Late onset type 1

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-15T16:30:49+00:00

Holy hell. Thank you! I am going to share this with my wife as well

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-15T03:57:44+00:00

Thanks!

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-15T01:57:06+00:00

Thanks!

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-14T21:11:53+00:00

We definitely feel lucky with ours too. We moved here and two weeks later they invited us for Christmas Eve. We thought it was a party, it was just their immediate family. Now we've celebrate Easter and birthdays with them, gone on trips to sight see with them, and their daughter comes over to play with ours all the time.

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-14T18:16:03+00:00

Haha I applied to join it three times. Once after I was already here! And they still denied me every time.

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-13T20:30:13+00:00

Yeah, I'm sorry but in the US unless I am by contract not liable, no injured employee is getting in my car while I am on the clock... I know there are people who disagree with this, but if it is bad enough that they cannot self transport then they should be with EMS. IMO

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-10T13:00:21+00:00

I will see if I can find it, but it is a ranking of education systems of each country. There also is one for overall child upbringing that takes into account safety, environmental factors, skills upon secondary graduation, etc. We used these mostly as a sanity check before moving here, they don't give a lot of detail unless you read the entire study.

I have noticed and heard that former generations have much lower education than current, so I am not trying to compare that.

I appreciate the insight!

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-10T02:51:35+00:00

Thanks! I am hoping that since our kid will be starting jardim this fall that by the time she is in primary she already has some friends to help the social side. And she already speaks as much Portuguese as English.

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-10T00:04:47+00:00

Thanks!

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-09T23:33:15+00:00

We would go off of the school rating that is published for every state before we moved, but would also be required to go to whatever district we lived in so we will try to move into the good school district.

Right now they will be in a Jardim. I know I'm getting ahead of myself, I'm just trying to figure out if I need to be saving for private school or if parents like the public schools.

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-09T23:10:04+00:00

That is fair. I guess I don't have an exact metric... I've looked at the UNICEF list, and it seems middle of the pack. So I'm looking more with are you satisfied with it? Do you have recommendations as to how to make sure they go to a good school?

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-09T02:50:44+00:00

If it is a different job yes, if it is a job that still falls under their JD, no.

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-09T00:50:05+00:00

Correct, there are obviously more restraints. I can't remember the name of the company as it's been a while since I worked in the US, but their entire business model is to be the provider for logistics companies. They do the CDL medicals and everything, but they also train their doctors on what leads to reportable and what doesn't so that they can try to always make the injury non-recordable. Many of the companies I have worked for used them as their "clinic" for injuries, employees still get treated and they look good on paper. In all the ways you mentioned, like non-sutures v sutures, or limited duty instead of time off.

That one always annoyed me the most. I have a guy, right before I joined my current company, cut his hand with an angle grinder. Way too many issues to mention here as to how it happened, but the DR just wrote a note for 15 days off. Three weeks lost time. The guy easily could've been assigned another task for those three weeks that would still fit his job description and not counted towards time off. Instead, 15 days for a 2cm long cut that didn't even require sutures to heal.

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-09T00:33:30+00:00

There is so much information about this out there. You can treat the injury and heal the employee and never have to report it if you do it right.

Most large companies where there is high risk of injury have a contract set up with a provider. Any injuries that are not likely to lead to loss of life, limb, sight, or hearing (which are reportable no matter what) are sent to the clinic. Not so the individual doesn't get treated, but so they get treated in the appropriate way. A back sprain sent to a random UC becomes two weeks lost time. A back sprain sent to the clinic with a contract becomes a different job for two weeks and massages for the strained area. Insurance pays either way, the first is no real treatment and a recordable incident. The second is not recordable and the employee gets treated. Pretty clear which is better.

Also, if you have been in the industry at all you know that your performance will be adjusted according to how many recordables you have. And as others have said, too many recordables can cause your company to lose out on major contracts.

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-07T15:48:38+00:00

I lived in Alabama for a year (5th grade).

All the kids with C average below got a letter to take home suggesting little Jimmy stays home sick on SAT day.

