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gimmethesimplelife
6-10-22, 10:21am
Work is going OK - there is no real drama to report. But my seemingly unlimited OT is being cut way back - the store is actually not doing as well now as so many.people are cutting back. Less expensive meals, less buying of name brands, less frivolous spending.

My job seems as stable as anything can be these days - but I can't count on all that juicy OT anymore. Good thing I saved almost everything I could other than for my trips to the border to stock up on clothes/shoes/bedding dirt cheap at the Nogales Goodwill Outlet.

I have a feeling this cutting back on OT is affecting lots more people than just me.

Rob
Teacher Terry
6-10-22, 11:08am
When we were young and got OT we always saved it because you never knew what was coming.
Yppej
6-10-22, 1:48pm
One gas station in Mass is refusing to sell gas anymore because it's so outrageous.
jp1
6-11-22, 3:58am
One gas station in Mass is refusing to sell gas anymore because it's so outrageous.

I love the jalapeño bagels that they sell at Safeway. Not super spicy but just enough zing to get my day going.
Yppej
6-11-22, 6:50am
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/06/09/fed-up-massachusetts-gas-station-owner-stops-selling-fuel/

Story on gas station owner refusing to sell gas.
beckyliz
6-13-22, 2:12pm
We just got an email at work that we'll be paid the new IRS mileage rate going into effect 7/1/22. It's 62.5 cents a mile - up from 58.5 cents a mile.
gimmethesimplelife
6-13-22, 3:42pm
I love the jalapeño bagels that they sell at Safeway. Not super spicy but just enough zing to get my day going.Enquiring minds want to know....
How did you get the Spanish punctuation over the "n" in jalapeno on a US keyboard?

Rob
ToomuchStuff
6-13-22, 4:08pm
Enquiring minds want to know....
How did you get the Spanish punctuation over the "n" in jalapeno on a US keyboard?

Rob

https://www.lifewire.com/typing-characters-with-tilde-accent-marks-1074113

There are other of these that are useful. The one I most use (and still have to look up because it is infrequent) is the degree symbol.
jp1
6-13-22, 4:57pm
https://www.lifewire.com/typing-characters-with-tilde-accent-marks-1074113

There are other of these that are useful. The one I most use (and still have to look up because it is infrequent) is the degree symbol.

The article is correct. And the same applies if one wants to price something in € or other currencies (by holding down the dollar sign) or wants to change an en dash - to an em dash — etc. In my case however, autocorrect must have made the change because my use of a tilde was entirely accidental.