase.
I try and teach the basics of the job, then give them the freedom to make their own decisions.
I will also tell them while the manual says X about something, there
could be times its done differently, depending on the circumstances.
Example: all cars parked on a non-cash pay lot (meters, pay garage, etc) need a permit which is visible. But at times they are partly covered for any number of reasons. Provided one is able to tell the permit is valid for that area and not expired, that's
I.E., use a little common sense.
In the mid-70s I worked for a new/used car dealer.
There was a policy if a salesman sold a car to someone they "owned" the entire family. If they sold a car to someone in 1950 they sold to every one in that family forever.
The salesmen took turns on pouncing on, uh, assisting, perspective customers. At times some hot prospect would walk unto the lot and the old timers
would say "That's my customer, I sold his fifth cousin, three times removed, a car in 1951" and take off aft
Thus it was rough on newbies to make a living.
(I liked selling used cars over new cars. The main reason being with a new car the customer would want a different colour, different options, etc and time would be spent either trying to find a car like that and lots of time on the phone with other dealers
(With a used car it was "There it is, take it or leave it".) :)
If you add more & more responsibilities to a person's position, eventually you'll overwhelm them
That is when (where possible) delegation comes into the picture.
I am what I like to call "the sweet spot". I have rank and seniority and being retired I still have that on a post but none of the responsibility.
:)
Children should fail often & sometimes miserably!
Failure is part of life and the learning process.
The only time someone really fails is if when they fall they just lay there and not get up, dust themselves off, and start over again.
If you've never failed, you've never tried
Totally agree!
I thought I was wrong once. . . but I was mistaken (warning: brain cells evaporate the longer you ponder this irony/paradox)
So, *THAT'S* my problem. <G>
I stopped counting long ago! GD&R. . .
Yup, & honesty is more than sipmly "not lying"; if you tell the truth
in a way intended to deceive, you're lying! (I'm looking at you, politicians!)
You'll get 'voluntold' (did you really step forward, or did every one
else step back?)
IKR? & in real life it doesn't work out that everyone gets a ribbon?
In any game of shirts vs skins, they want to hear I cheat & cause
grievous bodily damage, to get points for my team.
Of course not! I play hard, cuz that makes the game fun, but I play
fair. When I lose, I shrug & offer a rematch. That won't work in competitive corporate business/sales.
This works great for board games & card games, but not physical sports,
as I've always sucked like Electrolux at those.
My boss said the next morning that I saved the guy's life. Nice! Now
tell me winning doesn't matter! Tell him this! :D
I decided not to get rid of my tumor anymore
I dont know why, i guess it just grew on me.
They grew up during The Depression, so they watched
every penny. Money talks...but, mine just waves "goodbye". :P
There's only two ways, jhust lke dieting:
Increase income / decrease calories input
decrease spending / increase calorie burning
N.A.V.Y. - N)ever A)gain V)olunteer Y)ourself. :P
You'll get 'voluntold' (did you really step forward, or did every one else step back?)
I'll aply for a job against 20 of these kids with recent degrees & experience
I decided not to get rid of my tumor anymore
I dont know why, i guess it just grew on me.
More like the creditor(bank) has given up & bu8lk sells a bunch of cold debts by auction & a law firm buys it & sets the newbies to work on it for strictly commission.
I try and teach the basics of the job, then give them the freedom to make their own decisions.
Perfect!
would say "That's my customer, I sold his fifth cousin, three times removed, a car in 1951" and take off aft
Thus it was rough on newbies to make a living.
No kidding, but you gotta figure a way to beat this or you'll flounder & give up.
(With a used car it was "There it is, take it or leave it".) :)
Makes sense, but I guess with new, you get a huge list of extras you can add on for bigger commissions, eh, as well as the higher sale price.
I am what I like to call "the sweet spot". I have rank and seniority and being retired I still have that on a post but none of the responsibility. :)
So you formnally retired then went back, part-time?
Do you keep your full pension?
If you've never failed, you've never tried
Totally agree!
As I would expecrt from the mod of a "Memories" echo! *G*
Too often kids fresh out of school and a piece of paper with the ink barely dry seem to think they came waltz into some business and be made CEO off the bat.
