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23. No, I cannot work from my home!

Sat Jun 18, 2022, 08:47 AM

Jun 2022

Certain things can not be done remotely, and my job is most definitely one of them.

I have had this job, with increasing degrees of rank and responsibility, but same field, and same outfit, for 47 years. I know what can be done from afar, and that is just about nothing, outside of the paperwork.

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The joys of traveling in Europe in the summer: beware! [View all] DFW Jun 2022 OP

Crossing Lake Champlain on the ferry now mgardener Jun 2022 #1

Love Champlain, great fishing and views. North Hero ferry? dem4decades Jun 2022 #2

I was there MANY years ago with my parents. DFW Jun 2022 #9

That it is. Any time of year. paleotn Jun 2022 #17

Looks amazing, and driving distance from DC IronLionZion Jun 2022 #19

A lobster roll is running 35-40. A luxury, but worth it. Tomconroy Jun 2022 #3

I just hope I can get to Boston in ten days. DFW Jun 2022 #10

The cape is a long drive from DC but it could be done in a day. Tomconroy Jun 2022 #34

We heard the same thing about rental cars DFW Jun 2022 #41

I don't remember.... Are Germany, Spain and Holland 3Hotdogs Jun 2022 #4

I'm sure they are DFW Jun 2022 #11

But I would live there in a heartbeat. France. My love. CurtEastPoint Jun 2022 #5

Better get yourself a house "avec la clim." DFW Jun 2022 #13

Yep. I have friends in Paris right now and they are kvetching. CurtEastPoint Jun 2022 #16

I'm there once a week for work. I know all too well. DFW Jun 2022 #21

It was 38 here in Aix yesterday - No humidity though. 25 at 8AM today. GoneOffShore Jun 2022 #51

I haven't been to Aix-en-P in over 40 years DFW Jun 2022 #52

The apricots haven't been bad, but the cherries have been wonderful. GoneOffShore Jun 2022 #53

I'm sure it has. DFW Jun 2022 #54

Brutal schedule! Alice Kramden Jun 2022 #6

That makes two of us!! DFW Jun 2022 #15

Politely suggest a nearby hotel Alice Kramden Jun 2022 #32

That has met with varying degress of success DFW Jun 2022 #33

things are seriously wrong with the world lanlady Jun 2022 #7

German trains haven't run on time for many years now. DFW Jun 2022 #8

Forget lobster. Try the hot dogs -or anything- at the great snack shack at Herring FailureToCommunicate Jun 2022 #12

They will get no competition from me. DFW Jun 2022 #18

Stealing the copper cable over the tracks unc70 Jun 2022 #14

It has been going on here for years. DFW Jun 2022 #26

Why all the country hopping? Can't you work from home? SharonClark Jun 2022 #20

No, I cannot work from my home! DFW Jun 2022 #23

I am bound for Berlin BlueMTexpat Jun 2022 #22

We saw that about the CDC DFW Jun 2022 #27

I've only been to Berlin once BlueMTexpat Jun 2022 #40

Templehof!! Those WERE the days! DFW Jun 2022 #42

The joys of travel, even in countries with good infrastructure.... paleotn Jun 2022 #24

The Germans invade Holland every summer, especially for the North Sea Beaches. DFW Jun 2022 #28

Sometimes it seems your life is one long re-run of "The Out of Towners." n/t malthaussen Jun 2022 #25

You wouldn't be far off the mark with that comment! DFW Jun 2022 #29

Not much chance of having your flight home hijacked to Cuba... malthaussen Jun 2022 #30

With my luck, probably Albania. DFW Jun 2022 #31

Wellfleet oysters and clams are the best in the world tavernier Jun 2022 #35

When my kids were small I had a job traveling, all over the US and parts of Europe, 70% of the time. NNadir Jun 2022 #36

I can't speak for the rest of it, but wryter2000 Jun 2022 #37

The best lobster roll I've had is at the Friendly Fisherman in Eastham. Lonestarblue Jun 2022 #38

I am sorry to hear about your transportation delays. BMW2020RT Jun 2022 #39

You must have met a "Kegelklub." DFW Jun 2022 #43

Thanks, you've reminded me why I'm so lucky to now work from home !!! OnDoutside Jun 2022 #44

Every week for months? DFW Jun 2022 #45

I don't know how you could do that ! I did it for 10 years and I was OnDoutside Jun 2022 #46

I could do it for several reasons DFW Jun 2022 #47

Speaking the language makes such a difference without a doubt. OnDoutside Jun 2022 #50

Sorry to hear about all the travel woes. And the price of lobster -- highplainsdem Jun 2022 #48

Clams, scallops, cod, almost anything caught in the Atlantic DFW Jun 2022 #49

I just returned from two weeks in the UK Shrek Jun 2022 #55

The UK is not the EU DFW Jun 2022 #56

It was just luck Shrek Jun 2022 #57

You dodged a lot of inconvenient bullets DFW Jun 2022 #58

Try taking long distance on Amtrak in the U.S. Wonder Why Jun 2022 #59

I have never done that DFW Jun 2022 #60