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Another thing I'll never miss about the military:

Getting a phone call at 5 am telling me to get my uniform on immediately -- don't shower or shave -- and come into work ASAP.

And what's it for? A piss test. It affected a couple hundred people (the whole Group), but still. Luckily I've played this fucking game before and knew not to piss until I got to work.
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This cropped up in the TL today:



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A US Open linesman died after being hit in the dick by a Stefan Edberg serve.
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mister d wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:25 am A US Open linesman died after being hit in the dick by a Stefan Edberg serve.
Hadn't heard that one before. It's true, but you omitted the part that he fell and hit his head and that's what killed him. http://legendsrevealed.com/sports/2012/ ... nt-page-1/

Still, pretty crazy.
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It felt like the proper time for sensational but technically accurate phrasing.
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The current base price of the Tesla Model S is $69,420.

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I just received a text notice from the county that a mountain lion was sighted at an address that is 1.2 miles from my home. Yow.
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sancarlos wrote: Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:25 pm I just received a text notice from the county that a mountain lion was sighted at an address that is 1.2 miles from my home. Yow.
Next door neighbor at my old house posted a video of a black bear hanging out in my front yard. Pretty big one. There have been an abnormal number of bears around town all summer. Extremely high number of squirrels and chipmunks, too. Now I'm seeing a ton of FB posts about squirrels eating people's pumpkins, which I've never heard. Acorns haven't fallen yet, which usually happens several weeks ago, so the squirrels are eating jack-o-lanterns. Strange times...
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The Sybian wrote: Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:43 pm
sancarlos wrote: Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:25 pm I just received a text notice from the county that a mountain lion was sighted at an address that is 1.2 miles from my home. Yow.
Next door neighbor at my old house posted a video of a black bear hanging out in my front yard. Pretty big one. There have been an abnormal number of bears around town all summer.
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BSF21 wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:38 am
The Sybian wrote: Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:43 pm
sancarlos wrote: Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:25 pm I just received a text notice from the county that a mountain lion was sighted at an address that is 1.2 miles from my home. Yow.
Next door neighbor at my old house posted a video of a black bear hanging out in my front yard. Pretty big one. There have been an abnormal number of bears around town all summer.
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Soundtrack in my head every time I saw a bear posting. Someone on FB encountered the bear while running around the high school property and asked how they should have reacted. Tempted to post the song, which said nothing about taking out your phone, filming the bear and posting to FB while still standing near the bear.
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The Sybian wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:11 am
BSF21 wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:38 am
The Sybian wrote: Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:43 pm
sancarlos wrote: Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:25 pm I just received a text notice from the county that a mountain lion was sighted at an address that is 1.2 miles from my home. Yow.
Next door neighbor at my old house posted a video of a black bear hanging out in my front yard. Pretty big one. There have been an abnormal number of bears around town all summer.
Do I have a song for you!
Tempted to post the song, which said nothing about taking out your phone, filming the bear and posting to FB while still standing near the bear.
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So today Spencer Davis died (and I see he was mentioned in the appropriate thread)...I went down a rabbit hole on the Spencer Davis Group. I had no idea their original bassist was Steve Winwood's brother, Merwyn.

Muff Winwood. That's awesome. Somehow, anyway.
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EnochRoot wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:45 pm So today Spencer Davis died (and I see he was mentioned in the appropriate thread)...I went down a rabbit hole on the Spencer Davis Group. I had no idea their original bassist was Steve Winwood's brother, Merwyn.

Muff Winwood. That's awesome. Somehow, anyway.
In his NyTime obit, it mentioned that Spencer Davis dated Christine Perfect for a while. She then married John McVie and joined Fleetwood Mac.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:03 pm
EnochRoot wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:45 pm So today Spencer Davis died (and I see he was mentioned in the appropriate thread)...I went down a rabbit hole on the Spencer Davis Group. I had no idea their original bassist was Steve Winwood's brother, Merwyn.

Muff Winwood. That's awesome. Somehow, anyway.
In his NyTime obit, it mentioned that Spencer Davis dated Christine Perfect for a while. She then married John McVie and joined Fleetwood Mac.
I want to work a Maryanne Faithfull comment in here but it’s not working.
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Someone is trying to use our address for an unemployment scam. Got a PUA debit card yesterday in someone's name and looks like another one coming today in someone else's name.

