Post by: CigarBanter on March 14, 2023, 01:39:03 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 05:31:21 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 05:31:47 AM
Victor Sinclair Clasicos Toro - Natural - 20/37.50
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 05:32:31 AM
Door #1 - Diesel 10th Anniversary d.5552 (Robusto) - 10/39.99
Door #2 - H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez Toro - 10/59.99
Door #3 - Nica Libre x Oliva Toro - 5/24.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 07:03:43 AM
Morning, twofers.Good morning, Dave.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 07:14:37 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 07:23:19 AM
Not a snowflake to be found. Not here, anyway. Looks like ClemsonDave is more accurate than any phone weather app.We ended up getting a couple inches. Snowed pretty much all day, but didn't really start sticking until sometime in the late afternoon. Nothing to worry about, though. Oldest has her ACT today, so I'm guessing she was really hoping for a snow day. Lol
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 07:55:26 AM
I spoke too soon. Coming down pretty good at the moment. Makes for a pretty commute.Not a snowflake to be found. Not here, anyway. Looks like ClemsonDave is more accurate than any phone weather app.We ended up getting a couple inches. Snowed pretty much all day, but didn't really start sticking until sometime in the late afternoon. Nothing to worry about, though. Oldest has her ACT today, so I'm guessing she was really hoping for a snow day. Lol
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 07:59:58 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 08:06:10 AM
Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 08:37:07 AM
Wordle 633 4/6
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 08:38:45 AM
Wordle 633 2/6*
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Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 09:34:43 AM
I'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 09:36:01 AM
I told you to look for that wraparound.I spoke too soon. Coming down pretty good at the moment. Makes for a pretty commute.Not a snowflake to be found. Not here, anyway. Looks like ClemsonDave is more accurate than any phone weather app.We ended up getting a couple inches. Snowed pretty much all day, but didn't really start sticking until sometime in the late afternoon. Nothing to worry about, though. Oldest has her ACT today, so I'm guessing she was really hoping for a snow day. Lol
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 09:36:34 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 09:39:27 AM
Today is Tuesday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2023.
There are 292 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On March 14, 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry. On this date:
In 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany.
In 1939, the republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation of Czech areas and the separation of Slovakia.
In 1951, during the Korean War, United Nations forces recaptured Seoul.
In 1962, Democrat Edward M. Kennedy officially launched in Boston his successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts once held by his brother, President John F. Kennedy. (Edward Kennedy served in the Senate for nearly 47 years.)
In 1964, a jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, and sentenced him to death. (Both the conviction and death sentence were overturned, but Ruby died before he could be retried.)
In 1967, the body of President John F. Kennedy was moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
In 1980, a LOT Polish Airlines jet crashed while attempting to land in Warsaw, killing all 87 people aboard, including 22 members of a U.S. amateur boxing team.
In 1990, the Soviet Congress of People’s Deputies held a secret ballot that elected Mikhail S. Gorbachev to a new, powerful presidency.
In 1995, American astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket as he and two cosmonauts blasted off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, headed for the Mir space station.
In 2011, Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Darlene Love, Dr. John and Leon Russell were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2015, Robert Durst, a wealthy eccentric linked to two killings and his wife’s disappearance, was arrested by the FBI in New Orleans on a murder warrant a day before HBO aired the final episode of a serial documentary about his life. (Durst would be convicted in the shooting death of his friend, Susan Berman; he died in January 2022 while serving a life sentence in California.) Ten years ago: During his first full day as pontiff, Pope Francis stopped by his Vatican hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself. Some 10,000 workers from across the European Union protested outside a summit of EU leaders in Brussels, demanding they end years of austerity and focus instead on curbing runaway unemployment with more spending. A nearly 19-hour standoff in Herkimer, New York, came to an end inside a cluttered, abandoned bar as police SWAT teams killed the suspect in four fatal shootings. The NHL’s realignment plan was approved by the league’s board of governors.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 09:41:15 AM
Five years ago: Tens of thousands of students across the country walked out of their classrooms to demand action on gun violence and school safety; the action came a month after the shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Stephen Hawking, the best-known theoretical physicist of his time, died at his home in Cambridge, England, at the age of 76; he had stunned doctors by living with the normally fatal illness ALS for more than 50 years. President Donald Trump chose Larry Kudlow, a longtime fixture on the CNBC business news network, to be his top economic aide.
