When's Day Morning Thread

See if my vacation request is granted. I put in for 8 Fridays starting on the 23rd this month. I have 15 days worth to use, and my boss was on me to at least you some of them when I last talked to him (forever ago it seems) I put it so that it also gives me Nov 27th, Christmas & New Years off as well since those are holidays on our calendar and not having to use vacation.
 
ill said:
DOE in Idaho Falls

working on new nuclear technology
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what kind of work do you do? I remember there was (is?) a navy training reactor out there, but I ended up in New York instead.
 
Gatorchip said:
what kind of work do you do? I remember there was (is?) a navy training reactor out there, but I ended up in New York instead.
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I do engineering at a nuclear plant in MD. My degree is in Chemical Engineering, but I have done mostly mechanical and some electrical over the last few years.
 
ill said:
I mean, at first glance it looks like a cool spot. Near Yellowstone and Jackson Hole...I googled tennis leagues already, but not golf...

I don't need a busy city center to be happy...and it looks like I can easily find activities to keep me busy.
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To be far, Idaho Falls is not Arco, which is where I lived. Arco is about 25 miles or so from the "site" and about 65 miles west of Idaho Falls. Arco's claim to fame was it was the first town lit by atomic power, which was generated from the nuc site. Arco is situated on a high desert/prairie plane surrounded by sagebrush and jackrabbits.

I'm not sure what facility IF has now with the site, but I know there were caravans of buses that took workers out to the site back in the day. When my wife and I dropped out of the mountains and hit the long straight highway that led to the site, at sunset, with scores of buses around us and barbed wire with federal warning signs, I said aloud, "We are now in the Twilight Zone.

Idaho Falls is not a bad town and is on the edge between lots of cool outdoor activities and the nothingness that is central Idaho. The park is relatively close by. The western and norther parts of the state are also quite scenic.

Heavily Mormon area.
 
ill said:
I do engineering at a nuclear plant in MD. My degree is in Chemical Engineering, but I have done mostly mechanical and some electrical over the last few years.
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So you likely work with a lot of my kind. God bless you.
 
MTVike said:
To be far, Idaho Falls is not Arco, which is where I lived. Arco is about 25 miles or so from the "site" and about 65 miles west of Idaho Falls. Arco's claim to fame was it was the first town lit by atomic power, which was generated from the nuc site. Arco is situated on a high desert/prairie plane surrounded by sagebrush and jackrabbits.

I'm not sure what facility IF has now with the site, but I know there were caravans of buses that took workers out to the site back in the day. When my wife and I dropped out of the mountains and hit the long straight highway that led to the site, at sunset, with scores of buses around us and barbed wire with federal warning signs, I said aloud, "We are now in the Twilight Zone.

Idaho Falls is not a bad town and is on the edge between lots of cool outdoor activities and the nothingness that is central Idaho. The park is relatively close by. The western and norther parts of the state are also quite scenic.

Heavily Mormon area.
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Couer D'Alene so glorious.
 
MTVike said:
To be far, Idaho Falls is not Arco, which is where I lived. Arco is about 25 miles or so from the "site" and about 65 miles west of Idaho Falls. Arco's claim to fame was it was the first town lit by atomic power, which was generated from the nuc site. Arco is situated on a high desert/prairie plane surrounded by sagebrush and jackrabbits.

I'm not sure what facility IF has now with the site, but I know there were caravans of buses that took workers out to the site back in the day. When my wife and I dropped out of the mountains and hit the long straight highway that led to the site, at sunset, with scores of buses around us and barbed wire with federal warning signs, I said aloud, "We are now in the Twilight Zone.

Idaho Falls is not a bad town and is on the edge between lots of cool outdoor activities and the nothingness that is central Idaho. The park is relatively close by. The western and norther parts of the state are also quite scenic.

Heavily Mormon area.
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if it gets to that, I would go out for a visit to see the area...

looks like there would be some fantastic fly fishing out there too
 
ill said:
I mean, at first glance it looks like a cool spot. Near Yellowstone and Jackson Hole...I googled tennis leagues already, but not golf...

I don't need a busy city center to be happy...and it looks like I can easily find activities to keep me busy.
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hells canyon
ski resort
fly fishing
hot Cali women
Salt Lake City
birds of prey


youll love it
 
Handicappers said:
hells canyon
ski resort
fly fishing
hot Cali women
Salt Lake City
birds of prey


youll love it
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I like its potential right now...

I didn't realize how far west it was...my middle America geography is terrible.
 
ill said:
that's no where near Idaho Falls...
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I mean, they are both in Idaho...

I already referred to Idaho Falls as a bumfuck town, because that's what it is...
 
Flavortown Tebow said:
I mean, they are both in Idaho...

I already referred to Idaho Falls as a bumfuck town, because that's what it is...
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I currently live in bumfuck MD, so I can handle that sort of thing just fine.
 
MTVike said:
Quite beautiful. I'm afraid the richie riches may be taking over the area, though.
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That place is basically Vermont in flyover country. Turned down a job there. Too middle of nowhere for me.
 
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