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MACS Offline
#451 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 12:23 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
We keep ours at 71 and the wife complains she is freezing!


Mine is set at 69 currently. Long PJ's keep me warm... and a blanket. The recliner is a good place for a cat nap, but if I get real sleepy I just go to bed and close the blinds/curtains and it's dark.

Had a spinach/blueberry/peanut butter protein shake for breakfast. Salmon and a Cesar salad later.
DrafterX Offline
#452 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 12:29 PM EST
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Hot links... kettle chips... Mellow
Gene363 Offline
#453 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 12:30 PM EST
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Abrignac wrote:
Had to look twice. Thought you said coochies the first time.



LOL
Abrignac Offline
#454 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 2:01 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
We are warming.
Currently 4 with -11 wc.
Only the briefest of dog walks and the mailbox will get me outside of the 67 degree confines of our home.


One our load planners called me last week and wanted to know if I wanted a load headed to the upper Michigan peninsula. IIRC the weather out by you is substantially similar. I’m one of the guys who will pretty much go anywhere. Probably the main reason I seem to run more miles than 98.2% of our other drivers. My response was something like are you fu*king serious? Not just no but double Dutch fu*k NO. He said something to the effect of it might make getting premium loads harder in the future. To which I asked who was going to run the Bronx loads I had been running because no one would take them. He’s like nevermind.

Glad we had a meeting of the minds.
Gene363 Offline
#455 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 2:16 PM EST
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Abrignac wrote:
One our load planners called me last week and wanted to know if I wanted a load headed to the upper Michigan peninsula. IIRC the weather out by you is substantially similar. I’m one of the guys who will pretty much go anywhere. Probably the main reason I seem to run more miles than 98.2% of our other drivers. My response was something like are you fu*king serious? Not just no but double Dutch fu*k NO. He said something to the effect of it might make getting premium loads harder in the future. To which I asked who was going to run the Bronx loads I had been running because no one would take them. He’s like nevermind.

Glad we had a meeting of the minds.


Clear communication is essential. Beer
Abrignac Offline
#456 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 3:49 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Clear communication is essential. Beer


Yessir

Every few months he pulls that. When does I remind him that I was looking for a job when I found this one and that fairly confident that since I generally get at least one call a day from a recruiter I won’t have a problem finding if I go looking again.
Ram27 Offline
#457 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 5:58 PM EST
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Evening peeps ram27bat
MACS Offline
#458 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 6:25 PM EST
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Hello Rammie... evening dudes...
Ram27 Offline
#459 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 6:34 PM EST
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Howdy MACKIE Herfing
Gene363 Offline
#460 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 6:44 PM EST
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Evening Ram and Macs.
Abrignac Offline
#461 Posted: Wed, Jan 17 2024, 9:32 PM EST
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Last night I enjoyed a frosty 5 degrees and -1 chill in West Memphis, AR. Tonight it’s gonna be a balmy 30 in Amarillo, TX. Looking like I’ll bed down in Brawley, CA tomorrow evening where it’s gonna be a blistering 57.
danmdevries Offline
#462 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 2:45 AM EST
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Happy Thursday fellas.
MACS Offline
#463 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 6:07 AM EST
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So
Happy
It's
Thursday
deadeyedick Offline
#464 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 7:22 AM EST
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A nice 45 going to 73 today. Time for a walk.
MACS Offline
#465 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 7:28 AM EST
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37 right now... 63 predicted high today. Sat/Sun gonna be in the 50's for highs... dammit.
RiverRatRuss Offline
#466 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 9:05 AM EST
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Mornin Ya'll... heat wave of 24 this morning.. d'oh!

Yesterdays Road trip in the U-Haul was uneventful... 120 miles out of our way in Bum Fugged Sticks of Missouri..Brick wall Brick wall

GPS didn't kick in or lost it on our start? so missed the turn onto US24 into Quincy IL. traveled almost to Macomb before realizing we be like 60+ miles past our route so backtracking... That adventure made the U-Haul folks smile.. at $0.89 a mile... SO my $15 a sheet of OSB just went up and put us a few hours behind on time... So the U-Haul is parked in driveway this morning and the Mrs. and I got a Chuckle at thinking about being the talk of the town, Oh She musta got tired of his **** and tossed him out.. etc etc so on and so forth... Herfing I said hey lets meet at the bar after you get off work and we'll really play this up... you walk in and shove me and go sit at the other end of the bar complaining.. have a few drinks and watch the reactions of everybody... then we can go home together... Hell I may just rent the U-Haul and drive it up to the bar to Keep the rumor alive!!! Beer Beer Herfing
8trackdisco Offline
#467 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 9:23 AM EST
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2 wc -7.
If it gets a few degrees warmer, salt may actual start melting the hardpack.

