So what's everyone doing for the 4th?? Party? Barbecue?? Some Beer drinkin?
So what's everyone doing for the 4th?? Party? Barbecue?? Some Beer
drinkin?
Inlaws are coming over... I'm so thrilled... *SIGH*...
Re: 4th of July ??
By: HusTler to All on Mon Jul 01 2019 10:53 pm
So what's everyone doing for the 4th?? Party? Barbecue?? Some Beer drink
Inlaws are coming over... I'm so thrilled... *SIGH*...
Re: 4th of July ??
By: HusTler to All on Mon Jul 01 2019 10:53 pm
So what's everyone doing for the 4th?? Party? Barbecue?? Some Beer drinkin?
Inlaws are coming over... I'm so thrilled... *SIGH*...
My condolences. Reminds me of some past holidays but now no longer "obligated" to participate in. These days I enjoy having the freedom to do whatever I want. Try and make the best of it. I know how difficult it can be. ;-)
HusTler
Havens BBS (havens.synchro.net)
Even tho the msg wasn't addressed to ALL far be it from me to not get in on some red hot 4th of July action plans.
Here in FLA, fireworks are still legal. Around the corner they are having a buy 1 get 3 sale. I plan to wow my 3 boys and their cousins with a chaotic
It sux that its on a thurs cuz i'd have to burn a vacation day to take fri off...
why is it that Thanksgiving you get thurs AND friday off, but Christmas you only get the 25th off, when there's just as much travel/family involved for both?
And why then is Easter not a holiday, the only thing more impressive then being born the sone of God via immaculate conception would indeed be rising
Here in FLA, fireworks are still legal. Around the corner they are having a buy 1 get 3 sale. I plan to wow my 3 boys and their cousins with a chaotic display of explosive danger as i tie as many stupid sh*t together on one fuse as possible with no regard to my neighbor's lawns or rooftops, or my own safety.
It sux that its on a thurs cuz i'd have to burn a vacation day to take fri off...
why is it that Thanksgiving you get thurs AND friday off, but Christmas you only get the 25th off, when there's just as much travel/family involved for both?
And why then is Easter not a holiday, the only thing more impressive then being born the sone of God via immaculate conception would indeed be rising from the dead to take your place at your Father's side, no? How do you not celebrate THAT but MLK day and Labor day are holidays?.
On 07-02-19 10:22, Zombie Mambo wrote to Ernest J Gainey Iii <=-
why is it that Thanksgiving you get thurs AND friday off, but Christmas you only get the 25th off, when there's just as much travel/family involved for both?
And why then is Easter not a holiday, the only thing more impressive
then being born the sone of God via immaculate conception would indeed
be rising from the dead to take your place at your Father's side, no?
How do you not celebrate THAT but MLK day and Labor day are holidays?.
On 07-02-19 10:22, Zombie Mambo wrote to Ernest J Gainey Iii <=-
why is it that Thanksgiving you get thurs AND friday off, but Christmas you only get the 25th off, when there's just as much travel/family involved for both?
Coz you live in the wrong country? :P Here in Australia, we get Christmas and Boxing Day (December 26) off, and if they happen to fall on a weekend,
On 07-02-19 23:56, MRO wrote to Vk3jed <=-
it's not really the country; it's his employer.
MRO wrote to HusTler <=-
around a bunch of lunatics who yell at eachother all the time. also it
it feels so great to not have to go through that shit anymore.
On 07-02-19 23:56, MRO wrote to Vk3jed <=-
it's not really the country; it's his employer.
Yes it is, all those days I nentioned are gazetted public holidays here. That's a government thing, not an employer one.
Here in FLA, fireworks are still legal. Around the corner they are
having a buy 1 get 3 sale. I plan to wow my 3 boys and their cousins
with a chaotic
in my state they are legal to buy, but not use.
Oh, we have a 4 day weekend for Easter - Good Friday, Easter Sunday and the following day (Easter Monday) are public holidays here. :)
Coz you live in the wrong country? :P Here in Australia, we get
it's not really the country; it's his employer.
i get all that shit off. i have a week off for independance day and a week o for christmas.
If you have a job where you work weekends, I think it's semi-common for peop to have Easter off; at least, they could probably request Easter off for religious reasons. At an old job I had, there were several employees who we LDS/Mormon, and they never worked Sundays at all due to their religion.
