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    Well, I got married earlier this year, bought a house, working for my father in law.  All in all, just enjoying life and staying very very busy.  How about you?

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    Nice to see everybody.  The past few times I've dropped in it's been pretty dead

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    Didn't some places in Alabama or somewhere in the south end up refusing to officiate ANY marriages cuz if the icky gays can now have marriage, NO ONE WILL GET MARRIAGE? or something dumb and childish like that. It's actually hilarious. Same with all the MOVING TO CANADA/MEXICO/UK posts.

     

    The only bad thing about this ruling is that people on my FB are now donning rainbow icons... people from Scotland... only caring about marriage equality once America does it... nobody saying anything seven months ago when Scotland legalised it... lol ok "allies"

     

    I hope everyone was terrified for a split second also when they saw I replied to a serious discussion thread on this forum especially since its this topic lmao

     

    I think it was actually Kentucky, and if I'm not mistaken, it's a little more complicated than one might think.

     

    Essentially, if I am understanding correctly, there were some county clerks that were refusing to issue licenses to homosexual couples, so the state stepped in and ceased all licenses in those counties so as to avoid a discrimination suit.  The plan is to get legal counsel to sort it all out and basically force the counties to follow the ruling, or see if counties are granted leniency as counties can technically ban things on their own level beyond the state. But then, you know, constitution....so yeah, legal counsel.  

  5. Posted · Edited by Skippy (see edit history)

    I hated the point system. My manager gave me a full point because I had an asthma attack and a seizure at work, he called an ambulance to take me to the hospital, then gave me the point for "leaving early" he then used all my vacation days instead of filing ,my short term disability. The union was absolutely useless in helping me fix that and I came back on a final written.

    Also too many people just abused it, juggling points. Anytime they got "sick", immediately short staffed for three days. Wait till the points fall off, take more days off, rinse, repeat.

    That being said, that manager was being investigated for some shady shit and I got to help on my way out. He got demoted to RSC and moved to a store in a shit location.

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    This is a question for Skippy who is a cop, who I'm not certain will see this message but I'm still posting it here.

    Skippy, what would you recommend doing in the above described situation? As in, say I were sitting on a bus and someone asked to borrow my phone. After they finished making a phonecall they pocketed the phone, and when I protest, six of their friends get on the bus with him in case I want to try anything. What, in your educated opinion, would be the best course of action to take? I'm thinking either "let the bus driver know what just happened" or "buy a gun and carry it with me at all times just for such an occasion." The former, I'd imagine, would be more practical.

    Not a cop, just a criminal psych major who has worked with LE and did time in an academy, never tested though. Also, oddly enough, not doing anything even remotely related to that in my line of work.

    My first opinion, is never let a stranger use your phone. Seriously, not worth it, don't do it. Ever.

    Second, if they do try to pocket it, let them. Let them take it, and remember everything you can about them. Inform the bus driver, and try to get someone to call the police to report the thef, be able to give an accurate description.

    I would also highly recommend that you have a passlock on your phone, as well as "find my iPhone" on on iPhones, or a so liar tracking app on androids, these can effectively make the phone useless to the person who stole it and make it easy to find, if there is nothing major going on, police may come with you to retrieve it. With the iPhone, if you have it turned on, even if they wipe your phone you need the password to re activate it. May be small, but it will never be useful to a thief.

    As far as your second option, there are some legal issues with carrying a gun on public transportation, even with a permit, in saint Louis at least. While I generally don't have an issue with carrying, this would not be an appropriate time to draw a weapon, and you are preparing to get beaten severely. Even the best of marksman would have trouble taking on 6 or 7 people in a confined space. Not to mention the innocents you could hit with overpenetration or missing, just not worth it over a phone.

    Finally, I know every financial guy says not too, but get the insurance on your phone. Yes it's a monthly cost, yes it's a deductible. But it's a hell of a lot easier and cheaper than paying $700-900 for a new phone out of contract or while still paying an installment plan. The insurance with most carriers also comes with 24/7 tech support, and enhanced software for security.

    Well....that turned out longer than expected, sorry about that.

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    Ahhhh, I did Att for a while, pretty good job for the most part, hard to find something paying equal money for someone in school or without a degree. Good tuition matching, decent benefits if you're full time, matching 401k. Disliked the union, they were a pain when I had to get short term disability, basically useless for the most part except for the guaranteed raise every six months till you cap.

  10. Posted · Edited by Skippy (see edit history)

    I donated $100 and prayers.

    Those two things are not mutually exclusive, get off the high horse.

    *gets off high horse*

    ETA: that seemed a bit harsh, rough weekend, apologies.

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    I always had a fear of the bottom, even after years of swimming, lifeguarding and scuba, going to the bottom of the diving well without a regulator is rough.

     

    I was also very afraid of "creepy" the pool vaccuum as a kid.

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    In all seriousness, is he checking markers for testicular cancer?

