The New 9:45 Thread..

[fish/hunt4ever]

Coworker is out at our Ohio facility building a glove box for samples to be taken in. He thinks this project can take him up to 10 days so might be gone until the 2nd of May, I cannot believe that April is almost gone, where did March go. We are getting ready for our Turn around for our Sulfur burner and UPA plants, was supposed to be shutting down next week, but got pushed to the first week of June, which is good then we are not getting the UPA started and testing over the Memorial weekend.  Looks like everyone is enjoying the nice weather when we get some, will be nice for some more moisture to green up the grass some more and get the trees leafing out.  Have a good one, better get back to the grind and get some more work done.

[Drifter_016]

Got my vacation leave approved.
Will be out at the cabin for 46 days this summer.
June 21st to August 5th.   
Hopefully I can get stuff done and don't have to worry about fires. 

[fish/hunt4ever]

Congrats for the vacation Drifter, cannot wait for the cabin pictures.

[Drifter_016]

Congrats for the vacation Drifter, cannot wait for the cabin pictures.

Still waiting on the snow and ice to melt right now.
Still below freezing at night too.   

[zcm_82]

Got my vacation leave approved.
Will be out at the cabin for 46 days this summer.
June 21st to August 5th.   
Hopefully I can get stuff done and don't have to worry about fires. 

46 days? I gotta get into whatever line of work you're in, where I don't have to work 6 weeks at a shot 

I think the only way I could ever get off more than 9 days at once was if the place burned down. 🚒

[Drifter_016]

I work at an institute of higher learning.
Summer if pretty quiet there. 

[zcm_82]

Ah. I went to school with the intention of teaching when I was done, but then I discovered I can't stand being around people that much... funny how life works sometimes 😏

I can't actually complain too much with the gig I've got. The hours are good and the money is ok-ish.

It's just an extreme tribal knowledge place once you get above the grunt work level, so I can only take time off in little chunks. The bus factor is basically 1 for most of admin/management roles.

[fish/hunt4ever]

After 15 years at work I only get 4 weeks of vacation a year but usually take most during Hunting season and around the holidays. Thought about teaching myself but did not think having most the summer off without a paycheck would be good for me, spend way to much money.

[mr.clean]

 Good evening ,period of light rain this morning . Still having freeze watches during overnight early morning hours. I have received no news on how things went for my great aunt today hoping that means all went well with the procedures.
Ice wanderer pace your self with the yard work and fire wood stacking. The company doing the closing/clean-up of the Indian Point nuclear plant claims the radio-active waste water releases will be similar to what was done with the waste water during the sixty years plant was in operation.  Another issue is how to transport the waste water and spent fuel rods from the plant site and where to take them.
Hunts2long politicians rely on their aides/staff to read through the state budget and give them a report. given the high number of pages in each year's printed out budget many things get hidden among the pages and are passed. During an election year if a candidate needs vote they may comment of how the budget process works and then once reelected d fall back in line following their Parties leadership's wishes so they get a bigger slice of the pie for the respective districts.
Wallyworld glad you had a nice first bike ride of 2024.
Eddie happy to read things went well at the doctors . may the blood work results and different scans all come back with good results and you only have to visit the doctor every three months. Nice idea on the no budget no pay idea since the legislature controls their own salaries do not see it ever passing into state law.
Fish/hunt4ever may things go well for you during coworker's absence and during the coming turn around.
Drifter congratulations on getting your vacation time approved. may this Summer be a better one for you and all sections of Canada affected by forest/wild fires last year. Enjoy the Stanly cup playoffs.
Zcm-82 hopefully in a couple of years you will receive more vacation time. may all be good with you and the family.

 Keep safe and stay healthy.
    Steve

[wallyworld]

Morning all,

Just a quick hello before bundling up (25*) and heading to the lake 

Have a good day. Stay safe, stay healthy.

[zcm_82]

After 15 years at work I only get 4 weeks of vacation a year but usually take most during Hunting season and around the holidays. Thought about teaching myself but did not think having most the summer off without a paycheck would be good for me, spend way to much money.

Same... just a couple weeks shy of 14 years here and I get 4 weeks. I just take a couple days at a time here and there throughout the year.

I haven't went on an actual "vacation" in quite a few years. It's too much headache trying to get the time off, and always an absolute dumpster fire when I get back if I'm out more than a few days. 🤷‍♂️

[hunts2long]

26* and sunny.

WW, hope you have a good day on the lake. It sure does "LOOK" nice out there.

Drifter, looks like you will be getting a lot of "cabin" time in this Summer. You better do something to FIRE up those Leafs!

The wife has an appt. to have her hearing aids checked and then she wants to go shopping, I may go with her.

