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Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-11-2020, 02:18 PM:

...everyone typically spend their day?

Early riser here, up by 4am (often earlier) most every morning...turn on the computer, put on coffee.

After a couple hours drinking coffee and "interneting" I go out to my shop. My hobby is woodworking and I really do enjoy it. Except for naps, food and some TV sprinkled in here and there, I spend most of the day (and night sometimes) in my shop.

I seem to like "hammering" on things for some reason. [Wink]

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 02-11-2020, 03:35 PM:

I get up at 5 and goe to bed about 10. I have given up almost all my hobby’s. At one time, I was an avid golfer, fisherman and woodworker. Not anymore. Now my time is spent reading, napping, browsing the internet, and watching news and sports.

I worked some pretty menial part time jobs to pass the time for several years after retiring but I got over that. I volunteer for meals on wheels a couple of days a week and other things that make me feel better about my mostly unproductive life.

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Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 02-11-2020, 04:01 PM:

I seldom get out of bed before 7:30, except on Thursday. We have 8:00am Mass, but do a rosary first, so we try to get there by 7:30. After Mass, we meet our priest and deacon at the local restaurant and buy them breakfast. We also have Mass at 10:00am on Sunday, but don't feed anybody but ourselves after that. On other days, I spend a lot of time playing solitaire on the PC, and do a bit of internet browsing. Our house sits on 5 acres, about three of which are not wooded, so in the warm months, I mow...… a lot. I take a four day trout fishing trip to north central Arkansas 3 or 4 times a year. I go down to the afore mentioned restaurant at 2:00 every afternoon except Sunday, and drink coffee with 5 or 6 other old geezers. TV from 7 to 10 just about every evening, and back to bed at 10:00.

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Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 02-11-2020, 06:43 PM:

Up every morning at 4:20, make my lunch fix my breakfast, turn on my computer check TCD.

Go to work and work most days until around 3:30. (In the power plant industry, coal fired, we take units off from 4-8 weeks in spring and fall to work on equipment that can't be repaired on a LIVE unit! Those days of the year we may work 10-12 hours a day upwards of 7 days a week.)

WOrk out most days after work in the plant supplied gym. It's a pretty nice facility located on the property. It has just about all of the equipment that the average lifter/fitness person needs. Cardio Equip. 3 elipticals, 2 treadmills, 2 bikes and a row machine. Free weights and cable machines as well!

Come home and either start supper, the wife is a Pharmacy Technician (27yrs) for Walmart. She usually gets off work after I do so I may have supper ready when she gets home!

I'm usually in bed by 10.

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Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-11-2020, 10:10 PM:

mh:

quote:
WOrk out most days after work in the plant supplied gym.

When I worked evening shift (3-11) in the mines I would go to the gym for a couple hours before work 4 days a week.

Now, my idea of weight lifting is standing up.

Posted by Bigcatdaddy (Member # 21) on 02-12-2020, 06:56 AM:

Up at 0430, cook breakfast, and out the door by 0515, work 0600-1500. During the summer I mow about 4 acres, and then just bush hog the other acreage a few times a year.
I like to sit on the porch in the evenings with a glass of bourbon and a cigar.
Winter I get home help with supper, dish, laundry, and do my best to ensure the recliner doesn't move. Luckily i have the arse to get the job done.
Oh, and I work at least one weekend a month with my Reserve team.

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 02-12-2020, 10:32 AM:

Great question.

As for me, I've got a pretty weird schedule. Paramedic, I work 24 hour shifts every 3rd day. Those days, I'm up by 0545, out the door by 0630 after I wake up my son for school. Don't get home from work until usually 0900 the following day. Surf the web, eat something, take a shower and nap. Get up in time to get the boy from school, we usually go work out together for about an hour. Come home, either I cook or the wife will bring home supper. Eat, watch some TV with her, then in bed by 2200 or so. Next day, my other day off, I get up about 0615-0630, wake up the boy for school. Surf around the 'net and study - full time nursing student, too - most of the day. Maybe catch up on some of my recorded TV shows that the wife isn't in to. Catch up on laundry and honey-do lists. Wash, rinse, repeat!

