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Congrats to you too! Um. Elsewhere. (I actually started it in May, sorry I don't update more often!)

Elsewhere entirely because old company didn't want to reward me for the most productive year of my career. Between zero salary increase, and the rise in healthcare benefits expenses, I got a nice pay cut out of the deal.

Best part was the honest, one on one, discussion my unit leader had with me about why. Uncertainty over my transition. But oh boy, you should have seen the can of worms that was opened when I mentioned that to HR rep. I didn't even want to do anything legally about it, I just wanted someone besides me to know what was said, and why I wasn't getting what I deserved. Apparently I "misunderstood" what was said. But, no I didn't. I heard him just fine the first time.

New job came with a 9% base salary increase, and I get paid overtime for after-hours work on top of that. I've been averaging 57 hours/week for the last month and a half, so it's been really lucrative!

Guess who is buying drinks!!!!
 

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Agree. She is the only one of all my client contacts who I do not talk to on the phone by myself. She can be downright aggressive and rude, borderline abusive. My boss has had to talk to her boss a few times about her behavior. She derails every meeting and makes us waste all kinds of time on pointless blame-finding expeditions. Anyway, she calmed down after a couple other emails. Her boss probably reeled her in a bit.

I call that customer mom. One of my projects the last few years has been to spot her attempts to bait a fight and slide right by them.
 
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@cyrocksmypants I've been busy!

@SCyclone ok, so we know you have 5 daughters in a blended family, two of whom decided to get married vvvvvvveryy close together. Do you currently have a spouse? Occupation? Connection to ISU?
Current location? Opinion on narwhals?
Opinion on my sports stories - great or the greatest?
 

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So, @cowgirl836......am I getting vetted, or is there some other test I need to undergo? (I'm getting pumped to be one of the regulars.)

I was in the middle of writing the post above and got sidetracked talking to coworker about kickball tonight. He's joining in and was trying to figure out how serious and such we were.
 
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@cyrocksmypants I've been busy!

@SCyclone ok, so we know you have 5 daughters in a blended family, two of whom decided to get married vvvvvvveryy close together. Do you currently have a spouse? Occupation? Connection to ISU?
Current location? Opinion on narwhals?
Opinion on my sports stories - great or the greatest?

My spouse is the lovely and talented DeeAnn (nee Vosberg), originally from Manson, IA.

My occupation is sales manager of Beisser Lumber Co. in Fort Dodge, IA. We have been in business since 1953. (No, I haven't been here that long.)

I attended ISU from 1975-1977 (obtained my AA degree from Waldorf College in Forest City, IA in 1975). Left school to take a job in radio - without getting my degree, what an idiot I was - at good ol' KCCQ. Was in radio for awhile until I decided it was not a good future. Was in the house building business for a few years, then got into retail in 1982. Been selling sticks ever since.

Live in Fort Dodge - the girls are all in Washington, with the exception of Jodie (the oldest) who lives in Des Moines. Her husband happens to be Andy Warywoda, who many of you might know as Moose in the Morning on 103.3 Lazer.

Narwhals are beautiful, uncommon creatures that unfortunately live too far away (and in too cold a clime) to see up close. I think their range is being drastically reduced owing to climate change. (Yes, I am a believer.)

Your sports stories are great!!!! (I would have to reserve the title of the greatest for someone who, say, actually does that sort of thing for a living and has won some awards. Frank Deford comes to mind.)
 

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Birdy, I did 15 push ups this morning. Been trying to do 10 or so a day when I've missed/skipped gym like yesterday. With the amount it sounds like you work out, you darn well should wear a suit that shows it off!

I like to eat more than I like to work out. Do you know I bake occasionally? ;)

@harimad Is Keto a life-long commitment? I feel there are so many places I read that say once you stop, you gain weight back. Not cool with that. Ha! Have also heard it can be hard on the kidneys and with previous kidney issues I like to treat them nicely. Those could both be myths, though.
 
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Not exactly sure.
My spouse is the lovely and talented DeeAnn (nee Vosberg), originally from Manson, IA.

My occupation is sales manager of Beisser Lumber Co. in Fort Dodge, IA. We have been in business since 1953. (No, I haven't been here that long.)

I attended ISU from 1975-1977 (obtained my AA degree from Waldorf College in Forest City, IA in 1975). Left school to take a job in radio - without getting my degree, what an idiot I was - at good ol' KCCQ. Was in radio for awhile until I decided it was not a good future. Was in the house building business for a few years, then got into retail in 1982. Been selling sticks ever since.

