8trackdisco
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:02:35 PM

Landed safely in snowstorm at O'Hare. Took 2 hours to drive home.

Got home to about 8-10" snow in the driveway. Took a while to shovel, but at least it was light powdery snow.

We'd woken up at 4am Florida time (3a here) to get on the 7am flight. Everyone tired n cranky, so we all took naps and now waiting for our traditional post vacation pizza to be ready for pickup.

Had a good time down there, and my parents surprisingly said they'd consider flying again in the future. They've not flown since 1980. Their only complaint was I booked our rooms too high up (7th floor for the view) they wouldn't even open the curtains...

danmdevries wrote:

For a few hours, they were at 24,000 feet. They get nervous at 70?

8trackdisco
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:05:38 PM

Doesn't look that way, does it?

MACS wrote:

The only way the Rams can get more conservative on offense is a first down punt.

Or fumble a handoff.

Ram27
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:07:06 PM
WTF? RAMS
MACS
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:18:53 PM
Oh boy... if TB pulls this off... Rams fans have to go into hiding.
8trackdisco
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:20:21 PM
The Packers are LOVING this.

Compared to last night, the Lambs have an epic choke in progress.

8trackdisco
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:21:28 PM
The Rams should punt and pray.
Ram27
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:21:43 PM
🤦 😣 😣 🤦
Sunoverbeach
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:23:41 PM
Driveway cleared. Apparently missed some chit in this game

Snowblower was a little finicky, but it shaped up once the wife glared at it

Ram27
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:25:05 PM
=d> =d> =d> =d> 🍺 🍺 🍺 🍺
8trackdisco
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:27:09 PM
Tomorrow’s LA Times.

Rams blow it, saved by last minute Gay kick!

MACS
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:29:06 PM
How the hell do you let Cooper Kupp get by you at this point in the game?

Unreal. Rams deserved that win and damn near gave it away. Whew!

49ers got a tough matchup. Gonna be hard to beat the same team 3 times in a season. Especially with Jimmy G playing like a turd.

Speyside2
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:32:49 PM
^ True, but the defense is outstanding. I think Stafford can now know that he's great and Detroit sucks. Those last 2 throws were money under almost as much stress/pressure as possible. 3 games won with a last second field goal, amazing.
rfenst
Sunday, January 23, 2022 6:56:30 PM

You don't have to use PTO for the time off?

Someone else had said something like that to me, they automatically get 2 weeks paid leave if they test positive. So he visited the free county test site every week until positive. But that was pre-vaccine.

If I get sick, regardless of the cause, it comes out of my PTO bank. Only 5 consecutive days are excused for covid. Beyond that you accrue attendance points as unexcused absence.

danmdevries wrote:

Dan, Your employer is a p.o.s. if that is how they treat "front line" workers who come in contact with infected patients as part of their job. My wife works "front-line" in a healthcare facility owned by a hospital chain. Everyone gets paid sick days if they catch covid. Get out of there!!!

Palama
Sunday, January 23, 2022 7:18:39 PM

The Packers are LOVING this.

Compared to last night, the Lambs have an epic choke in progress.

8trackdisco wrote:

Although I missed most of the LAR - TB game, I managed to catch the last 4 minutes of it. Didn’t think the Rams could blow it but man, they sure tried. Ultimately though, the fact that they somehow got down the field with only 42 seconds left and then got the GW FG will be the highlight of the MMQB talk.

Well, that and whether or not ARodg retires or not. 🤦

BuckyB93
Sunday, January 23, 2022 7:58:51 PM
I agree with Robert, Pretty raw on how they treat you, Dan.

Wally World pays 1 week full pay, no questions asked. Here's the Walmart policy in a nutshell.

https://one.walmart.com/content/dam/us-wire-wm1/documents/company/community/emergency-disaster-preparedness/covid-19/Emergency_Leave_FAQ.pdf 

I've called out from work probably twice in my adult life due to illness. Wait... I took a week off from work when I lopped off half of my thumb but that's not a real illness... it falls into the bucket called "Just let me rip this piece of lumber on the table saw that we removed all safety guards and stuff... ouch.. that thing that just flew over my shoulder is part of my thumb... if you can find it, the might be able to sew it back on" (I think there's a FAQ on that topic in the appendix of the owner's manual).

I've taken sick days when the kids were sick as toddlers and hosts for any virus out there but that's sort of SOP.

Other than that I remember one day when I had a wicked fever maybe 25 years ago. Sweating, cold, sweating, cold... Stuck in bed watching B&W because it was what the TV channel was set to and I couldn't find the remote... I was glued to the TV watching Citizen Kane, Casablanca... Without the fever, I probably wouldn't have set time aside to appreciate some of these classics.

In summary, in my opinion, your company's COVID protocol kinda sucks considering all the apocalypse mania that is going on.

BuckyB93
Sunday, January 23, 2022 8:04:42 PM
Discussion on the Packers fail last night is not open for discussion. I didn't see the game live but saw "highlights." Not sure what to say.

Special teams sucked, I agree and they deserve criticism... but how can the offense only score 10 points? Complete fail on 2 of the 3 components of the game. Bad, Bad, Bad

Palama
Sunday, January 23, 2022 8:15:03 PM

Discussion on the Packers fail last night is not open for discussion. I didn't see the game live but saw "highlights." Not sure what to say.

Special teams sucked, I agree and they deserve criticism... but how can the offense only score 10 points? Complete fail on 2 of the 3 components of the game. Bad, Bad, Bad

BuckyB93 wrote:

Hadda change the channel as soon as Gould's kick went through.

My wife knows me well enough to not talk about the game unless I bring it up.

Dinner didn't taste so good last night either.

But hey, on the bright side, I'mma getting my woofers back tomorrow! Those positive thoughts have (almost) completely eviscerated the results of the game. Oh, and the Rams win over TB12.

MACS
Sunday, January 23, 2022 8:33:28 PM
49ers got a very, very good defense and rent free room in Aaron's head. 0-4 against them in the playoffs.

😁

That's all I'm sayin'... [whip]

Speyside2
Sunday, January 23, 2022 8:52:54 PM
He may own the Bears, but the 49ers own him.
8trackdisco
Sunday, January 23, 2022 9:03:18 PM

He may own the Bears, but the 49ers own him.

Speyside2 wrote:

He grew up a Niners fan. Some here say he never stopped.