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akarunway

One long lick for mankind. Just that taint always gets in the way.

Yeah but that taint is a tickle zone in the one long lick. If your good enough

normiss

Drive time plus 5 hours at the stealership.
30-45 minutes of extended warranty sales pitch efforts.
We walked in knowing what we were buying, they had it held for us, we had our own financing in place with documents, nice fat downstroke, no credit effort through the stealership at all, yet I'll never understand why it takes so long.
But it does.
Every.
Damn.
Time.

I understand the clean, prep, fuel part - but the rest should have been 20 minutes paperwork including the smoke break for the stinky ass business office guy.

Seriously confused this time given what we bought.

Sounds like you pick the wrong dealership. Or don't know how to tell them no
30. To 40 minutes of extended warenty is easily stopped with a stearn no. And if they continue a fuck no. Two minutes tops.

BIGUN

*********When I saw the pic of the plane with German markings on it, I couldn't help but think maybe a WWII vet with PTSD saw it in the air and shot it down.

Amazed that no one was hurt, not even the pilot.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/vintage-plane-erupts-flames-crashing-freeway-southern-california/story?id=58703596

Germany going to bomb Pearl Harbor again?

If they do, it won't be over....again.

Huh? I musta missed something.


Think "Animal House"

Yes that use to be a thing. One to try and make sure an outbreak didn't ruin a family vacation. Like when all three of us kids came down with measles a day away from the grand canyon.

But yes I would like to think parents know better now. But that just ain't the case and never will be. There will all ways be the ones that think they know better.

Well my dad passed away earlier this year. And he had made araigngments with a company that would pick him up.. Harvest any organs or tisue for research, then cremate and spread his ashes at sea. Free of charge.

billvon

California propositions on the ballot (non-Californians feel free to ignore)

I've been researching CA ballot propositions, and I figured I would post my researchings here. Information comes from the League of Women Voters, the voter election guide, direct web research and local word of mouth. (I also did research for the San Diego local propositions but I figure that's pretty useless here; lot more Californians here than san Diegans.)

Disclosure - in general my bias is to vote "no" on everything, on the basis that making a law needs to be a last resort after voluntary/private/market based efforts fail. It has to be a pretty compelling issue to make such a change, since most laws give government more power over people.

Prop 1 - Affordable housing.
This proposition authorizes about $4 billion for affordable housing, including low-income housing, farmworker housing and veteran farm purchase assistance. Affordable housing is a big problem in California because a lot of people want to live here, including rich people. When such people move in they often buy out people living here already, leading to a high priced real estate market and not many options for low income people. This ranges from a non issue in more rural communities (i.e. small towns in the central valley, Chico, Clovis) to insane housing prices that force even middle class people out (i.e. Santa Clara, Los Altos, La Jolla, Cupertino.)

This is indeed a huge problem but I don't think a $4 billion bond is the way to solve it. Too much cost for not enough benefit, and too much market distortion. I'd rather see zoning laws changed to encourage communities that are cheaper, denser and easier for California to support.

Prop 2 - Mental health treatment and housing.
This prop provides up to $2 billion in bonds for medical treatment and care to allow people with mental health issues to remain at home wherever possible, or to be moved to supervised low-income housing if not. This effectively expands a previous measure passed in 2016.

I am not sure on this one. It helps solve a large and growing problem - people with mental health issues that often end up homeless and fall into drug use and crime. That is a big problem that we have to do a better job of solving. And unlike able-minded people looking to buy a house, these are people who often have no other choices. Nor do I see a clear alternative to this. I have to think about this some more.

Prop 3 - Water bond
$8 billion in spending for improving water infrastructure in California, including watershed/fisheries improvements, water transportation and storage, water safety and flood protection.

This is another important issue as water supplies get tighter. However, there is a big flaw here, in that it shifts the costs of water from the people who use it (i.e. the people who should be paying for it) to taxpayers. It is also almost completely devoid of oversight, and thus the chances of it becoming a boondoggle are very high. The right solution here is to increase the price of water sufficiently to cover the expenses incurred with getting that water, and with maintaining and building infrastructure. That way the people using more of it pay for more of it.

