Post by: CigarBanter on January 13, 2025, 12:00:14 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 06:10:45 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 06:11:33 AM
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Door #1 - Romeo y Julieta Media Noche Robusto - 10/49.99
Door #2 - Zino Platinum Scepter Series Grand Master (Robusto) - 5/29.99
Door #3 - Gurkha Yakuza Toro - 10/39.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 06:52:55 AM
Morning, boyos. Happy Dean Day.Indeed. The Dean days are flying by and mid January is already upon us.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 07:07:37 AM
Good. The faster we get to April, the better. This cold shit is for the birds.Morning, boyos. Happy Dean Day.Indeed. The Dean days are flying by and mid January is already upon us.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 07:15:45 AM
It's in the 30s this morning and not windy, so it feels like a warm day here.Good. The faster we get to April, the better. This cold shit is for the birds.Morning, boyos. Happy Dean Day.Indeed. The Dean days are flying by and mid January is already upon us.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 07:29:11 AM
We finally broke our sub-freezing run yesterday when it got up to 33. Supposed to be 40 on Friday, so that'll practically be shorts weather.It's in the 30s this morning and not windy, so it feels like a warm day here.Good. The faster we get to April, the better. This cold shit is for the birds.Morning, boyos. Happy Dean Day.Indeed. The Dean days are flying by and mid January is already upon us.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 07:40:36 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 07:41:44 AM
There's this skinny kid who gets on the bus with my son, every morning at 6:55, wearing shorts and a sweatshirt. Even with single digits, I haven't seen him wear anything else.We finally broke our sub-freezing run yesterday when it got up to 33. Supposed to be 40 on Friday, so that'll practically be shorts weather.It's in the 30s this morning and not windy, so it feels like a warm day here.Good. The faster we get to April, the better. This cold shit is for the birds.Morning, boyos. Happy Dean Day.Indeed. The Dean days are flying by and mid January is already upon us.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 07:46:06 AM
Just got my tea started and I tried putting the tea leaves in the pot before taking the lid off, in case anyone is wondering how my Monday morning is going. :DSounds like it's going comically.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 08:14:39 AM
There's one in every group.There's this skinny kid who gets on the bus with my son, every morning at 6:55, wearing shorts and a sweatshirt. Even with single digits, I haven't seen him wear anything else.We finally broke our sub-freezing run yesterday when it got up to 33. Supposed to be 40 on Friday, so that'll practically be shorts weather.It's in the 30s this morning and not windy, so it feels like a warm day here.Good. The faster we get to April, the better. This cold shit is for the birds.Morning, boyos. Happy Dean Day.Indeed. The Dean days are flying by and mid January is already upon us.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 08:15:12 AM
That wasn't my initial thought in the moment, but once I cleaned the stove off, it was.Just got my tea started and I tried putting the tea leaves in the pot before taking the lid off, in case anyone is wondering how my Monday morning is going. :DSounds like it's going comically.
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Post by: Travellin Dave on January 13, 2025, 09:02:48 AM
Then it's not a sub-freezing run is it?We finally broke our sub-freezing run yesterday when it got up to 33. Supposed to be 40 on Friday, so that'll practically be shorts weather.It's in the 30s this morning and not windy, so it feels like a warm day here.Good. The faster we get to April, the better. This cold shit is for the birds.Morning, boyos. Happy Dean Day.Indeed. The Dean days are flying by and mid January is already upon us.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 13, 2025, 09:49:48 AM
There are 352 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Jan. 13, 2021, President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House over the violent Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol, becoming the only president to be twice impeached; ten Republicans joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump on a charge of “incitement of insurrection.” (Trump would again be acquitted by the Senate in a vote after his term was over.)
Also on this date:
In 1733, James Oglethorpe and some 120 English colonists arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, while en route to settle in present-day Georgia.
In 1794, President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. (The number of stripes was later reduced to the original 13.)
In 1941, a new law went into effect granting Puerto Ricans U.S. birthright citizenship.
In 1979, singer Donny Hathaway died in a fall from a hotel window in New York. He was 34. Hathaway was known for his duets with Roberta Flack and the holiday song “This Christmas.”
In 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River while trying to take off during a snowstorm, killing a total of 78 people, including four motorists on the bridge; four passengers and a flight attendant survived.
