After 23 years if not having to deal with daylight savings time, I have dealt with it for the past 16 years. This does not mean I have gotten used to it. It is bad enough having to remember to reset alarm clocks when you go to bed the night before. Not only am IContinue reading “Daylight Savings Crime”
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More inflation
I went to the laundromat this morning and found that prices went up a lot. Standard washers went from $2.75 to $3.75 per load, dryers went from $1.25 to $1.50 per load. Worst of all the oversize washer I need to wash my comforters went from $4.50 to $7.00. The city of Indy raised waterContinue reading “More inflation”
Silicon Valley Bank goes under
Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by the FDIC this week. This is no small town bank. A Silicon Valley was a top 20 bank by any measurement. Worse, a lot of startup companies were required to use this bank for all of their business as a condition of getting venture capital funding. With aContinue reading “Silicon Valley Bank goes under”
Pot not that OK in OK.
There was an election in Oklahoma Tuesday to allow recreational use of marijuana. It went down in flames 62 percent to 38. Oklahoma allows medicinal marijuana for almost any medical condition. Oklahoma residents don’t even have to see a doctor,they can get a prescription online. As a result medical marijuana shops are as common inContinue reading “Pot not that OK in OK.”
Weeding out the help
Some people get fired because the company’s needs change. Most people tend to fire themselves by doing things so stupid or inappropriate you wonder if they really want to be there anyway. Late in my career, we got a new plant manager. He managed to set a record for quickest firing for any employee atContinue reading “Weeding out the help”
Ten days to bounce down
Just over a week until the AFL starts its home and away season. With a sixteen team league, the preseason would have been a knockdown tournament. Winners got to play in better stadiums, while losers had to play in the bush. With the expansion to eighteen teams, the league tried various formats, finally devolving toContinue reading “Ten days to bounce down”
Can’t even give the stuff away.
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No more Gatorade
Wally World will still have Gatorade, but I won’t be stocking it much longer. Pepsi, which owns Gatorade, will stock Gatorade the same way they handle Pepsi. I just wonder what Walmart will add to my duties. Anything else would be lighter than cases of Gatorade.
Lions Maul Cats
With the AFL reducing the preseason in recent years, I haven’t been paying attention in recent years. With two weeks to go until the regular season the Cats had their only preseason match against the Brisbane Lions and got mauled 91-45. Hopefully the Cats get their act together before the season starts in 12 days.
Got the raise
The well publicized raise showed up in my bank account today. Maybe I can get by for another year. Or maybe I can get one of the jobs at the soybean plant due to open next year.. County leaders are having closed door meeting concerning another industrial facility moving to the area. It is niceContinue reading “Got the raise”
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