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Voted yes but reading the question again asking if he could retire now as in he will not pursue a long term permanent career. I would say maybe with a possible no. I say that because even if he's careful with his spending and investments, it takes time for that investment to come into fruition. Even with minimum spending and assuming the worse possible interest gain per year, he might only break even at best.

Now if he uses the money and pursue a long term permanent career while using it wisely and investing it, I definitely can see him retiring earlier than most and/or at least being able to live out a comfortable life.
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wolfy42 posted...

Anyway I blew about $60 total

Seeing how little you spent compared to me, I feel even more of an idiot when I agreed to have a private session with my friend and two dancers during his bachelor party at the Sapphire in Las Vegas. I was willing to waste $300 for the required bottle service but should have left soon as they mentioned later that the $300 was on top of the $500 individual fee for the one hour private session.

If anything, think I'm more mad at myself for not suggesting the Best Man take my place. I mighta been fine paying the $800 for both to enjoy it since I was bored the entire hour in that private booth. This was four years ago and part of me is still annoyed with myself for caving in.

At another bachelor party two years ago several of us spent $900-1000ish for our own table in the main dancing room at the Spearmint Rhino in Las Vegas. We were also given two bottles of liquor of our choice. Granted it wasn't a private private session but good grief that was a way better deal than what I paid by myself at the Sapphire. One other friend and I were still bored though and we just played on my phones or read news apps while our other friends enjoyed themselves.

Few dancers approached me and surprisingly were not pushy in getting me to buy a lap dance. Maybe it was my body language but they were actually polite in asking if I wanted company and a simple head shake from me was enough for them to leave me alone. Kinda weird to see that kinda customer service from a strip club but was a welcomed experience. Only thing that got me annoyed was when our actual waitress wasn't allowed to bring us water anymore. I ended up just taking a glass cup to the bathroom and drink from the sink. I can understand they would rather we drink the liquor, get more drunk, and spend more money but gotta let your customers stay hydrated as well.

wolfy42 posted...

I honestly don't get how they even come close to making min wage (most of them) based on what I saw tonight.

Curious. Is it anything similar to restaurant laws where the owner is suppose to pay the difference between tip and wages or they're paid a fixed wage and they're on their own with tips?
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BubbleGumCrisis posted...

What I find annoying are picky eaters that refuse to try common and popular food like pizza or ice creme.

Being common and popular does not mean it is automatically good and enjoyable to them though. Why do you suggest just because it is common that one must try it?
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Kali ma! Kali ma!
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Kinda indifferent but at the same time the previous format at least help separated the different text. Now it's sometime a blur for me.
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Taily_Po posted...

Kimbos_Egg posted...

Its stupid. All you're doing to making the people ignorant of other cultures even more ignorant.

See the first harry potter book.

That's a remarkably stupid viewpoint since, if a person has no context for something, having that thing exist doesn't really benefit anybody unless you're including explanations at which point you're disrupting the flow of the novel.

Depends on the mindset of the person I'd say. Personally I would stop reading/watching something to look up said word and find out what it is. It disrupt the flow of the reading/watching but I learned something new in the process.
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Not 100% sure but think for me it was the standalone Super Mario Bros cartridge. the Duck Hunt cartridge was separate, I think.
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I use a self-propelled walk-behind mower but I just push it instead. Not that I treat it as an exercise session but rather I want to physically exert myself to keep said joints and muscles in use so to speak.

captpackrat posted...

My kids help mow, but they can only eat so much.

Took me a few seconds to understand what you meant. How much do they go through before you need to mow the lawn yourself?
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Not 100% sure but regardless of what happens to the TC in this situation, in the long run could he still get stuck with the bill since by registering he is taking up a seat that another potential paying student could have taken?

Granted in practice we all know at the start of a quarter/semester some students will have dropped said class and by the end the class might be down to half of what it started off with. Also I'd imagine it depends on the policies of said college/university.

TC stated the financial aid office said he only won't be allowed to register for the spring classes and grades might be held but I feel that is only the short term consequences if he doesn't obtain said scholarships within a month which still seem like a very small window.

On another note. TC, I hope you read this tidbit in AU's payment and disclosure statement. I'd imagine it is standard wording in any disclosure involving money but what the financial aid office told you might just be the tip of the iceberg.

The University has the right to take action to collect the balance, including, but not limited to, the following: prohibit you from scheduling classes for the following semester; withhold course credits, academic transcripts, and diploma until the balance is paid; turning over your account to a collection agency; and taking legal action to collect the balance due. You also authorize the University to release financial information about your account to those concerned with collecting the balance owed. If the University incurs any expenses in collecting your account, you shall pay all the University's cost of collection up to 15% of the total outstanding balance. This includes, but is not limited to a collection agency fee and/or reasonable attorney's fees.

