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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Florida nightclub shooting: Two dead and 16 injured in Fort Myers
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36882456

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      • dafyreD
        dafyre @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

        Florida nightclub shooting: Two dead and 16 injured in Fort Myers
        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36882456

        What is this? Did somebody declare a purge or something?

        Seems like every day somebody is going on a shooting spree somewhere else... Makes me sad to be a human.

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        • thanksajdotcomT
          thanksajdotcom @dafyre
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          @dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

          Florida nightclub shooting: Two dead and 16 injured in Fort Myers
          http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36882456

          What is this? Did somebody declare a purge or something?

          Seems like every day somebody is going on a shooting spree somewhere else... Makes me sad to be a human.

          Yeah, I heard about this this morning...my aunt lives in Fort Myers... 😢

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          • dafyreD
            dafyre @thanksajdotcom
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            @thanksajdotcom said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

            Florida nightclub shooting: Two dead and 16 injured in Fort Myers
            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36882456

            What is this? Did somebody declare a purge or something?

            Seems like every day somebody is going on a shooting spree somewhere else... Makes me sad to be a human.

            Yeah, I heard about this this morning...my aunt lives in Fort Myers... 😢

            :-S She alright?

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Only people shot were between the ages of 12 and 27. So likely someone here's aunt was not affected. But she still has to live in Ft Myers so ahe has that to deal with.

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              • thanksajdotcomT
                thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller Oh I know she wouldn't have been there. One, she's too old. Two, she's a JW, so she doesn't do clubs. And a good JW, so yeah... still...but my heart breaks for those families...

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                • scottalanmillerS
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                  Solar Impulse completes historic round-the-world trip
                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36890563

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                  • scottalanmillerS
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                    Blasts heard near Mogadishu airport
                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36892048

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                    • scottalanmillerS
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                      Ship hits wall of Panama Canal renewing design concerns
                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36891142

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                      • tonyshowoffT
                        tonyshowoff @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        Ship hits wall of Panama Canal renewing design concerns
                        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36891142

                        I get more clearance in a phone booth than modern ships get in the Panama Canal.

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                        • travisdh1T
                          travisdh1 @tonyshowoff
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                          @tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          Ship hits wall of Panama Canal renewing design concerns
                          http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36891142

                          I get more clearance in a phone booth than modern ships get in the Panama Canal.

                          Yeah, the lengths they have to go through to prevent that are crazy, and I guarantee the ship is much worse off than the wall of the canal.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            This is the new canal just one month old. Ships are three times the size that they were two months ago. They use tugs now instead of the mule trains.

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                            • travisdh1T
                              travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              This is the new canal just one month old. Ships are three times the size that they were two months ago. They use tugs now instead of the mule trains.

                              That's up and running already? Man, how time flies.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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                                @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                This is the new canal just one month old. Ships are three times the size that they were two months ago. They use tugs now instead of the mule trains.

                                That's up and running already? Man, how time flies.

                                I know, @pchiodo @MarigabyFrias and I were just checking out the dig site less than a year ago!

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                                • coliverC
                                  coliver
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                                  Weren't we talking recently about workers not knowing their rights?

                                  http://fox4kc.com/2016/06/17/teens-say-they-were-terminated-for-discussing-pay-hours-after-getting-hired-at-legends-pizza-shop/

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                    @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    Weren't we talking recently about workers not knowing their rights?

                                    http://fox4kc.com/2016/06/17/teens-say-they-were-terminated-for-discussing-pay-hours-after-getting-hired-at-legends-pizza-shop/

                                    Yup, it's not going to change. No amount of telling people what their rights are ever gets people who are doing these kinds of jobs to listen.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      When I was sixteen and a job denied us our rights, I called a "union" and we walked out, en masse. One guy fired us, I said okay, see you in court. I wasn't to my car in the parking lot before the owner was outside running after us screaming that we were not fired, were getting full pay and could go home and enjoy ourselves 🙂

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                                      • coliverC
                                        coliver @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        Weren't we talking recently about workers not knowing their rights?

                                        http://fox4kc.com/2016/06/17/teens-say-they-were-terminated-for-discussing-pay-hours-after-getting-hired-at-legends-pizza-shop/

                                        Yup, it's not going to change. No amount of telling people what their rights are ever gets people who are doing these kinds of jobs to listen.

                                        It's unfortunate, this is a pretty open and shut case.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          Weren't we talking recently about workers not knowing their rights?

                                          http://fox4kc.com/2016/06/17/teens-say-they-were-terminated-for-discussing-pay-hours-after-getting-hired-at-legends-pizza-shop/

                                          Yup, it's not going to change. No amount of telling people what their rights are ever gets people who are doing these kinds of jobs to listen.

                                          It's unfortunate, this is a pretty open and shut case.

                                          Yeah, but on the upside, no one to blame but themselves.

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                                          • dafyreD
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                                            The girl said she 'didn't know' if she would push legal action or not, but I think it'd be a smart idea on her part. There's absolutely no reason for A) her to be making less than the guy who was hired, and ~B) for them to be fired, even if they were discussing wages.

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