Í usually go to South Coffeyville after work Sunday mornings to get breakfast and to read the out of town Sunday papers, since there is no longer a local Sunday paper. When I went to the rack at 8am, there was no Kansas City Star. I thought they pulled out of the area after readingContinue reading “Sunday Papers”
Author Archives: footyfried
Idiots
Who was the moron who decided the game between Independence CC and Fort Scott CC at 11am? And why? It can’t be ESPN.
Power outage
Got into work last night and found out power to our refrigeration units went down. Instead of stocking shelves, we spent most of the night emptying the refrigerator and putting away what we could in the lockers in the backroom. After lunch we put the stuff back in the fridges. Between the little stocking weContinue reading “Power outage”
Disappearing Fans
Over the last five years attendance is way down at local high school and college sporting events in the area. Attendance appears to have dropped 30-40%. The 11% drop in population over the last decade does not account for that large a drop. School attendance figures will be released in a week, but enrollment shoukdContinue reading “Disappearing Fans”
Wasted day
Forgot about the yard work, but got rid of some junk in the house. Call it a draw.
Working on the weekend
Friday is here just in time for some long overdue house and yard work. Temperatures are close to ideal and the days only grow shorter from here.
9/11 plus 20
A lot of people are thinking about what happened and what they were doing 20 years ago today, so I thought I would add my two cents. I was at work at a bottled water company in Phoenix. As a QC tech my job was to test the water every hour. Any spare time IContinue reading “9/11 plus 20”
Going Postal?
Our fearless leader has decided to make employees of large businesses get vaccinated but specifically exempts the US Postal Service. People over 40 remember the rash of shootings by Postal Service employees. It got to the point that the term “going postal” was used when workplace violence happened. I wonder if fearless leader feared anotherContinue reading “Going Postal?”
Two Steps Forward…
…one step back. Unofficial word is Wallyworld gave a bunch of employees, including me a dollar an hour raise. Also unofficially, they took away our profit sharing bonus. For 40 hour a week employees like me, the profit sharing was about half of the $520 in raise each quarter. Our manager hasn’t said anything aboutContinue reading “Two Steps Forward…”
Fall Gardening
With the nighttime temperatures finally cooling down, I can start planting greens for the fall garden. The beans and peas I planted last week are starting to germinate. If we don’t get an early frost, I will have a short window to harvest them.
Footyfried 