DTF chat thread v. 2049

[ReaperKK]

What's the culture like over there? I know you're under new ownership so it may be hard to read but is there always a push to move forward? Are there other opportunities within the company?

[cramx3]

I would say our culture was pretty awesome, but now... really hard to say.  Most stuff hasn't changed so there's not a big reason, yet, to feel negative towards the new leadership...but there definitely are peolpe who aren't happy.  Essentially going from a private company to being owned by a huge corporation has really negatively impacted a lot of people.  They simply just don't like who we work for even though they haven't tried to change our culture, yet. 

Essentially one of the biggest taglines here was "make the internet better" and part of that was being for net neutrality, in fact our previous ownership was VERY big on that, and yet they agreed to sell to someone fighting to end net neutrality.  It rubs people the wrong way. 

There are opportunities to move around but none seem to fit me, and management doesn't seem concerned atm with moving people forward even though that was a large part of the culture, I think right now its "grow grow grow" and don't worry about anything else type of mentality here.  This job doesn't suck by any means, we have some awesome perks, but my group seems to only be growing in workload and not in size so I don't see how I'll ever move up into management, my boss has no where to go either at this point.  I also have little desire to do my boss's job anyway. 

[ReaperKK]

Hopefully the workload stays in check with the pay, there is also work/life balance to think about it too. From what I've seen on the forums you've been traveling a lot too. Do you feel burned out at all (this trip aside)?

[cramx3]

Hopefully the workload stays in check with the pay, there is also work/life balance to think about it too. From what I've seen on the forums you've been traveling a lot too. Do you feel burned out at all (this trip aside)?

Yea, burn out is a real issue and I'm definitely going through it, not just now, but felt it a lot last year too.  In a few weeks I hit my 5 year anniversary and that entitles me to a 3 week sabatical to use within a year, the idea is to help burnout by year 5.  I need it for sure and that's also a big reason why I want to make sure I stick around for a bit longer.  I'm not sure when I'll get the chance for 3 weeks off with pay again.   

I've had the work/life balance discussion with my boss a long time ago after I started and within my first year was already feeling burnt out.  Things got better after that discussion, I essentially said I won't work like that and my boss heard and made changes (hired someone for Europe).  I've been telling him we need another body for a year now and it seems like he isn't listening which is only making me feel worse about this place.  Every other group is hiring like crazy except ours.

[jingle.boy]

Well, going to bed at 9:30 last night because I was exhausted and starting to get a little sick the past few days backfired.  Woke up just after 4am, and could not get back to sleep.  So, I might as well DTF.

[Podaar]

3:32 am here Chad. I've got the same issue. Now have the terrible decision to coffee or not to coffee...

[jingle.boy]

3:32 am here Chad. I've got the same issue. Now have the terrible decision to coffee or not to coffee...

Coffee.... definitely coffee here.  Once I'm awake after about 5-6 hours sleep, I'm fucked.  CAN NOT get back to sleep.  I gotta go get jingle.son from school at noon-ish (it's only a 45 minute drive), so an afternoon nap is definitely in order.  Otherwise, it'll be groundhog day

[TAC]

3:32 am here

Damn!

[ReaperKK]

Morning guys

[King Postwhore]

Starting to feel better.  I slept until 740am.  Haven't done that since hanging with Chad in Montreal.

[cramx3]

I should have logged on early this morning as I couldnt sleep either.  Had cramps all over my body throughout the night.  I must be getting very dehydrated at this elevation and from doing all this work.

[ReaperKK]

Starting to feel better.  I slept until 740am.  Haven't done that since hanging with Chad in Montreal.

I haven't been following this thread but have you been sick King?

I should have logged on early this morning as I couldnt sleep either.  Had cramps all over my body throughout the night.  I must be getting very dehydrated at this elevation and from doing all this work.

Is there anything you can do to help with high altitude?

[cramx3]

Drink lots of water. I usually don't get this bad coming out here, usually just end up needing chapstick for my dry lips.

