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Now I know another reason to come to work early. Left the house a little after 0700. Stopped, grabbed a dozen donuts for the office for the meeting, stopped for gas and all was well. Within 3 miles of surface street and freeway I almost got into 3 crashes and 2 fights. People running red lights, failure to yields, on the phone in the turn lane to the freeway on-ramp, got cut off. I do not see how these people make it through the day without getting hurt or killed just by their own stupidity and or ignorance. If it wasn't for others watching out for their own safety and welfare it would be one big burning pile of vehicles.

 

its kind of like chess.i had my next comeback planned for backtalk as her husband works there too.

 

50% off from the bar as well?

 

Morning all

2 mice down

Raining, wind blowing it horizontally

I have coffee and a warm villa

Of course the mice want to be here

 

Apparently that's free for those who partake.

 

If I would say something like that to regular employee I would get a fee trip to the HR office. Bunch of cry babies.
But, I have spoke my mind to engineers. I start by saying, " I'm going to say something, your not going to like it, but I'm going to say it anyway." I do try to be respectful.

 

Morning Everyone !!!

Currently 0854hrs 42° clear skies and high temp of 62° today . Got to 37° last night and I'm hoping @Chile Verde stayed warm enough in his truck last night !!!

In a couple hours I'm headed down the hill to the VA for a Ortho appt with the Chief of Ortho . Going to find out when surgery is to do revision surgery on my r/ knee replacement

 

Congrats that will look really good and you have such a nice truck anyway

 

oh i tried all morning in a respectful way i dont want to sound like that was my first attempt. but we do talk like that on our crew.and we are all tight. we were cuttin up an hour later. they know what i have to do as lead in the crew. well known if my ears turn red head the other way cause he is gettin ready to blow

 

Key under the mat?

If not, don't worry - I carry a spare around with me (my elbow for the window)...

 

So you have three now ?

 

When you spend more time with coworkers than your wife you learn to work with others. Working with a crew can be hard at times. The thing that I found out was that even if I wasn't working with someone now, things change and I maybe working with that person a year from now.
11 more years and the only person that has to put up with me is the wife. Move over dogs.

 

@Tacoma Mike .....

https://youtu.be/sy6ybXhyUa4

 

i have some great friends that out of work would do anything for you but at work we butt heads. Big Jim is an example. love him like a brother and man have we gottin into some stuff over the years out of work. Great times!! but at work people that dont know would think we hate each other!!

 

That great when you can have friends like that.
I'm at work now. Just have to walk in.
In the next 2 hours I will spend more time talking with 1st shifters than I do in 8hrs with 2nd shifters.

 

Yeah, I see all that frequently when I’m on the road.

 

All day long.

I stopped trying to teach them a lesson

If they are going to be assholes, let them be assholes as far away from me as possible

 

Sorry Mike.... I know the feeling.....

Learn from him? Follow his lead....

OMG

morni... uh, afternoon all

 

61 years and I finally get it. Things work out if you let them. Non confrontation scares the bejeezus out of some people.

 

Exactly. 24" pusher. 18" standard keep on the deck. And the new mother of all shovels. 20" combination pusher and standard.

Almost got one of those 18" bent handle things but had one before. Snow gets too deep and you have to lift it even higher to throw it. And the bends are weak and break, only lasted me a couple of storms.

For gawds sakes I've become a snow shovel connoisseur, what the hell happened here...