Useless Conversation

[Chimpy]

You been pulling a Rattran and not turning your heat on?

[RhyssaFireheart]

   Sorry to hear that, Ironwood.

Full blown cold has arrived.  It's been years since I've lost my voice, so this will be not fun.  That I can handle though; what I can't stand is how everything ends up sounding like my ears are stuffed with cotton that I hate.

[IainC]

... what I can't stand is how everything ends up sounding like my ears are stuffed with cotton that I hate.

As opposed to being stuffed with cotton that you like?

[Ironwood]

Single water pipe in the front of the house towards the Garage, ground floor.  Heating still works.

So that's not as bad as it could be.

Downside is it turns out our insurers (both of them) are utter cunts.  All promises of help when you're paying, fuck all when you have a problem.  I may rage more on this later.

[ghost]

It's 45 in the house right now. 9 outside though.

My heating went out once and the house got down to 51 overnight.  I thought I had frostbite.  How the fuck do you stand it? 

[Ingmar]

Put on another sweater, grab a blanket, maybe a cat.

[ghost]

If your house is 45 degrees I stand by my "make a blanket out of the cats" comment.   

[rattran]

I'll make a blanket out of your mom.

[Yegolev]

I'd worry about burst pipes if I let my house get that cold.

[Trippy]

One time when I was living by myself at my parent's place during a Winter while they were living overseas I kept the heat off cause the house has central heating so it's wasteful to heat it for just one person even if you close most of the vents and my room was always toasty warm with 3 computers running. One morning, though, when I woke up and went to the bathroom it was so cold that I could see my breath in the air. I turned the heat on after that

[RhyssaFireheart]

... what I can't stand is how everything ends up sounding like my ears are stuffed with cotton that I hate.

As opposed to being stuffed with cotton that you like?

I, uh... well... I know what I meant to write there, but I blame something for the sheer sentence construction fail there.   

I could never let our house get below 65, mostly because I feel the cold very easily.  As in, my fingernails will start turning blue because my hands are freezing and I'll put a blanket over my legs in the middle of the summer when I'm sitting downstairs reading.  I'm usually not ready to turn on the AC until it gets near to 90 though.  Unfortunately, the husband is the opposite so I tend to dress warmly inside my own house while he's wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the middle of the winter.

[rattran]

If he wears shorts Monday, he's likely to have his bits fall off. I'm hoping to have something sorted before the next cold snap. I can deal with 45 (warmer in the basement where all the pipes are) but 9f as a daytime high will likely make it a bit too cold in here

[ghost]

I'll make a blanket out of your mom.

Feel free.  She's a real bitch.   

[Murgos]

I'd worry about burst pipes if I let my house get that cold.

Don't you have to get below 32 to burst pipes?

[IainC]

My work just gave us all our Christmas presents - a big chunk of bacon and a wine gift-box.

[Murgos]

just checked the status of some of my Amazon orders.  Once says that it is being prepared for shipping and has an estimated delivery date starting Dec 9th.

Somehow, I doubt it.

[Yegolev]

I'd worry about burst pipes if I let my house get that cold.

Don't you have to get below 32 to burst pipes?

Depends on how well-insulated your house is and where the pipes are.  Besides this, it's possible to worry about something that is not likely to happen.

edit: gremmor

[Sky]

Unfortunately, the husband is the opposite so I tend to dress warmly inside my own house while he's wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the middle of the winter.

That's our house. She wears multiple layers and blankets. When I get the stove cranking up to 80º, she might shed the blanket and the top sweater. I call it a victorian porn moment. Meanwhile I struggle to keep any clothes on.

Pipes: if it's 45 in the house, it can be below freezing in the basement or wall cavities where the pipes are run. I have an exterior wall I'm always concerned about, especially when I run the woodstove, since the basement isn't heated (furnace only). No leaks yet but it sweats like a mofo and worries me constantly.

Iain: our work gift this year is frozen wages, fired part-timers and our staff xmas day was turned into a 9-hour mandatory training day. Our new boss...struggles with the concept of morale.

[ghost]

I'm afraid a lot of folks will be getting this for Christmas, bro.  It's a tough world out there right now.  I wish I could give my employees raises, but it isn't in the cards this year. 

Iain: our work gift this year is frozen wages, fired part-timers and our staff xmas day was turned into a 9-hour mandatory training day. Our new boss...struggles with the concept of morale.

