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"Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding."

-Justice Louis Brandeis

Drejk wrote:

Backing Battletech kickstarter at $275 tier gives a black or grey flight jacket with Battletech logo...

Anyone wants to buy a kidney?

I didn't know you loved battletech....

FOR THE REPUBLIC OF THE SPHERE!!

Battle Tech kick start!? Hmmm

David M Mallon wrote:

David M Mallon wrote:

In other news, it looks like my computer's on its last legs. Given that I have basically no money for a replacement, there's a good chance this will be my last post for a long while.

Shifted some money around, sold a couple antiques, and drained my emergency fund, but... I'm back, and with a replacement computer. I'll just have to cross my fingers and hope that my medical bills stay low for the foreseeable future. It figures that the thing would die on New Year's Eve-- one final "f#!$ you" from 2016.

Glad to see you back, man.

+1

So, as I've mentioned, I am quite Lawful by nature, to the point of actually getting permits for all of my construction and whatnot. I even had business licenses for my rental property and for when NobodysWife worked at home.

However, being Lawful by nature, certain things incense and infuriate me beyond all reason, especially mindless bureaucracy.

I think I might have mentioned that Shiro's player moved recently, and during the course of the move, he left his motorcycles out for a single night and they were all stolen. It was obviously an "inside job" by one of the neighbors, but eventually two of the bikes were "recovered" having been totally dismantled, and one was "recovered" fully intact, with someone riding it.

The fully-intact one happened to be Shiro's player's favorite, so he wanted it back.
Shiro's Player: That's great! You got my bike back! Thanks so much!
Insurance Company: Not so fast, sir! We already marked that bike as "totalled" and paid you out for it.
SP: No problem! I'll just give you your money back and you can give me the bike! We're even!
IC: It doesn't work that way, sir. We paid you. You can't give the money back.
SP: Whatever. I'll buy the bike from you. How much do you want for it?
IC: The bike was marked as totalled, sir, we can't legally sell it to you.
SP: So what you're telling me is, *YOU* decided to label the bike as "totalled" before you found it, *YOU* decided to cut me a check, *YOU* decided to notify the DMV, and now *I* can't have my bike back because of your precipitous actions?
IC: Yes, sir.

It's legal stupidity at its worst.

And in case it couldn't get any stupider, Shiro's player, a man of no small means, decided, "Whatever. I'll just buy a new one."
So of course the company no longer makes them in black.

Roadblock after roadblock after roadblock.

When all he wants is his old bike back.

I doubt it's the case case in California, but some states have a fairly simple salvage title process.

Happy birthday Freehold! :)

Belated +1

David M Mallon wrote:

Patrick Curtin wrote:

One hard hard lesson I learned after the military is that employers don't give a rats ass about you. Honestly.

In the last 15 years I have worked for corporations, I have worked for small businesses, I have worked for mom-and-pop shops. In EVERY case, they screwed me eventually. Usually when it was to their advantage to do so. So now, I don't give loyalty to jobs. I do a good job, because that's how I was raised. However, I expect to be paid, and I will not put up with any of the penny-ante b~*~~*&& these employers come up with.

You want to play with my schedule? Fine, I'll get another job and then you can deal when I am available. If that doesn't suit you, fire me. But you wont, because I am smart, flexible, and I do a good job. You can't let that go.

** spoiler omitted **...

Move down to the South. We have our problems here but there are jobs in the bigger cities. Sadly it still takes looking for them.

P.S. - Tell me if I am rubbing your nose in anything. You do not deserve that at all.

P.P.S. - It might be bad luck or it might be just where you are too. Sadly "Location, Location, Location" also applies to jobs.

+1

The variation in pay scale, cost of living, and work availability even in the same state can be mind bendingly variable and wildly cyclical.

If I were younger and couldn't travel for work I'd be totally boned. I haven't worked here in Colorado in over 5 years.

My son in law has a great work ethic and is very sharp but he has had to change fields at least 3 time since college just to survive.

I hope things get better soon.

First shift almost done. Now just the overnight.

I have to run to the shops tomorrow and pick up some prezzies. I don't think I will have much time elsewise.

Well, I'll have the morning on Xmas Eve, but that is soooooo cliche.

Also, I'll have Monday the 26th, since dinner is that day, but I don't really want to be shopping and cooking

Christmas I'm working a doubleshift. Which is sweet, because it's also double time. So, two shifts, four shifts in the paycheck. SCORE!

And, since I got full-time status right before the holidays I get 8 extra hours from WHOI for Christmas AND New Years! Bonus!

Sweet!

Dear NASA,

Your Mom thought I was big enough.

-Pluto

*facepalm*

Sooo many safety violations.......

Bitter Thorn wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

What if I just stuck my finger in an outlet, when I was sleeping.

How!? o_O

Well, some people move around a lot when they're sleeping.

OK, but how does a finger get in the little holes??

Howdy!

Sorry but I'm not even going to try with a 3000+ post backlog.

I hope everyone is doing well.

NobodysHome wrote:

OK, after losing my entire lunch hour to this phenomenon, I thought I'd conduct a second totally-random survey:

At the grocery store, do you self-bag or just stand there?

I ask because I basically just lost my lunch hour in a loooong grocery line, watching people stand there, hands empty, patiently waiting for the checker to finish checking all the items, then stand there, patiently waiting for the checker to bag all the items. Timing the two (did I mention I spent most of my lunch hour in a line... with THREE people ahead of me?), they were about equal. So if people just stepped up and bagged their own groceries, the line would move twice as fast.

