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  1. I’ve been around the run of sites for years, I think you are completely missing the point of everything if you think the soul of the site is built around using those words or others in the same vein. Sure, there is a lot of shit given, a lot of friendly and sometimes unfriendly ribbing, etc but for the most part this site operates without all the bullshit you see on other sites and endures because of the people, the history, the connections, and the discussions that take place daily. The vast majority of those people are telling you the use of that word isn’t appropriate any more no matter what movie you want to quote, maybe just shut up and listen for once and actually read the responses with an open mind and to educate yourself on the matter. I’ve given numerous people on here my contact info to answer questions on tax or other things from a business perspective. I only do that because I’m no different here than I am in the real world. You’re not going to find me using any of the derogatory comments with historical context because of what they mean. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to call you a dumbass for some things that you post, but there is a clear difference in the terminology. You have a clear lack of understanding of what derogatory means if you don’t get that.
  2. Brew

    Tipping

    Didn’t wait tables, but basically have the same thought on tipping servers. I think I said it in the other threads though, we only eat at places we know the servers/owners when we are at home or our place at the beach. We tip well and never have an issue with anything. If something isn’t right on the food, they take care of it before it ever gets to the table. Drinks are usually on the table right when we sit down. I tip the bartender at the place we eat lunch every Sunday the same whether it’s just the two of us or the kids show up. Tipping is just the cost of going out at this point and I don’t view it any differently than the food/drink prices. I also tip valets well because more times than not it ends up with my vehicle being in a good location and if you are there a few days the service/time is better. All the other tipping is getting borderline B.S. though.
  3. That’s a pretty good price in this market for that size. Our spa quote alone on ours was $30k or so without equipment because we were already putting heat on the pool. Deck materials and size also make huge difference in price estimates. My wife blew the top off our pool budget with those choices and the expanded patio areas. I don’t even want to add up what we have in our backyard at this point.
  4. After dropping my kid off at the airport this morning for a 10 day Jamaica trip to visit friends that live there, I’m glad we aren’t doing any traveling this summer by commercial air. The airport was the biggest clusterfuck I’ve ever seen. Luckily she has precheck and we were able to get through bag drop fairly easily, because she wasn’t making her flight if she had to stand in the regular security line. It was a mass of pissed off people, crying people, multiple lines trying to merge into different points with people arguing, etc. Up until a couple of years ago, I flew out of this airport a couple times a month and never remember seeing it like it was this morning
  5. Not with a Samsung. We had the bottom drawer freezer with ice maker in the bottom. The condensation lines run down the back of the internal part of the fridge and freeze up often because it goes down from the fridge and then along the back compartment of the freezer. The condensation drain line would freeze from the bottom up until it hit the fridge where the water would then drop into the area under the vegetable drawers and freeze there. Every couple of months you would have to pull apart the bottom/back of the fridge, thaw everything out and then start the clock on it freezing again. Also, bottom drawer freezers are functionally useless if you freeze very much. You just pile everything in them and have no idea what is there.
  6. I can say pretty confidently in the group of couples we consider our friends, screwing around isn’t happening. I’m not saying there may not be a divorce in there at some point though, just at the moment there are no divorces within that group of people. Most of us have been together since high school / college at this point. Not everyone is automatically miserable or looking for side action because they are married. Even if I get outside of close friends to people we do things with occasionally, there still aren’t any divorces within that group that I can think of. The screwing around likelihood does go up though knowing some of them.
  7. 24 years, kind of weird to think that at 44 years old we’re working on what we’re going to do for our 25th. No friends that have divorced either.
  8. Nice jeans and a button down half the half the year for me before switching to shorts for the summer. I can’t remember the last time I put on a pair of slacks/khakis.
  9. I’ve put little value in dressing up since I started with the firm but I think I still wear nice clothes. I get some comments here and there from the old timers but very few any more. I’ve made a living on what I can do for my clients and the firm, not being the guy that shows up dressed up. I met with a couple of clients today worth well into the nine figures, I had on shorts and a nice shirt.
  10. I would get it if you don’t watch TV at all, but if you watch TV shows then what is the difference? I rarely if ever watch TV, but I’m probably more inclined to watch a movie than something else on TV if I’m going to site down with my wife and do it. In and out in less than 2 hours and I have zero commitment, don’t need to k ow the backstory, etc.
  11. After several days of listening to short segments from the radio shows, some of these layoffs make even less sense. You have Jay Williams still on in the mornings without Max/Keyshawn, Harry Douglass at lunch without Jason Fitz, others that have moved around, etc. It’s like someone just showed up at work and said you’re fired, you stay, you’re fired, etc. with no plan on the new radio lineup. I think from the radio shows, Fitz is the one that kind of sucks. Their show was actually a decent show. The morning show with Kellerman and Keyshawn was painful most days, but Fitz/Douglass and the prior Fitz/Spain shows were at least worth a listen.
