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  On 4/24/2021 at 11:57 AM, Brothahorn said:

Taking a shit in a port a potty. 

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Sometimes you have no choice. But it does suck. 
 

 

  On 4/24/2021 at 6:21 PM, nnm said:

Without getting too CR, younger folks have no recollection of the horrific nature of totalitarian communism. It’s cool again.  

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Is that along the lines of “those who fail to acknowledge/learn from history are doomed to repeat it” kinda thing?

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  On 4/24/2021 at 10:20 PM, deadshank said:

I see your 25 degrees and snow. 
 

I raise you 102 degrees with 95% relative humidity on a treeless asphalt parking lot just off the Gulf Freeway in Houston the day after Mexican Independence Day. 

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I give I give....... my ass sticking to a toilet seat doesn't seem sop bad now.

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  On 4/24/2021 at 10:20 PM, deadshank said:

I see your 25 degrees and snow. 
 

I raise you 102 degrees with 95% relative humidity on a treeless asphalt parking lot just off the Gulf Freeway in Houston the day after Mexican Independence Day. 

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70 last Monday, Tuesday was 35 with 3” of snow. Thankfully ground temps didn’t let it hang around long.

This Monday, 1 week later, 84. Tuesday? 86. Wed down to 70, then mid to upper 70’s through next weekend.

Last Wed was almost 60, and been mid 60’s pushing 70 since. Tomorrow is allegedly going to be 72.

That shit sucks ass. Pick a fucking season already. It has the feel of going from heat on, then straight to ac on. No real time to have the windows open for a few weeks at least to air it all out and let the pollen in. 🙄

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Fast food people wanting $15 an hour.

Got damn how hard is this job? Kiddo wanted a dry grilled chicken sandwich from sonic, thats it. We get home and it is a double cheese burger with japs. Go back, politely tell them the order is wrong. They fix it.

Get the next one out and before we leave we check it. Another hamburger. Third time was a charm though. But yea, they deserve $31k a year.

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  On 4/25/2021 at 2:24 AM, markstanco said:

Fast food people wanting $15 an hour.

Got damn how hard is this job? Kiddo wanted a dry grilled chicken sandwich from sonic, thats it. We get home and it is a double cheese burger with japs. Go back, politely tell them the order is wrong. They fix it.

Get the next one out and before we leave we check it. Another hamburger. Third time was a charm though. But yea, they deserve $31k a year.

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Also not meant to be a career cooking fries. Move up and better yourself. Not to mention nobody wants to pay $15 for a shit cheeseburger. 

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  On 4/26/2021 at 5:47 PM, Superhero said:

Gas grill that won't light, won't light, won't light, FIREBALL!

Singed the hair right off my arm. 

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Propane tank went empty on me few months back while I was cooking.  Swapped the tank out opened the valve on the tank... lifted the lid and for some reason hit the ignitor.... FWOOOOM.  Had left the valves open from when the tank ran out previously.   Lost a little bit of facial hair.  

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  On 4/24/2021 at 11:57 AM, Brothahorn said:

Taking a shit in a port a potty. 

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It's all about perspective...

Obviously, if I prefer my own fortress of solitude and TBH...  I still cringe about taking a crap in a bowling alley around 20 years ago(shudder).  But given your choices of crapping in 5 gallon bucket, or a toilet seat chair over a hole in the ground for all mother nature to see, or a porta-potty... that porta-potty is gonna be like taking a dump at the Ritz.  

Just saying.

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  On 4/23/2021 at 7:58 PM, dingleberryswitzer said:

I ended up buying some on Amazon.  And eventually returned them because returning things to Amazon is way easier.  These dumb fucks basically taking away the only reason to buy cloths in the store.  
i have to get some shoes here in a month or so.  Do they at least let you try on shoes?

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Order three pairs in three different sizes, return the two that don't fit.

Covid + amazon taking over the world =  no reason to leave the house.

 

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  On 4/27/2021 at 11:43 AM, 52-80 said:

you never know if a tomato or strawberry is going to be sweet, or just watery and flavorless.  buying that shit is like a lottery drawing

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I cant honestly say I've ever had a really good strawberry. We have a tomato around here that is or used to be amazing for tomato sammiches. Hanover tomatoes, but I haven't had a good one of those in a long time. I think the soil may be depleted from over farming the variety.