[ReaperKK]

When I was in montana I remember having one hell of a headache. My Florida sea level body couldn't take it

[cramx3]

  I really had a hard time when I went to the Rocky Mountain national park.  Once I got that high, I really wasn't having a good time with my huffing and puffing breathing.

One of my friends came out to Vail once and said he had the worst experience of his life with elevation sickness.  I don't think I have really experienced that before, other than being out of breathe when doing physical activity and having dry lips/nose.

[King Postwhore]

Starting to feel better.  I slept until 740am.  Haven't done that since hanging with Chad in Montreal.

I haven't been following this thread but have you been sick King?

I should have logged on early this morning as I couldnt sleep either.  Had cramps all over my body throughout the night.  I must be getting very dehydrated at this elevation and from doing all this work.

Is there anything you can do to help with high altitude?

Caught the flu. I had a 102.6 temp Wednesday.   Finally feeling better today.

[jingle.boy]

Starting to feel better.  I slept until 740am.  Haven't done that since hanging with Chad in Montreal.

I exhausted you. 

So, I just had an interesting last 20 minutes of my life that I want back.  This is a quasi-long boring story, but I got nothing better to do at the moment.  I started to get that scratchy feeling in my throat a few days ago, so I decided to mix up some OJ from concentrate.  We never - NEVER - have OJ in the fridge, but had a can leftover in the freezer from when jingle.daughter went thru an OJ phase when se was like 6.  I finally got to the last glass this morning, so I just emptied the jug into my glass, but didn't want to drink a whole (tall) glass.  No problem, I'll just put the glass back in the fridge, at the back so it doesn't get accidentally tipped over.  As I'm gingerly sliding it back - on the top shelf no less - it catches something, and tips over.  About 20oz of OJ all over the fridge.

1/2 roll of Bounty later, I think I got most of it sopped up.

[King Postwhore]

Well this day can only downhill from here for you Chad. Lol

[TAC]

So you had 12 y/o frozen OJ concentrate in your freezer??

[cramx3]

 

Isnt it great when you specifically try to avoid something and it still happens

[jingle.boy]

So you had 12 y/o frozen OJ concentrate in your freezer??

Yup.

[cramx3]

Where's our local monster truck fan?  I had previously looked and saw no concerts of interest (besides EJ but I knew I wouldn't be able to make those) while I was here in denver, but never looked at other events.  Turns out at 1pm today there is Monster Jam, which I guess is a monster truck show here at the Pepsi Center.  I'm off today and probably feeling the best I had all week since yesterday was a light work day followed by a relaxing evening in.  I'm thinking of going since tickets are cheap and it's something to do that I've never seen before. 

[ReaperKK]

I haven't been to a monster truck rally in years but it was a good time when I did go. If tickets are cheap I'd go check it out, grab some cheap beers and watch huge trucks drive around.

[Chino]

Where's our local monster truck fan?  I had previously looked and saw no concerts of interest (besides EJ but I knew I wouldn't be able to make those) while I was here in denver, but never looked at other events.  Turns out at 1pm today there is Monster Jam, which I guess is a monster truck show here at the Pepsi Center.  I'm off today and probably feeling the best I had all week since yesterday was a light work day followed by a relaxing evening in.  I'm thinking of going since tickets are cheap and it's something to do that I've never seen before.

Yo. Resident MJ fan checking in. My credentials include over 35 shows in the last 18 years, 5 of which have been the World Finals in Las Vegas. Monster Jam has turned to shit since Feld Entertainment bought out the franchise. The shows are still fun, but they are a shadow of their former selves. The smaller "arena" tour is a total snooze fest if you've been following the sport for a while, but they're still a good time if you're just looking for some noise and air time. They used to bring in all kinds of side shows, things like demolition derbies and giant robotic dinosaurs that'd set cars on fire. Now they don't do anything like that. The larger stadium shows are still really entertaining though. 

 

[Stadler]

Isnt it great when you specifically try to avoid something and it still happens

And I specifically love that feeling that - after all your efforts, you KNOW it's happening and you can't do a damn thing to stop it.

