***Le Tuesderp***
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Had done 12 rides in 11 days, I skipped riding today, went with my niece and nephew to the movies then for a bush walk.
Riding with a mate I haven't ridden with for at least a year tomorrow morning.
Riding with a mate I haven't ridden with for at least a year tomorrow morning.
Not wanting to office today. But thankfully I was planning ahead and had a nice meal of red lentils last night. Much crop dusting shall occur
At the office. Candidate interview shortly. Been searching for somebody since May and have had to people hired that did not work out. Very frustrating.
Over here it is very much the employees' market, I have never seen the poaching of employees that is going on now.
I sent our boss lady a text asking if she can record this for our new guy-
Nice day before all shit breaks loose. Starting tonight another big storm is going to come in, with more rain and high wind. They have posted flood and high wind warnings already. Methinks I shall go fill the gas cans for the generator this afternoon. In the meantime espresso then off to work.
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Your helper monkey phone in sick on first day back?
Or were they already performance improved and fired last year?
This candidate first said he had a really high salary. Then we said with the level we are not interested. Then all of a sudden salary requirement was considerable lower. Then he had several jobs on his hands and we said sorry we need more interviews. Then there were no job offers. Today confirmed the person is not somebody I would hire.
LOL, no I put him on a plan to improve performance of course he did. Let's hope he can continue.
It's just...back to work, and...ugh.
Well, sounds like everyone's 2023 is off to an awesome start. Back at work today, so:
FTS
I should go back to bed
Etc., etc.
In other news, I'm thinking about picking up small packs my older daughters (9 and 11) for day hikes. Something big enough for water and some food, decent enough quality to last them awhile. Maybe a small camelbak? Any suggestions from teh Monkey?
FTS
I should go back to bed
Etc., etc.
In other news, I'm thinking about picking up small packs my older daughters (9 and 11) for day hikes. Something big enough for water and some food, decent enough quality to last them awhile. Maybe a small camelbak? Any suggestions from teh Monkey?
I'm a big fan of Osprey and own a bunch of their packs. They've always carried weight comfortably and had good bladders.Well, sounds like everyone's 2023 is off to an awesome start. Back at work today, so:
FTS
I should go back to bed
Etc., etc.
In other news, I'm thinking about picking up small packs my older daughters (9 and 11) for day hikes. Something big enough for water and some food, decent enough quality to last them awhile. Maybe a small camelbak? Any suggestions from teh Monkey?
Plenty of small 50oz CB's to choose from for kids iirc, my SIL bought a bunch for their girls for skiing.Well, sounds like everyone's 2023 is off to an awesome start. Back at work today, so:
FTS
I should go back to bed
Etc., etc.
In other news, I'm thinking about picking up small packs my older daughters (9 and 11) for day hikes. Something big enough for water and some food, decent enough quality to last them awhile. Maybe a small camelbak? Any suggestions from teh Monkey?
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These would be @StiHacka approved versions:
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Fuck all, it's Tuesday fuckers! That means Monday is already behind us. Thats a win in my book. I'll count my wins on a shit day like this.
Well shit. The rain last night was the last straw for some major routes I use. Two roads are buried under tons of mud. One highway is 8 feet under water and another major Blvd slid into a canyon. I can't wait to see how fucked up the roads will be in tomorrow's storm.
Is it cold enough for that to fall as snow and bury some more tourists for you again?
yes
but I think the bigger issue is that the central valley of the state might actually fill up and become a lake
@eric strt6 has his little floaty fishing thingy he'll be fine. It's not like lots of food is grown there or anything.
A couple of years ago I worked on a project for SAFCA (Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency) and was really shocked to learn how vulnerable the entire areas is to catastrophic flooding. In case of emergency, the Sac River and American Rivers would basically dump into the farmland to the west and south, via the ship canal and the Sac Weir.
Yep. That's a little bit by design (lots of rice fields there). But only to a point.
You probably also saw that the earthen dykes meant to attenuate peaks and retain water for a few days are like swiss cheese with rodent holes. I don't know what the current state of repair is but we might find out soon.
The oroville dam and spillway worked fine so I'm sure this will too.
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Recharge some of that aquifer??
"Some" being the key word.
We've drained so much water out of there that will likely never recover. In a lot of places the aquifers themselves have collapsed (check out "central valley subsidence" if you haven't seen anything on it).
Elevation-wise it's becoming death valley.
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Yeah - I'd heard that farmers were sucking those things dry.
When the weather hands you lemons, though... might as well make a batch of John Daly's, amirite??