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Viral Vacation

ICE

ICE

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Today is the start of a thirty day hiatus. The corona virus is spreading here in SoCal. My job entails visiting a dozen or more homes and job sites daily. I work in a predominately Asian community. That's not to say that an Asian community is any more dangerous than others but the people there are on edge and expecting the worst. There is an outside chance that I will never return.
 
I don't know but I've been told that posting pictures from my work is a violation of policy.
 
I work for a private architectural firm. I was in Japan at the beginning of the month, and my company put me on a 2 week work-from-home schedule. (Feeling fine, no symptoms.)
I'm itching to get back to work. If this is a sneak preview of what retirement is like, I'm going to drive my wife crazy. As her friend told her husband, "I promised I would be with you for a lifetime - - but not every day!"
 
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Interesting reason to leave the workforce, but what do you do when your retirement (401k) takes the big hit. The panic that is going on right now is sure wild and the stupid press is pouring gas on the fire.
I was thinking of hitting the retirement trail soon but now am thinking it might be best to postpone it till this settles.
 
My wife manipulates the 401K into a safe harbor and waits for calm waters. My AHJ is considering parking all of the inspectors to protect them. I'm thinking that they should send the engineers out to the field. After all, engineers are way easier to replace than inspectors.
 
Engineers should have to spend two years inspecting before they are allowed to engineer anything. All inspectors should be budding engineers.
 
ICE said:
Engineers should have to spend two years inspecting before they are allowed to engineer anything. All inspectors should be budding engineers.
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Don't even need a H.S. diploma or any education or experience required to inspect here. Just pass the test. Requiring more education would require higher wages then higher permit costs. We get complaints now on fees.
 
When I became an inspector the work was a profession. One had to prove ones self. Not anymore. One ICC certification will get you in the door. Two will get you promoted. Three and you're on the road to riches. Four and you are there.

Notice that I didn't mention the ability to perform a competent inspection as a requirement at any level. In defense of the incompetent inspectors, it is exceedingly difficult to find competent inspectors.
 
As of now we have no access from the public into most of our municipal buildings. Library and sports center are closed down. I have to get "screened" by the hospital to continue inspecting at our hospital. The remaining rooms that we are finishing are ICU rooms so they will need to get this project finished. Most of the bars, restaurants and other gathering places have been closed. City government has imposed self quarantine for 2 weeks upon anyone who has arrived from a vacation outside (our admin person just came from out of state and is getting this vacation!).
 
linnrg, I was curious about your city so I pulled it up on a map. Then I saw the community of Whittier....now that's the definition of a close knit group.

Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about 58 miles southeast of Anchorage. The city is within the Valdez–Cordova Census Area. At the 2010 census the population was 220, up from 182 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was 205 people, almost all of whom live in a single building.
 
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linnrg, I was curious about your city so I pulled it up on a map. Then I saw the community of Whittier....now that's the definition of a close knit group.

Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about 58 miles southeast of Anchorage. The city is within the Valdez–Cordova Census Area. At the 2010 census the population was 220, up from 182 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was 205 people, almost all of whom live in a single building.
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ICE there is more to that. The only way to get there is thru a 2.5 Mile one way tunnel. It has only been open to vehicle traffic for the last couple of decades. Prior to that only trains. A fair amount of the goods that arrive into this state come in thru there and are loaded onto the train. It is not open late at night so if you miss the last outgoing opening you can spend the night there. Originally is was a military town and there is a very unique abandoned building called the Buckner Building which I heard was abandoned after the 1964 earthquake.
My buddy bought a new boat and he bought a slip to keep it in $120k for the slip. So I am going to get to fish out of there for years to come. Waters thereabout have lots of shrimp which are some of the tastiest yet.
The are lots of glaciers and there are several cruises to take you out to them. Of the Glacier cruises I have gone on they are so far the best.
I have gone over there to bear hunt (unsuccessful though). I have hunted Sitka deer out of there by way of boating way out to some of the islands. I can tell you that all of that country is very scenic. For your next Alaska adventure you should add it to you trip.
 
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