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I had an ex bf that loved the steam box thing they lock you in with only your head sticking out the top. We used to go to a couple of hot springs places near Palm Springs. I think the steam box was at Twentynine Palms but not sure, been years ago. One year we went back and they had gotten rid of the steam box, maybe it wasn't that popular.
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Ali: Congratulations! I used to work with a guy who programmed (though not his job title - just did it in his free time). Even though it wasn't in my job performance requirements, I kind of mirrored him to try to pick up that skill set. I did understand that's not totally what you were mentioning.
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Ali,

I have just one thing to express to you. YOU, GO GIRL!

You should be so proud of your accomplishments!

That Korean spa sounds awesome.
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Happy St. Patrick’s day ☘️ to everyone! I’m Irish on my father’s side.

Of course, our parades are canceled but some people are doing Irish house floats like we did at Mardi Gras time with our house floats.

We love our parades in New Orleans!

Spring is around the corner. Our weather is warming up, not that we have a very cold or long winter like up north.

It’s kind of a funky day here. Supposed to be nice over the weekend.

Overall, we get a fair amount of rainfall in Louisiana.
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Needhelp, I somehow feel partly Irish... I attended there my last university year in the Erasmus program. I was in Cork, one of the best years of my whole life!
So happy Saint Patrick's day to you, your family and all the Irish people... And to those who left a piece of their heart there.
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Anche,

Lucky you! I haven’t ever been to Ireland.
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Happy St Pat's Day from a former Irish person ☘️☘️☘️

Sadly my 4% Irish DNA was reclassified last year.. but hello lower Scotland! I will be researching that now.
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Beatty,

I have Scottish roots too.
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Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! ☘🍀💚 🇮🇪
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HAPPY ST Patricks' DAY.

Dinner
Corn Beef and Cabbage, potatoes, carrots and turnip, dinner roll all from a local restaurant (take out)
I made fresh baked haddock, potatoes, carrots.
Dessert
Irish Cream Cheesecake from Costco's

Before the pandemic my family used to celebrate SPD with lunch and an Irish concert. Miss it, but had a good day, mom is pure Irish she danced to the Irish music today and worn her green suit and her shamrock earrings. I love celebrating with her.
We took my mother to Ireland for her 87TH birthday 2010. She always wanted to travel there. Could not get her out of the pub at MN one night. We were on tour and bus leaves very early in the morning. I went to bed and brother stayed up with her. She just loved the Irish jigs and music.
When Irish Eyes are Smiling....
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Happy Saint Patrick's Day to one and all. I have my new irish socks on today. :)
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EB: That's great about your mom! How sweet is she!💚
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Earlybird, your mum is fantastic! Give my regards to her... Were we in the same country I would ask her to teach me dance!
I took some classes when I was in Cork. Loved it!
Where is she from?
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Hello Anche, I will certainly give your regards to my mom, thank you.
My grandmother was from Cootehill I Ireland. We visited the town when we went on our trip. Took a taxi on a very rainy day and saw my grandmothers childhood home. We confirmed it with a genealogist prior to traveling there. My mother was so thrilled. We spent a great deal of time in Cork on tour and loved it. I heard all my life about Cork so I was excited to visit that part of Ireland. The Irish folks were so kind. Ireland will always have a very special place in my heart for I shared a very special journey with my dear mother that I will never forget.
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My mom took me to Ireland for the first time when I graduated from respiratory school in my 30s, and I fell in love! We went back many times, along with my Aunt and various family members ( daughters and husbands), and hubs, DD and I hope to go back again once things open up more, or back to Scotland. We of course had corned beef and all yesterday.. and will be eating for a day or so more!
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Hubs and I spent a month in Ireland Pam. It was a work trip for hubs but since I'm half Irish on my mom's side I couldn't not go. It was a blast. We went to the little village where my mom was born and all sorts of things. Hubs fell in love with Guinness. Me not so much. To me it kind of resembled motor oil. LOL
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I've been shouting at the radio again (lol).
I don't know what the conversation is surrounding long term care (nursing homes) in other places but I'm sick and tired of constantly being told that the disaster that resulted from covid is due to for profit homes and poorly paid part time staffing - most especially the last part. These jobs are "not" comparable to flipping burgers, I know that wages have not kept up with inflation but $20/hr is still well above minimum wage. And many of these workers like working part time and at more than one facility because it gives them maximum flexibility for child care and to switch between jobs, it's just not as black and white as the "experts" and media want it to be.
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Right on, cwillie.
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Mmm. I'd look quite critically at what those workers actually get paid. For comparison, just today a five year long court case was decided in the [UK] supreme court - decision is that workers doing overnight stays with people who need 24/7 care should not be paid for hours when they are sleeping and not working. The point being that although they are on call, i.e. on duty, they are not routinely expected to have to do anything. Although they may be, at a moment's notice.

