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Apple Zone / unions
« on: March 27, 2012, 09:44:54 pm »
I am the son of a union electrician.
I work in a non-union electric shop in a mill under less than favorable conditions.
A recent turn of events has me considering the pros and cons of attempting to unionized.
I was raised to believe unions are responsible for protecting deadbeat workers and the downfall of the 'merican auto industry.
However, it occurs to me that American CEOs are the true causes of industrial downfall.
Hopefully, this is the thread where hopefully folks voice their opinions on labor unions and hopefully I will achieve deeper insight as to how to proceed with options that are available to me.
I work in a non-union electric shop in a mill under less than favorable conditions.
A recent turn of events has me considering the pros and cons of attempting to unionized.
I was raised to believe unions are responsible for protecting deadbeat workers and the downfall of the 'merican auto industry.
However, it occurs to me that American CEOs are the true causes of industrial downfall.
Hopefully, this is the thread where hopefully folks voice their opinions on labor unions and hopefully I will achieve deeper insight as to how to proceed with options that are available to me.
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Apple Zone / just wondering
« on: March 22, 2012, 08:46:29 pm »
It appears my last couple posts have disappeared.
Have I gone mad?
Does my internets skillz need learnin?
Are mods looking out for my (or others) better interests?
Just wondering
Have I gone mad?
Does my internets skillz need learnin?
Are mods looking out for my (or others) better interests?
Just wondering
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Apple Zone / dear navkat
« on: March 05, 2012, 10:41:25 pm »
I fucking love motorcycles. I heard you were interested in motorcycles, too.
Please don't buy a cruiser. They aren't really very comfortable and utilize ancient technology. I strongly encourage you to consider a dual sport motorcycle - they may not be pretty, but they'll get you there just as good, they're cheap, and easy to maintain.
Also - I recommend reading "proficient motorcycling" by David Hough
Please don't buy a cruiser. They aren't really very comfortable and utilize ancient technology. I strongly encourage you to consider a dual sport motorcycle - they may not be pretty, but they'll get you there just as good, they're cheap, and easy to maintain.
Also - I recommend reading "proficient motorcycling" by David Hough
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Apple Zone / Abject Failure
« on: February 16, 2012, 02:37:41 am »
sorry if this is off context, but i'm interested in the topic of this thread, but not interested enough to read all 38 pages of it.
that said -
i often like to say i'm racist against the dutch. mainly to make a point that skin color is arbitrary and that racism should stem from nation of origin. i also like to claim i'm racist against finlanders - because, where i live, theres a fuckload of them.
i think it's a shame that racism seems to overshadow any acknowledgement of differences in race.
if i wanted to start a rape a pillage company, i'd hire norwegians. does that make me racist?
i don't understand how we, as a species, can laud the westminster dog show, but when it comes to our own species, we wholeheartedly, blindly insist that WE ARE ALL THE SAME
maybe i am missing the point - and i think it's unfortunate, that - in america, at least, racism has been "newspeaked" into blacks vs whites. ii find it odd to live in a country where pride in one's heritage is acceptable, but acknowledging differences in descendants is frowned upon.
that said -
i often like to say i'm racist against the dutch. mainly to make a point that skin color is arbitrary and that racism should stem from nation of origin. i also like to claim i'm racist against finlanders - because, where i live, theres a fuckload of them.
i think it's a shame that racism seems to overshadow any acknowledgement of differences in race.
if i wanted to start a rape a pillage company, i'd hire norwegians. does that make me racist?
i don't understand how we, as a species, can laud the westminster dog show, but when it comes to our own species, we wholeheartedly, blindly insist that WE ARE ALL THE SAME
maybe i am missing the point - and i think it's unfortunate, that - in america, at least, racism has been "newspeaked" into blacks vs whites. ii find it odd to live in a country where pride in one's heritage is acceptable, but acknowledging differences in descendants is frowned upon.
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Apple Zone / dear roger, let's talk work
« on: February 09, 2012, 09:45:22 pm »
From what I can gather, you are the equivalent of my boss's boss.
A couple weeks ago I was sent home for being insubordinate.
The day prior I replaced a non-critical sensor that failed because it was fucking cold outside. My boss wouldn't let me take the 12 mile round trip to get proper gear from home to work in -25 F wind chill, so I did the job in my work clothes and light jacket.
Guess what? It was fucking cold again and the new sensor failed that night.
My boss told me to put the original, failed, sensor back up on the 30' silo (it was 10 degrees colder that day) and I told him no.
I got sent home for being insubordinate.
Was I out of line?
A couple weeks ago I was sent home for being insubordinate.
The day prior I replaced a non-critical sensor that failed because it was fucking cold outside. My boss wouldn't let me take the 12 mile round trip to get proper gear from home to work in -25 F wind chill, so I did the job in my work clothes and light jacket.
