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Hefeweizen

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  1. Chalk. So any guesses whether the fed changes course? I think we’re seeing another solid hike in the next meeting or two. They will over correct as usual.
  2. Lol at UT careening toward lower tier status as fast as it can. This kind of shit is why my daughter wouldn’t consider the school my father, my wife, and I all graduated from. Oh well at least our football team will be awesome, right?
  3. If you remember stagflation you’re in your sixties and hopefully set for retirement rather than a job as a Walmart greeter. If not, I’m sorry. This economy is really fucky. I have some clients delaying new projects and others screaming to finish current ones. Price inflation on pipe, concrete, electrical controls, etc mean that prices are usually good only for around 45 days. But delivery of those goods may be more than six months off. Supply chain still seems more the source of all this crap than anything else, but when the Fed moves hard there will be shockwaves all around.
  4. I may need to start golfing. It’s really beautiful. And this morning it was 49.
  5. I’ll probably get negged to Bolivia for this but it got pretty warm yesterday, about 68 in pacific grove, and when I went to the storage unit in Monterey to pick up some stuff in the afternoon the car thermometer showed 81. I don’t even know how I did it for 31 years in Austin. And I was outside a lot. It’s unreal how hot it is there right now, and it’s early so it’s going to be bad.
  6. Pacific Grove. Pricing is tough but we downsized from Westlake Hills. We paid way less than we sold for which was a huge bonus.
  7. Well today was quite the adventure. Woke up and had coffee and was putting around then saw the inflation print but of course I am in Cali so no one is working yet. I call the mortgage guy at 8 am freaking out and he tells me I’m fine, should be able to get 7 percent no problem. Hilarious. We locked right then at 5 with no points, buying six grand in points would save 60 bucks per month. 30 day lock and we’re needing to escrow in 27 if possible. Our realtor submits our offer at 1130 am and I finish up work, then go kayaking with the kids for a couple of hours. I get back to shore and not only is the offer accepted but we’re already scheduled for appraisal and title is moving. It was a good day. I can’t believe we’re pulling off this move but fingers crossed it’s in the final leg.
  8. Can I do better on a jumbo in California than 4.875 with no points right now? I’m working with someone who isn’t Thad and Phil so I’m not as warm and fuzzy. And frankly it’s bullshit that a jumbo is a lower rate than conventional. You are telling me to borrow more to pay less interest? For what it’s worth I think the market out here (Monterey peninsula) is softening, but I can’t wait because the rental I am in may make me go nuts.
  9. I would feel bad for Zverev but karma is a bitch. Casper is in for a “Ruud” awakening on Sunday. I Think Rafa retires from the sport if he wins. He is probably doing some crazy stuff to keep playing with that foot.
  10. Hey guys you need to understand Elon is awesome because he’s putting juniors in their place. They just don’t have the work ethic boomers have! I bet they eat avocado toast at home before they put on their Birkenstocks.
  11. This right here. Just man up and cut him loose and tell him why.
  12. I just hope he makes every mother fucker in his Austin operation sit in that traffic out to his factory. I’m chuckling thinking about it. Maybe he can bore them a tunnel in his spare time with his stupid ass boring machine.
  13. Lol, peon. You can slave in the office while I sit on my deck and work. Sorry your skill set doesn’t allow you to get out of the office.
  14. We’ll see who is right. The pandemic shone a light on what is necessary and beneficial and while full time remote may be a step too far for some, for others it’s going to be fine. For a long time I scoffed at employees who wanted any remote work. I just am able to see that the best ones were perfectly capable of remote work using teams and other collaborative software. The biggest losers of this remote work are managers who glommed in to their groups work and acted like they could produce. Those people are fucked.
  15. Not seeing it in our industry, and maybe tech is different than law, backing, and other white collar, but almost all my professional friends are seeing about half their workforce headed remote permanently. I know there is a big philosophical divide on this that will last for a while but I don’t think the genie is going back in the bottle. I am biased as I’m going full time remote next week but I gave my employer the choice of me retiring or going remote and they jumped at remote.
  16. I’m laughing at this because literally every company is trying to offer remote to its employees to keep talent and this dickweed thinks he is going to reverse that tide? He is going to see a lot of talent depart. It won’t matter to him but it will definitely hurt the company’s retention and acquisition of talent.
  17. Best part was you could see creepy dad filming it in one of the gym sessions with the squat bar.
  18. Medvedev is out too. Cilic is a huge surprise. Someone is going to be a token finalist from that bottom of the draw, maybe it's Rune? I think Djokovic just edges Nadal, then Carlitos schools him like the punk ass bitch he is before winning the final.
  19. Didn’t make it to the end? Last minute or so was Sakk training. Different kind of body type but similar fitness. Both are pretty impressive athletes.
  20. Not RG specific: Holy shit the level of fitness.
  21. Vizsla are pretty needy dogs. Mine says hi. He's almost 9, and has epilepsy on top of anxiety, which is fun. He's also my best friend, for what it's worth. They are fantastic family dogs though. Lots of energy and then some. GSPs are great hunting dogs, for all the reasons everyone enumerated. I think you need land for them.
  22. Shit, sorry to hear that man. Hopefully it’s benign and operable. And hopefully she’s got a good neurologist.
  23. Crafty lefty. I can't stand Azarenka, so I am gruntled!
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