** Monday **
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One 'bot, strong northwest wind, temperatures remaining near 30, snow.
comparatively warm at 41 vs the last two mornings in the mountains at 15..Espresso then out the door to start 12 straight days of work. sometime before it gets dark tonight I need to dump the waste tanks in the camper and get it ready to head out Friday night for an EMT standby weekend
Impromptu backyard chat with neighbors turned into up way too late and drinking too much. Woke up at 2:30 on the dot because fuck your daylight savings time. Liable to be an awful long day.
Good Monday morning, friends! Shitloads of sleep Friday and Saturday nights made last night's sleep a little choppy, but that's ok. Hit the pool this morning for 2600 yards, and Wife made us a 6:00 reservation for Wednesday morning too, which I would not have done since I expect the election to keep me awake a good chunk of the night. But whatever....I just put my head down and power through.
We had a bear knock over our garbage bin last night, but we have a bear-proof bin. A bunch of our neighbors do not and there were lots of messes on our street this morning. LMAO a bear's gotta eat!!
Good morning!
Commence doom scrolling. Estimated duration: 48 hours
Otherwise, not much going on. Other than work you know.
The house hunt continues...
Commence doom scrolling. Estimated duration: 48 hours
Otherwise, not much going on. Other than work you know.
The house hunt continues...
present. we are also experiencing wind. fire going, coffee brewing. work "working".
voting is done, kids are entertained, i should be working but I am going to anxiously do anything but. probably take a shitload of benadryl to sleep tonight and pray that tomorrow is easy!
Clock change is dumb.
Tired from yesterday's ride.
Tired from yesterday's ride.
really? that's weird.
Another week, another shitshow. 
I think I must be getting old
Here.
Yup. It's Monday.
Yup. It's Monday.
Mind the gap!
Did a bunch of wedding planny stuff over the weekend, also got in a misery walk and a bike ride. Kinda feel like I was hit by a truck, but starting to get back to it. Should probably try and get a ride in today or tomorrow or both. And probably Wednesday, pending whether or not there is widespread looting and rioting.
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Cheesesteak for lunch. With extra jalapenos.
Fun fact, when reconnecting the battery on a 2008 era Honda Fit, the security system sets the horn off while you are under the hood with your head next to the horn and least expecting it. Crickey.
For a fat guy, I'm starving.
All I had after my ride yesterday was a big bowl of french onion soup (which was amazing) so it's off for a pizza for this Monday's edition of "what's for lunch?"
All I had after my ride yesterday was a big bowl of french onion soup (which was amazing) so it's off for a pizza for this Monday's edition of "what's for lunch?"
My 2008 VW also did this under a variety of situations. Had to explain to my friend I sold it to that it was a "feature" and didn't need fixing.That happens with 2001 Odysseys as well... under a *variety* of scenarios.
Good friend's husband's cousin dropped dead of a heart attacked while mountain biking in VT yesterday. Mid-40s, 2 kids.
Fuck me.
Fuck me.
Scary shit. I personally know 2 people who have gone this way (one was even younger). Sorry about your friend. Condolences to his family.
My phone is blowing up today. Just had somebody complain that they couldn't understand the person they talked to Friday and wanted someone it the US.
We are 100% in the US. Our ex-US employees are only processing service requests from our US based employees. Our call centers are in MA, MN, CO, and MO. I told her in my nicest "Fuck off. Aren't you a teacher?" voice and she said that she'd call them back and hope to get someone else.
We are 100% in the US. Our ex-US employees are only processing service requests from our US based employees. Our call centers are in MA, MN, CO, and MO. I told her in my nicest "Fuck off. Aren't you a teacher?" voice and she said that she'd call them back and hope to get someone else.
Neighbor behind us died earlier this year after suffering a seizure in the middle of the night. 36 years old and in great shape. Left behind a 4 year old and an 18 month old, as well as a wife who just beat cancer.
To say you never know when your time is up is an understatement.
It can be a real issue though. I have a lot of trouble following people with accents on the phone - but I'd never call and bitch about not getting someone in Canada (they'd just forward you to someone in Quebec, lol).
Toss that in with people with shitty phone connections or headsets and its near impossible to hear what they're saying.
I've had issues before as well. I've told the person directly "I'm sorry, but your accent is not one I can easily understand. Can you either please slow down and talk to me like I'm 6 or get someone else?" I do however always tell the person that it's my shortcoming to not understand it. I'm not a racist, I just know when I can't understand someone and will ask for help. But I will also ask where they are from, because I want to learn about their accent if it's stumped me. Like fucking Welsh people; they don't speak English.
well today went to shit quickly. Client harassed an employee. complaint filed, meeting scheduled. Emergency action plan set up to deal with civil unrest post election ( my take if there is trouble in an area, we ain't showing up for non emergency transports)