We have a lot of trouble in security with young people wanting a
cheque but not for any effort given.
I tell others if I ran the company it would be my policy to hire no
one under 30.
By then, hopefully, the people would have some idea of
responsibility, work ethic, etc.
I decided not to get rid of my tumor anymore
I dont know why, i guess it just grew on me.
==Groan==
As I would expect from the mod of a "Memories" echo! *G*
Boy, its getting deep in here. You've been hanging around with
Daryl too much. :)
The last night of the event, the security guard at the hotel assaulted our driver,
As I would expect from the mod of a "Memories" echo! *G*
Boy, its getting deep in here. You've been hanging around with
Daryl too much. :)
Without people like George and I, the echo would be awfully boring. <BG>
Yup, & honesty is more than sipmly "not lying"; if you tell the truth in a way intended to deceive, you're lying! (I'm looking at you, politicians!)
They wouldn't know the truth if it bit them in their butts.
Several times at restaurants, when I paid in cash (I mainly use the debit card now), if the cashier gave me too much change, I was honest about it. Surprisingly, very few thanked me for the honesty. Most swore that I was
the one in the wrong, and they even called the manager, who backed them
up. So, it was "Have It Your Way", whether I was at Burger King or not. <G> They found out I was right when it came time to reconcile the cash drawer.
In any game of shirts vs skins, they want to hear I cheat & cause grievous bodily damage, to get points for my team.
I haven't heard that term in nearly 50 years.
So many are great winners, but they're sore losers. Yet, they riot and destroy things whether they win or lose, as they don't know how to
celebrate peacefully, or lose with dignity.
One year, I was "Net Control" at the Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure
for breast cancer research, that was in downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock that year (they still have it, but don't have the ham radio folks for communications anymore). I was getting razzed that "the only reason he took Net Control was so he could look at all the good looking females"...and there were a bunch of good looking women. ;)
and I wondered "What is a claustrophobic person doing in the midst of
this crowd of humanity??!!". We had a heck of a time getting the
paramedics to her, and she was in a bad way. I wanted to tell her
"Ma'am, next time, just send them the money, and stay home!!".
I judge my days three ways:
A bad day is if I come home with less money than when I left.
A good day is coming home with the same amount I left with.
A really good day is coming home with more than I left with.
(I sometimes find change on the ground to and from work and at work, esp around meters where drop coins and leave them. Sometimes I find only a few cents a week, sometimes nothing and sometimes close to or over a dollar in nickels, dimes and pennies).
I saw that in action once.
My then major was calling for a volunteer among five of us. Four of us took a step backward and one found himself front of them. :)
Too often kids fresh out of school and a piece of paper with the ink barely dry seem to think they came waltz into some business and be made CEO off the bat.
We have a lot of trouble in security with young people wanting a cheque but not for any effort given.
I tell others if I ran the company it would be my policy to hire no one under 30.
By then, hopefully, the people would have some idea of responsibility, work ethic, etc.
I decided not to get rid of my tumor anymore
I dont know why, i guess it just grew on me.
==Groan==
Any particular reason?
They typically find out eventually, & the biter is final election
result.
Which?
I recall how, in any lunch hour game in grade 6 & 7, I'd get a
voplleyball team together, facing off against the prettiest girls, then holler out, good & loud, "We're shirts!"; my meaning was quickly
figured out -- alas, none of the girls started peeling off their tees;
the guys would, hoping their distaff teammates would join in (never happened)
Other times I hollered "we're shirts," not to be pervy, but because it
was cold & wintry outside!
My city here has a bad habit of that. Twice now our NHL team has made
it to the finals, only to lose that game, then there's a huge
destructive riot.
I say, "You don't DESERVE to have a Stanley Cup winning season with behaviour like that!" but thatr paints the good fans with the same
brush, so I've stopped saying that.
Me, I couldn't care any less about who wins what. . . was just happy on the last Vancouver hockey riot they used camera footage to track down & prosecute the rioters.
And. . . ? Just shows your intelligence, I'd say. . . :)
Have a most wonderful weekend, my friend!
noted "STOP!! SECURITY CHECK". I can deal with that, as you have to keep the riff-raff out of the hotels.
hit the horn...nothing. The driver got off the bus, the guard came out
of his car, and after a few words, the guard punched the driver in the
face.
