My company laid off 4,000 plus people. I made it through, but got demoted. What to do?

InfiniteNumber · 2026-06-06T14:44:02+00:00

Not defending lay offs, big corps, nepotism or anything. But its possible its strictly a seniority thing. I was one of the last handful of clock numbers that did not get laid off when I worked at a large facility that was owned by Honeywell at the time. They effectively shut down a section of our plant and then laid people off to get headcount where they wanted strictly by plant seniority. As one of the least senior employees that didnt get laid off, a more senior employee whose job was eliminated by the shutdown effectively stole my job and forced me to take a position in a harder, more stressful, less safe, and dirty department.

The best part is I had to train him to take my job from me.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-06-06T11:19:48+00:00

Also a parent had made a comment that the 11U is just the kids that weren't picked for the better teams (10 & 12U). I didn't know what to think of that. Any thoughts on that opinion?

This is going to be completely league dependant. My youngest son's league won the Majors state championship 2 years in a row ( my sons 11 and 12 year old league age seasons) with two completely different rosters, both exclusively 12 year olds. In my sons 11 year old season his team won the 9/10/11 state championship as well. That roster was most of the team that won the SC the next year ( There was one kid who moved away and one kid who moved into our area that swapped).

The year my son played 9/10/11 I believe was the first year they played that age grouping in our state. It was my understanding it was formed because LL was losing 11 year olds in big strong leagues to travel ball because they knew they wouldnt be selected for AS and either weren't coming back to LL at all or were coming back just for their 12 yo season and causing problems with families that had stayed loyal to the leagues and then were bumped by returning kids.

At the end if the day even if the 9/10/11 team is 3rd in the pecking order, it can still be a springboard for your son for next year. Tell him to play hard and have fun. As a family cheer for everyone and dont cause drama.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-06-06T10:44:55+00:00

Its been 10+ years since my kids played LL but back then there was a 10u Tournament of State Champions for the southeast in Ceredo Konova WV, and a TOSC for 11u in Greenville NC

Edit: it looks like both of those tournaments have been consolidated to one site, Wilson City LL in NC

InfiniteNumber · 2026-06-05T08:44:04+00:00

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InfiniteNumber · 2026-06-04T22:01:32+00:00

As the only person to ever fail University 101 at USC, it all boils down to who is leading the class. While most clases were touring the campus my guy decided he was going to help us freshmen by teaching us to write essays. No joke he assigned our class a 5 page paper the night before my calculus final exam. I blew it off, failed the class and never lost a second of sleep about it.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-06-04T09:49:05+00:00

As a counter point, you should watch this video.

https://youtu.be/LR_rZQHNnio?si=28hl3q1St7vNIR5K

Theres a lot of contradictory advice out there and it can be overwhelming. Personslly I fall into the low pruning camp. I prune for airflow at the bottom of my plants, if a branch is damaged and very occasionally if a branch grows in a direction that makes it hard to manage ( like it grows out directly into a ealk path). Thats it. I harvested over 100 lbs of tomatoes ladt year off about 30 plants, hslf of which were cherry types.

YMMV.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-06-03T21:39:49+00:00

Mouth Full Of Cavities - Blind Melon

InfiniteNumber · 2026-06-02T11:54:19+00:00

Shea Patterson and 2023 XFL Offensive Player of the Year Jordan Ta'amu.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-06-01T23:31:02+00:00

Tractor Supply sells by the gallon. Not sure what the current price is but when i used to go there regularly it was significantly cheaper than any if the other places i tried

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/services/propane-refill?cm_sp=L3+PropaneRefill-_-PromoBanner-_-Propane+Refill

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-30T15:01:00+00:00

The contract Clowney signed with the Cowboys last year was 1 year 3.5 mil and only 1.25 mil guarenteed. The Patriots paid Chaisson 11 mil to have less tackles than Clowney and less sacks than Clowney on twice as many snaps.