Nightfox
Coz you live in the wrong country? :P Here in Australia, we get Christmas a Boxing Day (December 26) off, and if they happen to fall on a weekend, then get public holidays on the following Monday and Tuesday.
Luckily I get 224 hours off a year cuz i've wasted 20 yrs at the same place... so i have a pretty decent amount of paid time off to use whenever i wish.
On 07-02-19 23:56, MRO wrote to Vk3jed <=-
it's not really the country; it's his employer.
Yes it is, all those days I nentioned are gazetted public holidays here. That's a government thing, not an employer one.
Re: 4th of July ??
By: MRO to Zombie Mambo on Tue Jul 02 2019 02:22 pm
Here in FLA, fireworks are still legal. Around the corner they are
having a buy 1 get 3 sale. I plan to wow my 3 boys and their cousins
with a chaotic
in my state they are legal to buy, but not use.
What's the point of selling them then?
Re: Re: 4th of July ??
By: MRO to Vk3jed on Tue Jul 02 2019 11:56 pm
Coz you live in the wrong country? :P Here in Australia, we get
it's not really the country; it's his employer.
I've heard people in the US tend to have fewer holidays and less vacation time than people in other countries. The US seems to have fewer federal holidays than many other countries, and many companies in the US don't offer more than the federal holidays off as holidays. Some bigger companies perhaps might offer more time off.
Re: 4th of July ??
By: MRO to Zombie Mambo on Tue Jul 02 2019 02:22 pm
i get all that shit off. i have a week off for independance day and a week o for christmas.
Luckily I get 224 hours off a year cuz i've wasted 20 yrs at the same place... so i have a pretty decent amount of paid time off to use whenever i wish.
Re: 4th of July ??
By: Zombie Mambo to MRO on Wed Jul 03 2019 11:21 am
Luckily I get 224 hours off a year cuz i've wasted 20 yrs at the same place... so i have a pretty decent amount of paid time off to use whenever i wish.
Wasted? I'd feel good if I had enough job stability to stay at one place that long. Also you accrue good benefits, as you've mentioned with your time off.
My company is your typical new liberal corporate type. They took away 4 of the holidays we used to have, and changed them to "floating" so now Thanksgiving is the only 2-day holiday we get. This is so "everyone can pick the holidays they wish to celebrate".
We also have a wonderful diversity program and intranet site where you can learn about all the world's holidays except of course American and Christian-based ones... I always wondered why we needed that when Google Doodles takes care of informing us about everyone else's holidays.
Hmmm... what if I feel female today or happen to look great in a size 3 black mini?
Re: Re: 4th of July ??
By: Vk3jed to MRO on Wed Jul 03 2019 06:25 pm
On 07-02-19 23:56, MRO wrote to Vk3jed <=-Yes it is, all those days I nentioned are gazetted public holidays here. That's a government thing, not an employer one.
it's not really the country; it's his employer.
in the united states, we dont get off 'government holidays'; we could very well be working. we would only have these federal holidays off if we were federal employees. what days we have off is determined by our employer.
So what's everyone doing for the 4th?? Party? Barbecue?? Some Beer drinkin?
I've heard people in the US tend to have fewer holidays and less
vacation time than people in other countries. The US seems to have
fewer federal holidays than many other countries, and many companies
in the US don't offer more than the federal holidays off as holidays.
Some bigger companies perhaps might offer more time off.
we're a country of hard working people. americans used to work six days a week.
other countries are smaller and not as successful. some have less of a work ethic.
Luckily I get 224 hours off a year cuz i've wasted 20 yrs at the
same place... so i have a pretty decent amount of paid time off to
use whenever i wish.
Wasted? I'd feel good if I had enough job stability to stay at one
place that long. Also you accrue good benefits, as you've mentioned
with your time off.
you cant even stay at one place for an entire year? you need to change occupations.
other countries are smaller and not as successful. some have less of a work ethic.
I've heard of some countries in Europe having more vacation time and companies offering more vacation time than in the US. And those are first-world countries, I don't think they're struggling, really.
It's good to have a good work-life balance. What's your work worth to you if you don't have much time to enjoy your life?
Luckily I get 224 hours off a year cuz i've wasted 20 yrs at the ZM>> same place... so i have a pretty decent amount of paid time off to ZM>> use whenever i wish.
Wasted? I'd feel good if I had enough job stability to stay at one
place that long. Also you accrue good benefits, as you've mentioned
with your time off.
you cant even stay at one place for an entire year? you need to change occupations.
