Random Thoughts

[kphoger]

How is that irony if they were wearing masks all along?

From this American's perspective, Mexico was kind of schizo about the virus.  They immediately suspended classes for the whole rest of the year, and everyone had to wear masks in public.  Yet they never restricted travel into the country at all, and Mexico was one of the easiest places to travel to all along.  No testing required to fly in, ever, as far as I'm aware.  A lot of people thought the masking requirements were stupid, but I never heard about anybody actually pushing back about it.

[kkt]

I haven't used a punch clock to log my work hours since October 2005.

I have never used a punch clock.  We wrote down our hours on timesheets and could be trusted not to fudge the times.

[Max Rockatansky]

I haven't used a punch clock to log my work hours since October 2005.

I have never used a punch clock.  We wrote down our hours on timesheets and could be trusted not to fudge the times.

That reminds me of a story from back at Sears.  My store had an off site warehouse cage on Lower Buckeye Road at the Phoenix Distribution Center.  I received a tip from the DC GM that our off site warehouse guy was shorting the time he was reporting back to the store.  I put a covert camera in and he shorted the first I reviewed week by about 15 hours.  On top of that he mostly slept in our warehouse cage and smoked a crack pipe almost daily. 

I went down to interview our warehouse employee and got a pretty easy admission (he was super fucking high).  After the interview dude walked out of a fire exit for some reason and fell off the receiving dock.  He fell a good five or six feet and broke his right shoulder.

[Beltway]

I haven't used a punch clock to log my work hours since October 2005.

I have never used a punch clock.  We wrote down our hours on timesheets and could be trusted not to fudge the times.

I used a punch clock on a high school part time job, and early college age summer jobs.

[Max Rockatansky]

An order of five bacon cheeseburgers, a pack of hot links and bag of chile for dinner tonight in Jalisco cost $270 Pesos.  Right now that is about $15.70 USD with current exchange rate of $17.19. 

[gonealookin]

An order of five bacon cheeseburgers, a pack of hot links and bag of chile for dinner tonight

You'd better add in the cost of the Pepto Bismol.

[Max Rockatansky]

An order of five bacon cheeseburgers, a pack of hot links and bag of chile for dinner tonight

You'd better add in the cost of the Pepto Bismol.

I've never actually had a stomach issue down here.  The burgers are right-sized enough that I probably could eat all five after a run of decent length.

[kphoger]

I've never actually had a stomach issue down here.  The burgers are right-sized enough that I probably could eat all five after a run of decent length.

Tummy issues are more likely to arise from tainted water, or fruit/veg that's been rinsed in tainted water.  I think the first time I ever had diarrhea in Mexico was from fresh-made salsa at a roadside hole-in-the-wall counter-serve place that the bus stopped at in Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua.  Was probably made from veggies rinsed in rooftop tank water, with knives and cutting boards rinsed in the same.

[Max Rockatansky]

I've never actually had a stomach issue down here.  The burgers are right-sized enough that I probably could eat all five after a run of decent length.

Tummy issues are more likely to arise from tainted water, or fruit/veg that's been rinsed in tainted water.  I think the first time I ever had diarrhea in Mexico was from fresh-made salsa at a roadside hole-in-the-wall counter-serve place that the bus stopped at in Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua.  Was probably made from veggies rinsed in rooftop tank water, with knives and cutting boards rinsed in the same.

If I was distance running regularly down here like I do at home I would need to cut back on the chile.  Pretty much everything here has some chile in it.  Running alone tends to induce bowel movements.  Throw large amounts of chile on top of they and running is almost guaranteed to trigger having a bowel movement. 

My wife thought for the longest time that I didn't like spicy food.  I love spicy food but she kept trying to feed it to me when I was going for a long run the next morning. 

The good news is when we vacation in Jalisco we do so much walking that it is sufficient cardio.  It is very easy to get a nature 15,000 plus steps by just doing normal things in town.

[ZLoth]

[PColumbus73]

FSK threads are piling up like plague corpses

[TheCatalyst31]

Why does the deer have hands that seem to be holding its hooves (which are in turn holding the phone)?

[LilianaUwU]

I only have "ok boomer" in my mind for some reason.

[Molandfreak]

I only have "ok boomer" in my mind for some reason.

[LilianaUwU]

On another topic... priorities:



Pointe-aux-Loups is a small village on les Îles de la Madeleine that is best known as the archipelago's speed trap. Of course, I had to build a station there in NIMBY Rails.

[vdeane]

I only have "ok boomer" in my mind for some reason.

Where's "Cylon sleeper agent"?

[ZLoth]

Why does the deer have hands that seem to be holding its hooves (which are in turn holding the phone)?

