Apparently, Brett doesn’t understand that one becomes management so one has minions to do the actual work. (Do you even manager, bruh?)
But I needed a break from assembling a new dresser for our guest room. Said room will soon be occupied for an extended stay by one of our dearest European friends. We can’t wait!
Anyway! Let’s see what’s going on out there.
In this case, we actually can see what’s going on in some random places.
This story caused much discussion among TPTB this morning.
Huh. In this podcast we learn that Yiddish speakers were “depleted” in the mid-20th century.
This is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2020.
Well, how about this. Did you know if you publicly slam your employer, they may decide they don’t need your services any longer?
Speaking of employers, they can do this if they want to. It’s just silly.
One of my favorite songs about furniture, covered by two of my favorite singers.
Have a great evening, kids, and an even better weekend!
“Doctors mumble, stutter, chew, shit, pee, drive, and fuck while they’re dictating.”
Can I get a transcription of the last one?
The dictating?
Didn’t happen to me. Happened to a friend of mine, though. He was in the car driving and getting a hummer.
I never got the point of that. The steering wheel is in the way, and you need to drive.
Doesn’t work in modern cars. An old pick-up with a flat front seat…
Bench seat in the Roadmonster pictures in my avatar works good for it.
“A friend.” Right.
avatar test.
Beery
I missed it, but hadnt taken the time to reload it.
“In one such recent privacy mishap, smart IP cameras manufactured by Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi found mistakenly sharing surveillance footage of Xiaomi users with other random users without any permission.”
I mean if you can’t trust IP with a Chinese company…
“In a statement provided to Android Police, Google said it is aware of the issue and is in contact with Xiaomi to fix the problem, however, Xiaomi hasn’t yet responded.”
Android Police? Haven’t these people seen Robocop?
I like Smoking, Fuck off Slaver!
It would apply to vaping too.
How did things work out?
I quit fifteen years ago but I still have one nicotine lozenge per day because I still want a cig if I don’t have one. I’m afraid it looks like no U-Haul career for me.
Pie is coming to Arizona?
No, a different Euro. I have met said Euro. Wonderful human. You know, for a Euro.
Anyone we know?
Isn’t Pie our only Euro?
Brexit isn’t finished to JD is still in the EU.
Nah, there’s that unemployed guy.
Technically I am “in” Europe, geographically speaking, although I’m not sure that’s really been true since the last Ice Age.
I’m “on” Minnesoda
a piece that washed down 40k years ago
pass the lutefisk, eh buddy ?
Fishy, salty, gelatinous gloop. Mmmmmmmm.
*mantles over plate of lutefisk*
Get your own!
Does Groovus still count as one of us?
Sure would be nice to have him check in once in a while.
Seconded.
Thirded.
Yeah, he was planning a trip to the states, and we were talking about a meetup via email, then . . . poof.
Sadly, no.
0000FF?
I see you’re feeling blue.
The color of the year is “classic blue”, and I can’t imagine any more classic than that.
The site didn’t load properly, so I didn’t expend any effort in figuring out what they were saying.
I googled the color
247-127-0 ?
Boise St’s record since moving to FBS?
867-5309?
25 or 624?
The only good thing from Chicago.
Also, deep dish pizza.
Italian Beef is much better than pizza casserole.
Which is apparently someone’s new theme song.
Not as catchy as ‘b all that u can b’?
I looked at the link but got pulled into a Skunk Baxter vortex and slung through some Rundgren. I’m a little sick or I’d definitely start drinking and kill the rest of the day on the fretboard.
We hear you’re leaving, that’s okay
I thought our little wild time had just begun
I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run
But if you have a change of heart
First time I heard that chord progression, I found out what my special purpose was for.
I knew it before I clicked.
+ Steve Martin
hey there: didn’t know you were around
Skunk comments here are pretty much chum for Tres: I started to hear tuba before I finished typing.
I will confess to having played the tuba in high school.
999 ?
This song is also about 999
The song also contains one of my all-time favorite lyrics:
When I’m near you, girl, I get an extension
And I don’t mean Alexander Graham Bell’s invention
Nick Lowe is so awesome.
No idea. You probably have to send some $$ to Pantone to find out.
FIFTEEN FUCKING DOLLARS FOR A COLOR SWATCH?????
https://www.amazon.com/PANTONE-Smart-19-4052X-Swatch-Classic/dp/B004O7E2K4/ref=asc_df_B004O7E2K4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=193152739170&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8032985072992099741&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004668&hvtargid=pla-308317698202&th=1
Here,
https://www.google.com/search?q=classic+blue+color&rlz=1C1JZAP_enUS882US882&oq=Classic+Blue&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j0l5j69i60.5711j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Lazy bum…
FIFTEEN FUCKING DOLLARS FOR A COLOR SWATCH?????
Doesn’t surprise me at all. These people are global leaders in the graphics industry, and part of their deserved reputation rests on their ability to reproduce these colours absolutely perfectly every single time. Your swatch isn’t just a piece of paper with some paint slapped on it — it’s been engineered within an inch of its life. Similar costs exist for colour targets in the photographic industry, ferinstance. Those things ain’t cheap.
