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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: guncrasher on November 15, 2013, 01:46:23 PM
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my boss told me to go on vacation. I just asked for 3 days off and he gave me that plus next week off too. when I tried to complain he told me to shut up and enjoy it.
yesterday I slept all day long, it was my birthday. been working too many 6 days weeks 14 to 16 hours a day. was really tired. trying to figure out if I should go fishing, bike riding or just sit back and grill a nice fish or steak every day for 11 days that I have left of vacation.
right now I am off to newegg to pick up a new 2560x1440 monitor. gonna be a good playing fso tonight. replacing my 3 23 in monitors :cheers: :cheers: :x :x. hopefully somebody wants to buy them
got the convertible washed and waxed. called my 20 year old girl to match my 49 year old age, found out she's 48 now :cry. but we'll have lunch next week, she'll bring her husband and 3 kids :furious. we known each other since high school and met thru our high school website.
semp
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what's a vacation? :headscratch:
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I was gonna ask the same thing... whats a vacation..
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I was gonna ask the same thing... whats a vacation..
Its when you get to go to work as usual. And your wife goes away for a week and takes the kids with her.
:rock
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Its when you get to go to work as usual. And your wife goes away for a week and takes the kids with her.
:rock
Ohh thats what vacation is...LOL
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I got the 27 in 2660 by 14something monitor. lawndart is gonna be jealous :). btw dont watch wrecking ball with slutty cirus, you see spit every time she opens her mouth, yuk.
semp
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My father worked his entire life,. Work meant everything to him. When I began my career in the firm with him I didn't take a vacation for about 3 years. I was emulating my father who didn't believe in "family vacations". What he did was travel for business and made those trips his "vacation". He poo poo'd the idea of family vacations, although my fondest memories as a kid were the few trips he did with us, but they all had business purposes. It started to hit home to me that I actually resented the lack of time we spent together as a family when I was a kid.
So, I stopped emulating him. He was wrong. We take vacations as a family and I treasure them. My kids won't grow up being second fiddle to someone who means nothing more than a few bucks to me. Sadly my father learned that all those "friends" that he spent all that time with no longer bother to call or invite him on trips. His purpose in life disappeared and he became angry and bitter. We still continue to play the game that he is "involved' in the firm, but that is all it is...a game. He can no longer read, write or get himself dressed, but he continues to "live" for a few meetings with clients, in which he sleeps most of the time. He gets so worked up about them that he won't sleep for a few nights beforehand, afraid that he will miss the meetings. He doesn't remember anyone's birthday, makes no effort to attend any of the events his grandchildren are in and last week went to lunch at his beach club instead of staying home for a visit from his grandson who had brought his pipes and regalia home the school my father had attended when he was a kid and where he was pipe major for two years. If that was the son of a client or former business associate he would have been there.
I sound bitter huh? Well, I am.
There is zero point in getting upset about it all. I don't yell at him or argue with him about this stuff. I just make darn sure that my kids won't feel that way....ever.
This is what WE do on vacation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqhjd_o5rv4
I have terabytes of pictures and videos clips of all kinds of stuff we have done as a family on our vacations. This is just one I put to music.
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thank you curvel for bring me back to what matters :salute
semp
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I just chill with my peeps :D (sorry i know im way to old to talk like that :D )
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:aok :aok
Have fun Semp....enjoy the time off....recharge a bit. :aok
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Curval nailed it. Enjoy the hell out of it semp.
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Curval nailed it. Enjoy the hell out of it semp.
I agree! My kids are 27 and 25, and this last trip to WDW this year was the first were we didn't all go together (oldest stayed home). Enjoy and have fun, thats what vacation is all about.
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You should go camping, even if it's the fake camping where you stay in a air conditioned lodge with cable, or go to a casino resort and and then go to a few comedy shows or something. :aok
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having lunch with my oldest tomorrow at luminaries. tuesday with my youngest then off to visit my daughter in san francisco. I am eating nothing but sea food this full week :x :x :x :x :x.
thanks guys I will also do some fishing off dana point :rock :rock :rock.
semp
edit: btw I just woke up at 3pm. was up untill 5 or 6 am playing game with my new monitor. the picture looks awesome. I had a kill yesterday and was amazed at how clearly the skin looks as he was doing scissors in front of me. I think I even saw the blood on his cockpit as I fired at him :banana: :banana: :banana: dance baby dance :banana: :banana: :banana:
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Usually I say to myself...why the heck did I decide to go on a vacation!
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My father worked his entire life,. Work meant everything to him. When I began my career in the firm with him I didn't take a vacation for about 3 years. I was emulating my father who didn't believe in "family vacations". What he did was travel for business and made those trips his "vacation". He poo poo'd the idea of family vacations, although my fondest memories as a kid were the few trips he did with us, but they all had business purposes. It started to hit home to me that I actually resented the lack of time we spent together as a family when I was a kid.