One year ago: Russia and Ukraine opened a new round of talks even as Moscow’s forces pounded away at Kyiv and other cities across the country in a punishing bombardment the Red Cross says has created “nothing short of a nightmare” for civilians. Leon Scharzbaum, a survivor of the Nazis’ death camp at Auschwitz and a lifelong fighter for justice for the victims of the Holocaust, died at 101. Country music legend Dolly Parton announced she was pulling out of the nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, saying she hadn’t “earned that right.” (She would later reverse course and accept induction into the hall.)
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 09:48:41 AM
astronaut Frank Borman is 95.
Actor Michael Caine is 90.
Composer-conductor Quincy Jones is 90.
Actor Raymond J. Barry is 84.
Country singer Michael Martin Murphey is 78.
Rock musician Walt Parazaider (payr-ah-ZAY’-dur) (formerly with Chicago) is 78.
Actor Steve Kanaly is 77.
Comedian Billy Crystal is 75.
Actor-writer-comedian-radio personality Rick Dees is 72.
Country singer Jann Browne is 69.
Actor Adrian Zmed is 69.
Prince Albert II, the ruler of Monaco, is 65.
Actor Laila Robins is 64.
Actor Tamara Tunie (tuh-MAH’-ruh TOO’-nee) is 64.
Producer-director-writer Kevin Williamson is 58.
Actor Elise Neal is 57.
Actor Gary Anthony Williams is 57.
Actor Megan Follows is 55.
Rock musician Michael Bland is 54.
Country singer Kristian Bush is 53.
Actor Betsy Brandt is 50.
Actor Grace Park is 49.
Actor Daniel Gillies is 47.
Actor Corey Stoll is 47.
Actor Jake Fogelnest is 44.
Actor Chris Klein is 44.
Actor Ryan Cartwright (TV: “Kevin Can Wait”) is 42.
Actor Kate Maberly is 41.
Singer-musician Taylor Hanson (Hanson) is 40.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, is 39.
Actor Jamie Bell is 37.
Rock musician Este Haim (HY’-uhm) (Haim) is 37.
NBA star Stephen Curry is 35.
Actor Ansel Elgort is 29.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Simone Biles is 26.
Actor James Freedson-Jackson (Film: “The Strange Ones”) is 21.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 09:49:05 AM
Raz Over/Under is 11
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 09:52:15 AM
Today's Over/Under is 8Nailed it again, 8.
Raz Over/Under is 11
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 09:52:57 AM
You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 09:58:24 AM
Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 09:59:05 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 10:00:43 AM
Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: razgueado on March 14, 2023, 10:06:53 AM
Post by: razgueado on March 14, 2023, 10:07:15 AM
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Post by: razgueado on March 14, 2023, 10:09:39 AM
Today's Over/Under is 8Only ten.
