Anyone actually affected by the shutdown? (Page 5)

Please see entitlement generation thread.  We're entitled to have everything perfect all the time.  

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Oh, and I hope I get an "I survived the shutdown" trophy

I agree.  I've had to endure a ton of whining form the talking heads on both sides saying it's the other guys fault.  I'm not sure if I'll be able to recover from it.  ;-)

favorite post of the thread^^^x100

interesting update

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2013/10/shutdown_leverage_forget_obamacare_republicans_are_using_the_shutdown_as.html

A little levity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3a1hh1hHQ

my vendor had to drive here rather than fly his personal jet because his airport is not staffed.

the horror

It's beginning to affect the industry I work in. The FAA's registration office has been deemed non-essential (even though it was deemed "essential" in previous shut downs) so airplanes cannot be delivered to customers. 

My boyfriend works at a private jet manufacturer and they simply are not getting paid for any deliveries during this time. That's a bunch of cash that is immediately impacting their operations. 

Article link

Also:
Sikorsky will furlough 2000 workers if this is still going on by Oct. 7 (3 days away). I imagine other companies with large defense contracts will follow.

pretty sure my husband is going to lose his job offer with booz allen since they can't get him the security clearance he needs to take over the project he is supposed to manage

Wow. That stinks. 

a good friend of mine was getting married this weekend at the jefferson memorial... its been hell for them. they just got the location changed so its still going on, but that really sucks.

i was going to do the woodrow wilson HM in DC since i was going to be up for the wedding, but its been postponed til november now... just going to hop on the Mt Vernon trail despite the closure for my long run this weekend while im up that way.

Just how stupid are these people? 

http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2013/10/yes-mr-chairman-feds-paychecks-could-get-delayed/71370/?oref=voices-module

a bunch of us did Seagull Century this weekend and went through Assateague Island in MD.  The only reason I do this ride is to see the Chincoteague ponies, but none were around.  The joke was guess the ponies got tucked away on the shutdown too.  

But it was sad to see some of the volunteers for rest stops were rangers that WERE on furlough for the shutdown.  I chatted with a few of them and they are distraught to have their parks closed.

Between that and the Lockheed Martin pink slips, and being in the DC area where a bunch of my friends are gov't contractors, I find it really depressing.  I'm very concerned for my single income friends that are going to be hurting.

This is an interesting story about residents who live on Lake Mead in Nevada, which sits on Federal land, being told to evacuate. 

 “They are all vacation homes and everybody who lives in them are considered visitors,” she said. “If anybody needs to gather their personal belongings, we’re not going to deny them access. They can go do that. They just can’t spend the nights there or have barbecues during the day.

You mean to tell me that these folks can't use their vacation homes and have to make due with their regular homes??  That's horrible!!

By the same argument, the First Family should evacuate the White House.

Ok by me. 

Now you're going to try and use logic when discussing this idiocy........... let me know how that goes for you.