The middle agers group. (Upper 30s,40s & 50ish folks)
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697 pages! That is a lot of middle agers here
. I’m about to be 43 in January 3 -
IslandGal3 wrote: »VpinkLotus wrote: »697 pages! That is a lot of middle agers here. I’m about to be 43 in January
We're the cook kids. 😉[/quoting
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Love to make new friends1
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IslandGal3 wrote: »airforceman1978 wrote: »IslandGal3 wrote: »VpinkLotus wrote: »697 pages! That is a lot of middle agers here. I’m about to be 43 in January
We're the cook kids. 😉[/quoting
I hope you don't cook kids lol
Ha! I should put my glasses on when I post.
What does it say about me that I didn’t even notice 😂 my eyes just guess at this point. Glasses denial1 -
You know you're old when you trip going down your outside front stairs and land on your walk way skinning both your knees. At least my shoulder seems ok
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AliNouveau wrote: »You know you're old when you trip going down your outside front stairs and land on your walk way skinning both your knees. At least my shoulder seems ok
Ouch!!!! I hope you feel better soon.
Yes getting old hurts.
Thanks. Luckily in that split second while you realize what's about to happen I guess I veered left to protect my recently repaired shoulder. Oddly my shoulder now feels a bit looser and somewhat better. Maybe it's the advil I took for the knees which are swelling up. Sadly my cupcakes are ruined1 -
IslandGal3 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »You know you're old when you trip going down your outside front stairs and land on your walk way skinning both your knees. At least my shoulder seems ok
Ouch. Glad it wasn't worse.
Me too just two very sore knees and one sore hand0 -
Good morning peeps....lets enjoy the week ahead!1
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Here we go!! Short week gang!!! Be good for a few days, most of us are going to blow it Thursday.... And that's fine, let's kick buns before and do our best to come out of week in good shape!
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AliNouveau wrote: »You know you're old when you trip going down your outside front stairs and land on your walk way skinning both your knees. At least my shoulder seems ok
Ouch!!!! I hope you feel better soon.
Yes getting old hurts.
ouch!! sorry to hear
Morning all...happy Monday
rainy and cold here in Jersey yesterday ....my 16yr old started a new volunteer position at a senior living home
I was supposed to pick him up at 4:00 but he was MIA..so waited in my car outside...he finally came out at 4:45....He lost track of time because he was playing gin rummy with seniors..LOL...
Came home and watched football....
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definitely going to blow it Thursday. Thanksgiving dinner is at my house, so I took the time to build my recipes into the app to get an idea of what dinner would be. Ouch! turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, broccoli casserole, roasted vegetables, 2 rolls, and 1 slice of pumpkin pie are a whopping 1600 calories - and that's AFTER doctoring the recipes as much as I could to include splenda, less butter, etc. And let's forget my grandmother's sweet potato casserole - that, even after swapping out the butter for lower calorie margarine and the sugar for splenda, still comes in at a whopping 350 calories per serving, which is actually about half the size that grandma served herself. Yikes!
And to think - Grandma used to serve all this and more when I was a kid!
which is actually quite ironic, when I think about it - this particular Grandmother used to harp all the time on our weight; it got to the point where we dreaded going to see her because we knew at some point in the conversation, she was going to point how heavy my brother and sister and I were. And yet she was making 2,000+ calories meals for the family!
Anyway, since I do know now how much each item is going to be calorie-wise, that knowledge might help me keep in check some, I hope. And if I make sure I have a very small breakfast, and that just to help me keep from picking while making all the dishes, I will hopefully at least stay within maintenance calories......we'll see, anyway.
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kimber0607 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »You know you're old when you trip going down your outside front stairs and land on your walk way skinning both your knees. At least my shoulder seems ok
Ouch!!!! I hope you feel better soon.
Yes getting old hurts.
ouch!! sorry to hear
Morning all...happy Monday
rainy and cold here in Jersey yesterday ....my 16yr old started a new volunteer position at a senior living home
I was supposed to pick him up at 4:00 but he was MIA..so waited in my car outside...he finally came out at 4:45....He lost track of time because he was playing gin rummy with seniors..LOL...
Came home and watched football....
Omg how awesome. I guess he enjoyed his volunteering and I bet they loved having him there. What a sweet story0 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »definitely going to blow it Thursday. Thanksgiving dinner is at my house, so I took the time to build my recipes into the app to get an idea of what dinner would be. Ouch! turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, broccoli casserole, roasted vegetables, 2 rolls, and 1 slice of pumpkin pie are a whopping 1600 calories - and that's AFTER doctoring the recipes as much as I could to include splenda, less butter, etc. And let's forget my grandmother's sweet potato casserole - that, even after swapping out the butter for lower calorie margarine and the sugar for splenda, still comes in at a whopping 350 calories per serving, which is actually about half the size that grandma served herself. Yikes!