Raz Over/Under is 11
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 10:27:03 AM
Morning, muchachos.Morning, Page2Raz.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 10:31:39 AM
Was hoping for a reach-around instead.I told you to look for that wraparound.I spoke too soon. Coming down pretty good at the moment. Makes for a pretty commute.Not a snowflake to be found. Not here, anyway. Looks like ClemsonDave is more accurate than any phone weather app.We ended up getting a couple inches. Snowed pretty much all day, but didn't really start sticking until sometime in the late afternoon. Nothing to worry about, though. Oldest has her ACT today, so I'm guessing she was really hoping for a snow day. Lol
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 10:33:29 AM
Hey Tony, WTF with this page 1 on a Tuesday stuff?Sorry. Been dealing with a shit-storm AND an inclement weather commute. Hoping I don't have to look for another new job soon.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 10:37:50 AM
Why does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 10:50:41 AM
I figured that was the banter MO.Why does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 10:52:01 AM
But as long as she's not currently married, cause Dave is far too respectable for that.I figured that was the banter MO.Why does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 11:42:43 AM
Post by: razgueado on March 14, 2023, 12:20:32 PM
Are we entirely certain of that?But as long as she's not currently married, cause Dave is far too respectable for that.I figured that was the banter MO.Why does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: bluecollar on March 14, 2023, 12:30:51 PM
Hey Tony, WTF with this page 1 on a Tuesday stuff?I would help out but this work stuff keeps getting in the way. Plus no one is up when I am. I post in the evening when I can.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 12:59:00 PM
Well, as a matter of fact... ??? :-XWhy does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 01:00:23 PM
I do have a few morals left.Are we entirely certain of that?But as long as she's not currently married, cause Dave is far too respectable for that.I figured that was the banter MO.Why does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 01:01:13 PM
Dave must've run to the butcher for a couple of t-bones.Figment wanted to take a walk on campus.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 01:02:41 PM
In any case, we have arrived at page 3.Dave must've run to the butcher for a couple of t-bones.Figment wanted to take a walk on campus.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 01:03:46 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 01:07:22 PM
I've got your back.I do have a few morals left.Are we entirely certain of that?But as long as she's not currently married, cause Dave is far too respectable for that.I figured that was the banter MO.Why does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 01:07:53 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 01:08:23 PM
Well look at you... Dean?Well, as a matter of fact... ??? :-XWhy does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 01:18:20 PM
Not by a long shot.Well look at you... Dean?Well, as a matter of fact... ??? :-XWhy does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: razgueado on March 14, 2023, 01:19:48 PM
Traveling Dave said:
"Because politicians keep using the money for all kinds of programs and for people who have never paid into the system. Like spouses and child benefits, disabled persons and on and on. There WAS so much money in the program, they just couldn't help themselves."
It's not just that politicians couldn't help themselves. From day one, the Social Security Act authorized the Managing Trustee (The Secretary of the Treasury) to invest excess funds in the trusts. But it was also baked in that the only investment option available to the Trustee is a special series of Treasury securities. In other words, the only way the Trustee can earn interest for the fund is to lend the money to the federal government. He cannot put it into a bank, he cannot invest it in the stock market, he cannot do anything with the excess except lend it to the federal government.
Of course, the Treasury Secretary is a cabinet appointee, so he's quite happy to do this to support the agenda of the president who appointed him, so when the administration presents or supports legislation that requires funding, one source of funds is the money from the sale of those special Treasury securities to the SS trust funds.
The administration is forbidden by the act from counting the trust funds as part of its budget, but that obviously doesn't stop the administration from using it, nor prevent Congress from instructing the administration to utilize it. And there's another common misconception - people accuse Congress of "pillaging" the funds, but the Congress can't actually do it, they can only recommend to or instruct the administration to do it.
So, it wasn't just opportunism by politicians saying, "Oh look, here's a pot of money we can dip into!" It was designed into the Social Security Act from day 1 that excess from the trust funds would be loaned to the government - and ONLY the government.
The government COULD, conceivably, theoretically, borrow the money and invest it for return. But that doesn't get anyone votes. So pigs will fly before that happens.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 01:20:48 PM
No hot tubs,Not by a long shot.Well look at you... Dean?Well, as a matter of fact... ??? :-XWhy does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
No redheads,
No multiples
No mother-daughter tag teams
...
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 01:26:41 PM
Actually, that has never been the problem. Plenty of interest shown, I just was a bit too picky.Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 01:28:36 PM
The natural follow-up question being did someone finally move in that caught your eye or did you lower your standards?Actually, that has never been the problem. Plenty of interest shown, I just was a bit too picky.Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Post by: razgueado on March 14, 2023, 01:29:13 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 01:43:58 PM
Something I want to address from yesterday, about Social Security.Interesting factoid. Gracias.
Traveling Dave said:
"Because politicians keep using the money for all kinds of programs and for people who have never paid into the system. Like spouses and child benefits, disabled persons and on and on. There WAS so much money in the program, they just couldn't help themselves."
It's not just that politicians couldn't help themselves. From day one, the Social Security Act authorized the Managing Trustee (The Secretary of the Treasury) to invest excess funds in the trusts. But it was also baked in that the only investment option available to the Trustee is a special series of Treasury securities. In other words, the only way the Trustee can earn interest for the fund is to lend the money to the federal government. He cannot put it into a bank, he cannot invest it in the stock market, he cannot do anything with the excess except lend it to the federal government.
