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I haven't seen him in a few years to ask but the dog masturbation must pay pretty well. As far as I know his only other source of income was from him owning a small, local, single crew roofing company. In between the Viper and the monster truck he had an enormous street legal truck with a big block motor with a blower on it making a lot of horsepower. He decided to sell the truck and motor separately, the guy buying the motor showed up and wanted to see it run. On the test drive the throttle stuck wide open, he lost control and rolled it a few times breaking his back in the process. I remember seeing him on a roof in a back brace putting on shingles not to long after that. The guy still bought the motor, the truck was totaled. Long before I knew him he had some ridiculous motorcycle with a turbo on it. Wrecked and totaled it of course. He also used to race figure 8 at the track where he wrecked the Viper. Honestly, I'm surprised he's still alive.
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Biscuit Joiner posted:And here he is crashing his $77,000 Dodge Viper. It was a limited edition of some kind, number 18 of 34 that were made. Since he crashed it on racetrack insurance wouldn't pay to fix it. He couldn't afford to fix it and took a massive loss selling it. One of the comments on this video: quote:But, technically a white car would be lighter than the same car of a different color, seeings how white has less pigment.
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Feb 10, 2017 08:50
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Biscuit Joiner posted:Probably, I also remember him saying that the puppies had to be delivered by c-section. In his defense that monster truck jump was pretty awesome
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Yeah, my parents have three male finished champion show dogs, one of which was shown at Westminster a few years ago (2 Irish, 1 English setter). They have never gotten a stud fee for any of them because none of them *won* Westminster. Getting to that point costs a fortune not only in buying and maintaining the dogs, but also paying for the shows and paying the handler. But yeah, stud fees could bring you money, but you have to spend a shitload and then deal with the idiotic politics in the show dog circuit. For instance, the sporting hunter whatever dogs always lose to the little shithead dogs like pugs and stuff and the big dog breeders HATE the little dog breeders. Also, all breeders talk poo poo about all the other breeders, it's ludicrous. They even flew to Canada for their newest pup  If you think the movie Best in Show is a bit too far, you're wrong, that poo poo is hella accurate and I can't watch it without being annoyed at my parents. Do Never Dog.
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We brought a 8 yo chihuahua/JRT mix home from the animal shelter that cost us a buck fifty and if it weren't for his stupid rear end nearly dying three times, I don't think he costs us more than $20 a month. Little dogs good with money, permanently soft pupppy belly good with life.
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Feb 10, 2017 14:22
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:We brought a 8 yo chihuahua/JRT mix home from the animal shelter that cost us a buck fifty and if it weren't for his stupid rear end nearly dying three times, I don't think he costs us more than $20 a month. How much did un-dying him cost though because vet bills are insane
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Feb 10, 2017 15:40
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My dad adopted a 14-year old Chihuahua for free and then spent 3.5k on cataract surgery for her 6 months later. She's still kicking at 15 1/2 though.
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ate all the Oreos posted:Seems like a good audit could do a better job than just making them leave for a week and hoping their fill-in finds suspicious poo poo I know this is a few pages back, but I would assume no one "fills in" for a VP when they're gone for a week anyway, so this rule seems really dumb. Some mid level manager doesn't take over as VP for a week, the VP's work just piles up until they get back.
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Feb 10, 2017 16:14
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Biscuit Joiner posted:Probably, I also remember him saying that the puppies had to be delivered by c-section. that dude is awesome
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Ashcans posted:Isn't that because purebred bulldogs are completely hosed up? I don't know if you have to do that with functional breeds like collies of alsatians. Any purebred dog is hosed up. Purebred = inbreeding, dog breeds are made up and purebreeding just means making sure two that have very close phenotypes create offspring, which necessarily means a small genetic pool. Bad with pets, but more to the point BWM because they will have more health problems than a mutt. But bulldogs or any ones with snub faces have it amongst the worst yeah. The "cute" snorting sounds they're constantly making is them struggling to breathe. That's the sound of future expensive medical procedures. Nail Rat fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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Feb 10, 2017 16:16
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Adopting old dogs is so GWL and so incredibly BWM...Nail Rat posted:Any purebred dog is hosed up. Purebred = inbreeding, dog breeds are made up and purebreeding just means making sure two that have very close phenotypes create offspring, which necessarily means a small genetic pool. Bad with pets, but more to the point BWM because they will have more health problems than a mutt. With have a beagle/pug mix and even with a mostly beagle face he's got terrible respiratory issues. The 40% pug DNA is literally suffocating him.
