Random Thoughts.....

Scooter402 said:
You ever look at your kids and say to yourself, "I'm getting what I deserve, I'm reaping what I sow..." :lol:

Beginning to think all my smartassery is coming back to haunt me with a quickness.
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Both of my daughters went to the same High School I did.
Still a couple of teachers around I had .... and some friends work there ( my wife was a teacher, is now an administrator elsewhere ).
The Asst. Admn. is the same one that was there.
I got it all the time.
"Just like their daddy!"
 
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Some people choose to live in a continuous state of "outrage" and I'll never understand it.

Don't get me wrong...I get bent...like a pretzel sometimes, but it's usually bent, then some action is taken, then I'm good. But others...it's like every day there's either a continuation of outrage (for my liberal friends it's usually that Trump still exists, breathes, and hasn't burst into flames...for my Trumpette friends it's usually something new every few days...this week it's nudity/sexual content in books required to be read in 8th grade)

I just can't fathom having so very much hate/rage in your heart that you crank it up every single day and aim at so many people.
 
CasterTroy said:
I just can't fathom having so very much hate/rage in your heart that you crank it up every single day and aim at so many people.
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It is tiring, but I get by. :flipoff2:
 
jeepinmatt said:
It is tiring, but I get by. :flipoff2:
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Dude..in your case, I COMPLETELY understand. ESPECIALLY in places where only single hole toilets are available (ADA)

The constant dangling of feet while dropping off the kids in the ghetto pool would leave me in a state of fury most of the time. But there IS a solution for your home. Just passing this tidbit of knowledge along for a friend :cool::rockon:
 
CasterTroy said:
Some people choose to live in a continuous state of "outrage" and I'll never understand it.

Don't get me wrong...I get bent...like a pretzel sometimes, but it's usually bent, then some action is taken, then I'm good. But others...it's like every day there's either a continuation of outrage (for my liberal friends it's usually that Trump still exists, breathes, and hasn't burst into flames...for my Trumpette friends it's usually something new every few days...this week it's nudity/sexual content in books required to be read in 8th grade)

I just can't fathom having so very much hate/rage in your heart that you crank it up every single day and aim at so many people.
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I can't believe how some people don't realize the media actually wants this divide. lol I'm like go out and talk to your neighbor its really not that bad...

Edit, I'm all for a good debate, but hate when people get too emotional.
 
CasterTroy said:
Dude..in your case, I COMPLETELY understand. ESPECIALLY in places where only single hole toilets are available (ADA)

The constant dangling of feet while dropping off the kids in the ghetto pool would leave me in a state of fury most of the time. But there IS a solution for your home. Just passing this tidbit of knowledge along for a friend :cool::rockon:
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You think you're making a joke, but that is actually 100% accurate. A tall person can use a short toilet just fine, and will even pay extra for a squatty potty. All of the toilets in our house are standard height, not that ADA cheek pinchin dingleberry catchin BS.
 
Next house I build I will have a "whole upstairs" switch at the bottom of the dang stairs. I put all the bedrooms of this house on the first floor for a reason, I hate going up and down stairs. I get disproportionately pissed when I have to drag my fat ass upstairs to turn of the TV/ac/lights/fan/all of the above that my kids and or wife have left on.
 
awheelterd said:
Next house I build I will have a "whole upstairs" switch at the bottom of the dang stairs. I put all the bedrooms of this house on the first floor for a reason, I hate going up and down stairs. I get disproportionately pissed when I have to drag my fat ass upstairs to turn of the TV/ac/lights/fan/all of the above that my kids and or wife have left on.
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Timers or smart switches would probably solve about half of the problems.



Or a good beating.
 
awheelterd said:
Next house I build I will have a "whole upstairs" switch at the bottom of the dang stairs. I put all the bedrooms of this house on the first floor for a reason, I hate going up and down stairs. I get disproportionately pissed when I have to drag my fat ass upstairs to turn of the TV/ac/lights/fan/all of the above that my kids and or wife have left on.
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Man, I agree. When I was a kid, all I wanted was an "Up and Down" house. Now that I have one, I envy those who only have one floor to deal with.
 
Cherokeekid88 said:
Man, I agree. When I was a kid, all I wanted was an "Up and Down" house. Now that I have one, I envy those who only have one floor to deal with.
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Right?

Then again, last night I reminded the wife why it was a good thing to have the master bedroom downstairs and the kids upstairs. The kitchen is on the same level.
 
