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BearSchlong

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  1. My wife, her godmother, and our daughter are going on a European tour for April. “How much money should I be ready to take?” (To be fair, the best lesson I learned in my starter marriage was to keep separate bank accounts.) I just looked up and said “my credit card?” It's the week before Christmas, so the entire conversation was her indirect way of letting me know that is what she wants. She's crafty - when we go shopping I will tell her to use my card to buy an outfit/purse/shoes/etc on me. Then she asks “budget?” and I tell her and she will then go slightly over and then Venmo me the difference.
  2. Was glass smooth then the wind kicked up to 30. So much fun running 15 miles straight back into a whitecap chop with an effective 70mph headwind.
  3. My cousin is in town for our annual family party, and we ran to one of my favorite winter spots near Bridge City and caught 32-38 inch reds til our arms fell off. All sight cast under the birds as they rolled/busted the surface, honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a concentrated school that big in my life—only one slot. December can be weird and awesome.
  4. Very prescient. Reframing fraud as “anti-woke capitalism”
  5. May 2024 I spent the day with a CoP CTO who was trying to solve for metering carbon storage to monetize a $8b tax credit. Now he’s probably working on how to reintroduce leaded gas. According to AI, ESG didn’t go away, it grew up.
  6. Saw this on a blog I follow. For context if you’re not in my particular cult - the founder of AA was at Winchester Cathedral during WWI and was struck by this tombstone - a soldier whose demise involved drinking.
  7. It really depends on your level of affection for the parents. A couple of cans of Krylon spray paint or a big canister of those poofy fake snowballs for indoor snowball fights? A Nerf football or lawn darts?
  8. Pretty sure my knock off academy Boga is 30 years old and is indistinguishable from a real one.
  9. BearSchlong

    Landman

    I may have finished my lifetime allotment of booze while still in my 30s, but I chortled at that bottle of Pappy soaking the ground.
  10. A friend of mine just pivoted from project management to business development, and he takes customers fishing every Friday.
  11. I can afford $4 gas but I can't afford $2 gas. /SETX. Redacted- completely assholeish tone deaf selfish statement about royalty checks.
  12. Thanks. So far the other carrier is being reasonable, and the body shop says they have had claims handled by them that haven't been difficult.
  13. Bump. About $5m in contracts to book the next two weeks. Turned out to be the best sales year in my career x 4.
  14. That is how it's done. I love it.
  15. Amen. Headed to my home group, this on the stereo.
  16. Help me think this through. Especially in light of C-Man’s previous post and a suspect carrier. On Monday my wife was sitting at a light in a pouring rainstorm and was hit from behind by a lady who I suspect was distracted. I arrived 10 minutes post accident and she was hysterical - 25 yrs old, telling me she drives for door dash and has 3 kids. I just wanted to make sure she didn't need first aid or an ambulance as all her airbags were deployed. Per her address on the accident report she lives in a rough neighborhood. I've been praying for her as it appears this accident impacts our lives far less dramatically than hers. I've got USAA and the at fault driver has Dairyland. My research suggest Dairyland is a non-standard insurer for high-risk drivers, and the witness who was cool enough to stick around until the v police arrived and gave me her information said that the at fault driver had SR-22 insurance, which seems sub optimal. Reviews suggest that carrier sucks. The at fault driver was cited for failure to control speed. I've filed a claim with dairyland, but right now I’m leaning towards filing with USAA and letting them hash it out with the other carrier. I'm going to use a reputable shop and am about to have it towed over tomorrow, and either get a rental from USAA or have my wife use her late mother’s car. Wife got hit hard - we immediately went to one of those neighborhood ERs and she had scans to rule out fractures, and she's taking toredol. I told her that's what they give banged-up football players so they can get back on the field. Whiplash, back pain, neck pain - at this point I'm ready to unleash my lawyer for justifiable pain and suffering damages. Lawyer said for my wife to give him a dollar and keep him in the loop, he is essentially my surrogate dad after my own passed away. So, should I just have the car towed to my preferred shop and unleash USAA? At what point do I ask my lawyer to take action?
  17. Yes. It's not heresy anymore. Great brisket and it's so damned convenient.
  18. I'm so excited about the Amateur Autopsy club I just joined. Wednesday is open Mike night
  19. A point she made today. Largest law enforcement agency ever. Yikes.
  20. Well due to my job I found myself sitting 50 feet in front of Kristi Noem as she delivered a private event speech to the ICE industrial complex caucasians this morning. I didn't fact check her speech but I suspect some was true, quite a bit was “alternative facts”, and a lot was pandering to her good friend the president. Much emphasis was given to combatting the cartels, securing the industrial base, cybersecurity, and blowing up antiquated procurement methods in favor of increased agility. Again, the audience was a bunch of contractors and software types. My company publicly abandoned facial recognition tech in 2020, but holy shit there are a lot of AI and spacial surveillance firms with terrifying use cases just drooling for contracts. Y'all know me by now, this isn't my vibe. They let a dirty liberal hippie in the henhouse. I'm sure if P.J. O’Rourk was still alive he'd say something like giving AI and data to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. I may disagree in principal with this administration’s tactics, but make no mistake - she's a hell of a politician at a podium. Just trying to preserve America for her 4 grandkids, and the family whose mom was killed by a no-good undocumented driver in an auto accident. After a day in DC, I need a shower. And a 12-step meeting.
  21. Bumping to recommend Tony H’s autobiography which was released last week. (Anthony Hopkins, I'm not violating any traditions considering he published his story.) Was in the marsh by myself fishing, enjoying the pre-cold front sunshine, and listening on audible and I'll be damned if it wasn't a powerfully moving story.
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