So you arrive for your shift at, I guess, 18:00 hours and you don't leave until, I guess, 19:00 hours the next day, and for 9 of those hours during which you are not working but also not free to leave the building or engage in any other paid activity you receive £/$ 0 per hour.

I can't offhand think of any other job where you can be on duty, unpaid.
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CM - home care is a whole 'nother problem. IMO those people are not treated fairly at all, in fact many workers here view it as a stepping stone in order to gain experience and will take the first job in a facility that they can get. Employees in rural areas usually have long commutes between clients and they are not paid for the down time or compensated for mileage and the wear and tear on their vehicles. The gov't here loves to talk about allowing aging in place but the cynic in me sees it as a less costly option with less care actually provided.

And I hope the workers push back on that ruling CM, perhaps by refusing to work overnight shifts. Many PSW's are unionized here, a little bit of solidarity would shake things up.
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That was the end of the legal line for that case, CW - it was originally a dispute between an individual backed by Unison, which is one of if not the biggest trade union in the country, and Mencap, which is a major charity supporting people with learning disabilities. There is a legal loophole in minimum wage legislation and the dispute was made into a test case to examine it.

I must admit I was quite shocked listening to the report. I'm not a member of the union (Unison is the one our employer recognises) and I put in plenty of voluntary hours apart from my contractual shifts, and if I added up I probably do make less than minimum wage per hour totalled up; but I'll be shot if I'd take a job that treated me as badly as that. You're responsible, you're on duty, you are required to be available - but you're not "actually working" so you don't get paid. To rub salt in the wounds, I discovered later on that even if you are called during the night it doesn't count unless whatever the client needs takes over an hour to deal with - i.e. the pay clock doesn't start ticking for 60 minutes. You could be called on the hour throughout the night and still not be able to claim any pay.

I doubt if you can refuse to do the overnight stays, it's probably built into the job description, but I haven't checked.

We don't do so badly in that we do get mileage, and we're salaried (i.e. not paid for hours worked), and we can even claim overtime for public holidays. But then again - I should think so! Name an office job where these aren't taken for granted!
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Just because something is legal doesn't mean it is obligatory 😬, is unemployment so high there that workers will just go along with this?? It is hard enough to attract and retain people to the profession here that they had to hand out bonus pay over the past year and the gov't is paying the tuition for 6000 new students in an accelerated psw program.
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HAPPY SPRING. Hope everyone enjoys the warmer weather, the abundant sunshine and the beautiful flowers that spring up soon.
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Surprise, but not really based on 10 days ago. I arrived via EMS at the hospital at 6 AM yesterday. Confirmed pneumonia. Labs were "very much changed." Came on quickly early AM yesterday.
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LLama hoping you feel better fast!!
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Llama, hope you feel better soon. I will keep you in my prayers.
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Well I am part of an antibody study at the hospital, have had 3 blood tests since COVID hit us in March. First 2 tests.. no antibodies.. this third blood draw shows antibodies! I have had both my vaccines.. so I figured I would ( that is the goal after all) Now as to how long they will last no one seems to know,, but for now I had a good result. But of course I still have to wear a mask and face shield ...
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Llama - get well. Hope the treatment makes you feel better soon.

Pamz - Yay!!! Antibodies How long since your shots? I know it takes a while for them to build up. Hopefully they will stay around.
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Llama,

Get well soon!
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Pam, which vaccine did you get?  (I apologize if you're written about this before; I don't usually read this thread but saw your comment in the News Feed.)
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