DTF chat thread v. 2049

[Adami]

Chillin'

Hey.

[JayOctavarium]

Hey gang.

[ReaperKK]

Morning

[JayOctavarium]

How goes it?

[cramx3]

My brother went on vacation so I got the house to myself for the rest of the week, always feels so nice to get that alone time at home.  I'll probably blast a concert blu ray tonight while having a beer doing my laundry.  That's my excitement for today. 

[Stadler]

That doesn't sound half bad, though, bud. 

[cramx3]

That doesn't sound half bad, though, bud.

No it does not, I'm kind of excited I got my new Lacuna Coil blu-ray and she is looking fantastic so I think it'll be a fun watch and nice way to relax while getting the laundry done on a Wednesday night.  And I picked up a 6 pack of Purple Haze beer the other night too.  Here's a sample https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zntJOEvoM78

[hefdaddy42]

That doesn't sound half bad, though, bud.

Seconded.

[jingle.boy]

... always feels so nice to get that alone time at home.  I'll probably blast a concert blu ray tonight while having a beer doing my laundry.  That's my excitement for today. 

That doesn't sound half bad, though, bud.

Rite??  Throw in a fap session, and that sounds like my ideal evening. Protip... do the laundry after that.

[axeman90210]

Jesus christ, 2.5 weeks until my mandatory 2 week vacation and it can't come soon enough 

[Adami]

You know what sucks? Applying for post-doctoral fellowship positions.

Carry on.

[King Postwhore]

Chad, af your age you'd need a nap after fapping. Better get the laundry done before your 3 minutes of pleasure.

You know what sucks? Applying for post-doctoral fellowship positions.

Carry on.

Better fap after applying.

[cramx3]

 

[Podaar]

You know what sucks? Applying for post-doctoral fellowship positions.

I've heard that before, but then Mrs. P has research groups actively courting her to join their projects. Do you think the difference is because she's in Education?

[jingle.boy]

Jesus christ, 2.5 weeks until my mandatory 2 week vacation and it can't come soon enough 

Our company has "forced" holidays between Boxing Day (which is a Stat Holiday up here) and New Year's.  Given I still have 5 vaca days to use up, I'm gonna have a solid 2 weeks off from the 18th to the 2nd.  And like I'm going to be thinking about work much on the 17th!  Basically off from the 14th to the 2nd.

Woot, fucking Woot.

[cramx3]

We get the week between Christmas and New Years off at work, so I am defintiely looking forward to my staycation.  My coworker used a week of vacation, plus the week at the end of the year, plus his 3 week sabatical and he's been out for a couple weeks already and wont be back till next year.  That's kind of insane how that worked out for him, sucks for me picking up his slack while he's gone.... but my sabbatical is next year so pay back is a bitch.

[JayOctavarium]

Interviewed a guy today who would be an awesome fit. Problem is he can't start for 2 weeks... meaning I have to keep interviewing people and try to fill it before he's able to start. FeelsBadMan.jpg

[axeman90210]

Jesus christ, 2.5 weeks until my mandatory 2 week vacation and it can't come soon enough 

Our company has "forced" holidays between Boxing Day (which is a Stat Holiday up here) and New Year's.  Given I still have 5 vaca days to use up, I'm gonna have a solid 2 weeks off from the 18th to the 2nd.  And like I'm going to be thinking about work much on the 17th!  Basically off from the 14th to the 2nd.

Woot, fucking Woot.

Yeah, our company has a fraud prevention thing where if your work function makes you eligible (and you get enough time off) you're required to take off two consecutive weeks at some point every year. They're strict about it too, so much as logging in remotely to check your emails would be a huge deal. This was my first year subject to the policy, and nobody told me that until like the end of July, so I have to take it over the holidays/into 2019 because I only have limited days off left. My last day will be the 21st and then I'm not back in the office until January 7th. Going to Netflix and beer so hard for two weeks

[cramx3]

My father has that same thing working in the financial business.  It's a nice perk, a forced two weeks away thats not vacation time.

[axeman90210]

My father has that same thing working in the financial business.  It's a nice perk, a forced two weeks away thats not vacation time.

That's the rub though, I have to use vacation time.

[cramx3]

My father has that same thing working in the financial business.  It's a nice perk, a forced two weeks away thats not vacation time.

That's the rub though, I have to use vacation time.

oh really?  My father has had this for as long as I can remember and he always made it seem like it was not against his vacation time.  I haven't asked him about that directly in who knows how long though.  That kind of stinks then to not have the option to break your vacation down from those two weeks.

