Semi-related question: have you guys been getting a lot of really jacked-up materials from the quarries lately? Our main suppliers out here all get their stone from Wisconsin, and this season it's been really bad.Do you mean jacked up prices or subpar or damaged materials.
And do you mean like pavers and block or stuff like clear stone or gravel.
As far as pricing, Wisconsin is definitely the first to jack up prices if they can.
Have been getting an inordinate amount of pavers with chips and stuff but I do so much cutting it's not usually an issue.
And yes, inconsistent quality of materials like gravel and clear stone is an issue in Wisconsin which harkens back to the first person that did something half assed and then said "good enough!" And everyone else gave them a pass. It usually kicks in about this time every year and lasts until memorial day and then you get a brief surge of giving a s*!# before everything crashes and just goes into autopilot after the 4th of July.
Inconsistent quality is putting it mildly, and everything has been ridiculously late being delivered. According to my boss, it's the worst he's seen in 15 years. Worst offender so far has been a shipment of this stuff, which showed up a month late, and about a third of it was completely unusable.
Super muddy, but incredibly nice out.
I have definitely scaled back my expectations for the day.
But I've officially ended one phase of the job, laying down all the full slabs (what they call really big pavers) and now I can start filling in the box in the middle with soldier and sailor courses and then these chocolate brown pavers in a 45 degree herringbone pattern surrounding a fire table (which I'll build on Monday).
Inconsistent quality is putting it mildly, and everything has been ridiculously late being delivered. According to my boss, it's the worst he's seen in 15 years. Worst offender so far has been a shipment of this stuff, which showed up a month late, and about a third of it was completely unusable.Semi-related question: have you guys been getting a lot of really jacked-up materials from the quarries lately? Our main suppliers out here all get their stone from Wisconsin, and this season it's been really bad.Do you mean jacked up prices or subpar or damaged materials.
And do you mean like pavers and block or stuff like clear stone or gravel.
As far as pricing, Wisconsin is definitely the first to jack up prices if they can.
Have been getting an inordinate amount of pavers with chips and stuff but I do so much cutting it's not usually an issue.
And yes, inconsistent quality of materials like gravel and clear stone is an issue in Wisconsin which harkens back to the first person that did something half assed and then said "good enough!" And everyone else gave them a pass. It usually kicks in about this time every year and lasts until memorial day and then you get a brief surge of giving a s!+& before everything crashes and just goes into autopilot after the 4th of July.
Yeah, it kind of depends what part of the state you go to. North and west and quality standards start taking a nose dive. It depends on the place really.
As far as lateness goes, that's just a Wisconsin thing. For a state that's so self righteous about promptness they are incredibly obstinate about delivering something on time. Which is why I've started involving the fate of the universe.
I am so freaking hungry right now. No lunch. Ugh. Probably will do more fast food(which I shouldn't do) on the way home. UGH.
I am so freaking hungry right now. No lunch. Ugh. Probably will do more fast food(which I shouldn't do) on the way home. UGH.
Next week'll be really interesting for me. At this point I'm pretty much resigned that I'll be doing jury duty on a case I really shouldn't be on, but whatever, that's for the judge and lawyers to decide.
But I plan on having breakfast, going in, having nothing all day, then eating when I get home in the evening. Back in my teaching days I used to do it all the time. But that was 25 years ago. We'll see how Monday goes with no food and I'll adjust accordingly. I just don't particularly want to bring food, nor do I want to buy food from the area vendors, so it is what it is...
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Today was my 20th (and my colleague's 15th) anniversary at work, which is very pre-21st century of us, as is the fact that I got presented with a pocket watch (which is pretty flippin' cool). We also went axe throwing, had something to eat, and I walked into a plate glass door on my way home, so a good do overall, I feel.
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You have to love companies that want feedback so fast that they don't even give their support personnel time to respond.
I'm a Patreon for Bloodywood. I tried to upgrade my tier many times over several weeks. I kept getting an error that my bank was rejecting the charge, even though I tried with three different cards with three different banks.
So on Friday the 12th I filed a support request. On Monday the 15th I got the standard, "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" response. (Technically, "Try unsubscribing and then re-subscribing at the tier you want.") A perfectly rational response in a reasonable time frame. The evening of the 15th I tried it and it failed, so I sent in a follow-up with screenshots of the "fix" not working.
