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[pkondz]

At least you get paid extra for that suffering.
Not how it works for me when the phone rings like that at our house.

True. I know that if I pick up the phone, I'll be making 2X base salary as a minimum.

 

[pkondz]

Well boys.

It's been solved. That nagging mystery that you thought you'd never find an answer to.
Well, I'm here to let you know that it's been solved.

That's right...
Why girls never go to the bathroom alone.

 

[declansdad]

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[CapeCodTenor]

Morning, Gents. Very tired this morning, so I think extra caffeine is in order for the day. Have nothing to report today, except that I have nothing to report. In the event that something happens, it'll be posted on the board in the breakroom and, if necessary, an email will go out to everyone. Well, that's all. You may now move about your day.

TTFN

Ok, Gents, here's an almost mid-month No Shave November update, so day 9:

How many lopsided ones did you have to throw out?

None! Every single one was perfect....though I had to inspect a few a couple of extra times just to be sure.

It's been fun reading everyone's takes on it. Nice to see civil discourse isn't dead yet.

Sadly this is lacking in todays world.

I wish people would stop treating political parties as sports teams and think for themselves. Sometimes liberals are right, sometimes conservatives are right. More often, they both have pieces of the puzzle correct.

These are generalizations and in no way meant to describe anyone in particular:
I've found (at least in social media circles) that my right-leaning friends are more likely to share misinformation, or articles from questionable sources. My left-leaning friends are more likely to come across as arrogant/having all the answers and if you disagree with any part of their platform, you are (insert awful name or label here). Both of these characteristics end up doing a lot of damage.

In short, social media is a terrible place for these types of conversations.

I agree, but I have had some nice political conversations via social media, not many, but I have, so it is possible.

You’d think after last time that they would have refined their processes.

You'd think.

That works too.

And I'm pretty sure he caught the hint that I was annoyed.

What keeps the pizza from sliding when it’s sideways like that?

Glue

Uh oh. CCT is gonna go postal...

I’ve reached that point in furlough where I’ve taken out a puzzle.
I’ve also found that I’m too old for puzzles because eyesight (bifocals) is getting worse and my back and neck are killing me hunched over a puzzle all weekend.
I’d happily spend some time outside walking/hiking but the weather has been miserable lately, cold and wet.

I never reached that limit when I was laid off for most of 2019...though it did cross my mind. How's the puzzle coming along?

Yeah, the folks on the left coast roll their eyes at us when we talk about a 4.0, but they are exceedingly rare on this side. Oddly though, that that's the second small temblor this year on the east coast. Must be a 2020 thing.

The first earthquake I was in was when I was stationed in San Francisco in the Navy. I was in a bookstore when it happened. Like this one, it was small, enough to make noise and rattle small things, but nothing major. I looked around and noticed no one else was acting nervous, so I acted like it didn't bother me....though I quickly left the building. To me, the earth isn't supposed to move.

Well boys.

It's been solved. That nagging mystery that you thought you'd never find an answer to.
Well, I'm here to let you know that it's been solved.

That's right...
Why girls never go to the bathroom alone.









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[pkondz]

Morning folks.

Yup. Definitely a morning. An early morning. The worst kind.

 

[declansdad]

Morning folks.

Yup. Definitely a morning. An early morning. The worst kind.

Aren't all mornings early?

 

[CapeCodTenor]

Morning folks.

Yup. Definitely a morning. An early morning. The worst kind.

It was for me....usually is, actually.

Aren't all mornings early?

Yep

 

[docsoliday1]

Aren't all mornings early?

You speak truth.

Sad thing for me, since I wake up so early during the week, even if I want to sleep in on the weekends, just doesn't happen.

 

[Terra Nova guy]

How's the puzzle coming along?

The outside border is all done, did a little of the inside but then I had back and neck pain and it also got a bit frustrating. I’m not sure it’s the greatest puzzle in the world because it seems to only have 6 or 7 general shapes for the pieces, so out of 500 a lot of the pieces can fit in the same place, and there’s big patches of the same colour (sky, lake, trees). I would have thought a good puzzle would have enough generic shapes to limit how many pieces can fit into each other. But maybe not. I usually don’t do puzzles so I have no idea.

