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[berniecarbo]

You're right about that. They've been pushing us towards a brand they sell but that my dog can't eat. Very frustrating.

Thank you. Yes, we will go that direction this afternoon. Picking up some chicken and such while the vets checking to see if she has any foreign objects in her GI tract we don't know about.

I wasn't feeling well yesterday and missed a few things. You probably know, but only the chicken, not the bones. Chicken (or any cooked bones) can splinter and catch in a dogs digestive tract,

Also by your comment about the vet wanting you to change food:; Did you recently change? Sometimes that can effect a dog. Anytime I changed food, I'd try a gradual change by mixing the old and new for awhile.

 

[Girthang]

I wasn't feeling well yesterday and missed a few things. You probably know, but only the chicken, not the bones. Chicken (or any cooked bones) can splinter and catch in a dogs digestive tract,

Also by your comment about the vet wanting you to change food:; Did you recently change? Sometimes that can effect a dog. Anytime I changed food, I'd try a gradual change by mixing the old and new for awhile.

Nope. Can't afford to change her this late. She's too old. We changed gradually many years ago each time the manufacturers changed their recipes to something she couldn't eat.

She is doing better and has so far kept her rice down. We'll be introducing chicken into her meals slowly this afternoon. If we can afford it, we'll keep feeding her this and get some supplemental things like fish oil.

Thank you for being so thoughtful, @berniecarbo

 

[Girthang]

I wasn't feeling well yesterday and missed a few things. You probably know, but only the chicken, not the bones. Chicken (or any cooked bones) can splinter and catch in a dogs digestive tract,

Also by your comment about the vet wanting you to change food:; Did you recently change? Sometimes that can effect a dog. Anytime I changed food, I'd try a gradual change by mixing the old and new for awhile.

Are you feeling better today? I've been alternately feeling crappy/exhausted and then fine for weeks. Eliminating carbonated beverages this week as one half-bottle of Coca-Cola threw my heart out of rhythm for a couple hours.... was "treating" myself, but that's not a treat I want to repeat. Lol

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Good Morning Sir,

I'd sure take care of the bee's for you if I was near. Yes on the water. We seem to have decent water here as far as regular usage but the drinking part I used the filters in the fridge but never drank it until I got the RO system.

My Dad at one time lived in Tazewell, TN and the house he had there was on well water. That water would freeze in minutes it was so pure. You'd drink it and never quench your thirst. Never tasted water like that before or since.

Of course they did some blasting near where my Dad lived back then and he told me the water was ruined.

(I know Tazewell is not Kentucky but it is close.)

If your water is anything like Baltimore water then it stinks.

You explained why Tennessee whiskey is swill. BAD WATER!

Move across the state line and the sun shines and the water is good!

Tennessee gets the left over water.

 

[vhcat70]

Yep, I was prepared for Florida yard work because I was raised by a Kentucky tobacco farmer. The biggest reason I want to college was to not have to do that the rest of my life.

The Florida heat is no worse than Kentucky, but the humidity is very oppressive. But mowing the yard in Florida was rewarded an hour later by a dive into the pool and a good drink to freshen up the old body.

The cutting and housing of tobacco was hot and humid but the tobacco gum would stick the hairs of you arms or legs together, so you had to wear a long sleave shirt and long pants. Plus get into a tobacco barn and you would have to fight off the wasps.

The folks that I really feel for in Florida are the guys that work on roofs. I can't imagine just how darned hot they get.

That's why you see people not afraid of manual labor & at the the bottom of the economic ladder up there: mainly Mexicans. Good for them.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

That's why you see people not afraid of manual labor & at the the bottom of the economic ladder up there: mainly Mexicans. Good for them.

I have put roofs up in August. I ain't Mexican, but I am part Spanish, but I am 100% American. Americans do the work that is required.

No work is above or below anyone. Hell I worked for the railroad.