So, the guy's had 4 business days to try to find a solution. He hasn't responded yet, and I consider that eminently reasonable. But this morning I got an, "Are you satisfied with your solution?" questionnaire.
No, no I'm not.
So the guy's going to get dinged for not responding in 4 days.
I consider that a bit punitive. But hey, I'm not running their support department, so who am I to judge?
A judgy person, that's who!
We finally found Judgy McJudgerson!
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We finally found Judgy McJudgerson!
No, I think that's Steve Harvey's new show.
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"Hot dogging is great. If everyone was a hot dog, that would be great, too, because it would mean everyone is having success." - Baseball great Rickey Henderson.
Translation: "If you were as good as me, then you could show off too." or just "Git gud, newb."
I assume that 'dogging' doesn't have the same meaning in the US as it does in the UK...
No, Rickey Henderson was just really, really weird.
I assume that 'dogging' doesn't have the same meaning in the US as it does in the UK..."Hot dogging is great. If everyone was a hot dog, that would be great, too, because it would mean everyone is having success." - Baseball great Rickey Henderson.
Translation: "If you were as good as me, then you could show off too." or just "Git gud, newb."
LOL. Thank you, Google! "UK definition of dogging".
Yeah, nope.
If you're truly unfamiliar with the term (and not just making a rather hilarious quip once you look at the quote and the definition), in the U.S. "hot dogging" is showing off. And NOT in the way of the U.K. definition...
Huh.
I never actually paid attention to that but Generation Zero does actually include 2-4 player co-op. Now I wonder if NobodysHome group gave it a try in the past and what is their opinion, if they did.
I keep thinking about going back to it - the solo gameplay wasn't the best thing in the world but I loved the feel of the world, 80s all around. Also, the computers that you find are clearly meant to be Commodore and some Amiga (<3) stand-ins...
It should be a good day, I get to build a fire table.
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Interviewing for vacant supervisory position today.
Nervous.
Interviewing for vacant supervisory position today.
Nervous.
How hard can it be to supervise blank spaces?
It should be a good day, I get to build a fire table.
.... generally if your construction project is on fire you (in technical terms) Dun messed up.
It should be a good day, I get to build a fire table..... generally if your construction project is on fire you (in technical terms) Dun messed up.
No, we're equipped with flame throwers and more than half the company are firefighters or retired firefighters. If something is on fire it's absolutely intentional.
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Alea iacta est. Now we play the waiting game.
No, we're equipped with flame throwers and more than half the company are firefighters or retired firefighters. If something is on fire it's absolutely intentional.It should be a good day, I get to build a fire table..... generally if your construction project is on fire you (in technical terms) Dun messed up.
At what stage will you get plasma guns and/or heavy stubbers?
At what stage will you get plasma guns and/or heavy stubbers?No, we're equipped with flame throwers and more than half the company are firefighters or retired firefighters. If something is on fire it's absolutely intentional.It should be a good day, I get to build a fire table..... generally if your construction project is on fire you (in technical terms) Dun messed up.
I don't know, I've been requesting them for the last five years so hopefully soon.
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So after forty years of "functionally" living with chronic depression--which I'm phrasing that way because I equate it with being a "functional alcoholic", i.e. it's not actually all that functional and you're not really fooling anyone but yourself--I went to my doctor today and got a prescription for an SSRI.
It's the one thing I've never tried.
Fingers crossed.
Wishing you nothing but the best.
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No, we're equipped with flame throwers and more than half the company are firefighters or retired firefighters. If something is on fire it's absolutely intentional.It should be a good day, I get to build a fire table..... generally if your construction project is on fire you (in technical terms) Dun messed up.
Nice try but I've MET fire fighters....:)
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No, we're equipped with flame throwers and more than half the company are firefighters or retired firefighters. If something is on fire it's absolutely intentional.It should be a good day, I get to build a fire table..... generally if your construction project is on fire you (in technical terms) Dun messed up.
Not like last year when one of the foremen was cutting rebar and accidentally set fire to his pants.
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How hard can it be to supervise blank spaces?Interviewing for vacant supervisory position today.
Nervous.
And here I thought he was nervous because they'd find the body of the previous supervisor...
