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There are 3 camps at the shop in winter, those that get shit done, those that stand around complaining, and those that do busy work.

Funny enough, they are all necessary.

Next week I will be helping to corral boulders from the free range boulder field.

The head of the mowing department pulled his truck into the barn and remarked "Hmm, I think it's a little too the left?" I said, jokingly, as I do "Yeah, you should back it out and do it over!"

And he did it! Not only that, but he also had one of his junior mowers stand in front and guide him in.

This is why I work in the shop during the winter.

And what did I do?

I drove around town all morning pushing boulders back into place that had been hit by plow trucks with a mini bobcat.

Yeah, it's 46 degrees here on the tundra. I wore shorts to work today.

I just cleaned and organized the flamethrower shelf at work last week.

By the Abyss... Has the YouTube made an actual improvement? You can now choose block on a specific ad to, at least in theory, not see that particular ad anymore.

Or is that just me, wearing YouTube with my policy of actually reporting scammy ads all the time?

You've been able to do that for awhile.

I got the 2nd edition Starfinder player and GM core yesterday.

It is genuinely the only time I bought a paizo product and had buyers remorse.

I do not like the art direction (waaaay too cartoonish) and I don't feel like they differentiated it enough from 2nd edition Pathfinder as you can save yourself 115 bucks by just using the 2nd Pathfinder books and just tell everyone that it's in space and your bow is now a laser and your sword is whatever you want to call a lightsaber that won't get me sued by Disney).

After having a few days to look over everything more in depth I'd like to rescind pretty much everything i said.

Penny looked through it and loved the new art style and everything I criticized about it so i realized I was just being grumpy about change.

It's Freehold's birthday?!

But, it's also National Fleshlight day!!.... wait, no, that's Flashlight Day, my bad!

captain yesterday wrote:

lisamarlene wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

lisamarlene wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

Before the app, when I salted a place, I'd roll up, get out, throw some salt on the ground and get back in my truck, write down the time and on to the next place.

Now, with the app.

I go in the app, hit find jobs, go to routes, hit all routes, type in the address (but only partially because it can't find the whole address) from the sheet, click on said address, scroll down, click on if I'm salting or shoveling, begin the job, and then I can throw my salt on the ground, and then after I'm done I have to click done and write down in the notes again if I salted or shoveled.

Meanwhile, as I'm filling it out, Penny has completely salted the entire place by herself.

I f!&%ing hate the app.

You're the superhero, she's the sidekick.

The app should be Penny's responsibility.

The app is on my phone.

Is she not riding shotgun?

She is, I actually gave her my phone once and had her fill out the app for the day while I drove back to the shop, for landscaping, where we were at one place the whole day, she vowed never again.

Hmph. Sounds like Hermione, willfully misconstruing which person is the sidekick.

No, she's a pretty good sidekick, literally the only thing i ask of my sidekick during snow is just being present, I will do the rest.

captain yesterday wrote:

lisamarlene wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

Before the app, when I salted a place, I'd roll up, get out, throw some salt on the ground and get back in my truck, write down the time and on to the next place.

Now, with the app.

I go in the app, hit find jobs, go to routes, hit all routes, type in the address (but only partially because it can't find the whole address) from the sheet, click on said address, scroll down, click on if I'm salting or shoveling, begin the job, and then I can throw my salt on the ground, and then after I'm done I have to click done and write down in the notes again if I salted or shoveled.

Meanwhile, as I'm filling it out, Penny has completely salted the entire place by herself.

I f!&%ing hate the app.

You're the superhero, she's the sidekick.

The app should be Penny's responsibility.

The app is on my phone.

Is she not riding shotgun?

She is, I actually gave her my phone once and had her fill out the app for the day while I drove back to the shop, for landscaping, where we were at one place the whole day, she vowed never again.

captain yesterday wrote:

Before the app, when I salted a place, I'd roll up, get out, throw some salt on the ground and get back in my truck, write down the time and on to the next place.

Now, with the app.

I go in the app, hit find jobs, go to routes, hit all routes, type in the address (but only partially because it can't find the whole address) from the sheet, click on said address, scroll down, click on if I'm salting or shoveling, begin the job, and then I can throw my salt on the ground, and then after I'm done I have to click done and write down in the notes again if I salted or shoveled.

Meanwhile, as I'm filling it out, Penny has completely salted the entire place by herself.

I f!&%ing hate the app.

You're the superhero, she's the sidekick.

The app should be Penny's responsibility.

The app is on my phone.

I got the 2nd edition Starfinder player and GM core yesterday.

