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I really think I'm gonna end up with the lotus...
I drove one today owned by a guy here....good lord....no understeer, no oversteer.....just goes where you point it. His had a ECU chip, so about 30hp more than the one I'm looking at, but the chip is actually pretty reasonably priced ~250 |
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12-30-2013, 07:31 PM
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Yep, most all employers expect hourly workers that don't actually punch a time clock to be at their station working at the start time, and back at it at the exact time after breaks and lunch also, AND not leave those positions until their exact stop time. The clock punchers where I work are expected to clock in BEFORE start time and take over their station long enough before the start time to exchange information about the job with the previous shift worker and take over the position at exactly the start time so the previous shift worker can leave. Most of those workers punch the clock when they walk in the door, and punch out as they walk out. And it is perfectly legal to demand mandatory overtime of up to 5 hours per week.
A friend of mine works for a university. He punches a clock. He is reprimanded if the punched time is less than 8 hours, and if it is over 8 he has to write on the time slip that he only worked 8 hours so they do not pay for any overtime the time clock shows, not legal. Salary workers are expected to work 45 hours a week minimum and if the production workers work overtime, the salaried managers are expected to be there before and after their non-salaried workers and do not get paid for any overtime like the non-salaried workers. There have been many times when non-salaried workers were taking home more money than their salaried manager whom had to stay as long as they did. There was also a time when the companies sales ere going nuts that salaried workers could work their regular shift and job then go clock in and do production work in the shop for overtime pay. The real stickler is when there is a holiday because employers do not have to pay overtime unless the worker puts in more than 40 hours total for the week and holidays do not count for that 40 hours. I do know in the last few years the management practices that have been going around do more to harm moral, productivity, and loyalty than it does to make the company money. An employee quit after 25 years where I work because he was asked to write an essay on why he wasn't allowed to talk on his cell phone while working because he was caught talking on his cell phone. The job he was doing was unloading and loading a machine that has a 20 minute cycle time. That means he just sits next to the machine for 20 minutes at a time.
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All of that sure makes me love my job. Show up get the production done and make the company money, everyone is happy.
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You say that Glen, but you did just keep a machine running over the weekend too.
By the way, are you on water heater install watch tomorrow instead of doing lunch?
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12-30-2013, 08:21 PM
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I'm good with working for myself....show up, make the money, keep the money...
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12-30-2013, 08:21 PM
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Some pics of the car I'm considering
Index of /david |
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12-30-2013, 08:26 PM
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No offense Joe, But a fwd lotus? How lame is that...
And if you were worried about hair dresser jokes with a boxster.... |
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12-30-2013, 08:32 PM
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Drive one Sid....handles better than a well prepared '44.
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12-30-2013, 08:56 PM
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Joe just likes anything brit with 4 wheels. Handling...BoxsterS.
I do think Kimi is a hoot though.
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12-30-2013, 09:05 PM
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joe, you wouldn't catch me in that car dead. just saying.
lotus elise... yes. lotus exige... yes. the lotus elan looks like wimpy geo storm. no thanks.
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Can somebody pass the painkillers? I don't think they believe in powder in ABQ... Got lots of sore spots from busting my ass, or my face on the ice after catching an edge on the board.
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12-30-2013, 09:10 PM
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Haven't driven a Lotus. but have driven a Tesla Roadster. Way too small.
 Remember meeting a couple that got an Elise when they first came out...they were very small people.
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12-30-2013, 09:38 PM
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Checked into the Caz, got beer, now where's the pool?
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109F - time to apply SPF 5000000 nipple lube
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12-30-2013, 10:28 PM
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