The church where I was going to was not happy that I was not going
to be able to take part in their Easter Cantata
Other than the riff-raff guests?
I often tell people the reason my building has a security door is to keep out the riff-raff "Other than the riff-raff that live there". :)
The only time I am allowed to touch someone is if I am physically threatened, and they throw the first blow, which has never happened.
I have at times been asked to not sing in a choir. :)
One job I had, briefly, was working for a debt collection company.
They were collecting for a hospital in the Carolina's somewhere. The manager here said to threaten, cajole, intimidate, etc people into paying.
The one's I spoke were (from their voice only) older poor people, or some single mother with a bunch of kids (fathers probably unknown), etc.
That lasted about two weeks and it was agreed I was not suited for that job.
(BTW, that company is no longer in business, at least around here).
I have never been one to micro-manage people.
Mostly because I don't like to be treated that way and I don't have the time to do that and my own work.
I am not like some managers who send people out to work in the weather while they sit back in a warm comfy office. I'm right out there with them as well.
I get a print out each day of what has been done, which includes the time it was done.
I don't pay a lot of attention to the amount of work done and times that go up and down. They could be busy doing something else, assisting someone, etc.
But when the graph goes down, down, down on a steady basis, then its time for a talk.
Makes sense, but I guess with new, you get a huge list of extras you can add on for bigger commissions, eh, as well as the higher sale price.
I made slightly less on a used car, but made up for that with volume.
So you formnally retired then went back, part-time?
The company left me alone the first three or four months of my retirement then it was "could you fill in a day here and a day there?" and before long it was back to full time again.
Do you keep your full pension?
Yep. I'm what I'm calling double-dipping currently. I am working full time and still getting retirement. The money I make working goes directly into the ban. Someday I may be old and poor and if I'm going to be poor I want to make sure I have some money
Plus I have some investments, etc.
If you've never failed, you've never tried
Totally agree!
As I would expecrt from the mod of a "Memories" echo! *G*
Boy, its getting deep in here. You've been hanging around with Daryl
too much. :)
Unless they steal it...like the editorial cartoon, the folks scanning
the cemeteries for dead folks to put fake listings on the voter registration rolls. In several areas, I've heard there were more ballots than registered voters...if that's not fraud, I don't know what is.
I've heard of folks going commando style in the cold and snow...not sure if they're crazy, stupid, or both. You can get pneumonia real quick that way.
Whatever happened to sportsmanship?? It's as if it went the way of the dinosaur.
Most folks are just "fair weather fans". When the team is winning, they think the coach is the greatest thing since sliced bread. But, if they
start losing, they want his head on the platter that bread was served on.
Nowadays, especially in college football, there is such a huge buyout
(in the millions of dollars), that the "fired coach" probably doesn't care if they're giving him the boot...he's becoming a millionaire.
Have a most wonderful weekend, my friend!
You, too. I don't plan to go out again until Monday. With rain and thunderstorms overnight into Thursday afternoon, then the rush of folks heading to the restaurants or shopping, it's a good time to stay home.
Us Canadians take pride in peeling out the shorts & tees as early as possible after winter.
Like those who pray for their team to win, not understanding that the other team's fans aredoing the same for theirs to win, & that the God
of fairness is just going to sit back & let the best-trained team do
what it trained for.
One time a guy asked their clergyman if the other teanm's vicar's big prayer would help & he replied, "Only if the QB doesn't screw up his passes."
Cronyism at its worst! Or they have 2 public positions each earning 6 figures, simultaneously.
We're due our second monsoon this weekend, so I'm going to enjoy being holed up,. eating turkey! (Finally found a bird at my butcher, he
knocked $30 off the price for me, so we could finally afford one first time all year --we've been craving it -- we'll have a full turkey feast tonight)
The entire Fraser River's valley's flood plains are flooded(hmm. . . something in that name), except for my city (we're the only ones, even though 2 feet below sea level, to be above water all week! Good city council ordering work on the dikes recently, & upgrades to the pumps, & staff for getting it all done!)
As to hanging with Daryl -- he started it!