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-12-2020, 12:14 PM:

hc:

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I volunteer for meals on wheels a couple of days a week and other things that make me feel better about my mostly unproductive life.

Nothing more gracious and productive than volunteering your time to help others...you should be patting yourself on the back.

Posted by rlt4uk (Member # 3194) on 02-12-2020, 02:25 PM:

I work 10pm to 6am on helicopters I'm a aircraft mechanic. Bed by 7am -12pm. I get my mom's lunch and stay with her until 2 pm. From 3-5 I work at city hall, I'm on city council. 5:30-8 spend time with my wife, eat supper and do it all again. I'm like a ant, I'm constantly rebuilding that ant hill. Saturdays I play golf and sundays I go to church.

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 02-12-2020, 07:18 PM:

Kudos to you M&M for starting this thread. I’ve found it interesting to know more about my Domain friends. I hope more will post on it.

You all have inspired me to come clean about my “real” daily life. You see, I’m a Texas Ranger presently working on assignment for the CIA as a mole in North Korea. I wish I could tell more but I would be revealing classified information.

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Posted by rlt4uk (Member # 3194) on 02-12-2020, 07:33 PM:

Handy, how do you find the time to help cal coach?

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-12-2020, 11:04 PM:

hc:

quote:
I’m a Texas Ranger

I thought you said you lived in Illinois?

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-13-2020, 08:36 AM:

Bcd:

quote:
I like to sit on the porch in the evenings with a glass of bourbon and a cigar.

What's your fav bourbon?

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 02-13-2020, 10:05 AM:

rlt4uk, due to maintaining world peace, I only help Cal when he calls. Due to terrible signals here in North Korea, receiving calls can be challenging. Hence our losses.

Saying I live in Illinois is part of my cover. Why in the world would anybody really live in Illinois?

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 02-13-2020, 11:16 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by handycat:
Why in the world would anybody really live in Illinois?

A really good question !!! (The exclamation marks are an effort to support Mel)

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 02-13-2020, 11:21 AM:

Hmmmm... I am an IT consultant, and I have different routines depending on if my job takes me on the road or if I am working from home.

When at home, I get up late (8-ish), log into the computer and check messages, catch up on administrivia, and pretend to be productive. Fix a big late breakfast at 11-ish. Work the rest of the day until 5 or 6.

When I travel for work, I generally fly to the client site on Monday, get my rental car, check into the hotel, and if time allows, visit my client school. Tuesday through Friday, I get up earlier, eat my large breakfast, and hit the road by 8am to the client school for the day, which is spent helping them cope with the complex software my company sold them. Friday, I get up, pack my bags, and depending on my flight time, I may go to the client site. I then head to the airport, drop off my rental car, and fly home. Travel generally consumes 5-8 hours of my Mondays and Fridays. Currently, I am flying to LA every week for six months. That trip is killing me -- an hour to the airport, an hour IN the airport, 4-6 hours to get to my destination, then an hour to get the rental car and go to the hotel. Plus, I have to cope with the 3-hour time difference AND deal with being in the Peoples Republic of California!

Whether working from home or traveling, I check TCD often, and keep tabs on my investing buddies on the Motley Fool.

My weekends are my time to be "normal".
Saturdays, I try to find time to write a few articles for the Motley Fool, go to the gym, do my laundry, and pack my suitcase (if I am traveling the next week). The rest of the time I do whatever Mrs. Tiptree demands of me. [Smile]

I have a lot of hobbies, but one in particular has been dominating my "free time". I spend WAAAY too much time and money playing competitive ("Duplicate") bridge. I am in pursuit of my "Life Master" status, as well as being the president of the board for our local bridge club and the club's bridge teacher. During the weeks I am working from home, I teach a brief (30 minute) bridge lesson for novices on Monday night, and on Tuesday I play bridge against vicious, heartless blue-haired old ladies who rip my beating heart out of my chest and laugh as they take bites from it. [Eek!]

I teach a more extensive lesson in bridge (2 hours) on the weekends. 5-6 times a year I go to sectional, regional and national bridge tournaments, generally only for the weekend (the tournaments last anywhere from 3 to 11 days, but as a working stiff, I must be content to compete when I can).