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WampaLord posted:I know this is a few pages back, but I would assume no one "fills in" for a VP when they're gone for a week anyway, so this rule seems really dumb. I prefer to imagine that they get some poor temp worker who suddenly has to be VP of a multinational bank for a week for $8 an hour
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Feb 10, 2017 16:52
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WampaLord posted:Some mid level manager doesn't take over as VP for a week, the VP's work just piles up until they get back.
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Feb 10, 2017 17:02
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Bhodi posted:Er, no? one of the people directly reporting to them take over for the week, so you have their top senior director or whatever sitting in meetings instead. oh look at this guy who works at a functional organization woop deee dooo!
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Feb 10, 2017 17:03
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Bhodi posted:Er, no? one of the people directly reporting to them take over for the week, so you have their top senior director or whatever sitting in meetings instead. And who does that person's work? Does everyone in the company shift up for a week to cover?
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Feb 10, 2017 17:05
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Executives often don't have that much work that isn't sitting in strategy meetings. It doesn't take much for someone to cover for their real work, and also do some digging.
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Feb 10, 2017 17:07
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They also occasionally regurgitate the numbers provided to them by the person who would be taking their place in that meeting.
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Feb 10, 2017 17:09
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WampaLord posted:I know this is a few pages back, but I would assume no one "fills in" for a VP when they're gone for a week anyway, so this rule seems really dumb. Actually, at my firm, if one is going to be out, another VP or one of their directors will act as a delegated authority or point of contact until they get back. Sometimes things can't afford to wait for them to get back from their vacation, so if a quick decision needs to be made, it'll lie in the delegates hands. That's not to say it's going to someone 3 steps down, usually one step at most. And there are a lot of steps.
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I'm not used to major organizations, I guess. At my last place, the VP was gone for like a month and we just had to work around it, no one could fill in for him.
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WampaLord posted:I'm not used to major organizations, I guess. At my last place, the VP was gone for like a month and we just had to work around it, no one could fill in for him.
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Feb 10, 2017 17:23
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:VP is also a misleading title at a bank, there's some law that indicates that some things have to be done by someone at the VP level so everyone gets the VP title after a few years regardless of their actual position. Whatever tasks a person needs to get done while on vacation will be done by someone they delegate to, it could be someone above or below them. Also as a consumer you feel so much better talking to a VP for a loan than "just a dude in a poorly fitting shirt"
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Feb 10, 2017 17:26
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where's the bird, somebody post the bird
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BraveUlysses posted:where's the bird, somebody post the bird  ???
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Hahahahahahaha look at this chump, he doesn't know about the bird hahahahaha Edit: aw poo poo. I am in Turkey and imgur is completely blocked, so I didn't see there was an image. Sorry! Dawncloack fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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Feb 10, 2017 18:04
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Dawncloack posted:Hahahahahahaha look at this chump, he doesn't know about the bird hahahahaha Is Turkey anti-Big Bird or anti-Bert and Ernie?
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spog posted:Is Turkey anti-Big Bird or anti-Bert and Ernie? No, it's for the dignity of Turkey and all of its bird-relatives, so it wouldn't allow a website that posts pictures of birds without their written consent. Serious answer: Wikileaks leaked a bunch of ruling party's internal emails, and since wikileaks is blocked many people uploaded screenshots to imgur. Cue to imgur being blocked. No, not pictures of birds, Ernie and Bert or whatever is in the picture I can't see no, imgur itself is completely blocked. gently caress, I have to wait until I am out of the country to read many of the LP's I like these days. Bunch of assholes running things around here.