I am not like some managers who send people out to work in the weather while they sit back in a warm comfy office. I'm right out there with them as well.
As it should be
It's all about respect.
Kept him physically healthier, gave him a close-eye on the cons to be aware of problems before they hapened,
I forget which corporate giant said he'd rather sell 100 $10 items than 1 $1,000 item.
You're on the payroll, or they pay you cash per requested shift?
Do they automatically stop deducting for SSN or do you still pay at the same rate as everyone else?
We have Emplyment Insuranmce up here you pay into from each paycheque.
If you make it to age 65 without having ever made a claim, you get a nice lump sum payout(not 100%, I think).
Plus I have some investments, etc.
I've just begun suchj; mostly jusat learning & playing.
Boy, its getting deep in here. You've been hanging around with Daryl too much. :)
Is he in the Mutual Admiration Society, too?
As to hanging with Daryl -- he started it!
Us Canadians take pride in peeling out the shorts & tees as early as possible after winter.
I think it's just to scare the US generals doing logistics for an eventual invasion of Canada
Like those wgho pray for their team to win, not understanding that the other team's fans aredoing the same for theirs to win, & that the God of fairness is just going to sit back & let the best-trained team do what it trained for.
below sea level, to be above water all week! Good city council ordering work on the dikes recently, & upgrades to the pumps, & staff for getting it all done!)
I found out later the "important" work she had to was playing games
on her computer.
She would only go out when the weather was nice, in the 65-78 range
and sunny. Even then it was only for an hour or so.
One day the chief of police was in our office "suggesting" Debbie go out and ticket. She replied she would and kept on playing. He told
her a couple of more times she should do something, each time more sternly.
She finally grabbed a ticket book, stomped out and returned an hour later and back to her games.
She is the one I replaced and few were sorry to see her leave.
I don't have a lot invested and frankly don't recall what the money
is in. Half is in bonds. Pays little but safe, and half is in the market.
One has to be in for the long haul and not get jumpy when the market goes up and down like it does. Just hang on and enjoy the roller
coaster ride. :)
More of the Suck up to the Mod Society. :)
As to hanging with Daryl -- he started it!
As he usually does. :)
In May and June 2019 I took a six week vacation and traveled around
the country seeing things and visiting friends. One of the people I visited was Daryl.
I found it humourous when telling people here I was going to visit
some people I only knew on line. They reacted like the online people where all ax murderers or something. :)
(Why anyone would murder an ax is beyond me).
Reminds me of a meme where people are praying for their team to win
and Jesus is watching a hockey game on tv. :)
Us Canadians take pride in peeling out the shorts & tees as early as possible after winter.
In south Florida, if the temperature gets below 70, the winter gear is
out in force. <G>
Yep. And the one who prepared and practiced the best, and "finishes" their assignments, will win the game. But, you have to play the entire game...as things have happened on the final play of the game. The perfect example was the Auburn-Alabama Iron Bowl a few years ago, dubbed "The Kick Six". Alabama had one second left on the clock, and was going to kick a long field goal to win. The kick was short, and the Auburn player caught it in the end zone. Before Alabama realized what happened, the Auburn player ran it back 100 yards for the winning touchdown.
Or when the coach asked the quarterback if he could pass a football,
the kid groaned "Only if I can swallow it". :P
Cronyism at its worst! Or they have 2 public positions each earning 6 figures, simultaneously.
And, they wonder why we're so in debt.
I talked to a couple of fellow ham radio operators, and they said they were having lasagna. I immediately drooled all over the keyboard. :P
I talked to a couple of hams in western Canada, and they reported on
how bad it was.
As to hanging with Daryl -- he started it!
But, I got you to join the echo. <G>
I recall when I first started in parking, in 2002, I had a sergeant as
my super. (Remember, I was working for a large security company and contracted to the university). It was in mid January and my super gave me one hour
of inside training (going over th
I found out later the "important" work she had to was playing games on her computer.
She would only go out when the weather was nice, in the 65-78 range and sunny. Even then it was only for an hour or so.
One day the chief of police was in our office "suggesting" Debbie go out and ticket. She replied she would and kept on playing. He told her a couple of more times she should do something, each time more sternly.