In 1990, L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nation’s first elected Black governor as he took the oath of office in Richmond.
In 1992, Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for its soldiers during World War II, citing newly uncovered documents that showed the Japanese army had a role in abducting the so-called “comfort women.”
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 13, 2025, 09:57:57 AM
Today is Monday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2025
with 352 to follow.
The moon is full. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.
On this date in history:
In 1910, radio pioneer and electron tube inventor Lee Deforest arranged the world's first public radio broadcast, a performance by the New York Metropolitan Opera.
In 1915, nearly 30,000 people were killed in an earthquake in Avezzano, Italy.
In 1941, Irish novelist James Joyce died at age 58 following surgery for a perforated ulcer in Zurich, Switzerland.
In 1968, Johnny Cash recorded his infamous At Folsom Prison live record.
In 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River bridge in Washington, killing 78 people.
In 1985, a passenger train traveling through Ethiopia hurled off the tracks, plunging four cars into a ravine. More than 400 people died and 500 sustained injuries.
In 1990, L. Douglas Wilder took office in Virginia, becoming the first elected Black governor of a U.S. state.
In 1991, at least 40 South Africans were killed and 50 injured when fighting erupted during a soccer game in Orkney.
In 1997, U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to seven African-American soldiers for their courage in action in Italy during World War II. It was the first time the medal was given to Black WWII servicemen.
In 1999, Michael Jordan, regarded by many as the greatest basketball player ever, announced his second retirement. He led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships.
In 2001 a magnitude-7.7 early-morning earthquake killed more than 800 people, injured hundreds of others and caused widespread damage and destruction in El Salvador. Deadly mudslides were triggered by the quake.
In 2012, the cruise ship Costa Concordia slammed into a rocky shoal near the Italian coast and capsized, killing 32 people.
In 2016, three winning tickets split the largest lottery jackpot in the world -- $1.59 billion. The winning Powerball tickets were sold in California, Florida and Tennessee.
In 2018, an alert sent to cellphones in Hawaii falsely warned of a ballistic missile threat. Gov. David Ige said the mistake was caused by someone pushing "the wrong button."
In 2021, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on charges he incited an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He was the first president to be impeached twice. The Senate acquitted him both times.
In 2022, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stripped her son Prince Andrew of his military affiliations and royal patronages amid accusations he sexually abused an underage girl.
In 2024, Taiwan's Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate from the incumbent Democratic Progressive Party, won in a landslide victory as the island of 23 million sent a powerful message to China in a high-stakes election with global consequences.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 13, 2025, 10:05:18 AM
They include:
Salmon P. Chase, sixth chief justice of the United States, in 1808;
actor Frances Sternhagen in 1930;
actor Charles Nelson Reilly in 1931;
actor Rip Taylor in 1935; actor Richard Moll in 1943;
musician Trevor Rabin (Yes) in 1954 (age 71);
actor Kevin Anderson in 1960 (age 65);
actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 1961 (age 64);
musician Trace Adkins in 1962 (age 63);
actor Penelope Ann Miller in 1964 (age 61);
actor Patrick Dempsey in 1966 (age 59);
TV producer Shonda Rhimes in 1970 (age 55);
entrepreneur/political candidate Andrew Yang in 1975 (age 50);
actor Michael Pena in 1976 (age 49);
actor Ross McCall in 1976 (age 49);
actor Orlando Bloom in 1977 (age 48);
actor Jill Wagner in 1979 (age 46);
TV meteorologist Ginger Zee in 1981 (age 44);
actor Ruth Wilson in 1982 (age 43);
actor Julian Morris in 1983 (age 42);
actor Liam Hemsworth in 1990 (age 35);
actor Natalia Dyer in 1995 (age 30);
Maori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō in 1997 (age 28);
NHL player Connor McDavid in 1997 (age 28).
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 13, 2025, 10:05:58 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 10:13:16 AM
I mean, it was before it was broken, yes.Then it's not a sub-freezing run is it?We finally broke our sub-freezing run yesterday when it got up to 33. Supposed to be 40 on Friday, so that'll practically be shorts weather.It's in the 30s this morning and not windy, so it feels like a warm day here.Good. The faster we get to April, the better. This cold shit is for the birds.Morning, boyos. Happy Dean Day.Indeed. The Dean days are flying by and mid January is already upon us.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 10:15:15 AM
Today's Over/Under is 12.9
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 10:39:35 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 10:44:22 AM
Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn.
