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GORDON wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:38 pm And I learned recently the frame is rusting out.

God dammit.

Yay Ohio!

hope to keep my current car for 6 more years. The way I look at it is all this time is $ I can save up for the next one, and get whatever I want. And, if I bought a car, it would just start a countdown towards the time that car had to be replaced. that was 2009. The car was a 1999 Camry. I sold it ...

We sold a car at CarMax today, my dad's old car since he can't drive any more.

Despite how little there is to do, from our perspective, it still took and hour and a half.

But, they offered more than the dealers, so here we are.

I heard the Oakland airport was closer to downtown SF than SFO is

Troy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:41 pm

Leisher wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:18 pm Are all the episodes of S1 out or are they doing weekly release?

All 8 are up.

The way it should be.

It does seem insane. Even with the behind the scenes integration costs, etc.

Grain of salt and all that, but...

Oh noes, they go get a job somewhere else because of record unemployment. Yep, right into lower paying jobs and not just because they have no marketable skills. Remember, this pay bump was just for fast food workers. You get way too tied up in the micro. WHAT IF A SINGLE BUSISNESS CLOSES? Yah, that...

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:37 pm You didn't answer the question. I'm asking "what then" about the employees, not the employers.

Oh noes, they go get a job somewhere else because of record unemployment.

Doesn't feel career-ending... but something. half a season ban?

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:39 pm The law is already forcing businesses to close and jobs have been and will be lost. Plus, now we just count the days until those workers are replaced by machines.

What then?

Oh noes, the horrors. If they can't survive without the government tit feeing their employees, they shouldn't exist.

I hated school today, but I loved college. So much more freedom and free time. I thought networking was cool, and that's what I got my certs in. The week I got my cert, I had multiple job offers. I took 7 3-5 day courses and started a career. 4 years of college were a HUGE waste of time and effort a...

Cakedaddy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:03 pm I don't see how showing me a price that went up because of wages is you showing how prices didn't go up because of wages.

If you're the fast food worker, they went down substantially in PPP terms!

Cakedaddy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:09 pm Has anyone ever asked them "Where is this money supposed to come from?"

And if so, what was their answer?

I assume "There's no money because of the systemic misogyny!" (duh!)

At the end of the day, the most valuable thing I did in college was get job. Having the degree opened a lot of doors, but that job was a great motivator that I didn't want some dumb button-pushing job. I was a phone survey person. But, after 3-4 months I got promoted to assistant supervisor. And tha...

And that's why I support higher minimum wages Have you ever shown how this cost ISN'T passed on to the people who just got the raise? Just like fast food in CA, that cost immediately raised prices. It's not like the owners said "Oh well. I guess I make less money now." Yes, look at the fa...

And that's why I support higher minimum wages. I support it to a point, as I've stated previously, but I think costs in general need to drop to more realistic levels. The "Wall St drives everything" model is destroying the economy. Costs will never drop. And if they do, something has radi...

If you were rich 4 years ago... you're super rich now. Economic indicators tend to be OVERALL indicators, like GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, etc. But that doesn't talk about the relative impacts. If you spend 60% of your income on food + rent, the past 4 years have been terrible for you. OTOH...

How is this system misogyny?

Agree. I know Catt will point out all the things that suggest the economy is doing well, but people don't see it at the grocery store, restaurants, the gas pump, the Bunny Ranch, and so on. The economy doing well doesn't mean everyone is doing well. Most of the benefits of our economy is going to t...