The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[ronott1]

Tornados went through nearby in Danville tonight! Glad i wasn't in one of those houses, as a big tree fell on it and crushed it. Idk if anyone was killed. Its still pouring rain!

I am sorry about the tornadoes! We do not have them here but did have a wind advisory today until 8pm. It was not bad though

 

[DigMyChicks]

Of course they are, DH cleared all the snow for them!


Presuming you know where to find it


Do you see any other barns pictured in this thread recently? I love old barns.


What the heck is wrong with those people? I would much prefer something be found for me to fix pre-release than the users not able to do their jobs post release and have management checking every 15 minutes asking when it will be fixed.

Sometimes I miss posts so making sure before I make a hind-end of myself. I had no idea what you were talking about. The barn is in very bad shape...we probably should not even walk in there. We don’t use it anymore other then to feed the cats and store a couple old trailers and a few bales for the chickens. I love old barns also. There’s some wood I’d like to get out of the center of it before it collapses but not sure if that will happen.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good Morning Friends

Thank you all for the anniversary congrats!

Deb that is one yummy looking cupcake!

Beautiful pics DMC!

Love the shrimp plant Blooie!

So, as expected, I logged in to work at 7AM to 45 e.mails and 20 HD’s in the queue .. gunna be a long day!

Plus, due to a colleague being off sick [which is what I should have done! ] home alone until back up arrives! Copped attitude from management when they advised that my colleague was off sick and to let them know if I had any concerns, told them my concern that the 2nd level was not being monitored for which I got snapped at … so ready to tell them to stick their job!

At the moment, actual person doing support for over 1000 people = me; management/developers = 7 .. something just so wrong with those numbers!

Thanks TeilaI hope your stress lessons, I feel bad for you!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Shrimp plant. The flowers do look just like little shrimp hanging there, and the hummingbirds LOVE them!

Oops, forgot the photos of mine!

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So pretty!

Of course shrimp plants have shrimp hanging from them! Where else would we get them?
Sorry, feeling silly today in response to having poison ivy again. I really need to start wearing gloves all the time. One cup of tea and i am going out to dig holes deeper.
Anyone interested there is a contest being voted on in the garden section, Farmer Connies thread. Nice pictures of veggies and flowers.

LOL it's okay! I wanted the make that joke!

Sorry about the PI!

DMC, it's not the right time of year to be showing us Christmas card pictures!

LOL ever heard of Christmas in July? Not July yet nor Christmas but never too early for Christmas

I can't believe a Wyoming Woman just said that! We only have 3 months around here when it DOESN'T look like Christmas!

Only 3 months!?!?!?!?!

Nope, no food to be found there at all. And if anyone complains to me about it I'm telling them to call company accounting. They've had all winter to get things in order.

That stinks :/

Hey, remember me? Transplant from Florida?

Beautiful shrimp plants Blooie, I can see why hummers would be attracted to them with the shape of the flowers. Hope you get yours planted soon.

FL is too hot

That's just one plant, Debby, and a photo taken in very early spring. I kept that thing going year after year...until last year. It gets huge. Eventually by the end of summer it completely covers that entire lattice back on the planter, thick and lush. The flower bracts were about 6 inches long, some longer, some shorter, with all those little white flowers coming from them. No fragrance, but that's one of the things I like about it. In the late fall I just took cuttings, brought them in, stuck them into little pots of potting soil, and kept them over the winter. They root and grow fast, bloom early even when kept inside, and then I'd put them out for the summer again. (One year I just brought the entire planter inside, but that was before Kendra was born. Back then I didn't have to have my furniture arranged for her and have all of her stuff in here too.) This last winter, with all the traveling and being sick, I neglected the cuttings for this spring and they died. A person really has to try to kill them - they usually just keep going and going. But I managed. 9 years of growing and in a few months they were gone. <sigh> So I have to start over this year.

Yeah, I do forget the Florida transplant thing from time to time. I dunno what gets into me.

Aw gee, I'm sorry about your plant Blooie.

 

[ShrekDawg]

A friend of mine’s son was just in Virginia, right now he’s stuck in Chicago.

I know a few people in Chicago. Seems like a cool city.

Oh oh!!! I just noticed the upper loft door on your barn. There is a guy on BYH that has been working on getting the pulley track working to lift his. Finally successful, needed to find some parts. Does your operate the same way??


Probably going to be stuck in O'hare for awhile. Been there, done that, don't remember enjoying the experience.

Any particular reason why you didn't like it?

X2 No fun at all, other than you can get an Italian beef sandwich that isn't bad.

How come?

And that sounds delicious.

The Robins are here
There’s at least 30 in the front yard.
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Lots of robins here too.