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  On 4/27/2021 at 11:47 AM, Onboard 2.0 said:

I cant honestly say I've ever had a really good strawberry. We have a tomato around there that is or used to be amazing for tomato sammiches. Hanover tomatoes, but I haven't had a good one of those in a long time. I think the soil may be depleted from over farming the variety.

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its about 1/5 batches that i find strawberries with nice aroma and a dense sweet punch.  i buy them at the grocery stores, so never keep track of varietals or farms or anything like that - just whatevers available.  and definitely the color and size does NOT inform the taste.

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  On 4/27/2021 at 11:47 AM, Onboard 2.0 said:

I cant honestly say I've ever had a really good strawberry.

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This place in SC (near Charlotte NC) had the BEST strawberries I've ever had. Little farm that grew them in hothouses in winter and only yielded so many buckets a day. Many days if you didn't call and reserve ahead you didn't get any. The colder the winter, the better the strawberries were, and the season only lasted a month or two. I even carried a bucket of them on a plane across the country to share with family. No idea what variety they were, and they were often ugly and misshapen. But holy hell they were good.

https://www.bushnvinefarm.com/

https://g.page/bushnvinefarm?share

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  On 4/27/2021 at 11:43 AM, 52-80 said:

you never know if a tomato or strawberry is going to be sweet, or just watery and flavorless.  buying that shit is like a lottery drawing

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that's why I grow my own. Tomatoes are pretty easy, but the strawberries aren't much of a return for the effort, but the relatively short, small harvest is out of site.

 

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  On 4/27/2021 at 3:00 PM, High Plains Drifter said:

 

that's why I grow my own. Tomatoes are pretty easy, but the strawberries aren't much of a return for the effort, but the relatively short, small harvest is out of site.

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This is how you do it right here.

I keep two 4x4 spots with strawberries going, with a third spot that I rotate with. 
 

Strawberries are an interesting grow. Plant them in spring, and pinch the blossoms that first year so they can focus on building out runners. Next year, bam!

I plant the third spot the year before one of the other two will be ready to come out. That leaves me 2 plots for picking every year. Half gets turned into jam, the other half gets shortcaked.

Tomatoes right off the vine is the only way to do it. Maybe if there is a good farmers market, but even then not all are good. 

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  On 4/28/2021 at 9:09 PM, DigglerontheHoof said:

I've worked from home for most of the last 19 years.  I'd fucking hate to have to go to an office on a daily basis.  I am ready to get in front of customers and prospects again, though. 

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In 2019 I spent 100 days on the road (domestically and internationally) mostly in front of customers and prospects.  I really miss that aspect of my job.  I have not been on a plane since March 5, 2020.  All of my customer interface has been through Teams.  I did make one driving trip to visit a mine just outside of Mesa, AZ late last summer.

I have been working from home since March 2020.  I have no intentions on going back to the office on a permanent basis.  One of the major reasons is that we are building a new office complex that will predominately feature cubicles and doing away with offices.  I have had a office with a door for 30 years!  Few are happy about the new building. 

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  On 4/28/2021 at 10:39 PM, thunderlounge said:

Fuck cubicles, and the people who think they are an acceptable idea.

 

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But, but, but, they "promote" communication and collaboration!!!!!! (as everyone wears headphones for privacy and/or locks themselves into the "buzzword" meeting spaces alone).

There are going to be a lot of empty spaces in the new building since moving forward many people will opt to work from home.

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  On 4/28/2021 at 9:09 PM, DigglerontheHoof said:

I've worked from home for most of the last 19 years.  I'd fucking hate to have to go to an office on a daily basis.  I am ready to get in front of customers and prospects again, though. 

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Narrator: customers and prospects aren't though, they've enjoyed your absence.

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  On 4/28/2021 at 10:57 PM, mininghorn88 said:

But, but, but, they "promote" communication and collaboration!!!!!! (as everyone wears headphones for privacy and/or locks themselves into the "buzzword" meeting spaces alone).

There are going to be a lot of empty spaces in the new building since moving forward many people will opt to work from home.

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I wonder how many companies will realize the cost savings and productivity increase,  and encourage more people to work from home now that they know it works?

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  On 4/29/2021 at 4:22 AM, Sam Lin said:

Pro Tip: You don't need to go in to the office for that.

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I guess I thought it was implied within the context of the discussion that perhaps my office building downtown isn't also my home, but thanks for the wisdom, Sam. 

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