True story:  I was selling my house in Georgia, moving up north.  The family had left in the morning, and I had a work meeting  the next day, so I stayed behind.  House was empty, and my (then) loving wife left me a four pack of Guiness and a hoagie/grinder/subway in the sink with some ice.  I had a pillow, change of clothes and a book, so I was ALL FRIGGIN' SET!   I got home from work, and before I hunkered down, I figured, while it's daylight, I'll make one last tour of the house. Nothing in the gargage or first floor, nothing on the second floor, and I figured, what the heck I'll check the walk-up attic (it was a staircase up and about half the attic was "floored" to store stuff and facilitate storage on the AC unit.  So I walk up... and I see a blue candle that was in the dormer window (it was a thing back then in celebration of the police, and since my bro and his girlfriend were both police officers in the county, I put one out).  So I thought to myself, "Self, that's a perfectly good electric candle AND extension cord, you better get it."   So I walked off the "floor" and onto a joist, thinking, "be careful, you have dress shoes on and you DO NOT want to fall through the ceiling".   Of course, then I thought "No one falls through the ceiling, relax.  Worst that happens is you pop a sheetrock nail."   I got about halfway to the window and my dress shoes slipped off the wood.  I knew I was in trouble even before I started to descend... <That feeling!!> and sure enough, both feet plunged through the insulation and sheetrock into the room below.  I'm "sitting" there - straddling the 2 by 10, both feet hanging into the room below which was now littered with pieces of insulation, sheet rock and dust.  Long story short(er) I spent the entire night going to Home Depot getting supplies (only stuff I could throw away or carry on a plane) and trying to patch that ceiling.  I was up until about 2:30 am doing it, and while I'm pretty handy with tools (and have done a fair amount of sheetrocking and taping) this was a disaster.  I get out of my meeting the next day and there's a call from my real estate agent:  "Stadler, what the hell happened in the guest bedroom??"   We had to call a contractor and redo my work before closing.  That was 17 years ago and I still get made fun of over that.   

[jingle.boy]

Son of a bitch!  I'll take a spilled glass of OJ over that.  Dayum.

[cramx3]

Where's our local monster truck fan?  I had previously looked and saw no concerts of interest (besides EJ but I knew I wouldn't be able to make those) while I was here in denver, but never looked at other events.  Turns out at 1pm today there is Monster Jam, which I guess is a monster truck show here at the Pepsi Center.  I'm off today and probably feeling the best I had all week since yesterday was a light work day followed by a relaxing evening in.  I'm thinking of going since tickets are cheap and it's something to do that I've never seen before.

Yo. Resident MJ fan checking in. My credentials include over 35 shows in the last 18 years, 5 of which have been the World Finals in Las Vegas. Monster Jam has turned to shit since Feld Entertainment bought out the franchise. The shows are still fun, but they are a shadow of their former selves. The smaller "arena" tour is a total snooze fest if you've been following the sport for a while, but they're still a good time if you're just looking for some noise and air time. They used to bring in all kinds of side shows, things like demolition derbies and giant robotic dinosaurs that'd set cars on fire. Now they don't do anything like that. The larger stadium shows are still really entertaining though. 

 

Was looking for your thoughts, interesting.  I had a fun time yesterday.  Probably because I never experienced it, I thought it was really cool but definitely as you said, there wasn't anything too crazy.  It kind of felt like a toned down wwe show too with the way the trucks taunted each other and one time a guy flew off the small ATV but kind of looked staged.  I guess it's really meant for kids though as that was 50% of the crowd with the other being their parents.  I did sit next to a milf that seemed way more interested in talking to me than her husband  I also enjoyed a few beers so I guess that added to my enjoyment of the show.

[Chino]

Where's our local monster truck fan?  I had previously looked and saw no concerts of interest (besides EJ but I knew I wouldn't be able to make those) while I was here in denver, but never looked at other events.  Turns out at 1pm today there is Monster Jam, which I guess is a monster truck show here at the Pepsi Center.  I'm off today and probably feeling the best I had all week since yesterday was a light work day followed by a relaxing evening in.  I'm thinking of going since tickets are cheap and it's something to do that I've never seen before.