Live in Fort Dodge - the girls are all in Washington, with the exception of Jodie (the oldest) who lives in Des Moines. Her husband happens to be Andy Warywoda, who many of you might know as Moose in the Morning on 103.3 Lazer.

Narwhals are beautiful, uncommon creatures that unfortunately live too far away (and in too cold a clime) to see up close. I think their range is being drastically reduced owing to climate change. (Yes, I am a believer.)

Your sports stories are great!!!! (I would have to reserve the title of the greatest for someone who, say, actually does that sort of thing for a living and has won some awards. Frank Deford comes to mind.)


You were doing well until the last sentence, CG is now miffed at you. Btw, I taught some classes for Waldorf, except I was 3-4 when you graduated.
 
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Not exactly sure.
I know it's not that ingenious of an invention, but my son has a cool jet machine where you put ice water in and put this bladder under his brace and it circulates cold water to the needed area. When the bladder gets too warm, it pumps new water in from the reservoir. I shouldn't be excited by it, but compared to a bag of frozen peas from my day, it is a much better route.

I have no idea what keto is but after what happened the last time I googled a word from here, I'm not taking the chance to get more cartoon porn.
 

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I like to eat more than I like to work out. Do you know I bake occasionally? ;)

@harimad Is Keto a life-long commitment? I feel there are so many places I read that say once you stop, you gain weight back. Not cool with that. Ha! Have also heard it can be hard on the kidneys and with previous kidney issues I like to treat them nicely. Those could both be myths, though.


I too, have this affliction.
 
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I like to eat more than I like to work out. Do you know I bake occasionally? ;)

@harimad Is Keto a life-long commitment? I feel there are so many places I read that say once you stop, you gain weight back. Not cool with that. Ha! Have also heard it can be hard on the kidneys and with previous kidney issues I like to treat them nicely. Those could both be myths, though.
Ideally it's a lifelong commitment. If you do go back to eating carbs, it's recommended to continue to restrict them, just not to the ridiculously low level that keto demands. (Maybe 100g/day instead of 20g.) There are "Welp, I'm back" stories all the time in /r/keto about people who used keto to take the weight off, thought they could go back to eating "normal" but ended up ballooning up to where they started in the first place.

It really does feel like carbs are an addiction.
 

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At tennis the other night, I was sitting next to my FIL's girlfriend. One of the girls on the court got hurt and her response was, "She'll be fine. She won't know real pain until she gives birth"

I responded to her with, "You women have it so easy. You give birth to a tiny, little baby and sit in a hospital getting all your needs tended to by a nurse for a couple of days."

I could hear the lady sitting on the other side of my FIL gasp and sigh.
One of my co-workers always used to say when child birth pain was brought up that it was nothing like the pain of having to sit in that uncomfortable assed chair for hours on end while she was in labor in that comfortable bed.
 
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Had this discussion with husband at CyHawk game. It's an 11:00 am game and kind of freaking cold tailgating, and all these women wearing less than we used to wear to go to parties or bars at night.

Our boys were walking ahead of us and there is this teetering Hawk gal with this sort of tank top on that is really loose with big armholes and a see through black lace bra underneath, with Daisy Dukes up her hoochie. And of course, she's built like Tongamoa.

One son elbows, points, and says, "You just can't unsee these things.":eek:
Some girls showed up at our tailgate with my SIL's nephews. One of them was wearing one of those shirts with the arm holes cut down to her shorts and no bra. At one point one of "the girls" flopped entirely out. She appeared unfazed and tucked it back in but not at all in a hurry.
 

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Some girls showed up at our tailgate with my SIL's nephews. One of them was wearing one of those shirts with the arm holes cut down to her shorts and no bra. At one point one of "the girls" flopped entirely out. She appeared unfazed and tucked it back in but not at all in a hurry.

Hoping for the sake of anyone who was eating she wouldn't be an asset on our defensive line.

I could never do keto cause I couldn't give up most fruit. But I thought harimad connected this to cleavage somehow? Not sure how that would help since boobs are mostly fat? Maybe getting your energy from fat sources?

I'm gonna hit catatonic before ketosis cause I'm not giving up apples and bananas (and pie).
 

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Hoping for the sake of anyone who was eating she wouldn't be an asset on our defensive line.

I could never do keto cause I couldn't give up most fruit. But I thought harimad connected this to cleavage somehow? Not sure how that would help since boobs are mostly fat? Maybe getting your energy from fat sources?

I'm gonna hit catatonic before ketosis cause I'm not giving up apples and bananas (and pie).
No, she was a skinny college kid. I felt like a dirty old man seeing that, but what's a guy supposed to do when they are right out there in the open?
 
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