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 2015-01-06 12:52 PM in reply to: #5080287 |
Champion  14571     the alamo city, Texas |  Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of MotionYeah same company, even more clueless hr department. They neglected to tell my boss i was starting this week so he is scrambling to try to pull stuff together for me, but without a computer (which hr starts the process to authorize him to buy one) i can't do much. So, playing on phone it is! |
| 2015-01-06 1:13 PM in reply to: mehaner |
Pro 5761 Bartlett, TN | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by mehaner Yeah same company, even more clueless hr department. They neglected to tell my boss i was starting this week so he is scrambling to try to pull stuff together for me, but without a computer (which hr starts the process to authorize him to buy one) i can't do much. So, playing on phone it is! I tried to inspire you, but some people are just uninspirable!
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| 2015-01-06 1:23 PM in reply to: tcarlson78 |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by tcarlson78 Originally posted by Kido Ouch, I took a $10K hit on a new boiler and plumbing a couple years back. I saw a HUGE savings the next winter and a much better balanced temp in the house. I went from an inverted angry octopus of boiler and pipes to a clean wall mounted unit and organized lines and about 100 more sq feet of utility space. I think you will enjoy the greater efficiency of a new system. P.S. How is the homebrew going. Well, my "holiday" got better. During the renovation. Small leak started at the fridge. Tried to take off the valve with a wrench but it seized up and I ended up tearing the copper pipe off in the wall. Plumber to come and fix? 180 bucks. All things considered, I'm happy with the cost. On Monday (or maybe Tuesday), got a fireball again out of the furnace. Called them up to check it and they said the 27 yr old furnace was a goner. 3500 bucks to replace. Had them option in the cost of replacing the second furnace AND also replacing the entire AC system since they are all sort of interconnected and they said piecemealing would be more expensive in the long run so decided to get it all done at once. 10k I didn't expect to spend when I woke up this morning. Can't WAIT to see how efficient it is this summer though. I'm hoping to see major savings on our AC electric bill. Ordered a kit for a pumpkin ale that came last month. Looking forward to brewing a batch but with all the contractors and mess, decided to hold off. May happen this weekend since we are definitely on the tail end of the project. Only a couple misc details left! It was painful as fell during the whirlwind of contractors, but now that they are gone (only to come back for a few minor things) and the house is 95% done? I love it! "treated" myself (even though all the improvements are a treat) to a modern TV. Replace an old 45" tube TV with a 48" LED in the bedroom - man, why didn't I do THAT earlier? (probably because we watch on the big TV downstairs 99% of the time)... Now I want to replace that behemoth of a 65" HD rear project (I paid 3k for) for a 1080p LED of the same size for 1k. |
| 2015-01-06 2:08 PM in reply to: #5080355 |
Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Now I want to replace that behemoth of a 65" HD rear project (I paid 3k for) for a 1080p LED of the same size for 1k. It blows my mind how fast technology improves in both quality and cost. I am always a late adapter for this reason! |
| 2015-01-06 2:53 PM in reply to: mehaner |
| Chatham Ontario | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by mehaner Yeah same company, even more clueless hr department. They neglected to tell my boss i was starting this week so he is scrambling to try to pull stuff together for me, but without a computer (which hr starts the process to authorize him to buy one) i can't do much. So, playing on phone it is! I went through that at my last company. No computer for 5 days. They scrambled and brought me in a used laptop and the controls Engineer shared his spare one with me. I ended up with a clunker they wanted me to do autocad on and it crashed all the time. The company sales pitched me really well and it turned out to be NOTHING like I expected. I slugged it out for two years. Now I have been at my new job for over a year and I am swamped but love it. New laptop was ready the day I started. A drawer full of tassimo coffee inserts and small fridge behind us with pop water juice. As a whole it is a large corporation in automotive but they keep their plants and facilities small and run a tight ship. I hope for your sake this is just a bad HR up front and the rest rolls together perfect. |
| 2015-01-06 3:01 PM in reply to: #5080400 |
Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion I'm pretty sure it is just a fully incompetent HR department. This is not the first thing that they have messed up in this whole transfer process. We shall see... |
| 2015-01-06 3:08 PM in reply to: 0 |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by mehaner Now I want to replace that behemoth of a 65" HD rear project (I paid 3k for) for a 1080p LED of the same size for 1k. It blows my mind how fast technology improves in both quality and cost. I am always a late adapter for this reason! Yeah, I was just glancing at loptops at Best Buy and for the same price I got mine back in 2011, I can get something SO much better - touch screen, faster, bigger hd... crazy. The only reason I don't upgrade the bigger tv (other than it IS still a grand), is that direcTV only broadcasts in 1080i, so a 1080p is useless for most of my viewing. It may be nice for blueray or gaming, but I barely do that. The current TV is actually just fine for my use. The new ones to look a little brighter and fancier I guess.
