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  1. Some utilities and pipeline companies that used to have a pension, have replaced it with a 401K match + a profit sharing contribution. Where I used to work, we had the standard 6% 401k match and we also had a 5% profit sharing 401k contribution. That was implemented 20 years ago to replace the pension. You could look around at companies and see if any offer a version of that. That 11% company contribution was awesome and the only reason I stayed over 15 years.
  2. I'll probably grab London tickets. They're doing four dates at Wembley. It shouldn't be an issue getting tickets.
  3. I don't give a shit about LOTR lore. Just entertain me with a decent plot and coherent storytelling.
  4. RBFCU? There are like 3 registers that will read my debit card chip at the Allandale HEB. The self check out worker said that RBFCU always has problems with their readers.
  5. Only Murders in the Building is back tonight.
  6. A friend went to work for ERS out of college. At the time, I thought that was a waste of a finance degree. He's currently a Portfolio Manager making $400,000. Assuming no more raises, he'll retire in the next year or two, and with 30 years of state service his pension will be over $275,000/year for life. He's never worked more than 40 hours a week.
  7. So, she wasn't really missing? Otherwise the boyfriend would've been arrested for something other than outstanding warrants.
  8. "Several". The flight selection is a big reason we will retire in CO. Asia Tokyo-Narita, Japan (NRT) Canada Calgary (YYC) Edmonton (YEG) Montreal (YUL) Toronto (YYZ) Vancouver (YVR) Winnipeg (YWG) Caribbean Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (GCM) Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ) Nassau, Bahamas (NAS) Central America Belize City, Belize (BZE) Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR) Panama City, Panama (PTY) Roatan, Honduras (RTB) San Jose, CR (SJO) Europe Dublin, Ireland (DUB) Istanbul, Türkiye (IST) London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR) Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) Munich, Germany (MUC) Paris, France (CDG) Reykjavik, Iceland (KEF) Zurich, Switzerland (ZRH) Mexico Cancun (CUN) Cozumel (CZM) Chihuahua (CUU) Guadalajara (GDL) Mexico City (MEX) Monterrey (MTY) Puerto Vallarta (PVR) San Jose del Cabo (SJD)
  9. That’s one way to get 100% of his money instead of 50%.
  10. We toured CU before Deion was hired and when we walked by the stadium, the guide said nobody goes to games.
  11. I’m ready for Martinelli to be a backup. He’s never progressed and continues to dribble with his head down missing opportunities. For every moment of brilliance, there’s 20 missed chances.
  12. 16 YO Amir Thompson, Pflugerville Hendrickson, son of Marion Jones and Obadele Thompson supposedly just committed. He never ran track until this spring and ran a 10.28 100m.
  13. After that speech, Taylor’s panties are too wet to perform.
  14. If he doesn't walk out to this, I am disappoint.
  15. I would like to see an HBO or Apple series with the premise that an alien sample is retrieved and taken to that mining planet. That was a world we need more time in and you could definitely build an awesome show of trying to contain the threat with a huge population of potential hosts. Unfortunately, Disney owns the franchise and I would bet a lot of the worst fan service was their execs forcing it on the director.
  16. Those last three are gonna be strong. Mayor Pete is gonna drop 15 minutes of straight snarky truths on the GQP, Bill it gonna get every pair of panties in that arena wet, and Walz is gonna burn it all down. Should be good. Cheadle giving the uncomfortable side eye in the camera's direction was just perfect.
  17. Here we go. The oldest is applying to colleges. Being a female, she needs to get out of Gilead so all Texas schools are off the table. A few things I've learned in this process which is way different than 30 years ago... 1. Go talk to your high school college counselor your freshman year. Most kids wait until they're a senior. The college counselor has relationships with many college admissions offices. They can help build a relationship with one if your kid is borderline for acceptance. We went through her list of a dozen schools and the counselor was quick to say which she was going to get into, which were iffy, and which gave money and how much. Since we tailored her list to ABET accredited engineering schools that offered the 4+1 master's program and picked schools that we felt were not a stretch, her list was pretty safe. The one school we thought would be a stretch was one the counselor thought she'd be an easy admit and one we thought was a pretty safe pick was one she thought would be iffy. I can't recommend enough going and talking to their college counselor. 2. Schools admit based on your weighted GPA on a 4.0 scale. I found that counterintuitive since you can have a GPA higher than 4.0. Many schools also give merit aid on a sliding scale based on the weighted GPA. McCallum does not even put the unweighted GPA anywhere on the transcript. The counselor said that any school that cares about that will calculate their own GPA for the classes they care about and not many outside of the top 50 ranked schools will do that. 3. The Common App is simple and a beast at the same time. No other way to describe it. Let the college counselor review it before you submit to schools. 4. If you have Hispanic heritage, make sure your kid is classified as such. I'm around 20% Hispanic. Last year, I checked with the school and verified that my kid could be legitimately classified as Hispanic and was given the green light. It just took one email to change it with AISD. Last week, she got notified she was a National Hispanic Recognition Scholar. That automatically gets her the Presidential Merit Scholarship at her top pick. With her weighted GPA, she also automatically gets the top level non-resident merit scholarship. Since those two scholarships can stack, she'll be at in-state tuition before she even applies for any other scholarships. I'm sure I'll learn some more as the process moves along. The counselor is reviewing her common app today, so we will submit it this week and wait for acceptance, which should come in December.
  18. I've been pouring bleach down the drain pipe for 20+ years. I like to live dangerously.
  19. You know what will make it a fuck ton easier and make her look like she's giving a master class on executive management? Giving her the Senate and the House. Wreck fucking shop.
  20. I’ll take it at 62 and invest all of it monthly in VGT.
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