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Posted by scruffy (Member # 725) on December 21, 2005, 11:08 AM:

Does anyone have "holiday food days" at their work? We had one yesterday and again today. Each department pays for subs or pizza or something for their area, orders too much, and sends out notes to the other teams they have extra and to come and get it. Also, everyone brings in potluck type dishes.

As I sit here typing I've had chocolate covered pretzels, peanuts, ritz crackers, a cherry bar, some sort of rice with mystery meat in a corn husk (are you supposed to eat the husk? this farm boy didn't, but I'm sure alot of people did), peice of sub sandwich, egg rolls, fudge, donut, carrots and celery with ranch dressing, cookies (many different kinds) and more food I don't remember eating... And 2 cans of siera mist, one can of mountain dew, and one can of pepsi to wash it all down. All since 9:00am today.... [Frown]

I have emails in my inbox telling me where more food is. For instance the department next to me, of 12 people, brought in 7 greasy large pizzas. The pizza's are now located less than 10 feet from my office.

I normally weigh 185, I bet I'm pushing 250 right now. After all, this is the second day of this, and today is only half over. Yesterday was the same as today has been. I didn't eat much for supper last night, likely won't tonight. Or the rest of the week...

When I see all of the food around, smell it, sit here with a bulging gut about to loosen my belt and likely unhook the top pants button, I think of the starving pigmis in Africa. They really need to get a job that has food days.

Merry Christmas everyone! Get out there and call some holiday coyotes and walk off what you eat. I'm going to be doing ALOT of walking this 4 day weekend!!! [Smile]

later,
scruffy

[ December 21, 2005, 11:09 AM: Message edited by: scruffy ]

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 21, 2005, 11:19 AM:

I missed out on all that stuff when I retired. [Frown]

If you are describing a tamale, not too sure(?) but you certainly wouldn't want to eat the corn husks! But, tamales are a Christmas tradition, ain't they?

Running. When my wife highlighted the fine print, from the release forms and instructions, I found out that I'm never going to run, ever again.

I managed to put on a few pounds, but believe it or not, I lost almost ten since the surgery.

And, yes, it still hurts. If you guys see me posting at 3 or 4AM, you can figure that I woke up in pain and it takes that long for the meds to kick in.

Good hunting. LB

Posted by scruffy (Member # 725) on December 21, 2005, 11:31 AM:

I was wondering how you were recovering, sorry to hear it's still hurting. [Frown]

I've never had a tamale before, didn't even know what one was. I grew up under a rock I guess. I live 45 minutes away from the "city" I work in. About 10 minutes farther away from the "city" is a restraunt out on an old gravel road. There are two ways to get to it. The round about way that's over a mile longer than the direct way. The direct way, the way us locals in 4x4's take, is down a gravel road that turns into a dirt road that has signs that say "slow down", 50' and "no slow down!", then another 50' and "NO REALLY, SLOW DOWN!!!" and 10' later you drop down a steep dirt bank over 10 feet down into a creek bottom and then up another steep bank on the other side and see a sign "I told you so.....". Then it's another 1/2 mile of dirt to get to the restraunt. And it has a golf course out in the cow pasture as well, I'm not sure if it's 9 or 18 holes, I've never played it, I'm not much into golf really... They have really good steaks, but have pretty much everything else as well. Well, everything else we locals are familiar with, I doubt tamale's are on the menu. [Wink]

later,
scruffy

[ December 21, 2005, 11:35 AM: Message edited by: scruffy ]

Posted by scruffy (Member # 725) on December 21, 2005, 11:38 AM:

Hey, they even have a website!!! (incase you guys think I'm making this stuff up)

raleighworld

Sucks, I see I missed the lawn tractor pulls again this year.... [Mad]

Edit: And in the directions on how to get there (from the above site):

"After you pass a cemetery, you will go around a curve. In that curve, there will be another gravel road that goes west (550th street) Continue west on 550th Street all the way to the Golf Course. Be careful !!!! there is a Missouri Crossing (What!!!!) just cruise at a slower speed and you will do great, since the crossing is difficult to see until you are almost upon it."

Just so you know I'm not making this up. [Razz]

later,
scruffy

[ December 21, 2005, 11:47 AM: Message edited by: scruffy ]

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on December 21, 2005, 01:48 PM:

Nobody would make that up.

Posted by Bryan J (Member # 106) on December 21, 2005, 02:17 PM:

LOL I wonder how many people blew the signs off, and the tow truck driver said here is your sign when he handed them the bill. LOL

Food days went by the wayside when I became self employed. I guess my food days are spent here now, I think in better company.

Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on December 21, 2005, 04:40 PM:

Scruffy,

The whole concept of "food days" is foreign to me?

Like Bryan, I have almost always been self employed (or work in a small crew), and pretty much always work outdoors.

The winter is usually pretty lean, as far as work, with daylight as short as 8 hrs a day, and cold wet weather slowing progress.
Lots of days I don't even stop for lunch (I need to bill hours, and/or keep working to stay warm like today), so I generally loose about ten pounds each winter.

I have my days, where I ask myself why I don't work in a nice warm office, but I have my days when I know why I don't (and I am glad) too.

Leonard,

I am both, sorry and suprised, to hear your still having a lot of pain. I hope everything is alright.
Getting some sleep can be the most difficult part of one's rehab, especially when arms and legs are the part that hurts.

At least you don't have to go into the office in the daytime. [Wink]

Actually... you asked in a post, just after you retired, how everybody else made a living... but I don't remember you ever saying what it was you did?

I have never understood what it is, workwise, that a guy can do in an office all day. [Razz]

But I spend a good part of my life with a shovel in my hands, so it's pretty easy to understand the "work" part of my own day.

Krusty

P.S. When I was racing motorcycles I ran into two places like your crossings signs.
One, in a desert race had signs that said, "watch out, WATCH OUT", then on the wall beind you after you flew into the dry wash it said "we told you to watch out".

The second was on a national points enduro ride, here in the muck and mud. Usually hazards like downhills, big log crossings, etc. are marked with little yellow traffic signs (with pretty ordinary symbols, just with a motorcycle in place of the car).
I get to this turn off the logging road, almost straight down into the dark timber, all that marks the trail is an arrow, and little yellow sign with a picture of a stinking pile of shit!?!
At the bottom of the chute, was a black mud cedar swamp (from an old burn) full of skunk cabbage stuck motorcycles, and burnt logs, with a line of arrows leading around the water hole, and off another drop off.
We were tag teaming the bikes through, then laying in the moss to rest before riding on (the roll chart gave us 55mins to negotiate the .2 mile section).

[ December 21, 2005, 04:58 PM: Message edited by: Krustyklimber ]

Posted by huntress (Member # 322) on December 21, 2005, 08:31 PM:

I hear ya scruffy! I work in a dr's office and we have drug rep's that bring us lunch.. food... ie.. dounuts.. pizza...pasta... etc... urrrgghh. It's really hard to watch your diet working at a place like that.. year round!!

Posted by NASA (Member # 177) on December 22, 2005, 08:00 AM:

We call them "Holiday Pot Lucks". Any holiday is an excuse to have one. Some people love to cook, me being one of them. I share my recipes with newbies who want to give it a try.

There is always a theme. For Cinco de Mayo everyone brings a Mexican dish, Chinese New Year is an oriental dish, Christmas all the baker's bring in their favorite dessert, etc. Most of the office workers don't participate (in the cooking/preparation). But those vultures are always Johnny at the rat-hole when the food's on the table. [Big Grin]

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