In case you didn't hear the announcement ... strike vote at the yard Monday morning, 5:30 a.m.

Apparently we got word that some Atlantic buses got violations for not have caps on the air valves on tires. Really?!! Why don't these inspectors just go into these companies with guns and say, "Give us your money."

Ridiculous! If you're missing any, see the shop.

The chancellor will be at PS 58 this evening (6:30) for a meeting hosted by the CEC. Anyone wishing to make 1181's presence known is welcome to attend ... http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/walcott_to_speak_on_staten_isl.html

No idea where this was, but it certainly was creative!

From one end to the other, and back ... in 30 seconds.

(Upon successful completion of which you will be eligible for the Pioneer football team try-outs.)

Really?




No, not really.

General membership meeting on May 29 at Christ the King on Metropolitan Ave at 7:30. ATU international president, Larry Hanley, is scheduled to be there along with representatives from local 100, as well as several parent groups. Lot of sh!t going on folks. Make every effort to attend ... as per Ernie.

According to an article in the post Frioday, some principals are asking for June 25 & 26 to be teacher training days, being there were no snow days. The last day is Wed., the 27th. Being it's not one of the 40 guaranteed, I'm guessing we'd only get paid for the Wednesday if this were to be. In that case, we'd be eligible for partial unemployment.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/school_snow_days_in_june_dMh5ZtFSvanpIS7tKxjt6L

A guy in a Texas prison gets 40% of the vote vs. an incumbent president! Pretty sad.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/unpopular-obama-a-texas-prison-inmate-gets-votes-in-democratic-primary-in-west-virginia/2012/05/08/gIQAhBDmBU_story.html

Skit of Obama spiking the Bin Laden football was scrapped at the last minute ... pressure from Bam, perhaps?

Couldn't write a script funnier than this ... gets good from about the 3:15 mark ...






This one is as good, if not better!

If you're thinking about picking a summer school run you'd better plan on working through Aug. 8, even though the last day of instruction is Aug. 2. That's what they had to do last year but didn't find out about it until the week before.


http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D2EDECC5-0E50-4A82-A275-460CF122AFCC/123099/SummerSchool2012Calendar.pdf

Don't forget to claim today. Hope everyone had a good break. See you mañana.

Here's the link for unemployment ... https://ui.labor.state.ny.us/UBC/home.do

Have a good holiday, everyone. Sorry I didn't have time to put some appropriate graphics on the homepage before I left, but ... enjoy.

The Easter accrual checks we get tomorrow (Thursday) have to be cashed. They are NOT direct deposit.

Tim's brother, Ed, was electrocuted on his job as an elevator mechanic the other night. From the comments by a coworker in this article, Ed Bradley was apparently as well liked on his job as Tim is on his. Sincerest condolences to all.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mechanic-electrocuted-elevator-manhattan-office-building-article-1.1052532

This related article ... http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/elevator-mechanic-electrocuted-midtown-building-article-1.1052746?localLinksEnabled=false

Here's the obit ... http://obits.silive.com/obituaries/siadvance/obituary.aspx?n=edward-bradley&pid=156772646&fhid=4713

55 of us have banded together to increase our chances of sharing the half-billion dollar Mega Millions first prize to 55 in 175,711,536 (or 1 in 3,194,755). That's only about 9 million each gross, but I don't think too many will be sticking around to reach the next pension bracket.

Good Luck, all! 

My nomination for Shop Employee of the Month is for Mike, the fueler on duty this early a.m. Manning 2 pumps by himself, doing his job to the fullest, checking under the hood first and not closing it until fueling was done (in accordance with the new procedure since somebody almost drove away with a gas pump attached ... resulting in THOUSANDS of dollars in damage, by the way.) And it's not the first time I've seen him do this.

I've heard a lot of complaints about long waits on line lately, but Mike should know his extra effort is noticed and greatly appreciated. The kid is worth every dime of starting pay he gets!

Thanks, Mike.

Obama defies congress again by agreeing to give $1.5 billion to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/03/screw-democracy-obama-administration-will-give-muslim-brotherhood-1-5-billion-in-us-aid/

But it's Fox News' fault people question his alliance with muslims. What an anti-American disgrace this guy is.

If this gets through Albany some private schools will be going until "at least 5 p.m." according to this article ... http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/senate-republicans-propose-forcing-taxpayers-fund-busing-after-hours-academic-programs-city-article-1.1048530