LTE 2.0

[Very Duke Blue]

New photos of Ozzieetta are posted on Facebook!

Love the pics. Baby Ruth is precious.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

New photos of Ozzieetta are posted on Facebook!

Love the pics. Baby Ruth is precious.

Thanks! We agree!

[captmojo]

Three years ago, my employer asked us to take a 15% pay cut ,for a three years term, in order to help the company emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At the end of the term an additional 2% raise was to be included. We voted to accept the terms by a very large majority. The company broke through Chapter 11 4 months later. A request was made to expedite the 'snap back' to original pay rates but denied us due to the term sheet agreement.

Three years ended May 28, 2010. The bungholes then went to court and requested the judge to re-visit for the purpose of forcing us to the negotiating table to re-establish a new pay rate. They claim they're still in financial difficulty.(probably true due to present state of the auto business) Yet, my belief is that their actions have spoken much louder than their words. We had previously shown a willingness to be flexable but this action seems like a slap in the face. If they were sincere, they could have appeared before an understanding group of loyal workers quite some time earlier.

A 72 hour notice of work stoppage was delivered to the company on Monday morning. They have just now announced they will meet the full agreement of pay restoration. Damn shame it takes threat of force to get what you've contracted for when you've spent 3 years bending over backward to satisfy the ungrateful.

[lawgrad91]

Three years ago, my employer asked us to take a 15% pay cut ,for a three years term, in order to help the company emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At the end of the term an additional 2% raise was to be included. We voted to accept the terms by a very large majority. The company broke through Chapter 11 4 months later. A request was made to expedite the 'snap back' to original pay rates but denied us due to the term sheet agreement.

Three years ended May 28, 2010. The bungholes then went to court and requested the judge to re-visit for the purpose of forcing us to the negotiating table to re-establish a new pay rate. They claim they're still in financial difficulty.(probably true due to present state of the auto business) Yet, my belief is that their actions have spoken much louder than their words. We had previously shown a willingness to be flexable but this action seems like a slap in the face. If they were sincere, they could have appeared before an understanding group of loyal workers quite some time earlier.

A 72 hour notice of work stoppage was delivered to the company on Monday morning. They have just now announced they will meet the full agreement of pay restoration. Damn shame it takes threat of force to get what you've contracted for when you've spent 3 years bending over backward to satisfy the ungrateful.

A pity you had to go this far to get your company to fulfill its promise. And employers complain about no employee loyalty, yet they do things like this. It's just wrong....

[colchar]

Three years ago, my employer asked us to take a 15% pay cut ,for a three years term, in order to help the company emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At the end of the term an additional 2% raise was to be included. We voted to accept the terms by a very large majority. The company broke through Chapter 11 4 months later. A request was made to expedite the 'snap back' to original pay rates but denied us due to the term sheet agreement.

Three years ended May 28, 2010. The bungholes then went to court and requested the judge to re-visit for the purpose of forcing us to the negotiating table to re-establish a new pay rate. They claim they're still in financial difficulty.(probably true due to present state of the auto business) Yet, my belief is that their actions have spoken much louder than their words. We had previously shown a willingness to be flexable but this action seems like a slap in the face. If they were sincere, they could have appeared before an understanding group of loyal workers quite some time earlier.

A 72 hour notice of work stoppage was delivered to the company on Monday morning. They have just now announced they will meet the full agreement of pay restoration. Damn shame it takes threat of force to get what you've contracted for when you've spent 3 years bending over backward to satisfy the ungrateful.

A pity you had to go this far to get your company to fulfill its promise. And employers complain about no employee loyalty, yet they do things like this. It's just wrong....

Too true.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Three years ago, my employer asked us to take a 15% pay cut ,for a three years term, in order to help the company emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At the end of the term an additional 2% raise was to be included. We voted to accept the terms by a very large majority. The company broke through Chapter 11 4 months later. A request was made to expedite the 'snap back' to original pay rates but denied us due to the term sheet agreement.

Three years ended May 28, 2010. The bungholes then went to court and requested the judge to re-visit for the purpose of forcing us to the negotiating table to re-establish a new pay rate. They claim they're still in financial difficulty.(probably true due to present state of the auto business) Yet, my belief is that their actions have spoken much louder than their words. We had previously shown a willingness to be flexable but this action seems like a slap in the face. If they were sincere, they could have appeared before an understanding group of loyal workers quite some time earlier.

A 72 hour notice of work stoppage was delivered to the company on Monday morning. They have just now announced they will meet the full agreement of pay restoration. Damn shame it takes threat of force to get what you've contracted for when you've spent 3 years bending over backward to satisfy the ungrateful.

Agreed it shouldn't have taken such action on the workers' part, but it's great to hear you're agreement will be honored.

[TillyGalore]

Three years ago, my employer asked us to take a 15% pay cut ,for a three years term, in order to help the company emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At the end of the term an additional 2% raise was to be included. We voted to accept the terms by a very large majority. The company broke through Chapter 11 4 months later. A request was made to expedite the 'snap back' to original pay rates but denied us due to the term sheet agreement.

Three years ended May 28, 2010. The bungholes then went to court and requested the judge to re-visit for the purpose of forcing us to the negotiating table to re-establish a new pay rate. They claim they're still in financial difficulty.(probably true due to present state of the auto business) Yet, my belief is that their actions have spoken much louder than their words. We had previously shown a willingness to be flexable but this action seems like a slap in the face. If they were sincere, they could have appeared before an understanding group of loyal workers quite some time earlier.

