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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #25 on: January 14, 2009, 07:41:26 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on January 14, 2009, 01:19:51 PM
Not a good day in the office.  They just let 10 people go.  Looks like I'm safe for now.  More later.


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Found out my friend's daughter...the engineer for SeaRay is safe.....at least for now. But my friend said that UT announced today they are laying off 700...(she's a graphic designer for the dept of Sociology).

ImagePoint ...a company that makes the big signs for car dealerships, MickeyD's arches, and lots of other signs for companies...shut their doors permanently on Monday. No notice, warning, nada... Their headquarters are here, and their factory had been consolidated from here to Florence KY.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #26 on: January 14, 2009, 07:43:27 PM »
Bredesen says the State will be laying off 2,000 people.  Maybe if that jackass hadn't wasted all of our money on his $12 million Governor's mansion and his free babysitting service  Pre-K program, we might still have some of the $500 million surplus we had in 2006.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #27 on: January 14, 2009, 07:58:31 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on January 14, 2009, 07:44:05 AM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
504 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009
BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE HEADED FOR THE MID STATE...AND COLD
WEATHER SAFETY WILL BE A MUST.

THE EDGE OF A LARGE...AND FRIGID...ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL ENTER THE MID STATE LATE TODAY...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE
AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
INTO THE TEENS TONIGHT...BUT WILL PLUNGE TO BETWEEN ZERO AND FIVE
DEGREES THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS COULD
SEE READINGS SLIP A FEW DEGREES BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL READINGS
WILL RANGE BETWEEN ZERO AND TEN BELOW THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

We are NOT amused.


We are going to have temps tomorrow of -10 and I have no idea of the wind chill but I'm betting -20 to -30 isn't impossible
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #28 on: January 14, 2009, 08:08:05 PM »
OH-ficial.

They canceled school for tomorrow.  Wind chill values are expected to be in the 30-40 below range. 17 below right now and it's just starting.

Time to haul in the brass monkeys.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #29 on: January 14, 2009, 08:10:24 PM »
Holy crap.  Do you have block heaters for your cars?

Projected low here is 17°.  At least I don't have to be anywhere tomorrow. :whatever:
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #30 on: January 14, 2009, 08:17:51 PM »
Quote from: Chris on January 14, 2009, 08:10:24 PM
Holy crap.  Do you have block heaters for your cars?

Projected low here is 17°.  At least I don't have to be anywhere tomorrow. :whatever:

I have a (albeit unheated) 2 car attached garage.  Which I am sitting in right now wearing a coat and thin gloves with a space heater running next to me.  Being a smoker in the 21st century sucks. :(

It doesn't get below freezing in here usually.  Usually.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #31 on: January 14, 2009, 08:20:04 PM »
I have some nice space heaters.  They do a good job of heating up an enclosed area, and they're pretty cheap to buy.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #32 on: January 14, 2009, 08:36:41 PM »
Shit.  They've revised Thursday's forecast to 0°.  Friday's low is 11°.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #33 on: January 14, 2009, 08:40:43 PM »
Beef soup and cous cous for dinner :p
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #34 on: January 14, 2009, 08:42:31 PM »
I've read all the whining and moaning, but y'all have missed the important news.  It suppose to be only 30 at MY house tomorrow.  That's like having tuna fish sandwich day in Heaven.  It ain't suppose to happen.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #35 on: January 14, 2009, 09:10:49 PM »
Quote from: Chris on January 14, 2009, 07:43:27 PM
Bredesen says the State will be laying off 2,000 people.  Maybe if that jackass hadn't wasted all of our money on his $12 million Governor's mansion and his free babysitting service  Pre-K program, we might still have some of the $500 million surplus we had in 2006.
Um, the Governor was mis-quoted.  I have inside info, but can't say more.  The money spent on the mansion was primarily from donations, not tax dollars.  The pre-K funds come from the lottery, but yes, they would be much better spent on college students, and not those on the margin.  Our biggest problem is they {state congress critters) project the income to go up every year, so they spend in anticipation of that.  Since the state income is mostly sales tax driven, we went in the tank this year.  They spent it before they had it.  Yeah, imagine that...from a dim state government since the 1800's.   :whatever:
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #36 on: January 14, 2009, 09:17:20 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on January 14, 2009, 09:10:49 PM
Um, the Governor was mis-quoted.  I have inside info, but can't say more.

