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  1. On 3/23/2020 at 11:00 AM, Chad Fuck said:

    I remember watching that back in the day.  A memory I probably never would have retrieved but for the Surl.  Extra commentary from Don Henley below.

     

     

    https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2020/03/21/the-eagles-don-henley-recalls-how-kenny-rogers-took-a-gamble-on-me/

    That article has a video from Dolly Parton, seeing her get emotional was rough to watch. She's old too and I imagine it's hard to watch your friends pass away, probably gets your mind to thinking about your own mortality.

  2. I presented my staff reduction plan to my boss's boss, as my boss is working from home as an "at risk" person. Big boss liked it, my boss loved it, so now I have 2 co-workers working remotely. I'm holding down the fort and doing the things that can't be done online. Maybe I'm a selfless, god loving guy. Or maybe I just wanted to be able to fart in my cube all day without remorse? The world may never know.

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  3. 2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I'm a middle-aged guy whose "need" for a good haircut disappeared over 20 years ago.  I transitioned from $60 shops (+ $15 tip) to barbers to even discount places like Supercuts now and again.  I simply don't care.

    My next purchase is a pair of clippers.  #4 all over will be just fine.  Time to recoup my "investment" will be one haircut.  Next, black socks and flip flops.  I am my Dad.

    I bought a par of Wahl clippers about 10 years ago. #1 all over, about every 10-14 days. I have my wife clean up the back. It's glorious. 

  4. Nothing has changed for me, really. I haven't missed work yet and don't plan on it, as my job never bothered to move into the 21st century and prepare for remote working. My wife is working from home next week, my kids are seniors in HS and are out of school until at least April 6th. The only change for me is the grocery stores are picked over and we didn't have any fun stuff to do this weekend because just about every retail establishment is closed.

  5. 8 hours ago, Tailgate said:

    Anyone know of a decent place still stocked with 9mm?

    I was at Academy yesterday and they have it...if you get to the store about 15-20 minutes before they open and hurry to the back when they let you in. Also it was a 3 unit limit and that's NOT per caliber. 3 boxes, period. I went to get a shotgun for the house (been putting it off for years) and got 2 boxes of shells and a box of 9mm for my Glock. Dudes that look like they haven't moved quickly in years were urgently double-timing to the back of the store. 

  6. My sister texted me and casually mentioned that her 27 year old daughter has the virus. I asked if she had tested positive, she said no and that she "heard" they won't test young people but she's got the symptoms. I said "great diagnosis, Doc" and changed the subject. The fact that she didn't immediately post about it on facebook leads me to believe it's not true, she's incabable of keeping any of her life details to her self.

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  7. 26 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

    Do you work for the public sector? Because that describes exactly what is happening in my environment now. I am a senior IT support employee and I JUST got a laptop so I can help people from home. 

    Yes, I work for a state agency (not texas). We're so far behind, tech-wise, that it's embarrassing. I have to use Lotus notes for one of my jobs. We just got rid of a DOS option for another. There's a terminal in here that's running Windows 3.1 because the program won't work on newer versions.

  8. About 5 years or so ago, I tried to get my office to move into the 21st century and move most of our processes online. Yeah, my main goal was to try to work from home but my point was valid, our shit is incredibly outdated. Nobody wanted to hear it, everything was fine, it would be a disaster to change anything. Now they're scrambling to figure out how to get shit done remotely. We had the $$$ to implement this plan and nobody could be bothered to do anything. They always seem to figure this shit out after it's too late. 

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  9. My credit union was offering 2.875 for 20 or 30 yrs (with points) on their website yesterday, so I called to get an appointment. They are booked solid for weeks, I was told. She gave me the rundown on the numbers and said I could apply online. So after work, I got online and the rates were already up to 3.15 or so. I tried to apply and the website was borked. I had to just shut it down, as I was enraged.  I get back on today and the rates are up to 3.375 for 20, 3.75 for 30. Fuck this shit.

  10. 19 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    Drooling.  Even better color than the Miami blue 911 RIP.  They have estimate or a reserve?  Brain still mush in Vegas but I’ll look again.  

    The price I saw on Reddit is $875,000. Supposedly it was sold by Singer for $500,000. 

  11. On 2/25/2020 at 12:05 PM, elfenix said:

    GM launches electric car - hatch - uv for $23,000, but you can't buy it.

     

    https://electrek.co/2020/02/24/gm-menlo-electric-car-range-price/

     

     

    It's like they're trying to fuck themselves over by selling the hideous bolt instead of this, which hits the hottest segment in the market.8873c71981e9c7763c68306f15e549f5.jpg

     

     

    I don't know if this is a real car or just an artist's rendering but I really like it. So dumb that they won't offer it in the US.

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