Hope everyone has a good day and be well....h2l

[ICE WANDERER]

               Good morning EWally, zcm,
                           Its 21* and clear here on my hill.
                           Dave............Congra tulations getting the vacation approved. I'm sure you'll have some Cabin Porn for us.
                           Wally............Have an awesome day on the lake.
                           H2l...............I hope the Walleye have a good spawn this year. How soon will the docks be put in?
                           Zcm.............I think it's only in the education field can get more than a month of vacation time. Except for politicians.
                           Fish..............Here teachers have a choice, the can receive their salary in during a school year and get a bigger weekly check or drag it
                out over the entire year.
                           Steve...........When I was in the Navy, I was on a submarine repair ship, when a sub came in and had to have work done on the reactor
                they would transfer the contaminated water to our ship and when we went out to sea for three days,  we would slow dump the waste water overboard.
                I guess they figured dilution was the solution.
                           I took advantage yesterday morning of the cloudy weather and washed some windows.
                           I hope everyone has a good Thursday either at work or out. Stay Safe and Healthy.

                IW


     

[OldSailor]

IW----My first ship was the USS Fulton (AS-11) I was a Torpedoman!!! 1962-1965

[ICE WANDERER]

               Good morning ER's,
                         It's 27* and clear here on my hill.
                         OS...............I was on the USS Proteus{ AS19}  Gaum. Where was the Fulton located?
                         Wally............Well how was the fishing yesterday?
                         H2l...............How was the shopping trip.?
                         Eddie............I hope you were able to get out and hit a stream
                         I got a message from Whopper Stopper, he has been busy helping his sister.
                         Things are starting to dry out here, so I assume everyone in this neck of the woods are drying out as well. Thanks to the wind we've had.
                         I did some more cleanup outside yesterday.
                         I hope everyone has a good Friday either at work or out. Stay Safe and Healthy.

                IW

[hunts2long]

26* and sunny.

IW, I sure do HATE shopping. Over an hour in Walmart and an hour in Price Chopper. You would think one of these stores would have a place for an "old" man to sit down. She had one of those electric "speed" wagons but I follow her around so she doesn't have to get up and down all the time. I don't walk that far when I go hunting. It was good for her to get out and she was tired when we got home. I did get to drive the CRV to the front of the store to load the groceries!

Hope everyone has a good day and be well.....h2l

[wallyworld]

Morning all,

IW…..some nice weather finally!!

H2L…..MrWW always has “something else” to do on shopping days 

Fishing wasn’t too bad, cold and rough but managed to go 4 for 5 on browns







No complaints here

Have a good day. Stay safe, stay healthy.

[masoneddie]

Good Morning Everyone,
  Clear and calm 30*, high of 57 here today.

  Dave…will be looking forward to the cabin adventures, hope there will be no issues with those wildfires this season! 
  Wally…glad the bite was on yesterday for Team WW!! Excellent job, thanks for sharing the pictures!!   
  Jeff…I fished a local stream yesterday afternoon for a little while, caught a few small stockers I released. Thanks for the update from Marv, hope to see him back soon!   
  H2..always an adventure shopping at Walmart and Price Chopper, that’s what I call a double feature! 
  FH4…hope you have a good wrap to the week today!   

  Not much on the planner this morning, have an MRI scheduled for early afternoon.   Cawfee’s still on…
  Have a great day all, be safe, best of luck to those fishing!

[fish/hunt4ever]

Nice fish team WW, glad you got on the water.  Well looks like an easy wrap to the week, hoping that one trailer gets loaded today to make next week better. 
Eddie glad that you got a few tugs on the line, see how the weekend weather goes and see if the boat stays in the shop or heads to the lake, got a tip that some walleye have been caught shallow so would like to get out and check them out.  Have a great Friday everyone.

[OldSailor]

IW---- The Fulton was moored to the Railroad Pier in New London, CT We had some famous subs attached to us!!  USS Nautilus, Skate, and Skipjack!! 

[mr.clean]

Good morning, 49 with sunshine and blue sky currently light wind. My sister and I have still not received any word on our great aunt if I do not hear anything by tonight will Email her daughter figure it is best to give them a few days to themselves. Some time since I've posted any food recall information have 2 to share with all of you.

ConSup North America,INC. has recalled packags of pre-sliced prosciutto made in Germany and sold under name "Stockmeyer" . The prosciutto was shipped before being inspected to see if it meets U.S. standards. It has meet Germany's requirements. Multiple lots recalled for more information contact Luann Servidio at Consup (973)-628-7330      Email - [email protected]

Pepsi products recalled for mislabeling no health risk unless you are diabetic and consumed a large quantity of soda depending on personal health condition.
Schweppes Zero-sugar ginger-ale found to be the formulation with sugar after reports from consumers and product testing.
Mug root beer is the reverse product labeled to have sugar food to be zero-sugar formulation.

