Recent content by shetuck

There are “great unwashed” all over the developing world… it’s not just a red state phenomenon. But I gather you probably already know that.

Not sure if this is what you’re saying, but, if you’re an oil exec and you have the choice to sell to the Netherlands, for example, at $4 per gallon or to domestic refineries at $3 a gallon, you’d get run out of your job if you choose to take the less profitable deal.

In Florida? Yeah... I've heard some outrageous figures (as well as property taxes / condo fees) in excess of $20-$30 per year.

Not upgrading your dinnerware for 50 years also helps... ;p

The more interesting question isn't "when" but "where"... Florida real estate getting more affordable. Some countries in Europe are ending Golden Visas, but others are still giving incentives. Asia (vietnam, thailand), South America (Honduras, Costa Rica)... Urban to rural vs rural to urban -...

skip that dunkin / mcd's / starbucks stop every morning and get your coffee / eggs / bagel at home... $4.4 million dollars.

Ignoble

Pneumococcal? I thought that was an inflatable assist for a different kind of old-age problem.

i had the same. still a slight cough. i assumed it was some kind of corona variant. symptoms felt a little like allergies, though i've never had allergies. claritin helped.

Wyoming? Damn...

i also don't like extending it much beyond even 10 or 12 because it makes the regular season less meaningful. but... there's no way the ratings can drop. mathematically it would not go in that direction. more teams = more games = more money. it does somehow "devalue" the regular season, but it...

Everyone likes to support the idea that "we need change", until they're faced with the reality that that includes them changing as well, and not everybody else.

The chapter on depression… man… that was really something. Seriously.

We dodged a bullet…

where's the bacon?