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mininghorn88

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  1. Consider yourself privileged. Do anything you want. You are blessed.
  2. What route(s) are y'all taking? I may need to stand on the side of the road and wave in case you come through my neck of the woods!
  3. I am on Teams calls daily. It is rare to run the video. Mainly use it to only share screens. Like previously posted if video is used at all it is for intros only if have never met.
  4. The company that I began to work for in 1989 was founded in the 1920s. During those years the company went through a couple of different ownerships but nothing really changed other than the BOD. The name stayed the same, people, processes, everything pretty much did not change. In 2011 we were bought out and went through a name, leadership, process, etc. change. In 2017 we were bought out yet again which again brought on major changes. We are now in the process of building a new office complex. So now, with over 30 years of having my own office (~12'x14' with a window, door, extra space, privacy, etc.) I will now be sitting in a cubicle that is 6'x9' with walls about 4' high in a common workspace. I am not thrlled. All in the name of "collaboration, synergy, and community". The whole purpose of why we were purchased in the first place is being "transitioned" out.
  5. We have done away with desktop phones in my office. All internal and some external calls are through Teams. So I either get calls on my cell phone or computer.
  6. There is a surprisingly a large amount of containers lost at sea every year with some of them staying afloat for months.
  7. From my college roommate’s house in San Antonio for our family and friends opening football weekend food fest and watch party! TEXAS!!!
  8. The men’s restroom in our building has 4 urinals and three stalls for toilets. There is a guy in our building that always takes the middle stall no matter the situation. If stall 1 is occupied and stalls 2 and 3 are open. Please take stall 3. Give a guy some space.
  9. I was pulled over once for having an obscured license plate by a DPS trooper. He said that my Texas Ex frame partially blocked “Texas” at the top of the plate. He let me go with a warning. BS. The same trooper pulled my son and one of his buddies over. My son was 15 at the time and the friend was 16. My son’s friend was driving and changed lanes without signaling. Both boys were written up for dipping and had to do community service by picking up trash along the highway and take a drug and alcohol awareness program. Fortunately the local cop of the small town where we lived knew both boys and only had them pick up trash for about an hour and then signed them off as all hours completed. The bigger issue, from what I recall, was that if my son got busted again for tobacco then he would not have been eligible to get his license until he was 18. This trooper that pulled both of us over was notorious for pulling people over for BS reasons.
  10. I always thought that there was some type of law or ordinance that dictated how dark the windows can be. But I see super dark ones all of the time.
  11. Gotta start'em early. My granddaughter attended her first UT game at the age of 3 months and it was a road game in WV. Congrats Koopa! Fun times ahead!
  12. Oh, great idea. Will have to try that out. Nice.
  13. This is pretty much what I told my new boss about a year ago. I have more years of experience by myself than the combined years of the balance of the team (4 other people). Almost daily I am having to teach or explain something. The problem with that is that I am drawn into almost every meeting and being recognized as the "old guy". My industry has changed a lot during my career. I had the good fortune to be exposed to all aspects of the business whereas today folks are more specialized in what they do so that they do not always have the big picture thus their decision making becomes a bit myopic.
  14. ^^^^ This right here.
  15. We have a guy in our office that has his PhD. Super smart but I believe that he is somewhat on the spectrum. His social skills are awkward and he is always participating (barging in) in on conversations. He always has something to say by butting in but what he says only makes sense in his mind on how it relates to the already in process conversation. Every conversation that I have with him results in "WTF did we just talk about"? Whenever he creates some work that needs to be shared with others my boss (and his) told him to "Let Mininghorn review it first before you send it out. He has a knack for dumbing it down for others to understand". I guess I should take that as a compliment? Maybe??
  16. I like how she goes back to her “I am too lazy to walk” scooter.
  17. Yep, the comparison to Brad Smith (who even remembers him now?). Mock hiding behind that smile because he knew that his days were numbered.
  18. I am so thankful that I was of an age when VY came through that I could appreciate his greatness in that moment. As the Horns continue to wander in the desert (minus the Colt years) his greatness is even more apparent. Every play was a "must see" as the potential to do something spectacular was ever present. He elevated the whole team.
  19. Umm? Ma’am? Sir? Pete, is that you?
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