Of course, the Treasury Secretary is a cabinet appointee, so he's quite happy to do this to support the agenda of the president who appointed him, so when the administration presents or supports legislation that requires funding, one source of funds is the money from the sale of those special Treasury securities to the SS trust funds.
The administration is forbidden by the act from counting the trust funds as part of its budget, but that obviously doesn't stop the administration from using it, nor prevent Congress from instructing the administration to utilize it. And there's another common misconception - people accuse Congress of "pillaging" the funds, but the Congress can't actually do it, they can only recommend to or instruct the administration to do it.
So, it wasn't just opportunism by politicians saying, "Oh look, here's a pot of money we can dip into!" It was designed into the Social Security Act from day 1 that excess from the trust funds would be loaned to the government - and ONLY the government.
The government COULD, conceivably, theoretically, borrow the money and invest it for return. But that doesn't get anyone votes. So pigs will fly before that happens.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 01:45:20 PM
New chest tattoo??No hot tubs,Not by a long shot.Well look at you... Dean?Well, as a matter of fact... ??? :-XWhy does she have to be a widow?Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
No redheads,
No multiples
No mother-daughter tag teams
...
Edit: a big tiger paw, perhaps??
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 02:10:40 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 02:13:05 PM
Today is Flip's birthday, RIP buddy.I'd say celebrate him the way he'd want, but then we'd all have to smoke Gurkhas.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 02:13:13 PM
I don't lower my standards!The natural follow-up question being did someone finally move in that caught your eye or did you lower your standards?Actually, that has never been the problem. Plenty of interest shown, I just was a bit too picky.Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Actually she moved in about a year and a half ago and did catch my eye. Just took me a while to get around to asking her out. Really out of practice.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 02:13:48 PM
And sing karaoke.Today is Flip's birthday, RIP buddy.I'd say celebrate him the way he'd want, but then we'd all have to smoke Gurkhas.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 02:15:08 PM
Today is Flip's birthday, RIP buddy.Indeed. He is certainly missed.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 02:16:18 PM
Is she a Clemson alum?I don't lower my standards!The natural follow-up question being did someone finally move in that caught your eye or did you lower your standards?Actually, that has never been the problem. Plenty of interest shown, I just was a bit too picky.Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Actually she moved in about a year and a half ago and did catch my eye. Just took me a while to get around to asking her out. Really out of practice.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 02:21:39 PM
Understandable. At this point, I wouldn't even know where to begin.I don't lower my standards!The natural follow-up question being did someone finally move in that caught your eye or did you lower your standards?Actually, that has never been the problem. Plenty of interest shown, I just was a bit too picky.Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Actually she moved in about a year and a half ago and did catch my eye. Just took me a while to get around to asking her out. Really out of practice.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 02:21:47 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 02:34:46 PM
Grindr?Understandable. At this point, I wouldn't even know where to begin.I don't lower my standards!The natural follow-up question being did someone finally move in that caught your eye or did you lower your standards?Actually, that has never been the problem. Plenty of interest shown, I just was a bit too picky.Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Actually she moved in about a year and a half ago and did catch my eye. Just took me a while to get around to asking her out. Really out of practice.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 03:25:56 PM
No, but nobody's perfect.Is she a Clemson alum?I don't lower my standards!The natural follow-up question being did someone finally move in that caught your eye or did you lower your standards?Actually, that has never been the problem. Plenty of interest shown, I just was a bit too picky.Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Actually she moved in about a year and a half ago and did catch my eye. Just took me a while to get around to asking her out. Really out of practice.
Post by: Travellin Dave on March 14, 2023, 03:26:53 PM
Never used any of them things...Grindr?Understandable. At this point, I wouldn't even know where to begin.I don't lower my standards!The natural follow-up question being did someone finally move in that caught your eye or did you lower your standards?Actually, that has never been the problem. Plenty of interest shown, I just was a bit too picky.Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Actually she moved in about a year and a half ago and did catch my eye. Just took me a while to get around to asking her out. Really out of practice.
