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    I’m Chicago itself. He bought when he was mid...

    I’m Chicago itself. He bought when he was mid 30’s he was there for work which involves a fair amount of ‘entertaining’ insurance brokers which means taking them out for drinks or dinner so being in...
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    And for what it’s worth I know that you wouldn’t...

    And for what it’s worth I know that you wouldn’t like Dallas weather and I have no idea about diving there but boss likes Dallas way more than he liked Chicago. He doesn’t have any ties to either...
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    Rereading my post I can see that it wasn’t really...

    Rereading my post I can see that it wasn’t really that clear that boss had moved from Chicago to Dallas.
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    No. Way out north of Dallas. I think coworker is...

    No. Way out north of Dallas. I think coworker is all the way up near McKinney.
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    My impression of Dallas is that cheap is...

    My impression of Dallas is that cheap is available depending on how far
    Out one is willing to go and whether one wants a lot of land or not. A few years ago My boss paid roughly the same price per...
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    I suppose, Iris, that my view is skewed away from...

    I suppose, Iris, that my view is skewed away from flyover country. Just got back from a work team away day. A couple of team members have bought houses recently so real estate was one of the big non...
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    My problem is that I don't often frequent any of...

    My problem is that I don't often frequent any of the places for which I have gift cards. I have starbucks and Panera bread and costco gift cards and honestly the only chain places I regularly go to...
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    I'm curious how many people going to Ramsey and...

    I'm curious how many people going to Ramsey and Sethi for advice would ever be able to buy a house with cash. I assume that the number would be approximately 0%. For the other 100%, if they ever...
  9. Thread: Trans Days…

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    It’s tough to tell since only hardcore right wing...

    It’s tough to tell since only hardcore right wing news sites bothered to report on this, and do so in such a way that one actually has no idea what actually happened but it sounds like biden’s ’I...
  10. What, specifically, is wrong with Biden for you? ...

    What, specifically, is wrong with Biden for you? From my perspective he’s done a competent job of getting a surprising amount of his agenda put into law, he’s attempted to do things in a bipartisan...
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    My mother worked as a seamstress for the first...

    My mother worked as a seamstress for the first two years my parents were married so dad could go to school on the GI bill. After that she quit working and became a housewife. As an elementary school...
  12. Thread: Trans Days…

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    And I'm sure the trans hater community in the US...

    And I'm sure the trans hater community in the US will keep focusing on how they perceive that Joe Biden turned easter into a trans event. Because the trans haters are that much divorced from...
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    Similarly i’ve got a thumb drive with all my...

    Similarly i’ve got a thumb drive with all my financial passwords in a vault with the password to the vault written down on a piece of paper. This is all in a paper file folder stored in one of those...
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    Personally I found the weather in Phoenix last...

    Personally I found the weather in Phoenix last August preferable to the weather in Chicago last week. Cold and rainy/snowy just isn't my style.

    As to the AZ court ruling it's just another...
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    When we still had our orange kitties one of them...

    When we still had our orange kitties one of them was an especially prolific shedder. Thankfully he loved to be broshed. One afternoon we were sitting on our deck and I spent probably a half hour...
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    We’re in Dallas and got to see it. Drove north to...

    We’re in Dallas and got to see it. Drove north to Oklahoma because it was really cloudy here. It ended up clearing in Dallas but oh well.

    I was absolutely mesmerized in 2017 by how different...
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    We have solar lights outside in our backyard. ...

    We have solar lights outside in our backyard. The stay lit all night by this time of year so we could bring them inside if need be to give at least some light in our living room. And we can cook on...
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    If, like LDAHL, you don't want to pay the extra...

    If, like LDAHL, you don't want to pay the extra $.10 for sick leave then yeah, you're one of the cynics. And one of the people likely to get covid from a fast food worker that couldn't take time...
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    Someone dealing with cancer probably will need...

    Someone dealing with cancer probably will need FMLA leave, which isn't paid. Ideal? No. The best that they can get? Yeah. Most people needing the sick days California gives will be people needing...
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    The one big outage I ever suffered was nyc 20...

    The one big outage I ever suffered was nyc 20 years ago. When half the east coast was out. I’ve mentioned before making a hack jackery out of concern for forced outages during wildfire season but in...
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    How common is it for everyone to lose power...

    How common is it for everyone to lose power during storms? I realize that I have lived my whole life in big cities and in many places have had buried power lines which are generally more reliable,...
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    Yes. But someone dealing with cancer probably...

    Yes. But someone dealing with cancer probably needs more than 5 sick days.
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    And doing the math that’s 1 day every 10 weeks or...

    And doing the math that’s 1 day every 10 weeks or 1 day in 50. A 2% labor cost increase. Assuming labor is half the cost of fast food a 1% price increase would pay for it. I imagine most customers...
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    That looks beautiful! Congratulations.

    That looks beautiful! Congratulations.
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    Personally I’d rather not have a fast food worker...

    Personally I’d rather not have a fast food worker making my food while sick.
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