Brent, just don't stare at her boobies.

you are already in trouble.

Good advice.

I do know she has a sense of humor. When she handed me a paper without telling me what to do with it she told me she figured I would know by reading her mind. Without hesitation or thinking, I told her I tried but was drawing a blank. She laughed and said that was bad.

your response was better than "if you cold read mine we'd be headed to the HR department".

Good afternoon guys.

I got busy trying to work up an estimate for a project this morning. I like to layout a proposal to the client that is precisely what they want and get an approval so they know what we will deliver. At the old company we had the entire state of Oklahoma flown over many years all digitized and ready to use as a base layer. It is all available from the Government as well. Or it was. It used to be super simple to request a certain county of any state. I use the old background image with a boundary drawn in so they know what we plan to fly new for them.

They decided to improve the system. Now it is a total cluster fudge and very well hidden and illogical. Instead of just using the name of the county and state they are listed by county code name that the census bureau invented. It ranges from Autauga, county in Alabama (01-001) to St. Thomas Island in the Virgin Islands (78-030). It has every state and US protectorate and most of Alaska but not all of Alaska.

Then you have to know what year is available for each state, and then the counties are not a folder that is just random order. Just scroll through the county list, no way to do a search on-line. Texas is gonna be a bugger with 254 counties to scroll through. They only use the last three digits as PART of the file name to make it even harder to find.

Gosh I like it when the improve a government program. I bet next they will improve and simplify our income taxes and make that better!

As a kid we lived in a lot of places. We spent one year in Texas and in history class they tried to get us to learn the county names. I bet there are very few people on the planet that know all 254 counties. Then in Hawaii it was pretty simple.

Oklahoma has 77 counties. The man that started our former company in 1947 was amazing. We would ask him what county in Oklahoma a city was in and he would tell us instantly.

Two of my friends had memories like that. Probably still do. Neither made above a 3.0 grade average. But got hired at the USPS right out of HS because they aced the USPS memory tests. They are both my age and retired this year with 40 yrs in the USPS!

Worked for the company I work for now since I was 13. Did the lawn maintenance from then until I got out of college and started full time in 1980. Also worked part-time for them in electronic assembly while going to school. So I consider myself having worked there for 44 years not my 37 years since being full time. Even so just last month they recognized a guy that has worked there for 50 years last month. And the whole time he has been a customer service rep.

Yea, the former owner was amazing. After he took his early retirement at age 92 we still called him on occasion. One day the plumbing was beyond our abilities so we called him at home. I asked him the name of the guy that he used as the plumber. None of us there could remember the company name or the plumbers name. He told us the name and phone number for the plumber right off the top of his head.

And his math or arithmetic abilities were like a savant. It was astonishing to see him whip through some basic algebra for scaling an enlargement.

I can't even remember what was on the previous page.

There are previous pages?

Never go back always push on.

Mertnin.

Get to go into the office for our 30 minute department meeting this morning. Oh boy. To me just ends up an hour and a half including the travel time wasted.
We really could use some telepresence besides a speakerphone.

Morning all, no traffic on the way down the hall today for me. I am going to go over to my partners house which is just over a mile away.

We sent our mapping camera back to the manufacturer for what was supposed to be a simple quick upgrade. After a month it looks like we are getting an entire new camera for the price of the upgrade. We have a few jobs to fly and really want it back but the weather has been awful for flying aerials. It has been wonderful for living in. It was 70 degrees and cool this morning and the highs are forecast for mid 80s. But more rain and clouds for the next week.

The clear weather will return someday.

When I get back I am going to mow the yard. I am going to the meeting with my business partner in my mowing clothes. That is the office dress code. :D

I think you should put on a tie just to mess with his head at the meeting.

Oh well. No more excuses. It's back to garage remodeling for me.

my head hurts. I need to take a break.

There use that.

Ha ha just got to the home office from the 30 minute meeting at 8:30am this morning. It is 11:45am.

Had to go talk to 3 different people I am working on projects for. Each one I had to have them bring up emails on their computer that I had sent them. Then point at things in the email and say what was written in the email. That was after essentially doing the same thing with the head of IT with the copies of the email I had included him on. Evidently the mistake I have made in my career is learning to read and write! What a giant wast of time. When I sent the emaiis I did not think I would have to read it to them out loud.

Think they made a valid point when was told it's not what I say or how I say it, but I make people feel stupid. Think it is the fault of those people not me.

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When working nights in the machine shop I put a kerchief on my head, rolled up my pant legs showing my boots and socks, and put a fleece lined coat on inside out with the sleeves rolled up. Then I went around the shop banging two bricks together and told the other 3rd shift machinists "Mewwy Clissmas" with my lower lip stuck out. Think it was about this time of year and NOT Christmas. Most thought it was hilarious.

Think it was right after management had come out with a new rule that you couldn't sleep on the toilets. A guy had fallen asleep, fell off the toilet and broke his arm.

everyone knows you should pack a pillow to rest on the wall so you don't fall off!!!!

Whew, the meeting is over and the lawn is all mowed and edged. I have finally taken a shower so I feel better. The boss even said to have a beer after all the yard work so I did. He is a nice guy sometimes. Except for payday, then he is a cheap bastage.

I am back to cussing at Microsoft. Why is it so difficult to share a folder and files over a local network? Total BS. Insert several pages of profanities and speculation on the ancestry of all the Microsoft software geeks.

They have an mandatory software "upgrade" and it destroys the sharing between computers to a random pot luck. Insert more profanities. Ok just a few more profanities. Just one more long string of cussing.

Now I can get back to making everything play nice together. I need another beer. :cool: