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Superhero

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  1. Why wouldn't you?

    My wife is on T-Mobile and pays $50/mo.  I just got my daughter and phone and will probably put her on the Mint 15GB plan for $20/mo.

     

    FYI, Mint is on the T-Mobile network, so coverage is good, and actually more reliable than Verizon, which is what my company uses.

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  2. 3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Again....these are people who are mentally incapable of grasping "value exchanged for value."

    I have an LG dryer in my house.  I exchanged $500 for that.  But tracking the $500 over to Korea is only part of the deal.  In exchange, I got a valuable and useful good that was worth....$500 (remember, the value of any good is what "a willing buyer will pay a willing seller" for that good - that's literally the economic definition of "value").  We haven't "given away" any of that money.  We exchanged it for value.  In a free market, where I have the freedom and liberty to choose what I exchange my money for.  I have all kinds of things in my house that I exchanged money for - a dryer, a TV, a sofa, etc.  Some of those items, I sent the money to someone in the US...and then got something of that exact value in exchange.  For others, I sent the money to someone in Korea, or Japan, etc....and then got something of that exact value in exchange.

    God I hate stupid people, and we've made them into kings, answerable to no one.

    What you DON'T understand, is that by buying a LG dryer, you are taking wages from an American who can come to your house and hang your laundry on a clothesline, and come back 6 hours later to take it down. Cumulative cost of that labor will be over $500!

    Think of the Americans who want to do the menial jobs!

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  3. 17 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

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    Maybe from October to March until it gets humid and hot.

    There's a reason my parents come to California from July to September.

  4. On 4/4/2025 at 6:32 PM, Superhero said:

    I should not have drank so much whisky before working on the performance evaluations for direct reports.

    Now they're either getting great reviews, or fuck yous, depending on how I'm feeling. 

     

    And the manager evaluations are due tonight at 11:59:59.  (I should have started earlier)

     

    I was in not place to drive after that STIFF drink. My wife drove us to dinner and I fell asleep at 9.

    At least I finished them on Saturday morning before Workday cut me off.

  5. 3 hours ago, Captainant said:

    I don't think the tariff action is gonna slow down. This is from 30 minutes ago:

    Trump: "Yesterday, China issued Retaliatory Tariffs of 34%, on top of their already record setting Tariffs, Non-Monetary Tariffs, Illegal Subsidization of companies, and massive long term Currency Manipulation, despite my warning that any country that Retaliates against the U.S. by issuing additional Tariffs, above and beyond their already existing long term Tariff abuse of our Nation, will be immediately met with new and substantially higher Tariffs, over and above those initially set. Therefore, if China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impose ADDITIONAL Tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9th. Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with us will be terminated! Negotiations with other countries, which have also requested meetings, will begin taking place immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

    What a fucking child.

    Who was it in CR that said the children are gone, and the adults are in the room?

     

     

    26 minutes ago, Parliament said:

    So we’re gonna trade tits and tats to keep the market somewhat level?  Cool cool.

    According to economists, that's actually the best course of action.

    Fuck me? Well fuck you!

     

     

    Other than APPL, the tech stocks in my portfolio had a slight bounce. But I'm sure the dead cat will keep dropping.

  6. My dad built our kitchen table using 2x4s.

    Never had new clothes early on. Always hand me downs from my older cousin. My aunt would deliver a huge package of clothes from Irvine to Seattle. It wasn’t until we moved to South Africa that we had anything nice because the exchange rate was in our favor.

    First time I saw a hundred dollar bill, I thought that was amazing. My dad only made $800/mo. This was in the late 70s / early 80s. 

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  7. 8 hours ago, texasdago said:

    Kind of like Tokyo.  Department stores often have lots of options and excellent, high quality food.

    Don't forget the underground subway stations.

    Taipei also has a few subway stations with good food (at least that's what my parents say).

  8. 11 hours ago, WithoutAClue said:

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    Magnets.

    You turn this little spindle in a magnetic field, and electricitah!

     

    8 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

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    The graphics on that game were mind blowing for the time.

     

    Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Donkey Long Country and Mario Kart kept my grades subpar in 1994.

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  9. 5 hours ago, South Austin said:

    I just planted a coffee tree in my back yard.

    If you eat the coffee berries and poop them out to see off they taste better than the civet poop coffee beans from Indonesia. 

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