What did you do at work today?

[PILOON]

Nothing, I'm retired.

LOL, welcome to my club.

 

[scootr]

Self employed ... semi retired
Playing catch up today... after playing hookie yesterday.

 

[MossRoad]

Off today. But spent the weekend flying to and from NY LaGuardia. Great weekend, 30 minutes early on every arrival!

We flew out to Vegas on Thursday night. Got on the plane. They pushed us back. De-iced. Plane made some funky noises. "Sorry folks. Bad indicator."

Back to the gate. Deplane. "It's going to take 30-45 minutes for the mechanic to arrive." Then the flight might get cancelled. Everyone runs for the bar/grill. The bar is closed and every bar employee left because we were the last flight out. All of the vending machines are on the other side of TSA, and all TSA employees had gone home after we boarded as well. Sit and wait.

Airline wanted to give us snacks and drinks, but no liquids can come from the other side of TSA. They finally got a security officer to get us some drinks.

Mechanic shows up, takes care of business, and we finally get out about 3 hours late. At least it wasn't cancelled.

 

[scootr]

We flew out to Vegas on Thursday night. Got on the plane. They pushed us back. De-iced. Plane made some funky noises. "Sorry folks. Bad indicator."

Back to the gate. Deplane. "It's going to take 30-45 minutes for the mechanic to arrive." Then the flight might get cancelled. Everyone runs for the bar/grill. The bar is closed and every bar employee left because we were the last flight out. All of the vending machines are on the other side of TSA, and all TSA employees had gone home after we boarded as well. Sit and wait.

Airline wanted to give us snacks and drinks, but no liquids can come from the other side of TSA. They finally got a security officer to get us some drinks.

Mechanic shows up, takes care of business, and we finally get out about 3 hours late. At least it wasn't cancelled.

sheesh - sorry to hear that. I hate to wait.

 

[MossRoad]

sheesh - sorry to hear that. I hate to wait.

Didn't mind too much. Wife and kid were with me. But felt sorry for our other kid that arrived in Vegas 9 hours before we got there. Anyhow, good times were had by all.

Got back and went and got the car, drove to pay for parking. The lady in the booth said "That'll be $30. You just coming back from Vegas? Win lose or draw?"

I replied "I just lost another $30."

Made her evening.

 

[Oaktree]

We flew out to Vegas on Thursday night. Got on the plane. They pushed us back. De-iced. Plane made some funky noises. "Sorry folks. Bad indicator."

Back to the gate. Deplane. "It's going to take 30-45 minutes for the mechanic to arrive." Then the flight might get cancelled. Everyone runs for the bar/grill. The bar is closed and every bar employee left because we were the last flight out. All of the vending machines are on the other side of TSA, and all TSA employees had gone home after we boarded as well. Sit and wait.

Airline wanted to give us snacks and drinks, but no liquids can come from the other side of TSA. They finally got a security officer to get us some drinks.

Mechanic shows up, takes care of business, and we finally get out about 3 hours late. At least it wasn't cancelled.

At least they let you off the plane. For about 15 years in the 70s & 80s I did field tech support for a company that made typesetting equipment. Probably 50% travel. Airports were by far the worst part of the job. Way too often a plane would board, only to have some sort of delay that might last an hour or more. For whatever reason often as not they wouldn't/couldn't run any sort of ventilation so the interior became hot and stuffy in short order. At least this was in a time when people were a little more civil in such situations than they are today. I did feel bad for the crew.

 

[NoTrespassing]

I've been designing a new instrument for a few weeks. Then today I get word that we have a sale on something I haven't made in 11 years. It's a high pressure plug made out of 17-4 PH SS. 1-3/4" hex stock condition A. It's rare as hen's teeth and very expensive, probably close to $5,000 for 12' if you can find it. I managed to find 1 7/8" hex and will probably mill it down. Then it gets vacuum heat treated with the lot minimum of about $500. Then it will get electropolished with another minimum batch charge. It will have electrical feedthrough on top of that pressurize to about 3 kbar. Out of about 3000 parts we make in the machine shop it's that last thing I wanted to see walk in the door. There's no way we can charge enough to make money on this sale but we'll probably do it at a loss anyway.

 

[5030]

Off today. But spent the weekend flying to and from NY LaGuardia. Great weekend, 30 minutes early on every arrival!

I'd never get that close to the stink.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

I'd never get that close to the stink.

LaGuardia is a much better operation than they have in Newark. Also, there is an excellent Halal food truck out in front of the hotel. They pay well, so I’m happy to spend a few days per week out there

 

[BravoXray]

My house guest flew to Omaha to her son's house today. Departure was at 7:46AM, they got on the plane, sat for a while and the crew came over the intercom and told them that the FAA's computers were down, and they would have to deplane.
Seems the FAA's NOTAM (Notices To Air Men) system went down, and the FAA grounded all flights until it was back up. She finally got out of KSBN around 10:00AM, got to KORD and her flight to KOMA (Omaha) had been cancelled. She finally got out of there at 2:45PM and into Omaha just before 6:00PM.
I told her since we left for the airport at 6:00AM, I could have driven her to Omaha in the same amount of time and delivered her right to her son's door.

