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My wife is working full time. For no pay (at the moment).
She doesn't complain. But it doesn't mean I can't.
Maybe we just need to revise what a shutdown means.
it's kind of sickening that federal employees are viewing this as a "vacation". My brother and his wife are both federal employees and they are stressing tf out over this. They definitely don't view it as a vacation and I'm sure they would be incensed to learn that some people do.
I don't think it holds a flame to the 99 BCS championship game but whatever you say
I believe an act was codified into law at the end of the last shutdown to ensure that furloughed federal employees get back-pay. However, a recent memo from the White House has suggested that the backpay may not be automatic and that congress still needs to vote on it which signals to me that there could be a legal battle over whether or not (certain?) federal employees will actually get their backpay. Something to keep an eye on for anyone who works for a federal agency. I think (hope?) that federal employees who have not been paid during this shutdown will get their pay but it's very far from guaranteed.
And no one will get to see it due to the Disney/YouTube TV dispute. Lol
Maybe they'll announce on GameDay since we have a bye this week
I am the one person excepted from my office and am tasked frequently to reach out to check on our furloughed personnel. Really drains my energy having people answer and tell me about all the fun things they are doing on "vacation" including one that took a two week trip to Italy. Meanwhile, I get to direct all our contractors across our seven primary missions. Fun times.
Man, of all the letdowns in VT history, Franklin2VT falling apart would be the greatest let down yet.
They have to negotiate the price so he can keep the tradition alive
For all we know, he could be chilling with Pry at his house the last several days.
I mean he may not even be in PA post firing or could travel north to NY/east to NJ/south to MD etc. Lots of options, especially if he doesn't want people to be on the scent of his next move
For what it's worth, I couldn't find any flights from anywhere in PA to Roanoke. So, like I said, maybe nothing.
Found this interesting little tidbit....maybe nothing, maybe something. VT has two corporate jets, a Cessna Citation Excel, tail #N51VT, and a larger Cessna Citation Sovereign, tail #N80FW. The Sovereign flew to Peachtree Dekalb airport in Atlanta several days ago, and ADSB doesn't have any info about a flight leaving Atlanta, so it may be there for some other reason such as scheduled maintenance. However, N51VT made an interesting flight Roanoke to Blacksburg, earlier this afternoon. There was no correlating flight from Blacksburg to Roanoke beforehand. This is the part that I find interesting. On approach to Blacksburg, the plane made a slow pass to the north of the airport, just south of Lane, circled around to land in the northwest direction on runway 31. Again, maybe nothing but couple it with what I just saw on twitter/X....
Yes, it does seem dumb for the government to require people to work, to not pay them, yet Congress and the Senate still get paid.
This seems like something that should be fixed before another government shutdown.
I love this movie and I love that line. I quote it almost every night.
"Good night Mrs. VPIhokieME. Good work. Sleep well, I'll most likely kiss you in the morning"
Any minute now
for the last 5,000 minutes
As a criminal defense attorney, so much this.
lol.
Everything in life is a 50/50 shot. It either happens or it doesn't!
In years past when federal employees I know were furloughed, they were just going to the breweries multiple times a week and always texting me at noon like "hey want to grab a beer?" Lmao