 

[AirGoofy]

Personally, I think the problem is more fundamental than that. Many voters are ignorant or lazy and believe everything they see on media (whether it be social or broadcast). I have long used places like project vote smart or others to see how my beliefs/priorities line up with candidates and then base my vote on that. Too many people will vote party lines without a clue or because their parents or friends do/did. I count myself fortunate, because my parents did not agree and I heard both sides.

To be honest, I think each registered voter, to be able to actually vote, should have to go through some type of training/education/site like project vote smart to get a frigging clue.

With that said, I think most politicians (both sides) are liars & thieves and it was never supposed to be a career!!!! You were elected by your peers, SERVED your peers (why it's called public service) and then went back to your life.

And remove their elected politician retirement plans, private government health clubs, insurance, etc? Good luck.

In doing social work, I said the same thing about parents. You need a license to drive a car but not raise children. Wasn't our first voting also based on owning property?

Hmmm... feels like you think I was mocking you or calling you out. I don’t know your rules or legalities surrounding your voting process. I wasn’t asking about your position on the mail in ballots because I’m smug, it’s because I’m ignorant and genuinely wanted your opinion. Sorry if it came across as arrogant or inflammatory. Will refrain in future.

I read it that way. I'm not sure how many more ways I can say that people shouldn't be disenfranchised. In my personal experience in KY, we have always had voter ID laws, to discourage fraud. Again, my point was that there was plenty of time to create a system that didn't result in court appeals, causing even more division.

Definitely a problem with a two party system. On the other hand a multiple party system like Canada’s means you generally get a party elected to govern with only 30-something % of the total national vote (I think that’s about what our current government got in the last election, too lazy to google). Which means two-thirds of the country did not want that party in power and wanted someone else.
I guess neither system is without flaws.

I hadn't considered that option, but it would be a possibility. Is it effective? Maybe if our government stopped doing anything, things would get better on their own.

I guess most people want the same thing out of their government - to be protected from harm (war, fire, crime), to have freedom to do what they want as long as it doesn't infringe on the freedoms of others, and the opportunity to make things better for themselves. It's in the details where people disagree, and sadly, compromise has become an evil premise.

Agreed, but I've got no idea how to break it up.
Under the current structure smaller parties just can't compete in any realistic way and voting for them generally accomplishes somewhere between nothing and a negative result.

No solution here, other than making me King for life.

I like Doc's idea to return to part time legislatures. But, that didn't work out well here in KY as we have a part time legislature, and the Governor has solely issued executive orders during COVID, including send the state police to churches to stop people. That one already resulted in Constitutional violation judgment and he had to cease that practice.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I’ve reached that point in furlough where I’ve taken out a puzzle.
I’ve also found that I’m too old for puzzles because eyesight (bifocals) is getting worse and my back and neck are killing me hunched over a puzzle all weekend.
I’d happily spend some time outside walking/hiking but the weather has been miserable lately, cold and wet.

Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?

I did see that oil skyrocketed with the rest of the stock market yesterday. Hoping that translates to good news for you.

Hmmmm. That looks awesome. Cheers buddy.

Just be ready for a line. We got there before it opened and still had to wait 30 minutes to place an order. The line was down the block.

SWMBO dealt out the yellow card, which upgrades to a Red for me if he repeats it at school. My defense was I thought this was why we had a boy, so I could laugh about stuff like this because she sure as heck doesn't. You can imagine how that argument played out.

Before I got married, I never dreamed that there were people who didn't find fart jokes funny.

 

[declansdad]

The outside border is all done, did a little of the inside but then I had back and neck pain and it also got a bit frustrating.

Doctor - "So how did you hurt your back and neck?"

Jeff - "Well I was working on a puzzle and here I am."

Just kidding Jeff, good luck with the puzzle.

 

[pkondz]

Aren't all mornings early?

Some are more early than others.

It was for me....usually is, actually.

This is true. There's early mornings and then there's CCT early mornings.

Sad thing for me, since I wake up so early during the week, even if I want to sleep in on the weekends, just doesn't happen.

There's medication for that. Or have Coni hit you over the head with a brick. I'm sure she'd be happy to.

I did see that oil skyrocketed with the rest of the stock market yesterday. Hoping that translates to good news for you.

