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[#] Mon Apr 19 2021 22:56:31 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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Yeah... there are a lot of buildings sitting empty now, that may never have people in them again. I wonder about the ripple of what that will do to the economy. 

 

Mon Apr 19 2021 14:48:05 EDT from Nurb432

Went to the office today to clean out my desk. ( no, I didnt quit, just one less reason for them to have me return this summer.  There are rumors.. ).

Not been there since last March. Was sort of odd. Place is a ghost town. There use to be upwards of 4000 people in my building, with public in/out all day long in some areas.   Perhaps 300 on my floor.  I saw 4 people today on my floor.  5 others in the building. ( and this was lunchtime even ) 

Almost like going in on a holiday Sunday.

 

Really upset one of my dogs. She is younger, so does not know why i just packed up and left in the middle of the day. then came back with an odd smell. 



 



[#] Tue Apr 20 2021 07:27:23 EDT from Nurb432

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 I have heard its put a lot of smaller restaurants out of business downtown.  They are on a tight margin anyway, and with 1/10 of the business.. cant survive. 

The mall is about gone too, tho its demise started before this.

 

I think the overall economy will be ok ( if we hadn't torpedoed it with trillions in spending.) as its more of a shift in how we do things, not that we dont still do it.  Food delivery services, are making a killing ( for example ). And most everything here kept their drive thru open..

Mon Apr 19 2021 22:56:31 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

Yeah... there are a lot of buildings sitting empty now, that may never have people in them again. I wonder about the ripple of what that will do to the economy. 

 

Mon Apr 19 2021 14:48:05 EDT from Nurb432

Went to the office today to clean out my desk. ( no, I didnt quit, just one less reason for them to have me return this summer.  There are rumors.. ).

Not been there since last March. Was sort of odd. Place is a ghost town. There use to be upwards of 4000 people in my building, with public in/out all day long in some areas.   Perhaps 300 on my floor.  I saw 4 people today on my floor.  5 others in the building. ( and this was lunchtime even ) 

Almost like going in on a holiday Sunday.

 

Really upset one of my dogs. She is younger, so does not know why i just packed up and left in the middle of the day. then came back with an odd smell. 



 



 



[#] Tue Apr 20 2021 09:23:48 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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One might argue that a diaspora from the big cities might actually be a good thing. Cities can be toxic.

[#] Tue Apr 20 2021 10:31:31 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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Yeah, there is absolutely a shift in the economy - and I wonder if that will be a net gain or net loss. We're certainly in the process of setting off hurricanes with the flapping of butterfly wings - although the butterfly has been Mothra. 

 

Tue Apr 20 2021 07:27:23 EDT from Nurb432

 I have heard its put a lot of smaller restaurants out of business downtown.  They are on a tight margin anyway, and with 1/10 of the business.. cant survive. 

The mall is about gone too, tho its demise started before this.

 

I think the overall economy will be ok ( if we hadn't torpedoed it with trillions in spending.) as its more of a shift in how we do things, not that we dont still do it.  Food delivery services, are making a killing ( for example ). And most everything here kept their drive thru open..

Mon Apr 19 2021 22:56:31 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

Yeah... there are a lot of buildings sitting empty now, that may never have people in them again. I wonder about the ripple of what that will do to the economy. 

 

Mon Apr 19 2021 14:48:05 EDT from Nurb432

Went to the office today to clean out my desk. ( no, I didnt quit, just one less reason for them to have me return this summer.  There are rumors.. ).

Not been there since last March. Was sort of odd. Place is a ghost town. There use to be upwards of 4000 people in my building, with public in/out all day long in some areas.   Perhaps 300 on my floor.  I saw 4 people today on my floor.  5 others in the building. ( and this was lunchtime even ) 

Almost like going in on a holiday Sunday.

 

Really upset one of my dogs. She is younger, so does not know why i just packed up and left in the middle of the day. then came back with an odd smell. 



