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9 Hours Last Night

Due to day light savings time change I had to work 9 hours.
One security officer was an hour early due to the time change. I think that was the first time a day shift employee has made it to work on time. The day shift supervisor showed up 15 minutes early..but she had not set her clock else she would have been 45 minute late.
One housekeeping guy showed up an hour early.. plus other people..

One time when I was working at Research Belton Hospital and was working 12 hour shifts...it was during the winter and it was dark when I got off work (0600 hours) and dark when I went to work (1800 hours).
Well I got off work at 0600 hours and went home and went to be right away.. I was very tired. I woke up and it was dark and the clock said 8:00 and I said.. oh shit.. I am late for work.. I got my uniform on and raced over to the hospital. When the security officer came to the door.. I said.. sorry I am late.. He said late?
Well I had gone to bed at 0600 and it was not 1800 hours but it was 0800 hours. I had been sleeping for 2 hours. So I went home and went back to bed.

Good Dog - Smart Dog

Last Night at Work

Last night was a long night. The supervisor and the part time supervisor were both off work. One is on vacation. So the kid was in charge. He has worked there two years and I have worked there six months or so. The other guy has worked a month or so..
So the kid, I think he is about 30, was in charge. When the supervisors work they don't let him in a patrol car now.. He is in dispatch or sitting on the ramp of the garage. He just fucks up big time and creates problems.. but last night he was acting supervisor and will be tonight.

He called the police two times.
He also ticketed, green stick on stickers, two cars that he should not have ticketed. They had every right to be parked in the location. I saw one of them out there trying to get the sticker off their car.. I looked the other direction.

Then he ordered me to ticket another car.. He has some sort of sick game going with someone or something.. Last time he wrote me up, he was in charge one time before, for not doing as he told me to do.. So this time I put the ticket on the car.. but only hung it by a very small corner ...so it would be very easy to pull off.
He called the police on the girl when she showed up..
Later the police responded on an alarm and the officer... acted odd.. He was the officer that came on the call about the girl.. He asked if we got an alarm before etc.
The kid lies about things.. So I have no idea what he told the police.

Also.. the kid.. will say that something happened ...or that someone drove thru our chains or ropes or something when it did not happen.. He did that last night.. We have a chain that is down along one part of the garage..It has been down for weeks.. Last night he said.. a person had broken the chain.. He said..such an such.. person did it.. they were parked there.. I said that chain has been down for weeks.. He said..NO I checked it when I came to work and it was up.. God help me.

Well I got to make it thru tonight with him.. I expect that tonight will be no better.. In fact.. I expect him to act up more.. Since after tonight ..he will be back to dispatch only.. the supervisors will not let him patrol in a car.. One night ... when they did let him patrol he ticketed 40 cars.. None of them should have had a ticket.

Oh well... In March.. we are going to have to move.. Russell now wants to do the same thing, sort of, that Ken is doing. He wants to be an ATC for the FAA. Russell loves money. He wants to work and he wants to make money.
So we will stay in this area. Russell likes this area. One thing is the mall and the other is the MetroRail system and the school is close.
But.. even if we stay close.. I am going to get a different job.. I hate mall security.

Imperial Hubris

Dick Williams from Kansas City MO says "Read Imperial Hubris - now. Bin Laden messages are not idle ramblings - he works from a game plan and telegraphs his intents then follows through. Bush has "blown it" with regard to al Queada, George Bush is bin Laden's "friend in the White House" as his every action plays to al Queada's mission which is uniting the Arab world in a "defensive Jihad" against the U.S. Listen to bin Laden, his time frame extends back 20 years and forward 20 years - this is global war but one in which Bush is playing bin Laden's game. A change is needed in U.S. strategy - it was needed two years ago and unfortunately in the name of super patriotism many are adhering to Bush's misguided world view - we are indeed less safe, weakened, overextended and vulnerable. Kerry provides a change - needed - but whoever is President in the next four years is very likely to preside over further al Queda strikes on U.S. soil. For our friends overseas - know that our country is divided politically but united in this effort. See ya later, GWB." (Sat, Oct 30th, 5:00am PDT)

GOP Dirty Tricks #?

We are not sure how many dirty tricks and lies the GOP is doing and we may never know. They sure want to steal or waste every vote they can in keys states like FL.

I just got the following eMail. It came from the GOP. They don't say that.. but you know it is from the GOP. It will not work.. I would hope that this will make everyone get out and vote for Kerry in this state and every where.

Medical Liability

I just got the email below from the US Chamber of Commerce. They are for Bush and have given all the money and support that they can too four more years of Bush. They are not allowed by law to given any more..so they use this back door way of supporting Bush. They are not allowed to say vote for Bush..but you get the idea.
We know that anything that the US Chamber of Commerce is for is not good for the little guy. You know they are out to help big business and do not care what effect is has on you and me.

Now, of course, the information in the eMail below is crap and you can not believe one word that the chamber says or "fact" that they give you.
However.. I favor some changes in the laws.

My position however is that health care corporations, insurance corporations and all the others should first work to fix things.
How about this a tax on health care of some sort? Say a 1% tax that goes into a special fund to take care of the errors and crimes committed in the name of health care. The fund would be used to fix and correct errors and crimes that hurt the little guy.

