The Delta Forum Lounge Thread — Everybody is Still Welcome! 2018-2021
Mar 17, 2020, 11:18 pm
#5446
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St Pat’s Day nightcaps — decaf, Tullamore Dew, and Carolan’s
Mar 18, 2020, 6:14 am
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I almost forgot it was St Patrick's Day, although I'm not sure what I would have been able to do to celebrate. No green wine.
Mar 18, 2020, 7:09 am
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Mar 18, 2020, 8:21 am
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Looks delicious! We actually took yesterday off from drinking entirely since we've been having a couple beers or splitting a bottle of wine every night. I might pick up some crowlers today or tomorrow to support our local breweries. I don't know if they're filling growlers, and I'm not sure it would be the best idea anyway. My favorite brewery put together a page on their website for ordering food and crowlers to go. The pizza place at the end of the street posted on their facebook page that you can call in an order and then call when you arrive to have it brought to your car. I assume I can do essentially the same thing but walking instead.
Mar 18, 2020, 8:44 am
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Good afternoon! Things are somewhat surreal in London. Thankfully, we finally got my daughter evacuated. Both of the charter flights for them (Peace Corps) failed to arrive over the past two days. Thankfully, we got permission and were able to get her on the (very infrequent) last nonstop flight out this morning. All the best, since the charter was going to take them back to Washington, DC and then she would have had to fly back to LHR.
I guess, one day at a time. But, most of us are together.
I guess, one day at a time. But, most of us are together.
Me, I've had a crappy week. My project is getting cancelled, so I'll soon be back to being employed but not in a confirmed role. Scary times. Oh, and my 401k took a huge bashing this week (I just noticed I'm out of balance in my asset allocations). So, rough week. Though I am enjoying extra Pumpkin snuggles, have a fully stocked food pantry and am enjoying the bing-watching of 30 Rock (for the 1st time ever). So I guess it's not terrible.
Mar 18, 2020, 9:01 am
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Looks delicious! We actually took yesterday off from drinking entirely since we've been having a couple beers or splitting a bottle of wine every night. I might pick up some crowlers today or tomorrow to support our local breweries. I don't know if they're filling growlers, and I'm not sure it would be the best idea anyway. My favorite brewery put together a page on their website for ordering food and crowlers to go. The pizza place at the end of the street posted on their facebook page that you can call in an order and then call when you arrive to have it brought to your car. I assume I can do essentially the same thing but walking instead.
Mar 18, 2020, 9:16 am
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Looks like things have calmed down a bit on the phones. We're back to a 4 minute hold time for the PM line.
Mar 18, 2020, 1:09 pm
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Howste, everything ok there in SLC?
Mar 18, 2020, 1:18 pm
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MAEN!
I'm working from home today, so I got to experience the quake in my own home. I saw a couple of glass items fall from a shelf when the big one hit. fortunately I had strategically placed a basket of laundry below it the night before, so no casualties. At my work there was damage to some of the buildings. They were all evacuated at the time I was supposed to call in for a meeting. Eventually they just sent everybody home to make sure the structures were all safe. My wife's work was all sent home too. I just felt another aftershock while I was typing...
(edit) aftershock was a 4.6.
I'm working from home today, so I got to experience the quake in my own home. I saw a couple of glass items fall from a shelf when the big one hit. fortunately I had strategically placed a basket of laundry below it the night before, so no casualties. At my work there was damage to some of the buildings. They were all evacuated at the time I was supposed to call in for a meeting. Eventually they just sent everybody home to make sure the structures were all safe. My wife's work was all sent home too. I just felt another aftershock while I was typing...
(edit) aftershock was a 4.6.
Last edited by Howste; Mar 18, 2020 at 1:38 pm
Mar 18, 2020, 1:58 pm
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I think we could comfortably agree that most everyone is in the same place. Not too many winners over the last couple weeks.
! also predict that the economy will spring back much quicker than normal and we'll be back to yukking it up around here.
Mar 18, 2020, 2:20 pm
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MN effectively cancelled St Patrick's Day, first both (St Paul and Minneapolis) parades over the weekend and associated events in St Paul, and then both mayors announced that restaurants and bars would close around noon Tuesday. Later the governor closed all restaurants, bars, etc. in the state starting at 5 pm yesterday.
I'm multitasking today: working from home and binge watching Locked Up Abroad, with a bit of effort trying to figure out what's open and what's closed around here for my general information. Lots of events I had been planning to do have cancelled: special wine tasting, wine dinner, wine tasting, small casual evening thing with drinks/snacks and appetizers/live music, two dinner meetings, one meeting that I had been planning to travel to, although surprisingly I haven't heard anything about a domestic meeting for early May and a meeting scheduled for early summer in Asia is apparently still on (but I don't think I want to go at this point).
Mar 18, 2020, 2:25 pm
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I, for one, don't plan to stop yukking it up!
Mar 18, 2020, 2:27 pm
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Baccarat, I'm sorry that your DD is being evacuated. I'm an RPCV myself, so I understand a bit how she is feeling, but so glad she is safe. Was she near her COS date? Is she going to re-up or ET (early termination)? If she ever wants to talk to someone who was abruptly evacuated, I'm happy to lend an ear.
Me, I've had a crappy week. My project is getting cancelled, so I'll soon be back to being employed but not in a confirmed role. Scary times. Oh, and my 401k took a huge bashing this week (I just noticed I'm out of balance in my asset allocations). So, rough week. Though I am enjoying extra Pumpkin snuggles, have a fully stocked food pantry and am enjoying the bing-watching of 30 Rock (for the 1st time ever). So I guess it's not terrible.
Me, I've had a crappy week. My project is getting cancelled, so I'll soon be back to being employed but not in a confirmed role. Scary times. Oh, and my 401k took a huge bashing this week (I just noticed I'm out of balance in my asset allocations). So, rough week. Though I am enjoying extra Pumpkin snuggles, have a fully stocked food pantry and am enjoying the bing-watching of 30 Rock (for the 1st time ever). So I guess it's not terrible.
Mar 18, 2020, 2:41 pm
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I've set up my workstation at my dining room table since my desk in my home office is covered with papers I need to sort. The liquor cabinet is in reach of my seat. I've been good so far, but as I reach the end of day three of WFH, I'm not sure how much longer I can resist the temptation.
Mar 18, 2020, 2:45 pm
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