[JayOctavarium]

Vacation time?

What's that?

[Stadler]

Jesus christ, 2.5 weeks until my mandatory 2 week vacation and it can't come soon enough 

Our company has "forced" holidays between Boxing Day (which is a Stat Holiday up here) and New Year's.  Given I still have 5 vaca days to use up, I'm gonna have a solid 2 weeks off from the 18th to the 2nd.  And like I'm going to be thinking about work much on the 17th!  Basically off from the 14th to the 2nd.

Woot, fucking Woot.

Yeah, our company has a fraud prevention thing where if your work function makes you eligible (and you get enough time off) you're required to take off two consecutive weeks at some point every year. They're strict about it too, so much as logging in remotely to check your emails would be a huge deal. This was my first year subject to the policy, and nobody told me that until like the end of July, so I have to take it over the holidays/into 2019 because I only have limited days off left. My last day will be the 21st and then I'm not back in the office until January 7th. Going to Netflix and beer so hard for two weeks

Why is that? I seem to have vague recollections of a fraud scheme that required someone to basically update numbers or something every week; is this a way of interrupting routines that may be covering up an anomaly somewhere? 

[cramx3]

That doesn't sound half bad, though, bud.

Seconded.

Not half bad at all

[axeman90210]

My father has that same thing working in the financial business.  It's a nice perk, a forced two weeks away thats not vacation time.

That's the rub though, I have to use vacation time.

oh really?  My father has had this for as long as I can remember and he always made it seem like it was not against his vacation time.  I haven't asked him about that directly in who knows how long though.  That kind of stinks then to not have the option to break your vacation down from those two weeks.

Oh I get plenty more time beyond that, 22 vacation days and 6 sick days total every year. I'm just usually much more into taking a day or two here or there than longer chunks of time. I already told my parents that for next year if they want me to come on a family vacation it has to be the week before or after my homebrewers conference so I can knock out my two week leave

Jesus christ, 2.5 weeks until my mandatory 2 week vacation and it can't come soon enough 

Our company has "forced" holidays between Boxing Day (which is a Stat Holiday up here) and New Year's.  Given I still have 5 vaca days to use up, I'm gonna have a solid 2 weeks off from the 18th to the 2nd.  And like I'm going to be thinking about work much on the 17th!  Basically off from the 14th to the 2nd.

Woot, fucking Woot.

Yeah, our company has a fraud prevention thing where if your work function makes you eligible (and you get enough time off) you're required to take off two consecutive weeks at some point every year. They're strict about it too, so much as logging in remotely to check your emails would be a huge deal. This was my first year subject to the policy, and nobody told me that until like the end of July, so I have to take it over the holidays/into 2019 because I only have limited days off left. My last day will be the 21st and then I'm not back in the office until January 7th. Going to Netflix and beer so hard for two weeks

Why is that? I seem to have vague recollections of a fraud scheme that required someone to basically update numbers or something every week; is this a way of interrupting routines that may be covering up an anomaly somewhere? 

Yeah, that's basically the idea, if you're doing something you shouldn't (or not doing something you should) and they make you stop for two consecutive weeks, they'll be able to pick up on it. They're normally very lax about tracking time off, but when it comes to your annual mandatory leave they're super on top of it.

[ReaperKK]

Evening guys.

Seems like everyone is taking time off in December. Most people at my job are gone too but that's because people save their vacation time for December. I'd rather work, it's so slow that I just watch youtube all day.

[hefdaddy42]

Morning

[axeman90210]

Howdy hef

[Adami]

Morning

Hey.

[ReaperKK]

Morning, gotta stock up on milk and bread this weekend, we are expecting snow.

[cramx3]

Morning, gotta stock up on milk and bread this weekend, we are expecting snow.

damn, just checked and my weekend weather looks good, but I am doing a quick 20 hour trip to LA, the weather looks even better there.

[hefdaddy42]

We're getting snow this weekend.

Fuck.

[Stadler]

We're getting snow this weekend.

Fuck.

I wish we were; all that is going south of us.   

[JayOctavarium]

Morning, gotta stock up on milk and bread this weekend, we are expecting snow.

damn, just checked and my weekend weather looks good, but I am doing a quick 20 hour trip to LA, the weather looks even better there.

It's been pretty nice out here minus the rain... which you shall be missing.

[ReaperKK]

We're getting snow this weekend.

Fuck.

Yup, the grocery stores were already packed here. Need some milk bread to ride out this snow.