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Post by epaul on Jan 22, 2023 1:11:28 GMT -5
The only way I get to start a daily is not by getting up but by staying up.
And it is Sunday and I am up.
Winding down after a Giants/Eagles game that was a little tough to watch.
Every time the smashed and stomped upon Giants offense ran a play that flopped, failed, and fizzled, the TV commentators would say, "funny, that play worked great every time they ran it against the Vikings".
And every time an Eagles running back cut through the Giants' D-line like a hot knife through butter or an Eagles receiver ran alone and unbothered through the Giants' secondary, the commentators would say, "funny, the Giants had no problem stopping those plays last week against the Vikings".
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Post by jdd2 on Jan 22, 2023 1:52:18 GMT -5
Eagles blew them away, even the TD in the final few minutes. QB running it in before that.
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Post by millring on Jan 22, 2023 7:25:35 GMT -5
Is a puzzlement.
I will soon face the devil's choice -- whether or not to become a regular carrier (rather than a sub). It appears to be shaping up such that the only route that would become available in order to make the leap would actually net me less than half of what I currently make as a sub. The pluses are: If I jump to regular, should another route become available, I could bid on it (if I stay a sub, the sub below me in seniority would leap over me and he would be the one who could bid on the next route, leaving that loathsome route 74 again as my only choice.
Route 74. Where dreams go to die. It has as many or more parcels than any other route in the office, but it gets paid the least because of its size. The guy who currently has it takes home only about $2500 a month. He will be bidding on the big route that comes open this week, vacating 74. The only sub who is my senior will go ahead and take 74 even though she will have to take another part time job to make what she's been making as a sub. She accepts the game, though, and is aware that another route is going to open up this year. Her stop-over on 74 may only be months, not years.
I, on the other hand, would be up for taking 74 when she vacates it. But my stay on 74 might be longer, and the route that would eventually open up for me to move on might be more than I can handle. Amazon changes EVERYTHING in Warsaw. Some of the routes are simply un-doable on the long term. The regularly get in excess of 500 parcels every single day in addition to the mail that goes to between 800-1000 mailboxes. I have limited success with those routes. I can finish them, but not with less than 10 hours a day.
If magic happened and: 1. the route that eventually opened up for me was a Claypool route, and 2. None of the other regulars ahead of me in seniority wanted a Claypool route (they don't pay as well and they require a personally owned vehicle like my Jeep), then I could happily do this job for five more years, be vested in a small retirement, and have a 6-7 hour work day.
It would take a HUGE amount of luck to score a Claypool route. That would be the greatest hope. But if it went the other way -- if I took 74 in order to be in line for a Claypool route that never opened.....I can't go back. There is no moving from regular back to sub....and especially not to being the sub that carries the route I currently have (I do two routes every day).
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Post by millring on Jan 22, 2023 8:01:03 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Jan 22, 2023 8:07:17 GMT -5
Seems like a strange system. But work (life?) is like that in many ways, once you look under the hood.
Best to you Mr. John.
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Post by drlj on Jan 22, 2023 8:56:26 GMT -5
Snow flurrying. Kind of sets the feel for the day which is crappy.
Crazy week starting today. Glad I slept well last night.
The PO is weird. Good luck.
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Post by theevan on Jan 22, 2023 9:05:17 GMT -5
What happens if you bid on Claypool and don't get it? Would you get another non-sub route?
If you did get her permanent route, would you be able to go to shows again??
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Post by theevan on Jan 22, 2023 9:07:40 GMT -5
Speaking of early bird...
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Post by Cornflake on Jan 22, 2023 9:17:29 GMT -5
Good morning. It's somewhere around 32 here and will reach the 50s.
I'd planned to skip church today because I'm attending enough services on the search committee. But our church and a nearby Methodist church are combining choirs today. Both choirs will sing at our 10:00 service and then sing down the street at the 11:00 Methodist service. My long-time bandmate Barbara is in the Methodist choir. I'll go long enough to see her, if possible. My wife will have a long morning in the choir.
Enjoy your day if possible. Peace.
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Post by Marty on Jan 22, 2023 9:42:42 GMT -5
Is a puzzlement. It would take a HUGE amount of luck to score a Claypool route. That would be the greatest hope. But if it went the other way -- if I took 74 in order to be in line for a Claypool route that never opened.....I can't go back. There is no moving from regular back to sub....and especially not to being the sub that carries the route I currently have (I do two routes every day). Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Maybe take whatever takes up the least amount of time and throw pots when you can.
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Post by Marty on Jan 22, 2023 9:58:40 GMT -5
Good morning 14F - 23F cloudy Usual Sunday but since I will be gone for a while starting Thursday we'll be shopping for one. The girls will probably be around a lot to take care of their Grandma but they eat out a lot and DaWife just can't afford that kind of lifestyle. I've been doing all the kitchen duties, cooking and cleaning, since she will have to do it all while I recover. She will post the Daily for updates on me. Be nice, she's just a little thing, that can verbally beat the crap out of any two of you. 57 Days Until Spring.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 22, 2023 11:39:42 GMT -5
Up and at em. Coffee, check. Bagel, check. Wordle, check.
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Post by TKennedy on Jan 22, 2023 11:48:15 GMT -5
What’s that strange thing in the sky? Why it’s the fookin sun!!!
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Post by epaul on Jan 22, 2023 12:04:00 GMT -5
John, take the first full-time route you can get. There are benefits to full time that aren't reflected in "take home" comparisons.
Trust your instincts. If you believe the current Postal Office/Amazon deal isn't sustainable, maybe it isn't. Maybe it falls apart. It could fall apart for a dozen reasons, some predictable, others not. Maybe the Post Office needs a better deal. Maybe Amazon finds a better deal or comes up with or purchases its own delivery system and dumps the Post Office.
If something isn't sustainable, it changes. And maybe two years down the road that hell hole route 74 becomes a perfectly pleasant six hour drive that pays the bills and has a nice benefit package attached to it. Whatever change does come, the subs will be the first to suffer from it.
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Post by TKennedy on Jan 22, 2023 12:35:58 GMT -5
John I was thinking about your situation. In medical practice there would often be difficult decisions with no obvious answer and lots of variables.
Sometimes I would sit down and make a list with two columns for each variable. One was what’s the worst thing that could happen and two what is the best. Writing it down and looking at it somehow put things into more perspective.
I have carried that idea over into my non-medical life and it has been some help with decisions for which there is an upside and downside to every option.
Writing it down on paper was the key for me. Just an idea-
Good luck.
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Post by epaul on Jan 22, 2023 12:45:53 GMT -5
You are assuming John is the writing sort.
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Post by epaul on Jan 22, 2023 12:46:52 GMT -5
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Post by amanajoe on Jan 22, 2023 14:13:30 GMT -5
1-1/2 inches of snow to.clean off the car in the lovely Elgin, IL parking lot of the hotel we stayed in last night.
Had pizza and appetizers at a place call JJ Twigs in Palatine last night with my kids. The absolute thinnest crust pizza I'd ever seen. Very tasty though.
Didn't get into town until yesterday morning so no surprising Marshall at his gig Friday night.
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Post by billhammond on Jan 22, 2023 15:26:24 GMT -5
Man, the Bengals are kicking Buffalo butt! Two touchdowns in two drives, no incompletions, no penalties, good running game.
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Post by david on Jan 22, 2023 16:03:17 GMT -5
Laundry and dishes done. Trimmed the dog's nails. And sort of cleaned house this a.m. My buddy says he can fix my new guitar. Even though it has only the neck pickup and the piezo working, I am still loving it.
Best of luck, John. I agree with what Marty, epaul and Terry said.
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