Muckraker

4 hours ago, rico said:

Nov. 1st------snowing here in Warsaw.

Snowing here in Lagrange County, too. Forecast is saying close to 70 by next weekend... 

The bad thing about the storms that hit the gulf coast, is that the tropical storms can be just as dangerous as the hurricanes. 

40 minutes ago, rico said:

No to detract from what is happening in the Gulf, but I sure could use some rain.

Amen to that! I mowed hay last week just to put it out of it's misery! 

18 hours ago, mrflynn03 said:

Crop damage in Iowa due to Derecho event

The storm, known as a derecho, slammed the Midwest with straight line winds of up to 100 miles per hour on Monday, gaining strength as it plowed through Iowa farm fields, flattening corn and bursting grain bins still filled with tens of millions of bushels of last year’s harvest.

Just a bunch of hayseed, redneck deplorables living out there in flyover country, so it's not even news. 

On 8/1/2020 at 8:36 PM, Inequality said:

I’m thinking mid November

I see what you did there. 😁

About the only thing I can see that is different from what we were already doing, is that it may be more enforceable... 

4 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Huh...and I thought political statements had no place on this board...

I guess it depends on who you are, and what you think. Sad! 

49 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Yep, like I said it is about impossible but it would have been the best for the long term well being for this country.

Well, you would be dead, so you wouldn't have to worry about catching covid19! 

Hey, Mile, were you able to get in on the $35 for life deal with CenturyLink?

My CenturyLink internet isn't the fastest on the planet, but $35/month is a no-brainer. 

5 hours ago, milehiiu said:

I had no problem with the land line being down.  However, not being able to interact with my HSN friends was tough.  No PBR for me.  Just extra boxes of white wine.  LOL

I love the pic.  Thanks !  And it's great to be back you people again. 

Welcome back, Mile. I got called back to work, this week, so I haven't been able to be on here much. 

Thanks Mile. Glad your power came back on. We take it for granted, that's for sure. I've had this generator for over two years, and had never had to plug it into the house before. Glad it worked perfectly. 

2 hours ago, milehiiu said:

It snowed in Colorado yesterday.  The mountains. We don't call that extreme.  We call it welcome.  As much of the runoff is used for water along the front range.

I only had minor wind damage, but east and west of me there was considerable tree damage, and some structural damage. Had to run my generator all night. 

6 hours ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

Yes they are. There are numerous papers, sites etc. reporting increased cases including here in Houston. Do you really buy into no increased cases? Geesh.

Please post some numbers that support this. Thanks in advance. 

18 minutes ago, Reacher said:

Can we move this ^^^ conversation to the appropriate thread? Thanks.

It's a long standing tradition at HSN. It's called TDS. Thread Derailment Syndrome. 😄

Any Rory Gallagher fans on here? 

1 hour ago, rico said:

Thanks for the concern.  I am fine.  My absence was all farming related.

Let me guess. You were busy fixing all the stuff that broke before those rains came... 

43 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Not specifically topical, but with Covid-19 seemingly having a hand in everything that goes on in the world these days, I thought I would raise my concern here.

There are certain posters that I expect to see on the board, and when you don't see them in a while, you become concerned. We all seem to go through that when we don't hear from HTD at least once every couple of weeks

Another one is @Zlinedavid, who has not been on the board since February.  But, he had an extended absence (for 2-3 years I believe) in the past, so there is some history there.

My current concern is with @ricowho has not been on since Wednesday morning.  Now, on the surface, two days does not see like enough time to worry.  But, other than a year or so ago when he had his scary medical episode, I don't ever recall a time when Rico has been away from the board for that long of a time.  Considering what is going on in the world, I think it's fairly easy to dismiss this as simply a 'being on vacation' type of thing.

Am I premature to worry about this?

 

I t may be ralated to the fact that Essenhaus Restraunt in Middlebury opened up. He might be in a pie-induced coma right now. 😁

1 minute ago, IU Scott said:

I saw where they recommend to do vouchers on those days.  I will have to back on the website to make sure I know exactly what to do.  Might need to go back and change something if I can because I am afraid on the amount it would take to accept a job.  I might have put the amount to high so I hope that does not influence if I get accepted.

I don't think it will matter. Right now I think it's pretty much assumed that we are laid off due to Covid, and that virtually no one is hiring for the same reason. 

1 hour ago, IU Scott said:

Just filed for unemployment

Good thing you got it done. The website has been pretty slow Sunday thru Wednesday, because a lot of people file their weekly vouchers early in the week. Thursday thru Saturday is the best time to get on. 

4 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I will and I will make as much as I would had working

Make sure your HR dept forwards your information to DWD as soon as possible. 

1 minute ago, IU Scott said:

I called into work today to see what I needed to do before I could come back to work.  I was informed that there is no.position to come back to.  I guess they had to let a lot of people go so I will be out of work

 

That stinks for you, Scott! What line of work were you in? 

5 hours ago, 5fouls said:

In California, if you test positive and ultimately get eaten by a mountain lion, your cause of death will go down as Covid-19..

And it the mountain lion is euthanized, his death will be reported as covid19. 

13 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

It's sad.  I had hoped Hoosiers would be smarter than that.

 

 

You've never read any of our game threads, have you? 😁

11 hours ago, IU Scott said:

Not out of a job yet but not hearing from the is concerning.  Last week was the first week I had to use vacation time but this week they did not ask me about using another week of vacation.

Scott, glad see that you are still with us! I was worried about you. For me, the worst part of signing up for unemployment was finding the stanking tab for setting up an account. If I remember right, it is buried in one of the drop down menus. 

57 minutes ago, Inequality said:

The whole Moderna thing is interesting is it not?

I had to Google "Moderna". LOL at me. Sounds promising. I hope it's effective.