Al's Blog-o-Sphere

Yes, it’s finally true. I’ve joined the ranks of the retired. I signed the papers today and as of the first of October am officially retired from Delphi/General Motors/Harrison Radiator.

Thirty years at the same plant. It’s funny how much it’s the same in some ways and how much it’s changed in others. Continue Reading…

I wonder if you’ve been following the controversial goings on with the owners of Pets Plus and the Erie County SPCA? In case you missed it, in a nutshell, the SPCA raided the pet shop and seized a number of animals, many of them reptiles, that they claim were not being cared for properly. While in the care of the SPCA, a number of animals died, which the SPCA blamed on the poor condition of the animals and the shop blamed on the SPCA.

A lawsuit ensued along with a lot of accusations in the press and daily updates on a sign in front of the shop. I read the sign every day on my ride to work and found it always interesting.

The suit ended up with almost total vindication of the pet store. The animals were returned. I don’t recall if the store had to pay for the animals care, something the SPCA wanted along with punitive fees, or not. But they were clear victors in both the court and press. Continue Reading…

Okay, as I sit here on sick leave, I promised I would write some more about where I work. Call it therapy.

Everyone (who doesn’t work there) thinks that everyone at Delphi just goes out on sick leave anytime they want. I worked for 25 years before I ever used sick leave and when I didn’t use it, I got screwed. Continue Reading…

Well, it finally happened. I wrote in a Previous post about the pedestrian-unfriendly design of the Rite Aid drug store up the street from me.

Well, Rite Aid in it’s plan for world-domination, has purchased Eckards Drug and now, once again has a surplus of stores in Lockport. Continue Reading…