{{{Aimee}}} If I were writing the employment policies, your great-grandma would so count.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 28: For the Safety of Puppies...and Christmas!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Katerina Bee - Jan 23, 2006 3:45:10 pm PST #5955 of 10001
Herding cats for fun
ChiKat - Jan 23, 2006 3:45:57 pm PST #5956 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Aimee, that's ridiculous.
I've never heard of bereavement time. Does it count as a sick day or something?
My company's policy is, I think, 5 paid days off for immediate family (parent, sibling, spouse); 2 paid days off for extended family.
Cass - Jan 23, 2006 3:46:50 pm PST #5957 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
It would be really nice if we only had one bereavement a year, but sometimes it doesn't get doled out that way.No, they really don't. Shame that.
I was deprived of the whole grandparent thing.I was very very lucky in that I knew all six (thank you paternal remarriage) of my grandparents and one greatgrandmother.
EpicTangent - Jan 23, 2006 3:56:18 pm PST #5958 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I was very very lucky in that I knew all six (thank you paternal remarriage) of my grandparents and one greatgrandmother.
Wow, very lucky. Both of my maternal g'parents were gone before I was born, though I did get a set of steps on that side, thankfully. My paternal g'parents died when I was ten and twenty, and we lost my mom's stepmom when I was 15. Mom's stepdad (practically the only Grandpa I've ever known, just passed in 2000. (And Amen to that one bereavement a year thing. I lost my favorite aunt [plus my first cat]that same year. That year sucked). The closest I've come to knowing one of my great-grands is my paternal great-grandfather who was Irish mafia, and I've been able to do a little research on him because he was killied in gang wars of the time.
brenda m - Jan 23, 2006 4:01:55 pm PST #5959 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I never knew any greats, but I'm the only one of my siblings who knew all four grands. I'm really glad I didn't miss that - I feel especially bad for my sister, who only ever knew the bad grandma.
libkitty - Jan 23, 2006 4:05:02 pm PST #5960 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I had a lovely post with all sorts of commiseration and condolences, but my computer ate it, so I'll settle for {{{{{{{{Aimee}}}}}}}}}
Hil R. - Jan 23, 2006 4:15:10 pm PST #5961 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Has anybody been watching Roller Derby on A&E? I haven't (no cable) but just saw a commercial, and dang, that's tempting...
I've watched parts of a few episodes, but haven't really been watching every one. It looks like so much fun, though.
SailAweigh - Jan 23, 2006 4:15:18 pm PST #5962 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
{{Aimee}} Your employers need smiting.
Smite, smite, smitey-smite, SMITE!!
This is where I miss the military. You could get anywhere from 15 to 30 days emergency leave for a death in the family. My company gives 3 days and as generous as it is compared to other local companies, it pales in comparison.
Cass - Jan 23, 2006 4:48:16 pm PST #5963 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
3 days and as generous as it is compared to other local companies, it pales in comparison.Such a sad state of affairs we live in...
When my grandpa (stepmom's father) passed away, we'd all been with him at the hospital through the whole night in Loma Linda. I watched the sun rise as I left the hospital, drove the couple of hours home and called in sick to a temp job that I had been at for a couple of months. And was fired. Decided I didn't much care since my agency didn't.
P.M. Marc - Jan 23, 2006 4:48:29 pm PST #5964 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Cindy, sadly, those links (which I've spent much time on with no fruit) would be of use if I knew the Firstnames McLastname of the great-grandparents in question--I have to somehow reverse engineer from Norman Murdoch McLastname.
It should not be this hard. I mean, I was able to, without having to talk to ANY HUMANS, armed with only a birthdate and a remembered conversation with Gram's cousin Stella (and, okay, a credit card), track down the family for Arthur Reuben Stannard (born Dettmer) by triangulating information in various census records and vital stats.
I keep thinking (Gram told me some things once, a long time ago, and I foolishly decided she'd never die, so I never wrote them down) that Dad's grandfather's name was Alexander, but of the 300+ McLastnames in PEI in 1901, I'd guess about 1/4 of the men were Alexanders.
Feh.
Aimee, that sucks.