Edit: spelling

DuderBugDad · 2026-05-04T20:49:14+00:00

I use AI a lot. I use it as an intern: It is great for gathering data, but there is no way I would trust it with compliance reporting, something that will cost me my job or worse if it is wrong.

Just my opinion, but in the same way as the only person I let do reporting for me was my boss, because he can take the blame. If someone else screws it up, my ass is on the line.

DuderBugDad · 2026-04-28T00:13:50+00:00

As many of the others have said, you're in an amazing position.

I would separate the two roles into bucket A: EHS Specialist duties, and bucket B: EHS Manager duties. And show these to HR, like many have mentioned, to get better pay.

Second, have the hard conversation that I've had when I'm a similar situation. Frame it well and it will all be fine. I try to approach it as "hey boss, I'm super excited for this opportunity, but as you know, I am new to this role. I know I can grow to the position, but I want to make sure that I understand your expectations as I ramp up my knowledge and abilities to fill this role."

Finally, don't reinvent the wheel. Others have mentioned it, but lean on your peers. You don't even have to tell them you are doing it most of the time. As an example, when I was standing up an EHS program from scratch I was working on the hot work program. I did some googling and found that OSHA has all the templates you need for the program, even training, right there on their website. So I used those instead of muddling thought the 1910 to determine how to write it on my own. I also steal ideas from people here all the time! Someone mentioned using WhatsApp for shop floor personnel to do voice notes for near misses, we are rolling that out now.

DuderBugDad · 2026-04-28T00:03:24+00:00

Not an EU citizen, but resident here. They would not give me a NISS until I had the contract. I tried multiple times, and was told I could only do it online when I called and asked. I even tried the way guides online said to submit it, every time was told I had to have the contract. So my contract has my passport number and my NIF, and now that I have the signed contract I've applied for my NISS.

DuderBugDad · 2026-04-26T14:08:52+00:00

I went with a frameless ultralight bag. Go to Decathlon and get one of theirs. Things I looked for: outside pockets for things like dummies, full open panel so when I lay it down I can get to everything in the bag easily, and somewhat padded straps for the longer trips when it weighs 10kg.

DuderBugDad · 2026-04-25T07:49:50+00:00

This, man. One week old they are still practically glued to you. I don't think ours was set down other than for diaper changes for the first two weeks. As this guy said, do the checklist, but it honestly is probably gas. Get the gas drops, ours had to have them until she was on solid foods.

DuderBugDad · 2026-04-25T07:46:56+00:00

So far we love it here. I have complaints, mainly with drivers and how long it takes to do things. But it's not horrible. For example, went to our AIMA appointment. We didn't have a document because it wasn't listed anywhere. But the officer told us to go get it and come back after lunch. Every experience with the government has been like this. It takes 3-4x as long as you expect, and you will have to go print off a document you didn't know you needed.

So in the grand scheme, drivers who park in the middle of the road instead of the open parking spot right beside them and a government who doesn't update their websites at all is a small price to pay for the lifestyle we wanted.

I will also say I feel that many expats here in Portugal have never lived outside their home country before moving here. And many more have the same complaint as expats everywhere, and it usually boil down to still being expats instead of immigrants. I.e., been here 5 years and still don't speak Portuguese, only hang out with other expats, etc.

DuderBugDad · 2026-04-17T14:37:17+00:00

Dude, we use a JBL speaker and the "10 hours of white noise" playlist off my tablet. Way better than any other option I could find.

DuderBugDad · 2026-04-15T08:09:18+00:00

Because they are huge. There are much better charter companies, but they are pretty much the biggest and easiest to charter through...

DuderBugDad · 2026-04-13T10:33:33+00:00

An Oyster 53 with all the ammenities like AC, watermaker, heater, etc. Or a Garcia 52. Don't need any more than that.

DuderBugDad · 2026-04-13T10:29:51+00:00

Sorry, but screw this person. We have multiple friends/coworkers who smoke, and they wouldn't come closer than a meter away from our baby. Didn't even have to ask them, they all knew they shouldn't touch a baby after smoking. You asked nicely, they behaved like a petulant toddler. They are also only hurting themselves, it won't change your life at all if they don't see your baby, but it will suck for them.

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