They include:
Salmon P. Chase, sixth chief justice of the United States, in 1808;
actor Frances Sternhagen in 1930;
actor Charles Nelson Reilly in 1931;
actor Rip Taylor in 1935;
actor Richard Moll in 1943;
musician Trevor Rabin (Yes) in 1954 (age 71);
actor Kevin Anderson in 1960 (age 65);
actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 1961 (age 64);
musician Trace Adkins in 1962 (age 63);
actor Penelope Ann Miller in 1964 (age 61);
actor Patrick Dempsey in 1966 (age 59);
TV producer Shonda Rhimes in 1970 (age 55);
entrepreneur/political candidate Andrew Yang in 1975 (age 50);
actor Michael Pena in 1976 (age 49);
actor Ross McCall in 1976 (age 49);
actor Orlando Bloom in 1977 (age 48);
actor Jill Wagner in 1979 (age 46);
TV meteorologist Ginger Zee in 1981 (age 44);
actor Ruth Wilson in 1982 (age 43);
actor Julian Morris in 1983 (age 42);
actor Liam Hemsworth in 1990 (age 35);
actor Natalia Dyer in 1995 (age 30);
Maori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō in 1997 (age 28);
NHL player Connor McDavid in 1997 (age 28).
Today's Over/Under is 12.Nine.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 10:47:51 AM
Shit, I missed Andrew Yang. 10 for me then.Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn.
They include:
Salmon P. Chase, sixth chief justice of the United States, in 1808;
actor Frances Sternhagen in 1930;
actor Charles Nelson Reilly in 1931;
actor Rip Taylor in 1935;
actor Richard Moll in 1943;
musician Trevor Rabin (Yes) in 1954 (age 71);
actor Kevin Anderson in 1960 (age 65);
actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 1961 (age 64);
musician Trace Adkins in 1962 (age 63);
actor Penelope Ann Miller in 1964 (age 61);
actor Patrick Dempsey in 1966 (age 59);
TV producer Shonda Rhimes in 1970 (age 55);
entrepreneur/political candidate Andrew Yang in 1975 (age 50);
actor Michael Pena in 1976 (age 49);
actor Ross McCall in 1976 (age 49);
actor Orlando Bloom in 1977 (age 48);
actor Jill Wagner in 1979 (age 46);
TV meteorologist Ginger Zee in 1981 (age 44);
actor Ruth Wilson in 1982 (age 43);
actor Julian Morris in 1983 (age 42);
actor Liam Hemsworth in 1990 (age 35);
actor Natalia Dyer in 1995 (age 30);
Maori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō in 1997 (age 28);
NHL player Connor McDavid in 1997 (age 28).Today's Over/Under is 12.Nine.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 11:01:11 AM
Post by: razgueado on January 13, 2025, 11:25:12 AM
Post by: razgueado on January 13, 2025, 11:33:15 AM
Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn.Thirteen. I thought I knew Salmon P Chase, but I was confusing him with Horace Greeley.
They include:
Salmon P. Chase, sixth chief justice of the United States, in 1808;
actor Frances Sternhagen in 1930;
actor Charles Nelson Reilly in 1931;
actor Rip Taylor in 1935;
actor Richard Moll in 1943;
musician Trevor Rabin (Yes) in 1954 (age 71);
actor Kevin Anderson in 1960 (age 65);
actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 1961 (age 64);
musician Trace Adkins in 1962 (age 63);
actor Penelope Ann Miller in 1964 (age 61);
actor Patrick Dempsey in 1966 (age 59);
TV producer Shonda Rhimes in 1970 (age 55);
entrepreneur/political candidate Andrew Yang in 1975 (age 50);
actor Michael Pena in 1976 (age 49);
actor Ross McCall in 1976 (age 49);
actor Orlando Bloom in 1977 (age 48);
actor Jill Wagner in 1979 (age 46);
TV meteorologist Ginger Zee in 1981 (age 44);
actor Ruth Wilson in 1982 (age 43);
actor Julian Morris in 1983 (age 42);
actor Liam Hemsworth in 1990 (age 35);
actor Natalia Dyer in 1995 (age 30);
Maori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō in 1997 (age 28);
NHL player Connor McDavid in 1997 (age 28).