#0f4c81
https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-4052-TCX
https://www.myparkingsign.com/MPS/article_Development-of-the-ADA-Symbol.aspx
I noticed the new “sporty” handicapped symbol the other day. Was anyone bothered by the last one?
It looks like he’s falling out of the chair to me.
As someone who is handicapped and uses a handicap placard in my car, I don’t think that symbol sends the right message.
Is it implying we disabled are actually all super athletes and can race wheelchairs?
Well then perhaps we don’t need to park close to the entrance.
There’s a reason those spaces’ size and location make a difference for people like me, and it ain’t because we’re in training for the Paralympics.
Handicapable! Because acknowledging that someone else can do something you can’t is somehow the ultimate evil in the modern world.
I figure one of Andy’s buddies runs a company that gets paid to paint/design the new logo.
So not classic. To me, nothing is more classic than pure blue.
Enh, I’ll allow it. They make up their own names AFAIK. It really should be Classic Blue™.
I keep getting told that when no employees are available, the manager should be able to fill in.
I.e. If you can’t manage your people, you gonna have to do their work.
We don’t have enough staff for coverage.
It’s state government. There are too many workers, but they’re all taking part of their 53 weeks a year of PTO.
Whenever talking about government employment, “Worker” should be in air-quotes.
So then the manager becomes the employee but doesn’t need a manager. I learned a long time ago that the smarter I could make (train) the employees the easier it would be for me to get promoted. Sometimes it didn’t always work out that way but by allowing employees to make decisions it made my life easier.
“The Air Force has still not decided precisely what to do with the aircraft. (F-15C models cost $29.9 million, in 1998 dollars.)”
But why?
Speaking of employers, they can do this if they want to. It’s just silly.
I said it yesterday, but employeers will save a ton if they stop hiring people who drink coffee too…
They will lose much productivity, however.
Company bought the coffee, it more than paid for itself.
Or who don’t use the bathroom, or who have a medical condition, or who don’t have children that sometimes require their attention during work hours, or….
So, robots.
(remove both don’ts)
I think they are called “Robot-Americans”.
I hear they make excellent dating partners.
“This is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2020.”
The article couldn’t show what it looks like?
Eh. The monitor wouldn’t show it right anyway.
They probably didn’t want to spend the $15.
Subscription only
https://www.google.com/search?q=classic+blue+color&rlz=1C1JZAP_enUS882US882&oq=Classic+Blue&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j0l5j69i60.5711j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-4052-TCX
I’ll be honest, that IS a fine shade of blue.
When I was a teenager I often had balls that color.
My bedroom is (almost) that color. I’m a trend setter?
I was really pulling for “Grundy Gray” this year. So I could stop wearing pants and flaunt my new hipster grundies.
Have no fear, the noble SJWs being fired from tech companies for trashing their employers will always be able to find employment at Soros funded think tanks.
Did you know Ben Shapiro’s sister has huge boobs?
Go on…
https://twitter.com/bog_beef/status/1212519802557911040
https://www.instagram.com/classicallyabby/
Noice.
DESTROYED by FACTS and LOGIC
Does she otherwise look like Ben Shapiro?
yes: somehow we knew that
who was pining for busty Jewesses the other day?
I mean, besides me.
Me
I’ve never heard of a Jewish girl with big boobs.
¿Que? It’s a reasonably-common feature. All that Eastern European stock.
Adjust your sarcometer.
Wait, she’s Jewish?
Are her boobs really big, or is the rest of her just miniture – like Ben?
Does the BBC not delete their tweets as a matter of policy, or are they just unashamed?
The BBC knows no shame, and had to be told things like ‘a “No Whites” job advert is illegal.’ Whatever litters their twits brings them no shame.
Shame is kind of irrelevant when there’s no possibility of being held accountable in any meaningful way.
The responses are quit good.
If you’re referring to the tweet in the links, it’s been deleted now.
Ha! My personal business cards just happen to be,
Classic Blue
I had them done 6 years ago….
Happy new year Glibs! I had some time off and as usual I spent it away from electronics. Hope everyone had fun whatever holidays you celebrated.
Happy New Year!
And Bobby Hull’s Birthday!
I’m a big fan of Honourable Blue. Classic blue is less interesting.
I always called it Colonial blue.
I think it shows confidence, that’s why I use it for my cards,
Blueprint blue.
Looks good on you!
Aw, thanks, Hobbit!
Love that whole album. I wanted to name daughter 3 “Aja”.
That would have been epic.
There is just something about Steely Dan that is magical.
Blackjack may have thoughts concerning that name
My house is Luxe Blue – dunno what the Pantone number for that would be.
My bedroom color is from the same company
https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6811-honorable-blue#/6811/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS0
I like the blue of my blue king size sharpies.
Good luck U-Haul. I’ve recently had several conversations with people saying it’s damn near impossible to hire someone who can even pass a drug test lately.