Yo. Resident MJ fan checking in. My credentials include over 35 shows in the last 18 years, 5 of which have been the World Finals in Las Vegas. Monster Jam has turned to shit since Feld Entertainment bought out the franchise. The shows are still fun, but they are a shadow of their former selves. The smaller "arena" tour is a total snooze fest if you've been following the sport for a while, but they're still a good time if you're just looking for some noise and air time. They used to bring in all kinds of side shows, things like demolition derbies and giant robotic dinosaurs that'd set cars on fire. Now they don't do anything like that. The larger stadium shows are still really entertaining though. 

 

Was looking for your thoughts, interesting.  I had a fun time yesterday.  Probably because I never experienced it, I thought it was really cool but definitely as you said, there wasn't anything too crazy.  It kind of felt like a toned down wwe show too with the way the trucks taunted each other and one time a guy flew off the small ATV but kind of looked staged.  I guess it's really meant for kids though as that was 50% of the crowd with the other being their parents.  I did sit next to a milf that seemed way more interested in talking to me than her husband  I also enjoyed a few beers so I guess that added to my enjoyment of the show.

Nice 

Yeah, my gripe has been that it has turned more into a circus show on wheels. It used to be a true motor sport. The drivers owned the trucks. They drove them from show to show. Their time was required to repair them when they broke, and the fix came out of their bank account. There was a true feeling of competition because it was about the driver and the machine he built. Now, Feld, with the exception of a few old fan favorites (Avenger, Titan, Overkill Evolution) will only run the trucks they own at their events. The drivers are not mechanics, but rather hired guns (it's no coincidence that every female driver hired in the last 5 years is an 8.5 or above). They get flown from show to show to take pics with the fans and drive. That's it. Like you said, I'm looking at this from the viewpoint of a 30 year old man. At the end of the day, the show is meant for kids.

[cramx3]

I had a convo with the milf about the one female driver, scoobey doo, and how we were surprised there was a female at all, but she was also terrible.  Zombie won the event and seemed to be a big fan favorite.  I don't think I'm going to follow this, but I can't complain, at $30 bucks for a good view and a couple hours of unique entertainment, I thought it was a good day.

[Chino]

I had a convo with the milf about the one female driver, scoobey doo, and how we were surprised there was a female at all, but she was also terrible.  Zombie won the event and seemed to be a big fan favorite.  I don't think I'm going to follow this, but I can't complain, at $30 bucks for a good view and a couple hours of unique entertainment, I thought it was a good day.

Who was piloting Scooby Doo? Was it Myranda Cozad?


http://americancarsamericangirls.com/show/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Myranda-C.jpg

Yeah, she's absolutely garbage behind the wheel. Having never actually driven a Monster Truck before, I'm 100% confident I could perform at least on her level in competition, and she's been at this like 4 solid years now. 

[cramx3]

Yup that was her although she looks way better in those pics than in the driving suit.

[Stadler]

Belongs in the "mildly irritating" thread, I'm sure, but the annoying belief that "throw a hot chick in there" and men will just suspend disbelief and sign up for anything.  I get that's the stereotype, and "sex sells" and all that, but c'mon.  Especially car guys/gear heads.   I think the general response is more in line with Chino's than "hey forget the car, look at HER, man!"

[cramx3]

If they didnt have a picture on the screens of the driver, I would have had no idea it was a female.  Or she had one an event and did the after interview. 

[JayOctavarium]

So,

Yesterday, some "kids" (I say kids but they were probably my age) decided to try to steal a boat at work yesterday. 30' boat. Keys LEFT IN THE IGNITION (by the broker, it's got a huge FOR SALE sign on it). They didn't realize it was tied to the dock. They tried to pull away from the dock, got stopped by the rope, and then put it in reverse to try to go back and untie it. Fuckers wound up backing up onto the dock, and then booked it on foot.

This. This is why I hate people.

[BlobVanDam]

People suck.