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[John G.]

Two!

[Ron Pulliam]

I hope your trees do come out of their boxes, DR Ron Pulliam.

I also donated some vacation time to someone who has used up all her leave with a serious medical condition, so I'll now only need to take another couple of days.

That was a very kind and generous gesture, George.

It was indeed. I wonder if our HR would allow such an action.

Mine did.  Our sick leave would accumulate...and if you went years without taking any, you'd have a hundred or so days on the books.  It was not good for anythng but sick time.  You did not get credit for it when you retired.  You could, however transfer it for the purposes of helping someone whose illness saw them maxing out their accumulated time.

[Ron Pulliam]

Have finished my cards.   Wow!  And now I'm sleepy.  What's this all about???

[ChasSmith]

Good morning, all.

[ChasSmith]

How did it get to be Wednesday already?

Lordy. I've got things to do.

And it looks like a beautiful (if cold) day outside. Maybe I can squeeze in a couple of tasks out there.

[ChasSmith]

And we are now in December.

But I suspect you already know that.

[elmore3003]

Today is World AIDS day. I've been thinking about the friends I lost to that disease.

[Jrand74]

My days are all mixed up.....I thought it was my shopping day, Thursday.

Then I read the notes and found it is only Wednesday.

[Jrand74]

So I don't have to go to the store until tomorrow.

[Jrand74]

Ride vibes for DR ELMORE - what a sticky wicket.

[Jrand74]

Envelope vibes for MR BK.

[Jrand74]

Congrats to DR GEORGE MONEYBAGS!

[Jrand74]

Yesterday I received a surprise communication from State Farm.

Because of an over payment or a change in rates for Petey The Cruiser, I received a check for $19.57!

If that amount was a year it would be seven years after I was born in 1950 and 107 years after DR TCB was born in 1850 - or so says his pharmacy technician.

[Ron Pulliam]

Yesterday I received a surprise communication from State Farm.

Because of an over payment or a change in rates for Petey The Cruiser, I received a check for $19.57!

If that amount was a year it would be seven years after I was born in 1950 and 107 years after DR TCB was born in 1850 - or so says his pharmacy technician.

I suspect DR TCB is actually Methuselah and may be way older than we can even imagine.

[Ron Pulliam]

Surprisingly, I've had a nap.

Am ready to embark toward the post office with all my holiday cards plus a bill I am paying early.

Just because...

[singdaw]

The state allows us to donate up to a week's worth of vacation time to another employee who has exhausted their paid time off. I did so for an acquaintance earlier this year.

This one has a happy ending: although they were in hospice, a miracle occurred, and they are now back at work! It's really incredible.

[George]

I also donated some vacation time to someone who has used up all her leave with a serious medical condition, so I'll now only need to take another couple of days.

That was a very kind and generous gesture, George.

Thanks, Ron.

[George]

Donating leave (either vacation or sick) has been something that we've been allowed to do for many years. 

[George]

[George]

I hope your trees do come out of their boxes, DR Ron Pulliam.

I also donated some vacation time to someone who has used up all her leave with a serious medical condition, so I'll now only need to take another couple of days.

That was a very kind and generous gesture, George.

It was indeed. I wonder if our HR would allow such an action.

This is something that was negotiated with the union.  The state (we're not a state agency, but we're on the state retirement system) had allowed it before we did, which is where the idea came from.  It has saved many people's jobs, and possibly lives.

[singdaw]

<heart>

[singdaw]

I like this...

[George]

I hope your trees do come out of their boxes, DR Ron Pulliam.

I also donated some vacation time to someone who has used up all her leave with a serious medical condition, so I'll now only need to take another couple of days.

That was a very kind and generous gesture, George.

It was indeed. I wonder if our HR would allow such an action.

Mine did.  Our sick leave would accumulate...and if you went years without taking any, you'd have a hundred or so days on the books.  It was not good for anythng but sick time.  You did not get credit for it when you retired.  You could, however transfer it for the purposes of helping someone whose illness saw them maxing out their accumulated time.

That's very similar to us.  Our vacation has a cap of 240 hours, but sick leave doesn't.  At one point, I had over 1800 hours of sick leave so I had been donating that.  Now, I down to just under 1400. 

[John G.]

I hope your trees do come out of their boxes, DR Ron Pulliam.

I also donated some vacation time to someone who has used up all her leave with a serious medical condition, so I'll now only need to take another couple of days.

That was a very kind and generous gesture, George.

It was indeed. I wonder if our HR would allow such an action.

This is something that was negotiated with the union.  The state (we're not a state agency, but we're on the state retirement system) had allowed it before we did, which is where the idea came from.  It has saved many people's jobs, and possibly lives.

I would agree.

[George]

Since we now can go to the end of the year before we have to be under the 240 vacation hours, donating was a convenience.  However, we can only donate if someone asks.  We don't have a general leave bank. 

[George]

But, if we do have too much vacation at the end of the year, we don't just loose it anymore.  The amount over 240 hours gets moved into our sick leave.

[John G.]

Too many meetings. Not enough time to work.

[George]

Congrats to DR GEORGE MONEYBAGS!

Thanks, Jrand!

[George]

The state allows us to donate up to a week's worth of vacation time to another employee who has exhausted their paid time off. I did so for an acquaintance earlier this year.

This one has a happy ending: although they were in hospice, a miracle occurred, and they are now back at work! It's really incredible.

That's fantastic!  We can donate as much vacation as we want, but we can only donate a week's worth of sick leave at a time. 

[George]

And now, I must be off to work.