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 11:34:38 AM
Morning, muchachos.Morning, Page2Raz.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 11:37:23 AM
Big property tax reevaluation this year for the county. Everyone got a huge boost in their value, probably because the county is running out of money. Mine went up over $1600 for the year, which is about a 50% increase or so. Ouch.That's a huge increase. They keep reassessing here too, but it generally only means it's going up between 2 and 8%. With that said, my little 100'x32' piece of property is being taxed about $12K per year.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 11:37:56 AM
Morning, muchachos.Good morning, Raz.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 11:48:36 AM
In that case, I'll keep my complaining to folks more local. :DBig property tax reevaluation this year for the county. Everyone got a huge boost in their value, probably because the county is running out of money. Mine went up over $1600 for the year, which is about a 50% increase or so. Ouch.That's a huge increase. They keep reassessing here too, but it generally only means it's going up between 2 and 8%. With that said, my little 100'x32' piece of property is being taxed about $12K per year.
Post by: razgueado on January 13, 2025, 11:52:00 AM
Morning, Dave.Morning, muchachos.Morning, Page2Raz.
Post by: razgueado on January 13, 2025, 11:52:28 AM
Good morning, T.Morning, muchachos.Good morning, Raz.
Post by: razgueado on January 13, 2025, 11:55:47 AM
Jaaaaayyyyzus. $12K? And I thought $6K on my third-of-an-acre was bad.Big property tax reevaluation this year for the county. Everyone got a huge boost in their value, probably because the county is running out of money. Mine went up over $1600 for the year, which is about a 50% increase or so. Ouch.That's a huge increase. They keep reassessing here too, but it generally only means it's going up between 2 and 8%. With that said, my little 100'x32' piece of property is being taxed about $12K per year.
Well, I mean, it IS bad. But you're getting sodomized.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 12:08:13 PM
Unfortunately, that's normal in Jersey. And yes, we are being sodomized. I have a buddy with a quarter acre who was paying over $60K in Tenefly, NJ. That's about 20 minutes from here. He was paying that about 10 years ago, I can only imagine it's gone up.Jaaaaayyyyzus. $12K? And I thought $6K on my third-of-an-acre was bad.Big property tax reevaluation this year for the county. Everyone got a huge boost in their value, probably because the county is running out of money. Mine went up over $1600 for the year, which is about a 50% increase or so. Ouch.That's a huge increase. They keep reassessing here too, but it generally only means it's going up between 2 and 8%. With that said, my little 100'x32' piece of property is being taxed about $12K per year.
Well, I mean, it IS bad. But you're getting sodomized.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 12:12:52 PM
Good gracious.Unfortunately, that's normal in Jersey. And yes, we are being sodomized. I have a buddy with a quarter acre who was paying over $60K in Tenefly, NJ. That's about 20 minutes from here. He was paying that about 10 years ago, I can only imagine it's gone up.Jaaaaayyyyzus. $12K? And I thought $6K on my third-of-an-acre was bad.Big property tax reevaluation this year for the county. Everyone got a huge boost in their value, probably because the county is running out of money. Mine went up over $1600 for the year, which is about a 50% increase or so. Ouch.That's a huge increase. They keep reassessing here too, but it generally only means it's going up between 2 and 8%. With that said, my little 100'x32' piece of property is being taxed about $12K per year.
