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So The Hitman might hang around other year?
https://thevikingage.com/minnesota-vikings-fans-smile-harrison-smith-speculation
Hooters going bankrupt???
Say it isn’t so!!!
https://www.outkick.com/culture/paige-spiranc-offers-help-save-hooters-faces-bankruptcy
Sickening
Wish we had sports to talk about.
Just back from the tax preparer.
I usually do my own but with the move, selling the SoCal house, The Teachers retirement, residents of two states each half a year, it was too much for me.
I am leaving it to the professional this year.
She only works with people who are recommended to her. Our realtor friend hooked us up and she seemed like a very competent lady.
I have done my own for years, since my fancy accountant was retiring, he pointed me to the version of the software he uses.
I still hate doing that, and feel that being a non-compensated federal employee for the duration of the work each year should be criminal. But the government does what it wants.
Sales/Excise taxes were enough until 1912. Then they decided they wanted more control, and here we are.
13 kids! I didnβt know he was a Catholic farmer.
Ok, I guess I will be the one to ask.
WTH are you referring to?
Prob Musk and his 14 wives.
Surprised he finds the time as busy as he is.
Yessir. But he can afford them.
My wife does a fantastic job of keeping our house clean as a whistle every day, and folks can come over any time, without us having to straighten up. The house is always in order. That said, we have a cleaning lady and her daughter who come once a month to do the windows, the oven, the ceiling fans, etc to help with those deeper cleaning needs. Today the maids are here, and it’s always so nice when they’re done. It makes my wife feel good when the house is super clean.
A woman who is a 5 and cleans > A woman who is a 10 and doesn’t clean.
My wife is pure gold. She is OCD about the house being clean and neat, she is a great cook and takes pride in making meals for me, and she is also OCD about her fitness and appearance. She’s in the gym almost every day. I’m a lucky man, and I know it.
Proverbs 31:10-11: “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain”
Indeed.
I have been with ‘lookers’ who were drama queens.
The Teacher is attractive but not a ‘looker’ but she works hard to be the best person/partner she can be.
I consider myself lucky as well.
You are. As they say, beauty is only skin deep. My wife isn’t a “looker” but she is very fit and trim, and pretty. Her value to me is endless though as a partner. I wouldn’t trade her for the world.
My wife has OCD…but not in those good ways!
She is doing me a solid today, though. She is letting me go to a movie and McDonalds by myself late afternoon. Sounds like a small escape, but I need it, big-time. Self-time is important for my mental health.
Have a good time. My “me” time is usually on the golf course, but I also travel and do things with my friends. My wife has her “me” time too, so that’s an important part of any relationship in my mind.
I usually wake up 3-4 hours before The Teacher does every day.
Residual effect for her 4:30 wake ups while teaching.
Those hours are me ‘alone/me’ times for the most part.
Wow, staying at The Four Seasons in Doah on the tax payers dime AND a maid. So bold, so brave.
Stay on the porch son.
This kind of thing is why our taxes are so high. Back in the day my wife had gall bladder surgery. Last night we were trying to remember how long it took her to recover and we couldn’t remember exactly, but we both agreed that she was back to her normal schedule within a few days. The reason we were thinking about it is because we were talking to my oldest son, the army nurse, and he is having gall bladder surgery today. Per Army regulations, after the surgery he will be off from work for 2 weeks and then on light duty for 4 weeks. He said that “they” don’t know your job, so it seems to be a blanket policy. I would get it if his job was digging ditches or something with high exertion. However, after getting back to base from his son’s cancer ordeal, he switched from floor duty to an office job. He sits on his butt all day. He could probably be back to work with no PT in a few days and probably be back to PT in a week.
I took over a unit in the Air Force many years ago (like 30 years ago) and in my change of command speech I told the troops that my first order of business would be to go through all the policy letters and eliminate most of them. I told them that while policy letters set a standard operating posture for the unit, sooner or later a policy will be in conflict with common sense. I also said it absolves leaders of the responsibility to make decisions, by making decisions for them. My position is leaders must make decisions as part of their day to day responsibilities, and if they can’t do that, they don’t deserve the rank on their uniform. Got a lot of positive feedback on that.
Had a Company Cdr that told us ‘if any soldier is not where the training schedule states then he or his supervisor will receive discipline for it’.
I told the commander that he should go ahead and fill out the Article 15 Form and leave the dates blank because it will happen as we have to react to life in real time not to training schedules that are compiled weeks in advance.
A new Battalion Cdr came in a few months later and learned of that Cdr’s policy (from me) and it changed the next day.
Yeah, stuff like that is why I didn’t make E-8.
I would have loved a person like you in my unit. Tell me the truth, tell me where you see “holes” in what I’m doing. Totally welcome that.
He didn’t see it that way.
We had a Hummer roll in the field, I escorted the two troops to the hospital. Cdr had his driver drive in the tire tracks from the rollover and declared to everyone there they the two soldiers were driving too fast.
At the hospital once they two were stabilized I called the CO with an update. He stated he couldn’t come to check on them because he had just ordered a pizza and he had to stay and pay for it.
In the After Action I stated all of that. He was furious but the troops were cleared of any wrong doing because he had prematurely found them guilty.
I remember stuff like that and think ‘it might of cost me in the long term but I would change any of the things I did/said’.
You would have probably been #1 on my promotion list.
I took a hit from him on my EER.
Plus other actions that he felt he could get away with.
There are others as I look back, but you get the idea.
I do. As a senior leader I often saw Bird Colonels and below who were just overbearing blowhards, who believed they were the second coming of Patton. They thought that made them a great leader. Being tough as nails is a needed trait. Being an overbearing bully is not.
I thought of it as a ‘corporate mentality’ with their careers as the primary motivator.
For me is was more ‘mission first, troops
ALWAYS’.
Me too. I always looked at Org charts as being upside down. They give you the impression all these people and organizations are aligned under a person, supporting THEM. I always felt I was there on the bottom, to support all the people and the organization.
Novel idea.
Well expressed.
I see Kluwe wrote an article on Deadspin a month ago about how he felt he was unjustly released by the Vikings. Now his recent news makes more sense.
Kluwe is making his move back into the public eye. Maybe a podcast is next?
He sounds like a woman dredging up thinks from way in the past.
Gotta pump that brand! There’s gold in them thar social medias!
Does he have boobs now?
That’s one sure sign.
he does have very feminine features, as well as dramatic as heck
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Nothing going on with Vikings/NFL News. This is stupid silly season, after all.
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That Gangnam Style dude is trash.
It was a crafty move by the Canadians to create a flag that makes a person think of maple syrup. It creates instant goodwill.
Itβs all rigged!
My brother makes our own maple syrup. If the Canadians ever find out, they will probably come and break our legs.
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Congrats to Team Canada! It was a great game by both teams.
Cheaters. You gave McAvoy an infection.