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Briefing Room Polls (Guests Welcome!) => The Briefingroom Polls => Topic started by: Idaho_Cowboy on January 24, 2019, 01:51:10 pm
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Just curious how the government shutdown is directly effecting ya'll.
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I don't rely or depend on any of the Gov departments or agencies that are subject to the shutdown. That Includes the IRS. I don't use withholdings as a savings account and as such rarely receive a refund more that a few dollars.
That being said I am unaffected by the shutdown.
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No to that here.
My brother works for the USDA in Memphis. But I don't know if he is.
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Badly framed question for any air travelers (esp. those of us who are TSA-Pre). We've been able to access the TSA's "service", but have been inconvenienced, nonetheless, by longer lines and lack of separate TSA-Pre lines. (They did give us a coupon to turn in so we didn't need to take off our shoes or light jackets going through the normal line, but we will had to take our laptops, tablets and liquids out of our carry-ons which we wouldn't have in a separate TSA-Pre line).
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There's a shutdown?
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Yes, I am sick of hearing about the Sainted Starving Shivering Government Workers.
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There's a shutdown?
You better stop, look around
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes
Here comes your nineteenth nervous shutdown
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You better stop, look around
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes
Here comes your nineteenth nervous shutdown
Can I go running for the shelter?
That mother is a helper.
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Can I go running for the shelter?
That mother is a helper.
Things are different today.
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Things are different today.
Is heroin fattening? @corbe
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No to that here.
My brother works for the USDA in Memphis. But I don't know if he is.
I talked to our USDA guy in his office the other day. No effect.
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I flew during the shutdown, the lines in the TSA were not any longer than they usually are.
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I flew during the shutdown, the lines in the TSA were not any longer than they usually are.
Was there any difference in the experience?
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Things are different today.
You can't always get what you want.
No, I haven't been affected by the Government shut down.
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Was there any difference in the experience?
For me no.
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For me no.
I'll take that as a good sign meaning if they provide the same service with fewer people they don't need more people back.
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You can't always get what you want.
No, I haven't been affected by the Government shut down.
In the Sweet old country where I come from, nobody ever works, and nothing gets done, we hang fire!
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Personally none yet, but I have a friend who is a truck driver who can't get his Federal Haz Mat transport license renewed. He has been put on hold for about 3 weeks as he isn't authorized to drive for any of his clients (O2 tanks) until that is squared away. He doesn't work for that government but he needs his license from the US DOT to work.
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In the Sweet old country where I come from, nobody ever works, and nothing gets done, we hang fire!
800,000 strong.
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Has the Government Shutdown inconvenienced you?
I'll say. I got people on a so called Right Wing forum asking if the lack of government is cramping my style.
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In the Sweet old country where I come from, nobody ever works, and nothing gets done, we hang fire!
Keep everything in the farm yard upset in every way.
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OMG!!!!!
RUN!!!!!
@Amb. Frank Cannon is off his leash!!!!
@RoosGirl
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Just curious how the government shutdown is directly effecting ya'll.
Too bad there wasn't a choice that says you wish the whole shittin' mess would shutdown permanently.
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OMG!!!!!
RUN!!!!!
@Amb. Frank Cannon is off his leash!!!!
@RoosGirl
It keeps things interesting.
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Personally none yet, but I have a friend who is a truck driver who can't get his Federal Haz Mat transport license renewed. He has been put on hold for about 3 weeks as he isn't authorized to drive for any of his clients (O2 tanks) until that is squared away. He doesn't work for that government but he needs his license from the US DOT to work.
Interesting. That's tough, they ought to push out the expiration dates till after the shut down is over. Idaho did that for everybody's drivers licences when their new computer system went toes up for a while. I'm surprised it doesn't go through the state DOT, I though most of the testing and licensing was done on the state level.
I'm not a trucker, are weigh-stations open?
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Is heroin fattening? @corbe
No, fish oil is good for you. Oh thought you said herring...
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No, fish oil is good for you. Oh thought you said herring...
Same thing if it the red kind.
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No impact of any kind here.
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No, fish oil is good for you. Oh thought you said herring...
He did it on porpoise.
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He did it on porpoise.
He was phishing? And I swallowed it hook, line, and sinker.
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He was phishing? And I swallowed it hook, line, and sinker.
As long as you don't you come trollin' around here. The Cods will sucker punch you and you'll be lying on the deck flat as a mackerel.
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A few of the weather models I use for forecasting have been shut down for the time being.
Other than that, no. The only federal workers I know are in the postal service, and I don't know if they're getting paid or not.
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A few of the weather models I use for forecasting have been shut down for the time being.
Other than that, no. The only federal workers I know are in the postal service, and I don't know if they're getting paid or not.
You're a meteorologist?
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You're a meteorologist?
Indeed. Bachelor's degree in meteorology, Oswego State University. Not that it did me much good; the recession hit just as I graduated and I never found work. But I still do forecasting just to keep my skills fresh.
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What shutdown?
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How about not affected at all.
I don't "access" government short of that which is required by it such as drivers licenses and tax payments.
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Indeed. Bachelor's degree in meteorology, Oswego State University. Not that it did me much good; the recession hit just as I graduated and I never found work. But I still do forecasting just to keep my skills fresh.
I wouldn't have thought there was a huge demand for meteorologists to begin with. I did a quick search on Monster though and see quite a number of listings.