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  1. See! This is what Ive been saying. Poor and sick slaves have diminishing returns. If we had UBI, UHC, UFE and UFH we would be living in nirvana. Make it happen, captain.
  2. Huh, I just had a Reuben last night for the first time in YEARS. It was delicious.
  3. I jokingly asked if I could join the shop as the new runner, with intent to work my way into the union. But Im too old for that, its seriously a labor intensive job that requires a young and spry physique, but they are well compensated. I wish I would have thought of it 30 years ago.
  4. Never took a single course, but the process was; start out as a "runner" aka tool monkey. Any jobsite needs anything? They deliver it. In doing so they learn some stuff via osmosis. The actual union test can be prepared for by purchasing the $15.00 pdf study guide. Then theres a physical test that aint no joke thats administered by some union approved medical facilities. Now heres where the "its not what you know, its who you know" comes in. In addition to the written/physical tests, it behooves you to have a "letter of intent to hire". It further behooves you if this letter is furnished by a union shop. But to be completely honest, they are begging for union plumbers in these parts. Normally, 200 new hires are accepted out of a pool of over 1000 applicants. But this year they actually had a commercial on tv advertising for applicants. And I was wrong, I asked them, and in 5 years they will be making more than me, on a per hour basis. Guess Ill score a good retirement home after all.
  5. Thats how I remember the GI Bill working too. I think in 7 years my union plumber kid will be making more than me.
  6. That sent me on a little bit of a search, and I dont even remember Fletch Lives. The reboot looks good though!
  7. Navy F-35C Surfaces Wearing New Mirror-Like Skin | The Drive
  8. Youre preaching to the choir here. We need UBI, UHC, UFE and UFH like yesterday!
  9. Ah, youre quoting the worst case variable, not fixed rates. Best Student Loans of 2022 | ConsumersAdvocate.org
  10. Hmm, the interest rates for student loans are very low. Or do you feel the banks shouldnt make anything on loans?
  11. 'Star Trek' Icon Nichelle Nichols' Ashes Going to Deep Space on Vulcan Rocket (tmz.com)
  12. The fatcats are everywhere, and they need to be taxed into the ground to finance the lifestyle that is my birthright.
  13. If not for the sun, smoking, and stormy seas, I imagine the war is remarkably inexpensive for Russia.
  14. Biden near decision on $10,000 student loan cancellation (usatoday.com) The wheels are moving in the right direction! UBI next? I say YES!
  15. Stasis on giveaway at GoG: GOG.com
  16. Are you still considering Tesla, or perhaps the new sexy, Lucid?
  17. I had to look it up, and it looks fancy, but I cant recall ever sitting around sipping rum (usually its mixed with something). Do you enjoy it neat or on the rocks?
  18. Walk...18 miles...per day?! Hard pass. Seriously though, it looks beautiful and its interesting to see the padlock-on-a-fence thing is multi-national.
  19. Scientists Achieved Self-Sustaining Nuclear Fusion… But Now They Can't Replicate It : ScienceAlert
  20. In AU, do all wall plugs also have an individual power switch? Or just in the kitchen?
  21. Lockheed delivers high-energy laser four years in the making to US Navy - Breaking Defense
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