honestly, the hardest part of the trail was the switchbacks once you get past the falls. the views were epic
Wetnessday
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Huge deck. Would sit.
Wednesderp. Its been dumping rain for two days here, but should stop just in time for biking tonight. It will be soggy and slideways.
Just need to get through the work day. At least working from home today.
grilled tuna and cheese on sourdough with a couple of doses of espresso seem to have jump started my morning
Why not both?
Coffee. FTS is still very strong. Need to have a chat with my boss today about workload.
car's at the shop, and I'm in the office.
not very busy at the moment, so I guess I'll be cleaning out my things and packing my belongings into boxes. Ironically, while we are being asked to come back to the office one day a week, we won't have our own cubes anymore. so while i have to come back in, I don't have a space to come back to... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
not very busy at the moment, so I guess I'll be cleaning out my things and packing my belongings into boxes. Ironically, while we are being asked to come back to the office one day a week, we won't have our own cubes anymore. so while i have to come back in, I don't have a space to come back to... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Oh cool. Waynesville may not be very convenient for riding, but there can always be found some much cheaper lodging than Brevard area. Or when everything else is booked.
Noice, so work from home 4 days a week?
We have a "head" office that is closing up and moving to the company headquarters. They are renovating and putting in a hoteling type of desk system - so no one has a desk and there aren't enough for all the employees. You need to reserve a desk before coming to the office.
It'll be interesting to see how quickly people stop using the reservation system, which is apparently costing $$$.
Overnight in "lovely" Jackpot NV and headed back to fall/winter after an all too quick trip to Big Sur and SF which was shortened more so by a possible exposure to that fucking virus on Saturday.
5 days since then and no symptoms yet... Knock wood, all prayers to FSM.
On the plus side my shitbox electricity bill is taunting me:
700 square ft = $70 bill in summer and $120 in winter, though I should blow more insulation in the attic in 2023:
Dear Valued Customer,
An Auto-Pay payment was posted to the account(s) listed below.
Account Number: 45046-001
Payment Amount: $69.69
5 days since then and no symptoms yet... Knock wood, all prayers to FSM.
On the plus side my shitbox electricity bill is taunting me:
700 square ft = $70 bill in summer and $120 in winter, though I should blow more insulation in the attic in 2023:
Dear Valued Customer,
An Auto-Pay payment was posted to the account(s) listed below.
Account Number: 45046-001
Payment Amount: $69.69
Ya, booked a place just out side of downtown Brevard. Saving a 1.5-2hrs of driving a day is worth it.
where I live it's not really an option without a significant drive. PA "mountains" are mostly just big hills.
Gotcha. I guess growing up near the Sierras, I take for granted that everyone has mountains nearby. Carry on.
there's already a lake cabin in the family, but its up in Maine, which is almost an 11 hour drive with the kids. the camp itself is from the 60s and needs a fair amount of work. pretty basic A frame style, on concrete pylons (so it needs leveling about every other year). because of the age its maybe 30' from the water front. current rules are 100' so its grandfathered. most of the family recognizes that the camp isn't gonna last forever. we haven't yet had the discussion what to do when it does finally gets demolished (however that may occur, most likely a tree falling on it). i'm fine with spending the $ to have to clear a spot farther back (to meet the 100' requirement) and have something new built, but the lot is hillside (old woodlot from when they owned the family farm probably 70 years ago), and there isn't so much a road to it as a cleared path in the woods down the hill that you can drive, so getting materials in will be challenging. when the camp was build it still got cold enough in the winter that they hauled the materials in over the frozen lake in the winter then left it till spring. that's not really an option any more unfortunately.
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God damn new VPN client not only doesn't work, but it also knocks out Outlook and Teams functionality. This is far from ideal. 
Sounds like you can't use Outlook or Teams, then. I'd say that's a win.God damn new VPN client not only doesn't work, but it also knocks out Outlook and Teams functionality. This is far from ideal.
God damn new VPN client not only doesn't work, but it also knocks out Outlook and Teams functionality. This is far from ideal.
I bet the screwy VPN limits network access OWA servers, too.
Another manic Monday, except maybe it's wednesday. Hopefully Costco sends my solar rebate giftcards soon, I need to buy fancy whiskey goddamnit.
Yeah, I'm not seeing a downside here.Sounds like you can't use Outlook or Teams, then. I'd say that's a win.
Srs - the local Costco up here has a cabinet *full* of super-chi-chi liquor. I once saw a bottle of rum in the case that was over $3K, IIRC.
Not fancy, but Lagavulin 16 is by far my favorite whiskey that Costco reliably carries. I keep a bottle at work, and a bottle at home.
i wish costco was allowed to sell booze in PA.
Fork acquired for the road bike. Shit's gettin' real. Need to find me a long box somewhere.
hi how are you
hi how are you
check on people you know in florida if you already haven't. a cousin of mine that just graduated college took a job near Orlando and decided to shelter in place apparently.
Is the Costco-adacent liquor store actually Costco? Do they take Costco gift cards?Srs - the local Costco up here has a cabinet *full* of super-chi-chi liquor. I once saw a bottle of rum in the case that was over $3K, IIRC.
Our local Costco is the one warehouse in the state that has a "real" Costco booze section. Due to dumb liquor laws, they can only have one. Fortunately, ours is it.
That is a significant bummer. Our Costcos don't really stock anything that really blows my skirt up, but they always have a solid selection of wine and spirits, priced below anything else in the area. Beer selection is not great, however.
Had a meeting with a half dozen folks this morning including my boss and a guy from a sister company of ours. We call this guy “Luftpumpe,” which means airpump in German.
When asked why his end of the project is behind, he goes on for a solid 15 minutes. At the end my boss deadpans him with, “so what you’re saying is…well, nothing, actually.” It took all I had to hold back the lollercoaster.
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When asked why his end of the project is behind, he goes on for a solid 15 minutes. At the end my boss deadpans him with, “so what you’re saying is…well, nothing, actually.” It took all I had to hold back the lollercoaster.
:coolstarrybra:
My Costco is in a really, really fancy area, the other one near work is like whole different store, where mine has Rolex and Breitlings, along with $100k diamond rings, the one near work sells Casios and $1300 rings. They have literal pallets of JW Blue (sidebar, don't buy JW Blue) and Don Julio 1949 and some crystal decanters of 25-27 year MacAllan for like $20k+.Srs - the local Costco up here has a cabinet *full* of super-chi-chi liquor. I once saw a bottle of rum in the case that was over $3K, IIRC.
Their selection isn't quite what it once was, but they carry good stuff. My Laga 16 is getting low, so obviously I'll need a spare, along with some Oban, Red Breast and Ardbeg.
"Want to" and "can currently afford to" are two very different things.
This for real? With not even a single ride on it?
its a PA thing. i can't buy beer in gas stations either. liquor is all sold by the state.
that being said, the kind of beer i buy wouldn't get sold in a costco. we have a lot of good local/regional breweries. it would be more for the liquor, not that i drink much liquor to begin with.
Message @Full Trucker he's got a soon on order. Although guessing his is for a large versus XL.
edit: also FL is effed.
I have rich friends with a house in Naples at about 10' elevation asl. (he keeps his Ferrari there, eek!)
My old boss Brian is in Tampa at almost 25'.
they're fucked.
Why do people move to those places?
So it's like Utah Light?
Hot chicks with fake boobs and no winter would be my guess. Some folks are into that kind of stuff.Why do people move to those places?
IIRC, New Hampshire had state liquor stores too. Wasn't ever an big inconvenience.