You see the doctor that cuts out the wrong eye or cuts off the wrong leg wants protection. The lab or hospital that does not do the test or has major errors they want protection.
Let all those "health care professional" come up with a plan...let them do a total change of their system and then come to us for a change in laws. Let them clean up their house first.

Did you know that Florida is considered a "State in Crisis" by the American Medical Association?  Doctors are fleeing, hospitals are closing, and healthcare costs are rising at an alarming rate.  Why?  



Because our nation's medical liability system is broken.  To get all the facts, go to href="http://www.ProtectPatientsFirst.com."
target=_blank>http://www.ProtectPatientsFirst.com.  Skyrocketing medical liability premiums -- $200,000 a year or more in some high-risk specialties - are forcing physicians to limit services, retire early, or move to a state where premiums are more stable. The crisis is threatening access to care for patients in Florida.  



According to a February 2003 poll, 86% of Florida voters support said they support medical lawsuit abuse reform, including a $250,000 limit on non-economic damages.



So why does Senator John Edwards keep standing in the way of such meaningful reform?  Senator Edwards has voted AGAINST medical liability four times and was recently quoted as saying, "medical malpractice reform will pass over my dead body."



You deserve your choice of doctor.  You deserve your choice of hospital.  You deserve access to emergency trauma centers.  But thanks to the current legal liability system, you may end up with no choice.  And in some communities, there may be no doctors, no trauma centers, and no hospitals.  



Tell Senator Edwards that it is time to support common sense lawsuit abuse reform.  Tell him Florida deserves better.



Sincerely,



The United States Chamber of Commerce



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I will be in Mountain View CA

I will be in Mountain View CA for the following event. If any of you are going to be at the event please look me up and say hello.
If there are any "fans" of Howard's Notebook or ShowMeBLOG out in Mountain View please contact me so that we can say hello.
I don't travel often. I seem to move often recently..but vacation and trips are rare. The last time I was in CA I was 4 years old. So don't be shy..if you live in the area contact me.

Vintage Computer Festival 7.0
November 6th-7th, 2004
Computer History Museum
Mountain View, California
The seventh annual Vintage Computer Festival will be held on
Saturday, November 6th through Sunday, November 7th at the Computer
History Museum in Mountain View, California.

The doors open at 9:30am each day. Speakers begin at 10:00am and end
at 2:00pm. The Exhibit and Marketplace open at 2:00pm and end at
6:00pm.

Admission is $12 per person per day for full access to Speakers, the
Exhibition and the Marketplace, or $7.50 per person per day for
Exhibition and Marketplace access only. Kids 17 and under are
admitted free of charge, and parking is free.

Comment

Dick Williams from Kansas City MO says
"George Bush - an embarrassment to conservatism, an embarrassment to the Republican Party and to the United States. The word conservative has been totally co opted by Bush and Company - leaving our children and grandchildren trillions in debt. What parent puts everything on credit to let his grand kids pay for it - that's not conservatism. That's nuts. Four More Months- actually more like Three More Months. Kerry 310 to Bush 228 election night. Large enough margin so even Karl Rove won't have reason to challenge. See ya later GWB - the man who secretly won't mind going back to Crawford anyway." (Thu, Oct 28th, 6:46pm PDT)

The fucking SprintPCS Service

I was correct. The SprintPCS service is now working. When I signed up with SprintPCS I had to give them a deposit and they set my service up with a spending limit or something like that.. I don't remember how much the deposit was that I paid.. I think it was $250.00 or $150.00 and after a year or two they refunded the deposit because I had paid on time. However the spending limit remains in effect.
Well the problem with the spending limit.. has been.. when I move or make some major change...the way their book keeping works.. they will charge my account 250.00, like when I moved to Orlando and got a new phone number, and they they later post a credit or something to off set the debit they did in their books.. well with me and my "spending limit" ...as soon as they post the debit to the account.. my phone will stop working.. I have to call them and explain to them..that I have a problem.. at first..they will say..you should not have a problem..your all paid up with us.. then they do some checking and oh..yes.. I see something on the computer.. I will correct it by doing such and such... Then the phone is back normal.

On the 8th of this next month.. I am not sure what is going to happen...that is the date for my normal monthly bill, they may try and add the Internet charges to the bill, at the same time.. adding the free Internet service etc.
I suspect that my service will go down again.
Maybe if I call them.. they will say.. oh yes.. we will fix that Internet charges of 150.00 or so.. Or they may say.. no..the Internet charges stand.. but NOW you can use the Internet for free AFTER you pay the current charges.

Lunar Eclipse

Russell, Ken and I watched the lunar eclipse. We were not impressed.

No gang I did not try and run down Rep. Katherine Harris. I don' t own a car. Well that is not the only reason.

I just heard about Arafat's medical condition. I wonder what will happen when he is gone. Even if he gets better now.. He is 75 years old.

CNN has a story about the Electorial College. It says that a tie could be the mother of all messes. The HOuse of Representatives wold choose the next president and the Senate would decide the vice presidency. So we would end up with Bush as president and maybe John Edwards as vice president.