Edited by Kido 2015-01-06 3:11 PM |
| 2015-01-06 7:51 PM in reply to: 0 |
Alpharetta, Georgia Bronze member | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by Techdiver Originally posted by mehaner Yeah same company, even more clueless hr department. They neglected to tell my boss i was starting this week so he is scrambling to try to pull stuff together for me, but without a computer (which hr starts the process to authorize him to buy one) i can't do much. So, playing on phone it is! I went through that at my last company. No computer for 5 days. They scrambled and brought me in a used laptop and the controls Engineer shared his spare one with me. I ended up with a clunker they wanted me to do autocad on and it crashed all the time. The company sales pitched me really well and it turned out to be NOTHING like I expected. I slugged it out for two years. Now I have been at my new job for over a year and I am swamped but love it. New laptop was ready the day I started. A drawer full of tassimo coffee inserts and small fridge behind us with pop water juice. As a whole it is a large corporation in automotive but they keep their plants and facilities small and run a tight ship. I hope for your sake this is just a bad HR up front and the rest rolls together perfect. That reminds me of my first week at my current job. LOVE working for a tech savvy company... I was taken to my desk that had a new laptop, web cam, wireless headset, iPhone, access codes to work from home, codes to reserve company cars, gas card, credit card, procurement card - it was all just there for me or waiting in my email. The only thing I was really waiting on was for my cube to be reconfigured. I also LOVED onboarding because at the end we got to sign up for free services - something no one bothered to tell me so it was a nice surprise! Sorry MEH Edited by lisac957 2015-01-06 7:54 PM |
| 2015-01-06 8:25 PM in reply to: lisac957 |
Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by lisac957 Originally posted by Techdiver Originally posted by mehaner Yeah same company, even more clueless hr department. They neglected to tell my boss i was starting this week so he is scrambling to try to pull stuff together for me, but without a computer (which hr starts the process to authorize him to buy one) i can't do much. So, playing on phone it is! I went through that at my last company. No computer for 5 days. They scrambled and brought me in a used laptop and the controls Engineer shared his spare one with me. I ended up with a clunker they wanted me to do autocad on and it crashed all the time. The company sales pitched me really well and it turned out to be NOTHING like I expected. I slugged it out for two years. Now I have been at my new job for over a year and I am swamped but love it. New laptop was ready the day I started. A drawer full of tassimo coffee inserts and small fridge behind us with pop water juice. As a whole it is a large corporation in automotive but they keep their plants and facilities small and run a tight ship. I hope for your sake this is just a bad HR up front and the rest rolls together perfect. That reminds me of my first week at my current job. LOVE working for a tech savvy company... I was taken to my desk that had a new laptop, web cam, wireless headset, iPhone, access codes to work from home, codes to reserve company cars, gas card, credit card, procurement card - it was all just there for me or waiting in my email. The only thing I was really waiting on was for my cube to be reconfigured. I also LOVED onboarding because at the end we got to sign up for free services - something no one bothered to tell me so it was a nice surprise! Sorry MEH my office isn't even built yet... |
| 2015-01-07 9:11 AM in reply to: mehaner |
Pro 6191 | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Long time no TAN I think this may be the beginning of the end. My fancy, fast aero helmet was recalled and I requested the refund instead of the replacement. |
