Random Thoughts XII - This Thread Delivers

[RunninMan]

Opinion requested here. For HS graduations, did you guys have your kids invite people they had never talked Toni their lives but you thought they were important? Such as their grandparents friends? I said I wouldn’t expect the son to invite these people he didn’t know if they weren’t relatives. Wife says you offend these people if you don’t invite them. Apparently saying that there are a lot of old people she knows that get butt hurt easily is not looked upon favorably by wives

There were a few people that fell into that category at my grad party. I figured one of three things would happen: 1) They would just stick the invite on their fridge for a while and forget about it. No harm no foul. 2) They would send a card, probably with money, and it's a win-win because college is expensive and they feel good about sending a card. One more thank-you to write but no big deal. 3) If they actually take the time out of the day to show up in person, at the very least they deserve a hand shake and a "thanks for coming". Plus, that meant that person obviously cared about me so maybe I ought to get to know them a little better. So, I didn't see any harm in it, but that's just my two cents.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

 

[wxman1]

There were a few people that fell into that category at my grad party. I figured one of three things would happen: 1) They would just stick the invite on their fridge for a while and forget about it. No harm no foul. 2) They would send a card, probably with money, and it's a win-win because college is expensive and they feel good about sending a card. One more thank-you to write but no big deal. 3) If they actually take the time out of the day to show up in person, at the very least they deserve a hand shake and a "thanks for coming". Plus, that meant that person obviously cared about me so maybe I ought to get to know them a little better. So, I didn't see any harm in it, but that's just my two cents.

This is kind of my thought as well. It certainly can't hurt. At the very least they will give a gift worth enough to offset the costs of inviting them (invitation, postage, food, thank you and postage).

 

[oldman]

But are any of your bosses like this?
http://www.askamanager.org/2016/05/...m-having-chemotherapy-to-talk-about-work.html

Or this? (#1)
http://www.askamanager.org/2017/03/...t-tell-us-when-someone-is-fired-and-more.html

Or this?
http://www.askamanager.org/2016/04/...n-up-to-be-a-liver-donor-for-his-brother.html

Wow! Just wow!

 

[oldman]

Any electricians on here? My brother borrower my truck; he swears he put it in park, but he stopped in at my moms house, and when he came out, the truck rolled out of the driveway downhill and took out one of those green electrical boxes. Of course since its my truck, it will have to go through my insurance. How much should I expect the bill to be for that green electri box to be fixed? It took a couple hours for them to fix it and get power going. My property damage liability is 100k, so I'm fairly confident I'll be fine, but I'm also paranoid the bill for this would somehow exceed that

I wouldn't be surprised if it is $100/MH, plus materials and equipment. They will also probably charge for time to and from the shop.

 

[wxman1]

So as a part of our vacation we were planning to take LittleWx to his first Cubs game (sadly in STL but whatevs). We bought tickets and he is quite excited...then yesterday because ya know they are division rivals and fighting for the lead ESPN decided to pick up the game and make it a night game instead of 1PM. Now we can't decide if we slightly change our plans and still go knowing we may be playing with fire or sell the tickets and stop talking about in the hopes that he will forget.

 

[BCClone]

I guess one concern I have is the sheer volume of people this could lead to. Typically graduations have larger invite lists around here than weddings and the wife’s wedding invite list wasn’t small.

 

[BCClone]

I wouldn't be surprised if it is $100/MH, plus materials and equipment. They will also probably charge for time to and from the shop.

IIRC, I have one on a site that I had to do initial purchase on. I think it was around 3-4K for the box installed. Maybe less.

 

[oldman]

This post will be the definition of random so buckle up.

Had a very busy but productive weekend. Friday I worked a full day and then drove to Ames to close up our house for the summer since my roommates said they had moved out and wouldn't be back for a while. Stayed up until after midnight (after driving 3 hours to get there) cleaning and things of that nature. Saturday morning before I left I sent a message to both of my roommates letting them know I had turned off the water, turned up the thermostat, etc. and one of them replied that they would actually be back later that day to grab some more things. Great communication dude. I guess he just had to deal with turning everything back on.

Saturday I left Ames before 6 to do a survey in Carroll. That went well until a guy in a truck that was lifted 8 inches with tinted windows parked right in the line of sight of our equipment and walked into the movie theater before we had a chance to ask him to move. Any other vehicle, even a regular-sized truck, wouldn't have been a problem but he and the rain pretty much ended our day.

On Sunday my sister graduated from high school. It was a wonderful ceremony. Hard to believe she's old enough to graduate already. She'll be attending UNI in the fall so hopefully she doesn't turn into one of those crazy Panther-Hawks.

Here's where it gets really random. As I was driving back to NW Iowa last night at like 10:00, I was shuffling through radio stations and stopped on a program that had a pastor from Las Vegas on talking about how he believed that aliens are not actually from outer-space, but are demons that are signaling the end-times. Now, I consider myself a pretty devout Christian but that was a little too far out there for my taste. That prompted me to decide that I should listen to audiobooks on these long drives so if you have any suggestions let me know. That's enough of my ramblings; now back to your regularly scheduled programming!

Sounds like you were listening to Coast to Coast.

 

[RunninMan]

Sounds like you were listening to Coast to Coast.

I think it was called "Understanding the Times". I didn't listen to much more of it once the alien guy was done.

 

[CycloneErik]

Sort of my thought as well. Seems like DH is on the same page. Though he's not funny calling it my "birthday surprise". So I guess now we wait for these relatives to inform us of these plans, lol.