The one that protested the most was really bothered by my response... "You're fired!" In my youth I was a developer and always engaged the users, today's developers seem to think users are a bother. As I was building and amending code, I always sought user input... What did I do right, what did I break. with open and honest interface you get the answers pretty quickly.

I think there's that attitude in general, not just with developers. I see so many posts and tweets, etc. About customers like in retail or food and stuff. Like people either straight up make fun of/get mad at a specific customer they had or people just talk about retail in general like how it sucks or post relatable "memes" or whatever. And I'm just like... really?

I mean, they do have a point I suppose, retail and food service I'm sure really is a pain the rear and I'm sure you do get obnoxious, entitled people, or people asking stupid questions, and I get that that might get old but whatever happened to respecting the customer and good customer service and all that? I think that's gone out the window and customers, users, etc. Are seen as a nuisance. But it's like... why? You are literally getting paid to help people... but maybe people would rather be on their phones?

I saw a tweet just yesterday about how they (person tweeting) were watching videos on their phone and their boss literally just said "you're not very good at hiding that" or something to that effect and walked out. And it was like supposed to a funny tweet I think. I guess cause they didn't get in trouble or the boss is cool? Idk. Anyway, someone replied to the tweet with what the hell else are you supposed to do at work? And I wanted SO BADLY to say... Ummm... idk.. WORK!?!?! but I'm somewhat friends with the person that tweeted it (some people I follow I don't talk to much or at all but this one I do somewhat) so I didn't want to start anything or have them hate me or think I'm a jerk or a buzz kill or goodie two shoes or something lol but the response of what else are you supposed to do at work!? Really got me/made me kinda mad. Now idk where they work and maybe if there's no customers you could use it sometimes but the implication that you are ONLY supposed to use it, that work is just for getting paid to sit around and do nothing, upset me. And this is coming from a lazy person who is addicted to my phone and on it practically 24/7!! And I feel like I'd probably use my phone too but then again I might not because when I have a job to do I really like hyperfocus and do it. And like even when there is "nothing" to do, I feel like there is still something. For example, at the Subway I go to, different employees have different attitudes. Some of them, especially the teen boys I find, not to be judgemental or prejudice ha, however nice they are, tend to sit in the back probably on the phone when there's no customers and do nothing. Others, especially girls, do something else that needs to be done. Like cleaning the dining area, fixing the chip rack, baking more bread or cookies for the next person, etc. Or like if I ever work at a pet store or any store really, I would organize the books or products. Heck, even when I go into stores, I fix the books or movies or whatever. Or move pet food around, etc. Often stuff is in the complete wrong spot and it annoys me! Or that book is behind that one and I worry a customer won't see it so I move it from behind it so both are showing. Or sometimes I feel like no one even reads anything and people just put it in the wrong spot! Customers I can see, they're lazy and don't wanna walk all the way back sometimes but employees!? Like for example, I've seem a few times where a customer evidently put something, like a can or bag of food or harness, in the wrong spot, and then the employees just put all the new food when they open a box right there in that spot! But yet the label on the shelf clearly says something else. So they just don't check! I actually saw it recently with the cat collars. And, i mean, yeah it doesn't really matter what the sticker underneath says cause most people just look at the collars design but still.
Anyways, long story short, stuff like annoys me and I always fix it. And I don't even work there or get paid for it. I really gotta stop lol but it's partially my OCD that's like nopeeee that's wrong. But usually I do get overwhelmed after a few minutes and only fix a couple things. But better than nothing.

Anyway, my point is, how can people say work is for sitting around on your phone? FIND SOMETHING TO DO. TAKE SOME INITIATIVE.

Also, I can understand being upset at rude customers, especially if they yell, but I don't get making fun of customers for asking "stupid" questions?

And i think those developers dont want to work ha but really, it'd be more work waiting until release.

Good Italian beef sandwiches at Portilos in and around Chicago area, also great Chocolate Cake Shakes.

I've heard my Chicago friends talk about Portillos. But there is also another place they mention but i can't remember. Somewhat a competition between them, like people ask each other which is better or whatever, but i can't remember the name of the other place. And I can't remember if it was two sandwich places or if it was pizza places

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sorry for the rant lol

 

[CapricornFarm]

Weeeee! Got the support posts in place for my lean-to with hubby's help. And poured concrete, what i had. Need to buy more. Now its pouring rain again!

 

[drumstick diva]

Cap you have to find the "Off" button for your rain. Enough is enough.

 

[rjohns39]

Morning all Woke up to a wintery mix the day after our last frost date.

 

[007Sean]

Morning all,
Cap - hope the rain ends soon, you have to much work to do!
Bob - I feel your pain, crazy weather.
Diva - I changed my avatar!