And it's a state holiday today so I can't call the state DETR to report it. Maybe I should hang on to these and take the money out after I get to Mexico! (just kidding).
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Should you ever be in position to discard two toilets at the dump and your facility has the items be thrown down some distance onto a pile, I absolutely recommend tossing the first one so you can toss the second right on top of it.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:06 pm Should you ever be in position to discard two toilets at the dump and your facility has the items be thrown down some distance onto a pile, I absolutely recommend tossing the first one so you can toss the second right on top of it.
Nice to see this thread getting back to it's roots.
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Does LA have a Rage Room? ABQ does.

https://abqrage.com/

Sounds like you'd have a blast breaking shit.
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BSF21 wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:22 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:06 pm Should you ever be in position to discard two toilets at the dump and your facility has the items be thrown down some distance onto a pile, I absolutely recommend tossing the first one so you can toss the second right on top of it.
Nice to see this thread getting back to it's roots.
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Johnnie wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:36 pm Does LA have a Rage Room? ABQ does.

https://abqrage.com/

Sounds like you'd have a blast breaking shit.
I don't know that they had one out there when we lived there, but there are none in the Syracuse area. One difference is I think there is a certain visceral enjoyment added when it is your own item(s) and there are no safety precautions required.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:47 pm
Johnnie wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:36 pm Does LA have a Rage Room? ABQ does.

https://abqrage.com/

Sounds like you'd have a blast breaking shit.
I don't know that they had one out there when we lived there, but there are none in the Syracuse area. One difference is I think there is a certain visceral enjoyment added when it is your own item(s) and there are no safety precautions required.
You moved? I must have missed that! Congrats for evacuating California. Hopefully you came out ahead monetarily.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:47 pm
Johnnie wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 3:36 pm Does LA have a Rage Room? ABQ does.

https://abqrage.com/

Sounds like you'd have a blast breaking shit.
I don't know that they had one out there when we lived there, but there are none in the Syracuse area. One difference is I think there is a certain visceral enjoyment added when it is your own item(s) and there are no safety precautions required.
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It's interesting that the Olde Timey Music for Howard and DC thread is still going strong even though it's getting close to three years since either Howard or DC47 have posted in the Swamp. Still not sure I know why either quit.
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In case you wanted a peek behind the curtain, this is the official answer as to whether or not a military member can have an OnlyFans account:



TL;DR - an OnlyFans account is considered a "second job." "Second jobs" (all of them) need to be routed through the Base Legal Office. Base Legal, in order to maintain 'good order and discipline,' has to determine whether the job you want to do outside of the military is a 'good image' fit. OnlyFans does NOT meet that threshold.
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This is fucking stupid and it doesn't change anything except which debt a little money each month is servicing, but I just paid off my student loans. Rates were so low it wasn't a priority but as we got our finances in line this year we decided to aggressively go after some smaller balances for a few months. It isn't perfect financially speaking but its off the books at least!

ETA: I graduated in 2006.
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Hell yeah. Elimination of any single debt is the best.
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A_B wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:21 am This is fucking stupid and it doesn't change anything except which debt a little money each month is servicing, but I just paid off my student loans. Rates were so low it wasn't a priority but as we got our finances in line this year we decided to aggressively go after some smaller balances for a few months. It isn't perfect financially speaking but its off the books at least!

ETA: I graduated in 2006.
That’s awesome, AB. I did the same with my loans; even if it’s economically irrational, there is real hedonic value in not having a debt hanging over you.
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A_B wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:21 am This is fucking stupid and it doesn't change anything except which debt a little money each month is servicing, but I just paid off my student loans. Rates were so low it wasn't a priority but as we got our finances in line this year we decided to aggressively go after some smaller balances for a few months. It isn't perfect financially speaking but its off the books at least!

ETA: I graduated in 2006.
Congrats AB! That's awesome!
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Steve of phpBB wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:49 am
A_B wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:21 am This is fucking stupid and it doesn't change anything except which debt a little money each month is servicing, but I just paid off my student loans. Rates were so low it wasn't a priority but as we got our finances in line this year we decided to aggressively go after some smaller balances for a few months. It isn't perfect financially speaking but its off the books at least!

