NWI INGO General Thread #27 - Fresh Pink Air On US-30 smells like...

[jedi]

Vacation?

Maybe u know it as a holiday

(Read that with a European accent)

 

[d.kaufman]

Heck the last time I took a full week off was 2010, and that was when the youngest was born. Other than that it's been long weekends (3-4 days off) at a time.

Really need to take a couple weeks off and visit my sisters in AZ and MT. Would like to make a road trip out of that. Biggest problem with that Is the shop would have to be closed for that time and I'm never slow enough to justify it, but I'm getting to the point it needs to happen and customers will just have to deal with.

 

[Snapdragon]

This!!!

The last one was in 2018

My last one was in the 80's.

 

[tv1217]

Sounds suspiciously like monkey ****.

I keed. I keed. Sounds expensive though.

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$27 for a 24 qt bag which is probably expensive if you were doing yardwork with it but primary use case is substrate for exotic pet enclosures. A few quarts will go in to fill a new enclosure and then maybe a handful every week is used to replace whatever is removed while cleaning out waste and whatnot.

In this case I was making a background for an enclosure which consists of filling with spray foam and cutting to shape, then you slather it with plain silicone caulk and cover with the coconut dirt while it's still tacky. I'll do a couple times to get full coverage.

 

[cg21]

I enjoy vacations. We do them cheap…. Stay out of tourist trap attractions, rent a house so we can bring / cook food, eat out once a day, go in off seasons, look for discounts etc etc.

But very excited for a summer full shooting competitions for the kids.

 

[repeter1977]

Bar Bingo at Schererville American Legion on Friday

 

[darkkevin]

We tend to pick a direction more than a destination. Last year we headed west on Saturday and knew we had to be back as far as St. Louis on Thursday for a cubs game on t’s bday, then Owensboro the next day, But we made it through MO, KS, OK, AR and more just bouncing around before returning to St. Louis

 

[actaeon277]

What's a vacation

 

[KLB]

You are a retiree, not a vacation

 

[Somemedic]

Seen today they're going to repave rt 30 from 55 to 51 as well

I know a guy who works for a local large concrete firem and fire department. He get kept up on the closures on 65 and 30.

The resurfacing of rt30 will go from Grand Blvd (51) to the state line this summer.

I hear the weather is warmer about then.

 

[cg21]

We tend to pick a direction more than a destination. Last year we headed west on Saturday and knew we had to be back as far as St. Louis on Thursday for a cubs game on t’s bday, then Owensboro the next day, But we made it through MO, KS, OK, AR and more just bouncing around before returning to St. Louis

Yeah that makes it harder for me to be a cheapskate lol because you have to take what you can get as far as lodging.

 

[d.kaufman]

You are a retiree, not a vacation

Being he "worked" in the mill, I'd say that was probably more like a vacation than being retired

I know a guy who works for a local large concrete firem and fire department. He get kept up on the closures on 65 and 30.

Hey, I know that guy too

 

[melensdad]

You are a retiree, not a vacation

Anyone who is a retiree knows that there is more "work" after retirement than there ever was during "working years" of life.

 

[cg21]

But choosing what you do for “work” removes much of the stress that goes with working for the man.

 

[melensdad]

But choosing what you do for “work” removes much of the stress that goes with working for the man.

Which is why so many college graduates with 'humanities' and 'gender studies' majors choose a stress free working career at coffee shop drive-thru windows where the only thing required of them is a full arm sleeve of woke cartoon tattoos and asking the gender-neutral (or is that neutered) customer if they want to leave a 20% or a 25% tip for their $7.98 cup of frap-a-crap-a-ccino



The "Fight for $15" is real!




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[Snapdragon]

Mama Snap took a tumble this morning. We're in the ER getting her checked out. She hurt her right leg, and they are doing a CT to make sure she didn't hit her head.

 

[actaeon277]

Mama Snap took a tumble this morning. We're in the ER getting her checked out. She hurt her right leg, and they are doing a CT to make sure she didn't hit her head.

Hoping everything's okay.

 

[actaeon277]

Anyone who is a retiree knows that there is more "work" after retirement than there ever was during "working years" of life.

But choosing what you do for “work” removes much of the stress that goes with working for the man.

true
I seem to be putting in a bit of hours at the Legion.
Course, knowing I can tell them to F off if I want, does change things.

 

[Max Volume]

Mama Snap took a tumble this morning. We're in the ER getting her checked out. She hurt her right leg, and they are doing a CT to make sure she didn't hit her head.

Hope mama snap is ok.
My mom took a tumble right after Christmas but no major damage. Turned out to be a blessing because
they found a staph infection in her blood.

 

[Snapdragon]

Hope mama snap is ok.
My mom took a tumble right after Christmas but no major damage. Turned out to be a blessing because
they found a staph infection in her blood.

Glad she wasn't seriously injured. I hope the infection has cleared by now. Staph can be tough to get rid of.