She finally grabbed a ticket book, stomped out and returned an hour
later and back to her games.
She is the one I replaced and few were sorry to see her leave.
It's all about respect.
Yep.
Kept him physically healthier, gave him a close-eye on the cons to be aware of problems before they hapened,
I feel the same way. Being out in the field I have a good idea what's going on in general.
Old Henry Ford was like that with his Model T. While some long gone companies were happy selling a handful of expensive cars, he made money (and stayed in business) selling lots of less expensive ones.
I'm on the payroll.
My company used temps at one time when lots of people needed for a special event. They were paid cash for the time they worked, with paperwork they signed they would pay the taxes due. Then it was up to them to report those earnings, with a copy of the
No idea how that worked out, but the boss was covered. :)
Do they automatically stop deducting for SSN or do you still pay at the same rate as everyone else?
Yep. Federal/state taxes, city user fee (actually a tax for working in the city, just not called a tax), unemployment, SS, and the list goes on.
We have Emplyment Insurance up here you pay into from each paycheque.
If you make it to age 65 without having ever made a claim, you get a nice lump sum payout(not 100%, I think).
No such things here I'm aware of. When one retires the state keeps the money.
I don't have a lot invested and frankly don't recall what the money is
in. Half is in bonds. Pays little but safe, and half is in the market.
In early 2020 with lockdowns and all, that was wiped out, but recovered a few months later.
One has to be in for the long haul and not get jumpy when the market goes up and down like it does. Just hang on and enjoy the roller coaster ride. :)
Boy, its getting deep in here. You've been hanging around with Daryl too much. :)
Is he in the Mutual Admiration Society, too?
More of the Suck up to the Mod Society. :)
In May and June 2019 I took a six week vacation and traveled around the country seeing things and visiting friends. One of the people I visited was Daryl.
I found it humourous when telling people here I was going to visit some people I only knew on line. They reacted like the online people where all ax murderers or something. :)
(Why anyone would murder an ax is beyond me).
Us Canadians take pride in peeling out the shorts & tees as early as possible after winter.
I think it's just to scare the US generals doing logistics for an eventual invasion of Canada
Hmmm. Might be easy to invade and conquer a country of half dressed people in the cold, as they shiver and shake....
Like those wgho pray for their team to win, not understanding that the other team's fans aredoing the same for theirs to win, & that the God of fairness is just going to sit back & let the best-trained team do what it trained for.
Reminds me of a meme where people are praying for their team to win and Jesus is watching a hockey game on tv. :)
below sea level, to be above water all week! Good city council ordering work on the dikes recently, & upgrades to the pumps, & staff for getting it all done!)
Stay dry.
In south Florida, if the temperature gets below 70, the winter gear is
out in force. <G>
I've heard of that effect -- Context is everything!
I prefer 80F+ all 4 seasons. Was grand when Iu hads heart inckluyded in
my lasdt apt -- kept it at 25C (80F) all the time; come home from a
crazy windy,. rtainy evening, & enter the tropical zone for a nice hot toddy to warm up my innards, too.
(I'm not lazy. . .I'm "efficient" (intelligent laziness!)
oooo -- I bet someone's captain got in trouble!
Yup,. but I think your country it's more the billion dollar transfers
from the taxcpayoers to the billionaires. (through insane Defense contracts, including $30,000 screwdrivers that I bet were just bought
at Wal-Mart or a dollar store)
mmmm, lasagna -- I've always loved that!
I have to wonder what nudist colonies do with temperature changes. <G>
I think of one cartoon where Sylvester is trying to get "this helpless little bird", but in reality, he was "about as helpless as a porcupine
in a nudist colony". <G>
I prefer 80F+ all 4 seasons. Was grand when Iu hads heart inckluyded in my lasdt apt -- kept it at 25C (80F) all the time; come home from a crazy windy,. rtainy evening, & enter the tropical zone for a nice hot toddy to warm up my innards, too.
My brother prefers that as well. The cold weather does make the arthritis hurt more...but it means no heat illness, no insects, and no tornadoes.
(I'm not lazy. . .I'm "efficient" (intelligent laziness!)