I’ve had to take a drug test for every job I’ve ever had.
Except when I lived in Austin.
Maybe that’s why Fourscore Junior lives in Austin…Hmmm
Most entertaining to me was when I was a teen and got hired part time at one of those kiddie play areas. They said there was going to be a drug test (which I was mildly worried about), it was going to be a hair test (and I had long hair at the time). The manager pulled my hairs out, looked at me, and tossed them in the trash instead of putting them in the envelope for testing.
I graciously give new hires notice and an appropriate grace period (if they need it.)
Now do visible tattoos and body mutilations.
I know how to solve that.
Repeal child labor laws?
Classic Blue
*kiff sigh*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7smVBdkG_4
Delightfully heinous, Ted’S… wait a minute!
Hateful.
Classic blue
More Classic Blue
Or, the cover you’re more likely to remember.
Without the vocals is much more pleasant sounding.
Another one of Mauriat’s instrumental covers
https://youtu.be/W8KTBNZnFyU
This has nothing to do with blue, but it was in the sidebar for me.
More covers
https://youtu.be/_Ry7ISzD2xA
More blue
Something from Seiko Matsuda
https://youtu.be/JKirM4vN4uY
Classic Blue
Apple news doesn’t like me or my adblocker.
Oh, woe. How ever shall I cope?
https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/f-15-incident/
What do Windows people get with that link? For me it opens the Apple News application. Which I really would prefer not to.
On android it opens to a splash screen that I didn’t have time to read before redirecting to the original popsci webpage, I assume it would do something similar on a windows desktop if your adblock doesn’t mess up the redirect.
On firefox for android in the EU it goes to a loading/redirect screen, then to the article briefly, largely obscured by the ACCEPT COOKIES warning we get here, then just ends up at a blank white page with ‘login’ at the top, nothing else.
That’s kind of how a lot of the interweb is for a Euro-peon now. If I was at my PC I can at least try using a US proxy.
It just opened in my browser.
https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/f-15-incident/
Oh I read it already, thanks. It works fine, I just don’t like my browser opening applications on me without asking. Maybe I approved it and don’t remember.
RE: Drone striking terrorist of the year.
A series of semi-related facts/opinions: The guy was murderous scum. I don’t know why we’re still there at all. Why can’t the Iraqis deal with this? There is no good outcome. Jackasses and Pachyderms alike are warmongering, hypocritical pieces of shit. Taxpayers, unholster your KY, drop trou and bend over.
goddammit
* uncorking sound *
TMI, dude.
^this^. Thanks Q.
The Iraqis don’t deal with them because half of them support Iran.
Way past time to GTFO.
And if I hear one more moron on the radio perpetuating the “Saddam did 9-11” bullshit…
Srsly? People are still pushing that?
Just heard some schmuck call in on Mark Steyn with “we found evidence that Saddam was involved…”
Of course, Steyn didn’t call him out because he has a massive war-boner of his own.
This is one of the best takes I’ve seen so far on summing up the situation.
https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2020/01/03/col-douglas-macgregor-the-us-military-put-iran-in-control-of-iraq/
thicc?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7849695/Demi-Rose-flaunts-famous-curves-skimpy-crochet-bikini.html
I imagine sex with her would be like fucking a waterbed.
I initially read that as Demi-Rose-flaunts-skimpy-crotch-bikini and was tempted to click just to see what a crotch bikini was.
I’m not sure what one is either, but I have to believe it is far, far better than my granny’s crotchety bikini.
Would you please pass me the eye bleach?
“‘We are at a state of war’: NYC mayor’s Iran warning as Homeland Security braces for attacks on U.S. soil – and sleeper terror cells could already be here”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7849283/U-S-heightened-alert-feared-Iran-backed-sleeper-cells-retaliate.html
Did you think maybe you should have got rid of the sleeper cells first, you giant retard?
I don’t think this is going to go off into a greater war.
DeCommieo is backing private citizens being able to defend themselves against sleeper attacks or other criminals?
/not holding my breath
I’m surprised he had the energy to release 3 tweets in a row.
Then he jerked off in his kale salad, and took a nap.
Friday Funbags comin’ in bouncy and perky.
http://archive.is/WRaSX
1, 15, 18, 26, 28.
Not a bad collection.
You have to be very specific when you choose a color
A very gay yello?
It was all yellow.
Yello
Yellow
Missing
https://youtu.be/IQNBQI3UDag
Possibly gay yello.
I would have gone with this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pi-6c6jwVw
Gotta say yes.
I bet you’re curious.
Yellow that is magical and orchestral?
Well, my knife arrived.
It’s sharp, feels sturdy, looks good.
What’s the point?
pointy, with a false edge on the back.
Cut to the chase already; do you like it?
So far.
Okay, I’m officially asleep – I missed the pun thread.
Good night everyone. (i have been up since midnight save an all too short nap)
Or a short knap if it’s a flint blade.