I'm back in Tucson at the old job. I've got my dog back (+ like 10 extra lbs of him to love). Life is pretty good.| 2015-01-07 12:57 PM in reply to: #5004399 |
Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Hi stranger! What are you going to do with all of your free time from training? |
| 2015-01-07 1:06 PM in reply to: mehaner |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Bonjour tout le monde! I'm saddened by what happened in Paris. One of my favorite cities... |
| 2015-01-07 2:12 PM in reply to: Kido |
Champion 7704 Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Hello TAN Got married, went on honeymoon, Christmas, friends daughter died, wake, funeral, go to MI to see my HUSBAND over new years...now stuck in the airport. Traveling is such a drag. |
| 2015-01-07 3:00 PM in reply to: Socks |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion I would say congratulations but seems most of that post was such bad news. My condolences. |
| 2015-01-07 3:06 PM in reply to: Kido |
Champion 7704 Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by Kido I would say congratulations but seems most of that post was such bad news. My condolences. thanks. It was a bad thing. She was only 16 but had been sick a long time. Very very sad. My friend and her husband latched onto me a bit. I am good in a crisis but happy to help them in anyway I could. To loose a child on Christmas day. I can't even imagine their pain. My flights are always delayed. I have bad travel karma. |
| 2015-01-08 9:53 AM in reply to: mehaner |
Elite 4344 | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion The death of a child is tough, Sue. I can't imagine. Best wishes on your marriage. With all your traveling back and forth, you will figure out the optimum strategy for avoiding travel problems and you will probably get TSA Pre-Check which is great.
TW |
| 2015-01-08 1:06 PM in reply to: tech_geezer |
Champion 7704 Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by tech_geezer The death of a child is tough, Sue. I can't imagine. Best wishes on your marriage. With all your traveling back and forth, you will figure out the optimum strategy for avoiding travel problems and you will probably get TSA Pre-Check which is great.
TW I am pre-screened but apparently when you fly on Spirit your identity changes and you cannot use it. I flew spirit because when I tried to change my ticket on Delta to go to the wake and funeral they were going to charge me for a whole new flight so I went on spirit because it was like $250 less. The seats suck and they charge for EVERYTHING but fir $250 I sucked it up.
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| 2015-01-08 1:40 PM in reply to: Socks |
| Chatham Ontario | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Why does it seem like there are so many less people on BT now? Hi Elaine how the heck are you? It is nice to see some old familiar faces. But this place was booming when I joined 5 years ago. I took last year off and everyone disappeared. Smaller mentor groups, less of them. Less TAN posts etc. Is triathlon not cool any more in our short attention span world? |
| 2015-01-08 1:50 PM in reply to: Socks |
Member 159 Fairfax, VA Bronze member | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by Socks Originally posted by tech_geezer The death of a child is tough, Sue. I can't imagine. Best wishes on your marriage. With all your traveling back and forth, you will figure out the optimum strategy for avoiding travel problems and you will probably get TSA Pre-Check which is great.
TW I am pre-screened but apparently when you fly on Spirit your identity changes and you cannot use it. I flew spirit because when I tried to change my ticket on Delta to go to the wake and funeral they were going to charge me for a whole new flight so I went on spirit because it was like $250 less. The seats suck and they charge for EVERYTHING but fir $250 I sucked it up.