So, I stopped emulating him. He was wrong. We take vacations as a family and I treasure them. My kids won't grow up being second fiddle to someone who means nothing more than a few bucks to me. Sadly my father learned that all those "friends" that he spent all that time with no longer bother to call or invite him on trips. His purpose in life disappeared and he became angry and bitter. We still continue to play the game that he is "involved' in the firm, but that is all it is...a game. He can no longer read, write or get himself dressed, but he continues to "live" for a few meetings with clients, in which he sleeps most of the time. He gets so worked up about them that he won't sleep for a few nights beforehand, afraid that he will miss the meetings. He doesn't remember anyone's birthday, makes no effort to attend any of the events his grandchildren are in and last week went to lunch at his beach club instead of staying home for a visit from his grandson who had brought his pipes and regalia home the school my father had attended when he was a kid and where he was pipe major for two years. If that was the son of a client or former business associate he would have been there.
I sound bitter huh? Well, I am.
There is zero point in getting upset about it all. I don't yell at him or argue with him about this stuff. I just make darn sure that my kids won't feel that way....ever.
This is what WE do on vacation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqhjd_o5rv4
I have terabytes of pictures and videos clips of all kinds of stuff we have done as a family on our vacations. This is just one I put to music.
:aok
Except for the bitter part. Never be bitter, never be better. Not enough room on internet for my family issues but suffice to say they are missing out on amazing grandkids.
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Vacation(We call it leave) translates to Family time for me.....first Christmas home in 3 years going to be fun :rock
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what's a vacation? :headscratch:
Never heard of one either
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I haven't had a real vacation since 2003.
In 2007, the corporation paid me out for 15 weeks of vacation time. In 2010, they paid out 11 weeks. I earn 5 weeks per year, plus 2 weeks personal time and up to 4 weeks sick.
I take long weekends, and individual days to burn off time. With the end of the year closing in fast, I still have over 200 hours on the books. To reduce that, I'm taking two days a week off for the balance of the year.
Why don't I take vacation? Simple... I'm lead Engineer on several weapons programs. If I'm not there, chaos rules. All the patents are mine, and no one but me has designed even a single system component since 1997.
As a result, if I get hit by a bus, the company is in very big trouble. Thus, I have raised hell the Aerospace Division VP, who went to the CEO, who called me and promised me two experienced Engineers to mentor. One (recruited from Northrop Grumman) started this past May. He's learning the technology, but has a long, long way to go. The 2nd Engineer starts December 1. Maybe, next summer, I'll get to take of a week uninterrupted by panic stricken VPs and customers who won't talk to anyone but me...
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Many people can't take vacations for a variety of reasons, lack of cash is one, being invaluable is another.
Where I had/have a problem is when the choice is made NOT to take them.
Widewing, I sure hope these people pay you what you are actually worth to that company. It's interesting, because at one of our offices I have a girl who runs a small but lucrative part of the business. Only she knows the various processes required to get the job done and she is invaluable. She also covets that information. I am about to institute a revamp of our disaster recovery plan at that office. One thing that will be required is a policy & procedures manual for every business task performed during office hours. I plan on getting the information I need that way. Thus far two separate managing directors have been unable to get it all out of her.
Jeep...sorry dude, I cannot help feeling bitter. I simply choose to keep that bitterness to myself and you guys. I see my father almost every day and try to help him as much as possible.
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Well as the saying goes the one thing you won't say as you lie on your deathbed is: 'I wish I'd spent more time in the office'. I like to remind my wife of that because she really puts in the hours. We've haven't had a proper vacation in a few years. My job as a skydive pilot gets in the way of that. Too many long weeks when the weather is good and not enough pilots to cover my absence. There were times when I had to bring the kids to the airport and leave them in the TV lounge when I flew loads. That is not ideal as you can imagine!
But we did get away to France for a week this year. Not enough time and too much driving for me. So next year we're going to get away for at least two weeks and I'm looking at somewhere in the US because amazingly my wife has never been.
I really think vacations are a must for your own sanity and your relationships and your kids. Otherwise we are just ships passing in the night.
We all need downtime.
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I value free time more than extra money so I always take all the free days possible. I like my job, but spending more time with family, friends, hobbies, travelling etc is a lot better.
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I do absolutely nothing.
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I do absolutely nothing.
This or whatever I want. Same thing usually. :aok
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I'm at the point where I get 3 paid weeks a year here in the states and love every minute of Vacation. I have an RV and while it's not hard core camping it's a vacation home wherever I want to drive it. Sitting by the fire at night after stuffing oneself with Barbeque and drinking a few pints with friends smelling the crisp mountain air puts the thought of work very far away.
Oh and my workplace suspends all appointments for my specialty while I'm gone as no others are able to do what I do where I work. :D
Headed to the Florida Keys this year, some snorkeling, fishing, and more well you know... :cheers:
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I'm at the point where I get 3 paid weeks a year here in the states and love every minute of Vacation. I have an RV and while it's not hard core camping it's a vacation home wherever I want to drive it. Sitting by the fire at night after stuffing oneself with Barbeque and drinking a few pints with friends smelling the crisp mountain air puts the thought of work very far away.