 

[MossRoad]

My house guest flew to Omaha to her son's house today. Departure was at 7:46AM, they got on the plane, sat for a while and the crew came over the intercom and told them that the FAA's computers were down, and they would have to deplane.
Seems the FAA's NOTAM (Notices To Air Men) system went down, and the FAA grounded all flights until it was back up. She finally got out of KSBN around 10:00AM, got to KORD and her flight to KOMA (Omaha) had been cancelled. She finally got out of there at 2:45PM and into Omaha just before 6:00PM.
I told her since we left for the airport at 6:00AM, I could have driven her to Omaha in the same amount of time and delivered her right to her son's door.

Yeah, I heard that this morning. Stuff happens.

In our case, we flew Allegiant. It only goes to Vegas on Sundays and Thursdays. If our flight got cancelled, they most likely wouldn't have a plane or crew available to come and get us. The plane is based in Vegas, and the flight crew lives in Vegas. My guess is those folks would have to sit there until the plane was repaired, then fly back to Vegas eventually.

So if you asked them what they did at work today, they'd say, put in half a day at work, then sat around South Bend, IN until our plane was repaired.

We had the exact same crew of flight attendants on the return trip Sunday, but different pilots.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Notices To Air Missions now…. Saying Airmen is offensive.

Apparently so is the word “field”. Farmers everywhere demanded it be banned, because it’s racist

 

[two_bit_score]

Apparently so is the word “field”. Farmers everywhere demanded it be banned, because it’s racist

That’s hard to believe. Can you provide some additional context?

 

[two_bit_score]

Started back to work Wednesday. Enjoyable day. Met a lot of new people. Saw some old friends. Dozens of conversations and handshakes. Overall very enjoyable.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

That’s hard to believe. Can you provide some additional context?

Michigan and California institutions ban the word 'field' as racist

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Southern California's school of social work have taken steps to ban the word "field" on official documents, citing racist implications.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

My comment about farmers, who spend more time in fields, was tongue in cheek. I spent half of my life in a field… and I’m not offended.

 

[jjeff]

Mind numbing paperwork and webinars. With occasional web
browsing and forum posting on this site lol. Ill always be grateful of all the hands on knowledge I was taught and learned with previous blue collar jobs and skilled "old timers" willing to teach.

 

[two_bit_score]

Mind numbing paperwork and webinars. With occasional web
browsing and forum posting on this site lol. Ill always be grateful of all the hands on knowledge I was taught and learned with previous blue collar jobs and skilled "old timers" willing to teach.

100%!

The ‘skilled old timers’ are much older now than they were when I was 20 or 30. But, I’m still learning from those older and more experienced than me. And there are still a lot of them.

Its my hope that I can pass on some of that ‘inherited knowledge’ to some younger folks and save them time, money, trouble or embarrassment.

 

[5030]

Nothing actually. Been retired and farming and playing in my machine shop for side money since I was 56 and I'm 73. Never get up until after 8 and always go to bed at 10 sharp. Life is generally good here.

 

[JasperFrank]

Replied to 6 Emails. Checked the usual websites. Responded to two. Made breakfast for wife and fed the dog. Then walked dog. Changed batteries in the surveillance trail camera and loaded all the pics off the SD card. Paid two bills on line. Looked up a recipe that used tortilla chips and canned tuna fish. Watered the garden and started the water refill of our fountain. Took out several annoying tree limbs, with chain saw on a ladder. Removed 30 or so pavers off our patio project to let them dry and set up for mortar. Drove to the local store to buy Wine and Cigs. Shop vac-ed the gutters. Shut off and moved the hose from the fountain re-fill. Helped wife reconfigure her smart phone. Made lunch, based on tortilla chips and tuna. Tended the garden around the house. Re-Checked the usual websites and E-mail with a glass of wine. Watched a few Youtubes on creating a space for Mason Bees. Walked and fed dog again. Sprayed Vegetation Killer on our walkways. Did a little weed eater work. Made dinner. Mortared and set the thirty pavers, as it got dark. Walked and fed the dog again, away from the areas I'd sprayed.. Drank a bit more wine, checked the usual internet again, and posted this.

 

[jyoutz]

Today I learned what ecommerce api integration is and how to use it in business. It is a crucial aspect of ecommerce operations because businesses can streamline operations, reduce errors, and improve the customer experience.
I understand that I need to keep up with the time, and there is no surprise I need to learn something new and gain new skills, especially taking into account how much the digital world has changed over the last few years. But when I try to figure it all out, sometimes it seems that I know nothing about business

Today I didn’t work at my job, but worked at home. The cherries are ripe and I’ve been picking most of the afternoon.