I have TSA Pre-Check also, and experienced the same thing on Frontier airlines when they said they didn't acknowledge it. I didn't realize that TSA was airline specific?? It definitely put Frontier airlines on my "never fly with them again" list. |
| 2015-01-08 1:53 PM in reply to: Techdiver |
| Alpharetta, Georgia Bronze member | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by Techdiver Why does it seem like there are so many less people on BT now? Hi Elaine how the heck are you? It is nice to see some old familiar faces. But this place was booming when I joined 5 years ago. I took last year off and everyone disappeared. Smaller mentor groups, less of them. Less TAN posts etc. Is triathlon not cool any more in our short attention span world? Definitely less traffic around here as a whole. I think some people didn't like the new re-design/format and how much harder it made it to interact with friends - and some folks just got tired of arguments or ran out of things to say, or decided to say them somewhere else. I'm sure some just dropped off triathlon all together, too. Lots of reasons, but it does seem like they all piled up at once and as a result this place isn't nearly what it was. Ebb and flow. I'm still around and logging, just working like crazy these days. |
| 2015-01-08 2:28 PM in reply to: Techdiver |
Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by Techdiver Why does it seem like there are so many less people on BT now? Hi Elaine how the heck are you? It is nice to see some old familiar faces. But this place was booming when I joined 5 years ago. I took last year off and everyone disappeared. Smaller mentor groups, less of them. Less TAN posts etc. Is triathlon not cool any more in our short attention span world? let's be honest, triathlon was never cool. |
| 2015-01-08 2:38 PM in reply to: mehaner |
Pro 5761 Bartlett, TN | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by mehaner Originally posted by Techdiver Why does it seem like there are so many less people on BT now? Hi Elaine how the heck are you? It is nice to see some old familiar faces. But this place was booming when I joined 5 years ago. I took last year off and everyone disappeared. Smaller mentor groups, less of them. Less TAN posts etc. Is triathlon not cool any more in our short attention span world? let's be honest, triathlon was never cool.
I just come here to inspire people and see cool quotes! |
| 2015-01-08 7:45 PM in reply to: jford2309 |
Elite 4344 | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by jford2309 Originally posted by mehaner Originally posted by Techdiver Why does it seem like there are so many less people on BT now? Hi Elaine how the heck are you? It is nice to see some old familiar faces. But this place was booming when I joined 5 years ago. I took last year off and everyone disappeared. Smaller mentor groups, less of them. Less TAN posts etc. Is triathlon not cool any more in our short attention span world? let's be honest, triathlon was never cool.
I just come here to inspire people and see cool quotes! I just got old and started breaking down. Do you want me to tell you about my trick knee or my vertigo? I didn't think so. TW
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| 2015-01-09 7:23 AM in reply to: lisac957 |
| Chatham Ontario | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by lisac957 Originally posted by Techdiver Why does it seem like there are so many less people on BT now? Hi Elaine how the heck are you? It is nice to see some old familiar faces. But this place was booming when I joined 5 years ago. I took last year off and everyone disappeared. Smaller mentor groups, less of them. Less TAN posts etc. Is triathlon not cool any more in our short attention span world? Definitely less traffic around here as a whole. I think some people didn't like the new re-design/format and how much harder it made it to interact with friends - and some folks just got tired of arguments or ran out of things to say, or decided to say them somewhere else. I'm sure some just dropped off triathlon all together, too. Lots of reasons, but it does seem like they all piled up at once and as a result this place isn't nearly what it was. Ebb and flow. I'm still around and logging, just working like crazy these days. I understand the working like crazy. I think I was last on here announced I was having a kid and bam she is well over a year old. WTH. IT seemed like Triathlon took off in my town. The local triathlon had double the people in it 2012 and 2013 and then a reduction last year for sure. I didn't participate for the first time in 6 years. So for a while it was COOL. or the new fad. Seems like |
| 2015-01-09 9:16 AM in reply to: mehaner |
Pro 6191 | Subject: RE: NewTAN's Third Law of Motion Originally posted by mehaner Hi stranger! What are you going to do with all of your free time from training? Still probably swim, bike and run... but rock climb, hike, and lift, too. I'm co-coaching a kids tri class 2x per week and I feel like it's going to be way more time than just the 2 hours per week |
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