08-06-2017, 09:39
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Western WI
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Originally Posted by Golf1echo
Checked out that pathetic site, the disclaimer at the end was concentrated hypocrisy if I ever saw it! Sir you still have some optimism in you because it was brave of you to try and explain pesky little things to the noncomprehending.
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Eh, no bravery involved. I don't really attempt to dissuade these useful idiots but there were a couple other people standing around so it was largely to articulate a point out loud. I don't think she really understood what she was getting into; this part of the state is to WI what folks would refer to as flyover-land on the scale of CONUS. Pretty red 'round these parts.
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08-06-2017, 10:13
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#1382
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Midwest
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Originally Posted by Badger52
Eh, no bravery involved. I don't really attempt to dissuade these useful idiots but there were a couple other people standing around so it was largely to articulate a point out loud. I don't think she really understood what she was getting into; this part of the state is to WI what folks would refer to as flyover-land on the scale of CONUS. Pretty red 'round these parts.
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Some folks just don't know their audience.
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10-22-2017, 10:19
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Midwest
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I am learning a new skill, concrete casting which I hope to use in the replacement of missing finial/urns in the local cemetery I am rehabbing. I took 3 original urns to an Amish woodworker and he replicated them for me. I used them as the model for my master molds. Originally I wanted to use a two piece box mold but found that to be cost prohibitive. I settled on a blanket mold that is encased in a hard shell mother mold. It not a cheap or simple process. I now have my 3 molds and am experimenting with my concrete mixture.
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10-22-2017, 10:26
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#1384
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Area Commander
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Western WI
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Originally Posted by cbtengr
I am learning a new skill, concrete casting which I hope to use in the replacement of missing finial/urns in the local cemetery I am rehabbing. I took 3 original urns to an Amish woodworker and he replicated them for me. I used them as the model for my master molds. Originally I wanted to use a two piece box mold but found that to be cost prohibitive. I settled on a blanket mold that is encased in a hard shell mother mold. It not a cheap or simple process. I now have my 3 molds and am experimenting with my concrete mixture.
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Thanks for sharing those. Fascinating stuff & really good work that you are doing.
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11-04-2017, 11:32
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Area Commander
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Page/Lake Powell, Arizona
Posts: 3,434
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Been delivering UPS packages for over 15 years.
Delivered my final package last night.
Been one of the backup Feeder drivers for the Flagstaff hub.
("Feeders" or "Feeder department" is the UPS term for the tractor-trailers that distribute among the hubs)
A Feeder driver on my seniority list retired yesterday, so I'm full time in the Feeder department now.
It's a big move up in the UPS world.
Now number 3 on a short seniority list (5 drivers, compared to 210 in Phoenix), and within 5-10 years the two ahead of me on the list will retire.
Top man on a Feeder list is as high as it gets in the UPS world, and this list has a run between Flagstaff and Page which might be the best work in Arizona.
In the meanwhile, the work I will have is very enjoyable, and incredibly easy on the body.
You can keep doing this into old age if you want (and if you can keep passing the DOT physical).
Don't really have to work for a living anymore.
Just a time-consuming, well-paid hobby.
I call it "semi" retirement.
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11-04-2017, 13:09
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Location: USA
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Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen
Been delivering UPS packages for over 15 years.
Delivered my final package last night.
Been one of the backup Feeder drivers for the Flagstaff hub.
("Feeders" or "Feeder department" is the UPS term for the tractor-trailers that distribute among the hubs)
A Feeder driver on my seniority list retired yesterday, so I'm full time in the Feeder department now.
It's a big move up in the UPS world.
Now number 3 on a short seniority list (5 drivers, compared to 210 in Phoenix), and within 5-10 years the two ahead of me on the list will retire.
Top man on a Feeder list is as high as it gets in the UPS world, and this list has a run between Flagstaff and Page which might be the best work in Arizona.
In the meanwhile, the work I will have is very enjoyable, and incredibly easy on the body.
You can keep doing this into old age if you want (and if you can keep passing the DOT physical).
Don't really have to work for a living anymore.
Just a time-consuming, well-paid hobby.
I call it "semi" retirement.
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Congrats GC !!
Love the Flaggstaff area !
Worked as an unloader, sorter and loader in grad school a hundred years ago (East Coast city area) !!
UPS can be Tough work ! Good for the soul ! Sounds like you've worked a great situation for yourself !! Stay healthy !!
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11-04-2017, 13:18
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#1387
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Western WI
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Originally Posted by tonyz
Congrats GC !!
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What he said! Way cool & you get paid for it.
Can't speak for other locales but in my area, UPS is "IT" in reliability & cust service. Their route/delivery model in this area shows why, without Billions in debt forgiveness, USPS would've gone with the Wooly Mammoth.
Drive on! - literally
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11-04-2017, 15:04
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Page/Lake Powell, Arizona
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Thank you much.
Just realized something that looked confusing in the post, and my OCD won't let it go...
There are 5 seniority slots in the Flagstaff Feeder list and around 210 in the Phoenix Feeder list.
Not every hub has a Feeder list, and I'm actually a Page Package driver, not a Flagstaff Package driver (Feeder drivers have simultaneous, independent seniority in both their Feeder and Package driver lists).
Package driver seniority lists are far larger and exist separately in every single hub with 3 or more drivers.
Ahhh...
My OCD can rest easy now.
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11-06-2017, 14:57
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Occupied America....
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I tried explaining Daylight Savings to the dog at mealtime...
She stared at me, blinking....
Then I thought about it for a minute....
Yeah, Me too.
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11-06-2017, 15:26
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Originally Posted by Ret10Echo
I tried explaining Daylight Savings to the dog at mealtime...
She stared at me, blinking....
Then I thought about it for a minute....
Yeah, Me too.
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ROFL! 
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11-07-2017, 08:26
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Texas, USA
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Originally Posted by Ret10Echo
I tried explaining Daylight Savings to the dog at mealtime...
She stared at me, blinking....
Then I thought about it for a minute....
Yeah, Me too.
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I agree, my dog been giving me dirty looks the last couple of days when I don't feed her when her stomach says its time versus the clock.
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11-08-2017, 11:04
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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Any time I start feeling my age
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11-10-2017, 14:40
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Cochise Co., AZ
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Finally, home from a surprise 5 1/2 day hospital stay. Our son came to visit Sat afternoon after returning from deployment. 0415 Sun morning I'm throwing up my guts in the toilet and about 20 minutes later I'm checking into the ER at Canyon Vista Hospital.
So, after surgery Sun afternoon, all of my visits with my son have been short ones at the hospital. I chased him away to hike and bike which he loves to do here. We wanted to do some skeet shooting, too. Since we shoot in the backyard, we may still get that in.
He was supposed to leave on Sunday but is staying until Wed to spend time with me.
Pat
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11-10-2017, 15:02
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Damn! Glad you're still walkin' the planet Pat. What the hell?
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11-10-2017, 16:32
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Cochise Co., AZ
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Originally Posted by Badger52
What the hell?
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I had inguinal hernia surgery back in January. Somewhere along the healing road, the small intestine got snagged by the mesh. It eventually twisted and caused a bowel obstruction. Lost 2 1/2 inches of small intestine.
PS: NG tubes suck in more ways than one!  And hospital beds are worse!
Pat
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