P!ss and Moan Time

[Mr442]

Damned salt on the roads.  It;s suppose to be warmer, but I am not getting the bike out until we have a couple of rains to wash it away.

[Palehorse]

Damned salt on the roads.  It;s suppose to be warmer, but I am not getting the bike out until we have a couple of rains to wash it away.

I had the same thought today. I had to run out to fetch a prescription and got a bad case of wanting to ride by the time I got to the truck door. . .

I have a feeling we're going to see a lot of rain here shortly. . . 

[Mr442]

I kept the bike in the garage Saturday, in spite of the nice weather.  

Saturday evening when the humidity came up, the roads started getting dark as the salt absorbed the moisture in the air.  There was a lot of salt still out there.

The rain Sunday, today, and the rest of the week should take care of problem. 

[Mr442]

DST starts this weekend   Just when we were getting daylight in the mornings, we will artificially go backwards and get up earlier.  Mitch needs to pull his head out of his short little ass and stop this BS.  Hell, the entire US needs to top this BS too.

[Henry Hawk]

DST starts this weekend   Just when we were getting daylight in the mornings, we will artificially go backwards and get up earlier.  Mitch needs to pull his head out of his short little ass and stop this BS.  Hell, the entire US needs to top this BS too.

Don't blame Mitch, I don't like it either, but at least NOW, we are in sync with the rest of the nation....instead of bouncing from central to eastern....

I like the extra hour in the evenings now....I wish it would just stay that way for good.

[Mr442]

If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would........................

Just because the rest of the country was screwed up, there was ano good reason for us to follow.  The rest should have stopped adjusting their clocks.  I still have the exact same amout of useable daylight in the evenings, Sunday through Thursday.
And I lose an hour on each of those mornings.

I used to bicycle to work a couple times a week in the summer, but not since we started DST.  Too damn dark to safely ride then. 
I have to leave by 6 AM to get there on time.  Before DST it was just getting light as I left, but now it's still dark.  I've got lights, but the common sense tells me to wait a while until it gets lighter out.

[Henry Hawk]

well I can say that the business I have worked for has been effected because of the former way of conducting our time....many business' outside of Indiana had a difficult time, trying to figure out WHAT time it actually IS in Indiana....we had shipping deadlines NOT meant because of other companies thinking they had another hour to conduct it's business, when in acutality they did not...it may seem miniscule to some, but it was a common problem we had to face...that has been eliminated now....we are EASTERN time now, the same as NY....

and I LOVE having an extra hour in the evening to do things around the house....even though I despise it come fall when they take it away...

[Palehorse]

If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would........................

Just because the rest of the country was screwed up, there was ano good reason for us to follow.  The rest should have stopped adjusting their clocks.  I still have the exact same amout of useable daylight in the evenings, Sunday through Thursday.
And I lose an hour on each of those mornings.

I used to bicycle to work a couple times a week in the summer, but not since we started DST.  Too damn dark to safely ride then. 
I have to leave by 6 AM to get there on time.  Before DST it was just getting light as I left, but now it's still dark.  I've got lights, but the common sense tells me to wait a while until it gets lighter out.

I'm with you on this one 442. I hated it when I lived in Illinois and loved the fact that Indiana didn't do it. Now Mitch had to be like everybody else and it sucks like it always did. There are ZERO benefits to this, and I couldn't have said it any better myself. Clock games. . . like we don't have anything more important to do than screw around with the time every spring and fall. . .

The old arguments that started all this crap are now no longer applicable. Stop it and get real why don't we?! 

[Mr442]

I am the medical rep/POA for my elderly aunt.  Glad to help her out and do what needs doing.  Yesterday she had a Dr. appointment and all went well.  Until it came time for her to return to the nursing home.  I called Yellow Cab, and told them she was ready to be picked up.  They transport her in her electric scooter, via a wheelchair van.  We have waited as long as 1 hour, but yesterday I almost called the Guinness folks.  2 hours and 15 minutes from the time I initialy called!!!   Luckily there was a snack bar on the first floor of the building we were in, so I could get her some lunch.  YC's slow response caused her to miss lunch at the nursing home, the one day they actually had someting she was looking forward to eating. 