@Cherokeekid88 having all bedrooms on the first floor was a point of contention for my wife and I when designing our house. I was adamant against upstairs bedrooms. I finally won when I declared that she could put the kids bedrooms upstairs, BUT crying children would be her responsibility alone at night because I'm not walking up and down stairs in the middle of the night. I won that one. She even admitted I was right after our youngest was sick and we were up and down with him every night for a year. I don't expect that sort of acknowledgement ever again 😂

@jeepinmatt the children's bedrooms are on the complete opposite side of the house. I did some thinking on that one too ;)
 
I dont sweat the light bulb thing. You do the math, and its nothing. One 60w bulb, 5 hours a day, for 30 days straight = like $1.00 on the most expensive $/kw Im aware of in the tristate area. I like the convenience of walking into a lit room, especially if im lugging things in my arms, per usual, and not having to scrape and ding the wall to find the switch. An extra $20 a month per electric bill for the convenience is worth it to me. I make up for it in being anal on shower/bath, appliances left on. Etc

Your keurig/coffee pot that gets left on... The fridge compressor kicking on more often than necessary from standing with the door open. The electric oven. The electric hot water heater.

I raise cane about the kid taking a bath as a "daily" routine. Baths are a luxury and = about 3 showers.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Right?

Then again, last night I reminded the wife why it was a good thing to have the master bedroom downstairs and the kids upstairs. The kitchen is on the same level.
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awheelterd said:
@Cherokeekid88 having all bedrooms on the first floor was a point of contention for my wife and I when designing our house. I was adamant against upstairs bedrooms. I finally won when I declared that she could put the kids bedrooms upstairs, BUT crying children would be her responsibility alone at night because I'm not walking up and down stairs in the middle of the night. I won that one. She even admitted I was right after our youngest was sick and we were up and down with him every night for a year. I don't expect that sort of acknowledgement ever again 😂

@jeepinmatt the children's bedrooms are on the complete opposite side of the house. I did some thinking on that one too ;)
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Ehh, the noise want warp them all that bad. Ask my parents. The master was right above my bedroom, by the time I knew what was going on I was proud the old man was doing such a good job!
 
awheelterd said:
@Cherokeekid88 having all bedrooms on the first floor was a point of contention for my wife and I when designing our house. I was adamant against upstairs bedrooms. I finally won when I declared that she could put the kids bedrooms upstairs, BUT crying children would be her responsibility alone at night because I'm not walking up and down stairs in the middle of the night. I won that one. She even admitted I was right after our youngest was sick and we were up and down with him every night for a year. I don't expect that sort of acknowledgement ever again 😂

@jeepinmatt the children's bedrooms are on the complete opposite side of the house. I did some thinking on that one too ;)
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I would like a floorplan that allowed the master one one side of the house and the ret of the bed rooms on the opposite. The problem that we are running into right now with our 3 year old is that she constantly wants to play in her room which is upstairs, but most of all her everyday stuff she plays with in downstairs, So she is constantly bringing stuff upstairs and then back down, then can't remember where stuff is at. If the wife and I are ever blessed enough to build on our house, we would definitely have a playroom on the first floor.
 
ckruzer said:
I dont sweat the light bulb thing. You do the math, and its nothing. One 60w bulb, 5 hours a day, for 30 days straight = like $1.00 on the most expensive $/kw Im aware of in the tristate area. I like the convenience of walking into a lit room, especially if im lugging things in my arms, per usual, and not having to scrape and ding the wall to find the switch. An extra $20 a month per electric bill for the convenience is worth it to me. I make up for it in being anal on shower/bath, appliances left on. Etc

Your keurig/coffee pot that gets left on... The fridge compressor kicking on more often than necessary from standing with the door open. The electric oven. The electric hot water heater.

I raise cane about the kid taking a bath as a "daily" routine. Baths are a luxury and = about 3 showers.
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I agree. We have smart plugs for every one of our plug in lights. I have it set to turn everything on before I get home and it stays on till I go to bed.
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
Ehh, the noise want warp them all that bad. Ask my parents. The master was right above my bedroom, by the time I knew what was going on I was proud the old man was doing such a good job!
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I was less concerned with them hearing the noise as I was taking that excuse off the table for my wife 🤣
 
awheelterd said:
I was less concerned with them hearing the noise as I was taking that excuse off the table for my wife 🤣
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Can't help yah on that one. But I figure any excuse will do in the opposites point of view. I've gotten old enough to roll over and sleep on it.
 