What? When did I say that? I've been with my current employer for a bit over 8 years. And he said he has been at his workplace for 20 years.
in the united states, we dont get off 'government holidays'; we could very well be working. we would only have these federal holidays off if we were federal employees. what days we have off is determined by our employer.
On 07-03-19 11:07, Mandarax wrote to Vk3jed <=-
A lot of those same days here are also official holidays. However,
that does not mean that all employers give those days off. Tomorrow is
the 4th of July which is an official Holiday here, but many I'm sure
will still be working.
On 07-03-19 09:37, Nightfox wrote to Vk3jed <=-
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Re: Re: 4th of July ??
By: Vk3jed to Zombie Mambo on Wed Jul 03 2019 01:01 pm
Oh, we have a 4 day weekend for Easter - Good Friday, Easter Sunday and the following day (Easter Monday) are public holidays here. :)
I've heard that Sunday being called Easter Sunday (because that's the
day Easter actually falls on), but I don't think I've ever heard of "Easter Monday". Easter is always on a Sunday.. :P
On 07-03-19 11:28, Zombie Mambo wrote to Vk3jed <=-
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Re: Re: 4th of July ??
By: Vk3jed to Zombie Mambo on Wed Jul 03 2019 01:01 pm
Coz you live in the wrong country? :P Here in Australia, we get Christmas a Boxing Day (December 26) off, and if they happen to fall on a weekend, then get public holidays on the following Monday and Tuesday.
I hope a croc bites your sack off you filthy Auzzie... :)
I'm surprised you don't get a week off for Rugby.
On 07-03-19 16:11, MRO wrote to Vk3jed <=-
in the united states, we dont get off 'government holidays'; we could
very well be working. we would only have these federal holidays off if
we were federal employees. what days we have off is determined by our employer.
so that is why i say it's not the country he lives in, it's his
employee that determines what day he works and what days he has off.
On 07-03-19 11:26, Zombie Mambo wrote to Nightfox <=-
My company is your typical new liberal corporate type. They took away 4
of the holidays we used to have, and changed them to "floating" so now Thanksgiving is the only 2-day holiday we get. This is so "everyone can pick the holidays they wish to celebrate".
We also have a wonderful diversity program and intranet site where you
can learn about all the world's holidays except of course American and Christian-based ones... I always wondered why we needed that when
Google Doodles takes care of informing us about everyone else's
holidays.
I don't think there's anything wrong with recognizing other's but I do hate when sh*t is shoved down your throat.
And, the incosistency is mind-blowing. We're forced to take all these inclusion sessions and craft emails certain ways so as not to exclude anyone on accident, but then the company sends out a corporate-wide casting call "To all female employees"...
Hmmm... what if I feel female today or happen to look great in a size 3 black mini?
On 07-03-19 19:36, Ernest J Gainey Iii wrote to Zombie Mambo <=-
We're in about 76 different countries, so we have similar on our Intranet. I never looked to see if the US holidays were included or
not. I'll have to look sometime.
Hmmm... what if I feel female today or happen to look great in a size 3 black mini?
Pictures... or didn't happen... :)
On 07-03-19 19:59, Dr. What wrote to HusTler <=-
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Re: 4th of July ??
By: HusTler to All on Mon Jul 01 2019 10:53 pm
So what's everyone doing for the 4th?? Party? Barbecue?? Some Beer drinkin?
Sleep in.
Gym.
Bake cookies.
Solder up my new mini tesla coil.
On 07-03-19 17:29, Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
I've heard of some countries in Europe having more vacation time and companies offering more vacation time than in the US. And those are first-world countries, I don't think they're struggling, really.
It's good to have a good work-life balance. What's your work worth to
you if you don't have much time to enjoy your life?
On 07-03-19 17:31, Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
What? When did I say that? I've been with my current employer for a
bit over 8 years. And he said he has been at his workplace for 20
years.
Re: Re: 4th of July ??
By: MRO to Vk3jed on Wed Jul 03 2019 04:11 pm
in the united states, we dont get off 'government holidays'; we could very well be working. we would only have these federal holidays off if we were federal employees. what days we have off is determined by our employer.
Well there are some holidays that are usually fairly standard to have off, including Thanksgiving (usually 2 days), Christmas, New Years Day, and Independence Day. Most companies I've seen offer those days off.