YC had the excuse that one of ther van drivers called in sick, so they were down to two vans serving the Terre Haute area..  Why someone from management couldn't/wouldn't jump in and drive was beyond me.  If you are going run that type of operation, then there should be backups available in times like this.  When the driver finally showed up, he applogized and told me they were running about 50 fares behind for the vans.  UN-F-ing_believeable.

I can't get her in and out of the truck, and don't think I really need to buy another car just for this purpose, but I'm starting to wonder.

[LOsborne]

Here in the Devil's Playground there is a handicapped-equipped Mets (Metropolitan Evansville Transit System) bus. It's about the size of a "short bus" in the school system, and has a wheelchair lift and a "Helper" (not sure about the requirements for the job) on board at all times. To use it, you call and give the dispatcher an address and time. I've seen this bus all over town, at all times of day or night.

Okay, I can hear you saying, what's the difference between this and and Mr442's Yellow Wheelchair Van? I don't know what the Terre Haute van costs to ride, but the METS bus costs the same as any other METS bus -- one lousy buck.

Pretty good deal.

[Mr442]

The Yellow Cab/Trans Care bus is a short bus too, but they are contracted through the nursing home to provide transportation for the nursing home patients.

I spoke with the administrator yesterday and laid out my complaints, whe assured me she would look into it.  Before she had a chance to do anything, the owner of the local Yellow Cab came in to the nursing home on a good will visit.  He got his ear full from the administartor, and my aunt.  He left, assuring everyone that things would change immediately.  We will see how that goes today, as my aunt has chemo in a few hours.  The admiinistrator did say, that when there were problems in the past, the owner would take care of things very quickly.

[Mr442]

Roadkill and DST, what a dangerous combination.  Riding to work in the dark, thanks to the time change, and I encounter a large mass of fresh meat, AKA roadkill, all over the highway.  The bad part was, I was on a two lane highway, meeting another vehicle, so my sight distance was severely limited due to the oncoming car lights.  Luckily I was able to swereve a small amount and miss the main portion of the remains.  Had I hit it, the results would not have been good.  It seemed to be too large to be a deer, so I am wondering if a calf got out and was hit.  Whatever it was, it was a huge mess, and it was laying in the left hand tire track.

[Mr442]

Got up at 0330 hrs this morning, to go into a 0500 safety meeting.  I was the only one there   The department this applies to, had an incident yesterday, so they obviously cancelled the meeting, but failed to let me know.   This happens about once per year. 

So there I was at 0515 heading back to the house for some breakfast and a nap.  Could have stayed here and got in some extra time, but I was so pissed, going home for a while seemed like a better idea.  I do feel better for it.

[Palehorse]

Roadkill and DST, what a dangerous combination.  Riding to work in the dark, thanks to the time change, and I encounter a large mass of fresh meat, AKA roadkill, all over the highway.  The bad part was, I was on a two lane highway, meeting another vehicle, so my sight distance was severely limited due to the oncoming car lights.  Luckily I was able to swereve a small amount and miss the main portion of the remains.  Had I hit it, the results would not have been good.  It seemed to be too large to be a deer, so I am wondering if a calf got out and was hit.  Whatever it was, it was a huge mess, and it was laying in the left hand tire track.

That is a huge danger and one that always haunts me in the darkness while riding. We have a road nearby that I call roadkill road, (The site of the groundhog incident), and I stay off it during darkness for this very reason!

Glad you were able to navigate it safely.  The potential for that tohave gone the other way just makes me shudder! 

[Mr442]

Motherf*****!!!!  I think I have a kidney stone.  I go to the Doctor later this morning to see what is going on, and what we can do about it.  Been hurting since Wednesday afternoon, and it has not let up one bit.  Yes, I'm getting cranky.