It is genuinely the only time I bought a paizo product and had buyers remorse.

I do not like the art direction (waaaay too cartoonish) and I don't feel like they differentiated it enough from 2nd edition Pathfinder as you can save yourself 115 bucks by just using the 2nd Pathfinder books and just tell everyone that it's in space and your bow is now a laser and your sword is whatever you want to call a lightsaber that won't get me sued by Disney).

Before the app, when I salted a place, I'd roll up, get out, throw some salt on the ground and get back in my truck, write down the time and on to the next place.

Now, with the app.

I go in the app, hit find jobs, go to routes, hit all routes, type in the address (but only partially because it can't find the whole address) from the sheet, click on said address, scroll down, click on if I'm salting or shoveling, begin the job, and then I can throw my salt on the ground, and then after I'm done I have to click done and write down in the notes again if I salted or shoveled.

Meanwhile, as I'm filling it out, Penny has completely salted the entire place by herself.

I f%**ing hate the app.

You are definitely doing it wrong. The cats should produce power for you in that wheel, not you powering the wheel for them...

Sheesh...

Cats would never do anything to benefit someone else so they'd never fall for it, as soon as it's hooked up they'd immediately stop using it. But not until AFTER you've spent an obnoxious amount of money or time trying to make it happen.

gran rey de los mono wrote:

I never thought my driveway was that big, but it sure seemed huge as I cleared 9" of snow off it in sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temps. Surprisingly, it only took 45 minutes (it was light and powdery, not wet and heavy).

I'm sure captain yesterday could have cleared it with a fart without even opening his truck's door.

That sounds like the kind of thing people used to say about Chuck Norris.

FaWtLites don't need Chuck Norris.
We've got the captain.

His action figure comes with three boulders, a pie, a giant doobie, a skid loader, and a shaved bear.

Also, not to brag, but I am considerably more liberal than Chuck Norris.

lisamarlene wrote:

gran rey de los mono wrote:

I never thought my driveway was that big, but it sure seemed huge as I cleared 9" of snow off it in sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temps. Surprisingly, it only took 45 minutes (it was light and powdery, not wet and heavy).

I'm sure captain yesterday could have cleared it with a fart without even opening his truck's door.

That sounds like the kind of thing people used to say about Chuck Norris.

FaWtLites don't need Chuck Norris.
We've got the captain.

His action figure comes with three boulders, a pie, a giant doobie, a skid loader, and a shaved bear.

...what kind of pie?

Pumpkin or chess.

Also, you forgot the Stihl 420 (#4) chop saw with my name on it.

After 15 days straight of working looks like I'll finally get a couple of days off.

It's pretty telling that everyone I know can tell I'm not a happy camper right now. Impus Major keeps walking by, stopping, looking at me, and giving me hugs. My manager reminds me daily that I get up to two weeks for bereavement. My online FFXIV buddy, who thinks I'm a middle-aged woman and calls me "Mom" (and yes, LM, you KNOW I Love it), checks in with me every morning to see whether I'm OK.

And it's funny; it's not so much that my mother's death is emotionally devastating me. I can tell there's some depression; my body's asking for 9-10 hours of sleep instead of its usual 6. But there is *SO* much else going on. At work, all of our jobs are uncertain and at the moment I'm working on an idiot project that never should have been assigned to me. (My manager and I finally worked it out today and it turns out that assigning it to my Indian colleague probably would have resolved the whole thing in half a day. India does payroll in a really weird way, and gee, assigning it to the native Indian might have been wiser, y'know?). My brother is utterly botching executing the estate and I need to set up appointments to try to clean things up. And the Celica needs its annual smog and oil change. While Nefret is refusing to eat.

So not so much "depressed" as "I was already near my limit and everyone started needing stuff at once".

And this, too, shall pass.

I get that.

One of the hidden epidemics among rich people, especially older rich people, is hoarding.

I can't tell you how much shit they can pack in those mansions.

So yeah, definitely declutter.

Hey now, hey now, *I* didn't name names.

But yes, I was very much thinking of him...

EDIT: Do you remember when I finally snapped and pointed out to him that he was currently in a house with THREE other Ph.D.s, including an M.D./Ph.D., none of whom had so much as mentioned the fact during all his visits?

Yeah, I also have 3 PhDs, they aren't mine, but I'm not giving them back.

Freehold DM wrote:

Vanykrye wrote:

BigNorseWolf wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

I've now been working for 10 days straight, and 13 out of 14 days.

Employees pay with organ failure because we don't pay employees enough to get a bunch of them is NOT a viable business model....

