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Superhero

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  1. Got my papers 10 years ago so don't need a golden visa. Unless you mean bringing in my super model girlfriend from one of the Baltic countries.
  2. As someone who's never seen the show... please expound.
  3. From that data point alone, the weight of the glacier on Antarctica is causing the earth to be squished in the N-S axis. If all that ice was equally distributed around the world, and making the assumption (for control reasons of course) that the continents have 250'H cliffs, then the planet would be a real sphere instead of a near sphere. Good lord!
  4. Wow, look at the big brain on Brad. Yes and yes to Pville, and yes and yes to you. And my coworker said 2 INCHES, not feet.
  5. It's been nice holding GOOG, AAPL and AMZN the past few days. Portfolio recovered the $70K, and now up another $150K. All paper money until I retire.
  6. Did you not read that last sentence about doing simple math after a long week and 3 whiskies?
  7. Or put on your earphones to play a video game.
  8. We were shooting the shit at an impromptu happy hour at the office. Somehow the conversation moved to global warming, and my science denying coworker harumphed and said global warming is a HOAX and scientists are pandering to the politicians for grant money so don't believe a word they say. He somehow got the idea that even if all the glaciers melted, the oceans would only raise about 2"!!! So we did what geeks do on a Friday night. We googled the data and did the math... Antarctic glacier area is 5,400,000 miles², with an average thickness of 1.4 miles, so 7,560,000 miles³ of ice. The area of all the oceans is 139,000,000 miles². So if the Antarctic glacier completely melted, sea levels would rise about 0.0544 miles, or ~287 feet My coworker, who honestly is a really nice guy until you bring up uhhh.... science, harumphed again and said you can't trust the data. Anyway. SCIENCE BITCHES!!! Also, doing simple math 3 whiskies in on a Friday night is harder than you think.
  9. Obviously you don't know California building code. Neither does he.
  10. 2005: Wendy's, Thundercloud, Wendy's, Thundercloud > Sitting on the can at work birthing a poop the size of a pepsi can. 2010: Peruvian fried chicken with amazing chili paste > Sitting on the can at 11AM, liquid squirting out my ass and puking into a trash can concurrently. Again at 1AM, 3AM, 6AM. Checking out of the hotel at 10AM, and promptly checking back in because of cramps and cold sweats. I lay in bed until our 5PM bus from Machu Pichu back to Cusco, and then held on to a barf bag for 3 hours on verge of throwing up any remaining stomach acid. That was probably the worst food poisoning I ever had. Second worst was after we had an amazing dinner on a beach in Bali (on our honeymoon).
  11. Getting to the final stages of negotiating a $675M construction project, and the Owner is asking us why we have an extra 20' of curb.
  12. Diarrhea from Peruvian street food is WAAAAAYYYY worse than the worst constipation from eating Wendy's and Thundercloud subs for an entire week.
  13. I think a tattoo sleeve on a woman look totally hot.
  14. Rum and coke Too much of that was drunk during high school.
  15. Aggy story, but with Bevo.
  16. Texas calculates tax on the difference between the new car and the trade in. California taxes the cost of the new car. I didn't know that... so I sat in the dealership with my spreadsheet haggling the $30/month. At 9PM, they finally relented and I drove away with the price I was willing to pay. Two ways to go about buying a car - walking away, or clear your schedule and be willing to grind them until the late hours.
  17. Saw a woman finish her drink and just dropped it on the ground. Another woman picked it up and put it back in the first woman's hang saying "You dropped this". Everyone saw this dropped their jaw and laughed while the first woman walked 3 more steps to put it into a trash can.
  18. LOL. HP is the worst. Also, thought I’d go for an early morning hike at the regional park. Passed by a few hundred women. Maybe 5 with nice bodies, the majority were of the larger persuasion wearing yoga pants.
  19. That’s gonna be me today. Gotta do a little work, but also stayed up too late sipping tequila with friends and going out for a hike this morning. Ain’t getting shit done today.
  20. They were outside my favorite liquor store and I walked right past them. $20 for popcorn vs $160 for sweet sweet whisky. No contest.
  21. I seasoned my skillet and griddle in 30 minutes after sanding to metal. Throw on hot grill, wipe thin layers of grape seed oil, let it smoke, rinse and repeat. The photo doesn’t make it look all that, but its smoove. Bottom could use a few more layers, but I’m happy with what I got after < 30 minutes.
  22. How did he get the strap on the other side of the axle? Is he a wizard?
  23. Slightly off topic, but this thread seemed the most appropriate. So the wife and I make decent money between salary, bonuses and stock. We max out our 401ks and we put another chunk in another account. My wife and have a few nice things, but total maybe $25-30K which includes her engagement ring. I’ve always wanted a weekend convertible, but the thought of insurance, gas and maintenance give me pause. My BIL says I’m worried about those things before I even change the oil for the first time. 🤣 I suppose he’s right and I should enjoy life a bit more, and not just worry about retirement. We could probably do retire in 5-10 years if we’re willing to dip into savings, but my goal is to only live off of interest and dividends. So, curious for those of you on the FIRE path if you’re treating yourself along the way
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