Prop 4 - Build more children's hospitals.
Again a good cause. Again unclear as to why funding ($1.5 billion) can't come from the usual places. And this is for private, not public, hospitals. So this one is pretty easy for me. Good idea, we can't afford it.

Prop 5 - Property tax transfers.
This prop allows elderly people who buy new homes to pay less tax. If they are assessed a low property tax on their current property, and buy a new property somewhere else, they don't have to pay the new property tax - they pay their old one.

A strange one. There's not too much need for it (if they can't pay the new property tax, they can simply stay where they are) and it loses CA hundreds of billions of dollars, and all to help a group that doesn't really need much help - the 55 and older crowd who are in the market for new homes. The argument for it is that very old/disabled people who can't get around much any more should be able to move closer to their families, but it's not limited to that. ANY 55 year old can use it, which means it will mostly be used by wealthy retirees who want to get a house in a nicer location without paying more taxes. And wealthy retirees don't really need protecting from taxes.

Prop 6 - gas tax repeal. Constitutional amendment.
It repeals a 2017 law that added excise taxes to road fuel to cover a serious shortfall in monies needed to repair and maintain roads and bridges. It also amends the constitution to require any change to road laws (including driving laws) to be put up for a public vote.

The trend towards "amend the Constitution to get my measure adopted" is a terrible one, and it's why California has an incomprehensible mess of a Constitution. It also removes $5 billion from road and bridge maintenance, and that would result in the sort of disasters we've seen other places. So that's a pretty easy decision for me.

Prop 7 - Allows legislature to abolish time changes.
This one allows the legislature, with a 2/3 vote, to change how daylight savings time is implemented. Eliminating the change, as Arizona and Hawaii have done, not only make sense but has health benefits. A no-brainer. We should have done this a long time ago. Let the Earth set when the Sun rises and sets.

Prop 8 - Regulates kidney dialysis.
This was another strange one that puts limits on what dialysis centers can do. I did some research, and this measure is on the ballot primarily because dialysis centers have some labor disputes, and the labor leaders are using this to force the issue. So no on this one; the ballot box is not the place to resolve labor disputes.

Prop 10 - rent control.
This allows more local control in cases of rent control. It repeals an earlier more limited rent control (Costa-Hawkins) and allows cities to regulate more types of housing. I am generally against such controls, but moving the controls to more local governments is a step in the right direction. So not sure yet on this one.

Prop 11 - Requires private ambulance crews to be on-call during breaks.
This is sort of a silly one. A law was recently passed that said that private ambulance crews have to get breaks. This proposition attempts to override that decision.

If it's a big deal, hire more ambulance crews so there's always one that's not on break. More jobs, minor additional cost. Don't need a proposition to fix this.

Prop 12 - animal rights.
This makes moderate changes in the requirements placed on farmers in terms of cage sizes, pen sizes, treatment of animals etc. It's a good cause, but it's poorly written, and it follows closely on the heels of a previous law (prop 2) that, less than 10 years ago, did the same things. I support better treatment of farm animals, but it would have to come from a better written law and would have to give farmers more time to comply.

Thank you. Other than the ones you need to think about more.I agree with mostly, which suprises me. Are you a closet republican? not that there is anything wrong with that.

DJL

***Wow. Thanks for posting this.
Is it awful of me to hope it doesn’t become too proprietary?

Wendy P.

Is it awful that my girlfriend is in school for radiation oncology and my first thought was, "Well, she's out of a job now..."?

Having just lost my dad to cancer in May of this year, yes I hope this puts her out of a job. But it will be a while before that happens.

And nothing personal I don't even know her.

wolfriverjoe

Something a lot of people don't realize is that most big trucks are governed. That video showed two Swift trucks. They are governed to the same top speed (Swift runs 65). Not sure how they got that way, but the guy on the left couldn't go any faster.

The guy on the right should have lifted off for a few seconds and let the guy on the left get ahead.