Guess what? It was fucking cold again and the new sensor failed that night.
My boss told me to put the original, failed, sensor back up on the 30' silo (it was 10 degrees colder that day) and I told him no.
I got sent home for being insubordinate.
Was I out of line?
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Apple Zone / car talk thread
« on: December 26, 2011, 08:13:56 pm »
this is the thread to share your car problems and fixes. ask for advice maybe? (i heard someone's Van is down)
here is the story of my truck:
it's a 1988 chevy silverado. well, technically, most of a 1988 chevy silverado. the saint paul road commission did me no favors with their incessant salting.
i don't drive it much as it seems to break down every time i fill the gas tank.
but a few weeks ago, on midnights, i drove it to work to pick up some nice wooden boxes left over from a huge maintenance project.
they had decent plywood on them and i think maybe one of them will become a nice toy box for the kid.
anyhow, it got down to about 5 degrees or so that night and come morning i go to start it up and *click*
i figured the battery was shot but after 20 minutes with jumper cables hooked up i figured it might be something else.
got a coworker to turn the key while i whacked on the starter with a hammer and got the bitch started.
i made it home and resigned myself to park it until nicer weather (read: july). that is, until my father in-law got me a new starter as an early christmas present.
so, last weekend i started a fire in the garage and proceeded to spend several hours cussing and eating dirt and rust and finally managed to wrestle the new starter in.
after i deemed that the new starter was worthy, i decided to fix the driver's side door. the inside handle didn't work, so you had to roll down the window and open it from the outside.
thing is, the driver's side window wasn't behaving so i was being forced to exit via the passenger side door. (that window doesn't roll down either)
in the process of fixing the door handle, i ended up getting my window all out of the track and spent a couple more hours cussing at the door until i finally got everything back together
with a properly functioning window. shut the door for a test-open and WTF? neither handle works now. fuck - the bitch is locked! naturally, i immediately proceed to break the key off in the lock.
luckily i was able to get it unlocked and enjoy a properly (by my standards) functioning driver's side door.
i decided to go get some victory beer and drop off the old starter so my father in-law can get the credit for the core charge.
(he bought it from the local "small town mechanic that works out of his garage, does really good work at reasonable rates and is an all around super nice guy" - i call him bob)
i dropped off the starter, picked up a 12 pack and headed for home.
about 2 miles down the road - KABOOM!!!!! - the loudest backfire i've ever heard in my life. did you know a backfire can blow your muffler wide open? neither did i.
truck would turn over, but wouldn't start. checked the oil and checked (hoped for) a plugged air filter. oil was good. air filter was clean.
luckily i was only 1/4 mile from my in-laws. called my father in law and he towed me back to bob's.
bob said he'd take a look at it the next day. i got a ride home and drowned my sorrows.
the next day, i got the good news from bob: he said the wire from the ignition coil was rusted to shit, so he replaced that and gave me a new distributor cap - free of charge.
he also fixed my back brakes (did i mention that i had no back brakes?), so i was out the door for $50. not too shabby.
i got the truck home and backed up to the wood shed to load up my garage firewood supply and the truck stalls on me. won't start. FUCK
i called bob and he figured it was the ignition module, he said he had one i could have. i went and got it and he gave me a new distributor and ignition coil, too.
i went home and pulled the distributor cap off and disconnected the pick up coil from the ignition module. and by disconnected, i mean i pulled on the plug and it fell apart in my fingers.
guess we're replacing the whole distributor. with the help of a friend with a 9/16" crow's foot wrench and and a board placed across the fenders (trying to reach that distributor is a
real bitch for anyone under 8' tall) the new distributor went in pretty easy. and all seems well.
working skeleton crew at the plant yesterday, so i got the muffler all welded back together yesterday.
best christmas ever.
here is the story of my truck:
it's a 1988 chevy silverado. well, technically, most of a 1988 chevy silverado. the saint paul road commission did me no favors with their incessant salting.
i don't drive it much as it seems to break down every time i fill the gas tank.
but a few weeks ago, on midnights, i drove it to work to pick up some nice wooden boxes left over from a huge maintenance project.
they had decent plywood on them and i think maybe one of them will become a nice toy box for the kid.
anyhow, it got down to about 5 degrees or so that night and come morning i go to start it up and *click*
i figured the battery was shot but after 20 minutes with jumper cables hooked up i figured it might be something else.
got a coworker to turn the key while i whacked on the starter with a hammer and got the bitch started.
i made it home and resigned myself to park it until nicer weather (read: july). that is, until my father in-law got me a new starter as an early christmas present.
so, last weekend i started a fire in the garage and proceeded to spend several hours cussing and eating dirt and rust and finally managed to wrestle the new starter in.
after i deemed that the new starter was worthy, i decided to fix the driver's side door. the inside handle didn't work, so you had to roll down the window and open it from the outside.
thing is, the driver's side window wasn't behaving so i was being forced to exit via the passenger side door. (that window doesn't roll down either)
in the process of fixing the door handle, i ended up getting my window all out of the track and spent a couple more hours cussing at the door until i finally got everything back together
with a properly functioning window. shut the door for a test-open and WTF? neither handle works now. fuck - the bitch is locked! naturally, i immediately proceed to break the key off in the lock.
luckily i was able to get it unlocked and enjoy a properly (by my standards) functioning driver's side door.
i decided to go get some victory beer and drop off the old starter so my father in-law can get the credit for the core charge.