  12. I don’t have a suit, because a sport coat works fine the one time a year I need one. However, that’s not counter cultural in today’s world. I wear shorts to work every day this time of year in an industry that was wearing suits not very long ago. I don’t order anything to be brought to me, I can pick up my own food, pick out my own clothes, walk in the grocery store, etc. I have virtually no social media. I come here, go to ESPN, and check out a few other sites and that’s it. No Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, none of it. When did not having tats and piercings and having your hair cut become counter cultural? I reread and edit all of my posts, texts, emails, etc. Proper grammar still matters although I still miss plenty. I have 2 pair of shoes, one for shorts and one for pants. When a pair wears out, I buy a new pair. I have 2 handguns and 2 shotguns set up for different things and enough ammo to get me through until I feel like buying more. If I get low on ammo, I go buy more. I’m not cosplaying Call of Duty in my backyard/dreams. I hate politics and everything that surrounds the political arena. I don’t know that I can ever remember turning on Fox News in my life although I’m sure I have at some point. I feel old after reading that.
  13. Wilmington is a great area and worth driving into for a meal/beer/day trip/whatever. We’ve been looking pretty hard at heading that direction for another beach house as we’re not really feeling buying again in FL right now. Oldest is also looking at Wake/UNC, so it would make sense to do something that direction if she ends up in NC.
  14. As someone that has spent most of my life in a small/moderate size City of 60k-100k, it has its positives and you learn to work around the negatives. Traffic/food/lack of waiting anywhere/etc are all positives to a smaller town than the big cities. I know the owners/servers at every place we eat which is much better than having a never ending selection of places to choose from that I probably don’t want anyways. Healthcare is an easy deal as long as you are near a larger City when a significant issue comes up. The cultural aspects of larger cities are a drive away or a flight away if you want something different. I don’t know anything about NM, but some of the things being sold as negatives might not be so negative when you actually get there.
  15. Most of the national shows have very little call in content at this point. I’m not that interested in music, it’s all just noise. I like sports so I listen to people talk about sports or I listen to whatever game is on if there is one. At least I did until the firings this week, because no one on ESPN is talking about sports any more. The shows today were absolutely fucking terrible. They really had to dig deep to find the people to fill the weekend spots. As far as Sirius, worth it for me. I can listen to pretty much any game on and flip between multiples. Football season when we’re on long runs back and forth to the beach, I can rotate between any game and just about any team broadcast depending on which side I want to listen to.
  16. Definitely improved their content this week post layoffs, today when I’ve been in the car for three different shows I’ve heard two long conversations on an ESPN flag football league draft and now Eurovision. That is much better content than NBA for sure.
  17. It feels almost like a crapshoot at this point. Our oldest is in the college application process now and it doesn’t make much sense how it plays out at a lot of these schools. She’s definitely not going legacy admit, because the college I graduated from went under in the economic crash of the late 2000’s. One thing I don’t get is the current need for kids to apply to double digit colleges. It has to throw the admissions process off when only 10-20% of accepted kids actually enroll at a lot of the colleges she is looking at. I applied to one, got in, and went. She’s looking at applying to 10+ at the recommendation of the college advisor we pay (don’t even get me started on that one) with most being state schools with ultra low out of state acceptance or high end privates with low acceptance. Then she talks to other kids with 35 ACT’s that got rejected from places like UGA, UNC, UVA, etc and that keeps her in a cycle of “Oh my god, I’m going to have to go to XYZ tier whatever school.” I’m ready for this process to be over. With the youngest, I just hope she goes to college at this point and moves out.
  18. If you’re looking for relatively inexpensive and location, I would probably go with the Hampton/Hyatt/Drury group that is right there. On-site parking, right next to Southern Steak and Oyster / Etch, and 2ish blocks off the lively end of Broadway. You can also stay cheaper up near the capital (Indigo/Courtyard) and eat at Skull’s Rainbow Room / Puckett’s / Jeff Ruby’s (all much better than anything around Broadway other than Southern/Merchants) and have a 4ish block walk down to Broadway.
  19. I’ve had 3 or 4 Undercover Ultra Flex covers and have zero complaints. The mounting hardware doesn’t take up any useable space and it’s easy to use in several different configurations if hauling something.
  20. First race I’ve turned on in a while, much prefer this to just going in a circle.
  21. Sign a contract with Pat McAfee for $17M per, lay off some of the names above that we’re making a quarter or less of that, decisions make no sense. I listen to ESPN radio if I’m in the vehicle most of the time. The constant rotation of shows has gotten to be annoying compared to what it was with the consistent lineup they had for years.
  22. This, we had people flying Delta and American last week through multiple airports coming through Atlanta and Charlotte. Only 1/3 of the group made it to our meetings and most of those also had issues getting back home. They weren’t all airline issues though. I made it to the meetings and got delayed going home because someone got accused of vaping and another passenger was more intoxicated than flight attendants wanted. Delayed an hour leaving and missed connection in Atlanta by 5 minutes because the Delta crew closed the doors early on about 8 of us that were coming from the same flight. I hate airports at this point.
  23. Wear one every day. I’m also an adult and can read the hands on my watch rather than pulling my phone out to check the time.
  24. As a long time Ford guy, their rear air sucks unless it has been updated with the newest model.
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