Re: Winter 2020-21 is coming
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 2:00 pm
People bought adjustable rate mortgages, too.
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
http://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/
Looks quiet. I'm always impressed by how much of an impact the snow makes that way.Lassr wrote: βWed Feb 17, 2021 11:02 pm So the winter storm warning that was supposed to be ice Monday night was mostly just cold rain with a little ice and light flurries, today's unexpected winter storm warning was supposed to be sleet with maybe 2 inches of snow, I'm at 4 inches now and it's still coming down hard.
Yeah, I told my boss and my wife that "I might go into the office in the morning then come home early".Octavious wrote: βWed Feb 17, 2021 3:17 pm I get to play the fun game of do I drive into work tomorrow? I'm sure it won't be terrible in the morning, but getting home? Chaos.... Last time I got my car totally stuck in the driveway and had to get a tow truck to pull me out.
I may just use a vacation day, but then I get attitude. But who the f cares anymore?
In the way-before times, like late 1990s/early 00s, I had a friend who made more money than me and Wife combined. He had a WFH agreement with his company long before that acronym existed. When he bitched about having to go into the office, we couldn't understand how someone would resent having to actually go to work.Hrdina wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 1:56 amYeah, I told my boss and my wife that "I might go into the office in the morning then come home early".Octavious wrote: βWed Feb 17, 2021 3:17 pm I get to play the fun game of do I drive into work tomorrow? I'm sure it won't be terrible in the morning, but getting home? Chaos.... Last time I got my car totally stuck in the driveway and had to get a tow truck to pull me out.
I may just use a vacation day, but then I get attitude. But who the f cares anymore?
I think everyone recognizes that I'll get up in the morning and say "frak this, time for MSFS instead" and burn a vacation day. I don't want to risk getting stranded at work.
My line of work gives me limited options for working from home.
I can do 100 percent of my job from home. The only reason to go in is because the owner can't fathom that people would actually do work from home. People are totally capable of going INTO work and doing nothing. So it's really an idiotic stance. Right now there's nothing on the road, but I know I won't be able to get back. I have calls until 10 and I'm hoping there's at least SOMETHING on the road. Otherwise I'll have to drive in and figure out what time to bail early.Kraken wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 2:42 amIn the way-before times, like late 1990s/early 00s, I had a friend who made more money than me and Wife combined. He had a WFH agreement with his company long before that acronym existed. When he bitched about having to go into the office, we couldn't understand how someone would resent having to actually go to work.Hrdina wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 1:56 amYeah, I told my boss and my wife that "I might go into the office in the morning then come home early".Octavious wrote: βWed Feb 17, 2021 3:17 pm I get to play the fun game of do I drive into work tomorrow? I'm sure it won't be terrible in the morning, but getting home? Chaos.... Last time I got my car totally stuck in the driveway and had to get a tow truck to pull me out.
I may just use a vacation day, but then I get attitude. But who the f cares anymore?
I think everyone recognizes that I'll get up in the morning and say "frak this, time for MSFS instead" and burn a vacation day. I don't want to risk getting stranded at work.
My line of work gives me limited options for working from home.
Now we both work online and have trouble remembering why people used to have to go to work.
I'm on my ... check notes ... 4th company since you started there. And I just switched jobs. It's totally possible in this mess. Get to stepping.Octavious wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 9:14 amI can do 100 percent of my job from home. The only reason to go in is because the owner can't fathom that people would actually do work from home. People are totally capable of going INTO work and doing nothing. So it's really an idiotic stance. Right now there's nothing on the road, but I know I won't be able to get back. I have calls until 10 and I'm hoping there's at least SOMETHING on the road. Otherwise I'll have to drive in and figure out what time to bail early.
So wait I thought you said it's not okay to work from home but you are taking calls? Oh they are totally fine if I take calls at 7AM from home. But then I have to get my butt in for show.
People in SUVs with AWD or 4WD that think they are immune to the loss of traction ice brings never cease to amaze me. Ice doesn't care about the price of your tires mostly laugh independent power sourcing to tires over an area of 60 square feet.Octavious wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 12:14 pm So at 10 I looked outside and the road wasn't even covered. So I said fuck it I'll go in. As soon as I got on the highway the skies opened up and it was a shitshow getting in. Passed a flipped jeep and prayed an idiot in a SUV wouldn't ram me since they think they have magical powers. I'll probably have to stay until 6-7 to wait for the roads to clear. I'm super mad at myself right now. I should have told them to go f themselves.
Just putting it out there, that's a really really dangerous plan and a good way to die from carbon monoxide poisoning. If you can't run an exhaust fan to vent the stove, don't turn it on. Nat gas fireplaces (at least the ones I have had) have an enclosed combustion area where the exhaust is vented straight outside (and there's an internal metal heat exchanger that has a powered fan blow air through it -- even without power though it provides safe heat).LordMortis wrote: βMon Feb 15, 2021 4:35 pm
Do you have a gas oven? When the power is out in the winter, as long as I am awake, I'll turn the oven on a low heat and leave the oven door open.
Not saying it's not dangerous. "As long as I'm awake" may not have been a strong enough caveat.FishPants wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 12:28 pmJust putting it out there, that's a really really dangerous plan and a good way to die from carbon monoxide poisoning. If you can't run an exhaust fan to vent the stove, don't turn it on. Nat gas fireplaces (at least the ones I have had) have an enclosed combustion area where the exhaust is vented straight outside (and there's an internal metal heat exchanger that has a powered fan blow air through it -- even without power though it provides safe heat).LordMortis wrote: βMon Feb 15, 2021 4:35 pm
Do you have a gas oven? When the power is out in the winter, as long as I am awake, I'll turn the oven on a low heat and leave the oven door open.
