OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

[wap]

Yesterday was my 30 year work anniversary.

Salary review was this morning. got 2.7% lol and a virtual promise of a healthy year end bonus.

[D Griff]

The hurricane is headed our way. So far a lot of rain and moderately strong wind, lots of tree branches down in our yard but not much else.

Anyone have friends/family in FL that were heavily impacted.

Hopefully and his FL Man Paradise weren't too effected.

[D Griff]

Yesterday was my 30 year work anniversary.

Salary review was this morning. got 2.7% lol and a virtual promise of a healthy year end bonus.

'grats on the anniversary. Times are tough

Last day of the month and I'm at 70% of my revenue quota... what does that mean? No commission for me this month.

[max225]

Yesterday was my 30 year work anniversary.

Salary review was this morning. got 2.7% lol and a virtual promise of a healthy year end bonus.

Seems fair. We won’t bonus this year

[max225]

The hurricane is headed our way. So far a lot of rain and moderately strong wind, lots of tree branches down in our yard but not much else.

Anyone have friends/family in FL that were heavily impacted.

Hopefully and his FL Man Paradise weren't too effected.

It missed tampa and st penisburg … what’s going on with your friends and fam? Did they lose their cars/homes ?

[Johnny_P]

Yesterday was my 30 year work anniversary.

Salary review was this morning. got 2.7% lol and a virtual promise of a healthy year end bonus.

Sorry about the pay decrease.

[Tar]

The hurricane is headed our way. So far a lot of rain and moderately strong wind, lots of tree branches down in our yard but not much else.

Anyone have friends/family in FL that were heavily impacted.

Hopefully and his FL Man Paradise weren't too effected.

My 'rents are in Ormond Beach area (slightly North of Daytona), they got some flooding around them but not on their street, they are at the center of the peninsula which has saved the property may times before. They stayed at the house during the worst of it, didn't get much sleep and it was windy AF but not much damage afterwards. The neighbor had some soffit separate, and a section of fence that's fallen before go down again. My parents have one large palm tree that they are hoping to save, but that's about it. The storm did most of the damage on the west coast, and very little where they live.

Good luck with it, hopefully you're safe and the city/street doesn't incur much damage.

[Johnny_P]

Yes steam trains are great. Big rolling steam boilers. Pretty wild to think of now. The amount of coal one had to shovel was immense. And the amount of water they used. Just wild.

My kid spent 20 mis watching trolley videos yesterday lol. Just trolleys going around on city streets.

The more advanced large locomotives had Archimedes screws to automatically feed coal from the coal car to the fire box.

I did not know this. That’s pretty sweet. Some locomotives could burn 11 tons of coal an hour.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

The more advanced large locomotives had Archimedes screws to automatically feed coal from the coal car to the fire box.

I did not know this. That’s pretty sweet. Some locomotives could burn 11 tons of coal an hour.

[wap]

Yesterday was my 30 year work anniversary.

Salary review was this morning. got 2.7% lol and a virtual promise of a healthy year end bonus.

'grats on the anniversary. Times are tough

Last day of the month and I'm at 70% of my revenue quota... what does that mean? No commission for me this month.

Thanks.

Sorry for the no commish this month. That blows.

[wap]

Yesterday was my 30 year work anniversary.

Salary review was this morning. got 2.7% lol and a virtual promise of a healthy year end bonus.

Seems fair. We won’t bonus this year

I guess? I mean, I was handed a lot of this year; managing a satellite ware 3 days/week with shitty hours, on top of all my previous responsibilities and no pay bump when they gave me the building. And a raise that's 1/3 inflation rate is like a pay cut.

It better be a damn good bonus in December.

[wap]

Yesterday was my 30 year work anniversary.

Salary review was this morning. got 2.7% lol and a virtual promise of a healthy year end bonus.

Sorry about the pay decrease.

:exactly:

[wap]

The more advanced large locomotives had Archimedes screws to automatically feed coal from the coal car to the fire box.

I did not know this. That’s pretty sweet. Some locomotives could burn 11 tons of coal an hour.

I saw one a couple years ago at this museum in Minneapolis.
https://transportationmuseum.org/collec ... comotives/
Your would lose his shit there, lol.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I did not know this. That’s pretty sweet. Some locomotives could burn 11 tons of coal an hour.

I saw one a couple years ago at this museum in Minneapolis.
https://transportationmuseum.org/collec ... comotives/
Your would lose his shit there, lol.

Ever been to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn? They have these big fuckers INSIDE. Then in Greenfield village next door, they have a fully operating roundhouse that you can walk through and see all around a steam engine under repair including underneath. It's insane.

[Johnny_P]

I did not know this. That’s pretty sweet. Some locomotives could burn 11 tons of coal an hour.

I saw one a couple years ago at this museum in Minneapolis.
https://transportationmuseum.org/collec ... comotives/
Your would lose his shit there, lol.