The best way to piss off a truck driver is to speed up as he's passing you. He likely can't go any faster, so if you speed up to his pace when he is alongside you, he is stuck out there. If you hang there long enough, don't be too surprised to see a turn signal come on. If the car doesn't speed up or slow down, don't be to surprised to see the truck come over anyway.

Something that a lot of people like to say is trucks are governed. I know too many people driving for companies, leasing or owner operators. And also from driving up and down i5 in California, to ever buy that excuse. I have had swift and many others go by me at 80 mph.

Lot of things used the wrong way are lethal.

Don't watch movies. Care to explain the movie?

They already exist

I am color blind to a slight degree in the hues of green and red. The most common among males. Trafic lights have never been an issue.. I am a millwright and do every type of mechanical and electrical type of repair using the electrical color code and don't have any issues.
It all is determined by how severe it is. Mine was enough to keep me from being a DS in the navy.

riggerrob

I do not worry about being shot in Canada, not to even when I drove a bus through Vancouver’s notorious downtown east side.

Statistically, 75 percent of gang murders involve guns, but only 21 percent of civilian murders involve guns. Most gang murder victims are already “known to police.”

Since when are gangs not civilians? Are gangs now millitary?

Glad I don't know any juggalos.

To Winsor's point; there are viable options for personal defense available. To your point, there are a considerable number of liberals AND conservatives that have started "conceal carrying" these:

Fires up to 4 Separate Shots to 23 feet at 590 FPS from the nozzle
High Grade OC Solution
Not Considered a Firearm by ATF

https://www.amazon.com/FIRESTORM-Shot-Compact-Pepper-Spray/dp/B06XVKRRQM?tag=bespepspronl-20

Yea someone coming at me with a knife, I want 4 shots of pepper spray to stop him NOT. When cops start carrying that instead of a firearm let me know.

Niki1

***I don't know how much it would cost to move a ton of rock, but I would be able to use dynamite to break it up.

Getting to use dynamite? What more reason do you need?

That is what I'm thinking.

Thank you Bob and lago.

I don't know how much it would cost to move a ton of rock, but I would be able to use dynamite to break it up.

well I just found out he has passed away, so I have more important things to take care of now. But when things calm down I am going to have to go take a look at it.

My Dad owns 3 gold claims and unfortunately he is in his last days battling with cancer. He has decided to leave them to me. One placier claim and two hard rock. Question is should I retire at 56 and work the claims or wait until I reach SS retirement age?
They are in Siskyou county California, and the hard rock is assayed at 1 oz. Of gold Per ton of ore.
So do I give up a solid paycheck to search for the gold strike of the century?

I am sorry I upset you. I was not trying to tell you what you could post. It seemed to me like you were upset that there are scammers on eBay, since the first post I saw you were calling it an illegal ad. Then this one that could have been a carbon copy of that ad.
I was just trying to point out eBay is full of scammers just move on and don't stress about it. I could have worded it better I gues.
Once again I am sorry I upset you.

Bob_Church

This was one of my top returns when I did a search for 500 gb SSDs.


https://www.ebay.com/i/163009092791?ul_noapp=true

Really second post of the day from you of eBay sellers not doing what you want. Move on and find someone that wants to do that type business.

Bob_Church

***The penis transplant is now a thing: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/23/health/soldier-penis-transplant-ied.html

They'll need donors. Don't even look at me!

They normally go for a viable donor, so you don't have to worry.

billvon

>An individual that needs medical attention, but isn’t receiving treatment and ends up
>going postal with either a pressure cooker, firearm, van, or other instrument?

What needed medical attention did Stephen Paddock not receive?

We will never know, he is dead. How many people never show signs of mental illness until after they have killed a person or more, then they claim mental illness to stay out of prison. If he was still alive he might be one of those.

yoink

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43855097

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Naked gunman kills four in Nashville Waffle House

Move along. Thoughts and prayers here. Nothing to see. Huge props to the customer who grabbed the gun though.


To be fair, I've actually eaten in a Waffle House in Tennessee and it was pretty much the worst food I've had anywhere in the world. Maybe the gunman didn't like his still frozen hash browns and coffee with fingernails in it.

Too bad the secret service didn't keep his firearms the last time they took them from him. Huh.