ETA: I graduated in 2006.
That’s awesome, AB. I did the same with my loans; even if it’s economically irrational, there is real hedonic value in not having a debt hanging over you.
I always debate this. My student loan is relatively tiny, but I never bothered to pay it off as the rates are so low and I set up autopay more than 10 years ago. I debate paying it off, but I think the interest is already paid anyways. We decided to pay off the mortgage a few years ago, and I wondered if that fiscally made sense. While the rate was fairly low, I don't know if we could have invested and guaranteed to make more off the money elsewhere, and saving the interest payments was guaranteed savings and my wife is more stressed over a high monthly payment that it was worth it on an emotional level. We are both pretty risk averse with investments, too, so we went for it. Met with a financial advisor, and he was so damned wishy washy he was no help in planning.
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The Sybian wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 2:48 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:49 am
A_B wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:21 am This is fucking stupid and it doesn't change anything except which debt a little money each month is servicing, but I just paid off my student loans. Rates were so low it wasn't a priority but as we got our finances in line this year we decided to aggressively go after some smaller balances for a few months. It isn't perfect financially speaking but its off the books at least!

ETA: I graduated in 2006.
That’s awesome, AB. I did the same with my loans; even if it’s economically irrational, there is real hedonic value in not having a debt hanging over you.
I always debate this. My student loan is relatively tiny, but I never bothered to pay it off as the rates are so low and I set up autopay more than 10 years ago. I debate paying it off, but I think the interest is already paid anyways. We decided to pay off the mortgage a few years ago, and I wondered if that fiscally made sense. While the rate was fairly low, I don't know if we could have invested and guaranteed to make more off the money elsewhere, and saving the interest payments was guaranteed savings and my wife is more stressed over a high monthly payment that it was worth it on an emotional level. We are both pretty risk averse with investments, too, so we went for it. Met with a financial advisor, and he was so damned wishy washy he was no help in planning.
I have so many thoughts but I'll reserve unless they're asked for.
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BSF21 wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:03 pm
The Sybian wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 2:48 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:49 am
A_B wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:21 am This is fucking stupid and it doesn't change anything except which debt a little money each month is servicing, but I just paid off my student loans. Rates were so low it wasn't a priority but as we got our finances in line this year we decided to aggressively go after some smaller balances for a few months. It isn't perfect financially speaking but its off the books at least!

ETA: I graduated in 2006.
That’s awesome, AB. I did the same with my loans; even if it’s economically irrational, there is real hedonic value in not having a debt hanging over you.
I always debate this. My student loan is relatively tiny, but I never bothered to pay it off as the rates are so low and I set up autopay more than 10 years ago. I debate paying it off, but I think the interest is already paid anyways. We decided to pay off the mortgage a few years ago, and I wondered if that fiscally made sense. While the rate was fairly low, I don't know if we could have invested and guaranteed to make more off the money elsewhere, and saving the interest payments was guaranteed savings and my wife is more stressed over a high monthly payment that it was worth it on an emotional level. We are both pretty risk averse with investments, too, so we went for it. Met with a financial advisor, and he was so damned wishy washy he was no help in planning.
I have so many thoughts but I'll reserve unless they're asked for.
Hit me, I was looking for advice. I know it probably doesn't make financial sense, but the stress reduction knowing we wouldn't have a mortgage if we lost jobs or something made it worthwhile.
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My thoughts are, Bravo Syb and Lady Syb! No mortgage is fantastic.
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Yeah. The book says play the interest percentages, but that assumes that cash flow isn't an issue. For most people, cash flow is more important than interest rate arbitrage in the short term. Sure, maybe you can make more in a safe investment vehicle but now the money you were paying towards mortgage can do that while also easing the strain on liquidity, even if the payoff is a bit further out.
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A_B wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 4:12 pm Yeah. The book says play the interest percentages, but that assumes that cash flow isn't an issue. For most people, cash flow is more important than interest rate arbitrage in the short term. Sure, maybe you can make more in a safe investment vehicle but now the money you were paying towards mortgage can do that while also easing the strain on liquidity, even if the payoff is a bit further out.
An ancillary consideration is that by removing that monthly bill, it provides some level of mental relief. That's not nothing.
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L-Jam3 wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 4:19 pm
A_B wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 4:12 pm Yeah. The book says play the interest percentages, but that assumes that cash flow isn't an issue. For most people, cash flow is more important than interest rate arbitrage in the short term. Sure, maybe you can make more in a safe investment vehicle but now the money you were paying towards mortgage can do that while also easing the strain on liquidity, even if the payoff is a bit further out.
An ancillary consideration is that by removing that monthly bill, it provides some level of mental relief. That's not nothing.
Right, that was easing the strain on liquidity. As the likely largest single monthly outlay, having that cash in the bank probably feels great. I know it's how my in-laws are now rolling in dough because they paid their house off like 15 years ago.
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