Snake Diggity

I’ve had jobs at 5 different restaurants and 4 different retail businesses. A lot of retail is standing around doing nothing. Restaurant work is often hectic if you’re a server or bartender, but the kind of restaurant job a retiree would take would very likely be much slower paced. Think server in a shopping center lunch spot or weekday bartender in a hotel bar.

I hope both of yall are doing a shtick. Nivek is in total violation of the spirit of the thread and Enemy seems aggy.

Restaurant and retail offer flexible schedules and often low-effort work, but the pay is often terrible. I have been thinking about maybe working 20 hrs/week at the HEB across the street from my house. Maybe the bakery or butcher shop. But the thought of dealing with whiny housewives all day gives me hives. If all I did was bake bread and shit without dealing with customers much, that might be cool. Keep me active and learn a new skill. Gig work offers the ultimate flexibility but the pay is terrible and you have to deal with people. Part time consulting using your career experience would likely be the best money by far, and depending on your skills the flexibility might be there too, but if you’re retiring because you hate your job, doing it part time probably isn’t the answer. If money is even in the top 3 reasons why you intend to work part time in retirement, you’re probably way better off just working full time a few more years until money is no longer a factor. And at that point volunteering would probably be a better use of your time if you’re just looking to stay busy and socially engaged.

0% chance of a debate. Neither side wants it. Biden would do it if challenged fairly but Trump will not debate under any conditions.

The all-time starting 5 is not really debatable: Magic, Jordan, LeBron, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain 2nd team considerations: Shaq, Oscar Robertson, Dream, Steph Curry, Kobe, Bird, Kareem Theres always room to wonder if adding complementary players would elevate the team so guys like Rodman or Stockton would be in consideration, but I don’t buy that.

That’s one of the biggest surprises of the Trump era, that no viable riser in the GOP has treated Trump like he treats everyone else. There is SO much to clown about Trump that he would clearly not be able to handle. But no one who matters has gone after him. Haley should let 1 minute of camera time lapse without mentioning Trump and the word “loser” together. And talking about how he has been found guilty of sexual assault. And mentioning how many times he’s gone bankrupt. And on and on. But mostly talking about what a loser he is.

Any chance this LNG move is some kind of negotiating consequence of the GOP tanking the border security deal?

Seriously, why didn’t she do this? It’s exactly what Trump would have done in her position. It’s partially how he got the nomination in 2016. Fred Rogers in a suit wearing a VY=GOAT hat would be fucking awesome.

43% in NH for Haley is not enough to really change the odds on the ultimate outcome, but it is enough for her to continue on to SC. If she doesn’t win SC she has no real reason to continue but if it’s within 5 points she should probably go on thru Super Tuesday.

VD Day. Victory, over Donald. A man who acts like a human Venereal Disease.

LoL At listing LBJ and JFK without mentioning Vietnam and listing Reagan without mentioning trickledown or embracing evangelicals. Theres arguments for Ike, LBJ, and Clinton as better than Biden but everyone else is laughable. Biden did: Passed a huge infrastructure package in a severely challenging political climate that ensured the US will remain the premier world power for the remainder of the 21st century. Navigated Russia losing a ground war that didn’t jeopardize American lives while refurbishing/refreshing the entire arsenal of our military and testing our capabilities without actually having to engage. Reinvigorated NATO after it was sabotaged by Trump. Navigated disengaging from China as the consequences of their demographic collapse emerge. All-time low unemployment and steady GDP growth despite dramatically rising interest rates that were a necessity to tame inflation he inherited. Made significant (albeit insufficient) progress on policy to address climate change. He didn’t make progress on healthcare or the border. He did virtually nothing to address fentanyl and mass shootings. But it is hard for me to see more net gains in any other recent president’s first term, especially considering the political climate.

Haley will not be VP. Brown woman who actually challenged him. Trump don’t play that shit. He will accept her support like he did for Lyin Ted and Little Marco, but ain’t picking her for VP. Vance and Noem to me are the only viable picks.

It is crazy but I truly believe Biden was the only candidate who could’ve beaten Trump in 2020, and Trump is the only candidate who could possibly lose to Biden in 2024 (and the only one who would’ve lost to him in 2020). Biden is OLD AS FUCK. No getting around it. He looks old, sounds old, acts old. His age is inherently a national security risk. But there is no comparison when it comes to who is more dangerous to the wellbeing of our country and its citizens. Trump is, literally, THE WORST. Now, it helps make it even easier given that Trump is also old as fuck, and that Biden’s administration has a lot of positives they can point to over the last 4 years. If Biden were under 65, we’d be talking about him as one of the best presidents since FDR. Instead, we are whiteknuckling it hoping he doesn’t die before he can outrun a person hellbent on destroying our democracy to install a racist dictatorship.

If that actually happens it will be because a shitload of independents turned out to vote against Trump, meaning Haley will win NH and it’ll be an actual race. I will be extremely surprised but we’ll see. The fucked part is gonna be when Trump runs independent and Biden and Haley split votes, making Trump president again.

What’s funny about that is that Bagwell is also the kind of dude that would have advocated trading him away as a prospect.

My current guess is he accidentally calls her “Nikki Curry” in a speech, more than once. “Boring Nimrata” would be my next guess. He could also do a reference to something female. Something like “Cold fish Nimrata” or “Unlikable Nimrata”. “Slumdog Nimratanaire” would be the funniest and most racist.

If Haley wins NH, it’ll be a race. She’s got a lot of corporate money and will probably have it pouring in if she wins NH. There is about a 3% chance of her winning NH.

Vance

I’m happily married. I am also constantly on the precipice of divorce or murder. It’s dramatic but it suits me. The core things in my marriage (JMHO): 1. Sex. Without that, it’s just friendship. If you have issues around sex before you get married, you have no chance. 2. Religion. If it’s important to either of you, it has to be important to both of you. 3. Money. In the end, nothing causes more divorces than money problems. 4. Kids. Better be closely aligned on how many and how your general approach to parenting matches up. Also what happens if you want them and can’t conceive. 5. inlaws. If you are close to your extended families, you better like each other. If you hate your wife’s mother, you’re probably fucked. Other than that, it’s lesser stuff like tidiness, responsibility sharing, etc. Know this: you will find out a lot more negative things about your partner after you get married. I guarantee it.

0%. Only way he agrees to that is if it’s at $45M/yr.

A lefty hitting OF is the final piece. Bellinger, Pederson, Belt, Gallo, Ford, Rosario all make some sense. It’s a shame Brantley retired.

A Garcia/McCullers salary dump is interesting. And the Mets would probably be a good partner for that deal. It would put a ton of pressure on Hunter Brown and Cristian Javier but would free up $20M/yr for the next 3 seasons.

Both Verlander and Pressly could potentially be free agents after this season, so the front offices expectations about how those contracts play out may have had an influence on signing Hader.

I hope they bring McCullers back as a RP. Adding him to a 5 headed monster of Hader, Pressly, Abreu, Montero, and Whitley could make for an insane bullpen for thru 2025.

We are already a contender. We are a DT away from having the deepest roster we’ve had since before scholarship limits and possibly the deepest we’ve EVER had.