Well, I mean, it IS bad. But you're getting sodomized.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 12:41:47 PM
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 12:43:23 PM
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 12:46:21 PM
Got lucky with a fortuitous second guess.I hope that fortuitous guess didn't have anything to do with how you spent the weekend. ;D
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 12:54:42 PM
It definitely didn't, thankfully. Though, I suspect you may be thinking of a different word.Got lucky with a fortuitous second guess.I hope that fortuitous guess didn't have anything to do with how you spent the weekend. ;D
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 01:03:56 PM
Oh yeah, it would have to be. Silly me. Hmmm...It definitely didn't, thankfully. Though, I suspect you may be thinking of a different word.Got lucky with a fortuitous second guess.I hope that fortuitous guess didn't have anything to do with how you spent the weekend. ;D
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 01:14:49 PM
It's something I COULD'VE been dealing with all weekend, as a homeowner. If that helps.Oh yeah, it would have to be. Silly me. Hmmm...It definitely didn't, thankfully. Though, I suspect you may be thinking of a different word.Got lucky with a fortuitous second guess.I hope that fortuitous guess didn't have anything to do with how you spent the weekend. ;D
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Post by: razgueado on January 13, 2025, 01:18:40 PM
Now I'm bringing the studio back online, so I had to start sorting through it. There was a massive amount of deduplication that needed to happen in the music libraries, owing to format conversions. I got half of it done over the weekend. It will take several months to deal with the rest. And I also got halfway through the accumulation of recording projects that the boys had left. That will be a little quicker to resolve.
The good news was that I found a forgotten re-arrangement for one of my songs, dating to 2009. That was fun. It was good work.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 01:25:52 PM
I spent a lot of time over the weekend cleaning up ten years' worth of "data sprawl." The problem began when my studio gear was disassembled and stored in 2014. There was a lot going on then - my mom had died, #1 son was going to college, my part-time staff role at the church expanded, the Hubcaps went on hiatus, I wasn't doing much writing or recording. And then I busted my leg. The wife and sons rearranged the den to accommodate my recovery, and the recording gear got stuffed away. I backed up all the data - there was a lot - from the computers to external hard drives. Since then, the pile of backed-up data has expanded as computers, tablets, and smart phones got upgraded and swapped out. It's always the plan to sort through the data, but I never got around to it. The studio data is massive amounts of large audio files, and toward the end my sons were using it a lot for school projects.Sounds like a productive weekend, well done.
Now I'm bringing the studio back online, so I had to start sorting through it. There was a massive amount of deduplication that needed to happen in the music libraries, owing to format conversions. I got half of it done over the weekend. It will take several months to deal with the rest. And I also got halfway through the accumulation of recording projects that the boys had left. That will be a little quicker to resolve.
The good news was that I found a forgotten re-arrangement for one of my songs, dating to 2009. That was fun. It was good work.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 01:26:37 PM
That's the one I was thinking. Check your texts.It's something I COULD'VE been dealing with all weekend, as a homeowner. If that helps.Oh yeah, it would have to be. Silly me. Hmmm...It definitely didn't, thankfully. Though, I suspect you may be thinking of a different word.Got lucky with a fortuitous second guess.I hope that fortuitous guess didn't have anything to do with how you spent the weekend. ;D
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 01:33:03 PM
I spent a lot of time over the weekend cleaning up ten years' worth of "data sprawl." The problem began when my studio gear was disassembled and stored in 2014. There was a lot going on then - my mom had died, #1 son was going to college, my part-time staff role at the church expanded, the Hubcaps went on hiatus, I wasn't doing much writing or recording. And then I busted my leg. The wife and sons rearranged the den to accommodate my recovery, and the recording gear got stuffed away. I backed up all the data - there was a lot - from the computers to external hard drives. Since then, the pile of backed-up data has expanded as computers, tablets, and smart phones got upgraded and swapped out. It's always the plan to sort through the data, but I never got around to it. The studio data is massive amounts of large audio files, and toward the end my sons were using it a lot for school projects.That sounds like a Herculean task. The kind I want to do, but will continue to put off until I'm no longer walking this green earth.
Now I'm bringing the studio back online, so I had to start sorting through it. There was a massive amount of deduplication that needed to happen in the music libraries, owing to format conversions. I got half of it done over the weekend. It will take several months to deal with the rest. And I also got halfway through the accumulation of recording projects that the boys had left. That will be a little quicker to resolve.