I only have "ok boomer" in my mind for some reason.

Maybe it's too "Canadian" for you. After all, we had all those "deer in headlights", what about "deer glued to mobile device"?

[freebrickproductions]

I will say, if there's anything nice about following a lot of furry and MLP artists on BlueSky, it's that you get a lot of great art to look at in between posts about The Horrors™.

[kphoger]

Dear neighbor two blocks up the street,

I understand it's almost 9:00 pm, but I know you're home.  There are two cars in the driveway, your lights are on, and I can see and hear the TV going in your front room.  And I know you're not expecting anyone, because otherwise you'd answer the knock at your door.  No one likes to talk to strangers at their front door.  I get it.  I really do.  But, because you've chosen to ignore me, now you won't find out till tomorrow morning that you left the hatch open on your car.  I was going to tell you, lest someone steal your stuff or the dome light drain your car battery, but oh well.

Your neighborly neighbor,
kphoger

[gonealookin]

Why I deal only with the major brand names when renting a car:

Tuesday morning I returned a car to Budget at PBI.  My receipt still wasn't showing up today and the rental was still showing as open, so apparently they never checked the car in.  When I pulled in they had one guy working returns and motioned me into a certain lane from several lanes over.  If they are standing right there they usually scan the bar code and hand you a paper receipt, but I'm not going to wait for him to come from across the lot to do that.

I had no direct evidence that I returned the car, just a time-stamped gas station paper receipt from a couple blocks away plus whatever evidence I could get from United that I boarded a flight a short time later.  So I was thinking uh oh, I'd better deal with this before I get charged for extra days, or asked to buy them a new car.

It was pretty easy though; I had to get to Budget's second CSR on the phone, but after a few questions they closed it out with the back-date and I had my receipt.  I assume they look up the car and see they rented it back out 6 hours later or whatever.  If something like that happens with Jim Bob's Car Rental, who knows how it's resolved.

[Rothman]

I gave up on Avis/Budget a couple of years ago.  Got sick of being nickeled and dimed (e.g., didn't matter if I filled up right outside the airport, they'd find I was a tenth down and charge me for gas...).

[JayhawkCO]

I gave up on Avis/Budget a couple of years ago.  Got sick of being nickeled and dimed (e.g., didn't matter if I filled up right outside the airport, they'd find I was a tenth down and charge me for gas...).

Never had an issue with them thankfully. Hertz it seems never has the class of car I booked and always wants to push electric cars on me. Charging them as a rental is way too much of a PITA.

[formulanone]

I gave up on Avis/Budget a couple of years ago.  Got sick of being nickeled and dimed (e.g., didn't matter if I filled up right outside the airport, they'd find I was a tenth down and charge me for gas...).

If I'm close enough to the rental car facility (10 miles or less), I just "top off" twice after the gas pump stops. Avis uses a near-field scanner connected to the OBD-II port to determine the fuel level on many vehicles which report that data (as of now, I think just GM, Ford, and Toyota vehicles seem to immediately report the data).

At least once a year, I think it's full but it turns out that 1-2 gallons less than full appears as full on the dashboard reading and they send me a bill. If I keep the receipt, they send a credit. So I've been used to taking photos of the dash showing a full reading with mileage to save one hassle and incur two more...

Never had an issue with them thankfully. Hertz it seems never has the class of car I booked and always wants to push electric cars on me. Charging them as a rental is way too much of a PITA.

The two times I've rented electric vehicles from Avis, they permit you to return it at 75% charged (or greater), which works fine if you're going from your charge point right to the airport. Not a great choice for those of us who like to take the long way back to the airport, but fine for tighter schedules if you've remembered to zap it up beforehand.

[gonealookin]

I gave up on Avis/Budget a couple of years ago.  Got sick of being nickeled and dimed (e.g., didn't matter if I filled up right outside the airport, they'd find I was a tenth down and charge me for gas...).

Never had an issue with them thankfully. Hertz it seems never has the class of car I booked and always wants to push electric cars on me. Charging them as a rental is way too much of a PITA.

I've had that same experience with Hertz/Dollar/Thrifty, and Dollar's web site is godawful (and I don't think Dollar has an app).

Avis/Budget through Costco usually has the best rates, and with their frequent-renter program ("Fastbreak" with Budget) I can at least avoid the longest line at pickup, if not avoiding a line entirely.

[JayhawkCO]

Avis/Budget through Costco usually has the best rates, and with their frequent-renter program ("Fastbreak" with Budget) I can at least avoid the longest line at pickup, if not avoiding a line entirely.

Fastbreak is handy and I get good corporate rates through my job.