vxbush 1/3/2022 5:41:45 AM

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Occasional Reader 1/3/2022 6:39:12 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 1:

A nice snowstorm here.

vxbush 1/3/2022 7:35:17 AM

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In #2 Occasional Reader said: A nice snowstorm here.

I would be willing to deal with snow if it was closer to 32º. It's very cold here. 

doppelganglander 1/3/2022 7:42:10 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

We went from 72 degrees over the weekend to 34 degrees right now, with heavy winds. I got to the door of my office building and realized I had forgotten my badge, so I had to go home and get it. It's 15 minutes round trip but I think it bodes ill for the rest of the week, if not the year.

JCM 1/3/2022 7:58:36 AM

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The snow is melting here.

GLOBAL WARMING!

Occasional Reader 1/3/2022 8:09:53 AM

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There are rational uses for COVID testing; and then, there's this. 

But don't worry!  The government is here to help!  I'm sure Uncle Sugar stomping all over the market for test kits will make everything better. 

JCM 1/3/2022 8:17:25 AM

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Occasional Reader 1/3/2022 8:23:23 AM

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Reply to JCM in 7:

be sure to wear your safety goggles during the training.

JCM 1/3/2022 8:27:59 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

My all time favorite was an OSHA training while on the fire department.

He starts with, "Your employer cannot require you to enter a hazardous environment."

We look at each other, ummm that is kinda of the job is......

JCM 1/3/2022 8:28:49 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

Fortunately it is online, and self paced.

buzzsawmonkey 1/3/2022 8:29:21 AM

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Reply to JCM in 7: Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

Back when my father was a young science guy, he was in a lab explosion.  Fortunately, he was wearing his safety goggles---which had only been issued the previous day.  Had he not had them, he'd have been blinded. 

My mother came home from work to find him lying on the sofa, wrapped in bandages Invisible-Man-style, with his section head waiting there to reassure her, "Don't worry---all the glass in him is sterile."

buzzsawmonkey 1/3/2022 8:30:30 AM

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Reply to JCM in 9:

You wouldn't have signed up for the job if you didn't have fire in the belly...

buzzsawmonkey 1/3/2022 8:32:02 AM

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"Immunity should be vaccine but not herd."

---Anthony Fauci

Occasional Reader 1/3/2022 8:45:19 AM

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In #9 JCM said: He starts with, "Your employer cannot require you to enter a hazardous environment."

Big government regulation = super smartness!

Occasional Reader 1/3/2022 8:48:26 AM

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In #10 JCM said: Fortunately it is online, and self paced.

You should STILL wear your safety goggles! 

Occasional Reader 1/3/2022 8:49:50 AM

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In #11 buzzsawmonkey said: "Don't worry---all the glass in him is sterile."

Now there's a textbook definition of "optimism". 

Occasional Reader 1/3/2022 8:50:44 AM

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Occasional Reader 1/3/2022 9:23:35 AM

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Alice in Dairyland 1/3/2022 9:55:27 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 18:

That's illegal here in Wisconsin.  You can get ticketed and fined if your windshield (actually, all your windows) is not totally cleared.  Doesn't mean there not quite a few idiots driving that way still.

JCM 1/3/2022 9:57:58 AM

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Occasional Reader 1/3/2022 10:10:01 AM

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Reply to JCM in 20:

behind me? Well, that’s other people, not me! What do I care?

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vxbush 1/3/2022 1:04:42 PM

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In #20 JCM said: Cars should be totally cleared of snow, hood, roof, truck and all windows. Snow can come off in chunks and damage cars and cause accidents behind you.

Using that same logic, all the snow plows that run in our county should also remove all the ice from the little country roads that in our subdivision. Unfortunately, we are at the bottom of the list to get plowed, and they drop little to no salt on the road. 

JCM 1/3/2022 1:37:23 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 22:

That is considered road hazard, not something a driver can control.

Kosh's Shadow 1/3/2022 4:08:10 PM

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Reply to JCM in 23:

Wasn't there a show "The Dukes of Road Hazard"?/

Kosh's Shadow 1/3/2022 4:44:11 PM

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