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I have lost track of the exact details of TC's situation in all this but any particular reason why TC couldn't obtain scholarships for the first semester? Grades weren't good enough, didn't bother to apply, or simply not enough to cover the fees? I only vaguely recall him saying he was told he was set only for that to change and the window for the scholarship passed already.
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Between conference calls and driving out to meet in-person, I'll take the conference call.
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Assuming I'm not sick, at least once a year for my physical and bloodworks.
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Other: Zero or three coffee creamer singles.
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pedro45 posted...

I'd drink cold tea more if it was as easy as instant coffee.

Touche. I haven't had much luck infusing tea leaves in cold water compared to hot.
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A mixed of hot coffee, iced coffee, and hot tea.
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I really enjoyed it but do feel the higher difficulties become more tedious work than fun.

KeijiMaedaTiger posted...

So glad they are doing away with slag for 3.

Same. I found it a nuisance to have to debuff almost everything before I use my regular weapons just so I don't find myself needing to reload multiple times for just one enemy.
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Neat. Thanks for the list. Friend and I briefly talked about these subscription services for games. Since neither of us cares about actually owning certain games and we almost never replay any games we've beaten, such subscription services is actually worthwhile for us to look into. I do hope more online co-op games are released. That's about the only thing I'll subscribe for.
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No. I'll be camping with my Scouts and they're kinda expensive. I can understand the cost being they're basically once a year sale for certain areas but I'd rather use that money toward other one-time-use form of entertainment (i.e. movie theaters)
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A mix of both. What exactly would staying up to 5am and waking up at 9-10am even be? I occasionally do this one weekends when I'm gaming and my second or third wind kicks in.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

Before going on long road trips, I check tire pressure, oil level, fill up my tank, clean my windshields, and make sure my spare tire and jack are packed.

Glad you mentioned the spare tire. I know my spare and jack are always packed but I should be mindful to check the air on the spare as well.
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Lokarin posted...

It's not schadenfreude exactly, or is it?

Funny enough I learned that word during the 2014 World Cup when Germany tore Brazil a new one.

Thinking about that game, at some point I was "This game is over, might as well stop beating the dead horse" but it eventually passed the threshold into "We might as well keep going and see how bad of a slaughter this can get." All this being said, I thought there is some official ruling in some/all sports where at some point the officials will end it if it is obvious the other team cannot recover and win?
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LinkPizza posted...

And all stat points from you previous life from the moment youre born...

Oh man. Mother ain't gonna be happy birthing a full-grown man/women.
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aDirtyShisno posted...

Once again the law proves that only the government is allowed to violate the Constitution. I believe its the 14th Amendment and all that... Equal protection, anyone...?

How does this relate to a job that can be both physically and mentally demanding?
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Blaqthourne posted...

there aren't enough present to make a quorum.

Thinking about it a bit I first thought why not change the law/rule so that there is no minimum number to make a quorum to avoid situations like this. And then I realize that itself causes problems where you potentially can have individuals from one party or another meeting and voting without the opposing parties there to vote against.

Is there any such system where such approach/abuse can be avoided or there's always bound to be some loop hole? I was gonna suggest these representatives should do their job but I guess stalling a vote is technically doing it if it goes against what their party wants.
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I don't know if trust is the right word. If there's a situation that I truly care about and want to know more, I'd use said news source as a reference before I research about it further via other sources. Within the topic I'd say NPR and BBC are kinda my go-to even if I feel they're less than neutral.
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Usually the first thoughts on my mind is about why do some folks rely on one or two news source instead of cross referencing what they've heard/read with multiple sources and/or each sources on the opposing side? If I see something on CNN I would look it up again on Fox to see it from their perspective and vice versa.
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Neat. Any particular games you're gonna get? I'm holding out either for Ultimate Alliance 3, if I agree with the co-op save file/character progress, any/or until an upgraded version is released. No guaranteed of the latter but I've already waited two years so might as well wait another few more months.
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Any particular reason why their vote isn't just void if they're not present or does that itself present a risk if representatives are physically prevented from showing up to vote?
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Full Throttle posted...

Do you think there should be an age limit to be a Firefighter?

I'd say so long as said applicant meets the physical and mental demands, age shouldn't be a major factor. I'm not exactly a good comparison but some folks older than me, including a mentor in his 60's, I'd say is overall physically stronger than me.
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aDirtyShisno posted...

She also watch Carson as a child and theres no way she saw him live while hiding out in the mines, meaning mother showed it to her in the bunker before leaving her out to be adopted.

For whatever reason I thought the extinction event was more recent so the Women not having watched it live didn't click in my mind and I simply thought she mighta watched a rerun recording.

On another note, I wonder if Mother woulda kept the second daughter if her scores were better or if Mother would still abort her and her remains left in the incinerator to trigger a reaction with Daughter.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Can life have a easy mode?

Maybe as a New Game+?
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I voted 1-3am but it is more like 12-2am. I get up on average at 5:40am for work so I really should be sleeping earlier, maybe 12-1am at the latest but been working on that for years.
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I really enjoyed I am Mother. Bit of a dark ending but one I actually liked. Interesting enough certain aspects of the plot I didn't notice till I read up about them later on some forums. For example I didn't bother converting the initial number of days when Daughter was a teenager till some folks commented it was about 38 years later which is about the age of that Women. I didn't realize what Mother meant by how she survived for so long till after that.

dragon504 posted...

