The Coffee House

[limr33 3]

That sucks too. Is this a new thing, the contract rejecting? How long have you worn contacts?

I got lucky with my eyes (not so much with my teeth ). I wear glasses to drive and I'm just starting to kinda sorta need the weakest drug store readers for some close-up work (I can still read fine without them, but sometimes it's just easier if my eyes are already tired). But most of the time, I don't need any correction.

 

[limr33 3]

I have to pay for that sub myself.

Yeah. I get one paid sick day per semester (technically - one day per class per semester. If my class meetings fall on different days, then I could theoretically have two or three sick days, depending on how many classes I teach and when they meet).

So if I call in sick, the college will pay me, but they won't pay for someone else to cover the class. I would either have to pay the sub out of pocket or make some arrangement to cover his/her class if needed.

I never really understood this policy because I am never absent unless I'm sick, in which case classes are cancelled. This is the first time in 10 years that I've thought, "Maybe just this once I could get a sub." So much for that thought.

 

[pixmedic1 1]

Ive thought about getting a sub a few times. Wife didn't think I needed one tho.

 

[KenC]

Morning, hosers! Having my coffee and brownie. Tried to do some work, but can't because they screwed up the database I'm supposed to work from. Oh, well, they'll get their s*** together eventually (or not). There's a meeting in half an hour to explain the latest organizational changes to anyone who cares and also to the rest of us. It won't affect me or anyone I work with or see every day. All I can say is it's a good thing I'm not cynical.

 

[Gary A.]

Top-of-the-Morn Coffee Hosers. 54F at 7:30 a.m. should hit 72F today with a gentle wind tiptoeing across the basin off the Pacific. Colombian Supremo today.

 

[Gary A.]

Paying for your own sub sucks ... your union sucks. What ever happened to collective bargaining?

 

[Designer]

54F at 7:30 a.m. should hit 72F today with a gentle wind tiptoeing across the basin off the Pacific.

Ah, yes, perfect weather. If you could just solve the traffic problems and decrease the taxes, I could live there again. Let me know when you've taken care of those items.

 

[Gary A.]

54F at 7:30 a.m. should hit 72F today with a gentle wind tiptoeing across the basin off the Pacific.

Ah, yes, perfect weather. If you could just solve the traffic problems and decrease the taxes, I could live there again. Let me know when you've taken care of those items.

There are plenty of places with no traffic ... but those places won't be at 70F and/or those places don't have much economy (like the Central Coast). No economy = no jobs.

The older I get the more I appreciate the simple stuff like pleasant weather and growing my own food. What really bugs me as much as traffic is the price of admission. I have family in St. Louis and they spend about $10 a head for tickets to the Rams and Cardinals. When Sir Paul performed at Dodger Stadium this past summer, the on-site, non-prepaid parking alone was $50 a car. If you're not on the computer at the moment tickets become available all the tickets get scooped up by the scalpers. I'd say three minutes after the tickets open up, all the affordable tickets for the big venus are gone.

 

[bribrius]

25 degrees going down to 13 degrees and show showers this afternoon and tonight. same ole, same ole......

 

[minicoop1985]

25* here and warming up a bit. Yissss. About time we got close to freezing.

 

[sm4him]

For the last THREE days, they keep saying that the clouds are going to be moving out and we'll see a warming trend.
Well, three days later, there are STILL clouds, intermittent rain/sleet and just generally dreariness.

It's currently 28 degrees and cloudy, but there is evidently a system that will move through this afternoon, bringing us--NOT the clearing and warming they keep talking about--but more rain and possibly some icing on the roads. Oh. Joy.

They're still calling for a pretty day and mid-50s by Saturday. We shall see.

 

[pixmedic1 1]

We're at a frigid 65 degrees here. Had to put on the jacket this morning at 48

 

[sm4him]

We're at a frigid 65 degrees here. Had to put on the jacket this morning at 48

Where's the "harumph" button?

 

[bribrius]

We're at a frigid 65 degrees here. Had to put on the jacket this morning at 48

but you dont have snow to shoot. Dont you feel left out?

 

[KenC]

We're at a frigid 65 degrees here. Had to put on the jacket this morning at 48

My parents lived in S. Fla. for a while and I've seen people there put on a jacket on a 70 degree day in January. I'm not sure it means anything when Floridians put on a jacket.