All work and no play makes UCS a dull boy
“do you like it?”
https://makeameme.org/meme/it-will-cut-5a8082
https://me.me/i/and-it-will-kill-c9fc294baba847e8b44e52dc7b19ac1c
He’s very edgy.
clipped point, IIRC.
Needs work. If you want to get a narrowed gaze you need to hone your pun-ditry
Should be a good knife that serves you well.
Blue?
Kinda
Cameron Diaz Announces Birth of Daughter Raddix With Husband Benji Madden
Raddix?
Radicchio sounded too ethnic.
Sister to Radon
Gender non-specific radish.
LOL – thanx for the pick-me-up
Good for her and good for walling off her private life.
With her still-incredible looks I’m not quite sure why she chose a husband that looks like that guy, when she could have had me just by asking.
I never thought she was even a little attractive.
whatever xhe wants
How mathematical.
My first thought as well.
Do you suppose Cameron plotted that ?
What a basic bitch.
Her daughter is base.
Picked up cough syrup today and the new bottle has twice the dose of the last. Did I take too much now? Old bottle is at home so can’t compare the actual ingredient amounts.
+1 Purple Drank
…great minds
(note to self to refresh more)
This is getting a little too meta.
Do you see the blue in the linked article above? Is there a lot of Codeine?
No codeine, but the checkout had an age verification for it. Can’t let those 20 year cough sufferers get ahold of this stuff.
I had a 40 year old electrical engineer confess to me that, the reason he was fucking up my project so much, was because he was addicted to cough syrup.
I wasn’t his manager. He was still employed when I left.
+1 purple drank
Great minds….
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
/pours glass of sizzurp
I would get out of you let me.
Please…
Cultured degenerates call it by its proper title: “lean”.
sippin’ on some sizzurp
* “urban” lyrics may not be SFW
Be careful if has Acetaminophen.
You can pickle your liver with cumulative toxicity.
None in there, but I’m probably screwed anyways. Grew up on Tylenol.
*raises hand*
I’mma doing my best. Can’t go to sleep without Tylenol PM. Can’t stay awake without caffeine.
I thought it was the F35 that suffocated its pilots. Popsci linky no worky, too.
G induced loss of consciousness.
Your derp meter running on E? No worries! Teen Vogue has you covered!
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-sexual-consent-really-looks-like-in-college
“We often think of consensual sex as the opposite of assault.”
Ummm… duh?
“But sometimes people say yes because they are coerced.”
Coercion != consensual.
“There is an awful lot of consensual sex happening that is, as students say, “kind of rape-y,” or hurtful, or not very enjoyable for one person, or sometimes even for both.”
“Kind of rape-y” != rape. Rape either is or isn’t. And show me someone who didn’t have a regrettable, hurtful or just plain bad sexual experience at some point. That is not rape either.
“Some students do practice affirmative consent,”
Or at least they would if they could ever get someone to have sex with them.
“but many others use a range of social cues to make sense of whether or not a sexual encounter was consensual or nonconsensual.”
Again… DUH!
There’s more if your brain can take it.
” whether or not a sexual encounter was consensual or nonconsensual”
Emphasis on “was”.
I feel like they’re just researching their grievance PhD thesis when soliciting sex.
I thought solicitation was against the law?
I can’t handle the derp.
Consent can be retroactively withdrawn.
The deposit cannot be.
Planned Parenthood begs to differ.
But it can be monetized.
All I have to say is that angry sex is overrated.
It’s ok if the anger is from some irrelevant tiff. Actual, no shit substantive arguments are anti-Viagra for me.
Let me rephrase: pseudo makeup sex, but not really because you’re still pissed.
Aren’t relationships complicated enough already?
#assburgers
Maybe you weren’t angry enough… or too angry?
Thin line.
not very enjoyable for one person, or sometimes even for both
Are they rerunning their anal sex tips again?
“Some students do practice affirmative consent,”
Alone and in the privacy of their own space, with a computer turned up to 11
I’ve NEVER had regrettable sex in my life!
Unfortunately, all my partners have. So my regrettable average is stuck at 50%.
LOL
So, hand cramps?
A widespread assimilation of Jews in the former Russian Empire into the Soviet society must have been a factor in the depletion of Yiddish speakers.
What is the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, chopped liver?
It’s actually one of the few places where Yiddish is a living language. Thanks, Stalin!
Jeopardy winning answer: What is the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, chopped liver?
Original Jeopardy clue: This version of the German dish Leberpastete is found where Yiddish is a living language.
The winters are to die for!
CNTK > Tensorflow.
Fight me.
Dude, I’m still on MATLAB. What’s all this newfangled shit?
Never worked with CNTK, but tensorflow blew my simple mind.
If the visiting Euro is a Swede, just make xe assemble the dresser while xe is there.
Dresser is not from Ikea. It’s almost actual furniture.
And friend is from elsewhere anyway.
PC gaming:
For any fans of Fallout 1 & 2, be sure to add “ATOM RPG” to your wishlist. I’m enjoying it so far. Nothing spectacular, but certainly worth $5-10 on sale if you’re into these type of games.
