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Goober Peas posted:Fortune 100 company, we were also asked to cut travel mid-year. Not even remotely approaching bankruptcy. Trade restrictions have really pinched us this year, we're barely going to make forecast. 2020 could be interesting if things don't change. Generally speaking the larger the company the larger the coffers (but also more organizational inertia) - simply put I think many or most pre-public companies running on investment capital have much thinner reserves. As in any industry sometimes it’s difficult to adjust company strategy/product/whatever in a timely manner in order to adjust to to market considerations, competitors, etc within a given timeframe in order to prevent burn rate from becoming an emergent concern within a short time horizon. Thus I think that the smaller the company, the more concern should be allocated to looking at those types of signals.
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Tremek posted:I read this as I get up today to do my first of two day-trips out of town this week and agree wholeheartedly I am so loving happy I don't have to go to re:invent this year. My boss brought it up, but I made it clear that unless I was actually 100% needed at the show I would much rather prefer to skip it. Thankfully he didn't push it and I get to avoid that poo poo show for the first time in 4 years. Traveling for work was kinda fun for the first year or so, but it gets old real quick. Now that I have my daughter, I really don't like it.
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slurry_curry posted:I am so loving happy I don't have to go to re:invent this year. My boss brought it up, but I made it clear that unless I was actually 100% needed at the show I would much rather prefer to skip it. Thankfully he didn't push it and I get to avoid that poo poo show for the first time in 4 years. Traveling for work was kinda fun for the first year or so, but it gets old real quick. Now that I have my daughter, I really don't like it. Krakkles fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Dec 2, 2019 |
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Amen. I don't like traveling with kids now, either.
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Tomarse posted:Are the pads actually worn out or just contaminated/polished? They're shot. The drum itself is decent but or wore past the pads.
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Dagen H posted:She's got SiriusXM satellite radio. Is she on unlimited data and/or on a carrier that allows unlimited music streaming? I'm on T-Mobile, and have an ancient 6GB/mo w/rollover plan - music and video streaming from select providers (and the list is huge) doesn't hit my data usage. SiriusXM is on that list. My phone reports I'm using ~15GB a month, most of it SiriusXM or Their mobile app has a not-great UI, but a streaming-only plan is usually a bit cheaper, and you can rewind up to an hour (plus on-demand stuff). Not sure if that's still the case, but retail on the streaming plan right now is $6.99/mo. You can usually get all kinds of retention offers thrown at you if you call to cancel, or mention you want to listen to it outside of the car. They recently changed sat-only plans to include streaming by default. Throwing that out as an option, anyway. I know it's a lot more convenient to have it on the head unit; maybe she could use the streaming app only when using navigation? LloydDobler posted:Well we can't just call you "man"! I call everybody "dude" or "man". Regardless of gender, age, or (usually) rank. My GF took awhile to get used to being called "dude"  If the store manager happens to come up at work, I greet him by first name, he greets me by first name, and we shake hands, exchange pleasantries. Apparently this is a HUGE NO-NO, the first time my boss saw that his jaw dropped. He said "most people address him by Mr Smith, how did you get away with that?". I had talked to him briefly shortly after I started working there; he shares the same full name as a long-lost friend, and we were both born and raised in the same city. The first time I met him I asked him if he was the same Bob Smith from <hometown> whose father owned a home construction company, and lived in <part of town>. He said no, was familiar with that family, but wasn't related, asked how I knew about them. We talked a bit, and I guess we're at least friendly. It's been 22 years since I last talked to said long-lost friend, so I have no idea what he's up to, where he lives, or anything, and his name is almost as common as Bob Smith. The store manager has a reputation of being "promote to customer" happy if you cross him (he's pulled one coworker into his office a couple of times for "not carrying the company spirit" over him questioning the company's LGBTQ+ policies - which are generally decent until the T letter comes in  - said coworker is trans, though hasn't changed his name or appearance yet), but I seem to be on his good side.(Austin used to have a non-discrimination ordinance including trans people that blanket covered all employers within the city of Austin, the store is in the city of Austin, but the state sued them over it, then passed a law stating no city may pass legislation that protects additional groups vs what's written in state law )I've accidentally greeted the store manager with "hey Bob, how ya doin dude?" a few times. He ignored the "dude" part. I guess it helps that we're the same age, and it's pretty well known that I call everybody by dude, man, their first name, or a combination of the three. taqueso posted:work at papa johns 15 years (off and on), in every role from insider to driver to asst manager (before they eliminated that role).    I can't handle pizza unless I make it myself now. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Dec 2, 2019 |
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STR posted:I call everybody "dude" or "man". Cmon man it was a movie quote. Monty Python and the Holy Grail posted:Arthur: Old Woman!
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loving hell. I've seen that movie hundreds of times and didn't catch that.
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jonathan posted:They're shot. The drum itself is decent but or wore past the pads.
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stevobob posted:gently caress 2019. 2020 cannot, literally cannot, be worse than 2019 for me. No joking or hyperbole. Maybe 2020 will bring some good poo poo. Trump gets re-elected
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Are kids normally the walking biological weapons that my one year old niece apparently is? drat near every time I've stopped over at my parents over the last year, my mom or dad or both are sick from baby-sitting, and both were sick this weekend when we were out of town. My girlfriend told me my mom made a FB post apologizing to anyone she got sick, so I texted my sister and she texted back a long-rear end list of people that the fuckin' kid got sick over Thanksgiving. No. Thank. You.
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How old is your niece? Daycare/pre-school/school is basically a petri dish.
