No, it's definitely a flex. He's a badass at his job, and it's a f!+~ing hard (but obviously rewarding to him) work.
While cap does sound like a workaholic, it isn't like most workaholics; he clearly has work-life balance mastered. He just has a crazy passion for what he does. Not his fault few others do.
Dude has found his niche. That's a real blessing and I'm happy for you, cap.
Edit - Visibly happy, it seems.
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I'm not a workaholic, I leave after a good 8-10 hour day and I don't usually work on the weekend unless I'm on a deadline or the boss asked and I didn't have plans.
And I'm not trying to one-up anyone I just have a high motor as my mom used to say and I don't expect anyone to keep up with me or anything, I'm pretty casual.
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Also, it's not a flex or whatever. I'm the smallest lead foreman by far and all the other lead foremen I either taught or have worked with for 15 years, so yes, when I have a lot of turnover (especially in the winter) I get a lot of grief.
Also, I've seen the Other Captain and his crew slack off out here all year so it's not going to hurt them to have to use their muscles for more than an hour.
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Hitting the wall of exhaustion and fear pretty hard. I know we're going to get it done, it just doesn't feel like it at the moment. 33.5 hours left on the clock, gotta sleep for a couple of those.
Hitting the wall of exhaustion and fear pretty hard. I know we're going to get it done, it just doesn't feel like it at the moment. 33.5 hours left on the clock, gotta sleep for a couple of those.
Oh man, as the principal cleaner for moves I feel your pain!
Clearly I need to send more Dick gifs as motivation.
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Damnit I traveled almost 20 hours north and live on a f~!$ing mountain. It had no right to be 93 outside today.
I haven't cut my hair since the kid was born, or trimmed my beard since I moved, and it is f$*%ing torture on days like today.
Gotta hold strong. Winter will come. Eventually.
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Hitting the wall of exhaustion and fear pretty hard. I know we're going to get it done, it just doesn't feel like it at the moment. 33.5 hours left on the clock, gotta sleep for a couple of those.
Moving is the absolute worst. And the anticipation is almost as bad. Feel for ya, LM.
I'm 45 but I've only been working in construction for 18 years (minus the almost 6 years at Toys R Us).
I usually wear Hanes socks, the ones with the padded bottom of the feet are the best, they're a bit more expensive but definitely worth it.
Also, I'm a huge fan of proper lifting techniques and using heavy equipment to do as much of my heavy lifting as possible.
Last night. all the crazy happening. I'll give yall the story later. XD
Pull the fire alarm and walk out?
Lol but no I won't do that to my poor trainee XD
YAAR! Tell him ye be goin' out fer a pack o' smokes, and ne'er return.
So apparently this lady pulled up behind who I'm going to call Karen. Karen says she asked her for money and Karen gave her ten (or 5 her story changed several times) She came in acting like she was robbed. I offered to call the police a few times for her she was screaming about security as if we had security.
I saw the woman karen was talking about driving around. So I went out and talked to this 70 year old obese lady whom I over heard making small talk with a random person. I asked her what she was doing she said just talking to people. I asked the lady in the car is she was asking people for money she said no and I told her to leave our parking lot she apologized and did.
Karen keeps screaming that we should do something and I call the police because what else am I suppose to do? Meanwhile Karen is harrassing other guest so I tell her to leave them alone or she would have to leave. Police talk to her she changes her story again that apparently this old lady boxed her in and threatened her for money. Later the cops pulled the lady over in the parking lot next door. That had EMS poor lady had dementia. Karen acting like she was held at gun point and robbed.
Trainee? Then just walk out.
But then I couldn't taunt and laugh at the Karen to her face.
They want me to sign up for a 401k at work. That's ridiculous! On a good day I could manage at most 3k.
Hmm let me just convert that to miles real quick.. OH HECK no!
Did you hear about the new movie that's coming out soon that is a zombie remake of The Godfather? It's called "Don of the Dead".