 

[BBUK]

I have put roofs up in August. I ain't Mexican, but I am part Spanish, but I am 100% American. Americans do the work that is required.

No work is above or below anyone. Hell I worked for the railroad.

Hear Hear!!!

 

[warrior-cat]

I have put roofs up in August. I ain't Mexican, but I am part Spanish, but I am 100% American. Americans do the work that is required.

No work is above or below anyone. Hell I worked for the railroad.

You do what it takes to pay the bills until you find a better job. Many people these days want the best jobs at the start.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

While walking yesterday, passed young guy driving alone stopped at traffic light with heavy-style mask on. WTF? Stared at him for a while.

I was stopped at a red light yesterday, and the two women in the car beside me were wearing masks as well. All you can do is shake your head and laugh.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

You do what it takes to pay the bills until you find a better job. Many people these days want the best jobs at the start.

About a year or so before I retired I had to interview a person for a position and brought her into the interview room. Before I could tell her to have a seat she pulled out a list of "demands". It was a full page, single spaced, of what she expected the company would do for her. She was demanding perks the Vice President or CEO couldn't get.

The interview was short.

 

[BBUK]

Work your way up.....what a concept...

 

[BBUK]

About a year or so before I retired I had to interview a person for a position and brought her into the interview room. Before I could tell her to have a seat she pulled out a list of "demands". It was a full page, single spaced, of what she expected the company would do for her. She was demanding perks the Vice President or CEO couldn't get.

The interview was short.

I was on my phone earlier. Just don't type well on that thing.


When I owned my Bug business in Kentucky I was working in Mt. Washington. I just came out from under a house doing an inspection. I struck up a conversation with this younger teenager (Late teens.. He later told me he was 19.) He struck me as an on the ball type. (I had already decided to hire him but was still going through some things with him, talking as I was working. (He had no job and no prospects per his words.) He had no idea what I was ready to do job-wise. (He had his driver's license but no car.) (This was in about 1997 or 98.) I told him to call me and schedule to come see me at my office (My Home) in Vine Grove (The city). (I was going to have one of my employee's pick him up.)

His Mom came out on the porch just before I was finalizing the appointment (Where I was working was in the federal or state housing authority.) She told her son, don't even talk to that guy about working for him unless he starts you at $20.00 an hour.

I turned to her son and shook his hand and wished him well. (I had 8 to 10 employees at the time and was still looking for someone who could run the joint.) I thought this kid had potential. If he worked out like I envisioned, in 18 to 24 months he'd have been making 50k or so. I sold my business because I could not find that one person I could trust.

To this day I saw that as an opportunity (On both sides) that slipped away. I sold my business in 2001. (My commitment was up about a month before 9/11...

 

[berniecarbo]

Are you feeling better today? I've been alternately feeling crappy/exhausted and then fine for weeks. Eliminating carbonated beverages this week as one half-bottle of Coca-Cola threw my heart out of rhythm for a couple hours.... was "treating" myself, but that's not a treat I want to repeat. Lol

I have been in bed most of the day. Feeling poorly then a meneires disease bout on top of it. Hope you feel better.

We had a boxer and a cat with serious problems. Cbd oil helped settle their nerves.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Work your way up.....what a concept...

Too many people with a sense of entitlement nowadays.

 

[Girthang]

About a year or so before I retired I had to interview a person for a position and brought her into the interview room. Before I could tell her to have a seat she pulled out a list of "demands". It was a full page, single spaced, of what she expected the company would do for her. She was demanding perks the Vice President or CEO couldn't get.

The interview was short.

I was stopped at a red light yesterday, and the two women in the car beside me were wearing masks as well. All you can do is shake your head and laugh.

Server at a restaurant told me their company is preparing for another covd lockdown. Changing menus and everything. I was shocked... so was she

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 62° and partly cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring sunny skies and a high of 81°

Everyone stay safe on this Thursday.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 82°F, humid and clear with some clouds. Today's high may max at 99°F. 70% chance for afternoon thunderstorms. Not a drought-buster, but we'll take it.

