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PapaWhiskey Offline
#251 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 11:15 AM EST
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Happy Sunday! I was planning to drop a couple trees and chuck wood today but he wind whipped up so now I select a fine cigar and work out a different plan. I think maybe a walk in the woods or one of the 400 things on my honey do list. The dog says walk in the woods...
Sunoverbeach Offline
#252 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 11:26 AM EST
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I believe I'll boycott honey do lists today in protest against the rampant abuse of precious free time
PapaWhiskey Offline
#253 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 11:28 AM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
I believe I'll boycott honey do lists today in protest against the rampant abuse of precious free time


LOL, good one. I like it!
Ram27 Offline
#254 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 11:41 AM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
House shopping yesterday. Prolly more today.



Did ya change your mind & fell in love with Texass ? Think



HockeyDad Offline #323 Posted: Tue, Nov 8 2022, 10:20 AMFavorites | Quote
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MACS wrote:
What's the story, HD? You guys renting for the moment and looking for the new digs? Waiting for prices to drop further? Or did you find a place?



The wife came to Houston and went house hunting a month ago. We are renting for a year until we figure out the next steps. I kinda figure we are here two years. We aren’t really looking at Houston as a long term location.

The thought is the next move will be more retirement based and could be a Texas hill country location or back to Florida. I’m eyeballing Saint Augustine or Melbourne. If we do wind up back in Florida I want an area we haven’t already lived.
Ram27 Offline
#255 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 3:09 PM EST
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Go Eagles 🦅 go....
DrafterX Offline
#256 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 3:20 PM EST
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didn't think that was a catch... Shame on you
Ram27 Offline
#257 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 3:22 PM EST
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Shhhhh Speak to the hand
MACS Offline
#258 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 5:00 PM EST
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Welp... that first half was a disaster. 3rd QB out, now?

Good grief.
Ram27 Offline
#259 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 5:58 PM EST
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Forty Niners >>>horse
Ram27 Offline
#260 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 6:00 PM EST
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Eagles 🦅 >>>>Applause Beer Applause


CONGRATULATIONS EAGLES 🦅
Ram27 Offline
#261 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 6:01 PM EST
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IT'S A PHILLY THING!Herfing
DrafterX Offline
#262 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 6:19 PM EST
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quarterback needs to stick to quarterbacking.... singing is not his thing... Not talking
Ram27 Offline
#263 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 7:03 PM EST
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Brick wall Brick wall Brick wall Brick wall
delta1 Offline
#264 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 7:15 PM EST
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did the Rams win?
Ram27 Offline
#265 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 10:14 PM EST
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Speak to the hand
HockeyDad Offline
#266 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 10:40 PM EST
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Ram27 wrote:
Did ya change your mind & fell in love with Texass ? Think



HockeyDad Offline #323 Posted: Tue, Nov 8 2022, 10:20 AMFavorites | Quote
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MACS wrote:
What's the story, HD? You guys renting for the moment and looking for the new digs? Waiting for prices to drop further? Or did you find a place?



The wife came to Houston and went house hunting a month ago. We are renting for a year until we figure out the next steps. I kinda figure we are here two years. We aren’t really looking at Houston as a long term location.

The thought is the next move will be more retirement based and could be a Texas hill country location or back to Florida. I’m eyeballing Saint Augustine or Melbourne. If we do wind up back in Florida I want an area we haven’t already lived.



Don’t know yet but since we are here it is worth exploring the possibility of staying longer term. Found some stuff we like. The amount of new development here is staggering.
Ram27 Offline
#267 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2023, 10:47 PM EST
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Good luck and happy house 🏡 hunting.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#268 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 6:33 AM EST
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, or close the wall up with our English dead

Morning, peoples
MACS Offline
#269 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 6:55 AM EST
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Mornin' dudes.

Chiefs gutted out a win. SB should be exciting. Not as exciting as if the Niners were in it, but whataya gonna do?
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#270 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 7:30 AM EST
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Morning gang
deadeyedick Online
#271 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 7:36 AM EST
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Yeah, too bad it was a crappy game from the time Purdy got hurt.

It's somewhere around 45 this morning. My phone says rain starting about 9PM, my wife's phone says no rain. They are both iPhones using the same app. WTF?
8trackdisco Offline
#272 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 8:03 AM EST
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3 wc -14.

I'll need to enjoy the warmth today as it will be cold tomorrow.

Off to the shpo I go. Anxious
deadeyedick Online
#273 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 8:13 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
3 wc -14.

I'll need to enjoy the warmth today as it will be cold tomorrow.

