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Post by acttwo on Sept 6, 2017 7:39:06 GMT -5
Hey, I thought I was taking up the Mt P mantle now that christina has dropped it. merlot , I too was so tempted, but I got a call saying my 90-ish father was having computer issues, so was too busy playing tech support to go into the application. Ignore Foghorn, you will end up in some lovely, winemaking region. Someplace nice so we can come visit! Smile! Mt Pleasant is in a winemaking region. Ack! It was late, I forgot! I will be drummed out of the Michigan lovers club! ok, if I ever get a score and am lucky enough to get Mt P, I will send you a bottle or so of the local wine, gary. If memory now serves, they often have a lovely ice wine.
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Post by JudgeKnot on Sept 6, 2017 8:17:19 GMT -5
Hey, I thought I was taking up the Mt P mantle now that christina has dropped it. merlot , I too was so tempted, but I got a call saying my 90-ish father was having computer issues, so was too busy playing tech support to go into the application. Ignore Foghorn, you will end up in some lovely, winemaking region. Someplace nice so we can come visit! Smile! Mt Pleasant is in a winemaking region. What? There might be some wine made there, but I wouldn't call it a winemaking region. It doesn't have the soil or climate for wine. The Grand Traverse area is a winemaking region, but that's two hours northwest of Mt. Pleasant. Maybe gary was trying some kind of reverse psychology to get people to actually want to go to Mt. Dismal.
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Post by gary on Sept 6, 2017 9:03:23 GMT -5
Mt Pleasant is in a winemaking region. Ack! It was late, I forgot! I will be drummed out of the Michigan lovers club! ok, if I ever get a score and am lucky enough to get Mt P, I will send you a bottle or so of the local wine, gary. If memory now serves, they often have a lovely ice wine. They have ice everything.
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Post by gary on Sept 6, 2017 9:04:50 GMT -5
Mt Pleasant is in a winemaking region. What? There might be some wine made there, but I wouldn't call it a winemaking region. It doesn't have the soil or climate for wine. The Grand Traverse area is a winemaking region, but that's two hours northwest of Mt. Pleasant. Maybe gary was trying some kind of reverse psychology to get people to actually want to go to Mt. Dismal. How can you tell the soul's not right without chipping through the permafrost?
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Post by JudgeKnot on Sept 6, 2017 9:08:07 GMT -5
Who's accusing whom of having a frozen soul? You're being brutal today gary . Maybe if I get some Angel's envy, it'll thaw my soul. Which brings to mind, why do people say "unthaw" when they talk about melting or defrosting something? I hear it all the time. Folks, if you "unthaw" something, you aren't thawing it.
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Post by gary on Sept 6, 2017 9:09:46 GMT -5
Who's accusing whom of having a frozen soul? You're being brutal today gary. Typo. But I'll leave it because I like your joke.
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Post by rp on Sept 6, 2017 9:12:00 GMT -5
Who's accusing whom of having a frozen soul? You're being brutal today gary . Typo. But I'll leave it because I like your joke. Gotta love auto correct! Hilarious -- and no one upset rhd by explaining it, please!
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Post by merlot on Sept 6, 2017 9:16:46 GMT -5
Sweet dreams of Mount Pleasant! Hey, I thought I was taking up the Mt P mantle now that christina has dropped it. merlot , I too was so tempted, but I got a call saying my 90-ish father was having computer issues, so was too busy playing tech support to go into the application. Ignore Foghorn, you will end up in some lovely, winemaking region. Someplace nice so we can come visit! Smile! Any place is nice .... as long as you have wine!
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Post by hope2017 on Sept 6, 2017 10:44:00 GMT -5
Ann Arbor has a really interesting store where everything is made out of cherries or cherry wood. I think I saw cherry wine. Maybe Mt. Pleasant has a bumper crop of cherries to produce cherry wine during its one month of spring/summer each year.
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Post by foghorn on Sept 6, 2017 10:51:24 GMT -5
Ann Arbor has a really interesting store where everything is made out of cherries or cherry wood. I think I saw cherry wine. Maybe Mt. Pleasant has a bumper crop of cherries to produce cherry wine during its one month of spring/summer each year. And if they don't, who knows, fellow alj's may have already started an artisanal cherry wine or cherry cordial cellar! 'Bout time Cherry Kijafa had some competition.
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Post by foghorn on Sept 6, 2017 10:52:35 GMT -5
Trust me, if Mt.Pleasant was within 4-4.5 hours drive of where I live, I'd have put them down on my GAL. This time 'round I veered in favor of the more distant drive.
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Post by JudgeKnot on Sept 6, 2017 11:11:26 GMT -5
Interestingly, cherry orchards and vineyards thrive in the same agricultural zones. There aren't many cherries grown around Mt. P., but they'd certainly have easy access to cherries if they wanted to do something with them.
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Post by hope2017 on Sept 12, 2017 12:16:07 GMT -5
I was just officially notified by email about an hour ago that my appeal has been terminated due to my pending ALJ reapplication. Nothing unexpected.
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Post by joeybear on Sept 12, 2017 20:00:40 GMT -5
I was just officially notified by email about an hour ago that my appeal has been terminated due to my pending ALJ reapplication. Nothing unexpected. Me too. That's the quickest thing I've ever seen OPM do.
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Post by rp on Sept 13, 2017 9:09:34 GMT -5
I was just officially notified by email about an hour ago that my appeal has been terminated due to my pending ALJ reapplication. Nothing unexpected. Me too. That's the quickest thing I've ever seen OPM do. I imagine there is someone sitting at a computer terminal all jittery and antsy going -- Bam! Appeal terminated.....Bam! Appeal terminated. Just hoping that everyone re-applied -- just sayin....
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Post by foghorn on Sept 13, 2017 11:33:51 GMT -5
No "terminated with extreme prejudice?"
I got an email which I assume says the same thing but 1) I forgot my password 2) the hint does't accept my response 3) you can't reply to the email. Very odd. I shall write to the person last in charge of appeals. I shall not hold my breath.
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Post by phoenixrisingALJ on Sept 13, 2017 11:41:47 GMT -5
It will be interesting to know how many re-applied - anyone have any intell on that?
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Post by hope2017 on Sept 13, 2017 11:43:17 GMT -5
My email notification said, ....Notification of Issue Change, then, citing the JOA for 2017, stated " '... the reapplication will automatically terminate the appeal.' Accordingly, your appeal has been terminated." Nothing about "terminated with extreme prejudice"...not a thing.
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Post by foghorn on Sept 13, 2017 11:50:02 GMT -5
That'll be the next email.
To phoenixrising there's a poll on those that reapplied, as well as some on 2017 applicant rollcall, 2017 applicant timeline, and others.
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Post by acttwo on Sept 13, 2017 13:15:15 GMT -5
Me too. That's the quickest thing I've ever seen OPM do. I imagine there is someone sitting at a computer terminal all jittery and antsy going -- Bam! Appeal terminated.....Bam! Appeal terminated. Just hoping that everyone re-applied -- just sayin.... Me three! Now, on to the next adventure, I guess.
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