The good news was that I found a forgotten re-arrangement for one of my songs, dating to 2009. That was fun. It was good work.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 01:35:09 PM
For those of you playing along at home, LTG suspected incorrectly.It definitely didn't, thankfully. Though, I suspect you may be thinking of a different word.Got lucky with a fortuitous second guess.I hope that fortuitous guess didn't have anything to do with how you spent the weekend. ;D
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 01:42:41 PM
I'm officially 0-for-Monday.For those of you playing along at home, LTG suspected incorrectly.It definitely didn't, thankfully. Though, I suspect you may be thinking of a different word.Got lucky with a fortuitous second guess.I hope that fortuitous guess didn't have anything to do with how you spent the weekend. ;D
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 01:43:04 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 01:46:18 PM
Mike Mccarthy is out as coach of the Cowboys.I was more surprised last week when they were saying he was staying.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 13, 2025, 01:54:44 PM
Big property tax reevaluation this year for the county. Everyone got a huge boost in their value, probably because the county is running out of money. Mine went up over $1600 for the year, which is about a 50% increase or so. Ouch.That way they can say they didn't increase taxes.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 01:55:19 PM
Agreed, both this year and last.Mike Mccarthy is out as coach of the Cowboys.I was more surprised last week when they were saying he was staying.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 01:55:50 PM
Bastiges.Big property tax reevaluation this year for the county. Everyone got a huge boost in their value, probably because the county is running out of money. Mine went up over $1600 for the year, which is about a 50% increase or so. Ouch.That way they can say they didn't increase taxes.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 13, 2025, 01:59:15 PM
And that is about twice what I pay which is less than I paid per quarter in NJ.Jaaaaayyyyzus. $12K? And I thought $6K on my third-of-an-acre was bad.Big property tax reevaluation this year for the county. Everyone got a huge boost in their value, probably because the county is running out of money. Mine went up over $1600 for the year, which is about a 50% increase or so. Ouch.That's a huge increase. They keep reassessing here too, but it generally only means it's going up between 2 and 8%. With that said, my little 100'x32' piece of property is being taxed about $12K per year.
Well, I mean, it IS bad. But you're getting sodomized.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 13, 2025, 02:05:00 PM
Now I have to do it today to get in on the discussion.For those of you playing along at home, LTG suspected incorrectly.It definitely didn't, thankfully. Though, I suspect you may be thinking of a different word.Got lucky with a fortuitous second guess.I hope that fortuitous guess didn't have anything to do with how you spent the weekend. ;D
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 02:09:01 PM
(https://media.tenor.com/E3Dv3QpXfGMAAAAM/hangover.gif)And that is about twice what I pay which is less than I paid per quarter in NJ.Jaaaaayyyyzus. $12K? And I thought $6K on my third-of-an-acre was bad.Big property tax reevaluation this year for the county. Everyone got a huge boost in their value, probably because the county is running out of money. Mine went up over $1600 for the year, which is about a 50% increase or so. Ouch.That's a huge increase. They keep reassessing here too, but it generally only means it's going up between 2 and 8%. With that said, my little 100'x32' piece of property is being taxed about $12K per year.
Well, I mean, it IS bad. But you're getting sodomized.
Post by: Travellin Dave on January 13, 2025, 02:09:58 PM
Mike Mccarthy is out as coach of the Cowboys.Yea, you're getting paid oodles of millions, but that would be a tough job to take.
Just like in college. I do, but don't understand why an assistant coach making 2 or so mil a year in a stable, winning program would take a head coaching job for maybe twice that taking over a flailing program. I like the stability (relatively) factor.
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 02:14:32 PM
Blew right past page 3. Sorry.Bah, I should've known Natalia, too. I'm having quite a day. Luckily, it can't get any worse when I go grocery shopping, right? RIGHT?!?!
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 02:14:56 PM
Washington-Tampa was an entertaining game last night. Much better than some of the earlier duds.Agreed, didn't expect so many blah games over the weekend.
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Post by: razgueado on January 13, 2025, 03:00:46 PM
Because assistants don't usually go to the Hall of Fame, and they're always one bad season from being a scapegoat. If the team doesn't make the playoffs, assistants get fired before they go after the big dog.Mike Mccarthy is out as coach of the Cowboys.Yea, you're getting paid oodles of millions, but that would be a tough job to take.
Just like in college. I do, but don't understand why an assistant coach making 2 or so mil a year in a stable, winning program would take a head coaching job for maybe twice that taking over a flailing program. I like the stability (relatively) factor.