Snow removal in WI. It's hard to get people willing and capable. Most quit fairly quickly.

pay me in dairy queens and I will shovel all the snow you want.

A Dairy Queen is what a milk maid's called when they hit level 20, isn't it?

Yes.

Every county has one, and the coronation is at the fair, by the local 4-H club.

It's a big f@@@ing deal.

Vanykrye wrote:

BigNorseWolf wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

I've now been working for 10 days straight, and 13 out of 14 days.

Employees pay with organ failure because we don't pay employees enough to get a bunch of them is NOT a viable business model....

Snow removal in WI. It's hard to get people willing and capable. Most quit fairly quickly.

In jr high and highschool I'd make pizza and movie money shoveling driveways. The old lady didn't have any cash but usually had hot cocoa. If it wasn't bad she'd get her driveway done last but if there was a lot she was just before lunch break...

Yeah, if we see an old person shoveling when we roll up on a neighborhood we automatically take over, free of charge.

A lot of times they'll give a tip but i give that to my crew (which boosts morale).

BigNorseWolf wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

I've now been working for 10 days straight, and 13 out of 14 days.

Employees pay with organ failure because we don't pay employees enough to get a bunch of them is NOT a viable business model....

Snow removal in WI. It's hard to get people willing and capable. Most quit fairly quickly.

Yes, in my case I'm paid entirely too much and I'm too essential for me to miss work.

I'm basically the last line of defense between the office manager and surly customers.

I've now been working for 10 days straight, and 13 out of 14 days.

In more delightful news, I had GothBard do her best impression of the phone lady for my cell phone's voice mail message. "I'm sorry, but the number you have reached, xxx-xxx-xxx has been disconnected or is no longer in service. Please check the number and dial again."

And in spite of that so many people left voice mail that my mailbox is now full and my phone hangs up on people without even the opportunity to leave a message.

Yes, I am all delight.
No, I will never listen to any of those messages.

I still have yet to set up my voicemail on my phone.

Monday morning I was almost done with my third trip through my list as I was approaching 24 hours without sleep, one of my customers came out as I was shoveling the last inch of snow that had fallen from the driveway and said "Oh, I thought you were my Uber!" And it took me half a minute and looking back at my work truck before I realized I wasn't and said "No, I guess I'm not!".

Sorry about your mom, she sounded like an awesome person!

Hopefully your brother has a miserable time with the house.

We got 13 inches of extremely heavy snow Saturday-Sunday so I've been working (by 7 am Tuesday morning I was already on overtime). Today I was cleaning up parking lots and garages with a mini bobcat, tomorrow I have one more parking lot and then I'll be driving a dump truck and hauling snow out of downtown.

The interesting part of being single after 25 years with the same person is dating.

And not to brag or anything, but I've been through pretty much every bad situation or experience you can think of.

Almost died? Did that one first.

Catfished? Technically no, but I've learned how to spot them.

Job interview date? Check!

Someone is also on a date with someone else? Yup!

Almost go on a date with someone that you realize looks like your mom? Twice.

Dated someone that ended up being an Onlyfans model? Of course!

It sounds bleak but other than the almost dying and catfishing at the beginning I've been having a blast.

I'm still single and I hate online dating to the very core of my soul but it's been an interesting journey and I've learned a lot (especially to innertubing with Republicans at all costs).

I'll be honest, season 1 was the only season I watched.

What the who now?

I feel like I missed something.

Freehold DM wrote:

I did the thing.

California lets you register to be a permanent mail-in voter. I did it way back when I traveled for a living. It was so convenient that the whole family followed suit. Now we sit down on a convenient Saturday in October, go over everything on the ballot, everyone fills out their ballots and seals the envelopes, then whoever's passing by city hall drops them all off. And we get convenient emails that say, "Congratulations! Your vote has been counted!"

All weeks before the actual election...

Washington only had mail in ballots when we lived there.

We have a new app we're using at work to improve efficiency.

It should be noted, we're a construction company.

Alfredo punched in one day and never punched out, supposedly if you go out to the job site during a full moon you can see him leaning on his rake under a tree saying "f&~& this shit, man!".

Jose did punch out but it still recorded him working 1,600 hours on the job site and locked him out.

Don almost quit because of it.

Greg's never even used it.

And me, well they have a whole sideshow on how NOT to use the app made up entirely of my Xbox screenshots and notes (if they're going to require notes for drive time I'm going to make shit up).

I'm doing great though I'm keeping positive, I've learned how to live alone for the first time in my life, I have a new car (obviously) with a short loan and I'm kicking ass at work, which is easier to invest yourself in when half the people you work with are basically family.

