Stayed home today, just got the message to do the same tomorrow, yay.
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Stayed home today, just got the message to do the same tomorrow, yay.
Come on I thought you guys could drive in all conditions !
I made it to and from work in the NA with no problems at all even with 1/4 tank of gas on the way home I was able to drive up a hill a guy in a 4wd ram on 35's could not make it more than 1/2 way up I'm pretty sure I hurt his ego when I went up the hill with no problem or wheel spin at all But I'm a damn Yankee and know how to drive in this stuff tomorrow will be a different story with all the ice from this crap freezing over
Going golfing tomorrow?
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i made it in to work today, albeit in the lancer. i just put falken ziex tires on her to replace the bald originals, and boy am i glad. got a lot of things done, but we didn't have many customers.....
Well TCU is cancelled for the second day in a row. Guess I will just lap the ring in forza for a while then.
Found out today my stupid company 'officially' doesn't allow us to work from home for anything other than production down issues by corporate policy. My job HAS to be done Tuesday and Wednesdays, so I had to take a vacation day just to work from home today. Don't want to burn another day working so however bad it is tomorrow looks like i'll be braving it again.
I'd complain but anyone with any power is based in Canada and fire people.
Fuck that. Who do you work for?
Drive home (Azle to Grapevine) was a breeze compared to this morning. This morning I left at 9 and got in after 11. This evening left work at 4:30 and was home at 5:30 which is about 10 minutes later than normal. Not bad at all especially considering I had to drop a coworker off which is not the norm and could account for the majority of the 10 minutes. The highways were pretty good. Most of the way there was at least one lane that was pretty clear. And there was hardly anyone out. We'll try again tomorrow...
Drove to work and back w/o wrecking today. One spin out, one stall, one drift, and a whole lotta fish tails to the right. Damn open diff. ::Rant::
Was like a track day! :burnrubr:
Gotta ::Censor:: go back tomorrow.
+1... that's just plain stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Wow, there is an official State Power Emergency which calls for rolling blackouts in the area to relieve stress on the generators. 15 to 30 minute intentional outages. So much for working from home.
Is that why all my clocks were off this morning. Hmmmm.
Ed: Just experienced another one of those. . . :(
Came about 5 inches from smacking a fire hydrant at 6mph in the element just now. Saved by the ice drift near the curb. Luckly I had the tires cut all the way, ice made the curb act like a bumper and deflected the car in the right direction, no damage to suspension or anything.
Yep its retarded. From what I understand this strict policy is their way of preventing everyone from working from home whenever they feel like it. Unfortunately they're in canada and have no concern what really goes on here. Also because of that I think here were going to work something out under the table where we don't really take vacation.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Its a run of the mill 'business solutions' company. We take customer data and convert it to print, then print & mail it, like bills and healthcare statements & such. Was a great company till we got bought out by corporate bastards in canada.
I could have just taken vacation, but I load our data to staging, our data push today would have been a nightmare, so I chose to work instead.
I drove the wife to work this morning and then headed over to the world headquarters.
Roads were "meh" biggest issue I had was stupid people!
^Same here. 121 was patchy, but as long as you followed the driven tracks you had pavement to drive on. The small back road to my company was a solid inch thick sheet of ice. That's where that lucky firehydrant on the curve sits.
Sooo glad Im not working today. I work for Carey International. We are the contracted company for the NFL AND anyone with the Super Bowl. I dont care how they get around, as long as Im not putting up with them in conditions like this.
Come back 70*, please.
But who's gonna take Ben Rapistberger to the strip club??? ::BaHump::Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Miatie
Stupid rolling blackouts... every time we get one (we've had two so far, each about 20 minutes) I have to reset the wireless router after the power comes back on before I can get back to the internet. :rant:
stuck at the apt day 2. entrance/exit is on an incline. i got half-way up & started to slowly slide backward. i had a few tenants help me push the car out of the way of traffic, and turned around. it's frustrating since i don't have my work laptop with me - and i have a customer meeting today. argh
Is it spring yet? ::Cold::
Tight bastards I work for wont give me VPN. Our policy is that we are to "Make an attempt to get to work". Screw it, I took vacation yesterday, today and probably will tomorrow. Hate doing it but I hate driving on that crapo even more so.
If you have s2 and s3 in your car, POS says it's all good.
We only had one rolling black out early this morning around 6:00. Someone in Oncor's upper management must live near me!!
Sweet, work from home day 3 in a row. Anyone else?
I will proably go in. Told my boss it would be best effort and no guarantees.
Pretty bored, so I am ready to go to work. We plan to go in tomorrow.
I think I'm on 1,396 days in a row. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmosMpower
^^^ This... for the most part.Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
But I think our Frisco office will probably be closed tomorrow AND Friday if that next round of snow hits tomorrow night.
GISD and daycare are closed again tomorrow. If I have to spend another day cooped up in this house someone might get hurt, so I am planning on making the trek into the office tomorrow.
Of course, my company is one of the industrial customers that Atmos Energy is cutting gas supplies to, so the thermostat in the office tomorrow will be set at 50 degrees. FML.
Getting cabin fever myself. I ventured out to Tom Thimb today, partially to see how bad things are. Neighborhood streets here in Plano range from ok to horrible. Once you get to major streets like Parker road, there is enough clear pavement to get around if you drive sanely.
Worst part was almost landing on my ass in the parking lot.
Can't see not going to work tomorrow after morning rush hour.
Some "major streets" in Plano are in better shape than others... Park just east of Preston was in horrible condition this afternoon. Fortunately, I don't *have* to be anywhere (nor does Amanda) tomorrow, so we can run whatever errands we need at times when others are likely not out moving about. Worked well today.
My buddy w/ a truck gave me lift to pick up my laptop from work. Finally, I can get some work done ... tomorrow.
I actually ventured out today just before dark to see how the roads were. Some roads are in good shape while others are very sketchy. While McArthur had clear tracks changing lanes was interesting. I'll probably head in tomorrow after the crazies.
Been working from home for 6+ years, but took a snow day yesterday and attributed it to the rolling blackouts.
I live at the bottom of a hill that is a sheet of ice and spent a fair portion of the day standing at the front window sipping coffee and watching knuckleheads try to climb it. No successes at all. One guy did manage to make it about 100', but then he lost the front end and stopped 90* to the direction of travel. He finished getting reoriented and rolled down the hill, turned the corner and parked on the flats... Another gentleman decided to abandon his car right in the middle of the road on the next street over and a wrecker came for it a few hours later.
The Miata is in the garage on UHP rubber, and I just finished installing new front hubs and rear wheel bearings so it won't be going anywhere till this crap clears. Wife bunkered up on necessities before the weather came and we've got gallons of booze and cases of mixers, so we're good for a couple of weeks.
I learned how to drive in the snow, and the first thing they teach is to not mess with ice.
Good times.
I seldom read anything in the paper that makes me say good job, but this one hit the nail on the head :clap:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/02...-moments.html#
Like one of my alltime favorite signs says:
Plan ahead
Drove the bitter 1/2 to work downtown Ft. Worth then headed back over to the world headquarters in Euless.
Roads were much improved from yesterday but be careful the idiots are still out there among us in their F250 4 Door 4x4's.
Hey, now... I don't have a 4x4!Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Made it to work in about 25 minutes this morning. Did not have any problems other than moron drivers and I was able to avoid them.
I bought my gas mask today! Also dried food for a year!Quote:
Originally Posted by onething
Yeah they are doing 15mph going from 35 to 121.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing