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Zombie

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  1. I requested an absentee ballot because I'll be out of the country all of October and November for work. Does anyone know when the election folks send these ballots out? I had my absentee ballot mailed to my cousin who lives in another state to mail to me in whatever country I'm in when she receives it.
  2. Indefinitely. Fair enough. There may not be a realistic way to obtain a good return without accepting risk and volatility. I think Laga4 is probably right about a market correction coming. I'm probably going to keep the funds in a money market account that gets about 2% until at least after the November election. I may just invest in some real estate developer deals that provide for a guaranteed return on investment for new apartment and office buildings.
  3. I guess somewhere in the 5%+ range. Preferably closer to 7%+.
  4. I recently sold a house I inherited and need to invest the equity into something. I don't know much about the stock market, but I've been reading about index funds and they seem like a relatively conservative approach that will at least match the return of the market. To the extent possible, I'd like to insulate the investment from possible future volatility in the market. Any thoughts on how to balance getting a decent return while protecting against the inherent risks of the market?
  5. Lisbon has a really cool food hall owned by Time Out magazine on the waterfront. It has something like 40 restaurants and a massive deaft beer and wine self serve island in the middle. The best food I had in Lisbon. Sent from my Moto E (4) Plus using Tapatalk
  6. Any recommendations for south of Madrid? I'm thinking of a trip including Toledo, Cordoba, Seville, Granada, Malaga, Cadiz, perhaps a day trip to Tangier, and up to Valencia.
  7. Episode Six spoiler question.
  8. How the hell do you wear that?
  9. Whose sock is this guy?
  10. Goddamnt. Respek.
  11. Where did you go? What was your experience like? How did it affect your life after you finished? Would you do it again? Asking for a friend.
  12. Google it you stupid bitch. Sent from my Moto E (4) Plus using Tapatalk
  13. Fells Point is great. Kislings Tavern for the best crab dip, Max's Taphouse for a hundred beers on tap, Sagamore Pendry Hotel if you're feeling like fancy cocktails, Pitango Cafe for a nice harbor view coffee in the morning.
  14. This has probably been addressed already, but how did those kids get so far into the cave in the first place. Did they take another route there that has since flooded? Sent from my Moto E (4) Plus using Tapatalk
  15. Crazy. Definitely holy shit right there. Sent from my Moto E (4) Plus using Tapatalk
  16. Catatonic Cunt.
  17. Jesus Christ you're a fucking bitch. Do you post these and laugh to yourself? Sent from my Moto E (4) Plus using Tapatalk
  18. His World Cup earnings.
  19. I'm curious what the legal, practical, and political effect would be if Roe is reversed by a SC with a new Trump justice. As a legal matter, does the legality of abortion just revert to the states so that it is legal in more progressive states and illegal or effectively so in conservative states? Or something in between entirely legal and entirely illegal depending of the blueish or reddish tint of a particular state. As a practical matter, would it make a big difference in the availability of abortion? My understanding is that in red states there are few to no abortion clinics so that women have to travel to a blue state to get an abortion. Would a Roe reversal have anything more than a nominal effect on the number of abortions? As a political matter, does a reversal seismically change the political landscape by motivating people in both camps to fight the issue at the state and federal level? Would women who are pro choice but usually vote GOP for other reasons move in significant numbers to the Democratic party? Perhaps there's no realistic way to predict the effects of such a change in the law. But it's interesting to think of the possibilities. Sent from my Moto E (4) Plus using Tapatalk
  20. Thanks for the response. The spec sheet unfortunately doesn't list the inrush current, but I figure I'm so far under the max capacity that that won't be an issue. Plus the fans will be turned on one at a time, so that further mitigates the issue of too much inrush at once.
  21. It's a Hampton Bay Industrial 60" fan. I just wasn't sure if the determination was as straightforward as max amp per device x the number of devices. I didn't want to have this journeyman contractor wire up a bunch of fans only to have them constantly tripping the breaker because I didn't understand how amperage calculation works. If it's as simple as adding up the max amperage of all the devices on a circuit, then it sounds like I'm golden. I just wanted confirmation on that. I have numerous spare dedicated circuits on my panel.
  22. Question for electrician or electrical inclined folks. Would there be an issue with having four or five ceiling fans on one dedicated 20 amp circuit? The fans do not have lights and their specs says that they pull one amp and 110 watts each on high speed. Each would be on its own switch/controller. Gracias.
  23. I've been bummed all day about this. You could tell from his shows that he had a gentle and kind soul. In all his years on tv, he was never pretentious, mean spirited, or otherwise negative. He was the everyman that every man (and woman) would love to hang out with and trade stories of travel and food. In these times of ugly politics and dark spirits, he was a breath of fresh air. I never understood all the moaning after the death of Princess Diana, but I definitely understand it after AB's death. I hope you have peace in the after life my friend.
  24. HIghly regulating the sale of ammo would mitigate the usefulness of those guns.
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