(he bought it from the local "small town mechanic that works out of his garage, does really good work at reasonable rates and is an all around super nice guy" - i call him bob)
i dropped off the starter, picked up a 12 pack and headed for home.
about 2 miles down the road - KABOOM!!!!! - the loudest backfire i've ever heard in my life. did you know a backfire can blow your muffler wide open? neither did i.
truck would turn over, but wouldn't start. checked the oil and checked (hoped for) a plugged air filter. oil was good. air filter was clean.
luckily i was only 1/4 mile from my in-laws. called my father in law and he towed me back to bob's.
bob said he'd take a look at it the next day. i got a ride home and drowned my sorrows.
the next day, i got the good news from bob: he said the wire from the ignition coil was rusted to shit, so he replaced that and gave me a new distributor cap - free of charge.
he also fixed my back brakes (did i mention that i had no back brakes?), so i was out the door for $50. not too shabby.
i got the truck home and backed up to the wood shed to load up my garage firewood supply and the truck stalls on me. won't start. FUCK
i called bob and he figured it was the ignition module, he said he had one i could have. i went and got it and he gave me a new distributor and ignition coil, too.
i went home and pulled the distributor cap off and disconnected the pick up coil from the ignition module. and by disconnected, i mean i pulled on the plug and it fell apart in my fingers.
guess we're replacing the whole distributor. with the help of a friend with a 9/16" crow's foot wrench and and a board placed across the fenders (trying to reach that distributor is a
real bitch for anyone under 8' tall) the new distributor went in pretty easy. and all seems well.
working skeleton crew at the plant yesterday, so i got the muffler all welded back together yesterday.
best christmas ever.
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Apple Zone / it's like this
« on: December 23, 2011, 07:26:20 pm »
please post images or gifs that "sum it all up" for you
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Apple Zone / jesus cult
« on: November 09, 2011, 10:04:34 pm »
Hey PD,
I have an all-joking-aside serious matter that I could use some intelligent and unbiased input with.
I find myself in a situation where I'm strongly compelled to intervene on matters that are quite possibly none of my fucking business.
so, here's the story:
my wife's cousin, while in high school started going to this coffee shop called "he brews" (get it?). at first the family (you should understand that this is a small town where "family" means extended family and not just mom and dad) thought this was cool because she was meeting and hanging out with christian kids instead of the pot head sons and daughters of alcoholics that she went to school with. and, to her credit, she managed to graduate without getting pregnant.
she then graduated high school (barely) and went to college for, I believe, 1 year before dropping out and getting married and is now pregnant - due in April. All of this would be great and I'd be really happy for everyone except for the jesus cult part of the story mentioned in the subject.
from what i can gather, there is a church near the coffeeshop run by the calvary ministries which, in it of itself isn't too bad. they're very much into proselytizing, but pretty much harmless.
to complicate things, there is another group called Tribe of Judah . I believe the owner of the "he brews" coffee shop is their leader and they all attend the cavalry chapel church. they live in some sort of hippy compound in tents and stuff.
I didn't really have a problem with any of this, and - in fact have been kind of amused by my wife's family's reaction to being confronted with this extreme sort of christianity. they were down right mad when they busted ass putting together a nice engagement party (cooking food, setting up tents, etc) only to have the groom's family hold a prayer to thank god for providing everything. they were like - fuck you - we set this up. we cooked all this food while you were playing frisbee.
what I do have a problem with is that she is pregnant. they are living in an ancient, dilapidated house that someone gave them. they haven't figured out what they are going to do for heat, but since neither one of them have jobs, they will probably try to burn wood. the husband lost his drivers license (nobody knows why) years ago and is praying for the money he needs to cover his court costs to get it back. they are praying for a new alternator for their car. by praying, i mean - that is how they expect to get their car fixed - by praying for it. also, did i mention she is pregnant and not seeking any sort of prenatal care? they plan to do a home birth. they say they have prayed about it and are comfortable with god's plan for them and their unborn child.
i wouldn't give 2 shits about this, and would actually be kind of amused by it all if there wasn't a pregnancy and birth involved. in my mind, they are needlessly risking 2 lives.
thoughts?
