The Official Status Update Thread: Part 115 - SNOWMAGGEDON (The White Death)

[MrsGungho]

it is quiet

not much to talk about

unless you want to hear all the boring details of my day

 

[mom45]

it is quiet

not much to talk about

unless you want to hear all the boring details of my day

Same here. Cleaned and did laundry and did some research. Nothing exciting.

 

[actaeon277]

I got nothing.

I could start singing "Oh Mandy"
I can't get the song out of my head.

 

[Crbn79]

Give me your #, I'll be sure to call ya 2 or 3 times.

no.. lol

 

[churchmouse]

I got nothing.

I could start singing "Oh Mandy"
I can't get the song out of my head.

Thanks butt head. Now it is rolling through mine.

 

[Crbn79]

I've made it a point lately that when people tell me they don't feel good, I ask if they've pooped today.

 

[MrsGungho]

act, just read the strike is going to affect Whiting and another refinery in Ohio starting at midnight.

Hope these guys can get things worked out


did you say you were on vacation this week?

 

[actaeon277]

Thanks butt head. Now it is rolling through mine.

Glad I could share.

 

[churchmouse]

Glad I could share.

 

[MrsGungho]

I was listening to some Ozzie this afternoon while tanning. He really made that 20 minutes go fast

 

[Sylvain]

 

[actaeon277]

act, just read the strike is going to affect Whiting and another refinery in Ohio starting at midnight.

Hope these guys can get things worked out


did you say you were on vacation this week?

Yup, they start strike tonite.
Yup, I am finishing my vacation tonite. And instead of cleaning up the garage, or doing paperwork, I'm spending it with you guys online.

 

[churchmouse]

I was listening to some Ozzie this afternoon while tanning. He really made that 20 minutes go fast

Ozzie was the man.

 

[mom45]

I saw the news about the strike earlier. I don't know the details so I won't pass judgment. Hubby worked union most of his life and the union is good to us...not steelworkers, but union just the same. I just hope it doesn't last long and doesn't have a big impact on the gas prices we have enjoyed. It is $2.31 all around us...up from what we were seeing at least 50 cents a gallon.

 

[MrsGungho]

Yup, they start strike tonite.
Yup, I am finishing my vacation tonite. And instead of cleaning up the garage, or doing paperwork, I'm spending it with you guys online.

well aren't we special

Ozzie was the man.

yes he was

 

[actaeon277]

I saw the news about the strike earlier. I don't know the details so I won't pass judgment. Hubby worked union most of his life and the union is good to us...not steelworkers, but union just the same. I just hope it doesn't last long and doesn't have a big impact on the gas prices we have enjoyed. It is $2.31 all around us...up from what we were seeing at least 50 cents a gallon.

I think a lot of people are upset at the union.
But, my take is, that the company is using the cost of gas, and impending Healthcare tax to try to break the union.

 

[churchmouse]

I saw the news about the strike earlier. I don't know the details so I won't pass judgment. Hubby worked union most of his life and the union is good to us...not steelworkers, but union just the same. I just hope it doesn't last long and doesn't have a big impact on the gas prices we have enjoyed. It is $2.31 all around us...up from what we were seeing at least 50 cents a gallon.

I am retired from the union. 18 years out of the local. Last 6 years self employed. My union pension is not enough on its own but it is good to have.

 

[churchmouse]

I think a lot of people are upset at the union.
But, my take is, that the company is using the cost of gas, and impending Healthcare tax to try to break the union.

My union lost it's balls. Lost it's way. Lost sight of what it was in place for.
The contractors were running it when I left.

 

[MrsGungho]

I saw the news about the strike earlier. I don't know the details so I won't pass judgment. Hubby worked union most of his life and the union is good to us...not steelworkers, but union just the same. I just hope it doesn't last long and doesn't have a big impact on the gas prices we have enjoyed. It is $2.31 all around us...up from what we were seeing at least 50 cents a gallon.

I agree

hubby has been union since he got out of the Marine Corps. This is his first job that isn't union in all those years. He's seeing how nice it really was. Not just benefits and pay etc. Safety and **** as well. He uses a grinder all night on steel, says the lighting in the place is not even comparable to poor garage lighting. no sitting, period, except on break. he has no idea where, or if, there is an eye wash station. 1 toilet, 1 drinking fountain, and they get watched if they walk away from the job to use either.
Has to have a hard hat and safety glasses, he has to buy them. Metatarsal boots, he had to buy.
no discounts on anything. Hes sticking with it until something better comes along. Now we're praying for something better.

 

[mbills2223]

time to listen to some Pink Floyd and have a beer or two