But if you're winning, why wouldn't you take a shot at being the big dog? The worst case scenario is you fall back to being a coordinator again for a few years, then you try again. CF Dan Quinn.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 03:05:46 PM
LMFAO!(https://media.tenor.com/E3Dv3QpXfGMAAAAM/hangover.gif)And that is about twice what I pay which is less than I paid per quarter in NJ.Jaaaaayyyyzus. $12K? And I thought $6K on my third-of-an-acre was bad.Big property tax reevaluation this year for the county. Everyone got a huge boost in their value, probably because the county is running out of money. Mine went up over $1600 for the year, which is about a 50% increase or so. Ouch.That's a huge increase. They keep reassessing here too, but it generally only means it's going up between 2 and 8%. With that said, my little 100'x32' piece of property is being taxed about $12K per year.
Well, I mean, it IS bad. But you're getting sodomized.
Post by: razgueado on January 13, 2025, 03:06:02 PM
And what's with all the saxophone National Anthems? Guess they got tired of singers taking their "artistic approach" on it.I'm tired as hell of the singers' shenanigans.
Memo to Robin Zander: Kudos for doing it straight, but dude...you're hall-of-fame rock singer. Work on your intonation. It's a hard song to sing, but more practice helps.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 03:08:01 PM
Washington-Tampa was an entertaining game last night. Much better than some of the earlier duds.100% agree. And it entertained literally to the last second.
Post by: razgueado on January 13, 2025, 03:13:37 PM
Yeah, I mean...you know you're in trouble when just copying all the stuff to one drive on one computer takes a couple of hours.I spent a lot of time over the weekend cleaning up ten years' worth of "data sprawl." The problem began when my studio gear was disassembled and stored in 2014. There was a lot going on then - my mom had died, #1 son was going to college, my part-time staff role at the church expanded, the Hubcaps went on hiatus, I wasn't doing much writing or recording. And then I busted my leg. The wife and sons rearranged the den to accommodate my recovery, and the recording gear got stuffed away. I backed up all the data - there was a lot - from the computers to external hard drives. Since then, the pile of backed-up data has expanded as computers, tablets, and smart phones got upgraded and swapped out. It's always the plan to sort through the data, but I never got around to it. The studio data is massive amounts of large audio files, and toward the end my sons were using it a lot for school projects.That sounds like a Herculean task. The kind I want to do, but will continue to put off until I'm no longer walking this green earth.
Now I'm bringing the studio back online, so I had to start sorting through it. There was a massive amount of deduplication that needed to happen in the music libraries, owing to format conversions. I got half of it done over the weekend. It will take several months to deal with the rest. And I also got halfway through the accumulation of recording projects that the boys had left. That will be a little quicker to resolve.
The good news was that I found a forgotten re-arrangement for one of my songs, dating to 2009. That was fun. It was good work.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 08:02:36 PM
Lol, I thought, here we go, someone who will just sing it without making a meal out of it. Then, oof. Probably should've warmed up those pipes a bit first.And what's with all the saxophone National Anthems? Guess they got tired of singers taking their "artistic approach" on it.I'm tired as hell of the singers' shenanigans.
Memo to Robin Zander: Kudos for doing it straight, but dude...you're hall-of-fame rock singer. Work on your intonation. It's a hard song to sing, but more practice helps.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 09:26:08 PM
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on January 13, 2025, 09:34:30 PM
Post by: razgueado on January 13, 2025, 09:56:28 PM
So far, Sam Darnold is out there looking like Deshaun Watson.The Rams are making fools out of the Vikings. It's too bad. I hate the Rams, I have some best friends from Minnesota, and I was an admirer of Fran Tarkenton and the purple people eaters back in the 70s. But this is kinda pathetic.
Darnold is thoroughly rattled.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 10:27:56 PM
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 10:30:40 PM
Out of the six playoff games this weekend, I successfully picked only one. I'm happy I didn't put money on any of them.So far, Sam Darnold is out there looking like Deshaun Watson.The Rams are making fools out of the Vikings. It's too bad. I hate the Rams, I have some best friends from Minnesota, and I was an admirer of Fran Tarkenton and the purple people eaters back in the 70s. But this is kinda pathetic.
Darnold is thoroughly rattled.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 10:43:36 PM
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on January 13, 2025, 10:49:11 PM
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