I have an all-joking-aside serious matter that I could use some intelligent and unbiased input with.
I find myself in a situation where I'm strongly compelled to intervene on matters that are quite possibly none of my fucking business.
so, here's the story:
my wife's cousin, while in high school started going to this coffee shop called "he brews" (get it?). at first the family (you should understand that this is a small town where "family" means extended family and not just mom and dad) thought this was cool because she was meeting and hanging out with christian kids instead of the pot head sons and daughters of alcoholics that she went to school with. and, to her credit, she managed to graduate without getting pregnant.
she then graduated high school (barely) and went to college for, I believe, 1 year before dropping out and getting married and is now pregnant - due in April. All of this would be great and I'd be really happy for everyone except for the jesus cult part of the story mentioned in the subject.
from what i can gather, there is a church near the coffeeshop run by the calvary ministries which, in it of itself isn't too bad. they're very much into proselytizing, but pretty much harmless.
to complicate things, there is another group called Tribe of Judah . I believe the owner of the "he brews" coffee shop is their leader and they all attend the cavalry chapel church. they live in some sort of hippy compound in tents and stuff.
I didn't really have a problem with any of this, and - in fact have been kind of amused by my wife's family's reaction to being confronted with this extreme sort of christianity. they were down right mad when they busted ass putting together a nice engagement party (cooking food, setting up tents, etc) only to have the groom's family hold a prayer to thank god for providing everything. they were like - fuck you - we set this up. we cooked all this food while you were playing frisbee.
what I do have a problem with is that she is pregnant. they are living in an ancient, dilapidated house that someone gave them. they haven't figured out what they are going to do for heat, but since neither one of them have jobs, they will probably try to burn wood. the husband lost his drivers license (nobody knows why) years ago and is praying for the money he needs to cover his court costs to get it back. they are praying for a new alternator for their car. by praying, i mean - that is how they expect to get their car fixed - by praying for it. also, did i mention she is pregnant and not seeking any sort of prenatal care? they plan to do a home birth. they say they have prayed about it and are comfortable with god's plan for them and their unborn child.
i wouldn't give 2 shits about this, and would actually be kind of amused by it all if there wasn't a pregnancy and birth involved. in my mind, they are needlessly risking 2 lives.
thoughts?
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Apple Zone / I AM THE 110%!!!!!!!!!!
« on: November 01, 2011, 10:21:14 pm »
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS
BUT IT NOT ONLY MADE ME WANT TO START THIS THREAD, IT MADE ME DO IT IN
ALL CAPS USING TEXT SIZE TO PUT EVEN GREATER EMPHASIS ON THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED "ALL CAPS"
BUT IT NOT ONLY MADE ME WANT TO START THIS THREAD, IT MADE ME DO IT IN
ALL CAPS USING TEXT SIZE TO PUT EVEN GREATER EMPHASIS ON THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED "ALL CAPS"
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Apple Zone / ATTN BEARDMAN MEOW
« on: October 26, 2011, 10:51:37 am »
I SAW WHAT YOU DID LOL.
PS - YOUR AVATAR IS AWESOME
PS - YOUR AVATAR IS AWESOME
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Apple Zone / dear PD
« on: October 25, 2011, 09:33:33 pm »
I've been mostly-lurking-occassionally-posting-sometimes-whilst-drunk-and-aggravating-the-regulars for longer than I can be bothered to look up. Off the top of my head, is say at least 4 yrs.
I tried to quit, but (lets face facts here)
you're the most interesting forum I've found.
I have some issues, as I'm sure (some of) you guys do, too.
Anyhow, I thought maybe I'd start this here thread and we could have some sort if airing of grievances/who are you again? Sort of thing.
I apologize if there are wierd ass things in my posts. My only source of internets is my phone, and thumb typing auto correct is a pain in the ass.
I tried to quit, but (lets face facts here)
you're the most interesting forum I've found.
I have some issues, as I'm sure (some of) you guys do, too.
Anyhow, I thought maybe I'd start this here thread and we could have some sort if airing of grievances/who are you again? Sort of thing.
I apologize if there are wierd ass things in my posts. My only source of internets is my phone, and thumb typing auto correct is a pain in the ass.
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Apple Zone / genuine imitation
« on: October 07, 2011, 12:26:45 am »
Bad apples.
Free samples for your piece of mind
Only $9.95
Free samples for your piece of mind
Only $9.95
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Apple Zone / the law
« on: September 16, 2011, 09:49:24 pm »
Ate we required, by law, to be human? I mean, what if I were an animal? Would that be legal?
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Apple Zone / might be cracking up. ask me anything
« on: September 16, 2011, 09:39:58 pm »
I can't remember the last time I was as angry as I was today. Might be all time record.