What did you do today?

Half Fast said:
Hmmmmm......

Didja ever hear about the brass cannon?

Once upon a time, there was a small town that owned an old brass cannon from the War of Northern Aggression and they proudly displayed it in the town square. The town employed a man to care for the cannon. Every day he was out there polishing the brass, repairing the wood as needed, keeping the grass cut down, etc. He enjoyed his job but he felt he wasn't getting anywhere, so he began saving up his money as the years went by. One day he decided he'd saved enough, so he quit his job, bought the cannon from the town, and went into business for himself.

Such is the fate of those who can't tell the differences among employer, employee, and customer.
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No clue what this has to do with the employer relationship with employees and customers. If the town wanted to sell the cannon or not, their choice.

An Employee who is continuously missing work, fouling up on the line, aggravating customers and even after several retraining episodes does not show any improvement, is replaced. A customer who is always missing the due date on payments for services supplied satisfactorily, returns items that have obviously been used to the point of uselessness, complains when asked for payment and abuses the sales staff probably is not welcomed to continue their relationship with the business.

Large companies might be able to absorb these these types of problems and many do. Small businesses might not.
 
Back to something maybe less controversial... Not today, but over the weekend I discovered that I can Instacart from the local restaurant supply place. Well that's a dangerous thing for me to know about.

On the plus side, I now have a bunch of 11/16 IQF shrimp in the freezer downstairs. On the plus but harder to explain category, I now have 5lbs of clarified butter in the fridge that I need to repackage. But I can now skip the step of "clarify butter" on some things, so I'm a happy camper.
 
X3 Skier said:
A customer who is always missing the due date on payments for services supplied satisfactorily, returns items that have obviously been used to the point of uselessness, complains when asked for payment and abuses the sales staff probably is not welcomed to continue their relationship with the business.
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In my experience, there are few faster ways for a manager to destroy employee morale than to take the side of an unreasonable, nasty or uncivil customer just to appease them.
You treat an employee like that and it doesn't matter if it's McDonalds or McKinsey -- you can rest assured the employee is not going to forget it. And you will not be getting the same output from then anymore.
So that's something to consider in the math of "when to fire your customers" (which is deeply gratifying... when the customer deserves it).
 
I completley embarrassed myself on a practice ILS approach. Got dumped 1mi from the IAF at 6500 for a 300’ DA. Yes, I know exactly how I got myself in that situation.

I abandoned the ILS, pulled the throttle, dumped the flaps, and threw a side slip to ride the elevator down, touching down about 2,000 down the runway.

At least I got night takeoff and night landing for the trip home and my Safety Pilot learned as much from the evolution as I did.
 
spent a few minutes trying to figure out why a remote sort of exploded... the regular batteries are fine (not rechargeable)... I might spend a few more minutes looking at it more closely to see if something like a small cap burst.
 
Bob Noel said:
spent a few minutes trying to figure out why a remote sort of exploded... the regular batteries are fine (not rechargeable)... I might spend a few more minutes looking at it more closely to see if something like a small cap burst.
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Look for a polarized capacitor that was installed backward.
 
Hung out at the grass strip for coffee and sweets,swapping stories,with a bunch of pilots.
 
Finished fixing an old (early 70s build, and not by me) Heathkit ham rig that I've had since I was a teen. It needed the electrolytics replaced - again. Zero audio hum now, and with a short bit or wire hung out the window I'm listening to a CW net on 80 with no trouble. I didn't say I can copy, just listening. Also made the decision to move the ham stuff down to the basement again, which will vastly simplify things - but of course leads to a stack of projects to get the basement cleaned up and some other work done. It never ends. I may be actually able to operate in a few years. :rolleyes:
 
Went to a get-together for Lockheed retirees. Caught up with some old friends, swapped lots of stories, learned about each other’s kids/grandkids, etc., and enjoyed a good local beer. Fun afternoon.
 
Tools said:
Covered a wing and built a rotisserie…
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It looks beautiful, but I don't think you should bbq an aircraft. Or at least not that aircraft.

Jim K said:
Tested my firewall. Seems okay.
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Jim, not to alarm you, but your aircraft appears to be on fire.

Bill said:
Went to a graduation ceremony, my daughter graduated with her four year degree. Married, graduated, I’d say she’s 90% off payroll at this point.
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Congrats!!

Today I might have figured out how to reply to 3 different posts in one post. Maybe. Only took a half glass of iced tea.
 
SWMBO’s visiting the son and DIL this weekend, so I blanketed the horse, unblanketed the horse, fed the horse, watered the horse, put the horse in the pasture, put the horse in her paddock, mucked out the stall, dumped the muck cart, filled the hay nets,......

Guys, for the sake of our sons and their someday marriages:

Papas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowgirls.
Don’t let ‘em wear muddy boots and drive expensive trucks.
Let ‘em be doctors without stalls for us to muck.
Papas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowgirls.
 
Horses made a lot more sense before the darn railroad standardized time. They work (and upkeep for them) fits in much better in a lifestyle of “I get there or be there when I get there” and appointment were scheduled in before or after noon… I kinda wish the world still ran on “informal” time.
 
Took mom out for an early 65th birthday dinner. Wanted to do breakfast on her actual birthday. But she "has to run 6 miles".
 
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I kicked the top off a monstrous fire ant hill and watched the ensuing mayhem. it was entertaining, until it was time to go, which was very quick.
 
nauga said:
Visited some distant relatives.
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Nauga,
and the hot tub time machine
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I’m pretty sure I saw this exact photo in National Geographic in the late ‘80’s -early ‘90’s era….they do seem to be more reserved and socially considerate than many of my close relatives (and myself for that matter ;) )
 
“and the hot tub time machine“

so you both could be correct
 
Started the day helping with Santa at the firehouse
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Worked on the RV
Did donuts in the driveway in the Suburban loaded with kids (snowed 6" here today)
Made chocolate chip cookies with honey instead of sugar
Put up the Christmas tree
 
nauga said:
I'm absolutely certain you did not, as I took it on Friday.

Nauga,
live and in color
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More proof those monkeys are smarter than us, they have figured out how to just chill out and sit in their hot tubs over winter and still survive and raise their family without doing the 9-5 stuff..
If I remember right (and I probably do not, it’s been decades). they are in Japan?
 
Flatiowa said:
If I remember right (and I probably do not, it’s been decades). they are in Japan?
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You do remember right. These were in "Wild Snow Monkey Park" outside of Nagano, about 250km NW of Tokyo. We saw a bunch of the same type just outside of Tokyo but they were running through a forest - apparently the ones in the park are the only ones that "bathe" in hot springs.

Nauga,
who now knows that, who now understands
(H/T The Specials)
 
MauleSkinner said:
I didn’t know that there was systematic confusion about butter that it required so much clarification…I just text my wife from the store to figure out if I should buy salted or unsalted.
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Generally, salted is for finished products such as toast, biscuits, and scones.
Unsalted is for baking. However, I use them both. If I use salted butter, I cut or reduce the amount of salt in the recipe.
1 stick US salted butter (8 tablespoons/113 grams) contains: 0.314 (5/16) (1/4 tsp + a pinch) teaspoon table salt
 
MauleSkinner said:
I didn’t know that there was systematic confusion about butter that it required so much clarification…I just text my wife from the store to figure out if I should buy salted or unsalted.
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I like my butter to speak in plain language, without a bunch of sarcasm. Not that I'm setting a good example there.

Today - I'm going to see if I can fly and get some practice approaches in. Looks like a maybe right now...
 
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