You meet some very interesting people playing competitive bridge. Two weekends ago, I was playing in a regional tournament in Indianapolis. These draw word-class players from all over the US and abroad.
We sat down to play a team who spoke with an accent, so I asked where they were from. They live in North Carolina, but were all from Poland originally. They were VERY good, but we held our ground, losing by only 4 IMPs (almost nothing). They went on to crush the field and won the tournament by a huge margin, while we finished tied for second in our lower division. The next week, I got my monthly "Bulletin" (the magazine published by the governing body of competitive bridge) and the guy we played with was named Player of the Year for 2019, having won more international "open" competitions than anybody else. His partner for the day we played him was the guy who invented the 401k plan, which got him nominated for the Nobel Prize in economics!

Speaking of tournaments, this weekend I will be down in Owensboro for the "Sweetheart Swiss" tournament. Anybody live near Owensboro?

Posted by ukcatfannfl (Member # 1425) on 02-13-2020, 12:47 PM:

(to know more about my Domain friends)

Doubt I fit the above anymore but

I still coach H.S. varsity basketball and still a cop albeit reserve status nowdays. 20 yrs doing this now after 37 with the State Dept.(mostly overseas)

up at 6 each morning drink coffee and get rdy for the day.
p.s. we played our district tourney last night and a power house team "The Villages" best team money can buy, beat us in ot after the ref called off a made last sec shot that would have given us a 86 to 83 win. Wish I knew how to post the video as it is clear the ball was almost at the rim on a 30 ft shot when the buzzer went off. No justice against the power teams..

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Posted by rlt4uk (Member # 3194) on 02-13-2020, 01:24 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by handycat:
rlt4uk, due to maintaining world peace, I only help Cal when he calls. Due to terrible signals here in North Korea, receiving calls can be challenging. Hence our losses.

Saying I live in Illinois is part of my cover. Why in the world would anybody really live in Illinois?

😁,your secret is safe with me

Posted by Bigcatdaddy (Member # 21) on 02-13-2020, 01:33 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by MountainMafia:
Bcd:

quote:
I like to sit on the porch in the evenings with a glass of bourbon and a cigar.
What's your fav bourbon?

I like the Henry McKenna 10 yr, but I can never find it.....typical daily pours are Elijah Craig, and 1792. Being in Indiana, I have a hard time finding a variety of bourbons.

Do you have a favorite?

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 02-13-2020, 01:44 PM:

Four Roses Single Barrel. The high rye content in the mash bill makes it nice and spicy on the palate, but it has a really smooth finish.

For scotch, I have to go with Laphroaig 10-year. It has a smokey, peaty, seaweed-infused taste that slaps you right up side the face. [Wink]

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-13-2020, 01:48 PM:

TIP:

quote:
I am an IT consultant,

My current boss was a consultant (Foster Care-Child Placement)for many years....the traveling almost got her...and me.

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 02-13-2020, 02:19 PM:

MM the travel has pluses and minuses, for sure.

On the plus side, when I am on the road, my expenses drop to zero -- my company pays for everything. Let's just say that I eat well, and I have the belly to prove it. [Smile]

I also get to rack up airline miles and hotel points, which have been incredibly useful in shuttling my daughters home from college and getting me free hotel nights when I go play bridge.

One the minus side, it does wear you down. I don't sleep well even at home, but on the road, I become a zombie. Sometimes I wake up and wonder which city I am in. And now, being on an airplane with hundreds of other people gives me added exposure to illnesses, including the coronavirus.

I have only been doing this for a little over 3.5 years, so I am still OK with it. I have at most 5 years until I retire, so I think I can make it. [Smile]

But I have been exploring some other options... but don't tell my boss.

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-13-2020, 02:38 PM:

Bcd:

quote:
Do you have a favorite?

Nah...can't drink the hard stuff even though I probably have tried it all, but I do like beer...nothing special...Miller, Bud, etc.

Ironically, my family was in the Retail Liquor business for 50 years.

Btw, 1792 is gooood stuff...my brother's fav.

Tip:

quote:
slaps you right up side the face.

Want me sum of dat.

