Yes but we need to be more specific. Town and then what specific place?
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Yes but we need to be more specific. Town and then what specific place?
iman29
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GSTim
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I always laugh because I'm probably one of the last Boomers (born 12/30/1964). I obviously identify much more with Gen X.
Lots of good stuff in there. Some of if very specific to many of us. But also I think a lot of that goes to any generation.
I do think that we have this very specific perspective as having grown up fully WITHOUT and then WITH technology we have today is very interesting. I mean, I owned 8-tracks. Now I can blink 4 times and Taylor Swift is in my kitchen. Kinda wild.
steve sent me one from that same guy for Xennials which is the micro generation of Gen X - Millennials which felt really on point with me... still Gen X but it kinda explains why I feel like some of the older Gen X almost feel like Boomers to me but I feel like a Boomer to Millennials.
Yes, I agree. I am '77 and feeling like Gen X is my brother ('71), who I don't really relate to at all. At some point there was Gen Y, which was I think what they call Xennials now, why do we have to work 9-5, why do we have to come to the office...and I can relate to that as well.
Was wondering about the non-compete with your client organizations from previous consulting - but i'm not keeping track, sooo....
I did miss on the Boomer reference to Take This Job and Shove It. Although not subject matter correct.
congrats, and good luck.
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I did miss on the Boomer reference to Take This Job and Shove It. Although not subject matter correct.
congrats, and good luck.
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Zaskar
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Hell yeah!
Vermont, take 4
We're going to Vermont today. We will ski Vermont tomorrow, and the next day. This will be our 4th trip of the year. Very good chance this is it for the ski season on the east coast. But you never know.
We originally planned to leave this morning and ski Stratton on the way up. But my boss wanted me to start ASAP so we scrapped it. Unfortunately, this means we'll be driving up in the snow which will make this drive 5-6 hours more than likely. And I guess we may be driving in snow on the way home.
While it's obviously too early to say much about the job, my boss wanted to meet at 8 or 8:30 this morning instead of the afternoon, because he thinks Friday afternoons are good for naps. I can get behind that.
Anyway, have a good weekend.
We're going to Vermont today. We will ski Vermont tomorrow, and the next day. This will be our 4th trip of the year. Very good chance this is it for the ski season on the east coast. But you never know.
We originally planned to leave this morning and ski Stratton on the way up. But my boss wanted me to start ASAP so we scrapped it. Unfortunately, this means we'll be driving up in the snow which will make this drive 5-6 hours more than likely. And I guess we may be driving in snow on the way home.
While it's obviously too early to say much about the job, my boss wanted to meet at 8 or 8:30 this morning instead of the afternoon, because he thinks Friday afternoons are good for naps. I can get behind that.
Anyway, have a good weekend.
The Last Vermont Weekend?
With that, we're probably calling it a wrap on the 25/26 ski season in Vermont. There's some small chance that we end up back there in April. But chances are this will be the end of the east coast season.
This past weekend is what they call a "drive up" weekend, which is a remnant of the pre-covid bus trips they used to run. The bus would bring 40 people from NJ to the lodge, then to the hill on both days, then back home Sunday. The destination mountain would change each trip. This was before Covid and before the Ikon/Epic passes changed all that. Now, they still do the themed food weekend, but we all drive up.
All things being equal, I would never do one of these again. The food is nice. And it's also nice to see a bunch of people. But 100% of the time someone snores SO MUCH thast it's impossible to sleep. A month ago it was the Godfather/Italian trip, and the snoring was Hall of Fame level. This past weekend, it was more of the same with a Polish theme. While it wasn't as bad, it still sucked and neither of us slept well. I prefer when there are 10-15 people and we end up in our own room or maybe with 1-2 other people.
Anyway, the skiing was great both days. Saturday we went to Sugarbush and yesterday was Killington. Really good days to wrap things up. Probably.
We still have a Colorado trip coming up in less than 2 weeks.
With that, we're probably calling it a wrap on the 25/26 ski season in Vermont. There's some small chance that we end up back there in April. But chances are this will be the end of the east coast season.
This past weekend is what they call a "drive up" weekend, which is a remnant of the pre-covid bus trips they used to run. The bus would bring 40 people from NJ to the lodge, then to the hill on both days, then back home Sunday. The destination mountain would change each trip. This was before Covid and before the Ikon/Epic passes changed all that. Now, they still do the themed food weekend, but we all drive up.
All things being equal, I would never do one of these again. The food is nice. And it's also nice to see a bunch of people. But 100% of the time someone snores SO MUCH thast it's impossible to sleep. A month ago it was the Godfather/Italian trip, and the snoring was Hall of Fame level. This past weekend, it was more of the same with a Polish theme. While it wasn't as bad, it still sucked and neither of us slept well. I prefer when there are 10-15 people and we end up in our own room or maybe with 1-2 other people.
Anyway, the skiing was great both days. Saturday we went to Sugarbush and yesterday was Killington. Really good days to wrap things up. Probably.
We still have a Colorado trip coming up in less than 2 weeks.
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kdebello
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Pepe's, New Haven?
Yes sir, you are correct!
kdebello
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What did you think of it?
We felt it was good, but maybe because it's different than what we have around here. We only had a 15 minute wait in line, which was much better than expected.
It was fine. I mean it was good. I started there and there was a line. Walked to Sally G's and the line was longer. The woman at the take-out window told me everything on the street is the same now and I should just go to a 3rd place down the road. As I walked to it, Frank Pepe's had no line so I popped in and there was a table open.
I'd go back. It was a fun side quest. I like side quests.
As a gen x'er....Ya I see see some of this in my life, its interesting...But the generalizations I just had a hard time accepting...this need that every generation has to look back and think about how tough they had it and how the current generation are a bunch of snowflakes. My dad made a great living because nobody could fix their own cars in the 70-80s...and they were pieces of shit compared to modern cars. Like ya, some people fit that mold...but then MTV also became a sensation bc millions of kids were sitting on their asses doing nothing all day.
I see this with "Action Park" on facebook....every month, there is a post about action park and then 500 gen X'ers commenting that they somehow survived it, like it was a soviet gulag. They were SOOOOOO tough, so badass...the ***** kids today could never handle that park.. I spent tons of time there as a kid, and it was batshit crazy and awesome...but bottom line...its STILL there....my son goes in the same wave pool that ~6 people died in...same high dive...tarzan swing, slip and bleed slide....etc...Its still super fun....But as a kid...I thought this was like extreme...That tarzan swing was scary to me at age 11....today...my son laughs at it as hes doing backflips off of it. They go an do these rides as a cool down after ripping laps at creek....which is like exponentially more dangerous than anything at the water park lol. I feel like being almost 50 and still being out on the ski hill, DH park, water park...whatever (ok I retired from the trampoline park) maybe I see what kids today are doing moreso than your average 50 year old FB poster...While yes, I know there are snowflake kids in our current generation, I generally reject starting sentences with "the kids today".
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I usually start my sentences with "The fucking Boomers today".