If people are working for any of those holidays, it's usually retail workers, medical workers, and people who work in other service fields who have to make sure services (such as electricity, water, etc.) keep going in case of an emergency.
Other than the above, if a company doesn't at least offer Thanksgiving and Christmas off, they're being dicks for not allowing their employees to spend time with their families for the holidays.
Re: 4th of July ??
By: Nightfox to Zombie Mambo on Tue Jul 02 2019 12:36 pm
If you have a job where you work weekends, I think it's semi-common
for peop to have Easter off; at least, they could probably request
Easter off for religious reasons. At an old job I had, there were
several employees who we LDS/Mormon, and they never worked Sundays at
all due to their religion.
Nightfox
My company is your typical new liberal corporate type. They took away 4 of the holidays we used to have, and changed them to "floating" so now Thanksgiving is the only 2-day holiday we get. This is so "everyone can pick the holidays they wish to celebrate".
We also have a wonderful diversity program and intranet site where you can learn about all the world's holidays except of course American and Christian-based ones... I always wondered why we needed that when Google Doodles takes care of informing us about everyone else's holidays.
I don't think there's anything wrong with recognizing other's but I do hate when sh*t is shoved down your throat.
And, the incosistency is mind-blowing. We're forced to take all these inclusion sessions and craft emails certain ways so as not to exclude anyone on accident, but then the company sends out a corporate-wide casting call "To all female employees"...
Hmmm... what if I feel female today or happen to look great in a size 3 black mini?
Thanks,
Zombie Mambo
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If people are working for any of those holidays, it's usually retail
workers, medical workers, and people who work in other service fields
who have to make sure services (such as electricity, water, etc.) keep
going in case of an emergency.
Other than the above, if a company doesn't at least offer Thanksgiving
and Christmas off, they're being dicks for not allowing their
employees to spend
time with their families for the holidays.
and there are people less fortunate than us who get the time off but no holiday pay.
Vk3jed wrote to Nightfox <=-
What? When did I say that? I've been with my current employer for a
bit over 8 years. And he said he has been at his workplace for 20
years.
I'm coming up to 5 years now. My record is 7 years in the same
role, working for the same company, though I actually stayed on
another 7 years as a contractor after a restructure.
Re: Re: 4th of July ??
By: MRO to Vk3jed on Tue Jul 02 2019 11:56 pm
Coz you live in the wrong country? :P Here in Australia, we get
it's not really the country; it's his employer.
I've heard people in the US tend to have fewer holidays and less vacation ti than people in other countries. The US seems to have fewer federal holidays than many other countries, and many companies in the US don't offer more tha the federal holidays off as holidays. Some bigger companies perhaps might offer more time off.
Nightfox
Re: Re: 4th of July ??
By: Vk3jed to MRO on Wed Jul 03 2019 06:25 pm
On 07-02-19 23:56, MRO wrote to Vk3jed <=-
it's not really the country; it's his employer.
Yes it is, all those days I nentioned are gazetted public holidays here. That's a government thing, not an employer one.
in the united states, we dont get off 'government holidays'; we could very w be working. we would only have these federal holidays off if we were federa employees. what days we have off is determined by our employer.
so that is why i say it's not the country he lives in, it's his employee tha determines what day he works and what days he has off.
Re: 4th of July ??
By: Nightfox to Zombie Mambo on Wed Jul 03 2019 01:10 pm
Re: 4th of July ??
By: Zombie Mambo to MRO on Wed Jul 03 2019 11:21 am
Luckily I get 224 hours off a year cuz i've wasted 20 yrs at the sam place... so i have a pretty decent amount of paid time off to use whenever i wish.
Wasted? I'd feel good if I had enough job stability to stay at one place that long. Also you accrue good benefits, as you've mentioned with your time off.
you cant even stay at one place for an entire year? you need to change occupations.
Re: 4th of July ??
By: Zombie Mambo to Nightfox on Wed Jul 03 2019 11:26 am
My company is your typical new liberal corporate type. They took away 4 o the holidays we used to have, and changed them to "floating" so now Thanksgiving is the only 2-day holiday we get. This is so "everyone can p the holidays they wish to celebrate".
We did that... when we separated into "The Business" and "IT". The intent wa er a separate company."
We also have a wonderful diversity program and intranet site where you ca learn about all the world's holidays except of course American and Christian-based ones... I always wondered why we needed that when Google Doodles takes care of informing us about everyone else's holidays.
