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  • motleygunner
    motleygunner Arizona Posts: 258
    andrew68 said:
    motleygunner said:
    kmcmanus said:
    demetrios said:
    Zod said:
    Well shit.   The good news indicates my mystery box just hit the border and is being review by customs.  The bad news is Canada Post just went on strike so it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

    This totally sucks! Not a fan of unions.
    You would be if you were in one. 
    European unions and US labor unions are not apples to apples.
    Canada isn't in Europe 
    Oh I didn't know he was from Canada. My bad. Not familiar with their work.
  • kmcmanus
    kmcmanus Posts: 893
    motleygunner said:
    andrew68 said:
    motleygunner said:
    kmcmanus said:
    demetrios said:
    Zod said:
    Well shit.   The good news indicates my mystery box just hit the border and is being review by customs.  The bad news is Canada Post just went on strike so it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

    This totally sucks! Not a fan of unions.
    You would be if you were in one. 
    European unions and US labor unions are not apples to apples.
    Canada isn't in Europe 
    Oh I didn't know he was from Canada. My bad. Not familiar with their work.
    Demetrios is in Canada. I’m in Syracuse.
  • kmcmanus
    kmcmanus Posts: 893
    edited November 2024
    Lost In Ohio said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    spankyMP said:
    I enjoyed my time in a union, but the protections provided to egregiously dead weight are a major issue.
    on2legs said:
    If you are in favor of a 40 work week, paid vacations, paid sick time, child labor laws, health benefits and at least a dozen other work related benefits then you should probably thank union members who made those items a reality for millions of workers.  Union and non-union alike.
    both correct. yes, good and bad for sure. 

    Indeed.

    "Pay them what they're worth!"
    --Said by people who don't realize it translates into higher costs for everyone else.
    The prices go up anyway. In my experience, ownership charges as much as the market will bear, and then put as much in their own pockets as they can get away with. And HR is there to protect them from lawsuits, not us from the company. Unions are a godsend. 
  • Lost In Ohio
    Lost In Ohio Posts: 7,245
    edited November 2024
    kmcmanus said:
    Lost In Ohio said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    spankyMP said:
    I enjoyed my time in a union, but the protections provided to egregiously dead weight are a major issue.
    on2legs said:
    If you are in favor of a 40 work week, paid vacations, paid sick time, child labor laws, health benefits and at least a dozen other work related benefits then you should probably thank union members who made those items a reality for millions of workers.  Union and non-union alike.
    both correct. yes, good and bad for sure. 

    Indeed.

    "Pay them what they're worth!"
    --Said by people who don't realize it translates into higher costs for everyone else.
    The prices go up anyway. In my experience, ownership charges as much as the market will bear, and then put as much in their own pockets as they can get away with. And HR is there to protect them from lawsuits, not us from the company. Unions are a godsend. 


    There's a sports team near me that had ticket prices that were criminally under-priced. As a result, a lot of people would scalp them for sometimes 10x as much.

    Ticket prices were raised to prices closer to market prices...naturally, a lot of the older fan-base revolted because a lot of people felt they should have those premium tickets for what they always paid for.

    Of course, when tickets for some games are $120 face value instead of $39 or $75 face value, it puts money back into the organization... which isn't a bad thing.

    So, for sports teams charging market value...it's absolutely fair.

    As an example: If Yankee tickets topped out at 1985 prices, they obviously wouldn't be able to compete AND regular people would making the money that could have been invested into the roster.

    I really don't want to see the Venn Diagram of "Pay the SAG/WGA strikers what they're worth" and the number of people who pirate that content, knowing they'd still pirate broadcast TV when an antenna is an option or they'd still pirate Netflix if it was $10/yr.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    They never blame the corporations that make huge profits and still raise prices while keeping wages low and giving their CEOs millions in raises. 
    I miss igotid88
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 15,955
    kmcmanus said:
    motleygunner said:
    andrew68 said:
    motleygunner said:
    kmcmanus said:
    demetrios said:
    Zod said:
    Well shit.   The good news indicates my mystery box just hit the border and is being review by customs.  The bad news is Canada Post just went on strike so it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

    This totally sucks! Not a fan of unions.
    You would be if you were in one. 
    European unions and US labor unions are not apples to apples.
    Canada isn't in Europe 
    Oh I didn't know he was from Canada. My bad. Not familiar with their work.
    Demetrios is in Canada. I’m in Syracuse.
    Isn’t Syracuse in Greece? 
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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,525
    My dad was an electrician and had some horror stories over the years. There's good and there's bad. Anyone reflexively pro-union is typically an insufferable drone.
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,769
    igotid88 said:
    They never blame the corporations that make huge profits and still raise prices while keeping wages low and giving their CEOs millions in raises. 
    It's funny how that works. 

    RE: unions, I appreciate the ideology, and am typically pro-worker, but the way they operate this day in age is enough to make one resent them. 
  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,412
    Take it to moving train.  I’m looking for shipping updates.
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • matt3846
    matt3846 Atlanta Posts: 203
    My XL orders now show weights of  3.310 and 3.305
    ETA Monday!
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    My XL has shipped but hasn't reached UPS yet. Still showing 5lbs.
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  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,019
    matt3846 said:
    My XL orders now show weights of  3.310 and 3.305
    ETA Monday!
    Promising!
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,113
    xl shipped.  3.28
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • pjbugs007
    pjbugs007 Posts: 1,352
    My 2 XLs packages have shipped as well.. weights of 3.190 and 4.140
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,706
    mcgruff10 said:
    xl shipped.  3.28
    3+2+8=13

    pjbugs007 said:
    My 2 XLs packages have shipped as well.. weights of 3.190 and 4.140
    3+1+9=13

    Both xls

    Coincidence?
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,706
    I'm resisting looking at wt. Not sure why.
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,525
    Loujoe said:
    I'm resisting looking at wt. Not sure why.
    Total surprise is better. I'm resisting too.
  • pjbugs007
    pjbugs007 Posts: 1,352
    Loujoe said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    xl shipped.  3.28
    3+2+8=13

    pjbugs007 said:
    My 2 XLs packages have shipped as well.. weights of 3.190 and 4.140
    3+1+9=13

    Both xls

    Coincidence?
    Both the same ….one box just has
    more packaging tape used lol
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,706
    Ahh. Ok
  • pjbugs007
    pjbugs007 Posts: 1,352
    Loujoe said:
    Ahh. Ok
    And each has a signed Loujoe work boot:)🥾 

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