Is this, like, a date? Or is she just drumming up business referrals? I hope it's the former!

IDk what I hope it is.:lol2:

You animal you!

It's looking like North Korea may replace Mexico as a retirement destination abroad.

I can see a land of Trumpkin Villages recreating NK, old white folks dotting the landscape. So much bigly beauty.

On Facebook there was an article posted about who should pay on a first date.

My response:

Neither should pay because I believe in adventure on a first date. You make reservations under a false identity at a restaurant. Order anything you want, have a wonderful time. Then towards the end when things start to wind down call over the server and ask them to give your compliments to the chef. In fact, the food was so good you would like to thank them personally and insist they bring the chef over to your table. Once they leave explain to your date that on the count of 3 you will both stand up and calmly walk out of the restaurant. Done.

A few tips:

• Make sure this is a restaurant that you will never want to visit again.
• Do the simple math on how much the bill would have been and leave a 20% tip for the server.
• If your date gives you any resistance about leaving then give them 1 chance to change their mind, if they refuse, then say "You're on your own, sucker!" in the voice of James Cagney and leave immediately.
• If you're accosted for any reason between your table and the exit look wild-eyed at your date and start screaming "CODE BLUE! CODE BLUE!" and bolt in a different direction. No you did not have any prior contingency plan for such an event, but in the confusion you will be able to make a getaway and self preservation is all that matters.
• Enjoy.

Welcome aboard Thatch Slasher.

Thatch Slasher's first post was #666. Better keep an eye on this newbie.

Thatch Slasher? Do you work at Great Clips or Fantastic Sam's?

Good idea, keep up the distractions. That pirate is here for our devil fruits.

He'd best keep his crummy dick beaters off m'devil fruit.

I won't tolerate it.

It has just occurred to me that, as I sit here, Donald is about 2½ miles away.

As random thoughts go, I think it qualifies.

Do you feel any smarter? If not, he's probably not carrying much money with him.

Did you download American Idiot yet?

Random thought: It's all the fault of Fox News, which means it's not 'Merica's fault for having a shitty education system, blame Murdoch.

What a coincidence, AI also stands for Artificial Intelligence.

Just a random thought.

On the bright side, we're being replaced.

Fuck you Jack Daniel.

I will purchase Jack Daniel's Whisky no more. Forever.

Or until the new bottled in bond Jack is available somewhere besides a duty free shop.

Fuck you Jack Daniel's Whisky.

You motherfuckers.

I know. Straight to hell in a handbasket....

Burqanstocks

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Ha!

Boo.







And fuck Jack Daniel's.

My Birkenstock's don't have eyes, that's creepy.

I stand in awe at the ability of 1 cu ft of hedge to transmogrify into 1 cu yd of hedge trimmings.

I have just finished trimming the hedge that runs along the side of the house and all the way down the back garden.

It won't get any Royal Horticultural Society topiary awards, but it has been tamed and is unlikely to strangle us all in our beds.

As above, the trouble is that you always end up with a huge volume of debris (apparently) far in excess of what you've just cut off.

I concur, it grows exponentially after cutting. :yesnod:

You should see what happens to tree!:eek:

That's one road I definitely don't want to go down!

I'm not really a tree surgeon, more a hedge paramedic. :)

Ya never hear anything about Mozambique in the news.

What is an occasional table the rest of the time?

I don't know what else it may be called but it is expensive.
https://www.birchlane.com/furniture/...gaAu4dEALw_wcB

A right now table.;)

A free-standing shelf.

I've apparently come to a point in my life where I have to add "treadmill lube" to my to-do list.

I've apparently come to the point in my life where I've been made aware that treadmill lube is a thing.

So I googled it. 100% silicone oil. You should be able to use it to remove scars too. It's the exact same stuff as ScarAway for one twelfth to cost.

I think it's called ADHD because that's what their report cards look like. (currently AAADA in mine's case....)

Let's play spot the teacher who thinks he should just "focus" more rather than following the accommodations set down by the school support team -notably that homework assignments and deadlines should be in a written form..... (there has been recent improvement, I suspect the counselors may have looked at these grades and brought it to the attention of the teacher in question...but this is yet to show up in the grade.... sigh

What might change with Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court?