Power Apps training continues. I'm not heading into the office today. Welcome reprieve. Must logon to class by 9 am. Still running morning systems checks.

I've got nothing else. Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

 

[Girthang]

Good morning, D-League!

Feels like Groundhog Day today. Yesterday is today. Trying to stay on the helpful side of the movie. It's cool and damp here. Sun is hiding for now. Supposed to reach 80° before storms roll in tonight or tomorrow.

Hope it's a great day for you, if you want it to be!

 

[Sawnee Cat]

Things that happen in a Baptist church. I have been walked down that aisle so I will pray for you honey.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

An official Good Morning D


Our weather today will have a current temperature of 74° and the high will hit 87° by mid afternoon. We have a 50% chance of rain. A typical August day. I trust all who have been under the weather are improving and back to 100% soon. We need you at full strength for football season. We are counting down the days.

I go in for my annual checkup this afternoon. I like my doctor. Have a nice day everybody.

 

[warrior-cat]

About a year or so before I retired I had to interview a person for a position and brought her into the interview room. Before I could tell her to have a seat she pulled out a list of "demands". It was a full page, single spaced, of what she expected the company would do for her. She was demanding perks the Vice President or CEO couldn't get.

The interview was short.

Before retiring from my last job, the new supervisor tried to get me to stay by telling me he had just hired a new person for the open job we already had and that she would start working in two weeks. She was young, blond, and beautiful he said and easy on the eyes. That's how he and the next level supervisor hired. She never made it to the office as he found out later, she took off to San Antonio when she found out from others what the workload was like there. Not long after I retired, he hired another attractive woman from the area he used to work. After about 2 months she quit because he had told her that her only job would be a receptionist at the front desk and just have to input a bit of information and not be involved with all of the other parts of the job. The office (Passenger Travel for Ft. Sill) had no receptionist because we all took customers as they came in and handled all of the BCT, AIT, and other unit level travel as well as all other travel at Ft. Sill. We stayed busy. We also did Passports and helped the Unit Movement Office load/manifest planes for passengers/soldiers (contracted civilian aircraft) and equipment (C5's C17's and other Air Force planes) which required us to drive heavy equipment such as container handlers, forklifts up to 45k, K-loaders, stair trucks, baggage conveyor trucks and aircraft De-icing trucks. Jack of all trades and very busy. A lot of overtime.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

I have put roofs up in August. I ain't Mexican, but I am part Spanish, but I am 100% American. Americans do the work that is required.

No work is above or below anyone. Hell I worked for the railroad.

When I was young I never knew hard work was considered a virtue. It was just a way to survive.

My first job was when I was 15. I was big for my age and talked myself onto a non-union work crew building a small apartment complex in my town. Side note: Maybe 7-8 years later George Clooney would live in the apartments we built while attending Northern Kentucky U. for a year or two.

My first minute of my first day on the job, an older guy gruffly ordered me to jump into a bell hole about chest deep. There was a tile pipe about 16 inches in diameter sticking over the hole with a plug in it. The guy handed me a shovel and told me to knock out the plug. Several gallons of foul smelling water gushed out and drenched me. The pipe was the sewer line coming into the development. Big laugh for all. I had to work the day like that, the water eventually mingling with my sweat.

That was my introduction to the working life. I’ve worked most days not in school for the next 51-plus years. Most have been better, a few worse, than my first day. I guess it’s good to start at a level where eventually you can see progress from your labor.

 

[warrior-cat]

Morning Legionnaires!

Temp did not get as cool as it was supposed to but, it is still in the low 70's with morning cloud cover so...fishing is on (for a few hours).

will be leaving here in about 30 minutes.

Enjoy your day folks and God Bless.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Cool and crisp in the east. Days like this are a blessing in August in DC.