And to think - Grandma used to serve all this and more when I was a kid!
which is actually quite ironic, when I think about it - this particular Grandmother used to harp all the time on our weight; it got to the point where we dreaded going to see her because we knew at some point in the conversation, she was going to point how heavy my brother and sister and I were. And yet she was making 2,000+ calories meals for the family!
Anyway, since I do know now how much each item is going to be calorie-wise, that knowledge might help me keep in check some, I hope. And if I make sure I have a very small breakfast, and that just to help me keep from picking while making all the dishes, I will hopefully at least stay within maintenance calories......we'll see, anyway.
It's Thanksgiving and only one day to indulge.
I guess grandma back then just saw weight and didn't understand calories in. Haha. She probably just figured they were lazy
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AliNouveau wrote: »kimber0607 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »You know you're old when you trip going down your outside front stairs and land on your walk way skinning both your knees. At least my shoulder seems ok
Ouch!!!! I hope you feel better soon.
Yes getting old hurts.
ouch!! sorry to hear
Morning all...happy Monday
rainy and cold here in Jersey yesterday ....my 16yr old started a new volunteer position at a senior living home
I was supposed to pick him up at 4:00 but he was MIA..so waited in my car outside...he finally came out at 4:45....He lost track of time because he was playing gin rummy with seniors..LOL...
Came home and watched football....
Omg how awesome. I guess he enjoyed his volunteering and I bet they loved having him there. What a sweet story
It really was cute..He had a big smile on his face when he came out... really enjoyed his time there...he helped with snacks/ getting drinks for the seniors etc
He loves books so he started volunteering at the local library but it fizzled out and they didn't have much for him to do...
My daughter who will be 15 in April wants to volunteer with a local dog organization peace for paws...something like that LOL
How knees feeling today?
Hope you feel better soon
Im still dealing with my eyes...call the Dre on Wed to let him know how things look (not good)
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Good morning everyone. I'm so glad it's a short week. I hope everyone has a good one!2
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kimber0607 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »kimber0607 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »You know you're old when you trip going down your outside front stairs and land on your walk way skinning both your knees. At least my shoulder seems ok
Ouch!!!! I hope you feel better soon.
Yes getting old hurts.
ouch!! sorry to hear
Morning all...happy Monday
rainy and cold here in Jersey yesterday ....my 16yr old started a new volunteer position at a senior living home
I was supposed to pick him up at 4:00 but he was MIA..so waited in my car outside...he finally came out at 4:45....He lost track of time because he was playing gin rummy with seniors..LOL...
Came home and watched football....
Omg how awesome. I guess he enjoyed his volunteering and I bet they loved having him there. What a sweet story
It really was cute..He had a big smile on his face when he came out... really enjoyed his time there...he helped with snacks/ getting drinks for the seniors etc
He loves books so he started volunteering at the local library but it fizzled out and they didn't have much for him to do...
My daughter who will be 15 in April wants to volunteer with a local dog organization peace for paws...something like that LOL
How knees feeling today?
Hope you feel better soon
Im still dealing with my eyes...call the Dre on Wed to let him know how things look (not good)
I hope the eyes get resolved
It's sweet your son had such a good time
The knees are tender but I bandaged them. My shoulder seems fine so that is all that matters0 -
Omg I just did my range of motion exercises and I'm practically there at full range!!!!! This makes me very excited as it was feeling stiff today2
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AliNouveau wrote: »You know you're old when you trip going down your outside front stairs and land on your walk way skinning both your knees. At least my shoulder seems ok
Ouch...1 -
I did Thanksgiving this weekend. OMG to much food to ignore...Hmmm maybe thats my problem EATING large meals at holiday time.0
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IslandGal3 wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »Omg I just did my range of motion exercises and I'm practically there at full range!!!!! This makes me very excited as it was feeling stiff today
That's great news!
I think this means I get to start strengthening it!!! I'm very excited1 -
steeliebob wrote: » Here we go!! Short week gang!!! Be good for a few days, most of us are going to blow it Thursday.... And that's fine, let's kick buns before and do our best to come out of week in good shape!
I am one of the rare folks who like Mondays; I am off two of three of them, and the other I get to volunteer at an aquarium! I get to enjoy the strong coffee, though. Just more relaxed than my work days which are longer since there are fewer of them. I like my schedule, though. Three day weekends are civilized.1 -
steeliebob wrote: » Here we go!! Short week gang!!! Be good for a few days, most of us are going to blow it Thursday.... And that's fine, let's kick buns before and do our best to come out of week in good shape!