Thanks. I’ve already got it on my wishlist, but it looks interesting. The backlog is already a big list of shame already.
Haha, same here. Not my fault though! I blame steam sales!
My backlog is big enough that I made it through the Winter sale only picking up two items (the first expansion for Scythe, which I already have in physical form) and Outward. Of course, my Steam library has over 650 games in it…
Getting pulled over for driving a truck pass the no trucks sign
https://youtu.be/p0XRmiKQ87I?t=39m40s
41:12 for the twist. Still gets a verbal warning.
Eleven seconds later, after waking up, the pilot began to recover by putting engines to idle, and pulling back on the control stick. It was the correct course of action, according to the Air Force,
Depends on the plane, I guess? My father worked on F-16s for most of his USAF career and he says that plane will default to a 2-degree climb if it has no other input from the pilot. The pilot shouldn’t have to anything special upon waking up.
I noticed that too. Sounds like a really bad procedure if it fucks up your irreplaceable plane. Good luck as transport pilot.
Just got my property tax bill, bleh.
Still pissed off about the 2018 county re-appraisel that caused my annual tax bill to increase from $1900/yr to $2900/yr, the bulk of which goes to the shitty City school district. FUCK THEM KIDS
Our school districts portion of the property tax is approaching what it would cost the per student price for the teacher if paid directly. It’s just money flushed down the drain at this point.
NJ resident just laughs.
“Laughs”
Damn you’re lucky, mine is in the $4000 range and I don’t live in a mansion.
Still laughing.
What is the % of tax to assessed value? Mine is 2/3 of a %. I believe the rate is low compared to other states but still high dollars for me.
1.4% here.
1.009% but the residential exemption knocks it down to 0.322%
$5300. But at least my non existent kids get a free education.
Almost halfway there…
Yeah, but think of all the freedoms that buys you…
Uhh…
Lol. I got ONE of my tax bills.
Some incoherent nonsense for you
Michelle Obama shock: Trump warned of stunning victory by ex-FLOTUS ahead of 2020 election
MICHELLE OBAMA could win the 2020 presidential election in the US, the professor who predicted Donald Trump’s stunning victory in 2016 has warned.
Sure, why not? We all know how successful write-in campaigns are.
We all know Hillary’s got it in the bag this time.
I’d love to see Hillary fill Harold Stassens old shoes.
G induced loss of consciousness.
Ah. At least the wings didn’t tear off (I assume).
Submitted without comment.
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/transgender-surgery-scars-are-beautiful-jazz-jennings-mom-says/
I’m NOT clicking that
No thank you
LOL PJM referred to Jazz as “him.” *wild applause*
So no more interviews or other forms of jumping in front of a camera, right?
Bee is on fire
https://babylonbee.com/news/john-bolton-cant-believe-he-quit-just-before-war-with-iran
https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-call-for-flags-to-be-flown-half-mast-to-grieve-death-of-soleimani
It’s time to fess up. Which Glib writes for the Bee?
I just love them SO MUCH.
Redcloak the Unruly
@BrewingAle
Replying to @TheBabylonBee
I miss the old Babylon Bee. Sure, these hard hitting, real news items are great, but I miss the satire.
*snort*
LO-Effing-L
I follow a group that colorizes WWII photos. This photo almost looks like it was taken recently on a movie set. Incredible job by artist that colorized it.
That really is good work.
That really looks like my grandfather. It’s really creepy.
Wow, that’s really impressive work.
wow
WOW!
He used textures from Aces High, the video game, looks great,
Very cool.
Shorpy has a collection of WWII Kodachromes that are pretty impressive.
That is cool.
The Time household is starting the new year with no more mortgage. We made the last payment on 31st. It still is not official till we get the title and deed in my mind.
Do they insert it thru the ear?
hear hear
Congrats!!!!
Congrats!
Thanks, it’s been a long road. We made many xtra payments to get out from under it as soon as possible.
Another approach is to buy 10 year bonds and simply pay off the balance when you have it on hand.
This has the advantage of financial flexibility should anything happen over the long years it takes to retire a mortgage: no “second” is required for some sudden liquidity need if you can cover it with the bonds.
The best financial decision ever. You will be amazed at the personal satisfaction, comfort and how much you’ll have left over. Take that money and put it in a sound investment program, at retirement your life will be much more enjoyable.
I admire your tenacity and planning. Good job, TL.
Fortunately/unfortunately I have an interest rate too low to make paying my house off early a sound financial decision. At least it’s only a 15 year note and will be paid of well before I retire. Congratulations Timeloose!
Same. I could pay it off, but I’m better off with that money invested (plus there’s value to liquidity).
True. I can sell part of my investments but not part of my house.
I find that the most compelling argument against early pay-off.
I think “should I pay off my mortgage” has to be top-3 most asked question on Bogleheads, with no firm consensus.
Yup.
Low rates plus high returns and the liquidity issue make investments look pretty desirable. So long as you already have an emergency fund, the risk seems worth it.