Has there been any news on the Bright sequel/s?

I'm hoping for one as well and perhaps going into more detail about Ward being a Bright. I'm hoping they just had schedule conflict with Smith filming in Aladdin.
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Lokarin posted...

What do?

In my case nothing. By the time I die in my 60's, 70's, 80's, etc. I'd be more concern with what I have done with my life and the positive affects I have had on my community than the size of my....horn and naturally part of those concerns does not involve using said....horn.
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Assuming I can maintain similar living conditions as I have now and be able to live/communicate among the populace, I'd say England. Japan is among my top three or top five but honestly am not sure I'll be able to adapt to their work culture.
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I voted "yes" but kinda feel it'll depends on how I felt the first time taking it. If re-taking means I can potentially get a better score, sure I'll deal with it again. Of course it also potentially means I can end up with a worse score.

Full Throttle posted...

"You can't be too upset about it. Human error is bound to happen sometimes.

How important is the ACT? Human error or not, if it can potentially affect someone's future I think being really upset is justified.
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I hope some deleted scenes includes friends/family members returning only to find their spouse/partner/boyfriend/girlfriend have moved on with someone else, committed suicide from depression, or simply passed away. Them finding their job, home, etc. is gone or the infrastructure/production isn't enough to handle the sudden growth of the population.


SpeedDemon20 posted...

Preferably where farmer Thanos wins.

That should be a new Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons game.
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RedPixel posted...

Anyone who refuses to tip isn't "fighting the system" like a hardcore rebel, they're just being a self-centered egotistical insecure little dips*** who probably shouldn't be using these services in the first place. You're hurting people who rely on it as a part of their job.

As mentioned above, I tip 18-20% on average but I disagree with the concept of tipping. I feel tipping is more of a bandage treatment than fixing the system as a whole and getting workers to be paid a proper amount so they need not worry about making the difference via tip. Unfortunately it seems fixing the system is less practical compared to continuing this bandage treatment of tipping

That being said, I have heard of cases where workers make more in tips than what their regular pay woulda been but I feel this isn't the norm and not something to go by.

RedPixel posted...

My wife does online delivery services and my sister's a server in a restaurant, it pisses me off when people try to justify not tipping and they're the same people who fill their own petty desires with stuff they can clearly afford. You're no exception, I've seen all your posts about a massive inheritance and you don't want to tip. Don't be an a******.

Curious. Do they prefer the current system as-is or they'd rather be paid a proper amount from their employer and tipping not being the norm?
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miki_sauvester posted...

I never do, tipping people to do their jobs always seemed like an absurd thing to do.

Even though I tip 18-20% on average, I'd agree tipping for doing their job seems like an odd thing. I'd rather said workers be paid a fixed rate instead employers supposedly making up their pay if the tip doesn't cover enough. I feel like that's potentially less headache with workers trying to make up the difference via tip if employers are not legally obligated and employers who supposedly pocket the tip money.
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I'm indifferent about it.
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I kinda wish the movie touched a bit more about the twins and their connection to Mothra. Granted I guess any fan of the series probably notice the subtle hint. Pity Dr. Graham and Serizawa died. With the way the movie ended would be nice to see both return in whatever sequel we get.. I did like the oxygen destroyer being introduced. I assume it's in reference to the one used in the 1954 Godzilla movie.
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Every few months probably. I very rarely order pizza and the only time I'd go to one of those places that make individual sized pizzas is when I grab lunch with my coworkers.
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aDirtyShisno posted...

Dont know why you wouldnt just play the officially translated versions...?

There's an official translated version of the Super Famicom Star Ocean? When was this? I played the fan translated one sometime in the early 2000's.

EDIT: Oh. So that's what Star Ocean: First Departure is. After Second Story I didn't keep up with the series so wasn't aware.
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I've played only the fan translated Super Famicom version of Star Ocean and Star Ocean: The Second Story. Overall I'd say they're good and with an interesting story. The first Star Ocean was definitely amazing for its time.
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Awesomeness! Congratulations to yer!
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Come to think of it. Never. Been very the same leather belt for over 10 years and maybe washed it only once.
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Aye. Both book and card.
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LinkPizza posted...

I remember printing off directions for when we needed to go somewhere. The problem was to remember to get directions back. And to also not get lost. Could be hard to get back on track

Wed print off the written directions and the literal map. Going back the other way was usually just reversing the directions.

Can't say I miss the days of Map Quest. As a kid I remembered when traveling to somewhere new for a party, wedding, family gathering, etc. my father would take out his Thomas Guide, and both write down the directions and create a small local map.
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I have a regular digital/analog watch. Useful for when I'm camping for over a week and also can function as a backup compass.
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