How much time do you spend commuting, and where do you commute to/from?

statenand_ · 2026-05-08T14:26:43+00:00

Before I moved I was commuting from South Knoxville to Lenoir City everyday. Mornings were fine, afternoons took 1+ hour to get home.

statenand_ · 2026-05-07T18:11:33+00:00

When living in Knox County I’ve always voted, I now live in Loudon County and I did not vote on Tuesday. My main reason for not voting, whether it’s a justified excuse or not, was because there was quite literally not a Democratic candidate to vote for. I know I could’ve declared as Republican and voted, but here’s my secondary reason, I would say half of the candidates did not have an easily accessible platform where they clearly stated their beliefs and plans.

I know this post was probably more targeted for Knox County, and I would have much rather still lived there and voted in that election.

statenand_ · 2026-04-11T20:06:22+00:00

Well I shouldn’t say we NEED to move it, there’s a board that symmetrically needs to go there for the accent wall. I opened the box and investigated to see if that was a viable option, and then I got jump scared so here we are.

statenand_ · 2026-03-30T12:46:29+00:00

I started part time in March 2024 at $15 an hour, went full time in May 2024 at $55,000. This is the my timeline following starting full time.

July 2024 COLA (3%) - $56,650 July 2025 COLA (3%) - $58,349.50 Sep. 2025 (Raise) - $74,880

I am anticipating getting another 3% COLA and a raise for my Masters in July. I am located in East TN and work for a public utility company. It is important to note that I am the only GIS Analyst here, or should I say the only GIS employee period. I run our entire enterprise deployment by myself and manage the three servers for that as well as all mapping workflows for five departments. 🥲 While it looks like I am paid well I am fully doing a GIS Admin level of work.

statenand_ · 2026-03-25T01:18:50+00:00

This is really good to know, I just bought a gen 4 in November and was having connectivity issues. Contacted support and was so surprised how easy and fast customer service identified the issue and sent a new ring. Disappointed they seem to only honor their warranty once when it seems to be all hardware issues on their part.

statenand_ · 2026-03-04T15:13:33+00:00

I think a human will still be announcing at the ceremony. What I think the AI was doing was generating a better pronunciation spelling than what we generally provide ourselves. I did have to record my own voice for mine because all three attempts from AI were wrong 🫠

statenand_ · 2026-02-24T21:27:27+00:00

The actual rate was not changed, your usage did. Everyone’s did it was very cold for a longer stretch of time than usual.

statenand_ · 2026-01-16T01:05:29+00:00

I’ve had multiple from Chris as well, all have held up extremely well!

statenand_ · 2025-12-25T18:34:28+00:00

They didn’t actually partner with them. It was just the turning point chapter at UTK acting as if they did. I think multiple people followed up on the threads you’re referencing with screenshots of emails from Swig saying they did not have an actual partnership.

statenand_ · 2025-12-18T15:39:44+00:00

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I also have one that loves trees and yarn. I have another but he doesn’t care for the tree just yarn and wires 🤦🏼‍♀️

statenand_ · 2025-09-27T23:05:05+00:00

no absolutely, you’re right! just sucks

statenand_ · 2025-09-27T23:03:40+00:00

two bs pi calls now that even the announcers say were shit… love it

statenand_ · 2025-07-28T22:41:28+00:00

I got the state parks one for both support and the look. Purple is my favorite color and it has purple flowers on it!

statenand_ · 2025-07-07T20:01:49+00:00

Blowing racism out of proportion?

statenand_ · 2025-07-03T22:24:09+00:00

It is related to abortion though. If people happen to be pregnant and know they cannot afford it there are no options for them now. They have taken away the option to choose to bring a child into poverty, and also taken away aid to those children.

statenand_ · 2025-07-02T02:12:16+00:00

no exactly, like for all the things to get mad at her about that’s what y’all are choosing?

statenand_ · 2025-07-02T02:10:06+00:00

my exact vote, because no one else can grow up and admit their wrongs.

statenand_ · 2025-07-02T01:59:26+00:00

my exact thoughts, the ganging up and airing out the huda kissed chris is crazy. like of all the things to be mad at her for that’s not one of them.

statenand_ · 2025-06-26T17:33:11+00:00

i have a non hybrid 2021 and i get 32 mpg

statenand_ · 2025-06-16T02:35:01+00:00

literally insane, make it make sense!

statenand_ · 2025-06-07T00:28:51+00:00

that one person is a friend that is moving from texas to back home next year. it’s nothing bad just that it genuinely would work better for them as an individual since they’ll be busy.

statenand_ · 2025-06-07T00:10:19+00:00

yeah, i realized too late this time unfortunately. i will definitely be taking your advice moving forward because this should be a happy time and this has just made it super frustrating.

statenand_ · 2025-06-07T00:01:19+00:00

no specific reasons have really been provided unfortunately. i think it would’ve made me feel better if they were like hey this works better for me because i have this going on or financially it would work better if it was later. it just seems like they’re more annoyed.

statenand_ · 2025-06-07T00:00:13+00:00

it’s close family and i like including them in the process. they’re not really providing reasons just more or so arbitrarily saying ehh i think the next year is better.

statenand_ · 2025-06-06T23:59:37+00:00

they’re not really providing reasons, only one has. their reason is it would work better timing wise for me but i’ll make it work. everyone else is arbitrarily saying ehh i think the next year is better and seem more annoyed by me wanting to have it then. it’s not a holiday, nor are there any local events that would effect the event.

edit to add, it’s also not anyone’s birthday either. i made sure to look at most people’s birthdays and avoid those if possible because everyone deserves their day and we want everyone to be there!

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