Off to the shpo I go. Anxious


RIP 8. See you on ground hog's day.
Ram27 Offline
#274 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 9:20 AM EST
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Monday greetings gang. RollEyes
Gene363 Offline
#275 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 10:29 AM EST
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Good Monday Morning Ram and all! It's 51° on the way to 61° today.
deadeyedick Online
#276 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 11:23 AM EST
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Now that Philly won I suppose Ram will be coming to town?
MACS Offline
#277 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 11:41 AM EST
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It's 78 right now, headed for mid 80's. Weird weather.
DrafterX Offline
#278 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 11:55 AM EST
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23 here... winter storm warning and stuff... Mellow
DrMaddVibe Offline
#279 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 12:27 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
23 here... winter storm warning and stuff... Mellow


It's January...do you really need a warning?
BuckyB93 Offline
#280 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 12:36 PM EST
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Low 40's high 30's today. Calling for some rain maybe tonight.

The IT job didn't pan out. They didn't land the contract they were hoping for so the open position evaporated. Have a second interview at another place, this one for a manufacturing engr job, Wed morning. Company makes cables, connectors, wiring harnesses and stuff. Job description sounds like I wrote it myself.

The previous engr job prospect seems to still want me but they've added additional needs to the position: Manf engineer role, administrating ISO 9001 qualifications from the QC side, IT help to maintain their network requirements for DOD contracts AND help to implement safety procedures with hazardous chemicals. I have experience in all the above to some degree but in a support role not as the main lead.

QC should lead the ISO stuff by someone with the required QC certifications and supported from the other areas. Hazardous waste should be led by a health and safety person with the required certifications. This one is a biggie. If a company screws up their hazardous waste process, not only is the company liable but the individual in charge is liable.

It sounds like they kinda dug themselves into a hole and don't have the appropriate resources to handle it.

Yeah... all that is a big nope. I'll let that opportunity die on the vine.
Ram27 Offline
#281 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 1:30 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Now that Philly won I suppose Ram will be coming to town?




ram27bat Only if MACS meets me in town to cheer on the Eagles! ram27bat Think
MACS Offline
#282 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 1:32 PM EST
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Ram27 wrote:
ram27bat Only if MACS meets me in town to cheer on the Eagles! ram27bat Think


I said congrats. Asking me to cheer for the team that just knocked out my team is a bit much. ram27bat
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#283 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 1:32 PM EST
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Cold day.

Sat on the couch for a bit but had to get out. Went and knocked out the grocery list that was on the fridge only to find out when I got home my wife had already gone shopping and didn't throw out the old list. So now we have duplicates.

Sous vide some chicken breasts to shred and fry up some flautas for dinner. I'll be shocked if wife or boy eat them, but they love the frozen taquitos from Aldis. But you know... I made em so they're nasty crap. I tried making homemade bratwurst a while back since they both like brats and I had a bunch of frozen pork butt and brisket trimmings to burn up. Picked up a seasoning pack and some casings and stuffed a dozen or so brats. But they wouldn't eat them. Wife said "I don't like it" without even trying it so I had to eat them all. Tasted like brats. The sausage, not the family.
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#284 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 1:40 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Yeah... all that is a big nope. I'll let that opportunity die on the vine.



IMO, a good decision. That job description is a list of things they won't fix/implement and you'll be the guy they blame.
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#285 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 2:02 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
so I had to eat them all. Tasted like brats. The sausage, not the family.

BigGrin

Cracked me up...
HockeyDad Offline
#286 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 2:24 PM EST
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49 degrees. Brrr
Palama Offline
#287 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 2:56 PM EST
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Man, I look at some of the temps some of youse guys endure and hafta think “70 F (…but feels like 65…) is nuthin’!”

My only “complaint” is the almost straight two days of rain. At least I can still wear shorts and t-shirt (…no tank top with temps at 70 or below…) and not bundle up just to stay warm…in the house!
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#288 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 3:01 PM EST
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So I skimmed a lot of this 7 page thread and concluded a large percentage of it is about football and what we throw together for the games... This post is going to turn more into a personal blog than anything, no offense taken if you with to skip to the next post...

....So it all started Saturday night when the wife went out of town to shop and was staying over night. I had the house to myself..err, and my 15 year old daughters... I ended up at the glorious H-E-B (IYKYK) to get some supplies for tomorrow's BBQ. My daughter wanted some pork for some reason. Well, baby back's always sound good... specially if my pit is gonna be hot. So I'm browsing through the babybacks and end up getting distracted and grabbed 2 packs of "ribs" and some other things. When I get home, I start whipping up a marinade for these "ribs" and everything is coming together perfectly. I get the marinade in the perfect pan and grab the "ribs" from the frige. Upon immidiate inspection I realize what I just opened is not ribs, but Pork Brisket Strips. I have never seen such a cut. Oh well, I can make a prize winning beef brisket so why not! I drop it in the marinade and put it all in the fridge. Anyway, later that evening I had an old friend come by and we enjoyed a Monte that came in the recent Cohiba & Monte humidor combo...(remember, I'm restarting my collection so I don't have much yet) It could benefit from a long rest, but it still satisfied. Well, those smoked well with some Basil Haydens.... then some Buffalo Trace... then something else he had.

