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For those familiar with the Lehigh Gap, there are foundation remains along the D&L trail right by one of the parking lots. That structure used to be a freight station. These are the first pictures that I’ve seen of that station other than the ones on the information marker at the site.

625 new cases today. Not bad. Better than expected, IMO. Especially being 2+ weeks after the mothers day weekend gatherings

I am on quite a roll actually. I wrote a song in Feb, 2 in April and 2 in May.

my brother skied ABasin today. He said.. ”The coverage was decent. And there’s nobody there which was great ...There were lots of good snow up top. Toward the bottom it became icy slush mix” Since I’ve been working remotely and will be for the foreseeable future, I’ve definitely considered making the drive and quarantining with my brother and future SIL. Its tempting...

You should wear your Members Only jacket...great to have you back posting again Ski2Live

Went for a run last night and caught some 🚂 footage over the Schuylkill from Kelly Drive in Philly

Holy fuck yeah I was watching some livestream footage of the riots in Minneapolis earlier the shit is bananas..the national guard has been called in. To lighten the mood here’s a grate song.

@GrilledSteezeSandwich This is great!

Our practices are BYO Mic

Towns around here are discussing that as well. I think that would be a great way to expand seating for places that used to just have a few cafe table on sidewalks.

Grate stuff..but you didn’t ski at Blue mountain this past season.

Great idea

@Ski2Live Live2Ski What are you gonna do with your extra 728 hours or 30.33 days per year? You should use that time to write some more catchy tunes fa la la @GrilledSteezeSandwich

Will there be times when you do have to go in? Working from home in your situation now is like being given the gift of time. Much better gift than Frontier miles.

It is. Fortunately 3 hrs of it was seated on a train doing whatever I wanted on a phone and I usually went in only 4x a week. Even more fortunate I am unlikely to do it again. It does pay about 65% more than the prior job I had 20 min away.

Our company has strongly suggested they prefer most WFH forever. Will not miss commuting 3.5 hr RT daily.

This is how I see cases for PA going forward in the short term...

Shut the fuck up can I post a video without a dumb comment from you.

True. I just donated a few bags of clothes that I wore when I was working in an office. I'm now down to few pairs or business casual pants, shirts, blazers etc if / when I need to travel. Feels great having more room in the closet / less clutter.

Pretty decent coverage at Abasin.

Is this the first time your employer has offered mandatory layoffs? In this economy even getting a years pay for an older employee doesn’t seem worth it as it would be difficult to find a new job with comparable salary/benefits. What I see happening is when the dust settles a lot of furloughed employees probably won’t be hired back..

I'd prefer to work from home at least a few days a week but that probably won't happen once people are back to work. Still going in once or twice a week, which is fine with me. The company I work for is offering voluntary layoffs with severance packages based on years of service (to try and get rid of people who have been there a long time). Not a bad deal if you have another job lined up...I'd end up with 18 weeks of pay + payment for unused vacation. My friend would get close to a year (49 weeks), but hes not planning on taking it.

I'm loving WFH. The first few weeks were tough, but now I have a good routine. I work fewer hours overall, but I still get the same amount done. It's like I was wasting time at work walking around talking to people, etc 😂 I do miss the social aspect, but it's a far better work/life balance. Not that it was bad before 🤷‍♂️

I think people like the socialization of working in an office and the water cooler chatter..can talk about last nights episode of Friends or Dancing with the Stars and hate on Deb from accounting.

I'm surprised that 6 people want to return to the office. I love WFH life. If I had kids, other people, or general chaos in my house - I think I would feel otherwise. It's peaceful and I'm able to get more work done at home. When this all started I built some shelves, bought a desk, and made a proper office in my guest room. Having a dedicated office makes a huge difference in productivity and being able to separate home and work life. I try to go for one walk a day around lunch. And, any conference calls that I just listen to, I try to be outside as much as possible. It breaks up the monotony.

i figured out that i am not in love with my job, but i like having a job. Unemployment is not a job. "riding it out".....as much as that sounds like a fun thing to do, its bad for our economy, and if you think your employer will think thats going to be acceptable when they need you to come back, you will probably be wrong. i would imagine there will be some decent, qualified, skilled workers out of work soon, that would love to have a stable job.

I imagine the money saved from driving in daily is more than the slight utility increase from working at home.

there's no reason a computer or some lights are going to increase it dramatically. if she's using an electric heater in her workspace, that's a different story.

How much higher could her electric bill be? I just compared my PECO and Water and it's slightly lower than last year.

if you end up wfh for some time from here on out, remember there are tax benefits - provided your home office isn't a kitchen table or your bed. i'm not sure if it's applicable for a portion of the year or not (or if any amount during the year qualifies). it's something to keep in mind for next year. i write off a ton of stuff, percentage of my house used for office, utilities, other expenses (think of your computer if it wasn't provided by the employer, the physical phone you use, any installations to wire your work area, etc). depending on your employer/employee relationship, consider asking them to supplement utilities (internet / phone) if you can highlight that your wfh saves them money in the long run. as an employer though, i'd be skeptical of any employee with a child under school age in the home - or working from a sofa - to be even remotely as productive as they would be in an office, that's just my opinion. it really depends on the job. some employers are paying you for your time, some are employing you to just take care of whatever your tasks are. our employer is confident enough with wfh now that it's basically set in stone for everyone into perpetuity. when the next actual physical 'meeting' will be is anyone's guess and it would likely be something 'social' with some work talk peppered in rather than an actual business meeting.

I can’t believe @toast21602 didn’t think that was funny.

And also say @saltyant three times.

At a bar in Texas.

I feel bad for office manager while she’s been working from home her electric bill is high and for the first time our electric bill at work was under $100 due to lights out and also office managers computer not in use here 7 hours a day. Office manager is saving a lot of money on gas

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