I believe I'll boycott honey do lists today in protest against the rampant abuse of precious free time

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



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.

didn't think that was a catch...

Welp... that first half was a disaster. 3rd QB out, now?

Good grief.

Eagles 🦅 >>>>


CONGRATULATIONS EAGLES 🦅

quarterback needs to stick to quarterbacking.... singing is not his thing...

did the Rams win?

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.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, or close the wall up with our English dead

Morning, peoples

Morning gang

3 wc -14.

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

Off to the shpo I go.

Monday greetings gang.

Now that Philly won I suppose Ram will be coming to town?

23 here... winter storm warning and stuff...

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.

I said congrats. Asking me to cheer for the team that just knocked out my team is a bit much.

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.

49 degrees. Brrr

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

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.

Was chilly today. Then some jackwagaon sent to me the current temperature of Jacksonville FL. (83 degrees).

Unsure who sent it.

I sure could go for some heater at night, AC during the day right now.

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.

-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.

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