Just a heads up:

I tried to use an exclamation mark...I got a pop-up saying they were on back order.

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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-13-2020, 04:22 PM:

I am retired and my awaking time has changed considerably, I'ts now right around 9 am. This gives me plenty of time to get to the golf course by 11am. [Wink]

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-13-2020, 04:27 PM:

C'on cmd....tell us more.

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Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-13-2020, 04:40 PM:

rlt4uk:

quote:
your secret is safe with me

Me too

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 02-13-2020, 04:49 PM:

quote by ukcatfan

quote:
(to know more about my Domain friends)

doubt I fit the above anymore but

I consider you a friend. Because we have had different views at times does not change that. I’m just glad to see you back and posting occasionally. You add to this group even if you are wrong at times.😁

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Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-13-2020, 05:04 PM:

hc:

quote:
I consider you a friend. Because we have had different views at times does not change that. I’m just glad to see you back and posting occasionally. You add to this group even if you are wrong at times

I agree 100%...with everything!

Posted by PaulCat (Member # 513) on 02-13-2020, 06:42 PM:

Now that I'm back to work, it's up at around 7:00 am. Shower real quick and sit down for a couple cups of coffee while going over the morning sports sites. Leave the house at 7:50 and get to work at 8:00 (yes, that's pretty awesome). I'm an RPG programmer on the IBM AS400 (aka iSeries). If any of you remember the old black computer screen with green words - that's what I do and I love it. None of this new technology that fails once a day or requires weekly updates. I could write a program on the AS400 today and it would still run fine 50 years from now.

After work in the winter, it's usually eat dinner and then to the TV or the computer. After work in the summer, it's eat dinner and head to the deck with coffee and a cigar. Every night! Then TV the rest of the night. I play in a golf league once a week.

I was off work from June through November of last year and it was awesome. I can relate to how you retired guys are livin'. But I'm 52 and on target to go work at Home Depot and still live a very nice life style when I'm 55. If I could just keep the wife from spending money!

Posted by Bigcatdaddy (Member # 21) on 02-13-2020, 07:32 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Tiptree:
Four Roses Single Barrel. The high rye content in the mash bill makes it nice and spicy on the palate, but it has a really smooth finish.

For scotch, I have to go with Laphroaig 10-year. It has a smokey, peaty, seaweed-infused taste that slaps you right up side the face.

I live four roses single barrel too.
I haven’t delved into scotch.
I like Russian imperial stouts too. Too much maybe. Lol

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 02-14-2020, 03:02 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by handycat:
Why in the world would anybody really live in Illinois?

Been asking myself this for 20 years now. Then I remember, the wife has a gig with state pension and retirement. I hope this crap hole of a state is able to pay it out when the time comes.

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-14-2020, 03:35 PM:

PC:

quote:
I can relate to how you retired guys are livin'.

respectfully,.......maybe not.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-17-2020, 06:22 PM:

My wife and I were both born in Rockford Illinois and lived there to I went to mortuary school in Louisville 1973. We liked it so much that after graduation we stayed there. The in-laws didn't like it at all as they owned the mortuary that I was supposed to work for. I ended up representing about 5 companies that sold product to General Electric that had a huge facilities in Louisville. It was a great move that the wife and kids really enjoyed. We all became huge Kentucky fans and got tickets for both basketball and football. I miss living there but the weather here in Saint Augustine is perfect and i get to play golf all year round and watch the Cats on TV. Life is good!

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 02-18-2020, 12:07 AM:

You’re obviously very happy....good for you cmd.

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 02-18-2020, 10:25 AM:

cmd, if you have any questions or want any pictures of old Rockford haunts, let me know! I work there every 3rd day. The downtown is receiving lots of attention and money in an effort to rebuild it, but imo it's too far gone. The west and south sides are more dangerous than they should be. Most all of the manufacturing downtown is shuttered. The city is expanding east and north, now, trying to capitalize on the I90 corridor with the recent announcement of a Hard Rock casino coming in at State St where the old Clock Tower resort used to stand (demolishd last year).