 



 



 



[#] Tue Apr 20 2021 11:21:42 EDT from Nurb432

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Im not a fan of them ( as if that surprises anyone )

Tue Apr 20 2021 09:23:48 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar
One might argue that a diaspora from the big cities might actually be a good thing. Cities can be toxic.

 



[#] Tue Apr 20 2021 13:38:13 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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I agree, large dense urban centers with high density living and lots of mass transit seem to be the ideal breeding place for Covid. 

But... do we really want all those people spending THAT much more time in the suburbs? Won't that just shift the demographics of where infection is most likely in the future, eventually? 

 

Tue Apr 20 2021 11:21:42 EDT from Nurb432

Im not a fan of them ( as if that surprises anyone )

Tue Apr 20 2021 09:23:48 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar
One might argue that a diaspora from the big cities might actually be a good thing. Cities can be toxic.

 



 



[#] Tue Apr 20 2021 15:17:19 EDT from Nurb432

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Yes that is the downside of collapsing cites. they invade the suburbs and reduce the 'way of life' there quite a bit. And when that is full they head to areas like i live and eradicate our way of life.   ( like i have mentioned, i need out, due to that reason )

Tue Apr 20 2021 13:38:13 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I agree, large dense urban centers with high density living and lots of mass transit seem to be the ideal breeding place for Covid. 

But... do we really want all those people spending THAT much more time in the suburbs? Won't that just shift the demographics of where infection is most likely in the future, eventually? 

 

Tue Apr 20 2021 11:21:42 EDT from Nurb432

Im not a fan of them ( as if that surprises anyone )

Tue Apr 20 2021 09:23:48 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar
One might argue that a diaspora from the big cities might actually be a good thing. Cities can be toxic.

 



 



 



[#] Tue Apr 27 2021 18:44:19 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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I declined a meeting this morning that was literally an hour of planning for work that would take less than an hour to do.

[#] Tue Apr 27 2021 19:09:21 EDT from Nurb432

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I get that all the time.   Plus the followup meeting...

What woudl take 5 minutes in an email.   

Tue Apr 27 2021 06:44:19 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar
I declined a meeting this morning that was literally an hour of planning for work that would take less than an hour to do.

 



[#] Wed Apr 28 2021 01:55:47 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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WAI... 

The three letter acronym for Working at Intel. 

And this is MOSTLY what WAI is/was. 

 

Tue Apr 27 2021 18:44:19 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar
I declined a meeting this morning that was literally an hour of planning for work that would take less than an hour to do.

 



[#] Fri Apr 30 2021 21:02:28 EDT from Nurb432

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Parking garage today at the office... A bit sparse.

 



[#] Sat May 01 2021 00:40:56 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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I hate it when you park in a garage like this, and with all those choices, someone decides to park in the space directly next to yours. 

 

Fri Apr 30 2021 21:02:28 EDT from Nurb432

Parking garage today at the office... A bit sparse.

 



 



[#] Sat May 01 2021 10:11:10 EDT from zooer

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Fri Apr 30 2021 09:02:28 PM EDT from Nurb432

Parking garage today at the office... A bit sparse.

 

Your door will somehow get dinged and someone will take up two spaces. 



[#] Sat May 01 2021 10:27:34 EDT from Nurb432

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in this case, i parked like an idiot over the line ( no one else was around, so who cares? ) and the drivers side, there is a wall ( with one of the exhaust fans ).  its also the sub basement, as far from the 'door' as possible.  Most people are lazy, and park closer to the door, so my spot is always available at 7am when i used to show up.   Normally, by lunch though, the place would have been full.

Subbasement also means its mostly weather proof, except in the extreme parts of the summer/winter season.

That is the spot i have been parking for almost 20 years, when i first transferred to this building. 

Sat May 01 2021 10:11:10 AM EDT from zooer

 

Fri Apr 30 2021 09:02:28 PM EDT from Nurb432

Parking garage today at the office... A bit sparse.