Relatives show huge levels of presumption you didn't know were possible with kids in the mix. Welcome to that side of the party!

 

[oldman]

So as a part of our vacation we were planning to take LittleWx to his first Cubs game (sadly in STL but whatevs). We bought tickets and he is quite excited...then yesterday because ya know they are division rivals and fighting for the lead ESPN decided to pick up the game and make it a night game instead of 1PM. Now we can't decide if we slightly change our plans and still go knowing we may be playing with fire or sell the tickets and stop talking about in the hopes that he will forget.

He won't be forgetting it.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Booooooo.
No one asked if they had tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?

The problem with lights out data centers. I know earlier someone looked at the router and saw green lights and proclaimed it was not a connectivity problem.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Last night I finally got a chance to put down fertilizer. I used the new Scott's 3 in 1. $60 for a bag. It's raining cats and dogs this morning.

 

[BCClone]

Last night I finally got a chance to put down fertilizer. I used the new Scott's 3 in 1. $60 for a bag. It's raining cats and dogs this morning.

Unless it’s sveral inches, this is good. Works the fertilizer into the root zone and holds the N that you have. N is very volatile and even encapsulated N loses some of its value over time if exposed to the elements.

 

[Cybirdy]

So as a part of our vacation we were planning to take LittleWx to his first Cubs game (sadly in STL but whatevs). We bought tickets and he is quite excited...then yesterday because ya know they are division rivals and fighting for the lead ESPN decided to pick up the game and make it a night game instead of 1PM. Now we can't decide if we slightly change our plans and still go knowing we may be playing with fire or sell the tickets and stop talking about in the hopes that he will forget.

When is the game? Could help you get rid of them. Just kidding, we are booked through July with softball. I had one friend go to a night game in STL through a work/conference function and the game went 5hrs with 13 innings and a couple rain delays. Last week there was hail and they pulled everyone inside the stadium (like in the kitchen areas).

 

[cowgirl836]

Relatives show huge levels of presumption you didn't know were possible with kids in the mix. Welcome to that side of the party!

so I am discovering! I mean, I knew the relative peace of being DINKs and getting left alone for the most part would come to an end but did not see this much of an escalation coming. Though I suppose I should have - when we were building, same relatives came up four separate times to see the progress on the house. Not to see us, to see the house (in fact one time we were potentially not even going to be around but that didn't matter, lol)
And were rather put out that we limited it to four times, complaining to others that we "don't seem to want them to come up very much." Well, when most of the visit involves overly invasive questions/judging comments "why didn't you do this/do you think X is going to work/how much did it cost" type stuff, well yeah, it was a bit much. Personally, I thought 4x in a 5 month building process was being plenty indulgent.

That's only going to be 100x worse with a kid, isn't it. Maybe it'll level off over time, the main interest seems to be in babies, once they hit 4-5 they don't seem to be as coveted.

 

[CycloneErik]

so I am discovering! I mean, I knew the relative peace of being DINKs and getting left alone for the most part would come to an end but did not see this much of an escalation coming. Though I suppose I should have - when we were building, same relatives came up four separate times to see the progress on the house. Not to see us, to see the house (in fact one time we were potentially not even going to be around but that didn't matter, lol)
And were rather put out that we limited it to four times, complaining to others that we "don't seem to want them to come up very much." Well, when most of the visit involves overly invasive questions/judging comments "why didn't you do this/do you think X is going to work/how much did it cost" type stuff, well yeah, it was a bit much.

That's only going to be 100x worse with a kid, isn't it. Maybe it'll level off over time, the main interest seems to be in babies, once they hit 4-5 they don't seem to be as coveted.

Once they're older, it'll be about why there aren't longer visits, overnight visits, and you'll be fighting about whether you have to celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving a half dozen times apiece.

 

[cyhiphopp]

Opinion requested here. For HS graduations, did you guys have your kids invite people they had never talked Toni their lives but you thought they were important? Such as their grandparents friends? I said I wouldn’t expect the son to invite these people he didn’t know if they weren’t relatives. Wife says you offend these people if you don’t invite them. Apparently saying that there are a lot of old people she knows that get butt hurt easily is not looked upon favorably by wives

I'm not sure I would invite people they've never met, but if they want to come and give the kid a card (hopefully with money) then that's fine with me.

I'm sure the kid would be fine with it because they get more stuff.

 

[BCClone]

so I am discovering! I mean, I knew the relative peace of being DINKs and getting left alone for the most part would come to an end but did not see this much of an escalation coming. Though I suppose I should have - when we were building, same relatives came up four separate times to see the progress on the house. Not to see us, to see the house (in fact one time we were potentially not even going to be around but that didn't matter, lol)
And were rather put out that we limited it to four times, complaining to others that we "don't seem to want them to come up very much." Well, when most of the visit involves overly invasive questions/judging comments "why didn't you do this/do you think X is going to work/how much did it cost" type stuff, well yeah, it was a bit much. Personally, I thought 4x in a 5 month building process was being plenty indulgent.

That's only going to be 100x worse with a kid, isn't it. Maybe it'll level off over time, the main interest seems to be in babies, once they hit 4-5 they don't seem to be as coveted.

You will be suprised Howe many baby experts there are, who have never raised a kid. Use the needed rest as an excuse to boot people out of the house. Usually works.

When we built our house, I was in the field and swung through to meet with the contractor. Hadn’t seen the house yet (what was done at least) and ran into my BIL walking around the house. I would never do this. All I could think was, well the wife’s family is nosier than you know what and I should expect this.