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-18-2020, 02:51 PM:

MM, My dad started me at 4 years old as if he took me to the course he could play. [Smile]

My dad was a real good athlete in most every sport so my life has been centered around sports. In college I played football-basketball and golf, the reason i could do it was that I went to two smaller colleges . I went to Arizona State College now known as Northern Arizona University for my freshmen year and then transferred to Rockford College in Rockford Illinois where i played Basketball and golf.

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Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 02-18-2020, 05:16 PM:

I can tell you how I spent today. I filled out and filed my federal taxes online. Now I just have to wait and see if they accept it.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-19-2020, 10:40 PM:

Catfan, I was brought up near East High School and lived at 1004 20th street. It really hurts to hear how Rockford has digressed as it was a great city back in the 40's 50's and 60's.

I played golf at Sandy Hollow a lot and when i got older i was fortunate enough to become a member of Forest Hills CC.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-19-2020, 10:42 PM:

Norm, good luck on your taxes but know all will turn out well.

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 02-22-2020, 11:18 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by catmandoo:
Catfan, I was brought up near East High School and lived at 1004 20th street. It really hurts to hear how Rockford has digressed as it was a great city back in the 40's 50's and 60's.

I played golf at Sandy Hollow a lot and when i got older i was fortunate enough to become a member of Forest Hills CC.

If I make it over to that neck of the woods, I'll be sure to snap a pic. I'll hold the camera out my window and drive fast. [Big Grin]

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-22-2020, 12:21 PM:

CFIY, That would be great to see and would be much appreciated. I truly can't imagine that the East side of Rockford has deteriorated. Sad, very Sad.

PS Where do you work when you go to Rockford? My father worked at Woodward Governor Co. in Loves Park and my Father in law owned and it's still in the family the Fred C Olson Mortuary.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-22-2020, 12:28 PM:

CFIY, that is really a shock. I just told my wife about our discussion and she too was shocked to hear about the East side of Rockford. I guess we were fortunate getting out of there when we did.

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 02-24-2020, 04:09 PM:

cmd, I am a paramedic. I work for a service owned by OSF - we're stationed in Belvidere currently but operate 4 stations between Boone and Winnebago counties. Our HQ is by St. Anthony hospital on E. State St and we've got another up in Loves Park off of 251. I don't mean to paint such a bleak picture of Rockford, and maybe I overstated things a bit about the east side, but I don't live there...only go there for work...so I never see much of the good things, if that makes sense. I know there's a lot of stuff that happens that never makes the news. Next week, I switch stations and will be working out of Loves Park for 2 months. I'll try to get over to your stomping grounds then!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-24-2020, 06:07 PM:

CFIY, I lived in Loves Park on Arlington Street as a child.

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Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 02-26-2020, 12:56 PM:

CMD, I did a drive by of your old neck of the woods today. I think it's a nice old neighborhood, you sure had a different time growing up there than what it looks like today, I'm sure. Charles St. is all grown up now, lots of businesses and retail. East HS is huge, at least to what I'm used to. I've no idea what an E-Rab is, maybe you can enlighten me?

by cmd request!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-26-2020, 08:22 PM:

CFIY, ERAB stands for EastRedAndBlack (the schools colors).

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-26-2020, 08:35 PM:

CFIY, when my wife and I went to East High, her class (1959) was 777 and mine (1958) was right at 600 students. I know it sounds like a lot but we both new most every student in the classes as we went all together from the 7th grade.

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 02-27-2020, 08:39 AM:

Thanks for the lesson. I know there's other schools in Rockford that are bigger, but didn't realize the size of East until yesterday when I went by there to take the pics. It's really spread out over a big area. Did you see the pics of the house? Was that the right one, I bet it looks identical to when you lived there huh? [Big Grin]

Looked like a nice little place!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-27-2020, 07:06 PM:

CFIY, I didn't see the pics it said:

Sorry, this page isn't available.
The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed. Go back to Instagram.

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 02-27-2020, 08:53 PM:

Alright, cmd, let's try this again...

photos for cmd!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-28-2020, 12:00 PM:

YOU nailed it! The house looks exactly the same as when i lived there...THANK YOU SO MUCH! It really brings back some fond memories, the only place i might have spent as nuch time was at the Sandy Holly golf course. [Wink]

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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-28-2020, 12:28 PM:

Ironically I was born at the old St. Anthony hospital and my sisters children graduated from Belvidere High School. We remember when in the late 60's the school was hit by a tornado.