I am one of the rare folks who like Mondays; I am off two of three of them, and the other I get to volunteer at an aquarium! I get to enjoy the strong coffee, though. Just more relaxed than my work days which are longer since there are fewer of them. I like my schedule, though. Three day weekends are civilized.
I like Monday's too. It's the start of a new week and I get my time back to me and can do as I wish which means go to the grocery store by myself haha0 -
I am one of the rare folks who like Mondays; I am off two of three of them, and the other I get to volunteer at an aquarium! I get to enjoy the strong coffee, though. Just more relaxed than my work days which are longer since there are fewer of them. I like my schedule, though. Three day weekends are civilized.
three day weekends are wonderful! My employer just this summer started offering flexible work schedules, though the operating unit I work in reluctantly implemented it. I say reluctantly because of the restrictions they enacted that were above and beyond the corporate policy, the worst being that we can't work a 4-10 or 9-80 and take Friday off; they claimed it was to make sure we had coverage for Friday. My thoughts are that okay, we take the flexibility of 5 days and shrink it to 4 - hows that supposed to help availability?
Anyway, since I couldn't take Friday's, I chose to take Mondays to get that 3 day weekend. I'm working the 9-80, so its every other Monday off - that gives me some extra time above and beyond my vacation limit, which is really nice, especially in scheduling appointments, not to mention having a 4 day work week every other week 0 -
When I went on my schedule, I didn't know if I'd be able to do ten hour days. Now I won't go back! What I wanted to do was work 4/5 x9. Nine hour days. Four days one week. Five days the alternate week. The fifth work day is only eight hours instead of nine. My boss was exempt, and HE went on that schedule. I couldn't because we couldn't figure out how to make the time sheet work without me going short on hours every other week and earning overtime the other weeks. I finally found out how to make it work, but I'm staying on 10s. The way to make it work is to start your work WEEK at noon on your flex day. That way the first four hours are "last week" and the last four are "next week." The math works. I like my ten hour days now. Well.... I like my three-day weekend. Now I couldn't do the 4/5 x 9 because of my schedule at the aquarium. I'd have to burn a day off every six weeks to volunteer.
My shop puts our crews on 4x10 during the summer season, typically Memorial Day through Labor Day. It's too many hours of dark during the winter for those doing outdoor work, and they switch back. One thing they do is make sure some people have Monday and some have Friday off. We always have coverage. Some work groups have even figured out how to allow SOME of the crew to switch to 10s and the others stay on 5x8.
The reason I opted for Monday was from some advice from a friend who had that schedule. He said it's great because you get the same Friday as most other people, and that's a happy day. But Mondays are GREAT. The grocery and gym are both a lot less crowded. In five years, every day will be Saturday. That's the only better schedule that 4x10.
Almost done with my strong coffee and about to head to the grocery and gym.0 -
When I went on my schedule, I didn't know if I'd be able to do ten hour days. Now I won't go back! What I wanted to do was work 4/5 x9. Nine hour days. Four days one week. Five days the alternate week. The fifth work day is only eight hours instead of nine. My boss was exempt, and HE went on that schedule. I couldn't because we couldn't figure out how to make the time sheet work without me going short on hours every other week and earning overtime the other weeks. I finally found out how to make it work, but I'm staying on 10s. The way to make it work is to start your work WEEK at noon on your flex day. That way the first four hours are "last week" and the last four are "next week." The math works. I like my ten hour days now. Well.... I like my three-day weekend. Now I couldn't do the 4/5 x 9 because of my schedule at the aquarium. I'd have to burn a day off every six weeks to volunteer.
My shop puts our crews on 4x10 during the summer season, typically Memorial Day through Labor Day. It's too many hours of dark during the winter for those doing outdoor work, and they switch back. One thing they do is make sure some people have Monday and some have Friday off. We always have coverage. Some work groups have even figured out how to allow SOME of the crew to switch to 10s and the others stay on 5x8.
The reason I opted for Monday was from some advice from a friend who had that schedule. He said it's great because you get the same Friday as most other people, and that's a happy day. But Mondays are GREAT. The grocery and gym are both a lot less crowded. In five years, every day will be Saturday. That's the only better schedule that 4x10.
Almost done with my strong coffee and about to head to the grocery and gym.