Post by: razgueado on March 14, 2023, 03:41:02 PM
Replenishing the trust fund will require that a presidential administration make it a priority. They could cut spending elsewhere and pay back the bonds. But cutting spending seemed to go out of fashion at the turn of the century.Something I want to address from yesterday, about Social Security.Interesting factoid. Gracias.
Traveling Dave said:
"Because politicians keep using the money for all kinds of programs and for people who have never paid into the system. Like spouses and child benefits, disabled persons and on and on. There WAS so much money in the program, they just couldn't help themselves."
It's not just that politicians couldn't help themselves. From day one, the Social Security Act authorized the Managing Trustee (The Secretary of the Treasury) to invest excess funds in the trusts. But it was also baked in that the only investment option available to the Trustee is a special series of Treasury securities. In other words, the only way the Trustee can earn interest for the fund is to lend the money to the federal government. He cannot put it into a bank, he cannot invest it in the stock market, he cannot do anything with the excess except lend it to the federal government.
Of course, the Treasury Secretary is a cabinet appointee, so he's quite happy to do this to support the agenda of the president who appointed him, so when the administration presents or supports legislation that requires funding, one source of funds is the money from the sale of those special Treasury securities to the SS trust funds.
The administration is forbidden by the act from counting the trust funds as part of its budget, but that obviously doesn't stop the administration from using it, nor prevent Congress from instructing the administration to utilize it. And there's another common misconception - people accuse Congress of "pillaging" the funds, but the Congress can't actually do it, they can only recommend to or instruct the administration to do it.
So, it wasn't just opportunism by politicians saying, "Oh look, here's a pot of money we can dip into!" It was designed into the Social Security Act from day 1 that excess from the trust funds would be loaned to the government - and ONLY the government.
The government COULD, conceivably, theoretically, borrow the money and invest it for return. But that doesn't get anyone votes. So pigs will fly before that happens.
Or they can raise taxes, which doesn't tend to make people happy.
Or they can cut benefits, or raise the retirement age, which only manages to slow down the inevitable.
But, again, none of this buys anyone votes or approval ratings. So no one ever wants to do it.
Had the money been placed in an S&P 500 Index Fund the funds would contain a staggering amount of money. But you know what happens when someone suggests that.
Post by: bluecollar on March 14, 2023, 06:48:36 PM
Tony said he misses your purple glow.
Post by: bluecollar on March 14, 2023, 06:49:45 PM
Post by: razgueado on March 14, 2023, 07:55:01 PM
Don't start with Grindr. Tony's having a joke at your expense.Never used any of them things...Grindr?Understandable. At this point, I wouldn't even know where to begin.I don't lower my standards!The natural follow-up question being did someone finally move in that caught your eye or did you lower your standards?Actually, that has never been the problem. Plenty of interest shown, I just was a bit too picky.Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Actually she moved in about a year and a half ago and did catch my eye. Just took me a while to get around to asking her out. Really out of practice.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 08:21:23 PM
Hey Clemson Dave. I have not seen you post a cigar pic in a while.He's too busy. Perhaps the new little lady doesn't like cigar smoke.
Tony said he misses your purple glow.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 08:22:12 PM
How dare you?! I would never!Don't start with Grindr. Tony's having a joke at your expense.Never used any of them things...Grindr?Understandable. At this point, I wouldn't even know where to begin.I don't lower my standards!The natural follow-up question being did someone finally move in that caught your eye or did you lower your standards?Actually, that has never been the problem. Plenty of interest shown, I just was a bit too picky.Figment getting your foot in the door with some widows along your route?Don't know about that. Things have been looking up.... ;)You have a better chance with pi. :DI'll go with that one. Gave up pie for lent.Nice day for pi.Or steak, if you're an Urban Dictionary fan. :D
Morning, APNewsDave.
Actually she moved in about a year and a half ago and did catch my eye. Just took me a while to get around to asking her out. Really out of practice.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 09:15:16 PM
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 14, 2023, 09:40:28 PM
Quick DrawIs this cigar in honor of ClemsonDave being out of practice?
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 14, 2023, 10:18:17 PM
Ha!Quick DrawIs this cigar in honor of ClemsonDave being out of practice?
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