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Yesterdays non cycling activities.
#8577
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Sent LSS the estimates for pre-launch boat work. She said:
1. "Do it all."
2. "I'm glad you're getting a bonus this year."
3. "I hope you're not planning to buy any bikes."
1. "Do it all."
2. "I'm glad you're getting a bonus this year."
3. "I hope you're not planning to buy any bikes."
#8581
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New sail day is right up there with new bike day and new car day for me. At least it used to be.
#8582
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#8583
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For the sailmaker: Wash, fix a few things, and replace the foot rope on the Genoa. We'll probably order a new main this fall if nothing major breaks during the season.
From the rigger, we need new upper lifelines (they're coated ) and a rig inspection.
On my list is engine work, including replacing the glow plugs and/or the relay that energizes them. Then I need to try to remove the yucky bearing grease the incompetent commissioning yard smeared all over the steering chain and replace it with a little 30-weight. I also need to make a new second reefing line.
#8586
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For our maintenance folks: Bottom paint, renew epoxy encapsulation on iron keel, minor gelcoat dings, and the full "detail," which LSS likes to have done.
For the sailmaker: Wash, fix a few things, and replace the foot rope on the Genoa. We'll probably order a new main this fall if nothing major breaks during the season.
From the rigger, we need new upper lifelines (they're coated ) and a rig inspection.
On my list is engine work, including replacing the glow plugs and/or the relay that energizes them. Then I need to try to remove the yucky bearing grease the incompetent commissioning yard smeared all over the steering chain and replace it with a little 30-weight. I also need to make a new second reefing line.
For the sailmaker: Wash, fix a few things, and replace the foot rope on the Genoa. We'll probably order a new main this fall if nothing major breaks during the season.
From the rigger, we need new upper lifelines (they're coated ) and a rig inspection.
On my list is engine work, including replacing the glow plugs and/or the relay that energizes them. Then I need to try to remove the yucky bearing grease the incompetent commissioning yard smeared all over the steering chain and replace it with a little 30-weight. I also need to make a new second reefing line.
I miss my boat.
#8587
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Years ago, in Merida, I was second vehicle back (on my bike), approaching a fairly major intersection. Vehicle one, a full size pickup, was royally creamed, passenger side, by a red light runner. I rode on, through a moving stream of shattered parts, and had to repair a flat on the other side. Had I been in the number one spot, they would’ve had difficulty finding all my parts.
And on my recent trip to the city, a few days ago. As I stepped into the crosswalk, a red light runner flew through on the opposite side. Hesitation can be a positive trait.
And on my recent trip to the city, a few days ago. As I stepped into the crosswalk, a red light runner flew through on the opposite side. Hesitation can be a positive trait.
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#8590
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Hot Take - Saying "thank you" for doing x, y, or z at work can be manipulative and/or a "power play" if you will. It implies some hierarchy. For example I'm not going to my boss or to the site GM to say "thank you for doing a good job" on something.
Like it's so weird when people in different departments that don't have clear org. chart separation have thank-you wars. Example, someone at mid-level in commercial says "thank you for pushing in the lab to get this done." And someone on a similar org. chart level in technical says "thank YOU for bringing us the business!".
It's just weird. Especially when its in meetings. It feels like a battle for who gets the last "thank you". This is why I try to thank people as little as possible if they are not my direct reports
Like it's so weird when people in different departments that don't have clear org. chart separation have thank-you wars. Example, someone at mid-level in commercial says "thank you for pushing in the lab to get this done." And someone on a similar org. chart level in technical says "thank YOU for bringing us the business!".
It's just weird. Especially when its in meetings. It feels like a battle for who gets the last "thank you". This is why I try to thank people as little as possible if they are not my direct reports
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#8591
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also no one is thanking me for posting in Addiction rn . So there is no reason to feel weird about it
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
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The manipulation and game playing in the workplace and in society in general, is completely foreign to me, and I find it quite disgusting. No offense intended.
In Belize, instead of ‘you’re welcome, we say ‘thank you too. Here, in an extremely polite culture, thank you is used in almost every transaction of any stripe. It’s nothing, or with pleasure are the usual replies. I have not once sensed any manipulation taking place. That’s not to say there is none. I might just be blind to it.