Well, wherever you're getting your information from, its still better than what the Tennessean is reporting.  As much as I dislike government spending and taxation, 2,000 people hitting the unemployment lines overnight would be disastrous for our state.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #37 on: January 14, 2009, 09:18:53 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on January 14, 2009, 03:05:02 PM
That's ominous. It's gotta feel like your head's in a noose, you're standing on a wobbly chair, and some maniac with a chain saw is running amok.

I hope you can get a permanent stay of execution.  :p
We have had 180 people.  That's VERY large for this business.  Our average tenure is 17 years.  The industry average tenure is 3 years.  They've fired a people in the past, but have never had a real lay-off for lack of business.  Only one of the 10 let go was a recent hire.  3 of them had 10+ years.

It was kind of like driving down the highway doing the speed limit when you see a police officer.  You slow down and watch the rearview mirror even though you've done nothing wrong.  Everybody's nervous wondering who's next.  The real puzzle is that we're slammed right now.  Several large projects are due to be completed in the next month and then we will have a slow-down if nothing new comes up.  Why they chose to do this now is a real mystery.   :mental:
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #38 on: January 14, 2009, 09:20:31 PM »
Quote from: Chris on January 14, 2009, 09:17:20 PM
Well, wherever you're getting your information from, its still better than what the Tennessean is reporting.  As much as I dislike government spending and taxation, 2,000 people hitting the unemployment lines overnight would be disastrous for our state.
You got that right.  I doubt the legislature would let that happen anyway.  There are other options in the works, but none of them are good ones.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #39 on: January 14, 2009, 09:22:31 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on January 14, 2009, 09:18:53 PM
It was kind of like driving down the highway doing the speed limit when you see a police officer.  You slow down and watch the rearview mirror even though you've done nothing wrong.  Everybody's nervous wondering who's next.  The real puzzle is that we're slammed right now.  Several large projects are due to be completed in the next month and then we will have a slow-down if nothing new comes up.  Why they chose to do this now is a real mystery.   :mental:

Jeez, we didn't work for the same company, did we?  I hope my former employer doesn't downsize themselves out of business.  :(
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #40 on: January 14, 2009, 09:27:14 PM »
Quote from: Chris on January 14, 2009, 09:22:31 PM
Jeez, we didn't work for the same company, did we?  I hope my former employer doesn't downsize themselves out of business.  :(
I think that's in some management manual somewhere...."If you're going down in flames, take as many people as you can with you."
Out of 170 remaining employees, exactly zero have any formal management training.  The company is 45+ years old, and we've survived because we're good at what we do, but we couldn't manage (internally) our way through wet toilet paper.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #41 on: January 14, 2009, 09:29:15 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on January 14, 2009, 09:27:14 PM
I think that's in some management manual somewhere...."If you're going down in flames, take as many people as you can with you." 
Out of 170 remaining employees, exactly zero have any formal management training.  The company is 45+ years old, and we've survived because we're good at what we do, but we couldn't manage (internally) our way through wet toilet paper.

That's a shame.  My mom's husband took a company on the verge of bankruptcy to ringing the bell on Wall Street with an IPO in five years.  But they offer a good product, and the man knows his business.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #42 on: January 14, 2009, 09:55:51 PM »
WHERE'S MY GLOBAL WARMING?  IT'S FREEZING HERE.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #43 on: January 14, 2009, 09:59:47 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on January 14, 2009, 09:55:51 PM
WHERE'S MY GLOBAL WARMING?  IT'S FREEZING HERE.
It's 31 and falling here.   It will probably be zero outside house of lug-nut in the morning.  This is very unusual for us.  On the bright side, it's going to be the kind of freeze that kills bugs...ticks, skeeters, chiggers, etc. so maybe this Spring it won't be as bad as usual.
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Re: F-f-f-f-f-freeeeezing W-w-w-w-wednesday
« Reply #44 on: January 14, 2009, 10:59:32 PM »
Guess I'll turn in for the night.  Not that I have any plans for tomorrow.  I might crank out some beef or split pea soup, given the weather.
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« Reply #45 on: January 15, 2009, 01:03:01 PM »
Quote from: Chris on January 14, 2009, 01:34:40 PM
Dang. :(
They've announced a "State of the Firm Address" company-wide meeting for tomorrow morning.  Hopefully we will have some idea of what is going on, though it probably won't be good news.
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