There’s a great train museum in Strasburg which is like an hour and a half outside Philly. They have a working steam engine train as well as a ton of locomotives inside a big building.

[wap]

I saw one a couple years ago at this museum in Minneapolis.
https://transportationmuseum.org/collec ... comotives/
Your would lose his shit there, lol.

Ever been to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn? They have these big fuckers INSIDE. Then in Greenfield village next door, they have a fully operating roundhouse that you can walk through and see all around a steam engine under repair including underneath. It's insane.

I have been!

Come to think of it, it may have been at the HF museum that I saw teh Archimedes screw in the coal car. But that Mnpls museum is 5/7 as well. JP Jr. would lose his shit in either of them.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Ever been to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn? They have these big fuckers INSIDE. Then in Greenfield village next door, they have a fully operating roundhouse that you can walk through and see all around a steam engine under repair including underneath. It's insane.

I have been!

Come to think of it, it may have been at the HF museum that I saw teh Archimedes screw in the coal car. But that Mnpls museum is 5/7 as well. JP Jr. would lose his shit in either of them.

You used to be able to climb up into one of those big ones in the museum, and IIRC the last time I did there was an apparatus that fed coal from the coal car to the boiler.

Any museum with trains is IMO. Trains are awesome.

[wap]

I have been!

Come to think of it, it may have been at the HF museum that I saw teh Archimedes screw in the coal car. But that Mnpls museum is 5/7 as well. JP Jr. would lose his shit in either of them.

You used to be able to climb up into one of those big ones in the museum, and IIRC the last time I did there was an apparatus that fed coal from the coal car to the boiler.

Any museum with trains is IMO. Trains are awesome.

Yep, that must be where I saw the Archimedes screw. We must have climbed into the same train.

We have this awesome beast at our Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago:

Early diesel locomotive from the 1930's that is absolute beautiful.
https://www.msichicago.org/explore/what ... er-zephyr/

[Johnny_P]

You used to be able to climb up into one of those big ones in the museum, and IIRC the last time I did there was an apparatus that fed coal from the coal car to the boiler.

Any museum with trains is IMO. Trains are awesome.

Yep, that must be where I saw the Archimedes screw. We must have climbed into the same train.

We have this awesome beast at our Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago:

Early diesel locomotive from the 1930's that is absolute beautiful.
https://www.msichicago.org/explore/what ... er-zephyr/

That thing is pretty sweet

This is the museum somewhat close to me:
https://rrmuseumpa.org/collections/roster/

[Tar]

Nice choo choo, have a good weekend everyone!

[D Griff]

'grats on the anniversary. Times are tough

Last day of the month and I'm at 70% of my revenue quota... what does that mean? No commission for me this month.

Thanks.

Sorry for the no commish this month. That blows.

comes with the territory sometimes. As long as they don’t shit can me I’m cool for now and I think I’m quite safe from that.

[D Griff]

You used to be able to climb up into one of those big ones in the museum, and IIRC the last time I did there was an apparatus that fed coal from the coal car to the boiler.

Any museum with trains is IMO. Trains are awesome.

Yep, that must be where I saw the Archimedes screw. We must have climbed into the same train.

We have this awesome beast at our Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago:

Early diesel locomotive from the 1930's that is absolute beautiful.
https://www.msichicago.org/explore/what ... er-zephyr/

that is hot.

[D Griff]

The hurricane is headed our way. So far a lot of rain and moderately strong wind, lots of tree branches down in our yard but not much else.

Anyone have friends/family in FL that were heavily impacted.

Hopefully and his FL Man Paradise weren't too effected.

My 'rents are in Ormond Beach area (slightly North of Daytona), they got some flooding around them but not on their street, they are at the center of the peninsula which has saved the property may times before. They stayed at the house during the worst of it, didn't get much sleep and it was windy AF but not much damage afterwards. The neighbor had some soffit separate, and a section of fence that's fallen before go down again. My parents have one large palm tree that they are hoping to save, but that's about it. The storm did most of the damage on the west coast, and very little where they live.

Good luck with it, hopefully you're safe and the city/street doesn't incur much damage.

Seems all good here, we got a shit ton of rain, wind, downed branches and leaves, but no significant damage.

[wap]

Yep, that must be where I saw the Archimedes screw. We must have climbed into the same train.

We have this awesome beast at our Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago:

Early diesel locomotive from the 1930's that is absolute beautiful.
https://www.msichicago.org/explore/what ... er-zephyr/

That thing is pretty sweet

This is the museum somewhat close to me:
https://rrmuseumpa.org/collections/roster/

museum.

This was also a transportation museum, in Duluth, MN, which is an interesting part of the country to visit:
https://lsrm.org/

[wap]

Thanks.

Sorry for the no commish this month. That blows.

comes with the territory sometimes. As long as they don’t shit can me I’m cool for now and I think I’m quite safe from that.

Glad that you're safe,
That's why I was always glad that I was one of the few salespeople in my company that was never on commish.