We also greet practically everyone we pass in the street (in a small town), and at every counter, or window providing service. It is a nice way to pass through life.
In Belize, instead of ‘you’re welcome, we say ‘thank you too. Here, in an extremely polite culture, thank you is used in almost every transaction of any stripe. It’s nothing, or with pleasure are the usual replies. I have not once sensed any manipulation taking place. That’s not to say there is none. I might just be blind to it.
We also greet practically everyone we pass in the street (in a small town), and at every counter, or window providing service. It is a nice way to pass through life.
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#8594
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#8595
Silver Comet Fred
#8596
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Hot Take - Saying "thank you" for doing x, y, or z at work can be manipulative and/or a "power play" if you will. It implies some hierarchy. For example I'm not going to my boss or to the site GM to say "thank you for doing a good job" on something.
Like it's so weird when people in different departments that don't have clear org. chart separation have thank-you wars. Example, someone at mid-level in commercial says "thank you for pushing in the lab to get this done." And someone on a similar org. chart level in technical says "thank YOU for bringing us the business!".
It's just weird. Especially when its in meetings. It feels like a battle for who gets the last "thank you". This is why I try to thank people as little as possible if they are not my direct reports
Like it's so weird when people in different departments that don't have clear org. chart separation have thank-you wars. Example, someone at mid-level in commercial says "thank you for pushing in the lab to get this done." And someone on a similar org. chart level in technical says "thank YOU for bringing us the business!".
It's just weird. Especially when its in meetings. It feels like a battle for who gets the last "thank you". This is why I try to thank people as little as possible if they are not my direct reports
I am the same way. Unless someone produces something specifically for me and has to go above and beyond, I don’t send participate in the mutual appreciation nonsense. If they do go above and beyond, I’ll shoot their department AVP or VP an email- it’s a lot more meaningful imo.
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#8597
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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Do algae and barnacles grow on it during the summer?
I think he has a bigger issues than my approval of the situation.
I think he has a bigger issues than my approval of the situation.
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Years ago, in Merida, I was second vehicle back (on my bike), approaching a fairly major intersection. Vehicle one, a full size pickup, was royally creamed, passenger side, by a red light runner. I rode on, through a moving stream of shattered parts, and had to repair a flat on the other side. Had I been in the number one spot, they would’ve had difficulty finding all my parts.
And on my recent trip to the city, a few days ago. As I stepped into the crosswalk, a red light runner flew through on the opposite side. Hesitation can be a positive trait.
And on my recent trip to the city, a few days ago. As I stepped into the crosswalk, a red light runner flew through on the opposite side. Hesitation can be a positive trait.
So, one Sunday I got there, pushed the button, waited the usual long, long time to get the green. When I got it, I made sure the cars were going to stop. As I rolled out, I had trouble clipping in so I was rolling really slowly and looking down. I was just about to the middle of the righthand lane when a red Camaro blows through in the left lane without even slowing.
If I had clipped in quickly and gotten fully into the intersection, he'd probably have killed me.
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Hot Take - Saying "thank you" for doing x, y, or z at work can be manipulative and/or a "power play" if you will. It implies some hierarchy. For example I'm not going to my boss or to the site GM to say "thank you for doing a good job" on something.
Like it's so weird when people in different departments that don't have clear org. chart separation have thank-you wars. Example, someone at mid-level in commercial says "thank you for pushing in the lab to get this done." And someone on a similar org. chart level in technical says "thank YOU for bringing us the business!".
It's just weird. Especially when its in meetings. It feels like a battle for who gets the last "thank you". This is why I try to thank people as little as possible if they are not my direct reports
Like it's so weird when people in different departments that don't have clear org. chart separation have thank-you wars. Example, someone at mid-level in commercial says "thank you for pushing in the lab to get this done." And someone on a similar org. chart level in technical says "thank YOU for bringing us the business!".
It's just weird. Especially when its in meetings. It feels like a battle for who gets the last "thank you". This is why I try to thank people as little as possible if they are not my direct reports
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"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
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