Random Thoughts - Part III The Search for Spark (No Politics)

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

What time of year was it? I've bragged about my month on Shemya but you've done real time at the North Pole! That's a rare privilege in my book. I volunteered for Antarctica duty a few times but was never selected.

Yep, too bad they didn't make the entrances large enough for you.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Everyone in my house is sick. Sucks.

I sure hope everyone gets well soon.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Good for you. Wish you and mrs. Ultra and your fam the best.

I had a really bad year (mostly health). I sure hope this year is better

Thanks. Ups and downs... The older we get, the more precious better days become. Keep the faith, my man. You'll bounce back soon.

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Kevin from SubiSpeed got fired so that was an interesting video to watch

Saw that too. I'm much more interested in why. Lots of the fitment industries guys left there recently-ish also. I wonder if there's a downturn in the industry we're not seeing yet.

[weederr33]

Originally Posted by Wally86

Saw that too. I'm much more interested in why. Lots of the fitment industries guys left there recently-ish also. I wonder if there's a downturn in the industry we're not seeing yet.

While I feel bad for the guy, I also want to know why they let him go. I've seen him and Tomas on SubiSpeed/FTSpeed since shortly after I got my first twin in 2014. So in a way they were the face of that company.

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by weederr33

While I feel bad for the guy, I also want to know why they let him go. I've seen him and Tomas on SubiSpeed/FTSpeed since shortly after I got my first twin in 2014. So in a way they were the face of that company.

I wonder why also. My own brain's theory is self promotion via the company channel. It wasn't an obnoxious amount but it was noticeable and that's a no no with a lot of companies.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Wally86

I wonder why also. My own brain's theory is self promotion via the company channel. It wasn't an obnoxious amount but it was noticeable and that's a no no with a lot of companies.

It always came across the other way to me, like he was shilling for FT/Subispeed on his personal channel and not being up front about it. Guess I get to take that one back.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Everyone in my house is sick. Sucks.

It's been going around here too. Most people I know have had a cold/flu of some sort the past few weeks. I had one two weeks ago that lasted a week and now I'm having another flare-up of congestion/cough/sneeze.

Get well soon.

[wolffbite]

My office (7 employees) has basically been a revolving door of colds, flu, and COVID for the 3 months.

We're able to work from home if sick, but since several employees have young kids, they are bringing around a fresh batch of sick every other week.

We've all had COVID at some point this year (some people multiple times), and it seems like recovering from basic colds is just taking a lot longer now.

Hope ya'll recover swiftly.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by wolffbite

My office (7 employees) has basically been a revolving door of colds, flu, and COVID for the 3 months.

We're able to work from home if sick, but since several employees have young kids, they are bringing around a fresh batch of sick every other week.

We've all had COVID at some point this year (some people multiple times), and it seems like recovering from basic colds is just taking a lot longer now.

Hope ya'll recover swiftly.

The plague went through my work. I mostly avoided it but we had up to 1/3 of the building out at a time for a couple weeks around Thanksgiving.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Wally86

Saw that too. I'm much more interested in why. Lots of the fitment industries guys left there recently-ish also. I wonder if there's a downturn in the industry we're not seeing yet.

with interest rates on the rise, and inflation out of control, i'm hears lots of indicators in all sorts of markets that 2023 is going to be one of the most horrific years most of us have ever seen.

just finished talking with a large builder, they typically sell 40-60 houses per month, they're actually negative sales right now--had more sales cancellations than new sales. and talked with a realtor the other day, her realtor group went from $6mill in sales last year to $1mill in sales this year, with forecasts anticipating almost no housing market movement by febuary 2023, which has been entirely unheard of for the last 10+ years. she said she's got newer associates that are absolutely losing their minds right now, as they've never seen a lack of housing market interest like this before...

amazon's laying off staff, twitter no longer counts, facebook dropping people.

we're on the cusp of a good number of things. a lot of people are holding their breath, waiting to see how different government arms react and what they attempt to implement to offer a correction to the situation.

imo, it's shaping up to be slightly more 'interesting' than 2020.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by wolffbite

My office (7 employees) has basically been a revolving door of colds, flu, and COVID for the 3 months.

We're able to work from home if sick, but since several employees have young kids, they are bringing around a fresh batch of sick every other week.

We've all had COVID at some point this year (some people multiple times), and it seems like recovering from basic colds is just taking a lot longer now.

Hope ya'll recover swiftly.

That just comes with age -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

with interest rates on the rise, and inflation out of control, i'm hears lots of indicators in all sorts of markets that 2023 is going to be one of the most horrific years most of us have ever seen.

just finished talking with a large builder, they typically sell 40-60 houses per month, they're actually negative sales right now--had more sales cancellations than new sales. and talked with a realtor the other day, her realtor group went from $6mill in sales last year to $1mill in sales this year, with forecasts anticipating almost no housing market movement by febuary 2023, which has been entirely unheard of for the last 10+ years. she said she's got newer associates that are absolutely losing their minds right now, as they've never seen a lack of housing market interest like this before...

amazon's laying off staff, twitter no longer counts, facebook dropping people.

we're on the cusp of a good number of things. a lot of people are holding their breath, waiting to see how different government arms react and what they attempt to implement to offer a correction to the situation.

imo, it's shaping up to be slightly more 'interesting' than 2020.

Hell, I don't need to worry - I'm on a fixed income -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

It's been going around here too. Most people I know have had a cold/flu of some sort the past few weeks. I had one two weeks ago that lasted a week and now I'm having another flare-up of congestion/cough/sneeze.

Get well soon.

- just quit kissing those pretty girls at your new apartment complex!