 

Your door will somehow get dinged and someone will take up two spaces. 



 



[#] Sat May 01 2021 11:30:33 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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I'm pretty anal about my cars, and I tend to have some fairly nice cars... 

And there are just some people out there who are assholes, who are OFFENDED when some guy in a Porsche or nice Vette or Bentley or BMW parks WAY out in the nosebleeds, all by himself, taking up a few spaces, making it CLEAR that they want to be FAR away from everyone else's car... 

And the WORST of those easily offended dicks will park their BEATER 1992 Plymouth or rusted out 1987 Ford F150 RIGHT next to that expensive, pristine car that someone cherishes. 

Because some people are bitter, petty and jealous. 

In a perfect world spaces would be wide enough that fat asses could get out of their sub compacts without forcefully opening their door into the sheet metal of the car next to it, children would learn that if they carelessly open the rear door and dent the car next to them, they face an eternity of buggering from Catholic priests in a level of hell reserved JUST for brats who do this - and NOBODY, regardless of how nice or not their car was - would have to worry about parking lot door dings. 


But, we live in an imperfect world full of terrible people who won't even let you park peacefully in the most inconvenient and least desirable space in the lot/garage. 

 



Sat May 01 2021 10:27:34 EDT from Nurb432

in this case, i parked like an idiot over the line ( no one else was around, so who cares? ) and the drivers side, there is a wall ( with one of the exhaust fans ).  its also the sub basement, as far from the 'door' as possible.  Most people are lazy, and park closer to the door, so my spot is always available at 7am when i used to show up.   Normally, by lunch though, the place would have been full.

Subbasement also means its mostly weather proof, except in the extreme parts of the summer/winter season.

That is the spot i have been parking for almost 20 years, when i first transferred to this building. 

Sat May 01 2021 10:11:10 AM EDT from zooer

 

Fri Apr 30 2021 09:02:28 PM EDT from Nurb432

Parking garage today at the office... A bit sparse.

 

Your door will somehow get dinged and someone will take up two spaces. 



 



 



[#] Sat May 01 2021 11:39:37 EDT from Nurb432

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I\m just anti social :)   Be i have a super car, or a beater at the time, i always park in the back 40.

That, and the practical matter that the extra walk is good for a person.



[#] Sat May 01 2021 12:07:17 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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I honestly don't mind if you park your beater back with mine in the back 40... I'd prefer you park so that you can open your door fully without touching my car, and I can open my door fully without touching your car, and no one can get between us. That is *ideal*. Then - you're my friend, even in a 1982 Civic with peeling paint and bald tires. :) 

 

Sat May 01 2021 11:39:37 EDT from Nurb432

I\m just anti social :)   Be i have a super car, or a beater at the time, i always park in the back 40.

That, and the practical matter that the extra walk is good for a person.



 



[#] Sat May 01 2021 15:41:10 EDT from Nurb432

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Which is how i would do it, im not one to be an ass about parking beside people. 

Im also careful not to hit the other guy with my door, even if mine were falling off. its not my stuff, dont tear it up.



[#] Sun May 02 2021 19:25:17 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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Yeah, I figured that is the kind of guy you are. There aren't enough people like that, unfortunately, and too many who are the exact opposite. Which is *why* you see guys in Corvettes, BMWs, Benzes and other nice cars parked way out in no man's land taking up 3 spaces and people think they're douches for doing it. 

 

 

Sat May 01 2021 15:41:10 EDT from Nurb432

Which is how i would do it, im not one to be an ass about parking beside people. 

Im also careful not to hit the other guy with my door, even if mine were falling off. its not my stuff, dont tear it up.



 



[#] Mon May 03 2021 10:11:39 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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When we were a one-location, one-owner company, the owner of the company gave reserved parking spaces to two specific people he trusted to park next to him and not ding his vehicle.



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