The windchill has been below zero since early Sunday morning.

Put a few chocolates in the mailbox for the carrier today.

Sun is starting to shine. It could all be much worse.
DrafterX Offline
#468 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 9:31 AM EST
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Cool Dudes...
Ram27 Offline
#469 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 9:41 AM EST
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Hello all..............



X be in the houseBlink
DrafterX Offline
#470 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 9:53 AM EST
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Ram..!! Laugh
HockeyDad Offline
#471 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 11:00 AM EST
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I have a wrapped pvc pipe that is leaking. Need to unwrap and assess the damage. It froze last year as well.
Gene363 Offline
#472 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 11:42 AM EST
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Good Tuesday, Almost Noon, Morning to All! It's a clear and cold 45° on the way to 54° later today.
8trackdisco Offline
#473 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 12:15 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
I have a wrapped pvc pipe that is leaking. Need to unwrap and assess the damage. It froze last year as well.


If you haven’t already, open the cupboards and let heat from the furnace get in there. Anywhere you have plumbing, open those doors. Can make the difference between freezing or not.

No advice on leaks. Well, I guess I’d say stop them.
DrafterX Offline
#474 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 12:46 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
I have a wrapped pvc pipe that is leaking. Need to unwrap and assess the damage. It froze last year as well.



Takes me back to my Residential Repair Plumbing Training back in the day... 'Fix Leak, Get Check'... once that was programmed in to your brain they'd turn you loose on da streets... Mellow
HockeyDad Offline
#475 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 2:07 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
If you haven’t already, open the cupboards and let heat from the furnace get in there. Anywhere you have plumbing, open those doors. Can make the difference between freezing or not.

No advice on leaks. Well, I guess I’d say stop them.


Everything else is good. This is a PVC pipe that runs from an outside faucet to apparently fill the pool. Looks like a poor design to me. It has failed two years in a row even though it is wrapped. Last year it was a geyser. I’ll call the landlord and he will send Jose over to fix it.
DrafterX Offline
#476 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 2:51 PM EST
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Does Jose have a seeester..?? Huh
MACS Offline
#477 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 3:01 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Does Jose have a seeester..?? Huh


Beyder has a seester...
DrafterX Offline
#478 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 3:17 PM EST
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Not anymore... Mellow
danmdevries Offline
#479 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 6:06 PM EST
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She got ran over by a tractor and buried alive.
DrafterX Offline
#480 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 6:15 PM EST
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Poor Beyder's seester... Sad
danmdevries Offline
#481 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 6:15 PM EST
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HR called again today around 11am.

They wanted to confirm that I was aware the job I interviewed for was day shift.

This is the third phone call I've gotten since submitting the transfer request asking if I knew what I applied for.
danmdevries Offline
#482 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 6:19 PM EST
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So clearly they are fully aware that I've been a longstanding nightshift dude.

But they call me at 11am...

I've not only applied for the job, and noted in the "reason for transfer request" that I want to go to day shift.

I've already interviewed for the job. You'd think that's when I'd get blindsided by the shocking revelation that it's dayshift. No. 11am 7 days after the interview they need to make sure I know it's dayshift.

What big red flags do they have in my employee file? Clearly there's some notation about me not working dayshift. Maybe when I went back on full time in 2015 and had an agreement that I'd be week on week off straight nights. But that was 3 managers ago and HR wasn't involved.
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#483 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 6:47 PM EST
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Just to confirm: Do you understand that this is a 1st shift position (a.k.a day shift)? Maybe a blood test turned up with vampire DNA or sumptin'. Are you unable to function when the Sun is up? Are you afraid of garlic? Do you have a reflection in a mirror? Do you drink blood? The answers to these questions need further clarification.
BuckyB93 Offline
#484 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 6:48 PM EST
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16 more posts to hit the 5 hunnerd.
DrafterX Offline
#485 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 6:50 PM EST
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Was offered a new job this week... wasn't looking, just got the call from a previous employer... more money, no loss of time.. my previous 15 years with da company will stand.. tough decision to be made soon.. . Think
8trackdisco Offline
#486 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 7:02 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
She got ran over by a tractor and buried alive.