Wife is wanting to change jobs and I am just not so sure about it. I know that she is the one having to deal with it everyday, but she just has it so good as far as the perks of working there goes. Three day weekend, paid for trips every couple of years, Christmas bonuses, 2 miles from the house...etc. and I think it boils down to 1-2 people who are making it hard for her and I just don't want her to leave because of them, when it might be easily fixed. I know the grass ain't always greener on the other side, but I also don't want her to be unhappy, regardless of the perks of working there.
 
Cherokeekid88 said:
Wife is wanting to change jobs and I am just not so sure about it. I know that she is the one having to deal with it everyday, but she just has it so good as far as the perks of working there goes. Three day weekend, paid for trips every couple of years, Christmas bonuses, 2 miles from the house...etc. and I think it boils down to 1-2 people who are making it hard for her and I just don't want her to leave because of them, when it might be easily fixed. I know the grass ain't always greener on the other side, but I also don't want her to be unhappy, regardless of the perks of working there.
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There's ALWAYS 1-2 people that make ANY work environment hell.

But..that's like teaching a toddler what the word HOT means; you simply can't TELL them, they have to experience it. And you get the pleasure of watching them get burned :dumbass:

My advice would be to encourage her to give plenty of notice and leave on great terms, so that WHEN she realizes how good she had it, that there may be a place for her to return
 
CasterTroy said:
There's ALWAYS 1-2 people that make ANY work environment hell.

But..that's like teaching a toddler what the word HOT means; you simply can't TELL them, they have to experience it. And you get the pleasure of watching them get burned :dumbass:

My advice would be to encourage her to give plenty of notice and leave on great terms, so that WHEN she realizes how good she had it, that there may be a place for her to return
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These are my thoughts exactly, but I also know that being unhappy at the work place can make all those perks not seem worth it. I've talked with her and she's been at the same place for 12 years now and just feels she isn't respected. My fear is her going somewhere new and thinking its going to be a certain way and then her regret leaving and possibly not being able to come back.
 
Cherokeekid88 said:
These are my thoughts exactly, but I also know that being unhappy at the work place can make all those perks not seem worth it. I've talked with her and she's been at the same place for 12 years now and just feels she isn't respected. My fear is her going somewhere new and thinking its going to be a certain way and then her regret leaving and possibly not being able to come back.
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I lasted 10 years. Call it burn out, mid life crisis....whatever. 2 people I couldn't stand made it impossible for me to continue.

I left the job I started right after college, worked elsewhere for 2 years. Left there, worked at another firm for a year, then ended up going back to my first employer. Same 2 folks I couldn't stand were still there but somehow now I didn't pay them any mind. Been back for 13 years now. Sometimes you just have to GTFO for a while to appreciate what you had
 
CasterTroy said:
I lasted 10 years. Call it burn out, mid life crisis....whatever. 2 people I couldn't stand made it impossible for me to continue.

I left the job I started right after college, worked elsewhere for 2 years. Left there, worked at another firm for a year, then ended up going back to my first employer. Same 2 folks I couldn't stand were still there but somehow now I didn't pay them any mind. Been back for 13 years now. Sometimes you just have to GTFO for a while to appreciate what you had
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Yeah, that's a tough one. I was in a similar boat a few years ago. Had an offer from another company, but when I wrote out the pros and cons, it was a no brainer for me to stay where I was. Instead of changing the place I was at, I decided to change my outlook. I decided i wasn't going to bring work home with me anymore and I decided I wasn't going to sweat all the small things that happened.

I think the biggest things was when my daughter was born. I just couldn't let work affect my home life anymore and felt like the time I had away from work with my little family was precious. She's a Dental Assistant at a pediatric office and I know dealing with kids all day can be rough especially being at the dentist which I think is one of every child's most hated places.
 
Took my boy to watch my old skydive team jump into an air show at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, SC. Hung out with the team and helped repack a few chutes. They gave my boy the VIP treatment. I haven’t jumped in over 3 years. I gave it up when I left the military, but now I can’t get it off my mind. Wish I’d never gotten around it again. Highly doubt my life insurance would pay if I burn in. Smart thing is to keep my butt on the ground but old me wants to get after it. Wheeling, fishing, and hunting are fun, but it doesn’t come close to taking the place of terminal velocity. Wish I enjoyed normal shit.
 
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