I calculated today that I could pay off my loan in 5 years. . . (22 early) but I’d also likely be leaving money on the table doing so.
Me as well. I was paying extra for a while, then looked at the (locked in) mortgage interest rate, and the average rate of return in the market, and started putting that extra into the market instead.
Yup 3 vs 10+ percent return on investment is an easy choice for me.
Mine was pretty low as well. My loan was shopped around and has changed hand three times. The last company is basically a collection agency. They have been ding everything possible to get us to make late payments. We decided to get out as soon as possible.
Peace of mind also has value.
More or less where I am, except I will need to make a lump sum payment to clear it when I retire. I can’t be retired and have a mortgage. Makes no sense to me.
Enjoy! Congrats!
Congrats!
Congratulations!
Awesome!
I say that you can not retire with a house payment. I know, I know but trying to manage a house payment on SS and an IRA is gonna be tough. If you still have to work it ain’t retirement.
^^ this.
Wow! Congratulations!!
Congrats!
Last month was also my last mortgage payment! What a coincidence! I’m really proud of myself, making extra payments was a priority for me.
And congrats to you, as well.Ya done good, Aus.
Excellent.
I do believe it’s Manhattan o’clock
Rye or Bourbon? Or?
Any preferred bitters?
Bourye.
https://thewhiskeywash.com/reviews/whiskey-review-high-west-bourye-limited-sighting-2019/
“expect an average price of $92 for a 750 mL”
Lol. I haven’t actually bought any, just riffing on “why choose”.
Update: I just ordered a bottle from TotalWine for $80. Will report back after drinking.
What is it?
It’s a mixed bourbon and rye from high west.
Sorry, for some reason, I thought wine. Bourye is good. I liked the Campfire before they jacked the price.
Rye, of course.
I feel the same way about bourbon in a Manhattan the same way other people feel about vodka in martinis.
I’ve been using Owl & Whale cherry bitters for a while now – they’re great.
Vodka martinis are a perfectly suitable adult beverage. *harumph*
They are indeed tasty, but I understand why some folks think that “vodka martini” is an oxymoron – martinis are made with gin, that vodka drink, while tasty, is not a martini.
(I don’t feel that strongly about it)
I discovered bloody Margaret’s. It’s a Bloody Mary with gin instead of vodka. At least have the decency to invent a new name for “vodka martinis”.
Agreed – come up with a new name.
The Bloody Mary with gin is a Red Snapper. When it comes to martinis, once you leave out the vermouth it can be called what it is… a chilled vodka/gin shot with an olive garnish (onion is a Gibson).
Counter source:
https://www.socialandcocktail.co.uk/cocktails/bloody-margaret/
Bloody Maria is tequila.
Looks like it’s a UK/USA split on the name with some searching. Post-prohibition, so I won’t take a strong side on it.
It just has a nice alliteration. Bloody Mary, Margaret, Maria. If you offer me a red snapper I think fish.
ex-girlfriend (OG-1X-OG) was a redhead.
Snapper had a different connotation.
What do you put your cherry bitters in?
What? A brandy Manhattan isn’t an option?
Uffda, I live too close to the Sconnies and their weird brandy fetish.
I hear tales from the locals about black berry brandy, brandy and water, etc. My brother, the one that had cirrhosis was a dried out brandy drinker. Cirrhosis is not a pleasant way to not live your life.
Milk & Honey.
This is Great!,
https://twitter.com/Qasam_Soleimani/status/1213138300128694275
A classic from The Onion
That is a world-class trolling job.
“Stop asking if there’s goats down here.
This is hell, not heaven.”
https://twitter.com/Qasam_Soleimani/status/1213184983793389569
That has got to be a Glib.
https://fox56.com/news/local/42-year-old-behind-bars-for-allegedly-raping-a-6-year-old-girl
Quite the mugshot.
Also, that scumbag is gonna have a rough time in prison. At least, I hope so.
The herpes all over his face may save him.
He looks skeevy enough and if he did these things prison justice is warranted, but the rash of ‘repressed memory’ bullshit back in the late ’80s early ’90s makes me a bit skeptical of an eleven year old’s testimony about a 2015 crime.
I don’t. if the proper sentence is repeated sodomizing then the government should have to make that the sentence.
Not have it happen because they are too corrupt and incompetent to run a prison institution.
Agreed. If we are going to have vigilante justice, let’s do away with the police state and save some money.
It’s been my understanding that kiddie diddlers are roughed up in prison, not so much ass raped. *shrug*
I don’t think he’ll live more than a week.
Fox just reported we blew up two more vehicles tonight in Iraq.
I said a couple of days ago that Iran needs to watch it’s shit. They apparently didn’t listen. And Trump is pissed he was pushed into this, so he’s going to kick their ass even harder.
It’s a stupid move in a country that doesn’t want us there that borders a country that really doesn’t want us there but maybe we’ll be able to kill our way to peace and a stable federal Iraqi republic.
SHUT THE FUCK UP, LIBTARD!