Finishing up a project at work that celebrates veterans. I was able to bring into it people I met and got to know in my previous work: Quang Pham, came to the US as a child in the Vietnam boat lift. His father was a fighter pilot for South Vietnam, captured and tortured by the commies. Quang became a Marine medevac pilot in Desert Storm and Somalia. Rhonda Cornum, flight surgeon on a Black Hawk shot down in Iraq trying to rescue an F-15 pilot. Captured with severe injuries and abused by the Iraqis. Col. David Eberly, the highest ranking US POW in the Gulf War.

We also have people from WW2, Korea and Nam. Should be a good read.

 

[BBUK]

Good Morning all,

Kind of in limbo but not really. I know what I need to do but am waiting on some accesses. Doing some required training.. (I am working as hard as you can work, and still sitting in a chair...) Have a great day...

 

[MdWIldcat55]

So my son got back last night from his trip to Los Angeles to spend time with a young woman from out there he met in Lexington.

A highlight for him was two days -- and nights -- spent exploring Joshua Tree's alien beauty.

He described one night in the early am driving around by Cap Rock, where Gram Parsons' manager had attempted the freestyle cremation of his corpse, and suddenly remembering a song I'd told him was a favorite of mine during my overnight drives out west while pipe-lining when I was the age he is now.

He said he found it on Spotify and listened while admiring the vast expanse of stars you can see out there:

 

[Sawnee Cat]

So my son got back last night from his trip to Los Angeles to spend time with a young woman from out there he met in Lexington.

A highlight for him was two days -- and nights -- spent exploring Joshua Tree's alien beauty.

He described one night in the early am driving around by Cap Rock, where Gram Parsons' manager had attempted the freestyle cremation of his corpse, and suddenly remembering a song I'd told him was a favorite of mine during my overnight drives out west while pipe-lining when I was the age he is now.

He said he found it on Spotify and listened while admiring the vast expanse of stars you can see out there:

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This is a short bio of who he was.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

This is a short bio of who he was.

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Thanks Sawnee. That's an interesting video. What a waste. I think if he'd gotten clean and focused he had a shot at finding the answer to merging rock and folk and country into something that would have been lasting and might have at least been an alternative to the dreary progression from DIsco to Punk to Grunge to Rap...Not that there isn't, and hasn't always been good music out there. It just fell out of the mainstream.

Here's one of the songs talked about in that video, with GP, Emmylou Harris and a young Linda Ronstadt combining for some very tight harmonies.

 

[Girthang]

About a year or so before I retired I had to interview a person for a position and brought her into the interview room. Before I could tell her to have a seat she pulled out a list of "demands". It was a full page, single spaced, of what she expected the company would do for her. She was demanding perks the Vice President or CEO couldn't get.

The interview was short.

This reminded me of a "date" I had before I met my wife and after the disaster of my first marriage... Same type of interview. Supposed to just be hanging out and catching a movie when she asked me to hang "out."

From the time I walked into the Chili's where we were meeting, she grilled me about what I was going to do for her and how much money I had and made, and what my income goals were going forward. Started to tell me what she expected, when I stopped her and told her "As far as you know and will ever know, I don't own a thing, don't make any money, and am not interested in doing a thing for you. I'm going to see a movie. When you can learn to talk to someone like they aren't going to be a drone in your service, maybe we can be friends."

Had a heck of time keeping her off of me from there, but I managed. Pretty on the outside. Vampire on the inside. She stalked me for weeks until and a week after I met my wife.

These days a lot of what I see are hollowed out people that are glued to their tech and have no motivation except to brand themselves and be famous, as if the money will just flow to them without their having to dress for work. Most of the country has become what our parents warned us not to be, and warned us not to focus on.

That said, I'm going back to work again.