Yet in the entire store, I and one other guy were the only ones who self-bagged. Everyone else just waited. And waited. And waited.

What was odd was that I overheard the other self-bagger ask why no employees were bagging, and the checker responded with a mysterious, "Oh, California just passed a law about that."

I hadn't heard of any such ridiculous law, so I was wondering how many self-baggers and how many patient waiters we have?

(Having a kid with you or any other disability automatically qualifies you for the, "Guilt-free patient waiter" line...

I always self bag. Always.

I used to sack groceries in high school back when we used paper bags so I always prefer to bag my own. Sadly the physical layout of manned super wal mart checkouts makes that impossible. :/

What if I just stuck my finger in an outlet, when I was sleeping.

How!? o_O

Rosita the Riveter wrote:

When I was a kid, it was beaten into our heads that you never talk to strangers, much less got into a stranger's car. Plus, the height of internet safety was never meeting strange people from the internet. Now? A program on my phone uses the internet to summon strangers so that I may get into their cars, and this is a completely normal thing.

I wonder what dangerous stuff we're taught to never do today will be typical activities in the future?

Lick the outlet... you know you want to...

Do you want a safety briefing?

Because this is how we get a safety briefing.

;)

Dear automatic flushing toilet... I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I wasn't done yet.

-Anonymous

Bitter Thorn wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

Bitter Thorn wrote:

11,619 missed posts.

Are you guys slowing down? ;)

I hope everyone is well.

completely manly excited squee

LOL!

Now 3,749 missed posts.

The older I get the faster time flies.

I have been dealing with some family and estate issues, but I will endeavor to be less of a stranger.

rips open shirt

SIGN MY CHEST!

LMAO!

I almost snarfed on my keyboard.

Hold that line!

What do you mean, "they're behind us?"

The mile high state is reporting in. I think I'm already on the map, twice.

Colorado looked lonely so I took the liberty of adding myself to Colorado Springs. :)

Bitter Thorn wrote:

11,619 missed posts.

Are you guys slowing down? ;)

I hope everyone is well.

completely manly excited squee

LOL!

Now 3,749 missed posts.

The older I get the faster time flies.

I have been dealing with some family and estate issues, but I will endeavor to be less of a stranger.

Bitter Thorn wrote:

Howdy.

I hope everyone is safe and well.

BT! Good to see you about! We've missed you!

Thanks for reaching out!

I will try to be less of a stranger.

Howdy folks.

Howdy.

I hope everyone is safe and well.

11,619 missed posts.

Are you guys slowing down? ;)

I hope everyone is well.

12,652 missed posts.

damn

I hope everyone is well.

I hope y'all are doing well.

2089 missed posts. I really should visit more often.

7756 missed posts, wow, I've been gone for a bit.

I've been a bit busy with life and such, but Dad is still hanging in there, and the family is generally healthy.

I'm currently in College Station for a few more days.

I hope everyone is well. Take care!

Sorry. We wound up having company all day Sunday.

I'm shooting pool on Friday night, TT on Saturday, and Sunday works for me.

Anyone besides me and Karlbob good for Sunday? Nikki and Gwyndar can probably do Sunday too.

Damn. I'm sorry Drejk.

+1

Thank you to all of our veterans today!

I'm GMimg TT this Saturday but Sunday is looking good.

Cool.

I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say justice was done (one of the dudes died in prison, and they're pinning the frame-up on a since deceased officer), but, yes, it's good he finally got out. I hope he's awarded billions.

I would be surprised if it breaks 3 million.

Cool! We should get more tomorrow here in Colorado.

I'm back. :)

What did I miss?

Only 740 missed posts?

You guys are slacking. ;)

cave of finance... :)

The regional pack looks a little better.

Why is the Alliance Pack more costly?

Alliance Pack $20

* A number of consumables and Tier 1 items themed to a nation or group from Golarion's lore
* You will be able to select the nation or group of your Alliance before use
* One per character
* May be purchased multiple times per account

versus

Regional Trait Pack $15

* One of your characters will gain a background related to one of the regions of Golarion
* Your character's background will be visible to other players
* Includes Tier 1 items reflecting your character's regional background
* You will be able to select the Region before use
* One per character
* May be purchased multiple times per account

Is there any new information on this especially if it will work early in beta?

Sorry it took me as long as it did. I hope things continue to improve.

I'm out for about a month.

Y'all take care and stay safe. :)

Driving cab on a Sunday morning. What could be better than this?

ugg

Yes, I think the Mac version will be made available before Alpha ends.

Awesome!

lynora wrote:

We have a self cleaning litter box and every time the rake goes across after a kitty has done their business, both kitties rush over to the litter box to watch the show. Apparently if you're a kitten watching an automated rake clear away your poo is endlessly entertaining.

Because human children do not spend some time watching the water flush in water closet, nor do they play with it...

LOL!

Will there be any chance for Mac user to get in on alpha?

Interesting how when law enforcers conduct a violent criminal home invasion with out the slightest pretense of due process the victims of the assault are charged with crimes and face prison rather that the assailants.

Denver jury awards $1.8 million to family in wrongful prosecution case

Massive incompetence and corruption by Denver law enforcers continues to cost tax payers millions more dollars.

Ouch.

Cool!

I like the two maces. :)

Will you be on tonight?