ThomasPowers Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 Tuesday Oct 26: no sign of SEC, no contact. I'm thinking of going over at lunch time and asking directly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Did you venture forth? This whole business reminds me of a year long battle I had with an hvac company and a brand new funace and ac that smelled of citrus. I lost that one so I'm quietly rooting for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 Not enough time over lunch today as I had another errand to run that was time critical. Perhaps tomorrow. I am sensitive to scents and the prevailing idea that *EVERYTHING* should be scented if not over scented gives me trouble too. I had an interesting discussion once with the help line for a deodorant company asking them if their product was "unscented" why did the ingredient list say "fragrance" on it? They lost a customer on that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 TP could you please wear a Go-Pro when you do go for entertainment value to the rest of us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 I vote for the go pro! I was walking through Sears maybe Penny's many years ago a few days before Christmas when some knucklehead at the women's cosmetics counter stepped out and sprayed a lady walking past with perfume. I stuck around to witness the riot act being read to every level of management available. They were righteously panicking, the lady's face and bare arm were turning red and blotchy while she screamed at them. she was threatening a law suit for criminal negligence, spraying people without warning risking allergic reactions and potential deaths. Not one of the store folk nor the EMTs noticed the lady kept wringing her arm and rubbing her face to keep it red and blotchy. I don't know what she walked out of there in gift cards along with her purchases but it put a halt to spraying random passersby with anything. I wanted to congratulate her on the performance but she finished shopping with an escort and red carpet treatment. I always HATED getting spritzed with cologne in stores, I sure wish I'd thought of that. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I hold my breath as long and as much as possible when I walk down the laundry detergent aisles in grocery stores or discount stores...if not, I end up sneezing my head off. And, I don't suffer from allergies. It's all the "fragrances" and scents they load the soap up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 8 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: I'm thinking of going over at lunch time and asking directly! If your co-op is anything like ours, going in person to talk with someone is futile. Every time I have tried that, the stock answer is they are all in a meeting. I once waited 4 hours and finally gave up, which I'm sure is their plan. My concern was their planned use of defoliant (agent orange) in the power line easements on our property. Prior to that they used a crew with chain saws to keep it clear. I finally had a friend who is an attorney send them a letter. Within a couple of days someone came to the house with all the paper work to prevent it's use on the 1/4 mile line of our place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 Wednesday Oct 27: No sign of SEC Thursday Oct 28: went in at lunch. SEC Front Desk person called supervisor of the Dept in question: I am on the schedule *tomorrow* and 3 days next week. (For a one day job?). I'll believe it when I see it! Now to get the electrician scheduled and the inspection scheduled and a chance I'll have power in time to go spend Thanksgiving in Las Cruces and Albuquerque....I hope to get enough time to do a bit of tweaking, perhaps I'll tell my kids that LED shop lights make excellent birthday gifts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 Wait for it!...Wait for it!...Wait for it---SEC just called my wife and told her that the lead on our project is sick and maybe he will be back in and work on it next week! I'm going to go listen to "Time" by Pink Floyd, "A Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon and Garfunkel, and "Knife Edge", by Emerson Lake and Palmer. Then maybe mellow out to Werke Für Laute, J.S.Bach... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I'd be livid. They would probably be coming to take me away. Not the original artist but I like this version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 I remember the original, one of the people in my class memorized the backwards version that was on the flip side of the 45...Brings back the rich taste of fresh Mammoth! Thanks for cheering me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 No problem. Haha. I'm pulling for you. I can't imagine being so close and them just seeming to tease. Hadn't heard the original version till I wen to find it to post. Now I want to find the backwards version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 And people wonder why other people "go postal." I have to wonder if the lead was also "sick" last week when the job was originally scheduled. I'd schedule an appointment with the supervisor's supervisor and make sure your file was on his desk for your meeting. Deep, cleansing breaths, Thomas. Count backwards from 10,000,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, George N. M. said: I'd schedule an appointment with the supervisor's supervisor and make sure your file was on his desk for your meeting. Perhaps have a copy present in you lawyer's brief case when you visit? There is at least one lawyer in your congregation isn't there? Counting backwards from 10mil in Yiddish is even more effective at taking your mind of things. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 The annoying thing is that; if it's my "contact", then he is liable to be out a long while for shoulder surgery, but of course they can't tell me anything but "he's out sick". I can ask around at Church Sunday; I'm one of the readers and am tempted to ask folks to "pray hard for the SEC cause they need it!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Sounds like you’ve been pretty rough on you contact, will anyone else talk to you now? ;P On a serious note, I hope this works itself out for you soon! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 Hey; I didn't twist his arm! It's been a long time coming with damage to his rotator cuff, bone spurs, injuries. But there should be more than one person who can work on these things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 If he is the "lead" on the project, probably a supervisor and everyone knows supervisors don't do any physical work. So tell him to get on the ball and get his crew working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I prayer can’t hurt, neither can being generally called out in public... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 I was doing the "Prayers of the People" in Church Sunday (we're Episcopalian) and if it hadn't been the day we memorialize all the members, relations and friends that have died in the last year I would have asked folks to pray for the SEC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 My wife just called: The SEC is there and have started working!!!!!!! Makes me want to jump up and go home and watch. Instead I'll go to a meeting with my Bosses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 YAY!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 WooHoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 ANOTHER reason to wear a great BIG smile this morning! Yee Haw! Lights, Camera, ACTION! Yes. Much as we love you we want photographic confirmation anyway. IFI tradition is tradition after all. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Huzzah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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