Mobster movie + undead... The departed. I 've not seen it but man if that name wouldn't work like a charm.
Oh my gods...This dude is confused as to why the microwave isn't heating his food. He didn't turn it on.
The microwave is one of those old school ones you actually have to turn on? Wow. Haven't seen those in years upon years.
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Oh my gods...This dude is confused as to why the microwave isn't heating his food. He didn't turn it on.
Foreplay is very important.
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Dear Hollywood:
Stop trying to make John Cena happen.
That is all.
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Dear Hollywood:
Stop trying to make John Cena happen.
That is all.
aww, I like him. He's trying to break out. He's supposed to be quite funny in real life.
Dear Hollywood:
Stop trying to make John Cena happen.
That is all.
you're absolutely right, let's give all his roles to the cast of Twilight!
aww, I like him. He's trying to break out. He's supposed to be quite funny in real life.Dear Hollywood:
Stop trying to make John Cena happen.
That is all.
I think he worked fine in The Suicide Squad, playing a psychopath who thinks himself a hero, saying his pompous lines with a serious face without a flinch or cringe.
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He was hilarious in Trainwreck. (He was the only good part of that movie.)
"He was the only good part of that train wreck" is a strange compliment...
He was hilarious in Trainwreck. (He was the only good part of that movie.)
I keep hearing that. Apparently there is a major push to keep having him do roles like Suicide Squad and Bumblebee, semi serious kickass military guys who are either straight man kinda funny or open parodies.
Notes from an Abbreviated Trip #1: Lawsuits
After over a month of training and weeks of preparing food, gear, and equipment, yesterday was our final "leisure" day in South Lake Tahoe before hiking into the backcountry. On their magnificent mini-golf course, I hit a stray ball, went to fetch it, caught my toe on an unmarked rise in the pavement, and somehow re-strained my rib muscle. While I was considering "toughing it out", Impus Minor pointed out that my method of walking up a trail is essentially "directed stumbling" and if I lost my balance with a 45-pound pack and a strained rib muscle, I'd likely be down for the count. He was correct, of course, so I canceled the trip.
Someone immediately said, "You should sue the mini-golf course!"
Which is why we don't have fun things in California.
I convince them that my injury is worth $1 million in lost time with my kids, mental anguish, etc. The jury gives it to me. In spite of the fact the mini-golf company is only 1% at fault, they still owe me $10,000.
Which explains why you hear all these ridiculous lawsuits coming out of California. "If I can make these people even 1% at fault and get a huge settlement, I can get a decent amount of cash!"
I'll be responsible for my own incompetence, thanks. Negligence such as a loose manhole cover? I'd totally sue. Not putting hideous yellow striping on every curb in a mini-golf course? Totally my fault.
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Wednesday fencing is back, huzzah huzzay, which does unfortunately mean that I missed out on today's Pathfinder game. Still, it was nice to hang out with everyone again and do longsword and sabre, and the man in the off-licence around the corner from the venue also seemed pleased to see me.
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Notes from an Abbreviated Trip #2: Hotels
The Americana Inn won the dubious distinction of being the worst hotel the kids have ever stayed in, the second-worst Talky has ever stayed in, and easily in the bottom 10 for my much-more-traveled self.
Talky made a really interesting point that I've realized is nearly 100% true throughout my travels: Any place you stay where the doors to the rooms are accessible from the outside (such as a Motel 6) will be a terrible stay. Places where the doors are inside (such as a Marriott) have at least a chance of being decent.
Why was the Americana so bad?
(1) The bed was amazingly rock-hard. Honestly, even without numbers 2 and 3 I doubt I would have gotten a full night's sleep on the appalling bed. But we did have backpack mats, so we could have slept on the floor... I guess.