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Business Octopus posted:Go to a school where you can live at home for bachelor's, get straight As and then go to a prestige school for masters/PhD/JD/MD/Horse doctor degree. Best of both worlds. I did this, don't understand why more people don't take this route. Community college 2 years > Finished B.S at state school 2 years > Ivy league phd with stipend. That's my GWM humble brag for the year.
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Sepherothic posted:I did this, don't understand why more people don't take this route. Was grad school free?
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Feb 10, 2017 18:36
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I got paid to go to grad school, chumps 
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WampaLord posted:Was grad school free? The only BWM part is that on paper you're making a lot more than you actually are, because every informed student only goes if they're getting paid to do so, so the sticker price on tuition can be as high as the University wants to extract money from the idiots. Can cause some trouble at tax time if you aren't aware of it. (Also, I've heard this is different in the humanities.)
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Sepherothic posted:I did this, don't understand why more people don't take this route. It requires a lot of self motivation and accomplishments to go from state university to Ivy League graduate school. During the admission process for grad school, going to a top tier undergraduate helps, not only be name, but having better opportunities.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:In the context I'm familiar with, "with stipend" means they pay your tuition as well as paying you to TA/RA, so not literally free, but my registration fee was $20/semester. No the poster laid how they got their Bachelor's and how they got their PhD but glossed over getting a Master's Degree, which I thought was the middle step.
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WampaLord posted:No the poster laid how they got their Bachelor's and how they got their PhD but glossed over getting a Master's Degree, which I thought was the middle step.
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WampaLord posted:No the poster laid how they got their Bachelor's and how they got their PhD but glossed over getting a Master's Degree, which I thought was the middle step. In the US most PhDs include a masters degree. It's an all-in-one program where you go into it with just a bachelors degree. If you burn out or don't pass your qualifying exam, you leave with a masters degree. But yes, most decent programs pay your full tuition and provide a modest living stipend.
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WampaLord posted:No the poster laid how they got their Bachelor's and how they got their PhD but glossed over getting a Master's Degree, which I thought was the middle step. Not always correct. Many fields (especially the hard sciences) there is a branch point and you decide to do graduate school level study and work (masters) or advanced academic work culminating in original research (doctorate). Occasionally people will flame out of the later and end up with the former. Doctorates in chemistry, for instance, don't often pursue a masters before they seek their doctorates (if they plan to do so).
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I learned something today! Thanks goons.
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The headlights should have been Big Bird's eyes. 2/10.
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WampaLord posted:Some mid level manager doesn't take over as VP for a week, the VP's work just piles up until they get back. I wasn't in finance, but that's not what happened when I was a VP and took a vacation. Someone met with my reports, sat in the exec committee meetings, made decisions, approved contracts (though they couldn't sign). It's a useful professional development exercise for your deputy.
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:Not always correct. Many fields (especially the hard sciences) there is a branch point and you decide to do graduate school level study and work (masters) or advanced academic work culminating in original research (doctorate). Occasionally people will flame out of the later and end up with the former. Doctorates in chemistry, for instance, don't often pursue a masters before they seek their doctorates (if they plan to do so). Yup. In my chemistry program, there were only a couple of students that set out to get a Masters. The majority got a Masters after burning out while going for a PhD. Those of us with the PhD didn't get a masters. Edit: to clarify, the students getting only the masters did not move on to also get a PhD. It was like an either/or thing.
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:VP is also a misleading title at a bank, there's some law that indicates that some things have to be done by someone at the VP level so everyone gets the VP title after a few years regardless of their actual position. Whatever tasks a person needs to get done while on vacation will be done by someone they delegate to, it could be someone above or below them. Also banks do weird things like have titles go from VP to Managing Director instead of Director to VP like good, normal companies do.
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