I agree. We should take the murder of Americans like a man. Maybe even blame a video and send them a bill in cash so they don’t get mad.
SHUT THE FUCK UP, TRUMPTARD!
I’m all for libertarian ideals. In this case the NAP was not violated.
I think the issue being discussed was more “a good way for Americans to not get killed is to not be there in the first place.”
I’m not shedding any tears for Gen. Salami.
A couple of drone strikes is a little different than Bush sending 100,000 troops into Iraq.
Still throwing good money after bad.
Good money being relative of course…
Meh, it’s fiat currency, so…
The US hates the vehicles. Stay away from the vehicles!
He hates these cans!
/ily
You know what other Jerk explains people’s jokes?
That sounded harsh in retrospect. 😉
Steve Martin?
Apropos of nothing, I NEED this desk.
Is that the gay yellow and blue of the year from up thread?
*golf clap*
It can be anything you want it to be. But what it IS is powder-coated enamel. *swoon*
Also, it is a tanker, and I love those.
Yeah, they rock — when I was much younger, the Alberta government was practically giving these things away via their asset disposal arm (usually via auction); I was too intimidated by their weight/size to go buy one. They may not be stylish, but they really should be called “tanks,” not “tankers.”
If we only had 20/20 foresight. Even unfinished, they’re going for a lot of money.
The one I have is a model from the 70s and is not collectible (yet). I have seen others now on FB for $5. People just want them hauled away. It makes it easier for me to let it go if I have to when we move, knowing I can easily find another, and I have a truck to haul it.
I had one, grey, but the top was sort of stone veneer.
https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1213221833081794560
To be fair, I don’t Hillary could move that fast.
Awesome
https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1213221833081794560
Did drugs fall out of Warren’s ass?
This is a lemon:
https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1213170673994084353
I remember CNN’s article about Obama sitting on the can playing Candy Crush Saga on his phone when al-Awlaki’s Colorado-born teenage son was vaporized by a Hellfire missile, don’t you?
OMG the reply is priceless, though:
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Meanwhile Soleimani was eating Iraqi Road.
Exxxxxxxxxxxxcellent, Smithers!
+1 chunky monkey.
Chunky Monkey = MojeauxCat #1
“Florida man wakes up to find another man sucking on his toes”
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/weird/wtflorida/bradenton-man-wakes-up-having-toes-sucked-on/67-0d3c6695-6262-4939-9284-680647b07ead
Biden was in FL?
@HM, I read the conversational analysis articles you linked earlier. I skimmed the legend of transcription marks, then went on to the transcript. I found it oddly intuitive, especially the hh and .hh. I have, in fact, used “Hhhhhhh,” for a sigh in dialogue. The “er:m” was also something I could “hear” intuitively.
What I am still not clear on is what exactly, it’s used for generally speaking. Is it to evaluate for lies or to indicate facial expressions or for spying purposes or … ? What is its practical application other than linguistics?
Conversation analysis is a methodology that, usually, is used to examine how chunks of discourse are used to accomplish things in everyday life. One famous study looked at how we answer the telephone and discovered the “rules” of a telephone greeting. You probably never thought about it but there are 4 basic rules to answering the phone
1.) The person who calls must say “Hello” after the person who answers picks-up.
2.) The person who answers can choose how to respond based on how he or she identifies/recognizes the caller. This explains why we can answer “Hello?” with “Hello, [person I know]” or “Who’s calling please?”
3.) Once the interlocutors have identified each other, they exchange greetings
4.) After the exchange of greetings, the enter the “how are you sequence”
Does every single telephone greeting follow that exact sequence? No. But these studies are famous because they have a huge sample size and used it to generalize the following routine.
So what are the practical applications? One is customer service training. Particularly in a multilingual context. Another popular area that applies CA is nursing and medicine for studying and teaching how to conduct useful and informative patient-caregiver interaction. I teach CA because they tell me to, but in my field, it has become a popular framework to understand second language acquisition. What are the spoken discourse structures of learning a language when speaking that language?
So in second language acquisition/discourse structures, could that be, for instance, learning the rules for how to conduct a negotiation over an item/haggle at a bazaar? (That was the first thing that came to mind.)
I have, a little, because in Germany you answer the phone with your last name. (Or the last name of the householder.)
I think about it whenever someone does something wildly different.
knew someone once who would answer the phone with, “Go” meaning, “Speak.” I found that fascinating and I asked myself, “What type of person would be most likely to use that as a greeting?” I decided an Aspie would, so I made one of my Aspie characters do that.
Cosmo Kramer?
Did he? I have seen very few episodes.
A couple times. I think it’s a play on Gordon Gekko-style alpha male-ing.
I’ve heard far too many youngish people say “Go for {insert name here}” when answering their cellphones, particularly if they’re wearing a Bluetooth earwig/headset. Annoying.
In the Azores (Portuguese) they answer the phone “Diga!” which means “speak” (literally, “say it”).
I’ve often thought about answering the phone that way (I seldom answer the phone).