Is the Chrysler plant still there?

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 02-28-2020, 06:40 PM:

It sure is! We despise the Chrysler plant because their ridiculous rules for utilizing their medical department. If one of the employees gets a headache or feels too sick to finish their shift, they go to the medical dept (staffed by nurses) who then call an ambulance to take the patient to the hospital! The patient has no choice... if they can't finish the shift, they leave via ambulance. We've taken some real dumb complaints out of there!

As for the old St. Anthony, was it in the location of the current hospital? 5666 E State St not far off of Mulford. I've worked for them since 2008, they've done a lot of renovations since then. There's still what's called the 'old main' entrance but it's basically only for employees now. I do wish I could have seen Rockford 50 years ago, I bet it was a great town.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-29-2020, 01:48 PM:

I believe the address of the original St. Anthony hospital was located on East State and Summit Street. It was originally built in 1899 by the Nuns.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-29-2020, 01:49 PM:

It "was" a wonderful town with little crime.

Posted by clydeh (Member # 7) on 03-05-2020, 08:47 PM:

MM, where did you work in the mines? I had a medical office in Inez and met many miners in the late sixties.

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 03-06-2020, 10:58 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by catmandoo:
I believe the address of the original St. Anthony hospital was located on East State and Summit Street. It was originally built in 1899 by the Nuns.

You're right. I looked up the history, and that site at State/Summit was basically just a house they used like a hospital. Got donations from the citizens for furniture, food, etc. When did you leave Rockford? I'm always intrigued driving around and seeing the old, abandoned, neglected and boarded up factories and warehouses. It really must have been something to see back in the heyday.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-06-2020, 02:05 PM:

YES, ROCKFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WAS BEAUTIFUL AND A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP........WE MOVED TO LOUISVILLE IN 1973 BUT VISITED THERE OFTEN WHEN WE HAD FAMILY UP THERE. NOW MY MOTHER WHO IS 98 AND MY SISTER WHO LIVES IN CALEDONIA ARE ALL THAT ARE STILL THERE. MY MOM IS AT ANUM MEMORY CARE FACILITY OFF OF SO. MULFORD ROAD. IT SURE IS SAD TO HEAR AND SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE NOW. WE FLEW INTO ROCKFORD A FEW YEARS BACK AND WENT TO THE CAR RENTAL AREA WHERE THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK ASKED WHY IN THE WORLD DID WE WANT TO VISIT ROCKFORD. REALLY SAD. THANKS FOR THE PICTURES AND KNOW THEY BROUGHT BACK GOOD MEMORIES.

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 03-08-2020, 08:56 AM:

clydeh:

quote:
MM, where did you work in the mines? I had a medical office in Inez and met many miners in the late sixties.

I've worked for several companies in Ky. My first job was with Blue Diamond Coal Co. at the Scotia mine in Letcher, Co.

In 1976 a mine explosion killed 15 people, including 3 MSHA mine inspectors. Eleven of those men were entombed in the mine for nearly 9 months before their bodies were recovered.

I had just quit there for another job a week earlier. My father-in-law (at the time) was captain of one of the rescue teams that recovered the bodies.

I also worked for US steel in Lynch, Ky, Consolidation Coal Company in Middlesboro, Ky.

I finished my mining career with Jim Walter Resources in Brookwood, Al... A very deep, methane-laden longwall operation about 25 miles north of Tuscaloosa....Company offered early retirement buyout in 2010 and I jumped all over it.

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 03-08-2020, 09:35 AM:

CFIY:

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We despise the Chrysler plant because their ridiculous rules for utilizing their medical department. If one of the employees gets a headache or feels too sick to finish their shift, they go to the medical dept (staffed by nurses) who then call an ambulance to take the patient to the hospital! The patient has no choice... if they can't finish the shift, they leave via ambulance. We've taken some real dumb complaints out of there!

Jim Walters did the same thing and the reason was to control absenteeism and "early outs". Absenteeism was a huge problem and extremely disruptive to production and safety.