The 4/5x9 thing is exactly what I'm working now. I had that at my first job out of college, but when i switched to this company, it wasn't available.
the coverage thing is what gets me. Lots of companies have the flexible schedule and have it all worked out to make sure they have coverage, so I don't know why my company can't figure it out - or won't even listen to the employees who already had it worked out for them! The union guys have been doing it for years; they work 4x10, but alternate their days off to get a Friday and a Monday, giving them a 4 day weekend ever other weekend. Half the crew gets one weekend and the other half gets the other, and this way they have adequate coverage on the light days and enough days in the middle of the week to cover anything heavier.
My employer's excuse was that people would take the Friday and then leave town and wouldn't be available if needed. My best friend works for AEP and they have flexible schedules and their answer, besides adjusting the shifts so that they have the coverage they need, is to have their employees be "on call" one weekend a month where they agree to remain in town and come in if needed. Otherwise, their time is their own.
My company, however, hasn't figured that out yet. Personally, I think its because we still have a lot of folks in upper management who want things to stay the same way they've always been and who look down on the things that are important to the younger generation, such as quality of life outside the office.0 -
If they are worried people won't be available ON THEIR DAY OFF, they shouldn't give Saturday or Sunday either. Sheesh! Some employers! This is the kind of stuff that makes retirement seem much farther away than it actually is.
On call is fine, but if you want people to be available at your beck and call, you have to PAY THEM during their time off. Not their full salary unless maybe it's just an occasional thing, but if you want people to stay within a 30 minute response and be READY TO REPORT (i.e., don't have a beer), pay them at least one hour for every five or ten that they are waiting by the phone.
I have been, with a few rare exceptions, fortunate to have good supervisors and managers. I don't respond well to bad management.... It's sad how many people seem to do really good at their jobs, and then get promoted to management but are not given adequate management training. Someone who is good at DOING isn't always that good at managing others. It's a whole different skill set, and when you move to management, you need to quit doing the work and empower your people to do their best. That's all.0 -
Anybody out there near the 59 year old mark!!? Have lost 54 lbs since July, have left the medical practice diet (very stringent) now finding my way with sensible eating. Just meeting some people to chat would be fun.3
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If they are worried people won't be available ON THEIR DAY OFF, they shouldn't give Saturday or Sunday either. Sheesh! Some employers! This is the kind of stuff that makes retirement seem much farther away than it actually is.
On call is fine, but if you want people to be available at your beck and call, you have to PAY THEM during their time off. Not their full salary unless maybe it's just an occasional thing, but if you want people to stay within a 30 minute response and be READY TO REPORT (i.e., don't have a beer), pay them at least one hour for every five or ten that they are waiting by the phone.
That's what I thought! I'm thinking "okay, so you are so worried that everyone will take Friday off and won't be available for the rare storm duty that you tell us we can't Fridays at all. But for the folks who are wanting the 3 day weekend, that means they all will take Monday instead. So now you don't have coverage for Monday, especially since the groups that had worked their schedules out so that half took Friday and half took Monday can't work that schedule now, so everyone is taking Monday. What then? Do we say that we can't take Mondays then? If everyone switches to Tuesday because of the stipulation of no Fridays or Mondays, will you take that away too, and keep cutting until you get us back to a regular 5 day a week work week?"
What gets me is that I work for a power company, and all this has already been dealt with and handles just fine by the lines department for the linemen in the union. I don't know why its so hard for the engineering department in the office to figure out how to make it work, especially since over-time availability for us is only needed on a rare occasion where there is a major storm.
Sadly, its the people at the top who are making the mandate; not my local supervision. And yet, the company has recently made it a goal to increase diversity and flexibility because of the results of several cultural surveys they've had their personnel fill out which indicated that one of the big areas that employees feel the company is lacking in is in work/life balance!I have been, with a few rare exceptions, fortunate to have good supervisors and managers. I don't respond well to bad management.... It's sad how many people seem to do really good at their jobs, and then get promoted to management but are not given adequate management training. Someone who is good at DOING isn't always that good at managing others. It's a whole different skill set, and when you move to management, you need to quit doing the work and empower your people to do their best. That's all.
^^This is exactly why I don't want a supervisor's job! I know I don't have the skill set to handle potential conflict. I'm not a leader type and I know it, and while I'll take lead in a situation if there is absolutely no one else to do it, I know I'm not good at it. I'm much better as a delegate or someone who gets direction from the leader and then is given the freedom to get the work done, or to work in a support role. Course, I'm coming from a generation that was taught that everyone had to be a leader......course, if everyone is leading, who are they leading if no one is following? *rolls eyes*
And I work for a company where training is very inadequate, so I really don't want another position where I'm tossed into the lake to figure it out on my with very little to no direction!0
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