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BoxsterCy said:
Hoping to feel well enough to try a bike ride today. No spousal unit here to tell that would be stupid, so.:rolleyes: New bike jersey so even if I croak on the ride I'll look good (relatively, for a ded guy).

And there is the attractive draw of that sweet 70 degree dewpoint. :confused:
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I'm thinking of trying a little treadmill run tonight myself.
I don't expect much from it, just the effort.

In related news, I think our home is clear of the stuff now. It's just a matter of working through the built-up inflammation to have great results now.
 
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BoxsterCy said:
@wxman1 Forgot to mention that early last evening I heard the distinctive sound of rotary engines. Went out on the deck in time to catch a glimpse of a trio of WWII vintage planes flying in formation. Couldn't ID but likely T-class planes but still looked cool and sounded great.
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We saw a yellow one fly over our house the other day.
 
wxman1 said:
So this slightly ties into conversation I just had with coworkers. Our employer allows us to have our email on our phone (gmail, calendar, hangouts etc.) along with apps they have produced to record our time which due to our line of work is required for every tenth of an hour worked. However to do so you have to give them ability to monitor/secure your phone. My coworkers are very against this and are of the viewpoint that if our employer is not paying for at least a portion of their phone they are not giving this kind of control over to them or going to use it for work. Am I too laid back by allowing them to do so?
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With the secret nature of some of the work your company does, I'm guessing they already can access it if they dam well feel like it.
 
BCClone said:
If you do continue don't go cheap. I only know one guy who did this and I think he went to the budget bin. Not that looks are the most important, but this guy might have gotten one of the least attractive people I've ever seen. Locally damaged goods would have been better than this lady. She was nasty on the inside as well as the outside. A mean, unattractive woman who speaks little English can't be a great spouse.
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I know one guy that did this, too. His wife is from a Pacific Island nation. She's not unattractive. Also, I guess when she gets mad at him she cusses him out in some language I've never even heard of.
 
BoxsterCy said:
If it ain't a company phone, just all the **** hell no to the max. If there is stuff they need to access or secure then they should be giving you a company phone. Bad enough that Google, Amazon and Facebook know more about us then Santa Claus, I wouldn't want my workplace having that kind of potential access to my stuff.
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I had to return some stuff to Google Fiber over my lunch hour today. I walked in and only gave them my first name, no address, no phone number or email, just first name, and they told me to have a seat. I turned around and another employee was calling me over. Said, "Mr (last name) looks like you are here to return your fiber TV boxes, but you'll be keeping the internet, right?"

I was really creeped out.
 
mctallerton said:
I had to return some stuff to Google Fiber over my lunch hour today. I walked in and only gave them my first name, no address, no phone number or email, just first name, and they told me to have a seat. I turned around and another employee was calling me over. Said, "Mr (last name) looks like you are here to return your fiber TV boxes, but you'll be keeping the internet, right?"

I was really creeped out.
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They see you when you're sleeping. They know when you're awake.

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mctallerton said:
I had to return some stuff to Google Fiber over my lunch hour today. I walked in and only gave them my first name, no address, no phone number or email, just first name, and they told me to have a seat. I turned around and another employee was calling me over. Said, "Mr (last name) looks like you are here to return your fiber TV boxes, but you'll be keeping the internet, right?"

I was really creeped out.
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unless your first name is like, Megestina or something, that's creepy fo sho.
 
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mctallerton said:
I had to return some stuff to Google Fiber over my lunch hour today. I walked in and only gave them my first name, no address, no phone number or email, just first name, and they told me to have a seat. I turned around and another employee was calling me over. Said, "Mr (last name) looks like you are here to return your fiber TV boxes, but you'll be keeping the internet, right?"

I was really creeped out.
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Oldest son has multiple friends who work for Google. They know everything. But still proud one said our wifi was surprisingly fast in the boonies. (Same kid, well he's 26 but that is a kid to me) loved Hickory Park and said the Saucy Southerner was the greatest food value he had ever seen. He lives in the Bay area, I'm sure everything here seems dirt cheap.

Took the teenagers lunch between swim lessons and pool open. They were sitting out on a shaded slide with six kids between the ages of about 6 and 10. Said various grandparents and parents had dropped them off early. :rolleyes: I guess this is pool daycare extended hours. My kids went out there with the first aid kit after one took a spill and had a bloody knee. They didn't think they should just let them in pool before opening time but thought they shouldn't be out there alone. Maybe I am just not with the times, but this seems sort of like child neglect. I guess they just assume the guards will just watch out for them even though no one even has to be there between the last lessons and opening. One kid had been there since his lesson that started at 9:00 and just sat around watching other lessons. It is freaking 97 degrees. At least the parents gave him a bunch of concession money before they dumped him.
 
mctallerton said:
I had to return some stuff to Google Fiber over my lunch hour today. I walked in and only gave them my first name, no address, no phone number or email, just first name, and they told me to have a seat. I turned around and another employee was calling me over. Said, "Mr (last name) looks like you are here to return your fiber TV boxes, but you'll be keeping the internet, right?"

I was really creeped out.
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You are being watched.

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I kinda feel sorry for the guys on the Web.com golf tour. They are playing in Omaha this weekend. It's supposed to be about 100 today and tomorrow.
 
Just made an urban guerrilla pruning run at the end of the alley on the two bowling ball sisters* lot. Hacked down the sprouting elm trees, sumac and other **** that was blocking a safe view right when you exit our alley. Do this while I think they are at work, not that I ever see them outside. And, no, trust me, it would not be easier to ask them to do it. :rolleyes: I haul the debris back to my place and put it out with my trimmings.

Man, it is humid. Rethinking the need/desire to bike.


* so named because years back they had a bunch of colored bowling balls on stands in their yard that ended up in the street rolling several blocks away. Yah, odd.
 
BoxsterCy said:
Boxster posts picture on FB and it asks if I want to tag Mike and Karen that their facial recognition thingy picked out in the photo. Creepy.
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Some of my kids/grandkids have similar facial structures. I posted an older pic of one daughter, and a son (not in the pic) was recommended for tagging because of the resemblance to his kid (featured in his profile pic).
 
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