 

[Girthang]

Thanks Sawnee. That's an interesting video. What a waste. I think if he'd gotten clean and focused he had a shot at finding the answer to merging rock and folk and country into something that would have been lasting and might have at least been an alternative to the dreary progression from DIsco to Punk to Grunge to Rap...Not that there isn't, and hasn't always been good music out there. It just fell out of the mainstream.

Here's one of the songs talked about in that video, with GP, Emmylou Harris and a young Linda Ronstadt combining for some very tight harmonies.

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I'm still on the fence about whether most "rap" is music. I binge listen to Linda a few times a year. I.LIKE.BIG VOICESANDICANNOTLIE...

 

[vhcat70]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 62° and partly cloudy here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring sunny skies and a high of 81°

Everyone stay safe on this Thursday.

May have ridden on that canal. Certainly at least one that's nearby.

 

[vhcat70]

I have put roofs up in August. I ain't Mexican, but I am part Spanish, but I am 100% American. Americans do the work that is required.

No work is above or below anyone. Hell I worked for the railroad.

I did my FIL's years ago. Don't recall the time of year but it wasn't cold. But today hard to find Americans willing to do so.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[vhcat70]

You do what it takes to pay the bills until you find a better job. Many people these days want the best jobs at the start.

And many others prefer to live off Gov. payments. Hence both LOW workforce participation rates & low unemployment at the same time currently.

 

[vhcat70]

Before retiring from my last job, the new supervisor tried to get me to stay by telling me he had just hired a new person for the open job we already had and that she would start working in two weeks. She was young, blond, and beautiful he said and easy on the eyes. That's how he and the next level supervisor hired. She never made it to the office as he found out later, she took off to San Antonio when she found out from others what the workload was like there. Not long after I retired, he hired another attractive woman from the area he used to work. After about 2 months she quit because he had told her that her only job would be a receptionist at the front desk and just have to input a bit of information and not be involved with all of the other parts of the job. The office (Passenger Travel for Ft. Sill) had no receptionist because we all took customers as they came in and handled all of the BCT, AIT, and other unit level travel as well as all other travel at Ft. Sill. We stayed busy. We also did Passports and helped the Unit Movement Office load/manifest planes for passengers/soldiers (contracted civilian aircraft) and equipment (C5's C17's and other Air Force planes) which required us to drive heavy equipment such as container handlers, forklifts up to 45k, K-loaders, stair trucks, baggage conveyor trucks and aircraft De-icing trucks. Jack of all trades and very busy. A lot of overtime.

So you can't be deployed out of the country without a passport? Never thought about it.

 

[vhcat70]

Do they do passport renewals there?

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Morning. 71.6°F, sunny and going up to 85°, small chance of rain.

Have a good day.

 

[BBUK]

This reminded me of a "date" I had before I met my wife and after the disaster of my first marriage... Same type of interview. Supposed to just be hanging out and catching a movie when she asked me to hang "out."

From the time I walked into the Chili's where we were meeting, she grilled me about what I was going to do for her and how much money I had and made, and what my income goals were going forward. Started to tell me what she expected, when I stopped her and told her "As far as you know and will ever know, I don't own a thing, don't make any money, and am not interested in doing a thing for you. I'm going to see a movie. When you can learn to talk to someone like they aren't going to be a drone in your service, maybe we can be friends."

Had a heck of time keeping her off of me from there, but I managed. Pretty on the outside. Vampire on the inside. She stalked me for weeks until and a week after I met my wife.

These days a lot of what I see are hollowed out people that are glued to their tech and have no motivation except to brand themselves and be famous, as if the money will just flow to them without their having to dress for work. Most of the country has become what our parents warned us not to be, and warned us not to focus on.

That said, I'm going back to work again.

Those days were short-lived for me but I sure had them. Distant memories that are foggy at best. I am thankful.

I am actually finished with what I needed to complete this morning. I am going to head into my new office now. I gave them a heads up. Take care...

 

[AustinTXCat]

Wooo Hooo! Director just emailed me. Received my second merit raise this year.

Hell yes!