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Hirly5

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  1. For those in the Capitals or Pens market, the game is on NHL Network. I'm not giving the NHL any money directly so no Center Ice this year. Only get to watch the National games. And its RJ!
  2. Large chain stores that open on Thanksgiving to start the mad dash to buy crap from China. People should be able to enjoy Thanksgiving. It makes me want to puke.
  3. I had a similar situation. I worked at my previous employer for 5 yrs but I couldnt take the toxic working environment. A lot of backstabbing by upper management and the mechanical engineering department was treated like dog crap. I was always in a bad mood after work. I decided to look for a new job and luckily found one within a few months. I have been here a year and love it. I enjoy what I do and the work environment is fantastic. Good luck with your search. My complaint: So much for the Winter Classic saving the hockey season. The NHL is drifting further out into the Sea of Irrelovence.
  4. Yes, America has done some exceptional things like what Mr. Neil Armstrong accomplished but we have also done some horrible things. The fact that "God" likes the United States of America more than another country is hilarious. :blink: That is the same as an athlete saying "God" wanted our team to win more than the other team. Apparenlty "God" was a Brett Hull fan. :wallbash: And for the record I have lived in another country other than America before. It was Austria and it wasnt bad at all. The people were kind, the food and beer were fantastic and frankly the pace of life was nice. Do they have their own problems? Of course they do. And of course I wouldnt want to be the Cambodian kid who makes my Nikes or the Vietmanese kid who put my keyboard together. You, me , and everyone else who can have a civil discussion are not saying that they want to live in the Congo, Sudan, North Korea or Afganistan. What ever happened to having some humility?
  5. Because America is exceptional and God likes us more than the other countries. :blink: I live in Virginia so I get to see all the good political ads. The one that I really like is the ad that says illegal immigrants (I assume they are only talking about those from south of the border) are taking new college grads jobs. What?! Is little Billy or Susie going to take their useless Liberal Arts degree from $40,000/yr college and do the work that an illegal immigrant would do? I would guess that a majority of illegal immigrants either A. work in restaruants (low level to fine dining) B. Open their own restaurant C. Migrant farmers D. Processed food industry (ex. meat packing) E. Lawn crews and D. Construction. Sorry folks, I just don't see it happening. Maybe Little Billy and Susie should have gotten a degree in something that is useful like engineering, accounting, teaching, nursing etc. Yes, I understand those majors do not automatically translate to jobs but those skills are a lot better than the average "Would you like fries with that" classes a Liberal Arts major would take. Don't blame the illegals for that. The blame is with a lot of people ranging from outsourcing of jobs, etc. off the soap box
  6. Exactly. I find it comical that the owners want to limit contracts to 5 years when they willing go out and sign players to long term deals so they can fudge the numbers to make the cap number work. The owners can't even trust themselves as they know one of them will break ranks and offer a player a long term deal. I guess they have to have it in "writing" so the owners are not suspected of collusion if they agree to the 5 year deal off the record. My thoughts on the potential lock out are mixed. I dont think it will affect whether or not I continue to follow the Sabres and the NHL. I will still fork over the money for Center Ice. What does grind my gears is that the two sides are going to destroy all the progress that they have made since the lost year. They are on a good network that has the NHL as one of their flag ship sports and they are going to throw it all away. I think the NBC Sports Network, getting a boost from the Olympics, is going to continue to grow and be somewhat competitive with the Evil Empire in Bristol. Why mess up a good thing? On a side note, could another lockout lead to some teams contracting or moving to more traditional hockey markets?
  7. Too many users and not enough licenses for software. Of course, the high level mustaches have known about this problem for a good 6 months yet nothing has been done about it so I get to listen to users complain about it. This one turd in particular went on a rant how he is the most important person so he should have first crack at getting a license. Maybe he shouldnt have closed his program down and then try and reopen it 5 minutes later only to lose the license to someone else. Serenity now ....
  8. I am sick and tired of deadbeats at my job who don't do their work but just pass it along.
  9. The game might be on the NHL Network tonight so it wouldn't show up on Center Ice
  10. Not really a complaint but I have complained about this co-worker before. He finally got fired. After four years of leaching off of everyone, the company let him go. The mood in the office went up 10 fold. No one liked this guy because he was an arrogant prick who never thought he was wrong but never got anything right. Now I know how the people of Oz felt. On to my complaint: We got a new server at work and it is causing havoc as nothing is working now. I spent 4 hours this morning trying to solve some problems and it is not even my job. We do not have any IT people so you have to fend for yourself and some of my co-workers are not the most computer savvy.
  11. People I work with continually do not follow the company drawing standards. It is the same morons over and over again. They are informed yet never change. I think it is time for some heads on pikes time.
  12. This guy at work is lazy and never does any background checks on previous machines that were engineered. He goes around and asks 5 people about the same thing then somehow comes to a decision. If something he does is wrong, he always comes back with "well, so and so told me to do it." He has been doing this for 4 years and still does it. He should have a good idea of how our machines work by now. He just asked me about two parts that were put on a BOM but were later cancelled. I asked him if he checked the assembly print first and of course he says yes. I asked if they were on there and he says yes. I said well if they are on there then you need them. He left and I checked the print and they are not on there. So this turd will order them and they are not needed but I know he will blame me for telling him to do it. The kicker is I don't even work in the machine line that he does anymore. He has put out crappy work for 4 years now yet he still is employed here. It really grinds my gears. Now is the time to go out and get a good engineer who may have been laid off to replace some of the dead wieght around here or get a kid out of college who can be trained. Rant over
  13. Someone changed the timing of the light at the exit I get off at for work this week. The exit has a very long off ramp and traffic backs up to the interstate where people are pulling off onto the shoulder to get into line. I hope they change it soon because there is going to be a nasty little pile up. And I am still feeling it from my Memorial Day Weekend bender. :beer:
  14. Stupid coworkers who continually have to be told the same thing over and over again. I have no problem helping someone out but after telling them the same thing multiple times I get mad. I call it the Ground Hog's Day effect. One particular guy is very lazy and seems to forget everything from the the current day and all previous days as soon as he steps out the front door at the end of the day. He constantly asks the same question atleast once a week. I wish I had a snow shovel and could give him a good whack upside the head. Maybe he would remember that. :wallbash:
  15. The company used to provide pastic untensils in the various lunch rooms. Apparently they have stopped. I cannot find a fork so I am using a spoon. It would have been nice if the higher ups would have mentioned something so I could bring in my own fork.
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