Ice Wanderer thank you for the information on how the U.S. navy disposed of radio-active waste water from it's nuclear powered submarines during your years of service. In one of the articles I've read on Indian Point it was mentioned that radio-active water is being released into the Hudson river from waste water of hospitals with patients on nuclear medications after being treated at municipal sewage treatment plants and then released into the Hudson. glad things are drying out by you and weather is allowing you to do some yard work. take it easy if helping the neighbor/boss with the association clean-up this weekend.
Hunts2long next time you visit the price Chopper check to see if they have a small sitting area located by the Bakery,Deli departments. their store by me has this area. Another option check with your medical insurance and Medicare they may cover the cost of a walker. My father had neuropathy later in his life and could not walk long distances before his legs become numb and tingled(think what is commonly said to be a fallen asleep foot) eventually would temporally lose all feeling in legs. The model walker he used folded up and had a flip down seat so a person could take a rest. Since most of the Speed carts have a basket for purchases on them and use maybe pushing an additional shopping cart might be a  way to attach the folding walker to either cart and the quickly remove it when you need to take a break. Glad your wife is letting you drive her new car for brief periods of time.
Wallyworld congratulations to the two of you on the catch of brown trout. Looks like you both were wearing your Striker jackets to fight the wind and stay warm.
Eddie good to hear you also good out fishing and caught some of this year's stocked trout. Once the MRI is evaluated may it be good news and you only have to make quarterly visits to doctor.
Fish/hunt4ever i hope the trailer gets loaded today so one less thing to be done next week at work. may things be on course for your coworker at the Ohio facility so he can return to your plant and his home and family.
Zcm-82 i also receive 4 weeks of vacation time never take more then one week off like you usually returned to a pile of projects that need completing.
Oldsailor thank you for sharing a bit of your history of Naval service. I toured the dry-docked USS North Carolina (now a museum) while on vacation back in the 1990's assume the ship you were on had similar construction with thicker walls in the area of torpedo launch tubes and possibly brass roller system so no sparks. Still a job that requires some caution and attention to detail.

Have a good Friday and nice weekend. I have a few errands to complete this morning . then will take a brief rest planning to attend afternoon lacrosse game between Cornwall and Washingtonville high schools boys varsity teams.
     Steve

[wallyworld]

Nine mile plant in Oswego where we fished yesterday

[mr.clean]

 Good evening, received good news from a cousin and my sister same message. My great aunt came through her procedures in good shape. I assume she is now at her daughter and son in law's home dealing with some pain and will start rehab once she is doing better. Guessing she is off or on a reduced dosage of any pain killers. Thank you all for the prayers and best wishes.

 I did get to the lacrosse game very exciting  Cornwall was trailing 6 goals to 2 at half time. They fought their way back into the game and were leading by a goal at one point in the game. Regulation time ended with game tied at 10 goals for each team. Around two minutes or less into the "Suden Victory" overtime period Washingtonville took a shot goaltender made the initial save put could not gather the rebound scramble of players in front of goal ball came free recovered by a Washingtonville player who put it into the net before the Cornwall goal tender could get back into position. Hard week for Cornwall a victory on Monday followed by a loss by large margin on Wednesday and then today heartbreaking loss. Hopefully they can regroup and play better next week and in remaining games of this season. I believe Cornwall's won -loss record to this date is (4-5) . I need to see how they have done this far against other teams in their Class which will determine if they make it to post season playoffs for divisional title and advancement to state tournament.

Wallyworld thank you for the photo. I watched an outdoors /fishing show years back the host was fishing the same area of Lake Ontario as you did yesterday. Supposedly the warm water released from the nuclear plant that is used to cool the reactor promotes good plant life which attracts the baitfish and in turn the trout and other gamefish. just follow any guidelines for consuming your catch. The chances of you developing health issues related to eating fish from Lake Ontario is probably low. I think the chance of Mr. WW or you developing mutant powers and joining the X-men is just a myth.

Prior to the game stopped at a Subway sandwich location purchased a footlong Chicken Teriyaki sub and 20 ounce Diet Coke shocked when told my purchase cost. ($18.47 including the tax)  $14.19 for the sub, $2.89 for soda ,$1,39 tax. I politely told the young lady behind the counter guess Subway will not be getting my business in the future. She smiled and said I understand  sir unfortunately the days of "$5 dollar Foot Long" subs are now a memory.

Have a good night and weekend everyone. best to all with fishing plans.
   Steve