We're in about 76 different countries, so we have similar on our Intranet. I
Hmmm... what if I feel female today or happen to look great in a size 3 black mini?
Pictures... or didn't happen... :)
That can work for some. I used to like working over the Christmas break, because (1) it meant avoiding the crowds when I did take time off, and (2) I could do annual maintenance and upgrades on infrastructure when no one was using it. That said, I still did get the official public holidays off, to k things simple.
Except there's more levers for people to be given the days off here. Government workers and businesses who do manufactoring or administrative sort of work take the day off. Sure, retail operates through most of these holidays, but employees who work public holidays have to be given extra "penalty rates", which are mandated by law. In some occupations, workers actually _choose_ to be rostered on for public holidays, because of the financial advantage.
There's a lot of government mandated stuff, so yes it does matter what country you're in.
On 07-03-19 17:31, Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
What? When did I say that? I've been with my current employer for a bit over 8 years. And he said he has been at his workplace for 20 years.
I'm coming up to 5 years now. My record is 7 years in the same role, working for the same company, though I actually stayed on another 7 years as a contractor after a restructure.
Re: 4th of July ??
By: Ernest J Gainey Iii to Zombie Mambo on Wed Jul 03 2019 07:36 pm
Re: 4th of July ??
By: Zombie Mambo to Nightfox on Wed Jul 03 2019 11:26 am
You made me think of something about the "it lasted 2-4 yrs"... Ever notice how every 3-5 yrs whatever ideas you've already tried, new mgmt says we should try despite you already proving no value in it?
They just keep recycling and flipping the same ideas and never learn from the mistakes the previous regime experienced... then, once they F things up to the point where nothing works right, they quit and cite their great accomplishments to the new company that hires them with no clue that they were nothing but f-ups.
On 07-04-19 17:55, MRO wrote to Vk3jed <=-
i have 15 years in and i think i'm a bit late for settling down.
actually i'm thinking of leaving because at this place they only favor
the new hires.
On 07-04-19 17:53, MRO wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Not my cup of tea, but i dont have to live there.
i prefer less govt and i want even less now.
One period: We are regional. North America, South America, Europe, Asia. Ea region has its own rules.
Next period: We are going to globalize, there are no more regions, we're all one company. Everyone must follow the same rules and processes.
Next period: Let's cycle back around to being regional... as globalizing and standardizing 76 different ways of doing things is to complicated.
Re: 4th of July ??
By: Ernest J Gainey Iii to Zombie Mambo on Thu Jul 04 2019 08:13 pm
That's pretty much it...
"we've realized there are so many synergies across all of our different reasons, that there are real cost-savings in streamlining and removing redundancies... "
Then they fire 40-60% of the "Redundnancies" and expect those that are left to do the job of 3-5 people.
"While we had some great success leveraging the best of each other's processes and what worked right to globalize our business, we've come to find that each region has a very specific localized customer base and work / life balance. FOr this reason we now see that each region operates more efficiently when it is allowed to be agile and do things that meet its own needs. Therefore other than payroll, we are disbanding and allowing each to operate as their own business".
to make money and tax them.in my state they are legal to buy, but not use.What's the point of selling them then?
Re: 4th of July ??
By: MRO to Nightfox on Wed Jul 03 2019 04:12 pm
to make money and tax them.in my state they are legal to buy, but not use.What's the point of selling them then?
I think the correct question would be "What is the point of buying them?"
They are illegal to buy, sell or use here in California.
Too damn many fires.
in my state they are legal to buy, but not use.
What's the point of selling them then?
to make money and tax them.
I think the correct question would be "What is the point of buying them?"
They are illegal to buy, sell or use here in California.
Too damn many fires.
in my state they are legal to buy, but not use.
What's the point of selling them then?
to make money and tax them.
I think the correct question would be "What is the point of buying
them?"
they buy them to shoot off fireworks because they're fun and they look cool.
Too damn many fires.
they shouldnt build over/near woodlands.
That's a very open question.. One thing is self-driving cars, and I've heard other people say this too, there may be a day when a law is passed requiring all cars on the road to be self-driving, for safety reasons (eliminating the human element, including drunk drivers and human error, etc.). It seems that may well happen, maybe in the next decade, maybe beyond. Also, if self-driving cars become more and more common, I've heard people say some people might opt to not own a car at all, and call a self-driving taxi when they need to get somewhere.
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