Then came game day and I was abruptly reminded I'm not 23 years old anymore and alcohol has a painful detox at my age. So I shook it off, opened a Lone Star Light and lit the pit. Turned the marinade to a sop while the pit warmed up and threw the briskets on. Stuffed some jalepenos with cream cheese, beef fajita, garlic and wrapped in bacon. Dropped a few links of sausage and some fajita meat on the pit and we're cooking! Buddies come over and all is right in the world. We're watching football! The NFC game, asside from McCaffrey's single good run, was a pitiful waste of time, but the AFC game was awesome! The pork brisket, btw, was affectionately described by myself as "meat gum" and I'll never make that again. Flavor was awesome tho, so I cut it all into chunks for beans. If you're still reading; I warned ya. :p
HockeyDad Offline
#289 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 3:21 PM EST
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Never even heard of pork brisket.

I can find picanha steak/roast at H-E-B which is yummy. Never seen it before except in Brazilian steakhouses.

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#290 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 3:57 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
IMO, a good decision. That job description is a list of things they won't fix/implement and you'll be the guy they blame.


I strung them along for a bit on the negotiation stage to see where they were going on the compensation package and responsibilities but each time they added a little of this a little of that on the responsibilities. Not trying to be an a-hole but when the job description and responsibilities shift with the wind even before accepting the position, imagine what would happen if I lock in. It doesn't seem like a well defined and stable situation.

Finally sent them an e-mail today saying thanks but no thanks.
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#291 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 7:46 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
I strung them along for a bit on the negotiation stage to see where they were going on the compensation package and responsibilities but each time they added a little of this a little of that on the responsibilities. Not trying to be an a-hole but when the job description and responsibilities shift with the wind even before accepting the position, imagine what would happen if I lock in. It doesn't seem like a well defined and stable situation.

Finally sent them an e-mail today saying thanks but no thanks.


I was dealing with this when I and another nurse setup a pilot study for the creation of a new position. Once we got the green light for the pilot to be staffed entirely by volunteers taking overtime, we got it going and collected data. Wrote out job responsibilities and documented the time spent doing each thing vs downtime etc. Presented it to the suits at the end of the pilot and they green lit it pretty quickly.

But then 6 months went by and I heard nothing from anyone. Setup another meeting and they'd revised the duties to include things way outside the scope of that position. Some of the things, sure. But several others really need to be physician driven or case management tracking to put on the physician radar. Outside the scope of practice for nursing and opening up a lot of personal liability for whomever took that position. My original proposal was backed by all the management of critical care areas. The revision was not so then it got shelved.

Currently it's getting brought up again, but now they're not soliciting my input. I'm sure some suit is going to claim it as their own idea if it succeeds, but come back to me if it fails. Curious to see what their final draft is and whether or not it's even remotely close to what I was trying to do.
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#292 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 8:14 PM EST
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Was chilly today. Then some jackwagaon sent to me the current temperature of Jacksonville FL. (83 degrees).

Unsure who sent it.
MACS Offline
#293 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 8:25 PM EST
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Hey... you don't know the struggle, man... heater at night, AC during the day... my HVAC system doesn't know what's goin' on.
danmdevries Online
#294 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 8:35 PM EST
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I sure could go for some heater at night, AC during the day right now.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#295 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2023, 9:04 PM EST
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Nah, you'd get pretty chilly running AC during the day right now
tonygraz Offline
#296 Posted: Tue, Jan 31 2023, 6:37 AM EST
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This January has been the 3rd warmest on record for CT. The mild winter is scheduled to come to abrupt stall Friday night when we go below 0.
deadeyedick Online
#297 Posted: Tue, Jan 31 2023, 7:26 AM EST
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It seems this has been the coldest winter I can remember in the desert. Temps have only gotten down to freezing a few nights but the days have been 10 degrees below normals for much of Dec & Jan. We are sending a little more cold weather eastward today after which the days should get back to 70's. Spring is just around the corner.
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#298 Posted: Tue, Jan 31 2023, 7:59 AM EST
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-5 wc-15.

Winds will vary this morning bottoming out and no colder than -30.

Projected high of 6.

Being proactive with a heating pad to get ahead of the game.
8trackdisco Offline
#299 Posted: Tue, Jan 31 2023, 8:02 AM EST
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Bright side: Our normal high temp for January 30 is 25 degrees. January 31 average high?.... 26.

We are on the ascendency!
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#300 Posted: Tue, Jan 31 2023, 8:05 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Was chilly today. Then some jackwagaon sent to me the current temperature of Jacksonville FL. (83 degrees).

Unsure who sent it.


And just like that winter was over (said in my best Forrest Gump!)
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