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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. "I'm busy" is almost always translated to "I don't want to do that" or "I can't be bothered to do that." and when it comes to siblings, there can be a growing resentment of not taking on your fair share of the work or cost. And perhaps one sibling has more money or time, but that doesn't excuse the other one from not making an attempt. Here's a few hours of my time. Here's a $100 to add to your $1,000. Sometimes just the gesture is appreciated assuming it's sincere. When it came to caring for our now deceased father, I put in 1000s of hours over his last decade. My sister arguably put in 10-15 hours which includes drive time to see our dad. Over a decade. Yes I hold a grudge that will never end.
  2. I've seen a few paid social media posts by this company recently. Sounds like a great idea to not toss sunglasses because the lens shattered or was scratched up. Assuming their replacement lens are decent quality.
  3. Another reminder that Greg Abbott has failed as a decent human. I had forgotten that he was only in the job a few months when he decided to pander to these idiots.
  4. I don’t know the a situation but on a general note, at least follow the standard checks for cancer. And if you don’t like that a doctor is paying enough attention to something, get another doctor.
  5. People in small towns have heard about certain chains that only exist in major cities. like shake shack. I can understand them wanting to check it out. It’s not like he said that he wanted to see if McDonalds is the same in Austin as in his town. and it’s only lunch during a work trip. Who cares if it’s a bbq place, shake shack, or some deli. i might shake my head if small town person said they wanted a chain burger but I wouldn’t write them off due to it. edit. And for shipleys, I have a location near me that I wish would move. They have a line on the streets that blocks traffic. I refuse to go there because of it.
  6. We all got it, and it raised eye brows that a govt agency was practically lying about a law. Of course if anyone in the fed govt complains, they will be out of a job. Very scary how govt employees now need to be 100% loyal to the President if they want to retain their job. There's too many MAGA spies in the govt now looking to fire people.
  7. Saying that Epstein stole a person, when Epstein is not running a club, brings up more questions. Epstein stole a young, female hostess and that made Trump upset?
  8. I can believe the benefits of an extended fast but can you speak more on the precancerous cell benefits? I'm skeptical about any claim that implies cancer prevention. Of course every cell in the body could be categorized as precancerous. Like in how I'm currently pre-dating Jessica Alba.
  9. bump. Houston recently banned homeless people from EADO and downtown. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/07/16/526508/houston-city-council-effectively-bans-homeless-people-from-downtown-and-east-downtown-sidewalks/ The impact isn't that the homeless suddenly have homes. The impact is that they're moving to other nearby areas. Perhaps it dilutes the appearance of homelessness but the numbers must be close to the same. I was up early on Saturday and went to a coffee shop in the GOOF area. Shopping center at 34th & Ella. A homeless person was using one of the shopping center walls/corner as a urinal while passing through. Do we all now have to accept more homeless to clean up downtown? Is this some action to make downtown/EADO more attractive for the World Cup next year?
  10. Late to the show but enjoyed the episodes I caught over the last week. There's def some suspension of disbelief but overall its better than 90% of what's on the streaming services. One problem with many streaming dramas is that the beginning premise was well thought out, perhaps for years by the creator. Then they and the other writers have to pump out 9-12 episodes and set up a season 2. There's just a natural quality decline. I do find the Mel character to be insufferable.
  11. Zero chance that Trump got mad at Epstein for hiring a waitress or hostess away from MarALago. There were reports of a break between them for fighting over a parcel of land. That is a more credible story but to my knowledge Trump hasn't acknowledged it. Others said it.
  12. That will be the last independent video we ever see of Trump playing golf. He will now use more secret service funds to clear out anyone with any line of sight of him playing. And honesty it does feel like a security risk even with photographers and their equipment being checked.
  13. From everything I’ve read about Sharon, I question that the profits went directly to charity. Or did they go to a family foundation, controlled by her, that may benefit some charities down the road. I doubt anyone will know unless the charities produce financial statements showing what they received. Vague PR releases are just that. theres a lot of money to be made with well-funded family foundations.
  14. 80% yield is a red flag for me. Good for them if they can produce that much income for their shareholders but it’s too risky. If their dividend even hinted at dropping, it would crush the price. Most likely the price would drop well before any dividend drop would be announced. Buying this ETF is risky enough but don’t use leverage to increase your exposure. Now if it’s play money for pure speculation or gambling, then why not. But don’t bet your life savings on an early retirement dream. Many have gone bankrupt chasing that dream. And I’m saying this as someone that’s dripped his toes into a few very speculative crypto plays that “only” paid 15-20% yield. Last points. If someone had a strategy that could provide that much income, why hasn’t Wall Street flocked to their etf resulting in a much higher price and resulting reasonable yield? And weekly distributions isn’t a positive in my eyes. It only increases the risk on what would happen after their strategy fails after a few bad weeks. dont put more than 1-2% and definitely not more than 5% of your total investable portfolio into this. Please don’t talk others into this, especially friends and family. edit: or was this all satire and I fell for it?
  15. His kids are gone, so if his health is an issue, I don’t see any reason he stays there outside of the money. His contract is for $55m over the next 5 seasons. There could very well be a buy out clause if he’s physically unable to perform as the coach.
  16. I understand the concept of a plea deal if a defendant agrees to cooperate to provide the DA or AG with information that can lead to the arrest or conviction of more or larger targets. However she had those chances and was ultimately convicted and sentenced. Now perhaps a couple of years incarceration has changed her mind in terms of cooperating for a deal, but that should go through the legal process not a pardon. At least not initially. It will also be very sketchy, never unexpected with the Trump admin, if any deal is related to saying that Trump never did anything wrong. Why in the world should someone be freed for not implicating someone?
  17. Why would there be any reason to pardon a sex trafficker outside of her ability to exonerate Trump. Which we all know is the only reason he would consider pardoning her.
  18. A friend of mine is going through something similar where she and her 2 siblings are rearranging their lives and schedules to care for their mom. All while their mom is sitting on a long term care policy but won’t attempt to activate the policy benefits because she doesn’t want a stranger for home care. i asked the question why the mom was dictating the terms to 3 people all around 60 years old. And it’s not like the mom has millions in the bank to give as inheritance to demand obedience. I gather she has money but nothing major.
  19. I’m sure the family will eventually get paid but he entered the room without authority. today I learned that yes the mri magnet can be quickly turned off BUT it can take days or weeks for the mri machine to be activated again. Expensive shutdown. I assume that means the magnet is at full strength at all times.
  20. Should rename the thread to Epstein/Trump files now that we know that it’s the inclusion of Trump that has prevented the files from being released.
  21. Does that come with a set of Pizza Hut red plastic glasses and the smell of pizza?
  22. The idea that I would have to start over or repeat the test, would keep me still for 30 minutes.
  23. Ok. I will submit the question to OpenAI, deepseek, Gemini, ollama,etc when I’m home tonight to see if it advises me to kill the unfed, 5 family member.
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