Yes, I have been there twice. Oldest daughter lives in Copperas Cove, Tx. I live in Western Mass.
Enjoyed touring Ft Hood. US Navy Vet.
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Yes, I have been there twice. Oldest daughter lives in Copperas Cove, Tx. I live in Western Mass.
If you are lucky that is as far as it goes. It is my experience it is just the top of a long slide....
"Accomplishing the impossible only makes the boss add it to your job description"
I've experienced this many times myself.
I've watched this very thing happen in nearly every job I've ever had.BenTrabetere wrote: ⤴Thu May 30, 2019 8:24 am Eventually you will not qualify for the same bonus/raise as lesser co-workers because you only "met expectations." That the boss's expectations for you are higher is irrelevant.
So true.mediclaser wrote: ⤴Thu May 30, 2019 12:27 pm "Accomplishing the impossible only makes the boss add it to your job description"
I can both agree and disagree. I think Labor Unions have strayed from their path to becoming cash cows for certain groups. I would love to see Unions set up a system where guys can go to what I think as Vocational Colleges to learn welding, plumbing, construction planning, etc, and the Unions offer to get them certified from Apprentice to Journeyman level, complete with certificate showing that they are officially Journeymen. I'd love to see that, so that guys like my nephew who has no interest in college, but who is already a very good welder, could get training on all sorts of welding, and a Journeyman ticket as well.Portreve wrote: ⤴Thu May 30, 2019 7:22 pmI've experienced this many times myself.
I've watched this very thing happen in nearly every job I've ever had.BenTrabetere wrote: ⤴Thu May 30, 2019 8:24 am Eventually you will not qualify for the same bonus/raise as lesser co-workers because you only "met expectations." That the boss's expectations for you are higher is irrelevant.
So true.mediclaser wrote: ⤴Thu May 30, 2019 12:27 pm "Accomplishing the impossible only makes the boss add it to your job description"
We really need to rethink wage labor in the U.S. because the situation is frequently out of hand. Labor unions have been villified for so long in this country that much of the population (maybe half? maybe more?) takes it as almost an article of faith that "unions are bad".
Just saw this and have to agree. I was born in Phoenix WAY back in the day. Spent my teen age years growing up there in the 50s. When the afore mentioned massive flood rolled down the normally dry Salt River bed taking out most every bridge across the Valley from east to west and creating problems it took weeks to untangle, I was a police officer working with the City of Tempe. Some of the stupid stuff we had to contend with had to do with frustrated motorists trying to find a way across the flooded Salt River that avoided using the Tempe bridge. Of course by that time there were no other safe ways to cross the river. It was up to a half mile wide and better in spots, and much too deep and swift running to cross in any vehicle, much less a passenger car or pickup truck.all41 wrote: ⤴Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:26 pm I have lived in Houston and LA. I have driven in Chicago, but the absolute nightmare commute--without a doubt was here:
During the middle 70's I lived in Phoenix and the Salt River had not had a trickle of water in decades, and even most Salt River highway and street crossings were just built across the bottom of the dried up riverbed.
The rains turned loose up north and all riverbed crossings closed almost immediately leaving but a handful of bridges in the entire area. The historic flood quickly undermined the newly built bridges, leaving but ONE bridge for the entire city--and that bridge was the oldest of the bunch.
The Tempe bridge was left to handle the entire traffic for the city of Phoenix. Traffic was a snarled mess, a 15 minute commute became three hours.
It gets even worse---the I-10 bridge over Salt River was eventually closed due to undermining concerns.
This meant all I-10 corridor east and westbound traffic was detoured through already jammed city streets to cross the only available crossing, the Tempe Bridge, 18 wheelers and all.
If you look at a map of the Phoenix area you can see how the Salt River divides it, and the location of that Tempe Bridge--imagine the traffic jams..
I know one iNut who has already decided to replace his 'Trashcan' Mac with the new 'Cheese Grater' Mac. His 'Trashcan' is too slow. He uses it for social media, email, browsing the interwebs, and syncing other iThings. And it is too slow.
Yep. I think it is evil, reprehensible, and ethically bankrupt; on the other hand, sometimes it is a moral obligation to take money from people who refuse to consider their purchases. That is what drives the Cupertino Stupidity Tax....Can it be said that the specs and pricing is a bit ridiculous?
You've got the wrong kids!