My first ham radio callsign was N5VLZ -- one said the suffix stood for "Very Lazy". <G>
oooo -- I bet someone's captain got in trouble!
It was the last play of the game, and they were not aware of what was going on.
Yup,. but I think your country it's more the billion dollar transfers from the taxcpayoers to the billionaires. (through insane Defense contracts, including $30,000 screwdrivers that I bet were just bought at Wal-Mart or a dollar store)
And we thought the $600 toilet seats were expensive. I guess that's the cost of the plungers now.
mmmm, lasagna -- I've always loved that!
They just addressed that topic on the Young Operators Digital Voice Net... what is your favorite Thanksgiving Food. It wasn't always turkey and all
the trimmings.
Daryl
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As to hanging with Daryl -- he started it!
But, I got you to join the echo. <G>
I joined on my own(I recalled this echo fondly enough from my previous years in Fido) then saw you were in here, too. . . ;)
We've got to quit meeting like this...folks are going to talk. <G>
There's a dark painful cave in Hell for the gossips & rumormongers!
You hear the gossip about butter?
Actually I’m not gonna spread it
At the company picnic, my co-worker said he had some juicy gossip. He loaded up his plate but tripped on the way to my table...
He spilled the beans!
I think they tend to live indoors & have a large remote, property to go out nude when the wearther permits. In Florida, of course, that's
pretty much year-round -- in Canada, it's 1-3 days/year in some places.
. .
We had a nude beach here in Vancouver I visiited a few times as a teen
-- it's gone now, out of flagging interest, & police(in uniform)
presence (cracking down on drugs(before cannabis was federally
legalised), fires, selling)
You'd think, but Vancouver airport had a tornado recently! I'd never thought it was possible, as we are the opposite of the terrain &
Latitude they seem to prefer. . .
I'd probably describe it as an especially large dust devil, not a
tornado. . . :)
But I'm no meteorologist, I'm just a wordsmith.
I'm starting to write a book about a tornado disaster
It's just a draft at the moment.
What did the windmill say to the tornado?
"Honestly, I'm a big fan!"
Q: What do you say if a tornado blows off 25% of your roof?
A: Oof
Did you hear about the boarding house that was hit by a tornado?
Roomers were flying.
I am trying to get tornado insurance for my campsite, but the companies keep denying my application.
They told me, “If your tent gets blown away, you won’t be covered.”
Did you hear about the tornado in southern USA that was swallowing everything in its path?
It was called the VoreTex-Us.
Did you guys hear about the tornado that hit a cheese shop recently?
Da brie was everywhere
My wife made a tornado for dinner.
She was cooking up a storm.
In much of the art world then and now, many paintings, statues, and
now videos, are done with what they consider "artistic nudity". I set
up a bulletin on the BBS, with the differences between nudity and pornography (the sex act outside of the marriage relationship between
a man and a woman). It also dealt with things like breast feeding,
personal hygiene, and other topics. Years ago, people would talk about
their bowel and bladder habits, and not say a word about sex. Now, it's
the other way around.
I'm not a meteorologist, but an amateur weather enthusiast. However, I know enough to be dangerous...and I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express
last night. <G>
They probably thought that of the one on May 3, 1999 that was measured with 318 mph winds in the Oklahoma City area, with the Doppler On Wheels.
I saw a tagline that noted "Oklahoma: Our Tornadoes Go To F-6".
You know you've been a storm chaser too much, when you look for cows
with tornadoes (you've also watched Twister too much).
... If you live in Hawaii, where do you go on vacation??
Oops, not in FUNNY, sorry, Joe. . . :)
I don't spread gossip, so you better listen close the first time.
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Oops, not in FUNNY, sorry, Joe. . . :)
No prob. I'm not a heartless humourous man. :)
More of the Suck up to the Mod Society. :)
Got to refine my groveling technique. <G>
In May and June 2019 I took a six week vacation and traveled around the country seeing things and visiting friends. One of the people I visited was Daryl.
Besides, I bought lunch...but you got lost on the way to the feeding trough.
More of the Suck up to the Mod Society. :)
Got to refine my groveling technique. <G>
You need to be less obvious about things like this.
I never get lost. I just make unplanned side trips. :)
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