She got Plowed?
DrafterX Offline
#487 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 7:05 PM EST
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da Plowdude was involved..?? Huh
8trackdisco Offline
#488 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 7:07 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
So clearly they are fully aware that I've been a longstanding nightshift dude.

But they call me at 11am...

I've not only applied for the job, and noted in the "reason for transfer request" that I want to go to day shift.

I've already interviewed for the job. You'd think that's when I'd get blindsided by the shocking revelation that it's dayshift. No. 11am 7 days after the interview they need to make sure I know it's dayshift.

What big red flags do they have in my employee file? Clearly there's some notation about me not working dayshift. Maybe when I went back on full time in 2015 and had an agreement that I'd be week on week off straight nights. But that was 3 managers ago and HR wasn't involved.


Nope. They want to drag their feet and frsutrate you because they would prefer you to be in your current positions. Many Leaders are leaders in name only. They don't want anything knocking them out of their routine.

Think Idiocracy. You are unscanable. Its messing everything up.

Stay committed to the goal and don't show frustration. Kill em with calm, patient answers to their inane questions. You'll get there.
Palama Online
#489 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 7:08 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
Was offered a new job this week... wasn't looking, just got the call from a previous employer... more money, no loss of time.. my previous 15 years with da company will stand.. tough decision to be made soon.. . Think


Interesting.

Not too many get calls from their previous employer to come back.

But were there issues at the previous company that caused you to leave? If so, have they been resolved?

Do you give your current employer a chance to counteroffer?

Like you said, tough one.
BuckyB93 Offline
#490 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 7:12 PM EST
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Not knowing the details but it sounds like a good option, Drafter.

I'm contemplating doing another job search. The one I landed this past spring isn't turning out to be what I was expecting and the roles and responsibilities are not what was laid out to me when I signed on. It's an OK job. I like parts of it but not pleased with other parts of it.

One key member of the team put in his 2 weeks a couple weeks ago and they told him to just leave the following day. They didn't let him tie up loose ends on the projects he was working on and help those that would be taking the responsibilities for a smooth transition after his departure. There are holes that need to be filled and those that need to fill them are starting at ground zero. Company, in my opinion, didn't handle it well.
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#491 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 7:23 PM EST
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Palama wrote:
Interesting.

Not too many get calls from their previous employer to come back.

But were there issues at the previous company that caused you to leave? If so, have they been resolved?

Do you give your current employer a chance to counteroffer?

Like you said, tough one.



I got a better offer they couldn't match when I left them.. a co-worker from then is now the Engineering manager ... now I'm betting my current employer can't match the new offer... gonna be about a 15% increase.. will only have to report to the office 1 or 2 days a week and will work from home the rest of the week... still a tough decision... Mellow
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#492 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 7:44 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
I got a better offer they couldn't match when I left them.. a co-worker from then is now the Engineering manager ... now I'm betting my current employer can't match the new offer... gonna be about a 15% increase.. will only have to report to the office 1 or 2 days a week and will work from home the rest of the week... still a tough decision... Mellow

it's easy to love the upside.
Your task now is to find out what is the downside...and can you live with that?
BuckyB93 Offline
#493 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 8:10 PM EST
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Another thing to consider is the coworkers you will be working with. Personalities and company environment can make and break a job and working relationships.
DrafterX Offline
#494 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 8:12 PM EST
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I'll feel bad if I leave... business was slow when they brought me back after da pandemic.. now we're being really particular about what we're willing to take on.. but there's still alot to do.. love my boss.. co-workers not so much.... Mellow
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#495 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 8:32 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
I'll feel bad if I leave... business was slow when they brought me back after da pandemic.. now we're being really particular about what we're willing to take on.. but there's still alot to do.. love my boss.. co-workers not so much.... Mellow


Can you also get an idea on how the health insurance works? Deductibles, coinsuance, max out of pocket per year. How much comes out of your paycheck every two weeks. 401k, company match, yada yada yada.

You've already proved you can leave and come back if or when needed.
Ram27 Offline
#496 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 8:33 PM EST
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Tuff decision to make....


Looks like a wrap on this 500.Think
8trackdisco Offline
#497 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 8:34 PM EST
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Ram27 wrote:
Tuff decision to make....


Looks like a wrap on this 500.Think


Not sure why he isn't asking you, Ram. fog
8trackdisco Offline
#498 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 8:42 PM EST
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Well, Ram?
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#499 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 8:45 PM EST
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Could be a better 2024... Think
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#500 Posted: Thu, Jan 18 2024, 8:46 PM EST
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