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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 02:10 PM
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When I worked for one of the oil companies years ago they would get mad if you missed more then 2 days in a year! I worked a few years without missing any work. Guess times have changed plus the work ethics of some of the workers.
My boss flipped out when I put in my vacation time for two weeks for this June, and still haven't told him about another week I'm taking late July
 
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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 02:16 PM
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I have never been able to take 2 weeks at one time. Most I have done was one week. Usually end up losing a few days.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 02:35 PM
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I don't get much of any vacation time here... keeping my options open
 
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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 02:57 PM
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The girl next to me misses work a tleast once a week. This has gone on since she took over my old position in September.
Lucky her....she found the exit door on the bathroom....
 
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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
My boss flipped out when I put in my vacation time for two weeks for this June, and still haven't told him about another week I'm taking late July
I remember those days. Now I'm off every weekend, spring break, two weeks in December, two months in summer, major holidays, obsolete holidays, random Fridays... Should I go on?
 
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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 04:49 PM
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I love my truck again!

Boy it feels nice to have good brakes, it stops ALOT better than it ever did. The pads looked great for almost 50k miles, i would say they were still 60 percent maybe?

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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 09:02 PM
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I wonder if the smaller 18" wheels also contribute to heat soak on rotors and thus encouraging them to warp
 
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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 09:41 PM
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I wonder if the smaller 18" wheels also contribute to heat soak on rotors and thus encouraging them to warp
Dunno, I'll trade you wheels and you can see if your rotors warp.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 09:45 PM
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Dunno, I'll trade you wheels and you can see if your rotors warp.
You'd do that for me? Trade XLT wheels for some lowly STX wheels?
 
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Old Feb 6, 2015 | 09:53 PM
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You'd do that for me? Trade XLT wheels for some lowly STX wheels?
ill even trade ya grills .. See what a nice guy i am?
 
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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 09:36 AM
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Moanin...
 
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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 10:02 AM
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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 10:37 AM
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thank God for weekends
 
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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by TruckGuy24
thank God for weekends
True dat!
 
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Old Feb 7, 2015 | 01:17 PM
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Headline this morning on the local news..

A man fell asleep in the drive-thru of the Whataburger restaurant in the 1700 block of North Bryant Blvd. just before midnight Friday. He had just entered his order for a #1, apparently, and just didn’t have the energy to drive up to the first window to pay for his order.

A Whataburger employee saw the potential patron blocking the drive-thru lane and called police.

When police arrived, the patron was still passed-out in his late model Chevrolet Silverado pickup, so they knocked on the window. The sight of police officers knocking on his window startled him so much that his foot pressed the accelerator and the truck bounded through parking lots and empty fields, across a side street, and into the fence behind Lowe’s Grocery Store.

There, the truck came to a rest, its nose sticking into Lowe’s back yard.

The driver was immediately apprehended and given a field sobriety test, which he passed. Police said they are booking him into the Tom Green County Jail anyway for reckless driving.

Police did not release the name.
 
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