    Pregnancy tests show positive when HCG is present which happens in pregnant women and can be a sign of testicular tumors in men. It's probanly nothing, but the tests are simple and you really shouldn't risk it.

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    It's a good read, and i think people will be interested to hear what you have gone through, it's certainly been a journey for you.  There are a lot of people without the strength to face that head on and keep a positive outlook on life.

     

     My one critique would be that if you are going to self-publish on amazon, you may want to find a source for the definition of cellulitis that isn't wikipedia.

  15. Posted · Edited by Skippy (see edit history)

    Why would we want to do any of that?


    The thing I heard was that the race thing was like, poorly presented, and the workers weren't adequately trained to even get the point across, and that most people didn't really care. But isn't that so backwards from how we should be thinking? I thought coffee shops were supposed to be somewhat open atmospheres to conversation. I guess that's not totally true now though; I think the modern impression of a Starbucks is a lot of self-absorbed people keeping to themselves. We're always talking about starting a conversation for these tough topics though, and any attempts to do that are better than to just let issues die. So I appreciated the attempt, however contrived it might be.

     

    Do you remember the recent story of the students who were expelled and their fraternity was disbanded because they were caught singing a racist song? That's kind of a similar situation here. Sure it may not have been the best approach available, but the overarching point here is that intolerance is not tolerated. A CEO telling his powerless workers that they're not welcome if they don't support equality is nowhere near as terrible of a thing as a CEO telling his powerless workers that they're not welcome if they're already marginalized by the masses. Bullying people who have the dominant opinion that makes other people's lives worse is called standing up for the weak. Not guilting, but direct condemnation. It's a sign that society is ready to say that there is a power shift, that we're starting to realize that this discrimination has gone on for long enough. And the damning rhetoric he used makes it seem like less of a slimy business tactic and more of an actual sign of principle. Target, for instance, has a training video that mentions that they support equal rights, but in terms of who they exchange money with, it's not so clear. To me it looks like they just realized that most people support equality, so it's better for business to say they're on board with it.

     

    To me it looks like you're saying that we should all just be chill and not talk about issues and then somehow they'll just be solved. Never express your opinions because it makes you look like a tryhard

     

    ETA:  I'm certainly not saying that we shouldn't address or talk about issues, simply that there is a time and place where that conversation is going to be useful, and a time where it isn't.  Simply talking about the issue doesn't actually do anything about it, we can talk about world hunger and world peace and equal rights for all until we are all blue in the face, but until you put action to those words there is no change.  In short, all this is is more words, used to raise share price, that ultimately will bring no change.  Money would bring change: donations, education, volunteer hours, the essentials people need to effect change, a hashtag on a coffee cup isn't going to fix a damn thing

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    Coffee shops generally are open places, the thing is Starbucks is a fast food chain draped in a coffee shop, this movement doesn't work when your core clientele are upper middle class whites who want a decent and quick cup of coffee on their way to work.

    You would find this movement better placed at any of several local owned specialty coffee shops rather than a Starbucks

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    brooooooooooo

     

    I like the seat so much. It's simple. I like the way it looks. Not too fancy and not too boring. Plus it has bags, which are annoying to put on and overprices to buy separately. Plus it's a motorcycle. Also it's gray. The best shade of gray. Also it has four cylinders as opposed to two, which mean it's a deathtrap

     

    Eh, you get more torque out of a two, and the redline isn't going to scream on that, so it won't be too bad.  The real key is NEVER BRAKE WHILE TURNING.  That will kill you faster than the motor any day of the week.  Good looking bike though.

     

    My most recent purchase was a new external hard drive since my last one crapped out last week.

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    PC gamer has an article from someone who got to demo the hololens at ces, he said it was interesting, but very incomplete still and the AR only affects your direct vision, not your peripheral, so it's kind of disorienting to use. Could be cool, but needs a lot of work.

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  24. Posted · Edited by Skippy (see edit history)

    Warm sake is good with certain foods, got a taste for that when I was in Tokyo, but it's hard to find really good sushi in landlocked Missouri.

    As far as beer, I lean more towards bocks and reds, unfiltered wheats, and certain oatmeal stouts, the occasional lager and IPA, I avoid light beers at all cost. Also, chase is right, draught beer is king Schlafley is a local brewery that makes a coffee oatmeal stout that is exceptional. In my fridge right now is Kraftig, hoegarrden and killians red.

    Saha, that was basically my first experience as well, for me, beer is something I generally only drink with food present.

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    Drinking was an odd progression for me.  I was like that for a while, where it was only worth doing for the end game of being drunk.  Then I started bartending and learned a lot more about beer to start (I tended at a brewery), then other things, wines and whiskey mostly.  Probably three or four days a week I have a single drink, like a glass of wine or a small whiskey, usually a Chilean red or Jameson black label.  It took me a good five or six years to get to where I enjoy that stuff though.