A 72 hour notice of work stoppage was delivered to the company on Monday morning. They have just now announced they will meet the full agreement of pay restoration. Damn shame it takes threat of force to get what you've contracted for when you've spent 3 years bending over backward to satisfy the ungrateful.

Glad everything worked out. Too bad you had to take extreme measures.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Good for you, Cap'n!

[ArkieDukie]

Good for you, Cap'n!

I'll second that and send pointy-toed shin kicks and stiletto heel toe stomps to your employers.

[CathyCA]

Three years ago, my employer asked us to take a 15% pay cut ,for a three years term, in order to help the company emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At the end of the term an additional 2% raise was to be included. We voted to accept the terms by a very large majority. The company broke through Chapter 11 4 months later. A request was made to expedite the 'snap back' to original pay rates but denied us due to the term sheet agreement.

Three years ended May 28, 2010. The bungholes then went to court and requested the judge to re-visit for the purpose of forcing us to the negotiating table to re-establish a new pay rate. They claim they're still in financial difficulty.(probably true due to present state of the auto business) Yet, my belief is that their actions have spoken much louder than their words. We had previously shown a willingness to be flexable but this action seems like a slap in the face. If they were sincere, they could have appeared before an understanding group of loyal workers quite some time earlier.

A 72 hour notice of work stoppage was delivered to the company on Monday morning. They have just now announced they will meet the full agreement of pay restoration. Damn shame it takes threat of force to get what you've contracted for when you've spent 3 years bending over backward to satisfy the ungrateful.

Ungrateful is right. They should be appreciative that you all stuck with them.

I'm glad things worked out favorably for you.

[DukieInKansas]

I had lots of fun during the weekend's street art show, but as expected I didn't sell a damn thing. (That's ok, I go for the exposure and the hopeful commissions.) I did make one really cool contact, he's an architect here in Morehead and was impressed with my work. We swapped cards, I emailed him and he emailed me back today. He is thinking of using me to to do works specifically for his clients' houses or offices that he designs. That fukkin' rocks! I told him up front I have no interest in matching my paintings to any color, but I would love to work with him if he has a theme in mind for the spaces he is designing, and he seemed to be pretty on board with that. We'll see how it pans out.

Very cool!

[captmojo]

Thanks all!
This is why I was so short on that Good Mornin' today.
These people can really piss you off.
They will lie when the truth would satisfy Satan himself.







Uggh. Eight mo' years. They won't have to ask me to retire but once.

[DukieInKansas]

Has anyone else noticed that the pace of LTE 2.0 has slowed in recent weeks, maybe months?
The slow down seems to correlate to the increase of "Good Morning" posts and Idol reports.

I suggest a new strategy…
1. Let the Wookie win
2. Create an official "Good Morning" thread.
3. Create an Idol thread.

This must have happened - I'm only 40 pages behind.

[CameronBornAndBred]

I had lots of fun during the weekend's street art show, but as expected I didn't sell a damn thing. (That's ok, I go for the exposure and the hopeful commissions.) I did make one really cool contact, he's an architect here in Morehead and was impressed with my work. We swapped cards, I emailed him and he emailed me back today. He is thinking of using me to to do works specifically for his clients' houses or offices that he designs. That fukkin' rocks! I told him up front I have no interest in matching my paintings to any color, but I would love to work with him if he has a theme in mind for the spaces he is designing, and he seemed to be pretty on board with that. We'll see how it pans out.

Very cool!

Just noticed that you must doing a lot of catching up!

[DukieInKansas]

Holy , . They were just saying on the radio that Tiger has offered his wife a "severance package" worth a reported $750M to sign a non-disclosure agreement that she would never write a book or do a movie or anything else about this. I say sign it in a heartbeat!

She'll be having a good morning.

Good response!

[DukieInKansas]

I have a friend who lives in Israel and is victim of domestic violence. She has moved out of her house and into an apartment. Yesterday, her husband beat her, no broken bones, but a lot of bruises. He was arrested and there is now a restraining order in place.

As I'm half a world away, there is not a whole lot I can do. So, I'm asking my CTN friends to send some serious mental shin kicks to my friend Karen's husband.

Ladies and gentlemen, please kick away.

Another round of shin kicks is directed his way. Good for her for moving out. I hope the restraining order works.

[DukieInKansas]

Good morning.

What?
Again?

Yup.

It is a daily occurance. I believe not having another morning is bad for your health.

[DukieInKansas]

Did anyone else watch "Hoosiers" last night? If not, don't bother if it comes on again. The editing job was horrendous. Whomever edited the movie should have their fingernails forcibly removed and banned from television for life. They cut some of the coolest scenes in the movie, including the most important scene (IMHO) where coach breaks out the tape measure before the big game. So lame.

How could they cut out the tape measure scene. It is probably the most remembered scene in the movie.

[DukieInKansas]

Happy Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie! Hang a banner!

Already a better day than yesterday. We were walking the dogs this morning, and down the road, one of the neighbor kids had left his tarhole basketball in the front of his yard, near his ditchline. Merlin marched over to it, took one sniff, and hiked his leg. That's my boy!

He got bacon and cheese shreds mixed in with his dog food this morning.

Please give Merlin a big rub on his tummy for me! A very good dog!

[DukieInKansas]

I'm also pleased to announce that my son is finished with high school, and that he has enough points to graduate.

You all have no idea how close he came to not making it.

Congratulations to your eldest son.