Saw that too, but... won't buy that new mansion quite yet.

Before I got married, I never dreamed that there were people who didn't find fart jokes funny.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

Morning, Gents! Hope all is well. Not sure what the final high temp was yesterday, but it was a beautiful day yesterday here in the land of Cape Cod. As we're gearing up for annual inventory, which begins this weekend, I'm now working 10 hour days just to get ready for it. We, that is me and the other stockroom guy, get to walk around the building with a list with over 1000 lines of part numbers putting little bright yellow stickers on al the expense items that we don't have to count. This is wonderful as it'll cut down the amount of crap we have to count. The problem is, I get to walk around with bright yellow stickers on expense items that we don't have to count. Now, you will ask, "But CCT, how is that a problem?" I would then answer, "Because I have to find all the expense items before I can put a bright yellow sticker on it." this is rather hard as we have no idea where some of this stuff is. Oh well, it's a job that's paying 2 hours of overtime a day. Well, gents, have a good day and we'll chat throughout.

TTFN

The outside border is all done, did a little of the inside but then I had back and neck pain and it also got a bit frustrating. I’m not sure it’s the greatest puzzle in the world because it seems to only have 6 or 7 general shapes for the pieces, so out of 500 a lot of the pieces can fit in the same place, and there’s big patches of the same colour (sky, lake, trees). I would have thought a good puzzle would have enough generic shapes to limit how many pieces can fit into each other. But maybe not. I usually don’t do puzzles so I have no idea.

Now that would be annoying, but a CHALLENGE (ECHOE...Echo...echo...echo...echo...echo.). Ok, I admit to having fun.

I like Doc's idea to return to part time legislatures. But, that didn't work out well here in KY as we have a part time legislature, and the Governor has solely issued executive orders during COVID, including send the state police to churches to stop people. That one already resulted in Constitutional violation judgment and he had to cease that practice.

There's no real good solution unfortunately, though if I had to choose, a full-time legislature is better than a part-time. Unfortunately here in Mass, we've had to deal with corruption from our legislature. For instance, we've had 3 consecutive speakers of the house indicted on Federal charges of corruption of some kind. Then there's the, "I'm getting a job because I know so and so in the legislature. No system is perfect unfortunately.

Some are more early than others.

This is true.

This is true. There's early mornings and then there's CCT early mornings.

Yep. Most days I see 4 o'clock twice a day.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

A few images from our family's past travels to start the day.
And I might as well choose something appropriate for the day.

 

[Terra Nova guy]

Lest we forget.




On a different topic, I had a call from work yesterday. Fortunately the call didn’t start with “there’s no easy way to say this” and end with a severance letter. It looks like I’ll be going back to work Friday. Not sure for how long, but I’ll take what I can get these days.
I didn’t mind the time off back in June when the weather was nicer and the family were off too. I was having a bit of cabin fever this time, since the weather hard been mostly cold and wet around here and the family are all busy with work and school.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

A few images from our family's past travels to start the day.
And I might as well choose something appropriate for the day.

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Thank you, Goofy, for these wonderful pictures, and for reminding me that today is Veterans Day. Question: Is that mast from the USS Maine?

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Lest we forget.

Thank you, Terra, for this picture.

On a different topic, I had a call from work yesterday. Fortunately the call didn’t start with “there’s no easy way to say this” and end with a severance letter. It looks like I’ll be going back to work Friday. Not sure for how long, but I’ll take what I can get these days.
I didn’t mind the time off back in June when the weather was nicer and the family were off too. I was having a bit of cabin fever this time, since the weather hard been mostly cold and wet around here and the family are all busy with work and school.

That's wonderful news! So glad to hear this.

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

 

[declansdad]

Lest we forget







Thank you to all who have served.

 

[declansdad]

On a different topic, I had a call from work yesterday. Fortunately the call didn’t start with “there’s no easy way to say this” and end with a severance letter. It looks like I’ll be going back to work Friday. Not sure for how long, but I’ll take what I can get these days.
I didn’t mind the time off back in June when the weather was nicer and the family were off too. I was having a bit of cabin fever this time, since the weather hard been mostly cold and wet around here and the family are all busy with work and school.

Great news Jeff.