(2) While South Lake Tahoe isn't infamous for hot summers, temperatures over 80˚F are fairly common, and it was 82˚F on the day we stayed there. In spite of this, the room was designed with one 8"x16" window in the back bathroom and no other air flow other than the front window and door. No A/C. No decent fan system (there was a pathetic slow-moving ceiling fan designed to circulate warm air in the winter, not cool air in the summer). Nothing else to move air. So the room was in the low 90s for our entire stay; it was much hotter in the room than outside for the entire evening and into the morning. Try sleeping in a 90˚F room some time.
(3) Because of #2, everyone had their doors and windows open, including the family next door who had the TV on and were carrying on a full-volume conversation well into the night. Closing our door and window didn't block the noise because the walls were paper-thin. I tried calling the front desk to complain at 1:00 am and they were only open 7:00 am - 9:00 pm. Have a problem outside of those hours? It's your problem. So at 2:00 am I went next door and asked the family to quiet down. Talky said that I had to be a saint considering how polite I was after losing so much sleep. The family was extremely nice about it, apologized, and we seriously didn't hear a peep out of them for the rest of the night. But why did *I* have to confront them? Because no front desk after 9:00 pm.
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While I was considering "toughing it out", Impus Minor pointed out
*chuckle*
that my method of walking up a trail is essentially "directed stumbling" a
Isn't that basically a human movement mode? We save energy by falling forward one step at a time.
On their magnificent mini-golf course, I hit a stray ball, went to fetch it, caught my toe on an unmarked rise in the pavement, and somehow re-strained my rib muscle.
You had in the past complained about people not behaving the correct way while stumbling and falling (because of your own training how to do that correctly to avoid harm) - have your responses failed you, was it a case where untrained human reflexes might had been better suited to handle that, or pure dumb (lack of) luck?
On their magnificent mini-golf course, I hit a stray ball, went to fetch it, caught my toe on an unmarked rise in the pavement, and somehow re-strained my rib muscle.You had in the past complained about people not behaving the correct way while stumbling and falling (because of your own training how to do that correctly to avoid harm) - have your responses failed you, was it a case where untrained human reflexes might had been better suited to handle that, or pure dumb (lack of) luck?
Honestly, looking back on it, it was the height of the curb (roughly 14", or 35 cm to you furriners). I'm accustomed to catching my foot, curling into a ball, and landing on my side. Since my left foot was caught I somehow couldn't curl up. I have some idea as to how this translated to injuring my rib: I went forward with arms out, elbows and wrists locked, exactly as you shouldn't, and had time to unlock the joints and go into a push-up style maneuver. But I think that was the critical moment: My hind brain knew I was about to seriously damage my arms and reacted by wrenching my torso upwards to buy my arms the time they needed.
I know that the tearing pain started as I was falling; hitting the ground was quite pain-free in all areas.
EDIT: Come to think of it, the 14" height distance probably contributed significantly as well; I would have had a fraction of a second less time to react, so my body reacted so strongly it hurt itself.
Notes from an Abbreviated Trip #2: Hotels
The Americana Inn won the dubious distinction of being the worst hotel the kids have ever stayed in, the second-worst Talky has ever stayed in, and easily in the bottom 10 for my much-more-traveled self.
Talky made a really interesting point that I've realized is nearly 100% true throughout my travels: Any place you stay where the doors to the rooms are accessible from the outside (such as a Motel 6) will be a terrible stay.
Oh. Yeah. True.
Have yet to see a motel 6 that was not awful.
Notes from an Abbreviated Trip #2: Hotels
The Americana Inn won the dubious distinction of being the worst hotel the kids have ever stayed in, the second-worst Talky has ever stayed in, and easily in the bottom 10 for my much-more-traveled self.
Talky made a really interesting point that I've realized is nearly 100% true throughout my travels: Any place you stay where the doors to the rooms are accessible from the outside (such as a Motel 6) will be a terrible stay.
Oh. Yeah. True.
Have yet to see a motel 6 that was not awful.