[Yegolev]

What I like is not getting a raise while hearing that HP has sold lots of computorz and Q4 revenue was up 10.1%.  Everyone in the world is a fucker.

[RhyssaFireheart]

What I like is not getting a raise while hearing that HP has sold lots of computorz and Q4 revenue was up 10.1%.  Everyone in the world is a fucker.

Pfft.  HP hadn't given out a raise to the employees in the 7 years I was there.  The only reason I got a pay incease in March 2007 was to bring me up to my pay grade and then my boss used that as an excuse to not include me in the departmental bonuses that December, since I'd "already gotten a bonus that year".

[Merusk]

What I like is not getting a raise while hearing that HP has sold lots of computorz and Q4 revenue was up 10.1%.  Everyone in the world is a fucker.

Pfft.  HP hadn't given out a raise to the employees in the 7 years I was there.  The only reason I got a pay incease in March 2007 was to bring me up to my pay grade and then my boss used that as an excuse to not include me in the departmental bonuses that December, since I'd "already gotten a bonus that year".

As someone who was once in on such discussions from a management side, that's pretty much what the corporate office tells you to begin with.  "Your department gets an $X/ x% increase for salaries this year.  Split it up as you see fit, but know that raises you gave prior to x/x/xx are included in that percentage."

So blame the corporate beanfuckers, not your boss.

[Ironwood]

No.

Blame your boss.  Special circumstances ALWAYS rule.  He just doesn't want to fight for you.  Possibly because you're mediocre and don't keep your hands to yourself at nights out when your wife isn't there, you stupid fucking SQL DBA, you.

ahem.

[Lantyssa]

Really though, excessive queries should be frowned upon.

[Paelos]

No.

Blame your boss.  Special circumstances ALWAYS rule.  He just doesn't want to fight for you.  Possibly because you're mediocre and don't keep your hands to yourself at nights out when your wife isn't there, you stupid fucking SQL DBA, you.

ahem.

Pretty much. If you are still doing the same shit as last year why should you expect a raise? That's not the way it goes.

[Ingmar]

No.

Blame your boss.  Special circumstances ALWAYS rule.  He just doesn't want to fight for you.  Possibly because you're mediocre and don't keep your hands to yourself at nights out when your wife isn't there, you stupid fucking SQL DBA, you.

ahem.

Pretty much. If you are still doing the same shit as last year why should you expect a raise? That's not the way it goes.

Because cost of living never rises, am I right?

[Soln]

just checked the status of some of my Amazon orders.  Once says that it is being prepared for shipping and has an estimated delivery date starting Dec 9th.

Somehow, I doubt it.

sure that's not estimated shipping date?

[WayAbvPar]

Really though, excessive queries should be frowned upon.

[Selby]

just checked the status of some of my Amazon orders.  Once says that it is being prepared for shipping and has an estimated delivery date starting Dec 9th.

I ordered 2 things Saturday.  One said it would be here this Friday and the other said next Wednesday.  One arrived this past Monday and the other Tuesday.  I was astonished.

[Sir T]

Am in the final stages of clearing out my old place. Whee..

[Yegolev]

As far as bonuses and special monies, I agree with Ironwood.  But my comment was about the typical 2-3% bump that used to be standard.  I do plan to work my "magic" and make something happen.  Basically, either more money or less work, I will take either one at this point.  Although, really, what I expect to happen is that I work more and slide myself into some better money either via mundane pay adjustments or via title change.  Also IBM conferences.  Sweet, sweet conferences.  Next year's is in Miami.

[Sky]

I figure not getting the 3% cost-of-living increase means I do 3% less work. Since it's the second pay freeze in two years...

[Rasix]

Good luck with that.

[Nerf]

I figure not getting the 3% cost-of-living increase means I do 3% less work. Since it's the second pay freeze in two years...

Just take up smoking, all of the extra breaks will amount to alot more than 3% of your work time you spend smoking.

[Paelos]

No.

Blame your boss.  Special circumstances ALWAYS rule.  He just doesn't want to fight for you.  Possibly because you're mediocre and don't keep your hands to yourself at nights out when your wife isn't there, you stupid fucking SQL DBA, you.

ahem.

Pretty much. If you are still doing the same shit as last year why should you expect a raise? That's not the way it goes.

Because cost of living never rises, am I right?

Not the way people seem to think it does, no.