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Sans Souci
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I hope you guys can get out. It's such a stressful time right now. Fingers crossed for you and your family.
It is the same thing here. American put 120 of their air craft out of commission because they simply don't have enough pilots .Others are canceling flights. They ones they furloughed got new jobs and when called back, they declined. These pilots decided they actually liked having a job where they could spend time with their spouses and children every day. Other pilots took handsome buy outs. Here, the airlines bring on new pilots from the regional airlines and they cut back 5% of their pilots during the pandemic, so now flights to smaller cities have been eliminated. I read they are trying to poach pilots from Australia now. Good luck with that. Not sure I'd want to move here right now. I'd ask for hazard pay.
It's like these companies are shocked that their employees weren't hanging around waiting for a call back. Life goes on. People need to eat. Companies do what is in their best interest, why shouldn't their furloughed employees?
Sans Souci
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Good morning,
Another gym day yesterday. We decided to switch it up with cardio and hit the recumbent bikes for 30 minutes. We made it through (I went close to 8 miles) but had two observations.
1. The seat positioning system is about a half inch off from my home bike. So, we either feel like we're just a bit too close or just a bit too far.
2. The seats have no padding. My home recumbent has a nicely cushioned seat...gym is hard plastic. Let's just say 30 minutes on this thing was not very kind to our rear ends!
We also worked arms and back yesterday. So, I guess that makes today a leg day
On a positive note with the broken leg situation, we're not out the $ for the prospect camp we'd reserved. This tournament had a bunch of college prospect camps tied to it, which you could book separately from tournament game play. At the time when my husband was booking, Sam was all about going to Texas A&M's camp. I was pushing for another school (something farther from home that we might not want to travel to for stand-alone camps at their school campuses) and 24 hours later, she had also changed her mind, but changing would have meant losing 30% of our payment. So we stuck with A&M. June 1st was the last day to cancel/change and get anything back. Well, I guess it was an omen, because A&M's head coach retired and her replacement has yet to be announced. So, the A&M camp was canceled. Those enrolled could either be placed in another camp with openings or get a refund. These camps are not cheap, and she obviously can't participate, so we gladly took that unexpected refund. We may still be allowed to go and observe camps, so depending on time, we may pick another school or cluster camp and go take a look.
What is a cluster camp?
MinnieM123
Premium Member
Well written. Everyone needs to be treated equally with the same respect. No wonder many chose not to return.I hope you guys can get out. It's such a stressful time right now. Fingers crossed for you and your family.
It is the same thing here. American put 120 of their air craft out of commission because they simply don't have enough pilots .Others are canceling flights. They ones they furloughed got new jobs and when called back, they declined. These pilots decided they actually liked having a job where they could spend time with their spouses and children every day. Other pilots took handsome buy outs. Here, the airlines bring on new pilots from the regional airlines and they cut back 5% of their pilots during the pandemic, so now flights to smaller cities have been eliminated. I read they are trying to poach pilots from Australia now. Good luck with that. Not sure I'd want to move here right now. I'd ask for hazard pay.
It's like these companies are shocked that their employees weren't hanging around waiting for a call back. Life goes on. People need to eat. Companies do what is in their best interest, why shouldn't their furloughed employees?
Sans Souci
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@Songbird76
This guy came up in my recommended videos just now. He's vlogging from inside Yellowstone. He might be worth a gander.
This guy came up in my recommended videos just now. He's vlogging from inside Yellowstone. He might be worth a gander.
HouCuseChickie
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HouCuseChickie
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Clusters of schools, but I’m sure this set up goes by other names.
There were about 20 schools hosting their own camps, but there were other camps that involved 5-10 different schools. The cluster ones with multiple schools usually have a couple of top schools from power conferences, a few less popular schools from power conferences, and some smaller div I schools from mid major conferences. We even see some of these cluster ones show up locally. Most of the big schools offer athletic camps on campus…some multi-night where the kids stay in dorms. I guess these huge tournaments already have enough coaches and scouts coming, so it’s the perfect opportunity to set up satellite camps so people aren’t having to travel all over the country.
Sans Souci
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He randomly showed up for me on YouTube. That seems like an interesting life he leads, moving around from national park to national park working as a bartender. I'm kind of envious, except I don't think I could live in a Winnebago.
There are days I wish I could afford a class A and run away from homeHe randomly showed up for me on YouTube. That seems like an interesting life he leads, moving around from national park to national park working as a bartender. I'm kind of envious, except I don't think I could live in a Winnebago.
Some of them are rather fancy
Sans Souci
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Happy Friday! 
Just checking in with a full body tabata workout followed by a full body stretching workout. I had no idea the stretching working would be 25 min. It was kind of boring, but necessary. There was some foam rolling, which felt good. But it's hard to hold a stretch for 3 minutes. I get bored quickly.
I got a summons for jury duty yesterday.
It is the second one I've gotten since I lived here. I got one in Illinois once and I was able to decline, because I was going to school out of state at the time. My husband got one earlier this year. He showed up and they cancelled jury selection that day without him knowing, so he came back home. Meanwhile, I got selected to sit through the craziest malpractice trial that lasted nearly two weeks. 
Anyway, my husband is off today, so we're going to get out and do stuff. I think I am going to this local mom n pop place for ice cream today. I found this place last summer and it is so good. Their coconut cream ice cream is *chef's kiss*.
Just checking in with a full body tabata workout followed by a full body stretching workout. I had no idea the stretching working would be 25 min. It was kind of boring, but necessary. There was some foam rolling, which felt good. But it's hard to hold a stretch for 3 minutes. I get bored quickly.
I got a summons for jury duty yesterday.