I'm reading about people dieing in the south from CO poisoning doing just this.
Well, yeah, but the CO exposure is what put's you to sleep.LordMortis wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 12:38 pmNot saying it's not dangerous. "As long as I'm awake" may not have been a strong enough caveat.FishPants wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 12:28 pmJust putting it out there, that's a really really dangerous plan and a good way to die from carbon monoxide poisoning. If you can't run an exhaust fan to vent the stove, don't turn it on. Nat gas fireplaces (at least the ones I have had) have an enclosed combustion area where the exhaust is vented straight outside (and there's an internal metal heat exchanger that has a powered fan blow air through it -- even without power though it provides safe heat).LordMortis wrote: βMon Feb 15, 2021 4:35 pm
Do you have a gas oven? When the power is out in the winter, as long as I am awake, I'll turn the oven on a low heat and leave the oven door open.
I'm reading about people dieing in the south from CO poisoning doing just this.
ImLawBoy wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 12:39 pmWell, yeah, but the CO exposure is what put's you to sleep.LordMortis wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 12:38 pmNot saying it's not dangerous. "As long as I'm awake" may not have been a strong enough caveat.FishPants wrote: βThu Feb 18, 2021 12:28 pmJust putting it out there, that's a really really dangerous plan and a good way to die from carbon monoxide poisoning. If you can't run an exhaust fan to vent the stove, don't turn it on. Nat gas fireplaces (at least the ones I have had) have an enclosed combustion area where the exhaust is vented straight outside (and there's an internal metal heat exchanger that has a powered fan blow air through it -- even without power though it provides safe heat).LordMortis wrote: βMon Feb 15, 2021 4:35 pm
Do you have a gas oven? When the power is out in the winter, as long as I am awake, I'll turn the oven on a low heat and leave the oven door open.
I'm reading about people dieing in the south from CO poisoning doing just this.
What kind of food is that?stick in a ditch
Won't get any water in the house IF I GET ALL THE SNOW. Having the stupid pine tree close to the house by the bedroom that's difficult to get around and not getting it quite thoroughly enough - water leaking through the bedroom window sill. Wife discovered it while I was out grocery shopping. Her combo scanner/printer was wet and a piece of paper of the 6 outlet power strip there was soaked. Printer's still OK and thankfully, the paper must have stopped water from getting into the power outlets on the 6 strip.Zenn7 wrote: βWed Feb 17, 2021 12:34 amI had the fun of wading through a foot or so of snow on the ground all around my house so I could roof rake. Have issues with heat in the attic getting to the roof and causing ice dams. Have some ice dams, but they're not too bad so long as I remember to keep raking the snow off. Won't get water in the house this way.
What humidity? We move from our air-conditioned homes to our air-conditioned cars to our air-conditioned restaurants and stores. We only spend a significant time outdoor when we go to the beach or swim in the pool
Yeah, your summers are every bit as unpleasant as our winters.
Until my snowblower broke, I was much more tolerant with "shoveling" the driveway than I am with mowing. Having to actually shovel while I wait for the part so I can learn how to fix my snowblower because I can't buy a new one at a reasonable price, much less one that is fit to fill my comparatively modest needs changed my tune a bit. I don't have the oomph to actually shovel my drive when we 12" with drifts above 2', or work with increasing mounds of snow.Jeff V wrote: βTue Feb 23, 2021 9:44 amYeah, your summers are every bit as unpleasant as our winters.
I just say we have a new water feature in the back of the house. We've been getting heavy water damage in the back of the house (where the first floor extends and the roof is at a low pitch) since Thursday or Friday. I imagine it will clear this week when it's warm enough for the dams to melt. It's only the second time I've had this issue in the last 15 years, but this is worse than last time.Zenn7 wrote: βTue Feb 23, 2021 1:05 amWon't get any water in the house IF I GET ALL THE SNOW. Having the stupid pine tree close to the house by the bedroom that's difficult to get around and not getting it quite thoroughly enough - water leaking through the bedroom window sill. Wife discovered it while I was out grocery shopping. Her combo scanner/printer was wet and a piece of paper of the 6 outlet power strip there was soaked. Printer's still OK and thankfully, the paper must have stopped water from getting into the power outlets on the 6 strip.Zenn7 wrote: βWed Feb 17, 2021 12:34 amI had the fun of wading through a foot or so of snow on the ground all around my house so I could roof rake. Have issues with heat in the attic getting to the roof and causing ice dams. Have some ice dams, but they're not too bad so long as I remember to keep raking the snow off. Won't get water in the house this way.
Scrapped what I could off. We were supposed to get 2.5 inches more last night, didn't get that much and a lot melted. Went out around lunch time today, nothing up high on the roof, just a little by the ice dams. Supposed to get up to 40 next couple days. Hoping that bit of snow won't be an issue and the ice dams might melt some.
It's high 70s/low 80s, but I think San Diego and Hawaii are probably the ideal weather locations in the US.Zenn7 wrote:Hate winter, but I know my wife couldn't survive a summer in the south (not in humid states like AL or FL at least). I'm not real crazy about life down there either. MI summers aren't usually too bad.
Need to find where it's 60's year round with no extreme humidity or other extreme weather. And then find out what's wrong with that place and see if it's worse than winter here.
I think Hawaii is great (I've been there a few times) but I've been at various business meetings in San Diego where we always rented a convertible because pretty much it is usually the weather for one there.