indyfabz

Enjoying my last free Friday before I go back to the grindstone.

Biggest decision of the day:Grilled pork chops or veggie burgers from the freezer?

seedsbelize2

And one of the most beautiful striking birds I've ever seen. Sadly, I last saw one while kayaking on a flooded floodplain in the late 80s

seedsbelize2

And now I'm off to stage 19. Later.

Bah Humbug

It's literally also a walking, running, and dog-walking trail. I wasn't the only one there doing it.

Velo Vol 

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genejockey 

The previous company I worked for had, shall we say, a large, negative binary event, which led to laying off about half of the workforce of around 200. Because the company was built around a single project that went bye-bye, this meant entire departments were laid off. All of us managers who had direct reports who were to be laid off had to attend a training session in how to lay people off - call them to your office; tell them the position was being eliminated for business reasons having nothing to do with their performance; be sympathetic but don't give them false hope; make sure to thank them for their work; don't make it about yourself; direct them to the place where the severance and outplacement packages were being explained and distributed.

The next day, I learned that a number of the folks I had attended the training with were themselves laid off. I don't know whether or not they knew it at the time. I'm not sure which would be worse.

Velo Vol 

I last saw one while standing at the mower shed yesterday.
Going to need to see a picture to make a ruling.

rjones28 

Benson takes walks in the cemetery regularly.

rjones28 

wut

datlas 

Gonna take a side cycling trip? I suggest Diablo.

Trsnrtr

Don't ask datlas .

Trsnrtr

Which reminds me, we had a group get-together at a local trendy spot and little did we know, it was Burger Only night and a couple attendees are vegans. The waitress pointed out that they did have veggie burgers. Onee vegan said, "I'm a vegan. Why would I want to eat something that tastes like dead flesh?" I told her that's what I keep saying. Commit to your ideals.

bampilot06

Does this vegan eat fake cheese?

Velo Vol 

He doesn't walk, you take him there.

Dogs are also inappropriate.
Why not?

If a vegetarian doesn't want to eat fake meat because it's not really that healthful, that's fine. But there's no ideal regarding "taste."

bampilot06

Was there for 10 hours.

bampilot06

That would keep me coming back.

Mojo31

Had a nice lake front ride with my bride this morning. It was her first exposure to rollers, one with an 8% grade that caught us by surprise.

Bam, I know Zone 1 is nothing, but for her it was about Zone 400. 😎




Burgers after, hers with real meat and mine with turkey.

Trsnrtr

Beats me. I've only seen her eat veggies and grains and such.

DougRNS

the new math

Trsnrtr

What if you're opposed to flesh eating for philosophical reasons? Just because it's fake doesn't change their appetite.

I shouldn't have brought it up since I eat anything and everything so I shouldn't say anything more. I apologize for starting something personal.

Trsnrtr

I wonder what my 10,000th post was.

LIGAF

seedsbelize2

You could go find out. I recently found a stash of closed Addiction threads on google.

Bah Humbug

Not concerned with your approval, thoughI might actually take pics of said cemetery on a walk, for artistic reasons.

Bah Humbug

Oh, my 20kth is coming up soon.

I ought to update my location at some point, too.

Trsnrtr

Damn, I'm in a bad mood, today.

Had to see my eye doc this morning and that always makes me grouchy, not to mention, he was running way behind.

Heating/AC guy was supposed to service my AC unit at 11:00 and didn't show until 12:30. Grouchy.

Went to pick up my pancreas meds and the pharmacy was closed for lunch. Wut? Had to wait until the pharmacist(s) returned. Grouchy, again.

Grouchy old man problems.

I apologize in advance for any and all posts that I make in the future.