It is the second one I've gotten since I lived here. I got one in Illinois once and I was able to decline, because I was going to school out of state at the time. My husband got one earlier this year. He showed up and they cancelled jury selection that day without him knowing, so he came back home. Meanwhile, I got selected to sit through the craziest malpractice trial that lasted nearly two weeks. Anyway, my husband is off today, so we're going to get out and do stuff. I think I am going to this local mom n pop place for ice cream today. I found this place last summer and it is so good. Their coconut cream ice cream is *chef's kiss*.
Sans Souci
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There are days I wish I could afford a class A and run away from home
Are those the ones that look like tour buses? Then, yes, I could probably live in that.
Yup, they start at just over 125,000 and go over 3 million depending on size, motor, floor plan, how high end.............. The only reason I have a clue about them is on one of my Lancaster fabric/wine shopping trips a place that sells them had an open houseAre those the ones that look like tour buses? Then, yes, I could probably live in that.
I used Mr Google to find the price of the cheapest new one
Songbird76
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That's been a huge problem here since things reopened. People had to go and get other jobs during the lockdown because hotels, restaurants, airlines were all shut down. People HAD to have income, so they went and found jobs in the essential places....online stores, warehouses, grocery stores. And those are more stable. If another wave of corona comes along and they end up locking down again, people want to be assured that their job isn't going to go away again. So when things opened up and employers called the employees back, people just declined to return to their old jobs. They had more job security than they did before, so they stayed with the new jobs, which meant employers have been scrambling to find people to replace all those people, because they also didn't want to pay more or give any sort of incentive to attract new employees. So people say "I'm not willing to do that work for that little pay and no job security, sorry." So everthing is short-staffed now.I hope you guys can get out. It's such a stressful time right now. Fingers crossed for you and your family.
It is the same thing here. American put 120 of their air craft out of commission because they simply don't have enough pilots .Others are canceling flights. They ones they furloughed got new jobs and when called back, they declined. These pilots decided they actually liked having a job where they could spend time with their spouses and children every day. Other pilots took handsome buy outs. Here, the airlines bring on new pilots from the regional airlines and they cut back 5% of their pilots during the pandemic, so now flights to smaller cities have been eliminated. I read they are trying to poach pilots from Australia now. Good luck with that. Not sure I'd want to move here right now. I'd ask for hazard pay.
It's like these companies are shocked that their employees weren't hanging around waiting for a call back. Life goes on. People need to eat. Companies do what is in their best interest, why shouldn't their furloughed employees?
Which makes me curious....have any of the airlines been in contact with you to ask if you're still interesed in an FA position?
HouCuseChickie
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We’ve talked about it for retirement. At one point, we were pricing the used market and there were some pretty fabulous class As selling for more palatable prices. I guess there’s a decent amount of depreciation after driving it off the lot. I still think I’d rather have a cold weather and a warm weather spot and use them as rentals when we’re not there.
HouCuseChickie
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Happy Friday!
Just checking in with a full body tabata workout followed by a full body stretching workout. I had no idea the stretching working would be 25 min. It was kind of boring, but necessary. There was some foam rolling, which felt good. But it's hard to hold a stretch for 3 minutes. I get bored quickly.
I got a summons for jury duty yesterday.
Anyway, my husband is off today, so we're going to get out and do stuff. I think I am going to this local mom n pop place for ice cream today. I found this place last summer and it is so good. Their coconut cream ice cream is *chef's kiss*.
I was summoned for jury duty last month. I think this is my 7th time since moving to TX in the late 90s. This most recent one was a murder trial. I was happy to not be selected, but got to watch along since they livestream the courtrooms. Back in the early 2000s, I served for 3.5 weeks on the civil side of a capital murder trial involving two Houston police officers. It was one of those where the local tv stations were parked outside of the courtroom every day. I feel like I should be exempted from all future jury duty after that mess.
The ice cream sounds amazing!
Songbird76
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That was interesting.....he did say he couldn't get to Artist Point, which is disappointing, but he didn't give an indication of how likely it is that that will open up soon. If it's just the mudslide, like he said, they can clean that up and get it open. But if there are spots of road damage, it may be harder. I guess we'll see....IF our flight isn't canceled. Thanks for posting it!
HouCuseChickie
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My allergies were acting up yesterday, so I took a rest from work. I was feeling better later in the afternoon, so the older one and I went to the gym. I’m not sure why I’m having such a mental struggle with cardio, but I changed it up again yesterday. 15 min + cooldown on the elliptical, lower body workout on six different machines, and then 15 minutes on a treadmill with a1 minute cool down.
We wound up being out late last night. The younger one obviously can’t practice, but her team’s organization was hosting a practice run by some college coaches (small private school in Austin). It’s not a school she’s interested in, but she’s becoming a bit of a student of the game. So, she wanted to see how they run a practice and hear how they work to correct issues.
Just trying to stay cool. It’s been triple digit heat here nearly every day.
We wound up being out late last night. The younger one obviously can’t practice, but her team’s organization was hosting a practice run by some college coaches (small private school in Austin). It’s not a school she’s interested in, but she’s becoming a bit of a student of the game. So, she wanted to see how they run a practice and hear how they work to correct issues.
Just trying to stay cool. It’s been triple digit heat here nearly every day.
Sans Souci
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They haven't, but American finally gave me a "TBNT" at the end of April for an interview I did at the beginning of October. Such a disrespectful way to treat a candidate.
Sans Souci
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Lancaster, PA? The Amish sell wine?
There are several nice vineyards down there but no they're not Amish. The fabric stores are mostly Amish/Mennonite that I go to, one doesn't even have electricity
Vineyards https://lancasterpa.com/wineries/