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Aug 26th, 2017, 09:32 AM
#62881
Re: Post Race!
Not fun
Even less so for Corpus Christi and surrounding areas.
Here's to hoping y'all pull through ok.
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Aug 27th, 2017, 11:17 AM
#62882
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Yeah, looking at news from Rockport and Corpus Christi yesterday was heartbreaking. Today's heartbreak is trying to keep in touch with friends in Houston and trying to figure out if they're going to be OK. All the junk passing over them looks like it might turn around and hit me late this afternoon, but it'll be significantly weaker by that time.
I can't tell exactly how much rainfall we got yesterday because Weather Underground is unreliable as hell. The last I looked they claimed about 3.6" accumulated, but at 10:30 it magically switched to 2.3" and rainfall doesn't work like that.
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Aug 28th, 2017, 04:01 PM
#62883
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I watched several pages and videos, and it did not look good at all.
Strongs for anybody in those areas!
Programmers are very patient people....while programming....but don't expect them to be patient all the time
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Aug 28th, 2017, 08:13 PM
#62884
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My lights continue to go off and on, thankfully I'm next to the Elementry School, High School, and (only) Hospital so we tend to get priority.
My house nearly flooded and during some of the really bad weather, we dug a ditch to lead to our main ditch which really helped (boy say that 5 times fast). My business location is about to flood, there is a bayou that is right behind it though, so no surprise there.
Unfortunately, it looks like Harvey is going to make a third landfall up the same location that Rita. We're bracing for Harvey to hit us on early Wednesday morning. What really sucks is how wet this summer has been. I think this is going to be my last post on VBForums for a while. In case you don't know, I own a captive insurance agency and so I'm sure that this will be taking up a lot of my time.
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Aug 28th, 2017, 10:51 PM
#62885
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It's easy for someone who sit far away in a sunny land to say good things. I will never understand the feel and loss unless it happens to me(us).
I hope that everything will be on your side and you guys will survive.
I'm at loss of words....
Programmers are very patient people....while programming....but don't expect them to be patient all the time
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Aug 30th, 2017, 12:10 PM
#62886
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My home didn't flood, but the electricity is out until tomorrow at 10 PM. My office got some water in it, but all I'll need to do is pop the baseboards off and clean them up. Unfortunately, I think something may have died under my office and I can't find it so it sticks like crazy.
My friend who owns an agency in Vidor, TX. lost everything though. Her house has 6 feet of water and her office has water up to the roof line. My employee's nanny who lives in Houston also flooded up to the roof line.
The unfortunate thing in all this is that the hurricane itself didn't do much damage, it was the flooding, and since only 17% of the people carry flood insurance... well you can see where this is going.
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Aug 30th, 2017, 02:29 PM
#62887
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dday
Good to see you up and kicking.
The water thing in the entire region is truly nasty.
Will be interesting to see how Congress deals with the flood insurance issue, My recollection is that there was disagreement following Sandy, and now the shoe appears to be on the other foot.
Spoo
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Aug 30th, 2017, 02:52 PM
#62888
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Personal hat (not professional opinion): I don't think that Congress should subsidize the flood claims. These people deliberately refused flood insurance and in many cases signed refusal letters stating that they knew that flood damage is not covered under homeowners insurance or paid off their homes and immediately dropped the flood insurance as soon as it isn't required.
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Aug 31st, 2017, 10:05 AM
#62889
Re: Post Race!
Morning guys!
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Aug 31st, 2017, 10:54 AM
#62890
Re: Post Race!
Afternoon all! At least in 5 minutes...
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Aug 31st, 2017, 10:55 AM
#62891
Re: Post Race!
Self employed since 1988...
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Aug 31st, 2017, 10:55 AM
#62892
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Aug 31st, 2017, 11:07 AM
#62893
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Aug 31st, 2017, 11:17 AM
#62894
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by dday9
Likely to be a disturbance in the force!
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Aug 31st, 2017, 12:32 PM
#62895
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What made you decide to work for someone? The supplemental products, major medical, guaranteed pay, or all/some of the above?
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Aug 31st, 2017, 02:48 PM
#62896
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Client of mine since 1988 - IT job became available - I cold called them and said I was interested - 2 weeks later all sewn up.
Outrageous benefits were a big consideration.
Freedom of self employment is balanced by peeks and valleys in cash flow. If it was all peeks - that would be one thing.
They were actually one of my last clients running my old VB6 4GL app. Now I see nothing that will stop me from migrating that to my current web based rich-internet-app.
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Aug 31st, 2017, 03:18 PM
#62897
Re: Post Race!
That is one of the benefits of owning an insurance agency. I get paid on renewals and so even if I have a valley then I still have the renewals to fall back on.
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Aug 31st, 2017, 03:26 PM
#62898
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When I sell software clients pay maintenance annually so I've always got that. And I will be keeping most of that for the foreseeable future.
It's only 15% of original cost - so it's not like renewals are to you.
I've always compared myself more to how an attorney gets paid. There are times of great piles of billable hours and then stretches of pro bene work.
One of my clients does social work for various special needs groups. They just had a state grant cut by $500,000 dollar - that led to them discharging over 100 participants. Those participants will be right back in the ER and in jail before you know it and the stupid state of CT is going to have to pay anyway.
Any modifications that I was looking forward to doing in their app this year pretty much evaporated.
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Sep 1st, 2017, 04:25 AM
#62899
Re: Post Race!
Client of mine since 1988 - IT job became available - I cold called them and said I was interested - 2 weeks later all sewn up.
I would say Good Luck, but it sounds like you have landed on your feet and are in no need of luck, so instead i will just say congratulations.
I sometimes get asked by friends of mine why i dont go and setup my own business and work for myself, and my reply is why the hell would i do that?