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♫ Stacey's Mom turned me into a frog! ♫
♫ I'm eating flies and live inside a log! ♫
♫ Stacey can't you see she has placed a spell on me! ♫
♫ Now I'm in a bog and look just like a small green frog. ♫
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WELL, WE GADDAH HOLD AWN, TO HOT GREEK SNOT!
IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF WE'RE NAKED OR NOT!
WE'VE GOT PEACH UDDERS, AND THAT'S A FLUFF FOR NUTS,
THE GIBBET IS SHUT!
WELL, WE GADDAH HOLD AWN, TO HOT GREEK SNOT!
IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF WE'RE NAKED OR NOT!
WE'VE GOT PEACH UDDERS, AND THAT'S A FLUFF FOR NUTS,
THE GIBBET IS SHUT!
♫ Oh, no! Putin on a bear. ♫
♫ Rootin' on the stairs!! ♫
Nice try but I've MET fire fighters....:)No, we're equipped with flame throwers and more than half the company are firefighters or retired firefighters. If something is on fire it's absolutely intentional.It should be a good day, I get to build a fire table..... generally if your construction project is on fire you (in technical terms) Dun messed up.
Yes, and they love to set (controlled) fires.
Every few months the boss will get a burn permit and all the firefighters set up a grill, a fire hose, and set the brush pile ablaze.
Not like last year when one of the foremen was cutting rebar and accidentally set fire to his pants.No, we're equipped with flame throwers and more than half the company are firefighters or retired firefighters. If something is on fire it's absolutely intentional.It should be a good day, I get to build a fire table..... generally if your construction project is on fire you (in technical terms) Dun messed up.
I've seen that before.
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Taking the kids to the dentist today! Unfortunately they've both reached that age where telling them we're going to Disneyland just doesn't have the same impact as it once did.
Oh well.
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My brain rendered that as "UK Parliament Members" at first...
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Sometimes The Onion's headlines hit waaaay too close to home:
"High School Student, Teacher Applying For Same Summer Waitressing Job."
Yep. I've seen it. My high school physics teacher was a checker at Trader Joe's during the summer.
Sometimes The Onion's headlines hit waaaay too close to home:
"High School Student, Teacher Applying For Same Summer Waitressing Job."
Yep. I've seen it. My high school physics teacher was a checker at Trader Joe's during the summer.
My high school history teacher worked for the same seed corn company I did during the summers.
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Sometimes The Onion's headlines hit waaaay too close to home:
"High School Student, Teacher Applying For Same Summer Waitressing Job."
Yep. I've seen it. My high school physics teacher was a checker at Trader Joe's during the summer.
remember kids stay in school so... uhm.. ahhhh....
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And here I thought he was nervous because they'd find the body of the previous supervisor...
Like, nervous because there's serial killer or nervous because they found the evidence?
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Like, nervous because there's serial killer or nervous because they found the evidence?
And here I thought he was nervous because they'd find the body of the previous supervisor...
Yes.
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My high school history teacher worked for the same seed corn company I did during the summers.Sometimes The Onion's headlines hit waaaay too close to home:
"High School Student, Teacher Applying For Same Summer Waitressing Job."
Yep. I've seen it. My high school physics teacher was a checker at Trader Joe's during the summer.
My high school, middle school, and elementary school teachers were my mom and dad.
Sometimes The Onion's headlines hit waaaay too close to home:
"High School Student, Teacher Applying For Same Summer Waitressing Job."
Yep. I've seen it. My high school physics teacher was a checker at Trader Joe's during the summer.
My uncle taught high school special-ed and BOCES metal shop, but during school breaks he was a stocker at Lowe's.
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My high school history teacher worked for the same seed corn company I did during the summers.Sometimes The Onion's headlines hit waaaay too close to home:
"High School Student, Teacher Applying For Same Summer Waitressing Job."
Yep. I've seen it. My high school physics teacher was a checker at Trader Joe's during the summer.
I didn't have my glasses on when I saw this. I was wondering what seed porn was.
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I didn't have my glasses on when I saw this. I was wondering what seed porn was.My high school history teacher worked for the same seed corn company I did during the summers.Sometimes The Onion's headlines hit waaaay too close to home:
"High School Student, Teacher Applying For Same Summer Waitressing Job."
Yep. I've seen it. My high school physics teacher was a checker at Trader Joe's during the summer.
Like you don't know.