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You Am I posted:Trump gets re-elected I realized how different blue collar was from the STEM stuff I'd previously been working in, and even restaurants, when my instructors were talking about liking Alex Jones while also being horribly sexist, homophobic, and racist at the grading table, but drat is it a different loving world Even the people who I respect and look up to, they browse Breitbart and regurgitate talking points on job sites, almost immediately after complaining about the cost that the tariffs are putting on them  Although, calling framing "trumping" is a thing I can get behind
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T-Square posted:Are kids normally the walking biological weapons that my one year old niece apparently is? drat near every time I've stopped over at my parents over the last year, my mom or dad or both are sick from baby-sitting, and both were sick this weekend when we were out of town. My girlfriend told me my mom made a FB post apologizing to anyone she got sick, so I texted my sister and she texted back a long-rear end list of people that the fuckin' kid got sick over Thanksgiving. My one year old ain't got poo poo. Then again we don't send her to daycare, so...
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:My one year old ain't got poo poo. Yup, my 16 month old has yet to get really sick. My niece and nephew are constantly getting anyone they come into contact with sick. New to me car got dropped off this morning:  Both are '04s. LS is going to have to go away, gonna try to sell it to my mom and stepdad, since they need a car that was built in this century, and I honestly think my stepdad would love it. I definitely won't let my daughter ride in any of their existing cars. slurry_curry fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Dec 3, 2019 |
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T-Square posted:Are kids normally the walking biological weapons that my one year old niece apparently is? drat near every time I've stopped over at my parents over the last year, my mom or dad or both are sick from baby-sitting, and both were sick this weekend when we were out of town. My girlfriend told me my mom made a FB post apologizing to anyone she got sick, so I texted my sister and she texted back a long-rear end list of people that the fuckin' kid got sick over Thanksgiving. Absolutely. I used to get sick about once every 18 months or two years. Had a kid. Spent 3 years getting sick every 2-3 months. Then every 6 months, now it's back to the 18 months or more. As long as it backs off later it's a good thing.
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I finally found my car's twin! https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/d/lombard-1991-capri/7021370793.html  It's been going to the same school as me for about a year now and almost got towed when I called AAA to tow my car out of the school's parking lot. He's got the spoiler on a 91, so it should be the XR2 turbo, but I understand him only advertising the quality of the convertible tops. The hard top he's got is nearly half the value of his car, and a good condition, original Capri soft top w/frame is worth even more T-Square posted:Are kids normally the walking biological weapons that my one year old niece apparently is? drat near every time I've stopped over at my parents over the last year, my mom or dad or both are sick from baby-sitting, and both were sick this weekend when we were out of town. My girlfriend told me my mom made a FB post apologizing to anyone she got sick, so I texted my sister and she texted back a long-rear end list of people that the fuckin' kid got sick over Thanksgiving. We legit call my 5yo niece a plague rat. She carries the worst germs and always passes them to everyone around her, with such speed and coverage that it's almost impressive. She gave everyone she came in contact with (except me, thankfully) such nasty lice infestations that her preschool permanently banned having costumes and dress up toys in classrooms The latest thing she's passed around I swear is the flu. The missus caught when she was babysitting, and she's been going on 3 weeks of low grade fevers and sinus pressure. I'm now at 2 solid weeks of just barely being well enough to work, but still feeling like dogshit
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New chat thread, time for a Sheep Game post! Come out and play today!
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Okay so NSX with popupupanddownheadlights or srt-10 coupe with obnoxious v10? It's for windy weekend roads and general tomfoolery of the sort. I really need to hoon both and then I will know but like drat this is a weirdly difficult choice.
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I think the NSX wants to play, the SRT wants to kill you. Go ahead and drive both, I can't imagine a Dodge being the superior car.
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NSX if your goals are windy weekend roads. Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought anything mopar was more for going fast in a straight line?
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My first thought is "which one would I be least mad if I put it into a wall?". I would feel really bad if I destroyed a nsx... *edit* If the goal is for hooning that is. The srt cars seem to have been built with that in mind. I would much rather own a NSX, but I don't know how much I would drive it out of fear of someone hitting it. slurry_curry fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Dec 3, 2019 |
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NSXslurry_curry posted:My first thought is "which one would I be least mad if I put it into a wall?". I would feel really bad of I destroyed a nsx... I'd feel pretty bad if was in the car at all, let alone if I was the one to drive it into the wall
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I’d say NSX, it’ll have a better chance of retaining value. Only mopar worth considering should be a Hellcat. They are $45k all day long and look to be still depreciating. When those cars are to their third and fourth owners - I’m simultaneously like yikes and woohoo!
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NSX, all the way. It may not be a dragster but it corners like a hot drat and looks fabulous doing it.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I’d say NSX, it’ll have a better chance of retaining value. I'm impressed hellcats get to their third owner without a crash honestly.
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Vipers are for midlife crisis boomers NSXs are for midlife crisis millennials who somehow can afford them
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Everything in my body says viper. However: 
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Cage posted:Everything in my body says viper. That shot is why I fell in love with the NSX. My first time seeing one in person confirmed it.
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Well... Im pretty sure this crown is meant to be in a tooth, not floating around loose in my mouth. Cant get seen by the dentist until Thursday morning, so until then I've got a hole in my tooth you could hide a loving pea in!
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Adiabatic posted:Okay so NSX with popupupanddownheadlights or srt-10 coupe with obnoxious v10? Get an NSX! Beautiful cars, go alright, and if looked after hold a good chance to hold value. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 11:19 on Dec 3, 2019 |
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Buy an NSX, I think a decent one is probably a reasonably safe place to park the money, too.Ferremit posted:Well... Im pretty sure this crown is meant to be in a tooth, not floating around loose in my mouth. UK Panda owning goons, do/did any of your cara have the electronic climate control? I seem to have some odd behaviour with the fan not spinning up when first stared and idling, but starts as soon as I go to drive off.
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In the US you can buy dental filler for occasions like that.
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