They’re going to have to do another study. If I get call from a number I don’t recognize, I answer with, “Who the fuck is this?”
My husband will answer, “This is Michael,” very tersely.
I have had to make a conscious effort to change my greeting.
“Hello?”
“Hi, is this Mrs. Mojo?”
“Who is asking, please?”
Normally I would say yes and THEN say, “Who’s calling?” But because of phone scammers who just want you to say “yes” to have recorded proof you “agreed” to purchase something, I no longer say “yes” or anything that could be taken as affirmative.
That’s a bit more polite. TBH, the real conversation is always the same. “Moshi, moshi” followed by a dozen or so “hai”.
The lack of scripted conversations in English compared to Japanese frustrates my friends to no end.
Oth, learning them all in Japanese is mendokusai.
Uhnn, uhnnn.
Sou, sou, Sou…
Just the phone or other social interactions too?
“Hi, how are you?”
“Fine, you?”
“Good, thanks. Hey, are you bringing cookies tomorrow?”
We have scripts.
Male scripts:
Hey
Hey
How’s it going.
Meh, wanna grab a beer?
Sure.
“Just the phone or other social interactions too?”
Other social interactions. For example, we have pre-new year’s greetings and post new year’s greetings for “Happy New Year”.
And heaven forbid you miss the post-one. I’m not sure when it’s OK not to wish somebody “Happy New Year”, but it seems it might be OK by March… straff may have more experience there…
My step-brother answers his phone with “Marketing”. So it sounds like you’ve dialed into some company somewhere – only if you know him would you expect to hear that and know who you’re talking to.
I’ve been known to answer the phone here in the US in Japanese just to screw with the telemarketers.
I was hoping they would trash my number, but the persistent bastards just keep ordering me to speak English.
That when I’m annoyed you can’t really curse in Japanese.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENXgQQoXYAImlK9.jpg:large
Lol
I thought more like this…
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fe8plhzo88yl11.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fcats%2Fcomments%2F9ffl34%2Fcollecting_a_herd_of_sheep_is_easy_it_is%2F&tbnid=yT096GWWZR71XM&vet=12ahUKEwiR56rP2-jmAhVBATQIHdIuDBUQMygaegQIARBP..i&docid=hOTfP-qnDHW8CM&w=700&h=465&q=herd%20of%20cats&ved=2ahUKEwiR56rP2-jmAhVBATQIHdIuDBUQMygaegQIARBP
Okay, tater. That got a chuckle out of me.
That’s how it do be.
Why are they wearing eyeliner?
And mascara.
Lunatics. Insane lunatics.
https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/12/18/portlanders-can-rest-and-be-welcome-outside-private-buildings-the-planning-commission-affirms/
LOL, wut?
Oh lord, I couldn’t even make it through the first sentence without an eye-roll.
I made it a little further.
The PSC yesterday debated the meaning of the word “rest”
Holy hell. Your “leaders” at work, Portland.
The burning of the trees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twVUZkiCi2U
Which one of you assholes is this.
Don’t know which pisses me off more, the waste of the bullet or the waste of beer.
White Claw, apparently.
Warren’s Injun name?
The Libertarian party could and has done worse.
I’d take that guy over Bill Weld.
The people replying are mostly awful.
Dude, I can still hear you.
So..I’d say rebellermedia.com is worth it if you’re a movie fan. Also…listening to the new podcast “across the movie aisle”…Suderman does not seem very libertarian – particularly in the Richard Jewell discussion.
I’m not entirely sure when Suder-man has seemed libertarian. He straight up said he doesn’t care about the federal spendapalooza, national debt, etc (on one of the Monday podcasts many moons ago). He is very much a man of the Kochistani state media wherein he serves. He sometimes writes an interesting piece or two but he’s not a libertarian. It’s not so much a case of “no true Scotsman” as it is simply “Peter Suderman is not a libertarian”.
We Glibs, herded cats we may be, are far more Libertarian than the Reasonoids could ever hope to be…
Why don’t we test this out?
Finish the sentence, “I’m so libertarian,…”
Im so libertarian that I dont label myself as libertarian
I’m so libertarian, I have orphan bones ground into my cocaine.
OK time for an update,
Wendy went in for heart surgery about 8:30 local time, and so far she seems to be alive, at least. they replaced several valves and did another periicardial drain, she on a ventilator and all that Doctor Bullshit, but what a great hospital, world class care, thank God. I’m going up tommorow to see what the aftermath is, but She lives, and that’s cool,
Damn Yusef…thoughts and prayers from my household. In Vegas area let me know and can hook you up with some home cooked meals or a place to sleep.
I may take you up up on a crash pad for a night, BhC is 2 hours each way,
We are in vegas. Email handle@gmail.com
Ill make up some story you are an old military buddy to my wife.
Veterans of the Culture Wars…
Glad things are as good as they can be. Safe travels tomorrow. Best wishes for Wendy.
Best wishes for you and Wendy.
I hope things turn out as well as possible. You guys are in my thoughts