I once sat at a light in Gary Indiana, with an Obama phone give-away on one corner, an ACA signup on another, and a prostitute on the 3rd (4th had a collapsed building on it). She was by far the most honest

Bitcoiners will have a load of noblese oblige, I suspect.

You must have a much more southern latitude. 8” of snow on my garden since 2 weeks ago

Its funny, I look at what it costs to pave one block, or run a block of water or sewer, and I have no idea how any city is solvent. Stacking my sats in the stix

I don’t agree with my government much, but screwing the EU over is something I can get behind, everytime.

Not clear on ‘support’, but throwing in 0.50 to be a good sport

GM ☕️❄️

Looking back, late 20s or early 30s would have been ideal for me. Not sure if you are in the US, but tax laws play a big part in the when/how as well.

As a Catholic, one would have to try very hard to outdo the death spiral under the Catholic bishops of England & Wales……to which the CoE apparently says, ‘hold my beer, mate’.

Part of he problem is seeing adult offspring (often 45-65 years old) as ‘kids’. I fully agree with not spoiling kids in their formative years (look at a child stars), or having 18 year olds be handed over millions. But we’re talking grown-ups here, many of whose kids are younger adults, as well, due to the increased longevity. I fully intend to leave inheritances to my children - and not have it be a ‘surprise’ after a funeral (seems like a Boomer trend). Knowing allows planning, which tends towards better outcomes. That doesn’t preclude large charitable giving before and at death, but I see it as ‘yes, and’, not ‘either, or’.

If you haven’t made the following from scratch: Chicken Cordon Bleu Caesar Salad You really need to. #foodstr

Thats a man, baby!! …… a horsey, horsey man

Yes. ‘Contractor time’ for the latter, and lets blame fiat (sometimes wive’s changes mid-work) for the former.

Turkey soup or stew, made using the carcass your non cooking savy hosts would just toss, is my favorite part of Thanksgiving. Well, right after a 2 day week, five day weekend. Come to think of it, that is my ‘retirement’ vision.

I’ve been hearing that since at least 2022

We sure did. Every mall had at least one arcade, and most restaurants, bowling alleys, etc., had a couple games. My earliest memories of games were buddies older brothers forgotten Atari’s. Then the Christmas when I was 5 or 6 (85 or 86), I got a Nintendo, as I was the oldest. Literally had teenagers asking if they could come play 😆 90s saw it advance so fast. If we didn’t have beer or girls, we were playing Golden Eye or Mario Cart on the 64. Oh, and the world sucked a lot less, and the majority of my childhood was outside, unsupervised, and glorious.

I’ve never heard him speak before. Great English. I like living in a time and place where English is the dominate language.