Yes i could probably earn more, but its more stress and less holidays and i would have to arrange my own pension. At my current job i work from 8.30am till 4pm and then i go home and forget completely about work until the next day, and i spend zero time working at the weekends.
This summer just gone i went on Holiday for 3 weeks, i couldn't imagine doing that if i worked for myself
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Sep 6th, 2017, 03:30 PM
#62900
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I totally understand your decision Steve. I have been there and switched over to employment. The stresses of the ups and downs just don't outweigh the benefits. I'm back to working two jobs again: employment for programming and my non-competing side business.
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Sep 6th, 2017, 03:54 PM
#62901
Re: Post Race!
SZ
Just be sure you come to the Forums every once in a while.
Spoo
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Sep 7th, 2017, 07:14 AM
#62902
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by NeedSomeAnswers
I would say Good Luck, but it sounds like you have landed on your feet and are in no need of luck, so instead i will just say congratulations.
I sometimes get asked by friends of mine why i dont go and setup my own business and work for myself, and my reply is why the hell would i do that?
Yes i could probably earn more, but its more stress and less holidays and i would have to arrange my own pension. At my current job i work from 8.30am till 4pm and then i go home and forget completely about work until the next day, and i spend zero time working at the weekends.
This summer just gone i went on Holiday for 3 weeks, i couldn't imagine doing that if i worked for myself
Thanks! And I could not agree more with your points. I have not had a big vacation in years - and my weekends are always half work and no home projects ever getting done!
Originally Posted by RobDog888
I totally understand your decision Steve. I have been there and switched over to employment. The stresses of the ups and downs just don't outweigh the benefits. I'm back to working two jobs again: employment for programming and my non-competing side business.
It's a big change - after the first few days I am already feeling the goodness!
Originally Posted by Spooman
SZ
Just be sure you come to the Forums every once in a while.
Spoo
I'm being forced to use SSRS - I might actually be asking some questions!
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Sep 7th, 2017, 07:50 AM
#62903
Re: Post Race!
Hey, congrats szlamany! Those peaks and valleys are why I've never really tried freelancing. I get too nervous about the valleys.
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Sep 7th, 2017, 07:59 AM
#62904
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Re: Post Race!
Strongs on Irma. Hope you guys will be all right out there
Programmers are very patient people....while programming....but don't expect them to be patient all the time
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Sep 17th, 2017, 08:55 PM
#62905
Re: Post Race!
Been walkin' for a few weeks, now, and completely out of touch. What's been happening in the world?
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Sep 17th, 2017, 10:11 PM
#62906
Re: Post Race!
Not much .. Dallas and Philly lost, Skins won.
Oh yeah, Hillary's new book is out. She fondly reminisces about Trump's hover-craft moves during the 2nd debate,
And then there's Laura Ingraham. She's pining for some of Amnesty Don's samples.
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Sep 18th, 2017, 11:14 AM
#62907
Re: Post Race!
Now THAT's a pretty random sample of the last few weeks.
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Sep 18th, 2017, 11:34 AM
#62908
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Sep 18th, 2017, 11:56 AM
#62909
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I went and visited my brother at Fort Hood.
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Sep 18th, 2017, 11:57 AM
#62910
Re: Post Race!
He showed me his Class A which was updated to have the purple heart ribbon.
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Sep 18th, 2017, 12:00 PM
#62911
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I emptied a storage container I had in my driveway - screaming like a girl every time I came across a mouse!
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Sep 18th, 2017, 02:11 PM
#62912
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Sep 18th, 2017, 02:14 PM
#62913
Re: Post Race!
Basically that was it - although I wasn't wearing red pumps!
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Sep 18th, 2017, 03:42 PM
#62914
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But the skirt is spot on???
That cartoon has so many levels of confusion. It would only be more confusing if Goofy was in it. Minnie Mouse being scared by a mouse....makes life difficult for Mickey, but if Pluto is their dog, just what the heck IS Goofy?
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Sep 18th, 2017, 03:43 PM
#62915
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I have a class A, too, but I think it's probably a bit different. Mine's a class A CDL. Got an absolutely awesome discount at a motel the other day. The gal saw my CDL and gave me darn near 50% off the room. That's a pretty good trucker discount.
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Sep 18th, 2017, 05:15 PM
#62916
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I was just finishing up the final clean up - had a 5 gallon bucket full of casters and wheels of various sizes. I took it out of the POD two days ago - it was just sitting in the driveway.
I take two large wheels off the top and see a nest. So I decide to pour the bucket into the driveway (gravel driveway - about to get it paved...).
I start looking through the mess and there is a little brown mouse and a blind baby trying their best to hide from me. I grab a wheel or two and the mom darts off to under the POD...
At which point the soft side of me decides to grab the baby with my gloved hands and toss it under the POD.
I'm guessing the snakes are about to have a good meal - at least I didn't kill it!
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Sep 19th, 2017, 04:26 AM
#62917
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by szlamany
I took it out of the POD two days ago
Are we talking about
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Sep 19th, 2017, 05:30 AM
#62918
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I like these options -
Pod (Pokémon), the Japanese name for the Pokémon character Chili
Planet of Death, a computer game
POD 2, a sequel to Planet of Death
Pod, a format used by Current TV
EVA Pod, a fictional spacecraft in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Pod, a fictional organic gaming console featured in the movie existenz
Pod, the growth medium for the replacements in Invasion of the Body Snatchers
POD, the Personal Overhaul Device on 'Snog Marry Avoid' TV Program
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Sep 19th, 2017, 06:21 AM
#62919
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LOL
Too bad Rating is not possible in Chit-Chat ..
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Sep 19th, 2017, 07:17 AM
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