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My son is at the tail end of Gen X so there is some concern. From what I see I taught him well somehow.

Using these parameters puts definitely puts me in the center. I remember arguing with a high school social studies teacher who claimed that Earth Day was a Communist Plot. Viet Nam was in the forefront of our thoughts with the first Moratorium Day (?). I was on the cusp, not supporting Nixon policies but not wanting to get into trouble either. I was also part of the last "lottery" group, I still remember the feeling of hearing that my birthday was a high number. The last time I "won" a lottery. I'm old enough to remember being old as a radio program director that I needed to find and hire an African American, but not one who sounds "black". It was also in the late 70s that my wife was told by a mid market, 50 thousand watt radio station GM that a woman would never anchor a morning drive newscast on one of his stations. (The guy is long gone, but his memory is still revered in that market). Don't even think about women in management. I'm definitely a Boomer.

These are a few years old...MAD was the best... thread..

They've removed the magnetometers in the House....I guess it's legal to carry now.

The way I understand Steve Kornacki's explanation, yes

Them voting "present" would actually help McCarthy. The way I understand it that would be the same as abstaining. The Speaker needs a majority of voting members. Not voting would reduce the numbers of votes needed to win.

Do it, the Republicans will forever be the party of NO

McCarthy is facing the same problems that Boehner and Ryan faced as Speaker. The crazies have gotten worse and Kevin does not have the cojones for the job.

McCarthy has already given away the Republic to a handful of crazies. He should just tell them FU and put them on minor committees.

Republicans in disarray....Kevin has become a Trumpublican steer (neutered bull). I would love to see Democrats vote against every candidate they put up. Cast votes for Kinzinger all day long

Mike Sharkey also had COVID about the same time. Wonder if it was from COVID Rudy..

The housing market seems to still be in decent shape here, though not as strong as say a year ago. Part of it I think is the season. Not many want to move in December. The other factors going for sales here is it's a military area and still attracts a fair amount of retirees.

Rents may be the biggest problem in finding affordable housing. When we made the decision to downsize in 2017 we found a fairly new build ranch style complex. Rent was about half the mortgage payments we were making. When we moved out in Sept 2020 the rate would have been at least 50% more that what the original rent without any changes in amenities. Supply and demand, I guess (This was in Commerce Twp) Home sale prices in that area have skyrocketed as well. Lots of new builds, but even trying to buy an older home would take a lot of capital. Especially the ones I've seen on Zillow and Reality once you factor in the cost to do needed upgrades.

We've used a financial advisor when my spouse came into a fairly substantial chunk of change in a "retirement buyout" several years ago. We found him helpful and have remained mostly in the black with their efforts. They also came in handy navigating the whole Medicare morass especially when it came to prescription drugs not covered under the basic plans.

Browns up by 14, 5 1/2 min left...

Browns now up by 10 over the Commodes end of 3

And didn’t Bush Jr once say we needed them to do jobs real Americans didn’t want to do anymore?

Attempting to get a clean title on a vehicle we're trading in. When we bought the car in 2016, we only put my wife's name on the loan. We received a letter from Toyota in 2019 stating the loan was paid off. (I think we may have sent a copy to the SOS office in Lansing as well). Neither one of us remember getting a paper title from Michigan. In late Summer 2020 we registered the vehicle in Virginia, placed both names on the registration. Now to the trade in. Virginia still shows a lien on the title. The letter from the lender evidently means nothing because both names are not included in the release. Toyota says everything is done electronically now. Virginia can't clear it because their computers won't let them. No one can get thru to Lansing. I'm hoping something gets done this week (it's been over a month now). Last conversation with Toyota told us they were able to electronically clear the lien, but it takes 3 business days. That means at least one more trip to the DMV and probably another drive to the dealer to release the check we gave them as a promissory note. Meanwhile it looks like our trade-in may have been sold. It's all one big racket...

We regularly book hotel rooms based on points. I doubt if the rates would drop significantly in places like Cambridge, OH or Wixom, MI

The final embers of the evening in our Solo Stove

I've gotten into Slow Horses. Based on Mick Herron's spy novels. So far the first two seasons are faithful to the books. Gary Oldman is a treasure as Jackson Lamb, ringmaster of this band of misfits.

I will guarantee that robots would still probably get my order wrong at Wendy's

The party that proudly promoted personal responsibility abandoned that policy in 2016