BYC Café

[bruceha2000]

I have read about problems getting signed up for unemployment!

It was H E double hockey sticks for most everyone in VT that got laid off. Majorly old system written in COBOL running on old big iron. Worked fine when the new claims per week was a few hundred. Everything broke when it was many, many thousands. There isn't even a way to put in an email address for contact, there was no such thing as email when this system was created.

Sooooo, what is this brining of which you speak.

I did it once. Ended up with the saltiest turkey ever and the gravy was REALLLLLLLLLY salty. Not doing that again.

 

[CapricornFarm]

This morning, the forecast was for mostly sunny with a high around 90°. Around noon, they included a slight chance of showers or thundershowers (20%). Naturally, we had to get thunderstomped earlier this afternoon; now it's looking like it wants to do it again before the day is done.

Is it any wonder I can't stick my nose out the door without getting pounced on by hordes of mosquitoes?

Skeeters are bad this year!

 

[ronott1]

It was H E double hockey sticks for most everyone in VT that got laid off. Majorly old system written in COBOL running on old big iron. Worked fine when the new claims per week was a few hundred. Everything broke when it was many, many thousands. There isn't even a way to put in an email address for contact, there was no such thing as email when this system was created.


I did it once. Ended up with the saltiest turkey ever and the gravy was REALLLLLLLLLY salty. Not doing that again.

Here in California, people had to fill out paper forms

 

[ronott1]

Skeeters are bad this year!

They seem ok here but we do have a spraying program to reduce them-- West Nile fever is bad here

 

[pennyJo1960]

There has been allot fraud shown in our unemployment so national guard has now come in to help weed them out

 

[bruceha2000]

Here in California, people had to fill out paper forms

They wouldn't have had the staff to process those! As it was they had to pull people from all over the state departments to train them how to deal with all the calls (IF you could get through).

 

[DobieLover]

I called the NYS Work Share line 12 times throughout the day today!!!
Got booted every time!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

I called the NYS Work Share line 12 times throughout the day today!!!
Got booted every time!!

It is all over the country that way covid19

 

[pennyJo1960]

okay stupid for the day peeled my index finger left hand peeling potato

 

[Perris]

what is this brining of which you speak.

I think you'll like this one : http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article/70/Brining

https://www.wqad.com/article/life/a...cipe/526-b958c32c-2496-4543-8414-2c89e89940db

I can't access that, sadly - no reason given except access forbidden

written in COBOL

that's a blast from the past! I think it must be 30 years since I've seen that word!
Legacy software is going to be a nightmare for us all sooner or later.

Ended up with the saltiest turkey ever and the gravy was REALLLLLLLLLY salty

Presumably it was in too strong or too long. I got conflicting info from the website I was following and other sources over how long to brine, from 2 hours (the former) to up to 24 hours (the latter), and followed the former. I also rinsed it afterwards and threw away the brine as advised.