With an extra vacation day to burn!
I'm out of vacation days,but I do have a personal day left to use up. If the strike lasts more than two days, I'm totally giving myself a 6-day weekend. (We're already off next week M-W.)
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Dec 20, 2005 5:34:38 am PST #3477 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jesse - Dec 20, 2005 5:35:07 am PST #3478 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It smells like dog food when it is first opened. A common problem with canned beef in anything.
Yeah, that's probably true.
tommyrot - Dec 20, 2005 5:35:16 am PST #3479 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do people think the strike will go on for a while?
flea - Dec 20, 2005 5:36:14 am PST #3480 of 10002
information libertarian
Maybe it's dog food that smells like canned beef.
I mean, isn't a lot of dog food technically canned beef?
Gudanov - Dec 20, 2005 5:39:06 am PST #3481 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
A sort of vegatarian chilli I've made in the past is really simple. Can of bean, can of tomato sauce, bunch of heated up southern style potatoes, and a bag of taco seasoning with a bit of water to thin it out. Probably with some fritos or crackers and some grated cheese.
juliana - Dec 20, 2005 5:40:24 am PST #3482 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
So they were there to report a crowding that - at the time - they were the ones creating?
American media at its best.
My sympathies to the strike-affected peeps. Do they have estimates on how long it will last?
sumi - Dec 20, 2005 5:48:57 am PST #3483 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Gud, what are southern style potatoes?
Steph L. - Dec 20, 2005 5:49:04 am PST #3484 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
For Perkins, if she's still up: [link]
The Squeakaboo is just ungodly beautiful. That is all.
bon bon - Dec 20, 2005 5:49:31 am PST #3485 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Do people think the strike will go on for a while?
Some people do, yeah. The parties seem pretty far apart. One person suggested something like 30 days, but prognosticators don't get anywhere by being conservative.
My biggest problem with this thing right now -- cuz I'm sure I'll change my mind and find something else more irritating-- is that the sticking point is over new hires. People who do not exist yet. People who are not union members. People who can choose NOT to work for the MTA if MTA pay, benefits and pension plan are simply not competitive enough.
This is not a good reason to hold seven million people hostage in a negotiation over people who, in the very words of Roger Toussaint, are UNBORN.
The union members aren't even saying that their current benefits and income are especially unjust-- unless I missed a memo-- rather, that since the MTA had a billion dollars, it should have spent it on them. Since I now understand that the fare bonuses were intended to increase ridership over the long term (and it's not like the MTA spent the whole surplus on that, especially if they intend to ultimately profit with a sustained increase in ridership) I can't agree with the union members that an illegal extortive strike is necessary just because the MTA had a surplus but didn't give them (and the non-existing union members) enough of it.
Jesse - Dec 20, 2005 5:52:13 am PST #3486 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I'm with you, bon. I support strong labor, but this is annoying.