The labor agreement with UMWA included a very strict absenteeism policy. I don't remember the exact details, but it was like 2-3 unexcused absents in any 6 month period and you were gone...period!

The way people would get around the policy was to go to work and sometime during the shift (usually very early) would say they were sick...what we called "early out". Some would actually have their wife call the mine and say there was an emergency at home. A lot of this was fake and everyone knew it, especially on football Saturday in Alabama.

Companies can't prevent any "sick" employee from leaving, but they can arrange and provide medical treatment. This is a very expensive tactic for companies, but it worked...Our "early outs" dropped dramatically in just a few months.

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 03-08-2020, 10:41 AM:

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Originally posted by catmandoo:
MY MOTHER WHO IS 98 AND MY SISTER WHO LIVES IN CALEDONIA ARE ALL THAT ARE STILL THERE. MY MOM IS AT ANUM MEMORY CARE FACILITY OFF OF SO. MULFORD ROAD.

We go to Anam Care usually a couple times a week for work. I think the folks who work at that type of facility must be angels in disguise; I know I couldn't do it. For those not familiar, it's a facility that provides housing and care for Alzheimers/dementia patients. The residents there are in various stages of these diseases, and you can just tell many of them have so many stories to tell and want to...but they can't.
Glad to know those pictures brought back fond memories for ya, cmd. If there's any other locations you want to see, just let me know! I'm all over this area for work, it's really no trouble.

MM, I understand the logic behind an employer having such restrictive policies for 'sick' employees, but it's awful for the local emergency services and hospitals. 99% or more of these folks are just trying to get out of work, but they are required to tie up an ambulance and then a bed in a local emergency room. Yes, the bills they receive generally go to the employer, but it's a strain on emergency resources! This Chrysler plant has upwards of 10,000 employees, working around the clock. I don't know the actual percentage of them that get a case of 'workitis' on any given day, but it's not a small number!

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 03-08-2020, 11:03 AM:

CFIY:

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but it's a strain on emergency resources!

Unless an ambulance was requested by the "sick" employee we had salaried safety employees on all three shifts that would drive the "sick" employee to the EM in a company vehicle.

Posted by clydeh (Member # 7) on 03-08-2020, 04:35 PM:

Several of my patients in Martin County did invite me to go with them to see their work situation in the mines, but I did not ever go because of my fear.

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 03-09-2020, 03:54 PM:

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Originally posted by MountainMafia:
CFIY:

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but it's a strain on emergency resources!
Unless an ambulance was requested by the "sick" employee we had salaried safety employees on all three shifts that would drive the "sick" employee to the EM in a company vehicle.

Now, see, that makes sense. Especially for a company the size of this factory, why not have a designated person or 2 to drive these folks to the hospital? Would save the company tens of thousands of dollars, if not more, per month.

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 03-11-2020, 02:30 PM:

We also had certified EMT's on each shift that would travel along and assist if necessary.

They would take the employee to the EM, and, unless he/she were being admitted, drive them back to the mine where their car/truck was and release them to go home....this took a few hours...blows up a lot of plans.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-26-2020, 06:23 PM:

CFIY, my first job in Rockford was with the Rocford Sewer Department. It was the experience of a life time being 16 and a little naive but it turned out to be the most interesting and fun job I ever had. These old timers that worked there really checked me out and worked me to a frazzle but I stayed right up with them and we became great friends in no time. I learned what makes a man is what's in his heart no matter what job he has or how rich he is. I will never forget any one of them and learned more from them about life than any professor i ever had! I also learned where all the crap goes when you flush a toilet.......

Posted by PaulCat (Member # 513) on 03-26-2020, 09:22 PM:

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Originally posted by catmandoo:
I also learned where all the crap goes when you flush a toilet.......

It goes to Louisville, doesn't it? [Big Grin]

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-26-2020, 09:33 PM:

PC, Can't comment on that [Wink]

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-26-2020, 10:00 PM:

I lived in Louisville too, well it was Prospect KY which is on the east side of Louisville on highway 42! If your a golfer we lived right across the road (highway 42) from Justin Thomas the pro-golfer who is about the best there is...