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      03-20-2020, 01:34 AM   #287
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Your backyard is a jiffy lube? ‘Cause that’s the only place I’ve seen a Car & Driver lately
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Yesterday evening we watched Spenser Confidential on Netflix starring Marky Mark. Just easy fun.
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I'm a big The Who, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Cream etc. fan, but with their intros and stuff Boston is really something else too.



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How good was that?! Boston's first album is a rare beast, absolute killer start to finish. I have been off work with a crook knee all week, so I am kind of quarantined. My time has been passed by playing Wreckfest on XB1 and driving my 1er. My left knee may be crook but I can still operate that clutch baby! But why oh why is the fuel tanl so small?!

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Watching morons on the local news like this guy.

We just had one person arrested for faking that they had the virus. He wanted the two weeks off from work. Forged a note from a hospital which in turn cause the entire company to close for 5 days and do decontamination.

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The sheriff said he would be staying at the “Hotel California” instead, a nickname for the Spartanburg County Detention facility, which is located on California Avenue.
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      03-20-2020, 07:05 AM   #293
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We just had one person arrested for faking that they had the virus. He wanted the two weeks off from work. Forged a note from a hospital which in turn cause the entire company to close for 5 days and do decontamination.
There is a slacker, lesbian, millennial vegan where my DW works (can you say protected class?), who blew her entire 2020 sick/vacation time allocation for the year in January. Her wife has a non-essential government job, and I'm sure is working from home.

Just as the stuff started to get real, she contacted work and said that she was self-quarantining for 14 days because she interacted with someone who tested positive. After two days out and contacting every level of the company to be told that she blew her time and won't be getting paid for the 2-week absence, she suddenly decided that she wasn't really exposed and wants to come back. This is the first time in her employment that management has said no to her crap. She is such a protected class that the company fears challenging her about anything.

Anyway, it left me faced with a dilemma. Not only am I at serious risk due to a medical condition, but I was in daily contact with my DW and had the moral obligation to report the potential exposure to my employer and co-workers. I did let them know, along with my opinion about her claim being BS. At least they had the info to make their own judgements about staying further way from me until we went WFH.

So, you can add my vote to jailing anyone who is abusing the situation trying to get time off.....
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There is a slacker, lesbian, millennial vegan where my DW works (can you say protected class?), who blew her entire 2020 sick/vacation time allocation for the year in January. Her wife has a non-essential government job, and I'm sure is working from home.

Just as the stuff started to get real, she contacted work and said that she was self-quarantining for 14 days because she interacted with someone who tested positive. After two days out and contacting every level of the company to be told that she blew her time and won't be getting paid for the 2-week absence, she suddenly decided that she wasn't really exposed and wants to come back. This is the first time in her employment that management has said no to her crap. She is such a protected class that the company fears challenging her about anything.

Anyway, it left me faced with a dilemma. Not only am I at serious risk due to a medical condition, but I was in daily contact with my DW and had the moral obligation to report the potential exposure to my employer and co-workers. I did let them know, along with my opinion about her claim being BS. At least they had the info to make their own judgements about staying further way from me until we went WFH.

So, you can add my vote to jailing anyone who is abusing the situation trying to get time off.....
The jail is a good thing, but it might be a good idea to postpone it because some of the jails here have outbreaks going on, and a jail is like a cruise ship such a great place for any disease to spread.
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The jail is a good thing, but it might be a good idea to postpone it because some of the jails here have outbreaks going on, and a jail is like a cruise ship such a great place for any disease to spread.
Why postpone it? She faked an illness, and the punishment of possibly being exposed to it in jail seems like it fits the crime in a sick, sadistic way.

Speaking of NY State prisons, Harvey Weinstein was allegedly moved out of Rikers Island and into a state maximum-security prison yesterday according to the talking TV heads this morning. Don't know if he's in the prison that I used to be able to see out of my office window across the river as originally planned, or if they sent him elsewhere. I wonder if NY State has a prisoner search online like some other states?????
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Why postpone it? She faked an illness, and the punishment of possibly being exposed to it in jail seems like it fits the crime in a sick, sadistic way.

Speaking of NY State prisons, Harvey Weinstein was allegedly moved out of Rikers Island and into a state maximum-security prison yesterday according to the talking TV heads this morning. Don't know if he's in the prison that I used to be able to see out of my office window across the river as originally planned, or if they sent him elsewhere. I wonder if NY State has a prisoner search online like some other states?????
I'm just thinking about the greater good, I haven't gone soft.
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Nah, no interest in the Trackhawk. Not even close to the level of refinement of the X5. I need creature comforts and features in a DD, and the X5 has loads. Trackhawk interior looks like a high school shop project that got a C-.
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I'm working from home. Actually, I'm busy because my clients can't be on job sites, so they're available to meet over the phone. Also, I've seen a decent uptick in our more-expensive loudspeakers. My theory is good music makes staying home easier, and some wealthy people aren't too concerned about cash flow. We started waiving our usual $40 drop ship fee, so our retailers can have their loudspeakers shipped directly to the end user.

During personal time I've been kicking my ass in my gym; and cooking a lot. Golf is officially approved social distancing so there's that too. I attached a pic of what I'm wearing to the course today (kidding).
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There is a slacker, lesbian, millennial vegan where my DW works (can you say protected class?), who blew her entire 2020 sick/vacation time allocation for the year in January. Her wife has a non-essential government job, and I'm sure is working from home.

Just as the stuff started to get real, she contacted work and said that she was self-quarantining for 14 days because she interacted with someone who tested positive. After two days out and contacting every level of the company to be told that she blew her time and won't be getting paid for the 2-week absence, she suddenly decided that she wasn't really exposed and wants to come back. This is the first time in her employment that management has said no to her crap. She is such a protected class that the company fears challenging her about anything.

Anyway, it left me faced with a dilemma. Not only am I at serious risk due to a medical condition, but I was in daily contact with my DW and had the moral obligation to report the potential exposure to my employer and co-workers. I did let them know, along with my opinion about her claim being BS. At least they had the info to make their own judgements about staying further way from me until we went WFH.

So, you can add my vote to jailing anyone who is abusing the situation trying to get time off.....
I honestly thought those were just a meme, never ran into a person who is all three on this campus yet
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Trackhawk MIA...
Nah, no interest in the Trackhawk. Not even close to the level of refinement of the X5. I need creature comforts and features in a DD, and the X5 has loads. Trackhawk interior looks like a high school shop project that got a C-.
Agree. My boss has one and the power is great but the interior for $90k is just meh.
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Her wife has a non-essential government job
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That's redundant.
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Nah, no interest in the Trackhawk. Not even close to the level of refinement of the X5. I need creature comforts and features in a DD, and the X5 has loads. Trackhawk interior looks like a high school shop project that got a C-.
lol has pretty much same features, but ok fanboy
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