Deep Funk

Congrats!

Great stuff! Best of luck and stay safe!

Congrats man! Great to hear you came out ahead in this situation.

Random question. Do you wear a helmet when riding? Last time I was in NL (The Hague) I was surprised how few wore them. :)

We don’t wear them because we have the proper infrastructure to support bikes and people in cars are aware of them(and are fucked if they hit someone). We also learn to ride bikes not much later than we learn how to walk.

If you go places or just cruise around, you really don't need a helmet. If you want to race (speeds of 35 km/h) you need a helmet. Not joking, over about 20 miles/hour an emergency stop can really hurt...

I've heard people say that they didn't quit their job, they quit their boss/manager. Wish you the best of luck, insufferable management sucks.

We feel really blessed to be staying in a garage apartment of a house kind of out in the country with a big yard and a creek out back during this time while we’re here in the US. Daily family kickball games have been good for everyone. Before this it was 6 weeks spent in 8 different hotels while we tried to wait out the virus in Asia.

Much less traffic right now since so many people working from home, or unfortunately, out of work. But riding this week was way less tense than normal.

Eating take out more often, hoping some of the small restaurants I like are able to make it through.

But I dunno why nerds/geeks/virgins don't like BOC more? Out of a lot of rock groups, they were mostly aimed at the Sci-Fi/Nerd crowd the most.

It is like Uriah Heep and 10CC. Great bands but they were most quirky. Jethro Tull kind of broke through but that group was kind of an exception.

Singing "OD'd on life, OD'd on life itself."

Yeah i need to see if i can get some antihistamine still. It just happend again, i had a nice long run with the dog. Last stretch back into town and my lungs started to burn and i couldn't breathe before i heard and saw the lawnmower.

Get it A.S.A.P. If we have a good Summer, we are in trouble. Yeah I love nice weather but pollen, dust and dry particles of whatever can make me ill in a second. Also I work in the kitchen, cleanliness is life. I get really grumpy when people leave a mess...

No worries i will get on it. Dreading the summer too... worried about it stacking with corona for a double damage bonus. Then again i found my reaction to the grass more extreme than usual maybe i’m already infected. Still feel a “wet” ache in my lungs... might be stress idk.

I understand taking pride in your work and demanding a certain level of competence from others around you.

I understand the measure. I have an issue with the economic damage though. If you are self-employed or you live pay-check to pay-check you are in trouble. Every person with fixed hour contracts which includes paid leave can coast. I do not have that luxury.

It's happening everywhere. California just called for home isolation for everyone 65 and over and closed all bars, nightclubs, breweries, wineries and brewpubs. Restaurants are supposed to practice "deep social distancing."

Same in Canada. Everything is shutting down. I'm totally fine with it though this is exceptional in my lifetime for sure. Flu kills 1-2 in 1000, this kills 30-40 in 1000. Our health care system is not prepared for that. I'd rather hang out at home listening to CDs than end up like Italy. My heart goes out to them.

Didn't know what a zero-hour contract was before now. I am so sorry, Deep Funk, Thad's right.

Never heard of zero-hour contracts before. That is a terrible arrangement.

The like is for the decision to job hunt...seems the right move. Best of luck.

It’s such a great book. I read it when I was younger and laughed at the ridiculousness of the first half of it but dropped it after that mid point. Picked it up years later and read it all the way through. It hits you hard how dysfunctional bureaucracy can be, the normalization of it in every day life, and how we’re all just trying to make it out alive (or most of us are). Still relevant in today’s society.

Humanity is frail. When faced with extremes populists and fixers show up and shove you around. Catch22 is more than the curse of contradictory bureaucracy. Catch22 is what happens the human measure is sacrificed for interests of either side. Humanity disappears, vice becomes virtue because virtue is vicious for certain people's interests. The last chapters...

This and Fahrenheit 451 are books that I appreciated after I got into college.

Bad management isn't so bad when you work somewhere that you're responsible for your own work and can make most of your own decisions. It really sucks, though, when you're part of a team and management doesn't know/care to make sure the team succeeds. Been there, done with that.

A clusterfuck happened yesterday and management did not want to own up. Okay, I will finish the employment contract (1 year) because C.V. and prepare to leave in the Summer. I am almost too grumpy to enjoy my job now.

I know the feeling, man. Not many things worse than an unhappy job you're bound to. At least there is a light at the end of the tunnel, though! Hopefully things improve in that time, but if not at least you'll be able to move on.

I think the combination of the low country and my seasonal affective disorder would make me lose what little grip I have left.

It's getting old fast...

I always thought Alex was underappreciated because best guitarist award is so subjective. Where Neil and Ged were consistently at or near the top of the best of lists.

@crazychile I think it's because there was already a great wealth of famous/talented guitar players, but Neil and Geddy broke more new ground, so Alex was less appreciated. He's the melodic heart and soul of the band.

He can go Mark Knopfler or full Hendrix out of the blue but without his fills/parts Rush sounds incoherent. Only Josh Homme is known for that skill generally. But Alex Lifeson takes it to another level.