Oh and my workplace suspends all appointments for my specialty while I'm gone as no others are able to do what I do where I work. :D
Headed to the Florida Keys this year, some snorkeling, fishing, and more well you know... :cheers:
Where in the Keys?
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Try to get a hole in one. :D
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Try to get a hole in one. :D
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Putt putt golf is the devil! always leave those places a couple holes short saying "f*** this!" as I full swing launching my ball into whatever looks breakable(not the parking lot). :cry
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Thats got to be the sexiest putt putt hole I've ever seen!! :O
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Is the hole the belly button? LOL
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Where in the Keys?
Marathon up near the Turtle Hospital.
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Marathon up near the Turtle Hospital.
We've been to Key West and then stayed on Islamorada for a few nights last summer. I love the Keys.
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We've been to Key West and then stayed on Islamorada for a few nights last summer. I love the Keys.
We went snorkeling this year at "Robbies" (I think that was the places name) this past August on Islamadora. The Keys are simply beautiful.
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what do people do on vacation?
Hookers and blow.
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well going to see my daughter in Monterey what was supposed to be a five hour trip turned into 8 as I drove 100 miles on wrong freeway. then had to take mountain passes at night climbing hills with incoming trucks going 60 mph head on then started to rain. not fun. stopped about 15 miles away as I didn't feel like going thru another pass at night. just waiting a bit before I drive the last 15 miles.
semp
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well going to see my daughter in Monterey what was supposed to be a five hour trip turned into 8 as I drove 100 miles on wrong freeway. then had to take mountain passes at night climbing hills with incoming trucks going 60 mph head on then started to rain. not fun. stopped about 15 miles away as I didn't feel like going thru another pass at night. just waiting a bit before I drive the last 15 miles.
semp
Stay safe, Semp! :salute
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it was awesome. what was supposed to be a 5 hour ride turned into 9 with me getting lost, I actually went over 150 miles on the wrong freeway. had to take back roads to get back. that mountain pass at night with rain was scary but I drove it on the way back during the day and it turned out to be a basically a road on flat ground with a few hills in between to make it interesting. but at night tired and in rainy weather if wasnt nearly as interesting. I drove close to 500 miles on a 340 mile trip. I drove the last 100 miles the next day as I was tired (scared crapless more like it) after driving in rain, in the dark one a one line each way highway at over 60 miles an hour in the dark.
but it was worth it, I spent 2 days with my daughter and my granddaughter. havent seen them in a few months. we went walking to the beach as she lives about a mile away from it. felt weird as I dont even walk the 1/2 a block to the liquor store to buy a beer. (hey I live in LA, it's against the law to walk here).
but to be honest I am grateful my boss forced me to go on vacation. felt weird waking up at 5 am with nothing to do and then going back to sleep. or going to sleep at 10 pm knowing that I dint have to wake up early but waking up early nonetheless. what was nice is waking up early anticipating having breakfast with the girls :) that realizing that 5 am is not breakfast time then going back to sleep and waking them up at 8 to come down for breakfast I made :rock :rock. was only 2 days but it was a very good 2 days. looking forward to next time.
semp
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That is no fun being in a car that long. My friend in Canada's wife's parents drove to Toronto from no-where "Quebec" last year. When they left at the end of their stay they ended up going west instead of east. They only found out their error when they got to Windsor, Ontario, about 4 hours away. They had to drive 4 hours just to get back to their original starting point. lol
Great that you saw the family etc.
I should mention that most financial services businesses mandate that employees take at least a week, sometimes two, off with no access to their work network and no physical access to the office. It is in our policies manual that this must be done. The reason is simple. In virtually all cases where employees are found to be "monkeying" with the books it is also found that they have never taken more than a day or two off at a time. They cannot afford to be out for longer because the likelihood that they will be discovered increases exponentially the longer they are out of the office. Sometimes they simply need to be there to book an entry into the system every week to cover up their theft or wrongdoing.
I had a case where a guy in the office was using funds held by some clients to pay the bills of other clients, because he hated collecting money and didn't want the clients to complain about his time being charged. In that case we found he had disregarded our policy of taking at least a week off, otherwise we would have found out sooner. His manager never even checked. He actually ended up catching himself. For some reason his network access was shut down one day and, due to a guilty conscience, he assumed he had been caught. I had to go hunt him down at a bar, trying to make sure he was ok, because he just walked out of the office and didn't come back that day. When I found him he was hammered and spilled the beans on himself.
We now double and triple check that everyone takes "mandatory leave" every year. That incident above cost us about $100,000.
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On vacation as i type , decided on a trip to Dublin ,so far Ive been to the Guinness storehouse , i went to the Boyne valley ,today i went to the Jeanie Johnstone tall ship then went to a Michellin starred restaraunt for a meal .
Thing's still to do , Blarney stone , Giants causeway ,Aran Islands and a trip to the Jameson distillery .
To top it all had my first real fish n chips in over 12 years ....I dooo like vacations :)
Get back to work for 4 days then off to the US for a course that takes me till after the new year , if things go to plan have 4 days at work left this year....splendid !