My worst two stays were both Motel 6s:
(1) Motel 6 in Santa Clara: A truck stop. Truckers came in as late as midnight or 1:00 am, honked at each other, yelled across the parking lot, and otherwise carried on... then woke up at 4:30 am and continued. You cannot get more than 3 hours of sleep there.(2) Motel 6 in Chula Vista: The first night I was there the front desk was robbed at gunpoint. The second night there was a police helicopter chase of an armed suspect through our parking lot. The homeless guy I chatted with at the tram station every morning while waiting for my train put it best: "Don't go to the hotel until you're ready to go to sleep, then don't turn on the lights or the TV or make any noise, and don't answer the door."
I only had one person knock on my door, but I obeyed the wise local and didn't answer it. And survived to tell the tale.
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And now, I'm literally learning right now that we're going to have people coming into our house, tearing up all of our carpet, and probably knocking out some walls. So that's fun! :D
*gives hugs to the lion*
Glad everything seems to be going well for you right now.
Be prepared though...right now a lot of contractors are willing to start demo work on schedule but can't get the materials to actually put in the new stuff for 6 months or more. Be sure they can actually finish the job before they rip up what you have.
Yeah, we've been talking and getting things ready before anything starts. Thank you for the good advice!
Kids are in school, and we're hoping to get a start soon-ish, but we may move into a hotel for the duration, more-or-less (which would be covered by our insurance). bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbblech, but sigh
Another revolution around the sun completed.
HAPPY NINETEEN-ISH DAYS AFTER YOUR BIRTHDAY! WOO~!
I got it! Just pending a background check which is not a concern.
AWESOME! Way to go, Vid! Huzzah!
Love you all!
Aaaaaaaaaaaand exactly here is where I run out of time. Maybe more later. Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifffffffffeeeeeeee.
Oh, also, I saw the new He-Man and it was amazing, and (though I had a problem with one character in particular in three very specific moments) I loved it and am so glad it's part one, and can't wait to see the rest, okaybai
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How bad is Albany High School's administration?
For Impus Minor's senior picture, they contracted out to mylegacymatters.com. Gee...
(1) mylegacymatters.com not only wants the name, email, and phone number of the parent, but also the name, email, and phone number of the student. I refused to provide them, of course, and if they give me crap I'll offer to very loudly publicize that, "MyLegacyMatters insists on collecting the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of 17-year-old girls or they're not allowed to have their photos in the yearbook."
Not quite Asmodean, but effective enough.
(2) Even though the senior class size is known (registration was back in June), the appointments have all been booked so Impus Minor can't get his photo taken anyway. How can you get the senior class size wrong?!?!?!
(1) My Legacy Matters insists on not only the parents', but the students' email addresses and phone numbers. They're required fields, and you're not allowed to proceed without entering them. Shall I publicize that Albany High School is doing business with a company that will not allow 17-year-old girls to have their yearbook photos to be taken without providing their email addresses and phone numbers to said company? The Privacy Policy states, "If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity."
I find it ironic that that same Privacy Policy includes, "We do not intend to solicit or collect Personal Information from anyone under the age of 18," yet the student contact information is mandatory.
I expect AHS to do a better job of vetting its vendors. My Legacy Matters will not be receiving my child's contact information under any circumstances. If that means my child cannot be in the yearbook, I'll be making that very, very public.
(2) I was already irritated with My Legacy Matters, and then when I tried to make an appointment I discovered there were none left. How can they possibly have failed to know the total number of seniors at Albany High School?
I do love being the bad guy.
EDIT: Maybe it's because I work for Global Megacorporation and we have to attend annual training on improper data collection. The head of our engineering division put it succinctly: "If you're collecting the data in a field and you can't give me an immediate, valid business reason you need it, you're fired."
A photo studio needs contact information. It doesn't need contact information for both the parent and child. You're fired. For the record, California only makes it illegal to collect data on kids under 13, so they're not violating the law; they're just severely annoying me.