Hmmm …

Pussy grabbing could become an Olympic sport.

Beauty pageant swimsuit competitions could be done away with, not the competitions, just the swimsuits.

#MeeToo might have to be written in all scarlet letters.

Bill Cosby could get another sitcom, in which he portrays a father figure, that's called Pudding Pop.

Football players could be denied medical coverage for knee injuries.

The FBI might have its name changed to the FBLI.

College students may have to sign NDAs.

The border wall could be extended around California's land border.

Julie Chen (Moonves) might be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

I'm betting that only people/organizations that follow such things very closely will know anything ever happened.

Only 75 days until

CHRISTMAS!!!!

:xmashat:

Stop that. You stop that, right now, do you hear? I won't have it. I just won't.







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I got one! I got one!

Ooh, it's a two-fer.

Ya ever post looking for a specific response?

:D:jig:

I hate you.


See this: :cuss:


That's my hate face.

I am easily entertained sometimes.:D

Only 72 days until Christmas is over! Whoop!!!!!!!!!

Welp, there goes my retirement. thanks Obama!

:( I actually really hate having investments. This is far too stressful. I'm refusing to look.

Are you about to retire? If not, buy more investments when there's a downturn. You only lose money on an investment when you sell. If you don't need to sell something off to live on during retirement, look at a market downturn as a store-wide sale.

I get emails at least weekly from Edward Jones telling me to go look at what they are doing with my money. I don't.

My workplace pension people write to me every so often. I hae tried to read them. They make zero sense to me.

Question for our Brits...
 

Here's the headline:

Disclosure: I knew this man several decades ago. His father was a retied British Army Major from Gibraltar. His mother was in the US Women's Army Corps and from Pittsburgh, PA. He has lived in Europe. Professional background

Story:

*We called him by the shortened version of his middle name to differentiate him from his namesake father.

Q: Given his age and background, is his explanation plausible from your point of view?

yeah that defense is bullshit. "not bad" in that context is a remark on her sex appeal. Outrage and dismissal though? Purlease...

so no, not plausible. But Fired seems harsh. Retraining on whatever we are politically-correctly calling "don't be sexist in the workplace" these days might be more appropriate. It's "Harassment and Something Else Awareness" I think where I work. Dull as dishwater and hours long so you learn appropriate behavior to avoid ever having to do it again.....

From what I can tell, he said it live on air, is that correct?

Not that I know of, he's an Editor/Writer. The only times I've seen him on camera were Christmas broadcasts when they panned the staff behind the scenes so they could wave to their families.

How did they ascertain the "not bad" was in reference to Ms markle and not the quality of the photograph?

According to the article, he acknowledged the comment was about Markle in his lawsuit; but, denies a sexual connotation.

My takes, in order:

1.) He definitely meant to refer to her sex appeal; his defense is typical CYA bullshit.

2.) If he said it on air, I support his firing. If he said it privately to a coworker, I do not. However...

3.) Even in "today's climate," my impression is that such a comment, taken in isolation, is not enough to get someone fired. I suspect they have endured decades of borderline behavior from this person, and are merely jumping at the opportunity to get him now while they can. Or maybe it's plain old age discrimination cloaked as overzealous feminism. Who knows. But I'd bet money there's more to this than a single comment of that caliber.

I think he's up a creek without a paddle using that defense. However, I knew his extended family and his background is a bit different; so, I solicited opinions.

According to the article, he alleges that those who complained have exhibited similar behavior without such repercussion. If that's the case, they wanted to get rid of him for some other reason. I'd guess they wanted to put him out to pasture to make room for someone else. Whether he's been screwing up in his old age; or, was just made a target of opportunity by an opportunist isn't evident from what I've seen so far.

My mum's financial advisor said you should take away your age from 100, and that is the percentage of your money you should have in stocks and shares. The rest should be cash in the bank.

That would not surprise me in the least. Sexism is endemic in the workplace in my experience.

Would someone please kill me? I'll come to you, you wouldn't have to travel. I'm not brave enough, it seems. I'm a pussy. I'm a big fucking pussy.[/bigfuckingpussy]