No jazz! They made me watch a video about maximizing profit and they told me to only play jazz and hand out mints and water bottles to everyone.

It turns out all you have to do to maximize your profit is have a playlist including Piano Man, Bohemian Rhapsody, Kokomo, Black Hole Sun or anything from Nirvana Unplugged.

I should mention i mostly give rides to the bar crowd and college students, in fact on my snow route we do all the frat houses and apartment buildings i drop kids off when I uber, it's definitely handy having 20 years experience driving downtown through every snow and ice storm.

Life update.

Still divorced, my ex-wife is going the born again route, so insert your crazy train memes as you will.

Because of that I haven't seen Milo in 2 years and she's completely cutoff Crookshanks.

Crookshanks works with me now and recently moved downtown, so easier to pick her up.

Because of a lack of snow last year I started driving for Uber, but in a professional and contrary way. In that i never cancel on a rider until at least the required 5 minutes, I never hit on the riders, and I NEVER play jazz.

So naturally I average 6 bucks more per hour then the average.

Otherwise I'm kicking ass at work, I'm in charge of all the artsy projects and instead of working with the same guys for the last 20 years I'm now working with and training their kids. And they still can't keep up.

Life is weird, in the last 4 years we lost our dog, my best friend for 25 years passed away, Crookshanks moved out, and I got divorced.

So don't be surprised if I start ghost writing country songs.

First thread I see "I'm searching for how to make money without woman sacrifice"

Jesus f#%$ing christ the spam has gotten dark!

Really makes you wistful for the Korean gambling sites spam.

I wouldn't call it a disaster, the magic system they use slaps.

It's basically The Outer Worlds Does Oblivion.

I finished it. It is one of my all time favorite games (I prefer the game play of Elden Ring only slightly more).

** spoiler omitted **

See? At least trying to keep the griping behind spoilers.

So, how many fake diseases are going to have the kids come up with they absolutely should get their cat tested for?

Vanykrye wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

Large Denomination Bill Issues

Honestly, we can run into those issues with $50 bills, let alone $100.

No worries, Vany, I'll take your 50s.

Anybody have any issues with their 500 dollar bills? 1000 dollar bills?

Hands Freehold his car payment bill (500) and monthly rent bill (1,000)

Hey thanks, man!

Now I'm going to have so much money for lottery tickets and Pokémon cards!

I'm not really on FaWtL anymore.

The game I'm most excited for is Clair Obscure: Expedition 33.

But I have an extremely busy week and a half ahead of me as my daughter turns 21 next week and I have to bake a cake and learn how to make margaritas.

Oblivion is what led me to Fallout.

That said, because of difficulty spikes and f###ing dungeon trolls I never actually finished it.

Still, a great game, I highly recommend it.

Of course I have Game Pass, so it's basically "free" (I do pay 25 a month for Game Pass but it's a small price to pay for The Patrick Star Game).

How many landscapers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

5. 1 person that does all the actual work and then 4 more standing around him smoking and giving critique.

captain yesterday wrote:

gran rey de los mono wrote:

Currently sitting in a VW showroom, and they have an ID.Buzz (electric van) painted up as the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo.

a pizza company in town bought a bunch of them painted like this for delivery vans.

Hope they got a deal, because that one was listed at $76k.

Yeah, they are stupid expensive and you only get a 200 mile range out it to boot. They are cool looking though!

Currently sitting in a VW showroom, and they have an ID.Buzz (electric van) painted up as the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo.

a pizza company in town bought a bunch of them painted like this for delivery vans.

Ahh, explaining minor word differences to children.

"Google was founded in the 90s" vs. "Google was found in the 90s." Apparently, we just picked up a rock or something.

F~@*ing A right we did.

I started playing Fallout 4 again.

After beating Elden Ring several times I cab honestly say I need a change of pace, for awhile. And Clair Obscure isn't coming out until the end of April so, why not.

Named myself Rambo (though I'm still a chick, it's 2025, every name is gender neutral now!) I'm currently level 10 and looking for the lost patrol in that military base lousy with ghouls.

At first I was all in on finding Shaun, then I found the brotherhood and now I'm slogging through ghoul intestines looking for distress beacons.

My special is pretty messed up, not sure what I was thinking here.
S 4. P 6. E 4. C 6. I 5. A 3. L 4.

Without my chef hat and welding goggles my perception is 5 and my luck is 3.

I haven't found anything legendary yet I assume that's probably luck related.

So it's been 6 years!!

Man, what a crazy ass 6 years!!

I wrote a senior paper about frogs taking over the world, so this hits on so many levels!