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Post by hondobrode on Sept 1, 2018 18:18:56 GMT -5
Amen to that
although some of us are working this weekend...
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 1, 2018 18:53:24 GMT -5
Sorry that you're working hondobrode, but I'm so burned out ( literally and figuratively) from working 6 days a week that I'm going to try to veg out the next two days.
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 1, 2018 19:37:19 GMT -5
Aww heck yeah dude ! It's my own fault. I sell my car wraps full-time b2b and then nights and weekends here and there I still help people with their state mandated interlocks for DUI drivers. It's actually been a pretty good day today and Monday pays double time. Didn't have any other plans so I'll be putting in some hours on the holiday, but yes, relaxing as well. Thanks for the shout out Icctrombone
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 20:37:58 GMT -5
Aww heck yeah dude ! It's my own fault. I sell my car wraps full-time b2b and then nights and weekends here and there I still help people with their state mandated interlocks for DUI drivers. It's actually been a pretty good day today and Monday pays double time. Didn't have any other plans so I'll be putting in some hours on the holiday, but yes, relaxing as well. Thanks for the shout out Icctrombone I used to work 7 days a week for 4 weeks straight with Boeing because we couldn't keep up with the customer demands. I hope that you take some time to enjoy yourself and sit down and enjoy your favorite brew.
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 1, 2018 23:44:55 GMT -5
Just handed in the final draft of the book, which means I'm starting a long-awaited two week vacation from all things comics-related. I'll be checking in every day to see if I have messages, but otherwise won't be participating much if at all. I need this downtime!
Cei-U! I summon the big ol' "Aaaaaaahhh!"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 0:05:52 GMT -5
There's nothing quite like the feeling of turning in a finished manuscript!
Enjoy your well-deserved break!
-M
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 2, 2018 6:26:26 GMT -5
Alternate ending to AIW ?
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Post by EdoBosnar on Sept 2, 2018 7:30:50 GMT -5
Ha! And then Rufferto runs off with the severed hand...
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Post by The Captain on Sept 4, 2018 7:37:23 GMT -5
New first for my family today, as my girls are getting an early dismissal from school because of the heat and humidity. The temps here in SW PA will be in the low 90s today, with the humidity pushing the heat index up to around 100 degrees, and as their building (our side of the district has a combined elementary/middle school) has no AC, the administration made the decision last night to get everyone out by 1:30 today.
Part of me thinks "man, this never happened to me when I was in school, and none of the buildings I was in had AC, so they should suck it up", but the parent in me is grateful that times have changed and there is more thought given to the comfort and safety of the kids and the staff.
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 4, 2018 8:10:53 GMT -5
New first for my family today, as my girls are getting an early dismissal from school because of the heat and humidity. The temps here in SW PA will be in the low 90s today, with the humidity pushing the heat index up to around 100 degrees, and as their building (our side of the district has a combined elementary/middle school) has no AC, the administration made the decision last night to get everyone out by 1:30 today. Part of me thinks "man, this never happened to me when I was in school, and none of the buildings I was in had AC, so they should suck it up", but the parent in me is grateful that times have changed and there is more thought given to the comfort and safety of the kids and the staff. Exactly. Temperatures in classrooms here on the scheduled first two days of classes (Aug. 29 and 30) were measured in the low and mid-90s, depending on the school and the floor. Never had had a heat cancellation before. Schools opened today; heat and humidity are already bad, but not quite like last week. It's interesting that we would never expect any other public building or private business, for that matter, to be without AC anymore... except schools. Oh, and maybe prisons.
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Post by The Captain on Sept 4, 2018 8:23:45 GMT -5
Prince Hal, our HS has AC in it, but it is a newer building that was built when a couple of smaller districts combined to form one larger one. The building where my kids go used to be the sole building that all kids in one of the smaller districts uses to attend back in the 50s and 60s, and now it is the elementary for our town and is the middle school that combines three of the district's five elementary schools. It wouldn't be financially feasible or prudent to try to put AC in for the building, and due to the geographic sprawl of our district, the administration is resisting the current trend of building a single centralized elementary school and shutting down the neighborhood schools for fiscal responsibility reasons. Days like today make me glad my wife and I sacrificed to move our kids to a better, smarter, more student-focused district.
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 4, 2018 8:46:47 GMT -5
Prince Hal , our HS has AC in it, but it is a newer building that was built when a couple of smaller districts combined to form one larger one. The building where my kids go used to be the sole building that all kids in one of the smaller districts uses to attend back in the 50s and 60s, and now it is the elementary for our town and is the middle school that combines three of the district's five elementary schools. It wouldn't be financially feasible or prudent to try to put AC in for the building, and due to the geographic sprawl of our district, the administration is resisting the current trend of building a single centralized elementary school and shutting down the neighborhood schools for fiscal responsibility reasons. Days like today make me glad my wife and I sacrificed to move our kids to a better, smarter, more student-focused district. So glad for you and your kids. When we renovated and expanded our HS building 20 years ago, they planned to install AC, which would have been less for anyone's comfort (temps weren't what they've been the last few years), but to help use the facility all-year round. When there was,as there inevitably is, an unexpected increase in the costs, they cut the million bucks needed to supply AC. Okay, oh, well. However, as time went on, they realized that they should have air-conditioned the three brand-new computer labs, which were essentially useless in September and June b/c of the overheating, etc. Not to mention the batch of windowless classrooms! Long story short, no one had been bright enough to rough-in any AC ductwork, etc, as any renovating homeowner often does with rough plumbing, etc. Result? Huge renovation to save those computer classrooms, which cost well over the million they'd saved. No AC in the windowless classrooms until many years after, and what they rigged up to make those rooms breathable is usually on the fritz. So of course, teachers have purchased room AC's and fans over the years. Just as would happen on Wall Street or in DC. PS: I've long been a fan of neighborhood schools!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 18:35:31 GMT -5
And the best thing we got on the trip to VT... mmmmm real maple syrup! (and an awesome moose bottle) -M
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Post by EdoBosnar on Sept 5, 2018 4:11:30 GMT -5
Found this little ball of trouble in the woods across the road the other day when walking the dog... ...apparently abandoned by some "kind soul," and in much worse shape. He's since been washed, de-flea'ed and had his first trip to the vet for his first check-up, first round of de-worming and a shot of antibiotics just in case. And so, yet another cat in the house...
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Post by The Captain on Sept 5, 2018 5:09:54 GMT -5
Found this little ball of trouble in the woods across the road the other day when walking the dog... ...apparently abandoned by some "kind soul," and in much worse shape. He's since been washed, de-flea'ed and had his first trip to the vet for his first check-up, first round of de-worming and a shot of antibiotics just in case. And so, yet another cat in the house... That cat is so adorable! What a wonderful heart you have to take him in and care for him. Blessings to you for your kindness.
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