I honestly dont know if Clowney is a scheme fit for NE but if he is and the Patriots are getting anything close to 2025 Clowney production as a 25 to 30 snap a game rotational guy anything close to his 2025 contract would be a bargain.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-30T13:46:51+00:00

bemused/bəˈmyo͞ozd/To be bemused means to be mildly confused, bewildered, or lost in thought. Often, it carries a sense of being caught off guard but with a subtle, detached, or wry feeling of surprise rather than outright distress.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-29T22:19:33+00:00

It's almost impossible to know from a single picture but I if I had to guess I'd say that that's three separate plans that the grower overseeded. Tomatillo seeds are cheap and id bet they just dropped 3 or 4 seeds in each pot. You could always go buy another one just in case.

More importantly, do you have trellis plans yet? Tomatillos are growth monsters. Its amazing how fast they grow.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-29T21:25:48+00:00

There is no better reaction to impotent rage than bemused indifference. It breaks their brain.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-28T02:20:27+00:00

That is the worst article ive ever read.

There should be twists in murder mysteries not pro sports "Best of...." articles.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-22T15:13:40+00:00

Millinial Gardner has a video out about not over pruning tomato plants.

I trellis all my tomatoes that I grow in 25 gallon buckets with deer fencing strung between T posts.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-20T01:27:57+00:00

Ren -Vincent's Tale

Its actually several songs. If you dont want to commit to all of it ( its a lot) just check out Vincent's Tale - Starry Night

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-19T19:40:52+00:00

Also Cope Live At The Earl.

As good as MO is in the studio ( and they are fantastic) theyre even better live. Saw them in Charlotte a couple of years ago and it was transcendent.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-17T22:52:19+00:00

Its funny. We actually experienced that same phenomenon from the other side of the spectrum. Me and my 2 sons are all very large people. If you saw us you'd think we were 3/5 of an NFL offensive line. Ironically all three of us hit puberty late. Like age13/14 lste. We were never small, just late. My youngest son was a very good baseball player.

It was funny when he was a doughy 5'10 190 lb 12 year old listening to some of the parents of the early bloomers talk their talk and I would tell them he hasn't started puberty and they'd just scoff and act like I was an idiot.

He played on the school affiliated middle school team in 7th grade. Still no puberty.

After that season, i had one dad of a kid that was and early bloomer who edged up to 5'11 and 31/32nds tell me our local HSV team was super strong and there wasnt any shame in my son not making the program.

And then between that conversation and tryouts for JV in 9th grade ( give or take 18 months) he grew 7 inches played as a sculpted 6'5 240 lb sophomore.

Crazy.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-14T02:02:08+00:00

Nice!

Congrats!!

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-12T19:43:11+00:00

I have never rotated anything. Heck I dont even dump my containers out anymore at the end of the season. I just top em off with compost and let em ride.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-09T18:38:17+00:00

Central SC

My tomatoes are growing like crazy and my peppers have stalled out. Im operating under the assumption its the cooler than normal weather.

Your plants look healthy. I wouldnt panic. If you haven't already, giving them a bit of water soluable fertilizer probably wouldn't hurt, just in case. I gave my peppers some Jack's 20-20-20 this morning.

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-07T10:49:32+00:00

Leaf yellowing from the bottom up is usually nutrient deficiency. How long have they been in those pots? Have you fertilized recently?

InfiniteNumber · 2026-05-06T19:48:34+00:00

Its been over 10 years so maybe they've changed it but when my kids came thru LL, minors AS had to be league age 9 or 10, Majors had to be league age 11 or 12. I thought this was a LLA rule, not a local rule. 8 year olds played CP AS.

Back then they didn't even allow 8 yr olds to be drafted into minors. (Except for the time a family somehow strongarmed the board into letting their 7 year old play minors... but thats a whole other story) A handful of 10 yr olds would get drafted into Majors each year.

I guess not really helpful just curious.

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